1961 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Conference • 7-7-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Pop Ivy (5-7-0); Co-Head Coaches: Chuck Drulis, Ray Prochaska and Ray Willsey (2-0-0) |
| Chuck Drulis | Defensive Line |
| Ray Prochaska | Offensive Line |
| Ray Willsey | Defensive Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/2/1961 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 36-7 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 24376 | |
| Fri | 8/18/1961 | H | Green Bay Packers | 10-31 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 31056 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1961 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-24 | L | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 13090 | |
| Fri | 9/1/1961 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-20 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 12621 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1961 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-27 | L | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 14012 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1961 | A | New York Giants | 21-10 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 58059 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1961 | A | Cleveland Browns | 17-20 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 50443 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1961 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 30-27 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 59399 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1961 | H | New York Giants | 9-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 23713 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1961 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-20 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 20262 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1961 | A | Washington Redskins | 24-0 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 28037 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1961 | H | Cleveland Browns | 10-21 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 26696 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1961 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 31-17 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 20500 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1961 | H | Detroit Lions | 14-45 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 20230 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1961 | A | Baltimore Colts | 0-16 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 56112 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1961 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-30 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 17090 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1961 | H | Washington Redskins | 38-24 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 16204 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1961 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 31-13 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 15384 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1961 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 20-0 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 16298 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Taz Anderson | 85 | TE-FB | 6-2 | 208 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 11 |
| Ted Bates | 51 | LLB | 6-2 | 219 | 25 | Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 40 | FL-TE-K | 6-0 | 194 | 26 | Texas A&M | 14 | 10 |
| Ed Cook | 75 | LOT | 6-2 | 245 | 29 | Notre Dame | 13 | 12 |
| John David Crow | 44 | HB-FB | 6-2 | 218 | 26 | Texas A&M | 8 | 7 |
| Bob DeMarco | 61 | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 243 | 23 | Indiana; Dayton | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Driskill | 45 | RS | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Louisiana-Monroe | 14 | 3 |
| Charley Ellzey | 55 | C | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Southern Mississippi | 5 | 0 |
| Sam Etcheverry | 14 | QB | 5-11 | 185 | 31 | Denver | 14 | 9 |
| Pat Fischer | 37 | SE-FL | 5-10 | 170 | 21 | Nebraska | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Fuller | 72 | RDT | 6-4 | 244 | 32 | Kentucky | 14 | 12 |
| Prentice Gautt | 22 | HB-FB | 6-0 | 204 | 23 | Oklahoma | 14 | 12 |
| Don Gillis | 50 | C | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | Del Mar JC; Rice | 9 | 9 |
| Charlie Granger | 23 | ROT-LOT | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Southern University | 6 | 2 |
| Ken Gray | 64 | ROG | 6-2 | 245 | 25 | Howard Payne | 14 | 13 |
| Bob Griffin | 55 | C | 6-3 | 235 | 32 | Arkansas | 5 | 2 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 3 | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Notre Dame | 9 | 5 |
| Ken Hall | 20 | FL-SE | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Texas A&M | 8 | 1 |
| Mal Hammack | 31 | FB-TE | 6-2 | 205 | 28 | Arlington State JC; Florida | 7 | 1 |
| Ed Henke | 80 | LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 227 | 34 | Ventura JC; Southern California | 14 | 10 |
| Jimmy Hill | 41 | RCB | 6-2 | 192 | 33 | Samuel Huston | 14 | 14 |
