1971 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) |
| 4th place • National Football Conference • Eastern Division • 4-9-1 .308 |
| Head Coach: Bob Hollway |
| Leeman Bennett | Offensive Backs |
| Lew Carpenter | Receivers |
| Chuck Drulis | Defensive Backs |
| Bob Leach | Defensive Line |
| Joe Spencer | Offensive Line |
| Tony Versaci | Special Teams |
| Dick Voris | Defense/Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/14/1971 | H | Houston Oilers | 16-14 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 40993 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1971 | A | Washington Redskins | 13-20 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 40228 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1971 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 21-22 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55493 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1971 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-17 | T | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 36743 | |
| Fri | 9/10/1971 | H | Cleveland Browns | 27-13 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 46171 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1971 | H | Washington Redskins | 17-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 46805 | |
| Mon | 9/27/1971 | H | New York Jets | 17-10 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50358 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1971 | H | New York Giants | 20-21 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 49571 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1971 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 26-9 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1971 | A | Washington Redskins | 0-20 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 53041 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1971 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 14-26 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50419 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1971 | A | Buffalo Bills | 28-23 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 40040 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1971 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 13-16 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50486 | |
| Mon | 11/15/1971 | A | San Diego Chargers | 17-20 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 46486 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1971 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-37 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 48658 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1971 | A | New York Giants | 24-7 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62878 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1971 | H | Green Bay Packers | 16-16 | T | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50443 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1971 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-19 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 65358 | |
| Sat | 12/18/1971 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 12-31 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 66672 | |
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 |
| Jeff Allen | 37 | CB-RB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Central (Iowa); Iowa State | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Bakken | 25 | K | 6-0 | 199 | 31 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Banks | 54 | C | 6-1 | 240 | 23 | Auburn | 9 | 7 |
| Pete Beathard | 10 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 29 | Southern California | 9 | 5 |
| Paul Dickson | 68 | DT | 6-5 | 252 | 34 | Baylor | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Dierdorf | 72 | ROG-LOG-OT | 6-3 | 280 | 22 | Michigan | 12 | 6 |
| Cid Edwards | 39 | RB | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | Tennessee State | 12 | 6 |
| Vern Emerson | 76 | OT | 6-5 | 260 | 26 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | 0 |
| Miller Farr | 20 | LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Wichita State | 14 | 14 |
| John Gilliam | 44 | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | South Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| Irv Goode | 55 | LOG-C | 6-5 | 255 | 31 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| Mel Gray | 85 | WR | 5-9 | 172 | 23 | Fort Scott CC; Missouri | 14 | 5 |
| Dale Hackbart | 49 | LS-RS | 6-3 | 210 | 33 | Wisconsin | 14 | 2 |
| Jim Hargrove | 60 | MLB | 6-3 | 233 | 26 | Howard Payne | 14 | 3 |
| Jim Hart | 17 | QB | 6-2 | 202 | 27 | Southern Illinois | 11 | 9 |
| Fred Heron | 74 | LDT | 6-4 | 255 | 27 | San Jose State | 9 | 9 |
| George Hoey | 45 | CB | 5-10 | 174 | 25 | Michigan | 6 | 0 |
| Chuck Hutchison | 65 | OG | 6-3 | 242 | 23 | Ohio State | 13 | 0 |
| Freddie Hyatt | 88 | WR | 6-3 | 205 | 25 | Auburn | 14 | 0 |
| Rolf Krueger | 70 | LDE-LDT | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Texas A&M | 14 | 9 |
| MacArthur Lane | 36 | RB | 6-0 | 220 | 29 | Merritt JC; Utah State | 13 | 11 |
| Chuck Latourette | 26 | P | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Rice | 13 | 0 |
