1952 Chicago Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-8
Finishing 5th in the NFL's American Division
Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Joe Kuharich (4-8)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1952 Chicago Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 4-8
Finishing 5th in the NFL's American Division
Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Joe Kuharich (4-8)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1952 Chicago Cardinals Results
The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1952 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's American Division.
The Cardinals managed just 172 points, worst in the league, and the defense allowed 221. Charlie Trippi carried the ball for a team-best 350 yards for Chicago, while Ollie Matson, Billy Cross and Emil Sitko each also buoyed the ground attack.
Charlie Trippi tossed for 890 yards, and Don Panciera took a significant amount of snaps, too. Don Stonesifer paced pass catchers, snagging 54 passes for 617 yards.
Roy Barni seized 6 opponent throws.
Joe Kuharich coached the team. The 1952 Chicago Cardinals lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Trippi | 181 | 84 | 46.4 | 890 | 4.9 | 5 | 2.8 | 13 | 7.2 | 56 | 40.5 |
| Don Panciera | 96 | 35 | 36.5 | 582 | 6.1 | 5 | 5.2 | 9 | 9.4 | 47 | 36.0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 40 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 50.7 |
| Totals | 289 | 124 | 42.9 | 1512 | 5.2 | 10 | 3.5 | 22 | 7.6 | 56 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Trippi | 72 | 350 | 4.9 | 59 | 4 |
| Emil Sitko | 88 | 348 | 4.0 | 46 | 1 |
| Billy Cross | 71 | 347 | 4.9 | 45 | 2 |
| Ollie Matson | 96 | 344 | 3.6 | 25 | 3 |
| Ralph Pasquariello | 48 | 129 | 2.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Elmer Angsman | 46 | 114 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Geri | 20 | 50 | 2.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Johnny Karras | 24 | 42 | 1.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Don Panciera | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Volney Peters | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Totals | 477 | 1748 | 3.7 | 59 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Stonesifer | 54 | 617 | 11.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Billy Cross | 17 | 234 | 13.8 | 56 | 2 |
| Cliff Anderson | 11 | 191 | 17.4 | 30 | 2 |
| Ollie Matson | 11 | 187 | 17.0 | 47 | 3 |
| Ralph Pasquariello | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Charlie Trippi | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Johnny Karras | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 29 | 1 |
| Don Paul | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Elmer Angsman | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Ray Ramsey | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Emil Sitko | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 124 | 1512 | 12.2 | 56 | 10 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Tripucka | 31 | 1155 | 37.3 | 65 |
| Joe Geri | 29 | 1094 | 37.7 | 47 |
| Charlie Trippi | 16 | 588 | 36.8 | 47 |
| Totals | 76 | 2837 | 37.3 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Cross | 21 | 177 | 8.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 9 | 86 | 9.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Johnny Karras | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Wally Triplett | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Roy Barni | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Volney Peters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 450 | 9.2 | 38 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 20 | 624 | 31.2 | 100 | 2 |
| Billy Cross | 9 | 169 | 18.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Johnny Karras | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Don Stonesifer | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Emil Sitko | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ralph Pasquariello | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Mergen | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Cliff Anderson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Volney Peters | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Fischer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 1008 | 22.4 | 100 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Barni | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Ray Ramsey | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 23 | 0 |
| S.J. Whitman | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Leo Sanford | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Klimek | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 232 | 9.3 | 38 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Bienemann | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ollie Matson | 0 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Dove | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Barni | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Fischer | 0 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Panelli | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Panciera | 4 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Polofsky | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Cross | 6 | 1 | -10 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Karras | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Listopad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Stonesifer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Volney Peters | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leo Sanford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Tripucka | 2 | 1 | -14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Trippi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Ramsey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Pasquariello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Emil Sitko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elmer Angsman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 28 | 89 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ollie Matson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| Joe Geri | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 28 | |||||||||
| Billy Cross | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Charlie Trippi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Cliff Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Volney Peters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Elmer Angsman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Emil Sitko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Johnny Karras | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Don Paul | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Totals | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 |
