1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) |
5th place National Football Conference Eastern Division 5-11-0 .313 |
Head Coach: Bud Wilkinson (3-10-0); Larry Wilson (2-1-0) |
Tom Bettis | Defensive Coordinator |
Rudy Feldman | Defensive Line |
Harry Gilmer | Quarterbacks/Receivers |
Freddy Glick | Defensive Backs |
Leon McLaughlin | Special Assistant |
Duane Putnam | Offensive Line |
Jim Sweeney | Offensive Backs |
Jerry Thompson | Special Teams |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Thu | 8/2/1979 | A | Houston Oilers | 7-9 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 46252 | |
Thu | 8/9/1979 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 42-17 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 39705 | |
Sat | 8/18/1979 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 3-20 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 43214 | |
Sat | 8/25/1979 | H | Chicago Bears | 10-7 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 43541 | |
Sun | 9/2/1979 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 21-22 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50855 | |
Sun | 9/9/1979 | A | New York Giants | 27-14 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 71370 | |
Sun | 9/16/1979 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50416 | |
Sun | 9/23/1979 | H | Washington Redskins | 7-17 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50680 | |
Sun | 9/30/1979 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 0-21 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 48160 | |
Sun | 10/7/1979 | A | Houston Oilers | 24-17 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 53043 | |
Sun | 10/14/1979 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 48367 | |
Sun | 10/21/1979 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 13-22 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 64300 | |
Sun | 10/28/1979 | H | Cleveland Browns | 20-38 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 47845 | |
Sun | 11/4/1979 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 37-7 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 47213 | |
Sun | 11/11/1979 | A | Washington Redskins | 28-30 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 50868 | |
Sun | 11/18/1979 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-16 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 70235 | |
Sun | 11/25/1979 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 28-34 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 25103 | |
Sun | 12/2/1979 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 13-10 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 41593 | |
Sun | 12/9/1979 | H | New York Giants | 29-20 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 39802 | |
Sun | 12/16/1979 | A | Chicago Bears | 6-42 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 42810 |
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 | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
27 | Carl Allen | LCB | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | Southern Mississippi | 15 | 12 |
50 | Kurt Allerman | LILB | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Penn State | 16 | 11 |
32 | Ottis Anderson | RB | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 16 |
57 | Mark Arneson | ROLB | 6-2 | 224 | 30 | Arizona | 11 | 9 |
54 | Tom Banks | C-LOG | 6-1 | 240 | 31 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
58 | John Barefield | LOLB-LILB | 6-2 | 224 | 24 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 15 | 8 |
71 | Joe Bostic | ROT | 6-3 | 268 | 22 | Clemson | 16 | 14 |
51 | Tom Brahaney | C-TE | 6-2 | 247 | 28 | Oklahoma | 16 | 4 |
61 | Chuck Brown | C | 6-1 | 235 | 22 | Houston | 4 | 0 |
33 | Theotis Brown | RB | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | UCLA | 16 | 1 |
87 | Al Chandler | TE | 6-2 | 233 | 29 | Oklahoma | 8 | 2 |
86 | Jimmy Childs | WR | 6-2 | 194 | 23 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | 13 | 1 |
52 | Sean Clancy | LB | 6-3 | 218 | 23 | Amherst | 10 | 0 |
66 | George Collins | LOG | 6-2 | 254 | 24 | Georgia | 15 | 3 |
76 | Charlie Davis | NT | 6-2 | 275 | 28 | Texas Christian | 16 | 16 |
73 | Mike Dawson | RDE | 6-3 | 262 | 26 | Arizona | 16 | 15 |
72 | Dan Dierdorf | ROT | 6-3 | 280 | 30 | Michigan | 2 | 2 |
59 | Calvin Favron | ROLB | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | Southeastern Louisiana | 16 | 7 |
60 | Chris Garlich | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Missouri | 9 | 0 |
85 | Mel Gray | WR | 5-9 | 172 | 31 | Fort Scott CC; Missouri | 13 | 13 |
25 | Roy Green | CB-S | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Henderson State | 16 | 0 |
37 | Ken Greene | SS | 6-2 | 196 | 23 | Washington State | 16 | 16 |
39 | Willard Harrell | RB | 5-8 | 182 | 27 | Pacific | 14 | 0 |
17 | Jim Hart | QB | 6-2 | 202 | 35 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 13 |
48 | Steve Henry | CB | 6-2 | 190 | 22 | Emporia State | 8 | 0 |
56 | Tim Kearney | LILB | 6-2 | 226 | 29 | Northern Michigan | 5 | 5 |
12 | Steve Little | P-K | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Arkansas | 16 | 0 |
26 | Thomas Lott | RB | 5-11 | 205 | 22 | Oklahoma | 10 | 0 |
44 | Randy Love | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Houston | 4 | 0 |
24 | Wayne Morris | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 15 | 15 |
80 | Bill Murrell | TE | 6-3 | 220 | 23 | Winston-Salem State | 12 | 3 |
53 | Steve Neils | LOLB | 6-2 | 218 | 28 | Minnesota | 9 | 9 |
