1955 Chicago Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-7-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Ray Richards (4-7-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1955 Chicago Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 4-7-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Ray Richards (4-7-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1955 Chicago Cardinals Results
The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 4 wins and 7 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.
Chicago chalked up 224 points, while the defensive squad allowed 252. Ollie Matson carried the ball for a team-best 475 yards for the Cardinals.
Lamar McHan passed for 1,085 yards. Don Stonesifer paced pass catchers, snagging 28 passes for 330 yards.
The sticky-fingered defense pounced on 47 turnovers. Tom Keane and Night Train Lane each picked off 6 opponent throws.
Ray Richards coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar McHan | 207 | 78 | 37.7 | 1085 | 5.2 | 11 | 5.3 | 19 | 9.2 | 74 | 34.8 |
| Ogden Compton | 61 | 22 | 36.1 | 339 | 5.6 | 1 | 1.6 | 6 | 9.8 | 98 | 21.2 |
| Dave Mann | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 53 | 5.3 | 2 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 105.4 |
| Ollie Matson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 118.8 |
| Dave Leggett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 280 | 106 | 37.9 | 1520 | 5.4 | 14 | 5.0 | 25 | 8.9 | 98 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 109 | 475 | 4.4 | 54 | 1 |
| Dave Mann | 87 | 336 | 3.9 | 65 | 4 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 84 | 326 | 3.9 | 41 | 1 |
| Lamar McHan | 56 | 194 | 3.5 | 38 | 2 |
| Mal Hammack | 51 | 160 | 3.1 | 17 | 2 |
| Jimmy Carr | 30 | 115 | 3.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Frank Bernardi | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Les Goble | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Ogden Compton | 6 | -8 | -1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 438 | 1626 | 3.7 | 65 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Stonesifer | 28 | 330 | 11.8 | 28 | 5 |
| Ollie Matson | 17 | 237 | 13.9 | 70 | 2 |
| Dave Mann | 16 | 137 | 8.6 | 42 | 1 |
| Jimmy Carr | 9 | 157 | 17.4 | 59 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Gern Nagler | 7 | 218 | 31.1 | 74 | 3 |
| Dick Brubaker | 6 | 125 | 20.8 | 43 | 0 |
| Mal Hammack | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Frank Bernardi | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 39 | 1 |
| Max Boydston | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 67 | 1 |
| Night Train Lane | 2 | 110 | 55.0 | 98 | 1 |
| Totals | 106 | 1520 | 14.3 | 98 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Summerall | 25 | 23 | 92.0 | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 47 |
| Dave Mann | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | |
| Lamar McHan | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Keane | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 29 | 23 | 79.3 | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 50 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 13 | 245 | 18.8 | 78 | 2 |
| Frank Bernardi | 19 | 163 | 8.6 | 39 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Carr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 408 | 12.0 | 78 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 15 | 368 | 24.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Les Goble | 8 | 160 | 20.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Jimmy Carr | 4 | 93 | 23.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Mal Hammack | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Johnny Hatley | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Jack Simmons | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Lange | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burt Delavan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 835 | 19.0 | 37 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night Train Lane | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Jim Psaltis | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 21 | 1 |
| Leo Sanford | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 92 | 1 |
| Lindon Crow | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Bienemann | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Fred Wallner | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Leo Sugar | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Pat Summerall | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 1 |
| Frank Bernardi | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 368 | 12.7 | 92 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar McHan | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Hill | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Psaltis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Carr | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Teeuws | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ollie Matson | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Mann | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mal Hammack | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leo Sugar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Groom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Hatley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ogden Compton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Ulrich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Pasquesi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Burt Delavan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Bernardi | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gern Nagler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Olszewski | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 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 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 53 | |||||||||
| Dave Mann | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |||||||
| Ollie Matson | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Don Stonesifer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Gern Nagler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Mal Hammack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Lamar McHan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Max Boydston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Frank Bernardi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Leo Sanford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Night Train Lane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jim Psaltis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 224 |
