1966 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Conference • 8-5-1 .615 |
| Head Coach: Charley Winner |
| Jim Champion | Defensive Line |
| Chuck Drulis | Defense |
| Rick Forzano | Offensive Backs |
| Red Miller | Offensive Line |
| Fran Polsfoot | Receivers |
| Don Shroyer | Linebackers |
| Abe Stuber | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1966 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 20-10 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 34304 | |
| Thu | 8/11/1966 | A | Detroit Lions | 28-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 24011 | |
| Fri | 8/19/1966 | H | Baltimore Colts | 7-33 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 28304 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1966 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-32 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 33172 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1966 | A | Chicago Bears | 20-22 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 58620 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1966 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 16-13 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 39066 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1966 | H | Washington Redskins | 23-7 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 40198 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1966 | A | Cleveland Browns | 34-28 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 74814 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1966 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 41-10 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 59305 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1966 | H | New York Giants | 24-19 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 43893 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1966 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 10-10 | T | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50673 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1966 | A | Washington Redskins | 20-26 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50154 | |
| Mon | 10/31/1966 | H | Chicago Bears | 24-17 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 49516 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1966 | A | New York Giants | 20-17 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62967 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9-30 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 28552 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1966 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-3 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 46099 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1966 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 17-31 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 76965 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1966 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 10-16 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 57169 | |
| Sat | 12/17/1966 | H | Cleveland Browns | 10-38 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 47721 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jim Bakken | 25 | K | 6-0 | 199 | 26 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Don Brumm | 86 | RDE | 6-3 | 243 | 25 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Bryant | 30 | HB | 6-1 | 207 | 25 | Allen | 4 | 0 |
| Jimmy Burson | 49 | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 181 | 26 | Auburn | 11 | 10 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 40 | FL | 6-0 | 194 | 31 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 33 | FB | 6-2 | 228 | 25 | Kansas State | 14 | 8 |
| Bob DeMarco | 61 | C | 6-3 | 243 | 28 | Indiana; Dayton | 9 | 9 |
| Pat Fischer | 37 | LCB | 5-10 | 170 | 26 | Nebraska | 7 | 7 |
| Billy Gambrell | 3 | SE | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | South Carolina | 14 | 0 |
| Prentice Gautt | 22 | FB | 6-0 | 204 | 28 | Oklahoma | 14 | 6 |
| Irv Goode | 55 | LOG-C | 6-5 | 255 | 26 | Kentucky | 11 | 11 |
| Ken Gray | 64 | ROG | 6-2 | 245 | 30 | Howard Payne | 11 | 10 |
| Mal Hammack | 31 | TE | 6-2 | 205 | 33 | Arlington State JC; Florida | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 7 | QB | 6-2 | 202 | 22 | Southern Illinois | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Heidel | 26 | S | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Fred Heron | 74 | DE-DT | 6-4 | 255 | 22 | San Jose State | 11 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 191 | 28 | Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State | 9 | 9 |
| Dick Kasperek | 51 | C | 6-3 | 242 | 23 | Iowa State | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Koman | 34 | RLB | 6-2 | 229 | 32 | North Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Long | 89 | DT | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Iowa | 14 | 0 |
| John McDowell | 76 | OT | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | St. John's (Minnesota) | 1 | 0 |
| Ernie McMillan | 73 | ROT | 6-6 | 258 | 28 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Meggyesy | 60 | LB | 6-1 | 221 | 25 | Syracuse | 14 | 0 |
| Dale Meinert | 62 | MLB | 6-2 | 220 | 33 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Melinkovich | 82 | DE | 6-4 | 243 | 24 | Washington; Grays Harbor JC | 10 | 0 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 209 | 28 | Utah | 7 | 5 |
| Dave O'Brien | 52 | OG-OT | 6-3 | 244 | 25 | Boston College | 14 | 0 |
| Ray Ogden | 28 | FL | 6-5 | 225 | 24 | Alabama | 14 | 0 |
| Sonny Randle | 88 | SE | 6-2 | 189 | 30 | Virginia Military Institute; Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Reynolds | 71 | LOT | 6-6 | 264 | 27 | Bowling Green State | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Robb | 84 | LDE | 6-3 | 238 | 29 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny Roland | 23 | HB | 6-2 | 213 | 23 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| Frank Roy | 68 | OG | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Long Beach CC; Utah | 11 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 27 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Oakland JC; Utah State | 13 | 0 |
| Sam Silas | 72 | LDT | 6-4 | 251 | 26 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Simmons | 53 | LB | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 81 | TE-P | 6-4 | 225 | 26 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 14 |
| Rick Sortun | 66 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 234 | 24 | Washington | 14 | 12 |
| Larry Stallings | 67 | LLB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Jerry Stovall | 21 | LS | 6-2 | 201 | 25 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Strofolino | 57 | LB | 6-2 | 223 | 22 | Villanova | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Triplett | 38 | HB | 6-2 | 212 | 26 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 0 |
| Chuck Walker | 79 | RDT | 6-2 | 249 | 25 | Duke | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Ray Williams | 45 | CB | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Central Oklahoma | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Wilson | 8 | RS | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Utah | 14 | 14 |
| Abe Woodson | 42 | RCB | 5-11 | 188 | 32 | Illinois | 14 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Carl McAdams | LB | Oklahoma |