| Charley Johnson | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 191 | 23 | Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Koman | 34 | RLB | 6-2 | 229 | 27 | North Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Lage | TE | 6-4 | 222 | 22 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 1 | 0 | |
| Monte Lee | 33 | LB | 6-4 | 221 | 23 | Texas | 12 | 0 |
| Ron McDole | 66 | ROT-LOT-LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 266 | 22 | Nebraska | 13 | 4 |
| Mike McGee | 68 | LOG | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | Duke | 13 | 13 |
| Hugh McInnis | 86 | TE | 6-3 | 219 | 23 | Southern Mississippi | 3 | 3 |
| Ernie McMillan | 73 | ROT | 6-6 | 258 | 23 | Illinois | 6 | 6 |
| Dale Meinert | 62 | MLB | 6-2 | 220 | 28 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| Dale Memmelaar | 71 | LOT | 6-2 | 247 | 24 | Wyoming | 8 | 1 |
| Frank Mestnik | 36 | FB | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | Marquette | 13 | 7 |
| Jerry Norton | 25 | LS-P | 5-11 | 195 | 30 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 13 |
| Don Owens | 70 | LDT | 6-5 | 255 | 29 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Luke Owens | 78 | RDE-RDT | 6-2 | 254 | 27 | Kent State | 14 | 13 |
| Ken Panfil | 74 | ROT | 6-6 | 262 | 31 | Purdue | 3 | 1 |
| Gerry Perry | 79 | C-ROT-K | 6-4 | 237 | 31 | Pepperdine; Compton JC; California | 13 | 6 |
| Sonny Randle | 88 | SE | 6-2 | 189 | 25 | Virginia Military Institute; Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Redmond | 65 | ROG-LOG | 6-5 | 243 | 24 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 2 |
| Joe Robb | 84 | LDE | 6-3 | 238 | 24 | Texas Christian | 12 | 5 |
| Billy Stacy | 24 | LCB-FL | 6-1 | 191 | 25 | Mississippi State | 13 | 13 |
| Willie West | 49 | LCB-RCB | 5-10 | 188 | 23 | Oregon | 14 | 6 |
| Larry Wilson | 8 | RS | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Utah | 11 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Ken Rice | T | Auburn |
| 2 | 22 | Fred Arbanas | E | Michigan State |
| 3 | 31 | Billy Wilson | T | Auburn |
| 4 | 50 | Ron McDole | T | Nebraska |
| 5 | 64 | Glenn Bass | E | East Carolina |
| 6 | 78 | Dale Evans | B | Kansas State |
| 6 | 83 | Dick Thornton | QB | Northwestern |
| 7 | 92 | George Hultz | T | Southern Mississippi |
| 7 | 94 | Al Bemiller | C | Syracuse |
| 8 | 106 | Marshall Starks | HB | Illinois |
| 9 | 120 | Chick Graning | HB | Georgia Tech |
| 10 | 134 | Jimmy King | T | Clemson |
| 11 | 148 | Bill Kinnune | G | Washington |
| 12 | 162 | Mike Stock | B | Northwestern |
| 13 | 176 | Ernie McMillan | E | Illinois |
| 14 | 190 | Bob Elliott | FB | North Carolina |
| 15 | 204 | Mel West | B | Missouri |
| 16 | 218 | Jake Bradley | T | Florida A&M |
| 17 | 232 | Pat Fischer | B | Nebraska |
| 18 | 246 | Art Browning | G | Duke |
| 19 | 260 | Dick Schnell | T | Wyoming |
| 20 | 274 | Leo Reed | E | Colorado State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 43 | 73 | 56 | 107 | 279 |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 82 | 79 | 41 | 267 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 202 | 83 | 110 | 9 | / % | / % | 57 | 535 | |
| Opponents Totals | 215 | 91 | 112 | 12 | / % | / % | 59 | 546 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Randle | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Gerry Perry | 0 | 30 | 33 | 90.9 | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 0 | 51 |
| Prentice Gautt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| John David Crow | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Billy Stacy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 3 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Taz Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Frank Mestnik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jerry Norton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ralph Guglielmi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mal Hammack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jimmy Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Willie West | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 34 | 37 | 91.9 | 7 | 17 | 41.2 | 1 | 279 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 19 | 38 | 50.0 | 0 | 267 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Perry | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 3 | 38 | 2/2 | 3/3 | 2/8 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 7 | 17 | 41.2 | 3 | 38 | 2/2 | 3/3 | 2/8 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 38 | 50.0 | 7/ | 4/ | 6/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Gautt | 129 | 523 | 4.1 | 54t | 3 |
| Frank Mestnik | 95 | 334 | 3.5 | 26 | 1 |
| John David Crow | 48 | 192 | 4.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 22 | 101 | 4.6 | 23 | 1 |
| Mal Hammack | 18 | 79 | 4.4 | 28t | 1 |
| Sam Etcheverry | 33 | 73 | 2.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Taz Anderson | 15 | 39 | 2.6 | 19 | 1 |
| Hugh McInnis | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 20 | 22 | 1.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Jerry Norton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 386 | 1405 | 3.6 | 54t | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 477 | 1676 | 3.5 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Etcheverry | 196 | 96 | 49.0 | 89 | 1275 | 6.5 | 13.3 | 78 | 14 | 7.1 | 11 | 5.6 | 300 | 975 | 70.4 | |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 116 | 56 | 48.3 | 52 | 927 | 8.0 | 16.6 | 80t | 5 | 4.3 | 8 | 6.9 | 151 | 776 | 61.2 | |
