1954 Chicago Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-10
Finishing 6th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Stydahar (2-10)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1954 Chicago Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 2-10
Finishing 6th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Stydahar (2-10)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1954 Chicago Cardinals Results
The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1954 season with a record of 2 wins and 10 losses, finishing sixth in the NFL's East Division.
Chicago eked out just 183 points, while the porous defense conceded 347. Ollie Matson carried the ball for a team-best 506 yards for the Cardinals.
Lamar McHan passed for 1,475 yards. Don Stonesifer paced the receiving corps, snagging 44 passes, while Ollie Matson accumulated 611 receiving yards.
Night Train Lane snatched 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar McHan | 255 | 105 | 41.2 | 1475 | 5.8 | 6 | 2.4 | 22 | 8.6 | 70 | 32.4 |
| Steve Romanik | 79 | 36 | 45.6 | 343 | 4.3 | 2 | 2.5 | 5 | 6.3 | 38 | 40.2 |
| Charlie Trippi | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 85 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 23.1 | 22 | 34.6 |
| Ollie Matson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 349 | 148 | 42.4 | 1903 | 5.5 | 8 | 2.3 | 30 | 8.6 | 70 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 101 | 506 | 5.0 | 79 | 4 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 106 | 352 | 3.3 | 23 | 1 |
| Emmett King | 57 | 167 | 2.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 50 | 156 | 3.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Charlie Trippi | 18 | 152 | 8.4 | 57 | 1 |
| Lamar McHan | 34 | 152 | 4.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Bill Bredde | 13 | 57 | 4.4 | 14 | 1 |
| Les Goble | 30 | 42 | 1.4 | 8 | 1 |
| George Brancato | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Steve Romanik | 7 | 2 | 0.3 | 4 | 1 |
| Totals | 418 | 1612 | 3.9 | 79 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Stonesifer | 44 | 607 | 13.8 | 39 | 3 |
| Ollie Matson | 34 | 611 | 18.0 | 70 | 3 |
| Jim Ladd | 22 | 254 | 11.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 12 | 133 | 11.1 | 25 | 1 |
| Paul Barry | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Emmett King | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 17 | 1 |
| Jack Crittendon | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Night Train Lane | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Bill Bredde | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 27 | 0 |
| George Brancato | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Charlie Trippi | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mel Embree | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Gary Knafelc | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Les Goble | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 148 | 1903 | 12.9 | 70 | 8 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Summerall | 23 | 21 | 91.3 | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 45 |
| Jack Crittendon | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 23 | 21 | 91.3 | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 45 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Trippi | 59 | 2308 | 39.1 | 62 |
| Lamar McHan | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 49 |
| Totals | 63 | 2467 | 39.2 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 11 | 100 | 9.1 | 59 | 1 |
| Charlie Trippi | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Les Goble | 22 | 51 | 2.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 208 | 5.3 | 59 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Goble | 27 | 749 | 27.7 | 94 | 2 |
| Ollie Matson | 17 | 449 | 26.4 | 91 | 1 |
| Paul Barry | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jimmy Sears | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Emmett King | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bill Bredde | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Charlie Trippi | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Johnny Hatley | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Jennings | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Leo Sugar | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 58 | 1420 | 24.5 | 94 | 3 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night Train Lane | 10 | 181 | 18.1 | 64 | 0 |
| Charlie Trippi | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Bredde | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Al Brosky | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Leo Sanford | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| George Kinek | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellsworth Kingery | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Les Goble | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 294 | 12.2 | 64 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Sanford | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie Matson | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Ulrich | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Stonesifer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Wallner | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Sugar | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Polofsky | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Romanik | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ledio Fanucchi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Hatley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Brancato | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Fugler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Watford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Teeuws | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Crittendon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Summerall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Simmons | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Bienemann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Emmett King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Night Train Lane | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Goble | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Trippi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Barry | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Bredde | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Olszewski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lamar McHan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 28 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ollie Matson | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||
| Pat Summerall | 8 | 21 | 0 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Don Stonesifer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Les Goble | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Bill Bredde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Leo Sugar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Emmett King | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Charlie Trippi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Lamar McHan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Steve Romanik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 |