| 2 | 23 | Hal Lucas | T | Michigan State |
| 3 | 43 | Dave Long | DE | Iowa |
| 4 | 58 | Gary Snook | QB | Iowa |
| 5 | 73 | Jack Clancy | FL | Michigan |
| 6 | 88 | Tim Van Galder | QB | Iowa State |
| 7 | 102 | Chuck Arkwright | T | Georgia |
| 8 | 121 | Dan Goich | E | California |
| 9 | 135 | Charlie Bryant | FL | Allen |
| 10 | 149 | Mike Ringer | HB | Oklahoma |
| 11 | 163 | Bobby Ray Williams | HB | Central Oklahoma |
| 12 | 177 | Ricky Johnson | T | Clemson |
| 13 | 196 | Jim Brown | G | Nebraska |
| 14 | 210 | LaVerle Pratt | LB | Idaho |
| 15 | 224 | Darryl Alleman | E | Wyoming |
| 16 | 238 | Dick Kasperek | C | Iowa State |
| 17 | 252 | Benny Russell | QB | Louisville |
| 18 | 271 | Willie Jones | DE | Kansas State |
| 19 | 285 | Tony Golmont | DB | North Carolina State |
| 20 | 299 | Tom Gallagher | DE | Indiana |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 64 | 42 | 57 | 101 | 264 |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 94 | 30 | 88 | 265 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 212 | 88 | 108 | 16 | / % | / % | 67 | 586 | |
| Opponents Totals | 209 | 68 | 109 | 32 | / % | / % | 83 | 761 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bakken | 0 | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 23 | 40 | 57.5 | 0 | 96 |
| Johnny Roland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Billy Gambrell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jackie Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 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 | ||
| Terry Nofsinger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Sonny Randle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Larry Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Roy Shivers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Stovall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 28 | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 23 | 40 | 57.5 | 0 | 264 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 23 | 41 | 56.1 | 0 | 265 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bakken | 23 | 40 | 57.5 | 0 | 47 | 8/8 | 7/8 | 4/8 | 4/12 | 0/4 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 40 | 57.5 | 0 | 47 | 8/8 | 7/8 | 4/8 | 4/12 | 0/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 41 | 56.1 | 6/ | 4/ | 7/ | 6/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Roland | 192 | 695 | 3.6 | 50 | 5 |
| Prentice Gautt | 110 | 370 | 3.4 | 23t | 1 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 94 | 360 | 3.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 20 | 39 | 2.0 | 9 | 2 |
| Charlie Bryant | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Billy Gambrell | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Bill Triplett | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 18 | 25 | 1.4 | 12 | 2 |
| Jerry Stovall | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 458 | 1601 | 3.5 | 50 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 377 | 1192 | 3.2 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Johnson | 205 | 103 | 50.2 | 91 | 1334 | 6.5 | 13.0 | 69t | 10 | 4.9 | 11 | 5.4 | 18 | 170 | 1164 | 65.0 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 162 | 68 | 42.0 | 86 | 799 | 4.9 | 11.8 | 49 | 2 | 1.2 | 8 | 4.9 | 17 | 153 | 646 | 41.2 |
| Johnny Roland | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 3 | 130 | 16.3 | 26.0 | 45 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 122 | 145.8 |
| Jim Hart | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 7 | 29 | 2.6 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 44.9 |
| Team Totals | 386 | 180 | 46.6 | 187 | 2292 | 5.9 | 12.7 | 69t | 13 | 3.4 | 19 | 4.9 | 38 | 352 | 1940 | 56.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 443 | 197 | 44.5 | 225 | 2733 | 6.2 | 13.9 | 15 | 3.4 | 21 | 4.7 | 52 | 433 | 2300 | 56.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Smith | 45 | 810 | 18.0 | 69t | 3 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 34 | 388 | 11.4 | 40t | 2 |
| Billy Gambrell | 24 | 409 | 17.0 | 49 | 5 |
| Johnny Roland | 21 | 213 | 10.1 | 37 | 0 |
| Sonny Randle | 17 | 218 | 12.8 | 45 | 2 |
| Prentice Gautt | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 22 | 1 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 40 | 0 |
| Bill Triplett | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rick Sortun | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 180 | 2292 | 12.7 | 69t | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 197 | 2733 | 13.9 | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Wilson | 10 | 180 | 18.0 | 91t | 2 |
| Abe Woodson | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Jerry Stovall | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 22 | 1 |
| Jimmy Burson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pat Fischer | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Larry Stallings | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 330 | 15.7 | 91t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 236 | 12.4 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Smith | 47 | 1781 | 37.9 | 56 | 1 | |||||
| Jim Bakken | 29 | 961 | 33.1 | 49 | 0 | |||||
| Jerry Stovall | 5 | 139 | 27.8 | 35 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 81 | 2881 | 35.6 | 56 | 1 | 159 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 85 | 3458 | 40.7 | 316 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Roland | 20 | 18 | 221 | 11.1 | 86t | 1 |
| Roy Shivers | 16 | 7 | 49 | 3.1 | 31 | 0 |
| Billy Gambrell | 4 | 0 | 46 | 11.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 25 | 316 | 7.9 | 86t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 159 | 6.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Shivers | 27 | 762 | 28.2 | 94t | 1 | |
| Johnny Roland | 15 | 347 | 23.1 | 33 | 0 | |
| Bobby Ray Williams | 7 | 132 | 18.9 | 34 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bryant | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 49 | 0 | |
| Frank Roy | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Billy Gambrell | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Dave Long | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Mike Melinkovich | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ray Ogden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 57 | 1348 | 23.6 | 94t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 1021 | 20.4 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willis Crenshaw | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | |
| Pat Fischer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Prentice Gautt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Gray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Koman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Meinert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Robb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Shivers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Sortun | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jerry Stovall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Chuck Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Ray Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Abe Woodson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 0 |
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