1969 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Conference • Century Division • 4-9-1 .308 |
| Head Coach: Charley Winner |
| Red Cochran | Offensive Backs |
| Chuck Drulis | Defense |
| Harry Gilmer | Quarterbacks/Passing Offense |
| Red Miller | Offensive Line/Rushing Offense |
| Ken Shipp | Receivers |
| Don Shroyer | Linebackers |
| Dick Voris | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/9/1969 | H | New York Jets | 13-6 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50372 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1969 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-13 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 13815 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1969 | N | Minnesota Vikings | 13-41 | L | Memphis, TN | Liberty Bowl | 34417 | |
| Fri | 8/29/1969 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 21-31 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 48006 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1969 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-10 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 27506 | |
| Fri | 9/12/1969 | A | Chicago Bears | 37-31 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 61227 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1969 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 3-24 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 62134 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1969 | H | Chicago Bears | 20-17 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50039 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1969 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 45011 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1969 | A | Washington Redskins | 17-33 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 50481 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1969 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 10-27 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 49430 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1969 | A | Cleveland Browns | 21-21 | T | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 81186 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1969 | H | New Orleans Saints | 42-51 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 46718 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1969 | H | New York Giants | 42-17 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 49194 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1969 | A | Detroit Lions | 0-20 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 51749 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1969 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 30-34 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 45512 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1969 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 47-10 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 43721 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1969 | A | New York Giants | 6-49 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62973 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1969 | H | Cleveland Browns | 21-27 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 44924 | |
| Sun | 12/21/1969 | A | Green Bay Packers | 28-45 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
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 |
| Bob Atkins | 48 | RCB-LCB | 6-3 | 211 | 23 | Grambling State | 13 | 4 |
| Jim Bakken | 25 | K | 6-0 | 199 | 29 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Brown | 89 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Alcorn State | 12? | 0 |
| Terry Brown | 24 | LS-RS | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 5 |
| Don Brumm | 86 | LDE | 6-3 | 243 | 28 | Purdue | 4 | 4 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 33 | RB | 6-2 | 228 | 28 | Kansas State | 14 | 6 |
| Jerry Daanen | 31 | WR | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 9? | 0 |
| Bob DeMarco | 61 | C | 6-3 | 243 | 31 | Indiana; Dayton | 12 | 12 |
| Cid Edwards | 39 | RB | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Tennessee State | 14 | 8 |
| Vern Emerson | 76 | OT | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | Minnesota-Duluth | 5 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 44 | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | South Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| Irv Goode | 55 | LOG | 6-5 | 255 | 29 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Gray | 64 | ROG | 6-2 | 245 | 33 | Howard Payne | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Hart | 17 | QB | 6-2 | 202 | 25 | Southern Illinois | 9 | 5 |
| Chip Healy | 56 | MLB | 6-3 | 233 | 22 | Vanderbilt | 14 | 5 |
| Fred Heron | 74 | LDT | 6-4 | 255 | 25 | San Jose State | 13 | 13 |
| King Hill | 15 | P-QB | 6-3 | 212 | 33 | Rice | 14 | 0 |
| Freddie Hyatt | 88 | WR | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | Auburn | 6 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 191 | 31 | Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State | 12 | 9 |
| Rolf Krueger | 70 | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Texas A&M | 14 | 10 |
| MacArthur Lane | 36 | RB | 6-0 | 220 | 27 | Merritt JC; Utah State | 9 | 0 |
| Ernie McMillan | 73 | ROT | 6-6 | 258 | 31 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Meggyesy | 60 | RLB | 6-1 | 221 | 28 | Syracuse | 8? | 3 |
| Wayne Mulligan | 50 | C | 6-2 | 246 | 22 | Clemson | 14 | 2 |
| Dave Olerich | 51 | LLB | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | San Francisco | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Reynolds | 71 | LOT | 6-6 | 264 | 30 | Bowling Green State | 14 | 14 |
| Jamie Rivers | 53 | MLB | 6-2 | 238 | 24 | Bowling Green State | 10 | 9 |
| Johnny Roland | 23 | RB | 6-2 | 213 | 26 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| Rocky Rosema | 34 | RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Michigan | 14 | 11 |
| Bob Rowe | 75 | RDT | 6-4 | 258 | 24 | Western Michigan | 13 | 13 |
| Lonnie Sanders | 42 | RS | 6-3 | 206 | 28 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 |
| Mac Sauls | 43 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Texas State | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Schmiesing | 82 | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 248 | 24 | Minnesota; North Dakota State Science JC; New Mexico State | 11? | 2 |
| Roy Shivers | 27 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | Oakland JC; Utah State | 12? | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 81 | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 29 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 14 |
| Cal Snowden | 87 | LDE-RDE | 6-4 | 247 | 23 | Indiana | 7? | 0 |
| Rick Sortun | 66 | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 234 | 27 | Washington | 14 | 2 |
| Larry Stallings | 67 | LLB | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Jerry Stovall | 21 | LS-RCB | 6-2 | 201 | 28 | Louisiana State | 10 | 9 |
| Chuck Walker | 79 | RDE | 6-2 | 249 | 28 | Duke | 14 | 14 |
| Roger Wehrli | 22 | LCB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Missouri | 13 | 13 |
| Clyde Williams | 63 | LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 252 | 29 | Southern University | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 80 | WR | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Washington | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Wilson | 8 | RS-LS | 6-0 | 190 | 31 | Utah | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Wilson | 37 | LCB | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | Western Illinois | 3 | 0 |
