1958 Chicago Cardinals season
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1958 Chicago Cardinals season | |
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Head coach | Pop Ivy |
Owner | Violet Bidwill Wolfner |
Home field | Comiskey Park |
Results | |
Record | 2–9–1 |
Division place | 5th NFL Eastern |
Playoff finish | did not qualify |
The 1958 Chicago Cardinals season was the team's 39th season the team was 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 the Windy City.[1] They failed to qualify for the playoffs (NFL title game) for the tenth consecutive season.
Contents
Draft picks
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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 |
Larry Cowart | Center | 3 | 26 | Baylor |
Jon Jelacic | End | 7 | 74 | Minnesota |
John Keelan | Tackle | 9 | 98 | Kansas State |
Gil Robertshaw | Tackle | 10 | 111 | Brown |
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Attendance |
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1 | September 28 | New York Giants | L 37–7 | 0–1 |
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2 | October 4 | Washington Redskins | W 37–10 | 1–1 |
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3 | October 12 | at Cleveland Browns | L 35–28 | 1–2 |
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4 | October 19 | at New York Giants | W 23–6 | 2–2 |
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5 | October 26 | Cleveland Browns | L 38–24 | 2–3 |
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6 | November 2 | Philadelphia Eagles | T 21–21 | 2–3–1 |
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7 | November 9 | at Washington Redskins | L 45–31 | 2–4–1 |
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8 | November 16 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 49–21 | 2–5–1 |
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9 | November 23 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 27–20 | 2–6–1 |
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10 | November 30 | Los Angeles Rams | L 20–14 | 2–7–1 |
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11 | December 7 | at Chicago Bears | L 30–14 | 2–8–1 |
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12 | December 13 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 38–21 | 2–9–1 |
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Standings
NFL Eastern Conference | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | CONF | PF | PA | STK | ||
New York Giants | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 7–3 | 246 | 183 | W4 | |
Cleveland Browns | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 8–2 | 302 | 217 | L1 | |
Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 4 | 1 | .636 | 6–3–1 | 261 | 230 | W1 | |
Washington Redskins | 4 | 7 | 1 | .364 | 3–6–1 | 214 | 268 | W1 | |
Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 9 | 1 | .182 | 2–7–1 | 261 | 356 | L6 | |
Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | 9 | 1 | .182 | 2–7–1 | 235 | 306 | L4 |
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
References
- ↑ 1958 Chicago Cardinals
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.