1959 Chicago Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-10
Finishing 6th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Pop Ivy (2-10)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1959 Chicago Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 2-10
Finishing 6th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Pop Ivy (2-10)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1959 Chicago Cardinals Results
The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1959 season with a record of 2 wins and 10 losses, finishing sixth in the NFL's East Division.
The Cardinals chalked up 234 points, but the shaky defensive squad surrendered 324. John Crow carried the ball for a team-best 666 yards for Chicago.
King Hill passed for 1,015 yards. Woodley Lewis paced all receivers, snagging 34 passes for 534 yards. John Crow contributed to the receiving game as well.
Billy Stacy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Hill | 181 | 82 | 45.3 | 1015 | 5.6 | 7 | 3.9 | 13 | 7.2 | 31 | 46.2 |
| John Roach | 57 | 22 | 38.6 | 340 | 6.0 | 2 | 3.5 | 4 | 7.0 | 62 | 41.6 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 39 | 19 | 48.7 | 329 | 8.4 | 4 | 10.3 | 1 | 2.6 | 85 | 101.3 |
| Bobby Conrad | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 82 | 27.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 52 | 109.7 |
| Totals | 280 | 125 | 44.6 | 1766 | 6.3 | 14 | 5.0 | 19 | 6.8 | 85 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Crow | 140 | 666 | 4.8 | 73 | 3 |
| Bobby Conrad | 74 | 328 | 4.4 | 56 | 2 |
| Mal Hammack | 49 | 237 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 |
| King Hill | 39 | 167 | 4.3 | 29 | 5 |
| Ken Hall | 14 | 81 | 5.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Joe Childress | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jerry Norton | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 |
| John Roach | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Larry Hickman | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 5 | 0 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 5 | -4 | -0.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 367 | 1613 | 4.4 | 73 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodley Lewis | 34 | 534 | 15.7 | 85 | 3 |
| John Crow | 27 | 328 | 12.1 | 36 | 4 |
| John Tracey | 17 | 258 | 15.2 | 51 | 0 |
| Sonny Randle | 15 | 202 | 13.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Bobby Conrad | 14 | 142 | 10.1 | 25 | 3 |
| Perry Richards | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Joe Childress | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 52 | 1 |
| Mal Hammack | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Ken Hall | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Larry Hickman | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 125 | 1766 | 14.1 | 85 | 14 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Stacy | 29 | 281 | 9.7 | 74 | 2 |
| Bobby Conrad | 16 | 133 | 8.3 | 69 | 1 |
| Ken Hall | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 84 | 1 |
| Perry Richards | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Jerry Norton | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Mal Hammack | 1 | ||||
| Leo Sugar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 56 | 531 | 9.5 | 84 | 5 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Conrad | 18 | 388 | 21.6 | 33 | 0 |
| Billy Stacy | 12 | 280 | 23.3 | 34 | 0 |
| John Crow | 5 | 185 | 37.0 | 72 | 0 |
| Ken Hall | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Jerry Norton | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Sonny Randle | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 |
| John Tracey | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Gray | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Cross | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Panfil | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mal Hammack | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Patera | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 1080 | 20.8 | 72 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Stacy | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Night Train Lane | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 69 | 1 |
| Jerry Norton | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hill | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Patera | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Carl Brettschneider | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 301 | 20.1 | 69 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Rushing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Conrad | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Koman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mal Hammack | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| King Hill | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Luke Owens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Bates | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maury Schleicher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Roach | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Patera | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Stacy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Crow | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Hall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Husmann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Gray | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Culpepper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| M.C. Reynolds | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Tracey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Brettschneider | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Panfil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Norton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Childress | 1 | 1 | -10 | 0 | |||
| Perry Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 48 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bobby Conrad | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 84 | ||||||
| John Crow | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| King Hill | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Ken Hall | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Billy Stacy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Night Train Lane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Joe Childress | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Perry Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Sonny Randle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Hill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Mal Hammack | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Totals | 10 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 |
