1977 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) |
| 3rd place National Football Conference Eastern Division 7-7-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Don Coryell |
| Dan Brooks | Special Assignments |
| Joe Gibbs | Offensive Backs |
| Harry Gilmer | Quarterbacks/Receivers |
| Jim Hanifan | Offensive Line |
| Chuck Weber | Defensive Backs |
| Ray Willsey | Defensive Coordinator |
| Willie Zapalac | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1977 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 0-3 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 24667 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1977 | A | Denver Broncos | 7-15 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 44001 | |
| Fri | 8/19/1977 | A | Cleveland Browns | 10-19 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 31308 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1977 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 9-33 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 44876 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1977 | H | Chicago Bears | 23-14 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 45074 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1977 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 20-37 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 38480 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1977 | A | Denver Broncos | 0-7 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 75002 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1977 | H | Chicago Bears | 16-13 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 49787 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1977 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-24 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 55031 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1977 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 24-30 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50129 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1977 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-17 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 65507 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1977 | H | New Orleans Saints | 49-31 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 48417 | |
| Mon | 10/31/1977 | H | New York Giants | 28-0 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50323 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1977 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 27-7 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47066 | |
| Mon | 11/14/1977 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 24-17 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 64038 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1977 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-16 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 48768 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1977 | H | Miami Dolphins | 14-55 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50269 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1977 | A | New York Giants | 7-27 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 71826 | |
| Sat | 12/10/1977 | H | Washington Redskins | 20-26 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 36067 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1977 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7-17 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 56922 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 27 | Carl Allen | LCB | 6-0 | 186 | 22 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 4 |
| 50 | Kurt Allerman | LB | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Penn State | 14 | 0 |
| 68 | Hank Allison | OG-OT | 6-3 | 255 | 30 | Sequoias JC; San Diego State | 8 | 0 |
| 57 | Mark Arneson | RLB-ROLB | 6-2 | 224 | 28 | Arizona | 14 | 14 |
| 75 | Dan Audick | OG | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Hawaii | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Jim Bakken | K | 6-0 | 199 | 37 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| 54 | Tom Banks | C | 6-1 | 240 | 29 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| 79 | Bob Bell | LDE | 6-4 | 252 | 29 | Cincinnati | 7 | 4 |
| 58 | Tim Black | LB | 6-2 | 215 | 22 | Baylor | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | Bill Bradley | FS | 5-11 | 190 | 30 | Texas | 4 | 1 |
| 51 | Tom Brahaney | C | 6-2 | 247 | 26 | Oklahoma | 14 | 0 |
| 88 | J.V. Cain | TE | 6-4 | 224 | 26 | Colorado | 13 | 13 |
| 12 | Duane Carrell | P | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | Florida State | 10 | 0 |
| 26 | Rondy Colbert | CB | 5-9 | 165 | 23 | Lamar | 4 | 0 |
| 76 | Charlie Davis | RDT-RDE | 6-2 | 275 | 26 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| 73 | Mike Dawson | LDT-RDT-NT | 6-3 | 262 | 24 | Arizona | 14 | 14 |
| 72 | Dan Dierdorf | ROT | 6-3 | 280 | 28 | Michigan | 12 | 11 |
| 66 | Conrad Dobler | ROG | 6-3 | 254 | 27 | Wyoming | 14 | 14 |
| 10 | Billy Donckers | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Columbia Basin JC; San Diego State | 5 | 0 |
| 60 | Roger Finnie | LOT | 6-3 | 245 | 32 | Florida A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 28 | Bob Giblin | S | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Houston | 11 | 0 |
