Chicago Cardinals



1978 Chicago Cardinals   4-6

Score By Quarter   1st  2nd  3rd  4th   OT    Tot  
1978 Chicago        37   76   37   55    0    205
Opponent            27   48   41   74    0    190


                 Team           Opp             W/L   Game Scores            
     Points       205           190             0-1    0 @Hammond 23          
First Downs       174           180             0-2   14  Rock Island 23      
       Rush        47            92             0-3   14  Hammond 20          
       Pass       112            81             1-3   24 @Rock Island 14      
        Pen        15             7             2-3   50  Akron 10            
  Penalties        55            53             3-3   36  Columbus 3          
      Yards       411           405             3-4   10 @Dayton 32           
                                                4-4   24 @Decatur 21          
Rushing Att       311           371             4-5   10  Canton 20           
      Yards      1065          1597             4-6   23 @Cleveland 24        
        Ave       3.4           4.3       
         TD         3            12       
Passing Att       356           298       
       Comp       170           159       
          %      47.8          53.4       
        Int        16            28       
          %       4.5           9.4       
         TD        16             5       
          %       4.5           1.7       
      Yards      2107          1624       
     Sacked        14            22       

Punt Return        34            34       
      Yards       325           334       
        Ave       9.6           9.8       

Kick Return        40            45 
      Yards       831          1217 
        Ave      20.8          27.0

      Punts        55            51 
      Yards      2024          2008 
        Ave      36.8          39.4

     FG Att        18            21 
       Made        15            15 
          %      83.3          71.4

Third Downs       154           147 
       Made        53            53 
          %      34.4          36.1

Fourth Downs       21            12 
       Made         7             6 
          %      33.3          50.0

   Safeties         0             0 
    Fumbles        15            21 
       Lost         9            10 
  Turnovers        25            38 

Net Offense      3073          3091 
   Per Play       4.5           4.5



1978 Chicago Cardinals

Rushing    Att  Yds  Ave 10  FD Lg TD  Receiving   Rec Dp  Yds  Ave 25  FD Lg TD
Cappellett 108  421  3.9  9  18 25  1  Tilley       35  2  471 13.5  6  21 45  1
Morris,W   115  404  3.5  7  21 14  0  Miller,W     30  2  495 16.5  7  24 48  3
Kotar       41  139  3.4  1   4 14  1  Jessie       24  4  434 18.1  5  19 44  3
Hammond     19   56  2.9  0   1  8  0  Cappellett   23  1  172  7.5  0  14 19  3
Hart,J      19   28  1.5  0   2  7  1  Morris,W     13  0   96  7.4  0   7 16  2
Jones,S      4   14  3.5  0   0  5  0  Ramson       13  1  118  9.1  0   7 18  1
Nelson,T     1   12 12.0  1   1 12  0  Kotar        10  1   75  7.5  0   4 17  0
Haden        1    5  5.0  0   0  5  0  Nelson        8  2  100 12.5  1   7 30  1
Miller       1   -1 -1.0  0   0  0  0  Young,C       5  0   41  8.2  0   3 15  1
Tilley       1   -6 -6.0  0   0  0  0  Gray,M        4  0   59 14.8  1   2 36  1
Gray,M       1   -7 -7.0  0   0  0  0  Dixon         3  0   30 10.0  0   2 13  0
           311 1065  3.4 18  47 25  3  Hammond       1  0    5  5.0  0   0  5  0
                                       Young,B       1  0   11 11.0  0   1 11  0
                                       Jones,S          1    0  0.0  0   0  0  0
                                                   170 14 2107 12.4 20 112 48 16


Passing     Att Cmp    C%  Yds  Ave  Lg  Bd 25  In    I%   Sk  TD   TD%  Rate
Haden         6   3  50.0   39 13.0  29   0  1   0   0.0    1   0   0.0  70.8
Hart,J      350 167  47.7 2068 12.4  48  38 19  16   4.6   13  16   4.6  62.7
            356 170  47.8 2107 12.4  48  38 20  16   4.5   14  16   4.5  62.8

Kicking      XPA XPM   XP%  FGA FGM   FG%    40+   50+   Lg   Pts
Carson         2   2 100.0    0   0   0.0    0.0   0.0    0     2
Danelo        21  20  95.2   18  15  83.3   50.0   0.0   49    65

Punting        No Yards  Lg TB BK 20   Ret  Yds    Net   Gross
Jennings       43  1706  66  2  0 11    24  277   32.3    39.7
Martin,G       12   318  35  0  0  0    10   57   21.8    26.5

Kick Returns  No Yards  Ave   Lg TD      Punt Returns No FC Yards  Ave  Lg TD
Harrell       29   637  22.0  35  0      Robinson      3  1    12  4.0  11  0
Morris,W       1    18  18.0  18  0      Hammond       7  0    62  8.9  13  0
Hammond       10   176  17.6  32  0      Harrell      24  1   251 10.5  58  2
              40   831  20.8  35  0                   34  2   325  9.6  58  2

Fumbles                                                                        
Hart,J    5   Harrell    2   Tilley     1   Dixon      1                  
Cappelle  4   Jones,S    1   Hammond    1                  