38 | Lee Nelson | CB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Pensacola JC; Florida State | 16 | 0 |
65 | Brad Oates | LOT | 6-6 | 273 | 26 | Duke; Brigham Young | 11 | 3 |
87 | Richard Osborne | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Texas A&M | 7 | 3 |
89 | Gary Parris | TE | 6-2 | 226 | 29 | Florida State | 9 | 7 |
36 | Rod Phillips | RB | 6-0 | 221 | 27 | Cincinnati; Jackson State | 11 | 0 |
12 | Steve Pisarkiewicz | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Missouri | 6 | 3 |
82 | Bob Pollard | LDE | 6-3 | 248 | 31 | Texas Southern; Weber State | 16 | 16 |
79 | Jim Ramey | DE | 6-4 | 247 | 22 | Kentucky | 7 | 0 |
75 | Bob Rozier | DE | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Grays Harbor JC; California | 6 | 0 |
70 | Keith Simons | NT | 6-3 | 254 | 25 | Minnesota | 16 | 0 |
45 | Perry Smith | LCB | 6-0 | 193 | 28 | Colorado Mesa; Colorado State | 16 | 4 |
84 | Dave Stief | WR-TE | 6-3 | 195 | 23 | Coffeyville CC; Portland State | 16 | 4 |
68 | Terry Stieve | ROG | 6-2 | 263 | 25 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
23 | Ken Stone | FS | 6-1 | 180 | 29 | Vanderbilt | 16 | 16 |
83 | Pat Tilley | WR | 5-10 | 178 | 26 | Louisiana Tech | 16 | 16 |
22 | Roger Wehrli | RCB | 6-1 | 195 | 32 | Missouri | 16 | 16 |
55 | Eric Williams | RILB | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
19 | Mike Wood | K | 5-11 | 199 | 25 | Southeast Missouri State | 3 | 0 |
62 | Keith Wortman | LOT | 6-2 | 259 | 29 | Rio Hondo JC; Nebraska | 13 | 13 |
78 | Ron Yankowski | DE | 6-5 | 260 | 33 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Kansas State | 16 | 0 |
64 | Bob Young | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 269 | 37 | Texas; Texas State; Howard Payne | 13 | 13 |
63 | John Zook | RDE | 6-5 | 240 | 32 | Kansas | 5 | 1 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 8 | Ottis Anderson | RB | Miami (Florida) |
2 | 35 | Theotis Brown | RB | UCLA |
2 | 46 | Calvin Favron | LB | Southeastern Louisiana |
3 | 64 | Joe Bostic | T | Clemson |
4 | 89 | Roy Green | DB | Henderson State |
5 | 118 | Steve Henry | DB | Emporia State |
5 | 130 | Mark Bell | WR | Colorado State |
6 | 144 | Thomas Lott | RB | Oklahoma |
7 | 173 | Kirk Gibson | WR | Michigan State |
8 | 199 | Larry Miller | LB | Brigham Young |
9 | 228 | Bob Rozier | DE | California |
10 | 255 | Jerry Holloway | TE | Western Illinois |
11 | 283 | Nate Henderson | T | Florida State |
12 | 309 | Ricky McBride | LB | Georgia |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 43 | 74 | 98 | 92 | |
Opponents Totals | 89 | 100 | 44 | 125 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 305 | 145 | 136 | 24 | 96/246 39.0% | / % | 107 | 954 | |
Opponents Totals | 302 | 125 | 149 | 28 | 90/237 38.0% | / % | 92 | 744 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ottis Anderson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
Steve Little | 0 | 24 | 32 | 75.0 | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 0 | 54 |
Wayne Morris | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
Theotis Brown | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Pat Tilley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Al Chandler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Mike Wood | 0 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 12 |
Mark Arneson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Mel Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Roy Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Steve Neils | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Rod Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Roger Wehrli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Gary Parris | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Team Totals | 40 | 31 | 40 | 77.5 | 12 | 26 | 46.2 | 0 | 307 |
Opponents Totals | 43 | 41 | 43 | 95.3 | 19 | 31 | 61.3 | 1 | 358 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Little | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 2 | 51 | 0/0 | 5/5 | 1/3 | 3/10 | 1/1 |
Mike Wood | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 27 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/1 |
Team Totals | 12 | 26 | 46.2 | 2 | 51 | 0/0 | 7/7 | 1/5 | 3/12 | 1/2 |
Opponents Totals | 19 | 31 | 61.3 | 0/0 | 7/9 | 5/8 | 35/4 | 8/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ottis Anderson | 331 | 1605 | 4.8 | 76t | 8 |
Wayne Morris | 106 | 387 | 3.7 | 16 | 8 |
Theotis Brown | 73 | 318 | 4.4 | 30t | 7 |
Willard Harrell | 19 | 100 | 5.3 | 19 | 0 |
Rod Phillips | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 17 | 1 |
Thomas Lott | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 |
Mel Gray | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 38 | 0 |
Steve Pisarkiewicz | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 12 | 0 |
Jim Hart | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 12 | 0 |
Steve Little | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 566 | 2582 | 4.6 | 76t | 24 |
Opponents Totals | 567 | 2204 | 3.9 | 52t | 18 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Hart | 378 | 194 | 194 | 164 | 2218 | 5.9 | 11.4 | 51t | 9 | 2.4 | 20 | 5.3 | 25 | 183 | 2035 | 55.2 |
Steve Pisarkiewicz | 109 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 621 | 5.7 | 11.9 | 78t | 3 | 2.8 | 4 | 3.7 | 14 | 85 | 536 | 59.5 |
Steve Little | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10.3 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 100.7 |