| Prentice Gautt | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 4 | 100 | 9.1 | 16.7 | 22 | 1 | 9.1 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 77.8 |
| Charley Johnson | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 6 | 51 | 3.9 | 10.2 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15.4 | 10 | 41 | 10.9 | |
| John David Crow | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 9 | 76 | 5.4 | 19.0 | 32t | 1 | 7.1 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 43.8 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 87.5 |
| Team Totals | 351 | 168 | 47.9 | 160 | 2434 | 6.9 | 14.5 | 80t | 21 | 6.0 | 23 | 6.6 | 461 | 1973 | 63.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 389 | 187 | 48.1 | 178 | 2644 | 6.8 | 14.1 | 18 | 4.6 | 24 | 6.2 | 334 | 2310 | 60.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Randle | 44 | 591 | 13.4 | 41 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 30 | 499 | 16.6 | 50 | 2 | ||||
| Taz Anderson | 22 | 399 | 18.1 | 78 | 2 | 2 | |||
| John David Crow | 20 | 306 | 15.3 | 35 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Billy Stacy | 12 | 241 | 20.1 | 80t | 1 | 0 | |||
| Prentice Gautt | 12 | 132 | 11.0 | 45 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Frank Mestnik | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hugh McInnis | 7 | 107 | 15.3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mal Hammack | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Hall | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Fischer | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 168 | 2434 | 14.5 | 80t | 21 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 187 | 2644 | 14.1 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Norton | 7 | 136 | 19.4 | 47t | 2 |
| Billy Stacy | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 39t | 2 |
| Jimmy Hill | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Larry Wilson | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Dale Meinert | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Willie West | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Koman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Monte Lee | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Robb | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 459 | 19.1 | 47t | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 318 | 13.8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Norton | 85 | 3802 | 44.7 | 78 | 1 | 438 | ||||
| Team Totals | 85 | 3802 | 44.7 | 78 | 1 | 438 | 39.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 2814 | 42.0 | 236 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie West | 11 | 9 | 98 | 8.9 | 28 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 5 | 3 | 103 | 20.6 | 73t | 1 |
| Billy Stacy | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Driskill | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Pat Fischer | 4 | 5 | 18 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 20 | 236 | 9.1 | 73t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 438 | 8.3 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Fischer | 17 | 426 | 25.1 | 53 | 0 | |
| Willie West | 16 | 340 | 21.3 | 40 | 0 | |
| Larry Wilson | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 23 | 0 | |
| Billy Stacy | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Frank Mestnik | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Joe Driskill | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Monte Lee | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Mal Hammack | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 47 | 992 | 21.1 | 53 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 1007 | 20.1 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taz Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John David Crow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Sam Etcheverry | 15 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Fischer | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Fuller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Prentice Gautt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |
| Charlie Granger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ken Gray | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| Charley Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Koman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Meinert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Mestnik | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | |
| Jerry Norton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Perry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Redmond | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Robb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Stacy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Willie West | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Larry Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 105 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 2 |
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