1939 Chicago Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 1-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Ernie Nevers (1-10)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1939 Chicago Cardinals Results
The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1939 season with a record of 1 wins and 10 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.
Ernie Nevers coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Jack Robbins | 85 | 36 | 42.4 | 499 | 5.9 | 4 | 4.7 | 10 | 11.8 | 0 | 37.9 | Frank Patrick | 79 | 22 | 27.8 | 291 | 3.7 | 1 | 1.3 | 13 | 16.5 | 60 | 7.1 | Bert Johnson | 40 | 14 | 35.0 | 208 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 12.5 | 0 | 13.3 | Coley McDonough | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 73 | 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 21.3 | Milt Popovich | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 52 | 8.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 102.8 | Ernie Wheeler | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 40.6 | Earl Crowder | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 6 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Marshall Goldberg | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 4 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 4 | 0.0 | Rock Reed | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 79.2 | Buddy Parker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Sam Agee | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | George Faust | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 247 | 85 | 34.4 | 1170 | 4.7 | 5 | 2.0 | 33 | 13.4 | 60 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Marshall Goldberg | 56 | 152 | 2.7 | 0 | 2 | Sam Agee | 44 | 133 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | Jack Robbins | 38 | 97 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | Bert Johnson | 35 | 91 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | Frank Patrick | 30 | 84 | 2.8 | 0 | 1 | Milt Popovich | 26 | 78 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | George Faust | 22 | 71 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | Ev Fisher | 18 | 63 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | Buddy Parker | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | Ed Cherry | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | Coley McDonough | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Lawrence | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Smith | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Elwyn Dunstan | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Doug Russell | 4 | -5 | -1.2 | 0 | 0 | Earl Crowder | 6 | -5 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 | Rock Reed | 5 | -6 | -1.2 | 0 | 0 | Ernie Wheeler | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 321 | 835 | 2.6 | 3 | 4 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bill Smith | 21 | 387 | 18.4 | 60 | 4 | Joel Mason | 18 | 188 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | Ev Fisher | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | Marshall Goldberg | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 0 | 1 | Buddy Parker | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | George Faust | 4 | 85 | 21.2 | 0 | 0 | Versil Deskin | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | John Klumb | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | Rock Reed | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | 0 | Hal Bradley | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | Earl Crowder | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Lawrence | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | Keith Birlem | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | Jack Robbins | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | Milt Popovich | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Agee | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Bert Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
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| Totals | 85 | 1170 | 13.8 | 60 | 5 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Bill Smith | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 12 | Regis Monahan | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | Frank Patrick | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | George Faust | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 |
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| Totals | 11 | 9 | 81.8 | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 18 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Milt Popovich | 27 | 1000 | 37.0 | 48 | George Faust | 25 | 1101 | 44.0 | 63 | Frank Patrick | 16 | 637 | 39.8 | 70 | Bert Johnson | 14 | 511 | 36.5 | 63 | Jimmy Lawrence | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 55 | Jack Robbins | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 53 | Coley McDonough | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | Bill Smith | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 89 | 3526 | 39.6 | 70 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Milt Popovich | 0 | 1 | Al Babartsky | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Bill Smith | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 36 | Marshall Goldberg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Frank Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Al Babartsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Sam Agee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Milt Popovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Regis Monahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | George Faust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