Ottis Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Willard Harrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Team Totals | 492 | 248 | 248 | 220 | 2870 | 5.8 | 11.6 | 78t | 12 | 2.4 | 24 | 4.9 | 39 | 268 | 2602 | 56.2 |
Opponents Totals | 478 | 258 | 258 | 202 | 3067 | 6.4 | 11.9 | 46 | 22 | 4.6 | 18 | 3.8 | 28 | 194 | 2873 | 73.4 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat Tilley | 57 | 938 | 16.5 | 51t | 6 |
Ottis Anderson | 41 | 308 | 7.5 | 28 | 2 |
Wayne Morris | 35 | 237 | 6.8 | 20 | 1 |
Mel Gray | 25 | 447 | 17.9 | 78t | 1 |
Theotis Brown | 25 | 191 | 7.6 | 19 | 0 |
Dave Stief | 22 | 324 | 14.7 | 32 | 0 |
Gary Parris | 14 | 174 | 12.4 | 39 | 0 |
Jimmy Childs | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 22 | 0 |
Richard Osborne | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 |
Al Chandler | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 28t | 2 |
Willard Harrell | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
Bill Murrell | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
Thomas Lott | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
Roy Green | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Jim Hart | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 248 | 2870 | 11.6 | 78t | 12 |
Opponents Totals | 258 | 3067 | 11.9 | 46 | 22 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Stone | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 30 | 0 |
Carl Allen | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 78 | 0 |
Ken Greene | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 21 | 0 |
Roger Wehrli | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 9t | 1 |
Eric Williams | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Perry Smith | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Team Totals | 18 | 288 | 16.0 | 78 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 24 | 301 | 12.5 | 38 | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Little | 79 | 3060 | 38.7 | 63 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 378 | 2562 | 31.6 |
Team Totals | 81 | 3060 | 37.8 | 63 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 378 | 2562 | 31.6 |
Opponents Totals | 90 | 3530 | 39.2 | 59 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 368 | 3002 | 33.4 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willard Harrell | 32 | 12 | 205 | 6.4 | 68 | 0 |
Roy Green | 8 | 3 | 42 | 5.3 | 14 | 0 |
Lee Nelson | 4 | 0 | 88 | 22.0 | 77 | 0 |
Thomas Lott | 4 | 3 | 33 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 |
Team Totals | 48 | 18 | 368 | 7.7 | 77 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 45 | 7 | 378 | 8.4 | 42 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roy Green | 41 | 1005 | 24.5 | 106t | 1 | |
Willard Harrell | 22 | 497 | 22.6 | 53 | 0 | |
John Barefield | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 23 | 0 | |
Kurt Allerman | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 | |
Thomas Lott | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
Calvin Favron | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
Chris Garlich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 71 | 1609 | 22.7 | 106t | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 57 | 1332 | 23.4 | 83t | 1 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Bob Pollard | 9.0 | |
Ottis Anderson | 4.0 | |
Ron Yankowski | 4.0 | |
Steve Neils | 3.0 | |
Mike Dawson | 2.0 | |
Ken Greene | 2.0 | |
Eric Williams | 2.0 | |
Calvin Favron | 1.0 | |
Tim Kearney | 1.0 | |
Lee Nelson | 1.0 | |
John Zook | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 28.0 | 194.0 |
Opponents Totals | 39.0 | 268.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Allen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kurt Allerman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ottis Anderson | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Arneson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 1 |
Tom Banks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -34 | 0 | |
Tom Brahaney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -40 | 0 | |
Theotis Brown | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Sean Clancy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
George Collins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mel Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roy Green | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Willard Harrell | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Hart | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 0 | |
Tim Kearney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Little | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Thomas Lott | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Wayne Morris | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Neils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 1 |
Lee Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Pisarkiewicz | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | |
Dave Stief | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Stone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 0 |
Roger Wehrli | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | |
Eric Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Keith Wortman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Yankowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Young | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 42 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 60 | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 40 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 1 |
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