1957 Chicago Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-9
Finishing 6th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Ray Richards (3-9)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1957 Chicago Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 3-9
Finishing 6th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Ray Richards (3-9)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1957 Chicago Cardinals Results
The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1957 season with a record of 3 wins and 9 losses, finishing sixth in the NFL's East Division.
Chicago scored 200 points, while the shaky defensive squad gave up 299. Ollie Matson carried the ball for a team-best 577 yards for the Cardinals.
Lamar McHan threw for 1,568 yards. Gern Nagler paced the receiving corps, snagging 27 passes for 475 yards. Ollie Matson and Woodley Lewis were targeted regularly, too.
Jimmy Hill picked off 3 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 | 200 | 87 | 43.5 | 1568 | 7.8 | 11 | 5.5 | 15 | 7.5 | 83 | 58.1 |
| Ted Marchibroda | 45 | 15 | 33.3 | 238 | 5.3 | 1 | 2.2 | 5 | 11.1 | 75 | 19.7 |
| Paul Larson | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 61 | 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.1 | 21 | 26.2 |
| Ollie Matson | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 59 | 11.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 84.6 |
| Joe Childress | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 43 | 56.3 |
| Jimmy Sears | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Frank Bernardi | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Dave Mann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 271 | 111 | 41.0 | 1969 | 7.3 | 12 | 4.4 | 22 | 8.1 | 83 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 134 | 577 | 4.3 | 56 | 6 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 83 | 271 | 3.3 | 38 | 2 |
| Joe Childress | 41 | 168 | 4.1 | 39 | 1 |
| Mal Hammack | 30 | 158 | 5.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 22 | 92 | 4.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Lamar McHan | 25 | 82 | 3.3 | 18 | 2 |
| Jimmy Sears | 17 | 68 | 4.0 | 49 | 1 |
| Paul Larson | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Ted Marchibroda | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Frank Bernardi | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 365 | 1442 | 4.0 | 56 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gern Nagler | 27 | 475 | 17.6 | 83 | 4 |
| Woodley Lewis | 21 | 424 | 20.2 | 53 | 5 |
| Ollie Matson | 20 | 451 | 22.6 | 75 | 3 |
| Max Boydston | 14 | 193 | 13.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Joe Childress | 10 | 146 | 14.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 8 | 137 | 17.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Jimmy Sears | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 27 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Leo Sugar | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mal Hammack | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Bernardi | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 111 | 1969 | 17.7 | 83 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodley Lewis | 24 | 175 | 7.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 10 | 54 | 5.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Frank Bernardi | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hill | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Night Train Lane | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jimmy Sears | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 258 | 6.4 | 31 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodley Lewis | 26 | 682 | 26.2 | 52 | 0 |
| Jimmy Sears | 8 | 220 | 27.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 7 | 154 | 22.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Jimmy Carr | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Mal Hammack | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Pat Summerall | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 47 | 1154 | 24.6 | 52 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Hill | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Night Train Lane | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Frank Bernardi | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Floyd Sagely | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Leo Sanford | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lindon Crow | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 12 | 183 | 15.2 | 33 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Sugar | 0 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Night Train Lane | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Childress | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Tubbs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max Boydston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Lunceford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Sanford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie Matson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Olszewski | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Bernardi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Summerall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Weber | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woodley Lewis | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Sagely | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Brettschneider | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Marchibroda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lamar McHan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Carr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Sears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mal Hammack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Mann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 64 | 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 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||
| Pat Summerall | 0 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Gern Nagler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Lamar McHan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Leo Sugar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Sears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Joe Childress | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198 |
