1958 Chicago Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-9-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Pop Ivy (2-9-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1958 Chicago Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 2-9-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Pop Ivy (2-9-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1958 Chicago Cardinals Results
The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1958 season with a record of 2 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.
The Cardinals scored 261 points, but the shaky defensive squad yielded 356. M.C. Reynolds passed for 1,422 yards, and Lamar McHan spent time under center, too. Woodley Lewis paced all receivers, snagging 46 passes for 690 yards, while Joe Childress and Gern Nagler contributed to the receiving game as well.
Ollie Matson carried the ball for a team-best 505 yards for Chicago.
Dick Nolan picked off 5 opponent throws.
Pop Ivy coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.C. Reynolds | 195 | 105 | 53.8 | 1422 | 7.3 | 11 | 5.6 | 11 | 5.6 | 91 | 72.6 |
| Lamar McHan | 198 | 91 | 46.0 | 1291 | 6.5 | 12 | 6.1 | 13 | 6.6 | 71 | 60.4 |
| King Hill | 9 | 1 | 11.1 | 18 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Ollie Matson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 56.3 |
| Jimmy Sears | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Joe Childress | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| John Crow | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 407 | 198 | 48.6 | 2735 | 6.7 | 23 | 5.7 | 27 | 6.6 | 91 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 129 | 505 | 3.9 | 55 | 5 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 48 | 252 | 5.2 | 50 | 0 |
| John Crow | 52 | 221 | 4.2 | 83 | 2 |
| Joe Childress | 50 | 170 | 3.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Mal Hammack | 35 | 121 | 3.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Lamar McHan | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 32 | 1 |
| Jimmy Sears | 17 | 51 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dean Philpott | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Gordon | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| King Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 366 | 1456 | 4.0 | 83 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodley Lewis | 46 | 690 | 15.0 | 64 | 4 |
| Gern Nagler | 36 | 469 | 13.0 | 47 | 5 |
| Joe Childress | 35 | 406 | 11.6 | 26 | 4 |
| Ollie Matson | 33 | 465 | 14.1 | 59 | 3 |
| John Crow | 20 | 362 | 18.1 | 91 | 3 |
| Jimmy Sears | 13 | 187 | 14.4 | 55 | 2 |
| Bobby Watkins | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 48 | 1 |
| Dean Philpott | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Max Boydston | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Mal Hammack | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Night Train Lane | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Lamar McHan | 1 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 198 | 2735 | 13.8 | 91 | 23 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Gordon | 55 | 2089 | 38.0 | 66 |
| Lamar McHan | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 54 |
| Totals | 57 | 2154 | 37.8 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Conrad | 19 | 129 | 6.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Jimmy Sears | 14 | 94 | 6.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Bobby Gordon | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Charlie Jackson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Nolan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 259 | 6.6 | 27 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Sears | 32 | 756 | 23.6 | 50 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 14 | 497 | 35.5 | 101 | 2 |
| John Crow | 6 | 145 | 24.2 | 54 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bobby Conrad | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Dean Philpott | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jerry Tubbs | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Chuck Weber | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 61 | 1532 | 25.1 | 101 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Nolan | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bobby Conrad | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Bobby Gordon | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Night Train Lane | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Jackson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Taylor | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 121 | 8.1 | 31 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Culpepper | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Ulrich | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Sugar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ollie Matson | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| M.C. Reynolds | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Crow | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Gordon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Patera | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Meinert | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lamar McHan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Tubbs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim McCusker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Hogland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mal Hammack | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Konovsky | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Conrad | 0 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Dick Nolan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Eggers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Gillis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Sears | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gern Nagler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Childress | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| King Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 37 | 32 | 40 | 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 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| Bobby Conrad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 51 | |||||||
| John Crow | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| Gern Nagler | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Joe Childress | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Jimmy Sears | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Max Boydston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Lamar McHan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bobby Watkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Mal Hammack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 261 |
