1953 Chicago Cardinals season

American football team season November 2013 March 2026 1953-Cardinals-mediaguide.jpg Chicago Cardinals 1953 1–10–1 6th NFL Eastern Joe Stydahar Comiskey Park Did not qualify Cardinals seasons 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.https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/crd/1953.htm 1953 Chicago Cardinals Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees Pro-Football-Reference.com 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, 1953 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 Personnel Staff / Coaches 1953 Chicago Cardinals Principal Owner - Violet Bidwill Wolfner Managing Director - Walter Wolfner Head Coach – Joe Stydahar Assistant Coach - Mike Nixon Backfield Coach - Skip Stahley Ends Coach - Dick Gallagher Line Coach - Ernie Jorge Defensive Line Coach - Ernie Jorge Source:https://www.profootballarchives.com/1953nflchic.html 1953 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft www.profootballarchives.com Roster thumb|center|600px|Official team photo of the 1953 Chicago Cardinals. 1953 Chicago Cardinals 12 Steve Romanik  9 Jim Root gridiron football y 47 Al Campana CB 20 Billy Cross American football 33 Johnny Olszewski American football y 37 Jack Spinks  2 Charley Trippi P 84 Gern Nagler y 80 Don Stonesifer 72 Bill Fischer American football G/T 73 Tom Higgins no y T/DE 66 Ed Husmann G 70 Jack Jennings American football T 50 Jack Simmons American football C/P 61 Dave Suminski y G 64 Jerry Watford y G 82 Tom Bienemann DE 68 Nick Chickillo y MG 78 George Gilchrist DT/MG 57 Jerry Groom DT 71 Don Joyce American football DT/MG 76 Volney Peters DT 81 George Schmidt DE 83 Pat Summerall DE/K 39 Tony Curcillo MLB/FB 34 John Panelli MLB 51 Leo Sanford OLB 31 Bill Svoboda OLB 49 Roy Barni CB 41 Willie Carter no y S 22 Don Paul defensive back CB/RB 24 Jim Psaltis y S 87 Ray Ramsey CB/WR -- Ogden Compton y QB (Military) -- Ed Listopad G (Military) -- Ollie Matson Military RB (Military) 36 Ralph Pasquariello RB (IR) 7px -- Leo Sugar DE (Military) -- Ralph Thomas American football DE (Military) -- Fred Wallner G/LB (Military) References 1953 Chicago Cardinals Chicago Card Category:1953 in Chicago