1953 Chicago Cardinals season

NFL team season

1953 Chicago Cardinals season
Head coach	Joe Stydahar
Home stadium	Comiskey Park
Results
Record	1–10–1
Division place	6th NFL Eastern
Playoffs	Did not qualify
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The 1953 Chicago Cardinals season marked the 34th year the team was in the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4–8, winning only one game, the final game of the season.^[1] They thus failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 27	Washington Redskins	L 13–24	0–1	Comiskey Park	16,055
2	October 4	Cleveland Browns	L 7–27	0–2	Comiskey Park	24,374
3	October 11	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 28–31	0–3	Forbes Field	25,935
4	October 18	at New York Giants	L 7–21	0–4	Polo Grounds	30,301
5	October 25	Philadelphia Eagles	L 17–56	0–5	Comiskey Park	22,064
6	November 1	New York Giants	L 20–23	0–6	Comiskey Park	17,499
7	November 8	at Washington Redskins	L 17–28	0–7	Griffith Stadium	19,654
8	November 15	Los Angeles Rams	T 24–24	0–7–1	Comiskey Park	26,674
9	November 21	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 0–38	0–8–1	Connie Mack Stadium	19,402
10	November 29	at Cleveland Browns	L 16–27	0–9–1	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	24,499
11	December 6	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 17–21	0–10–1	Comiskey Park	14,138
12	December 13	at Chicago Bears	W 24–17	1–10–1	Wrigley Field	38,059
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	11	1	0	.917	9–1	348	162	L1
Philadelphia Eagles	7	4	1	.636	6–3–1	352	215	W1
Washington Redskins	6	5	1	.545	6–3–1	208	215	L1
Pittsburgh Steelers	6	6	0	.500	5–5	211	263	W2
New York Giants	3	9	0	.250	3–7	179	277	L2
Chicago Cardinals	1	10	1	.091	0–10	190	337	W1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Personnel

Staff / Coaches

1953 Chicago Cardinals staff

Front office Principal Owner - Violet Bidwill Wolfner Managing Director - Walter Wolfner Head coaches Head Coach – Joe Stydahar Assistant Coach - Mike Nixon Offensive coaches Backfield Coach - Skip Stahley Ends Coach - Dick Gallagher Line Coach - Ernie Jorge

Defensive coaches Defensive Line Coach - Ernie Jorge

Source:^[2]

Roster

Official team photo of the 1953 Chicago Cardinals.

1953 Chicago Cardinals roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 12 Steve Romanik  9 Jim Root Running backs (RB) 47 Al Campana CB 20 Billy Cross 33 Johnny Olszewski 37 Jack Spinks  2 Charley Trippi P Wide receivers (WR) 84 Gern Nagler 80 Don Stonesifer Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL) 72 Bill Fischer G/T 73 Tom Higgins T/DE 66 Ed Husmann G 70 Jack Jennings T 50 Jack Simmons C/P 61 Dave Suminski G 64 Jerry Watford G Defensive linemen (DL) 82 Tom Bienemann DE 68 Nick Chickillo MG 78 George Gilchrist DT/MG 57 Jerry Groom DT 71 Don Joyce DT/MG 76 Volney Peters DT 81 George Schmidt DE 83 Pat Summerall DE/K

Linebackers (LB) 39 Tony Curcillo MLB/FB 34 John Panelli MLB 51 Leo Sanford OLB 31 Bill Svoboda OLB Defensive backs (DB) 49 Roy Barni CB 41 Willie Carter S 22 Don Paul CB/RB 24 Jim Psaltis S 87 Ray Ramsey CB/WR Special teams (ST)

Reserve -- Ogden Compton QB (Military) -- Ed Listopad G (Military) -- Ollie Matson RB (Military) 36 Ralph Pasquariello RB (IR) -- Leo Sugar DE (Military) -- Ralph Thomas DE (Military) -- Fred Wallner G/LB (Military) Rookies in italics

References

1. 1953 Chicago Cardinals
2. https://www.profootballarchives.com/1953nflchic.html

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