| 85 | Mel Gray | WR | 5-9 | 172 | 29 | Fort Scott CC; Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| 84 | Ike Harris | WR | 6-3 | 207 | 25 | Iowa State | 14 | 14 |
| 17 | Jim Hart | QB | 6-2 | 202 | 33 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| 34 | Steve Jones | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Duke | 14 | 0 |
| 87 | Terry Joyce | P-TE | 6-6 | 230 | 23 | Highland CC; Wichita State; Missouri Southern State | 4 | 0 |
| 56 | Tim Kearney | MLB-RILB | 6-2 | 226 | 27 | Northern Michigan | 14 | 10 |
| 59 | Marv Kellum | MLB | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Wichita State | 14 | 4 |
| 32 | Jerry Latin | RB | 5-10 | 186 | 24 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 3 |
| 21 | Terry Metcalf | RB | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Everett CC; Long Beach State | 14 | 11 |
| 24 | Wayne Morris | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 7 |
| 53 | Steve Neils | LLB-LOLB | 6-2 | 218 | 26 | Minnesota | 14 | 6 |
| 38 | Lee Nelson | LCB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Pensacola JC; Florida State | 10 | 7 |
| 65 | Brad Oates | OT | 6-6 | 273 | 24 | Duke; Brigham Young | 9 | 0 |
| 71 | Steve Okoniewski | DT | 6-3 | 247 | 28 | Washington; Everett CC; Washington; Montana | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Jim Otis | RB | 6-0 | 220 | 29 | Ohio State | 13 | 7 |
| 74 | Walt Patulski | DE | 6-6 | 267 | 27 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
| 36 | Ken Reaves | SS | 6-3 | 206 | 33 | Norfolk State | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Mike Sensibaugh | FS | 5-11 | 191 | 28 | Ohio State | 10 | 10 |
| 46 | Jeff Severson | FS | 6-1 | 183 | 28 | Long Beach State | 14 | 3 |
| 81 | Jackie Smith | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 37 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 1 |
| 45 | Perry Smith | LCB | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Colorado Mesa; Colorado State | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Ken Stone | S-WR | 6-1 | 180 | 27 | Vanderbilt | 14 | 0 |
| 83 | Pat Tilley | WR | 5-10 | 178 | 24 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 0 |
| 22 | Roger Wehrli | RCB | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | Eric Williams | LLB-LILB | 6-2 | 235 | 22 | Southern California | 14 | 8 |
| 62 | Keith Wortman | ROT | 6-2 | 259 | 27 | Rio Hondo JC; Nebraska | 14 | 3 |
| 78 | Ron Yankowski | LDE-RDE | 6-5 | 260 | 31 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Kansas State | 14 | 13 |
| 64 | Bob Young | LOG | 6-2 | 269 | 35 | Texas; Texas State; Howard Payne | 14 | 14 |
| 63 | John Zook | RDE | 6-5 | 240 | 30 | Kansas | 12 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 19 | Steve Pisarkiewicz | QB | Missouri |
| 2 | 47 | George Franklin | RB | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
| 3 | 78 | Kurt Allerman | LB | Penn State |
| 3 | 80 | Terdell Middleton | RB | Memphis |
| 5 | 131 | Ernest Lee | DT | Texas |
| 5 | 135 | Andy Spiva | LB | Tennessee |
| 8 | 216 | Eric Williams | LB | Southern California |
| 9 | 243 | Johnny Jackson | DT | Southern University |
| 10 | 270 | Jim LeJay | WR | San Jose State |
| 11 | 301 | Greg Lee | DB | Western Illinois |
| 12 | 328 | Rick Fenlaw | LB | Texas |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 44 | 89 | 55 | 84 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 81 | 73 | 79 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 247 | 114 | 117 | 16 | 81/193 42.0% | / % | 95 | 835 | |
| Opponents Totals | 258 | 122 | 120 | 16 | 78/198 39.4% | / % | 82 | 817 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bakken | 0 | 35 | 36 | 97.2 | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 0 | 56 |
| Wayne Morris | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Terry Metcalf | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Mel Gray | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Ike Harris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Steve Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| J.V. Cain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jerry Latin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Otis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Charlie Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Conrad Dobler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Sensibaugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 36 | 35 | 36 | 97.2 | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 0 | 272 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 32 | 34 | 94.1 | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 0 | 287 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bakken | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 3 | 49 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 3/5 | 2/8 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 3 | 49 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 3/5 | 2/8 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 0/0 | 9/11 | 3/5 | 5/9 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Metcalf | 149 | 739 | 5.0 | 62t | 4 |
| Wayne Morris | 165 | 661 | 4.0 | 35 | 8 |
| Jim Otis | 99 | 334 | 3.4 | 25t | 2 |
| Jerry Latin | 56 | 208 | 3.7 | 17 | 2 |
| Steve Jones | 24 | 77 | 3.2 | 18 | 3 |
