en 1953 Chicago Cardinals season

1953 Chicago Cardinals season
1953 Chicago Cardinals season
Head coach	Joe Stydahar
Home field	Comiskey Park
Results
Record	1–10–1
Division place	6th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1952; Cardinals seasons; 1954 →;

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.^[1] 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	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

NFL Eastern Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	11	1	0	.917	9–1	348	162	L1
Philadelphia Eagles	7	4	1	.636	6–3–1	352	215	W1
Washington Redskins	6	5	1	.545	6–3–1	208	215	L1
Pittsburgh Steelers	6	6	0	.500	5–5	211	263	W2
New York Giants	3	9	0	.250	3–7	179	277	L2
Chicago Cardinals	1	10	1	.091	0–10	190	337	W1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

NFL Western Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Detroit Lions	10	2	0	.833	8–2	271	205	W6
San Francisco 49ers	9	3	0	.750	8–2	372	237	W4
Los Angeles Rams	8	3	1	.727	7–3	366	236	W2
Chicago Bears	3	8	1	.273	2–7–1	218	262	L2
Baltimore Colts	3	9	0	.250	2–8	182	350	L7
Green Bay Packers	2	9	1	.182	2–7–1	200	338	L5

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

Official team photo of the 1953 Chicago Cardinals.

References

^ 1953 Chicago Cardinals

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