| Nate Wright | 41 | RCB | 5-11 | 179 | 22 | Monterey Peninsula JC; San Diego State | 10 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 19 | Roger Wehrli | DB | Missouri |
| 2 | 35 | Rolf Krueger | DT | Texas A&M |
| 3 | 71 | Chip Healy | LB | Vanderbilt |
| 3 | 73 | Terry Brown | DB | Oklahoma State |
| 4 | 97 | Billy Rhodes | G | Florida State |
| 5 | 108 | Walt Shockley | RB | San Jose State |
| 5 | 123 | Gene Huey | FL | Wyoming |
| 6 | 149 | Amos Van Pelt | RB | Ball State |
| 8 | 201 | Wayne Mulligan | C | Clemson |
| 9 | 227 | Cal Snowden | DE | Indiana |
| 10 | 252 | Jerry Warren | K | North Carolina State |
| 11 | 279 | Gary Kerl | LB | Utah |
| 12 | 305 | Howard Taylor | RB | New Mexico State |
| 13 | 331 | Dick Heinz | DT | California-Santa Barbara |
| 14 | 357 | Ed Roseborough | QB | Arizona State |
| 15 | 383 | Fritz Latham | T | Tuskegee |
| 16 | 409 | Junior Riggins | RB | Kansas |
| 17 | 435 | George Hummer | C | Arizona State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 83 | 53 | 49 | 129 | 314 |
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 106 | 118 | 92 | 389 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 224 | 83 | 125 | 16 | / % | / % | 72 | 765 | |
| Opponents Totals | 289 | 83 | 185 | 21 | / % | / % | 71 | 773 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bakken | 0 | 38 | 40 | 95.0 | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 0 | 74 |
| John Gilliam | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Dave Williams | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Johnny Roland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Willis Crenshaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Cid Edwards | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Roy Shivers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Hart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Charley Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| MacArthur Lane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Rowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Stallings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 38 | 40 | 95.0 | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 0 | 314 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 47 | 48 | 97.9 | 18 | 31 | 58.1 | 0 | 389 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bakken | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 0 | 46 | 2/2 | 4/8 | 3/4 | 3/7 | 0/3 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 0 | 46 | 2/2 | 4/8 | 3/4 | 3/7 | 0/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 31 | 58.1 | 5/ | 6/ | 4/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cid Edwards | 107 | 504 | 4.7 | 48 | 3 |
| Johnny Roland | 138 | 498 | 3.6 | 21 | 5 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 55 | 172 | 3.1 | 26t | 3 |
| Roy Shivers | 27 | 115 | 4.3 | 17 | 2 |
| MacArthur Lane | 25 | 93 | 3.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Charley Johnson | 17 | 51 | 3.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Jim Hart | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 10 | 2 |
| Dave Williams | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 382 | 1446 | 3.8 | 48 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 438 | 1644 | 3.8 | 54 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Johnson | 260 | 131 | 50.4 | 116 | 1847 | 7.1 | 14.1 | 84t | 13 | 5.0 | 13 | 5.0 | 11 | 101 | 1746 | 69.5 |
| Jim Hart | 169 | 84 | 49.7 | 73 | 1086 | 6.4 | 12.9 | 60t | 6 | 3.6 | 12 | 7.1 | 10 | 100 | 986 | 52.5 |
| King Hill | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 95.8 |
| Team Totals | 430 | 216 | 50.2 | 189 | 2940 | 6.8 | 13.6 | 84t | 19 | 4.4 | 25 | 5.8 | 21 | 201 | 2739 | 62.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 465 | 260 | 55.9 | 190 | 3752 | 8.1 | 14.4 | 82t | 38 | 8.2 | 15 | 3.2 | 33 | 220 | 3532 | 96.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Williams | 56 | 702 | 12.5 | 61 | 7 |
| John Gilliam | 52 | 997 | 19.2 | 84t | 9 |
| Jackie Smith | 43 | 561 | 13.0 | 34 | 1 |
| Cid Edwards | 23 | 309 | 13.4 | 37 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 12 | 136 | 11.3 | 23 | 1 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 11 | 94 | 8.5 | 31 | 0 |
| MacArthur Lane | 9 | 61 | 6.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 26 | 1 |
| Jerry Daanen | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Terry Brown | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 216 | 2940 | 13.6 | 84t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 260 | 3752 | 14.4 | 82t | 38 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Atkins | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 42 | 0 |
| Roger Wehrli | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 44 | 0 |
| Nate Wright | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Rowe | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 18t | 1 |
| Larry Wilson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Jerry Stovall | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Terry Brown | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Rocky Rosema | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 245 | 16.3 | 44 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 202 | 8.1 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Hill | 73 | 2746 | 37.6 | 57 | 1 | 158 | ||||
| Team Totals | 73 | 2746 | 37.6 | 57 | 1 | 158 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 2710 | 40.4 | 66 | 1 | 201 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Wehrli | 13 | 4 | 65 | 5.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 10 | 4 | 53 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 9 | 2 | 44 | 4.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Terry Brown | 6 | 1 | 39 | 6.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 11 | 201 | 5.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 18 | 158 | 4.5 | 30 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macarthur Lane | 20 | 523 | 26.2 | 69 | 0 | |
| Terry Brown | 15 | 320 | 21.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 11 | 339 | 30.8 | 100t | 1 | |
| Roy Shivers | 10 | 205 | 20.5 | 35 | 0 | |
| Mike Wilson | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Willis Crenshaw | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Dave Olerich | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Roger Wehrli | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Clyde Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 68 | 1507 | 22.2 | 100t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 1007 | 20.6 | 86 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Brown | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willis Crenshaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cid Edwards | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Irv Goode | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Johnson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 | |
| MacArthur Lane | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dave Olerich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Rivers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Rowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Stallings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 1 |
| Chuck Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 1 |
| Mike Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 151 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0 |
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