1964 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 9-3-2 .750 |
| Head Coach: Wally Lemm |
| Chuck Drulis | Defense |
| Fran Polsfoot | Receivers |
| Ray Prochaska | Offensive Line |
| Walt Schlinkman | Defensive Backs |
| Charley Trippi | Offensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/8/1964 | N | Green Bay Packers | 20-7 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 63000 | |
| Sat | 8/15/1964 | N | Minnesota Vikings | 10-24 | L | Atlanta, GA | Cheney Stadium | 10000 | |
| Fri | 8/21/1964 | H | Baltimore Colts | 30-21 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 32069 | |
| Fri | 8/28/1964 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 50173 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1964 | N | Washington Redskins | 10-17 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 20642 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1964 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 16-6 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 36605 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1964 | A | Cleveland Browns | 33-33 | T | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 76954 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1964 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 23-13 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 30969 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1964 | A | Washington Redskins | 23-17 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 49219 | |
| Mon | 10/12/1964 | A | Baltimore Colts | 27-47 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60213 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1964 | H | Washington Redskins | 38-24 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 23748 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1964 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 13-31 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 28253 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1964 | A | New York Giants | 17-34 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 63012 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1964 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34-30 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 28245 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1964 | H | New York Giants | 10-10 | T | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 29608 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1964 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 38-13 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60671 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1964 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-20 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 27807 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1964 | H | Cleveland Browns | 28-19 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 31585 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1964 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 36-34 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 24636 | |
| Sun | 1/3/1965 | N | Green Bay Packers | 24-17 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 56218 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1/3/1965 | Green Bay Packers | Playoff Bowl |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Taz Anderson | 85 | TE | 6-2 | 208 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 5 |
| Monk Bailey | 20 | DB | 6-0 | 178 | 26 | Utah | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Bakken | 25 | K | 6-0 | 199 | 24 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Don Brumm | 86 | RDE | 6-3 | 243 | 23 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Jimmy Burson | 49 | RCB | 6-0 | 181 | 24 | Auburn | 14 | 7 |
| Joe Childress | 35 | FB | 6-0 | 202 | 31 | Auburn | 9 | 8 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 40 | FL-TE | 6-0 | 194 | 29 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Cook | 75 | LOG-LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 245 | 32 | Notre Dame | 14 | 2 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 33 | FB-HB | 6-2 | 228 | 23 | Kansas State | 14 | 5 |
| John David Crow | 44 | HB | 6-2 | 218 | 29 | Texas A&M | 14 | 8 |
| Bob DeMarco | 61 | C | 6-3 | 243 | 26 | Indiana; Dayton | 12 | 12 |
| Pat Fischer | 37 | LCB | 5-10 | 170 | 24 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Gambrell | 3 | SE-FL-TE | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | South Carolina | 14 | 8 |
| Prentice Gautt | 22 | HB | 6-0 | 204 | 26 | Oklahoma | 13 | 4 |
| Irv Goode | 55 | LOG-C | 6-5 | 255 | 24 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Gray | 64 | ROG | 6-2 | 245 | 28 | Howard Payne | 14 | 14 |
| Mal Hammack | 31 | LLB | 6-2 | 205 | 31 | Arlington State JC; Florida | 14 | 3 |
| Jimmy Hill | 41 | RCB-LS | 6-2 | 192 | 36 | Sam Houston State | 9 | 8 |
| Buddy Humphrey | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 198 | 29 | Baylor | 1 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 191 | 26 | Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Koman | 34 | RLB | 6-2 | 229 | 30 | North Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Kortas | 74 | LDT | 6-2 | 282 | 22 | Louisville | 14 | 0 |
| Ernie McMillan | 73 | ROT | 6-6 | 258 | 26 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Meggyesy | 60 | MLB-LLB | 6-1 | 221 | 23 | Syracuse | 14 | 0 |
| Dale Meinert | 62 | MLB | 6-2 | 220 | 31 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| Luke Owens | 78 | RDT | 6-2 | 254 | 30 | Kent State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Paremore | 23 | HB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Florida A&M | 4 | 0 |
| Sonny Randle | 88 | SE | 6-2 | 189 | 28 | Virginia Military Institute; Virginia | 7 | 7 |
| Tom Redmond | 65 | LDE-RDE | 6-5 | 243 | 27 | Vanderbilt | 14 | 2 |
| Bob Reynolds | 71 | LOT | 6-6 | 264 | 25 | Bowling Green State | 10 | 10 |
| Joe Robb | 84 | LDE | 6-3 | 238 | 27 | Texas Christian | 13 | 12 |
| Marion Rushing | 52 | LLB-RLB | 6-2 | 223 | 28 | Southern Illinois | 12 | 7 |
| Sam Silas | 72 | LDT | 6-4 | 251 | 24 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Jackie Smith | 81 | TE-P-FL-SE | 6-4 | 225 | 24 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 8 |
| Rick Sortun | 66 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 234 | 22 | Washington | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Stallings | 67 | LLB | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 4 |
| Jerry Stovall | 21 | LS | 6-2 | 201 | 23 | Louisiana State | 14 | 13 |
| Bill Thornton | 36 | FB | 6-1 | 214 | 25 | Nebraska | 13 | 2 |
| Herschel Turner | 63 | LOT-LOG | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | Kentucky | 14 | 4 |
| Chuck Walker | 79 | DE | 6-2 | 249 | 23 | Duke | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Wilson | 8 | RS | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Utah | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | Ken Kortas | T | Louisville |
| 2 | 24 | Herschel Turner | G | Kentucky |
| 3 | 37 | Remi Prudhomme | T | Louisiana State |
| 5 | 65 | Chuck Brooks | E | Memphis |
| 6 | 80 | Dick Bowman | E | Syracuse |
| 7 | 93 | Jerry Lamb | E | Arkansas |
| 8 | 104 | George Bednar | G | Notre Dame |
