1923 Chicago Cardinals season

The 1923 Chicago Cardinals season was their fourth in the National Football League (NFL). The team played all but one of their games at home during the 1923 season, with the sole exception a game across town against the Chicago Bears. The Cards finished with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses for the year, good for sixth place in the 20-team league.

The Cardinals moved midseason from their traditional Normal Park venue to the more spacious confines of Comiskey Park during the 1923 season, firmly establishing themselves as the team of Southside Chicago.

Schedule

On November 25 against Racine, the Cardinals became the only team in NFL history to score exactly 4 points in a game.

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—	September 23	Opal Athletic Club	W 13–0	—	Normal Park		—
1	September 30	Buffalo All-Americans	W 3–0	1–0	Normal Park		Recap
2	October 7	Rochester Jeffersons	W 60–0	2–0	Normal Park	5,000	Recap
3	October 14	Akron Pros	W 19–0	3–0	Normal Park		Recap
4	October 21	Minneapolis Marines	W 9–0	4–0	Comiskey Park	4,000	Recap
5	October 28	Dayton Triangles	W 13–3	5–0	Comiskey Park	5,000	Recap
6	November 4	Canton Bulldogs	L 3–7	5–1	Comiskey Park	5,500	Recap
7	November 11	Hammond Pros	W 6–0	6–1	Comiskey Park	3,500	Recap
8	November 18	Duluth Kelleys	W 10–0	7–1	Comiskey Park	5,500	Recap
9	November 25	Racine Legion	L 4–10	7–2	Comiskey Park	7,000	Recap
10	November 29	at Chicago Bears	L 0–3	7–3	Cubs Park	13,500	Recap
11	December 2	Oorang Indians	W 22–19	8–3	Comiskey Park	1,200	Recap
12	December 9	Milwaukee Badgers	L 12–14	8–4	Comiskey Park	6,000	Recap
Note: Games in italics indicate a non-NFL opponent. Thanksgiving Day: November 29.

Standings

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The extreme limitations of Normal Park as a football venue are evident in this photograph of Cards back Paddy Driscoll (arrow) carrying the ball through the Buffalo All-Americans' line, September 30. Although virtually indistinguishable here, the Cardinals wore bright red-and-white jerseys, the All-Americans, black-and-orange.

Further reading

• Joe Ziemba, Bears vs. Cardinals: The NFL's Oldest Rivalry. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2022.
• Joe Ziemba, When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL. Chicago: Triumph Books, 1999.