Sacks        Hurries      Stuffs       Deflections  Forced Fmb   Fumble Rec
Youngblo  5  Youngblo  8  Youngblo 10  Thomas,P  6  Dawson    4  Youngblo  2
Dawson    5  Dawson    8  Jones,C   6  Van Pelt  6  Perry     3  Arneson   2
Martin,G  4  Martin,G  8  Brooks,L  6  Perry     4  Jones,C   2  Carson    2
Brooks,L  3  Jones,C   4  Carson    6  Martin,G  4  Youngblo  2  France    1
Jones,C   2  Brooks,L  4  Dawson    5  Jones,C   3  Carson    2  Nelson,T  1
Youngblo  2  Youngblo  2  Martin,G  5  Wehrli    3  Van Pelt  2  Gray,M    1
Carson    1  Arneson   1  Youngblo  4  Youngblo  3  Wehrli    1  Ramson    1
                          Van Pelt  3  Simpson   3  Stone     1  Dierdorf  1
                          Arneson   1  Stone     2  Simpson   1  Young     1
                          Gregory,  1  Dawson    1  Arneson   1  Jones,C   1
                                                    Martin,G  1  Stone     1
                                                    Marion    1  Youngblo  1
                                                                 Van Pelt  1

Tackles                                                                        
Youngblo  59  Perry      44  Jones      38  Marion     24  Reynolds   15
Thomas,P  59  Youngblo   41  Jones,C    36  Brooks,L   22  Greene,K    6
Van Pelt  56  Carson     40  Martin,G   36  Arneson    19  Gregory,    3
Simpson   49  Stone      40  Dawson     27  Wehrli     17

Ints      No Yds  Ave  Lg TD
Thomas,P   7 158 22.6  31  0
Perry      4  37  9.3  24  1
Simpson    4  72 18.0  32  0
Wehrli     3  37 12.3  17  0
Youngbloo  3  31 10.3  24  0
Van Pelt   3   5  1.7   4  0
Carson     2   9  4.5   9  0
Stone      1   0  0.0   0  0
Jackson    1   0  0.0   0  0
          28 349 12.5  32  1


1978 Chicago Cardinals    Coach: 

      Quarterbacks        Dur   Run Sho Bkwy Special
QB    Haden,Pat            5     O   2   2  
QB    Hart,Jim             4     O   2   1  

      Skill Players        BkR BkP Dur  Att  Yds Lg  Ave  Rec  No  Yds Lg  Ave   Special
RB    Cappelletti,John      2   1   4   174  604 26  3.5    5  41  382 37  9.3  
RB    Morris,Wayne          2   1   4   174  631 27  3.6    4  33  298 33  9.0  KR
RB    Kotar,Doug            2   1   4   149  625 46  4.2    2  22  225 31 10.2  KR
RB    Hammond,Bobby         2   1   4   131  554 39  4.2    2  20  173 26  8.7  RET   GUN
RB    Jones,Steve           2   1   5   105  392 17  3.7    3  27  217 38  8.0  
RB    Harrell,Willard       2   1   4    35  134 15  3.8    1   3    5  2  1.7  RET

WR    Tilley,Pat            0   0   5     1   32 32 32.0    7  62  900 43 14.5  PR
WR    Miller,Willie         0   0   5     1   -7 -7 -7.0    6  50  767 52 15.3  
WR    Jessie,Ron            0   0   5     0    0  0  0.0    6  49  752 49 15.3  
WR    Gray,Mel              0   0   4     5   51 27 10.2    6  44  871 74 19.8  
WR    Robinson,Jimmy        0   0   5     0    0  0  0.0    3  32  620 52 19.4  PR
WR    Perkins,Johnny        0   0   4     1    3  3  3.0    4  32  514 67 16.1  
WR    Stief,Dave            0   0   4     1   -8 -8 -8.0    3  24  477 55 19.9  

TE    Nelson,Terry          4   2   4     6   67 17 11.2    3  23  344 52 15.0  
TE    Ramson,Eason          4   2   4     2    8  5  4.0    2  23  238 26 10.3  
TE    Young,Charlie         4   2   5     2    6  5  3.0    2  18  213 19 11.8  
TE    Dixon,Al              4   2   4     0    0  0  0.0    2  18  376 47 20.9  


      Lineman              BkR  BkP    Dur  Special
C     Clack,Jim             8    8       5     
G     Harrah,Dennis         9    9       4     

T     Dierdorf,Dan         10   10       5     
T     France,Doug           9    9       5     

C-G   Banks,Tom             9    9       5     
C-G   Young,Bob             9    9       5     
C-T   Pietrzak,Jim          4    4       5     LS


      Defense              Overall  Run  Pass Rush   Dur  Sacks  Int  Special
DT    Brooks,Larry           9       8    0    4       4     8    0  
DT    Jones,Cody             8       8    0    3       5     6    0  
DT    Dawson,Mike            7       7    0    3       5     9    0  
DE    Youngblood,Jack       10       8    0    7       5     7    0  
DE    Martin,George          6       4    0    6       5    10    0  
DE    Gregory,Jack           5       5    0    2       5     5    0  

ILB   Carson,Harry           8       6    3    1       5     2    3  
ILB   Reynolds,Jack          6       4    3    1       5     3    0  
OLB   Van Pelt,Brad          9       7    3    3       4     1    3  
OLB   Youngblood,Jim         8       6    3    2       5     4    2  
OLB   Arneson,Mark           6       4    3    1       5     4    0  
LB    Marion,Frank           3       2    1    0       5     0    0  KR

CB    Thomas,Pat             9       0    9    0       5     0    8  
CB    Perry,Rod              9       0    9    0       5     0    8  
CB    Wehrli,Roger           8       0    8    0       5     0    4  HLD
CB    Jackson,Terry          7       0    7    0       4     0    7  PR
S     Simpson,Bill           9       3    6    0       5     0    5  
S     Stone,Ken              8       2    6    0       4     0    9  KR    GUN
S     Jones,Ernie            5       2    3    0       5     0    3  GUN
S     Greene,Ken             5       2    3    0       5     0    0  

   Special Teams
P    Jennings,Dave
K    Danelo,Joe



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