1945 Chicago Cardinals season
Head coachPhil Handler
Home fieldComiskey Park
Results
Record1–9
Division place5th NFL Western
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1945 Chicago Cardinals season was the 26th season the team was in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 0–10, winning one game,[1] and snapping an NFL record 29-game losing streak (dating back to 1942, and including their season as Card-Pitt) in the process.[2] They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 20th consecutive season. The Cardinals had to play seven consecutive games on the road (albeit one was in Chicago, against the Bears) and they were shut out in four of their ten games.

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue
1 September 23 Detroit Lions L 0–10 0–1 Wisconsin State Fair Park
2 September 30 at Cleveland Rams L 0–21 0–2 League Park
3 October 7 at Philadelphia Eagles L 6–21 0–3 Shibe Park
4 October 14 at Chicago Bears W 16–7 1–3 Wrigley Field
5 October 21 at Detroit Lions L 0–26 1–4 Briggs Stadium
6 October 28 at Green Bay Packers L 14–33 1–5 City Stadium
7 November 4 at Washington Redskins L 21–24 1–6 Griffith Stadium
8 November 11 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 0–23 1–7 Forbes Field
9 November 18 Cleveland Rams L 21–35 1–8 Comiskey Park
10 Bye
11 December 2 Chicago Bears L 20–28 1–9 Comiskey Park
12 Bye
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Cleveland Rams 9 1 0 .900 7–0 244 136 W5
Detroit Lions 7 3 0 .700 5–2 195 194 W1
Green Bay Packers 6 4 0 .600 3–4 258 173 L1
Chicago Bears 3 7 0 .300 2–6 192 235 W2
Chicago Cardinals 1 9 0 .100 1–6 98 228 L6

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

References

  1. ↑ 1945 Chicago Cardinals
  2. ↑ The NFL considers the Cardinals and Card-Pitt as separate franchises, however, so Chicago's losing streak is reckoned at only 19 games (the last six of 1942, all ten contests in 1944, and the first three of 1945).
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