1958 Chicago Cardinals season

American football team season January 2021 March 2026 1958-Cardinals-mediaguide.jpg Chicago Cardinals 1958 2–9–1 5th (tied) NFL Eastern Violet Bidwill Wolfner Pop Ivy Comiskey Park Did not qualify Cardinals seasons The 1958 NFL season was the 39th season of the Chicago Cardinals in the National Football League. The Cardinals failed to improve on their previous year's 3–9 record, winning only two games during the franchise's penultimate season in Chicago.1958 Chicago Cardinals They failed to qualify for the playoffs (NFL title game) for the tenth consecutive season. Draft picks 1958 NFL draft Player Position Round Pick College King Hill Quarterback 1 1 Rice John David Crow Halfback 1 2 Texas A&M Jim McCusker Tackle 2 14 Pittsburgh Bobby Jack Oliver Tackle 2 21 Baylor Larry Cowart Center 3 26 Baylor Bobby Gordon Back 6 63 Tennessee Jon Jelacic End 7 74 Minnesota John Keelan Tackle 9 98 Kansas State Gil Robertshaw Tackle 10 111 Brown Dean Philpott Back 11 122 Fresno State Bill Hinton Guard 12 135 Louisiana Tech Charlie Jackson Back 13 146 Southern Methodist Bob Schmidt Tackle 14 159 Minnesota Ray Dunlap Back 15 170 Marshall Wade Patterson End 16 183 Idaho Mac Starnes Center 17 194 Abilene Christian Mario Cheppo End 18 207 Louisville Sonny Randle Back 19 218 Virginia Jim Matheny Center 20 231 UCLA Ray Toole Back 21 242 North Texas State Tony Aloisio End 22 255 Indiana John Harbour Tackle 23 266 Southeast Missouri State Eric Soesbe Tackle 24 279 Vanderbilt J.C. Riekenberg Back 25 290 Northwestern State (LA) Ray Masters Back 26 303 Southern Methodist Will Lewis Back 27 314 Tennessee-Chattanooga Gale McGinty Back 28 327 West Texas State Ken Irby Tackle 29 338 Mississippi Statehttps://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1958.htm 1958 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com pro-football-reference.com August 25, 2014 July 20, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090720135033/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1958.htm dead Personnel Staff / Coaches 1958 Chicago Cardinals Principal Owner - Violet Bidwill Wolfner Managing Director - Walter Wolfner Head Coach – Pop Ivy Assistant Head Coach - Chuck Drulis Assistant Head Coach - Ray Prochaska Assistant Head Coach - Abe Stuber Offensive Line – Ray Prochaska Defensive Assistant - Chuck Drulis Source:1958 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft https://www.profootballarchives.com/1958nflchic.html 2026-09-11 www.profootballarchives.com Roster 1958 Chicago Cardinals 16 King Hill y  8 Lamar McHan 17 M. C. Reynolds y 35 Joe Childress 44 John David Crow y 31 Mal Hammack 33 Ollie Matson 37 Dean Philpott y 21 Jim Sears S 24 Bobby Watkins running back 83 Max Boydston 20 Woodley Lewis 86 Gern Nagler 75 Ed Cook American football T 71 Bobby Cross T 50 Don Gillis American football y C 67 Bob Konovsky G 70 Jim McCusker American football y T 62 Dale Meinert G 73 Ed Culpepper y DT/MLB 64 Ken Gray American football y DE/G 66 Ed Husmann DE/DT 78 Luke Owens DT 84 Leo Sugar DE 72 Chuck Ulrich DT 57 Carl Brettschneider OLB 51 Doug Eggers OLB 61 Jack Patera MLB 55 Jim Taylor linebacker OLB/C 89 Chuck Weber American football MLB/DE 40 Bobby Joe Conrad y CB/K 47 Bobby Gordon American football y S/P 22 Charlie Jackson defensive back y S 81 Night Train Lane CB/WR 25 Dick Nolan American football S John Dittrich G (Military) John Roach American football QB (Military) Schedule The September 28 game was played in Buffalo, New York because the Chicago White Sox were playing a home game at Comiskey Park on that day. Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 28 New York Giants L 7–37 0–1 War Memorial Stadium^ 21,923 2 October 4, 1958 Washington Redskins W 37–10 1–1 Comiskey Park 21,824 3 October 12 at Cleveland Browns L 28–35 1–2 Cleveland Stadium 65,403 4 October 19 at New York Giants W 23–6 2–2 Yankee Stadium 52,684 5 October 26 Cleveland Browns L 24–38 2–3 Comiskey Park 30,933 6 November 2 Philadelphia Eagles T 21–21 2–3–1 Comiskey Park 17,486 7 November 9 at Washington Redskins L 31–45 2–4–1 Griffith Stadium 26,196 8 November 16 at Philadelphia Eagles L 21–49 2–5–1 Franklin Field 18,315 9 November 23 Pittsburgh Steelers L 20–27 2–6–1 Comiskey Park 15,946 10 November 30 Los Angeles Rams L 14–20 2–7–1 Comiskey Park 13,014 11 December 7 at Chicago Bears L 14–30 2–8–1 Wrigley Field 41,617 12 December 13, 1958 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 21–38 2–9–1 Forbes Field 16,660 Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. Standings thumb|right|450px|1958 Chicago Cardinals football card made by Topps. Note that the uniform color was significantly brighter than that worn by today's Cardinals team. References 1958 Chicago Cardinals Chicago Card Category:1958 in Chicago