1953 Chicago Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 1-10-1
Finishing 6th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Stydahar (1-10-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1953 Chicago Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 1-10-1
Finishing 6th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Stydahar (1-10-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1953 Chicago Cardinals Results
The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1953 season with a record of 1 wins and 10 losses and 1 ties, finishing sixth in the NFL's East Division.
The Cardinals scored 190 points, but the defense conceded 337. Jim Root threw for 1,149 yards. Don Stonesifer paced the receiving corps, snagging 56 passes for 684 yards. Gern Nagler contributed to the receiving game, too.
Charlie Trippi carried the ball for a team-best 433 yards for Chicago, while Johnny Olszewski additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Ray Ramsey picked off 10 opponent throws.
Joe Stydahar coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Root | 192 | 80 | 41.7 | 1149 | 6.0 | 8 | 4.2 | 11 | 5.7 | 77 | 51.8 |
| Steve Romanik | 117 | 50 | 42.7 | 641 | 5.5 | 4 | 3.4 | 9 | 7.7 | 42 | 39.9 |
| Charlie Trippi | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 195 | 5.7 | 2 | 5.9 | 1 | 2.9 | 21 | 82.4 |
| Ray Nagel | 62 | 30 | 48.4 | 192 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 8.1 | 27 | 21.7 |
| Don Paul | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 70.8 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 408 | 181 | 44.4 | 2190 | 5.4 | 14 | 3.4 | 27 | 6.6 | 77 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Trippi | 97 | 433 | 4.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 106 | 386 | 3.6 | 34 | 4 |
| Billy Cross | 51 | 196 | 3.8 | 56 | 1 |
| Don Paul | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 36 | 0 |
| Tony Curcillo | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Root | 26 | 12 | 0.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Wally Triplett | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Ray Nagel | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Romanik | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Spinks | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Willie Carter | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Al Campana | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 322 | 1179 | 3.7 | 56 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Stonesifer | 56 | 684 | 12.2 | 46 | 2 |
| Gern Nagler | 43 | 610 | 14.2 | 41 | 6 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 21 | 210 | 10.0 | 77 | 1 |
| Billy Cross | 17 | 285 | 16.8 | 51 | 1 |
| Don Paul | 16 | 167 | 10.4 | 27 | 2 |
| Ray Ramsey | 12 | 118 | 9.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Charlie Trippi | 11 | 87 | 7.9 | 21 | 2 |
| Wally Triplett | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Cliff Anderson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jack Spinks | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 181 | 2190 | 12.1 | 77 | 14 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Trippi | 54 | 2314 | 42.9 | 63 |
| Jack Simmons | 22 | 845 | 38.4 | 61 |
| Totals | 76 | 3159 | 41.6 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Trippi | 21 | 239 | 11.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 18 | 85 | 4.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Willie Carter | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Cross | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 349 | 7.0 | 38 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Cross | 12 | 257 | 21.4 | 39 | 0 |
| Wally Triplett | 10 | 253 | 25.3 | 48 | 0 |
| Charlie Trippi | 8 | 199 | 24.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Willie Carter | 8 | 178 | 22.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Al Campana | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Curcillo | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jack Jennings | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Joyce | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 1120 | 22.4 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Ramsey | 10 | 237 | 23.7 | 46 | 1 |
| Don Paul | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Leo Sanford | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 48 | 1 |
| Jim Psaltis | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Tony Curcillo | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| S.J. Whitman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 439 | 18.3 | 48 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Trippi | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Psaltis | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Curcillo | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Jennings | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Panelli | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Cross | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Chickillo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Root | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Olszewski | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Stonesifer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gern Nagler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Higgins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Watford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Sanford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| S.J. Whitman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Fischer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Triplett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keever Jankovich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Husmann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Carter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Campana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Nagel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Ramsey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Paul | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 39 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Pat Summerall | 9 | 23 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Gern Nagler | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Don Stonesifer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Don Paul | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Charlie Trippi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Billy Cross | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Steve Romanik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ray Ramsey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jim Root | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Leo Sanford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| George Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 190 |