| 8 | 108 | Bobby Johnson | E | Wisconsin |
| 9 | 121 | Willie Ross | B | Nebraska |
| 10 | 136 | Tony Lawrence | T | Bowling Green State |
| 11 | 149 | Richard Hard | T | Wenatchee Valley CC |
| 12 | 164 | Rick Sortun | G | Washington |
| 13 | 177 | Jake Adams | E | Virginia Tech |
| 14 | 192 | Len Slaby | C | Syracuse |
| 15 | 205 | Cliff Stallings | B | New Mexico |
| 16 | 220 | Jack Ankerson | QB | Ripon |
| 17 | 233 | John Evans | T | Memphis |
| 18 | 248 | Dave Hoover | B | Iowa State |
| 19 | 261 | Dick Young | T | Howard Payne |
| 20 | 276 | Ralph Kubinski | G | Missouri |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 63 | 122 | 74 | 98 | 357 |
| Opponents Totals | 83 | 90 | 50 | 108 | 331 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 275 | 95 | 152 | 28 | / % | / % | 64 | 579 | |
| Opponents Totals | 235 | 96 | 128 | 11 | / % | / % | 71 | 695 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bakken | 0 | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 25 | 38 | 65.8 | 0 | 115 |
| John David Crow | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Sonny Randle | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jackie Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Pat Fischer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joe Childress | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Billy Gambrell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Prentice Gautt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Charley Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jimmy Burson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Willis Crenshaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dale Meinert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Stovall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Thornton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marion Rushing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 25 | 38 | 65.8 | 1 | 357 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 34 | 36 | 94.4 | 27 | 34 | 79.4 | 0 | 331 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bakken | 25 | 38 | 65.8 | 3 | 51 | 5/7 | 5/6 | 9/9 | 5/12 | 1/4 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 38 | 65.8 | 3 | 51 | 5/7 | 5/6 | 9/9 | 5/12 | 1/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 34 | 79.4 | 6/ | 8/ | 12/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John David Crow | 163 | 554 | 3.4 | 57 | 7 |
| Joe Childress | 102 | 413 | 4.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 60 | 297 | 5.0 | 49 | 1 |
| Bill Thornton | 39 | 236 | 6.1 | 62 | 1 |
| Prentice Gautt | 59 | 191 | 3.2 | 30 | 1 |
| Charley Johnson | 31 | 93 | 3.0 | 19 | 2 |
| Larry Wilson | 2 | -14 | -7.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 456 | 1770 | 3.9 | 62 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 414 | 1800 | 4.3 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Johnson | 420 | 223 | 53.1 | 173 | 3045 | 7.3 | 13.7 | 78t | 21 | 5.0 | 24 | 5.7 | 37 | 298 | 2747 | 69.4 |
| John David Crow | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Buddy Humphrey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 422 | 223 | 52.8 | 175 | 3045 | 7.2 | 13.7 | 78t | 21 | 5.0 | 24 | 5.7 | 37 | 298 | 2747 | 69.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 389 | 193 | 49.6 | 171 | 2848 | 7.3 | 14.8 | 21 | 5.4 | 25 | 6.4 | 42 | 356 | 2492 | 65.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 61 | 780 | 12.8 | 53 | 6 |
| Jackie Smith | 47 | 657 | 14.0 | 78t | 4 |
| Sonny Randle | 25 | 517 | 20.7 | 50t | 5 |
| Billy Gambrell | 24 | 398 | 16.6 | 47 | 2 |
| John David Crow | 23 | 257 | 11.2 | 22t | 1 |
| Joe Childress | 12 | 203 | 16.9 | 46t | 2 |
| Prentice Gautt | 9 | 72 | 8.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Taz Anderson | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Bill Thornton | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 223 | 3045 | 13.7 | 78t | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 193 | 2848 | 14.8 | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Fischer | 10 | 164 | 16.4 | 39t | 2 |
| Jerry Stovall | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 40 | 1 |
| Jimmy Burson | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 40 | 0 |
| Larry Wilson | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 42t | 1 |
| Larry Stallings | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Dale Meinert | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Bill Koman | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 388 | 15.5 | 42t | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 302 | 12.6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Smith | 41 | 1658 | 40.4 | 64 | 0 | |||||
| Jerry Stovall | 15 | 632 | 42.1 | 60 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 56 | 2290 | 40.9 | 64 | 0 | 151 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 2914 | 43.5 | 251 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Gambrell | 12 | 17 | 126 | 10.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Jimmy Burson | 12 | 8 | 125 | 10.4 | 68t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 25 | 251 | 10.5 | 68t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 151 | 5.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Stovall | 24 | 566 | 23.6 | 47 | 0 | |
| Willis Crenshaw | 13 | 340 | 26.2 | 44 | 0 | |
| Bob Paremore | 9 | 192 | 21.3 | 31 | 0 | |
| Prentice Gautt | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 27 | 0 | |
| Billy Gambrell | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Mal Hammack | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 51 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Burson | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ken Gray | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Bill Thornton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 63 | 1424 | 22.6 | 51 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 1663 | 26.4 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Brumm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Burson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| Willis Crenshaw | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| John David Crow | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob DeMarco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Fischer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 1 | |
| Billy Gambrell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Prentice Gautt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Gray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Koman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie McMillan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Meinert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Luke Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Robb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Stallings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Jerry Stovall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Thornton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herschel Turner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 73 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 2 |
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