| Roger Wehrli | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 11 | 18 | 1.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Terry Joyce | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 507 | 2042 | 4.0 | 62t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 514 | 2237 | 4.4 | 77t | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hart | 355 | 186 | 186 | 149 | 2542 | 7.2 | 13.7 | 69t | 13 | 3.7 | 20 | 5.6 | 13 | 89 | 2453 | 64.3 |
| Billy Donckers | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 98.3 |
| Terry Joyce | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79.2 |
| Terry Metcalf | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 5.4 | 9.0 | 11t | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 74.6 |
| Team Totals | 366 | 195 | 195 | 150 | 2608 | 7.1 | 13.4 | 69t | 14 | 3.8 | 21 | 5.7 | 15 | 109 | 2499 | 65.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 375 | 198 | 198 | 158 | 2476 | 6.6 | 12.5 | 64 | 22 | 5.9 | 19 | 5.1 | 25 | 209 | 2267 | 72.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Harris | 40 | 547 | 13.7 | 38t | 3 |
| Mel Gray | 38 | 782 | 20.6 | 69t | 5 |
| Terry Metcalf | 34 | 403 | 11.9 | 68t | 2 |
| J.V. Cain | 25 | 328 | 13.1 | 38 | 2 |
| Wayne Morris | 24 | 222 | 9.3 | 34 | 1 |
| Steve Jones | 12 | 66 | 5.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Jerry Latin | 9 | 89 | 9.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Pat Tilley | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 13 | 1 |
| Jim Otis | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Stone | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 195 | 2608 | 13.4 | 69t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 198 | 2476 | 12.5 | 64 | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Wehrli | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Lee Nelson | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Mike Sensibaugh | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 79t | 1 |
| Mark Arneson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Ken Reaves | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Carl Allen | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Marv Kellum | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jeff Severson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 267 | 14.1 | 79t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 183 | 8.7 | 54 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane Carrell | 49 | 1757 | 35.9 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 123 | 1554 | 31.7 |
| Terry Joyce | 22 | 851 | 38.7 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 777 | 33.8 |
| Team Totals | 72 | 2608 | 36.2 | 58 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 157 | 2331 | 32.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 2843 | 39.5 | 63 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 300 | 2463 | 34.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Metcalf | 14 | 0 | 108 | 7.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Pat Tilley | 13 | 4 | 111 | 8.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Bill Bradley | 11 | 0 | 77 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Lee Nelson | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jeff Severson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 4 | 300 | 7.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 13 | 157 | 4.8 | 24 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Metcalf | 32 | 772 | 24.1 | 51 | 0 | |
| Steve Jones | 8 | 132 | 16.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bill Bradley | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| Jerry Latin | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 33 | 0 | |
| Lee Nelson | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 36 | 0 | |
| Kurt Allerman | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Wayne Morris | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Keith Wortman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Brad Oates | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Perry Smith | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 59 | 1271 | 21.5 | 51 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 1104 | 20.1 | 35 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Dawson | 8.5 | |
| Charlie Davis | 6.0 | |
| John Zook | 4.5 | |
| Ron Yankowski | 4.0 | |
| Mark Arneson | 2.0 | |
| Jeff Severson | 2.0 | |
| Bob Bell | 1.0 | |
| Bill Bradley | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 25.0 | 209.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 15.0 | 109.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Arneson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Banks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Charlie Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 1 |
| Dan Dierdorf | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Conrad Dobler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Robert Giblin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -12 | 0 | |
| Tim Kearney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Latin | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Morris | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Reaves | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Tilley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Wehrli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Eric Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Wortman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Young | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0 |
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