1950 Chicago Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-7
Finishing 5th in the NFL's American Division
Coach: Curly Lambeau (5-7)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1950 Chicago Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 5-7
Finishing 5th in the NFL's American Division
Coach: Curly Lambeau (5-7)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1950 Chicago Cardinals Results
The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1950 season with a record of 5 wins and 7 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's American Division.
Chicago scored 233 points, while the defensive squad conceded 287. Pat Harder carried the ball for a team-best 454 yards for the Cardinals, while Elmer Angsman and Charlie Trippi also contributed to the rushing attack.
Jim Hardy threw for 1,636 yards. Bob Shaw paced the receiving corps, snagging 48 passes for 971 yards. Fran Polsfoot was targeted regularly, too.
Jerry Davis picked off 9 opponent throws.
Curly Lambeau coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hardy | 257 | 117 | 45.5 | 1636 | 6.4 | 17 | 6.6 | 24 | 9.3 | 58 | 49.7 |
| Frank Tripucka | 108 | 47 | 43.5 | 720 | 6.7 | 4 | 3.7 | 7 | 6.5 | 81 | 51.5 |
| Charlie Trippi | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 56.3 |
| Totals | 368 | 165 | 44.8 | 2375 | 6.5 | 21 | 5.7 | 31 | 8.4 | 81 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Harder | 99 | 454 | 4.6 | 22 | 1 |
| Charlie Trippi | 99 | 426 | 4.3 | 22 | 3 |
| Elmer Angsman | 102 | 362 | 3.5 | 21 | 1 |
| Vic Schwall | 17 | 114 | 6.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 30 | 110 | 3.7 | 39 | 1 |
| Don Paul | 14 | 80 | 5.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 21 | 1 |
| Jim Hardy | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 19 | 1 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 8 | 5 | 0.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 386 | 1604 | 4.2 | 39 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Shaw | 48 | 971 | 20.2 | 65 | 12 |
| Fran Polsfoot | 38 | 653 | 17.2 | 81 | 6 |
| Charlie Trippi | 32 | 270 | 8.4 | 28 | 1 |
| Pat Harder | 15 | 111 | 7.4 | 35 | 0 |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 31 | 0 |
| Elmer Angsman | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Don Paul | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 35 | 1 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Mal Kutner | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Ed Bagdon | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Vic Schwall | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 165 | 2375 | 14.4 | 81 | 21 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Harder | 24 | 22 | 91.7 | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 34 |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 13 |
| Totals | 31 | 29 | 93.5 | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 47 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hardy | 56 | 2208 | 39.4 | 76 |
| Frank Tripucka | 18 | 787 | 43.7 | 63 |
| Charlie Trippi | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 56 |
| Totals | 76 | 3089 | 40.6 | 76 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Paul | 18 | 194 | 10.8 | 82 | 1 |
| Mike Swistowicz | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Charlie Trippi | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Jerry Davis | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Blackburn | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 338 | 10.2 | 82 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Paul | 28 | 693 | 24.8 | 46 | 0 |
| Charlie Trippi | 8 | 139 | 17.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Jerry Davis | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Tom Wham | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Vic Schwall | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ed Bagdon | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jerry Hennessy | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Hock | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 51 | 1064 | 20.9 | 46 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Davis | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Mal Kutner | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Ray Apolskis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Dove | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 190 | 8.6 | 41 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Wham | 0 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ray Ramsey | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Fischer | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Davis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Trippi | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Paul | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Svoboda | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Hennessy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Blackburn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Harder | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Hardy | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Apolskis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Dove | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vic Schwall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Swistowicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Tripucka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elmer Angsman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 35 | 47 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bob Shaw | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||||
| Pat Harder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 40 | |||||||
| Fran Polsfoot | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Charlie Trippi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Vinnie Yablonski | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||
| Elmer Angsman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Don Paul | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jim Hardy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tom Wham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233 |