| Tom Longo | 46 | S | 6-1 | 200 | 29 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 |
| Jim McFarland | 83 | TE | 6-5 | 225 | 24 | Nebraska | 14 | 5 |
| Mike McGill | 56 | RLB | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Notre Dame | 11 | 8 |
| Ernie McMillan | 73 | ROT | 6-6 | 258 | 33 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Terry Miller | 58 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Illinois | 9 | 0 |
| Wayne Mulligan | 50 | C | 6-2 | 246 | 24 | Clemson | 7 | 6 |
| Rick Ogle | 52 | RLB | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | Colorado | 6 | 5 |
| Don Parish | 57 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Stanford | 1 | 0 |
| Ted Provost | 28 | S | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Reynolds | 71 | LOT | 6-6 | 264 | 32 | Bowling Green State | 14 | 14 |
| Jamie Rivers | 53 | MLB | 6-2 | 238 | 26 | Bowling Green State | 12 | 11 |
| Johnny Roland | 23 | RB | 6-2 | 213 | 28 | Missouri | 13 | 5 |
| Rocky Rosema | 34 | RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Michigan | 2 | 1 |
| Bob Rowe | 75 | RDT | 6-4 | 258 | 26 | Western Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Schmiesing | 82 | RDE | 6-4 | 248 | 26 | Minnesota; North Dakota State Science JC; New Mexico State | 9 | 3 |
| Roy Shivers | 27 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | Oakland JC; Utah State | 11 | 5 |
| Jackie Smith | 81 | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 31 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 9 | 9 |
| Larry Stallings | 67 | LLB | 6-2 | 230 | 30 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Stegent | 35 | RB | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Texas A&M | 7 | 1 |
| Jerry Stovall | 21 | LS | 6-2 | 201 | 30 | Louisiana State | 6 | 6 |
| Norm Thompson | 43 | RCB | 6-1 | 179 | 26 | Laney JC; Utah | 14 | 5 |
| Chuck Walker | 79 | RDE | 6-2 | 249 | 30 | Duke | 11 | 11 |
| Roger Wehrli | 22 | RCB-RS | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Missouri | 13 | 13 |
| Paul White | 30 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Texas-El Paso | 6 | 0 |
| Clyde Williams | 63 | ROG | 6-2 | 252 | 31 | Southern University | 14 | 9 |
| Dave Williams | 80 | WR | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Washington | 13 | 9 |
| Larry Willingham | 33 | RS-LS | 6-0 | 198 | 23 | Auburn | 9 | 3 |
| Larry Wilson | 8 | RS-LS | 6-0 | 190 | 33 | Utah | 14 | 13 |
| Ron Yankowski | 78 | LDE | 6-5 | 260 | 25 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Kansas State | 12 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 17 | Norm Thompson | DB | Utah |
| 2 | 43 | Dan Dierdorf | T | Michigan |
| 3 | 61 | Jim Livesay | WR | Richmond |
| 4 | 95 | Larry Willingham | DB | Auburn |
| 5 | 121 | Rocky Wallace | LB | Missouri |
| 6 | 147 | Mel Gray | WR | Missouri |
| 7 | 173 | Jim Cooch | DB | Colorado |
| 8 | 199 | Ron Yankowski | DE | Kansas State |
| 9 | 225 | Mike Savoy | WR | Black Hills State |
| 10 | 251 | Ronnie Miller | T | McNeese State |
| 11 | 277 | Rick Ogle | LB | Colorado |
| 12 | 303 | Tim Von Dulm | QB | Portland State |
| 13 | 329 | Jeff Allen | DB | Iowa State |
| 14 | 355 | Doug Klausen | T | Arizona |
| 15 | 381 | Ted Heiskell | RB | Houston |
| 16 | 407 | Larry Brame | LB | Western Kentucky |
| 17 | 433 | Preston Watkins | WR | Bluefield State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 89 | 37 | 51 | 231 |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 73 | 49 | 96 | 279 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 212 | 86 | 109 | 17 | / % | / % | 66 | 643 | |
| Opponents Totals | 244 | 109 | 120 | 15 | / % | / % | 79 | 831 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bakken | 0 | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 21 | 32 | 65.6 | 0 | 87 |
| Cid Edwards | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Mel Gray | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jackie Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| John Gilliam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| MacArthur Lane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim McFarland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| George Hoey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roy Shivers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Stallings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 24 | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 21 | 32 | 65.6 | 0 | 231 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 28 | 29 | 96.6 | 25 | 39 | 64.1 | 1 | 279 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bakken | 21 | 32 | 65.6 | 2 | 45 | 5/5 | 8/13 | 5/6 | 3/7 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 32 | 65.6 | 2 | 45 | 5/5 | 8/13 | 5/6 | 3/7 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 39 | 64.1 | 7/7 | 12/15 | 1/4 | 4/9 | 1/4 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacArthur Lane | 150 | 592 | 3.9 | 40t | 3 |
| Cid Edwards | 108 | 316 | 2.9 | 14 | 4 |
| Johnny Roland | 78 | 278 | 3.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 55 | 202 | 3.7 | 10 | 1 |
| Mel Gray | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Pete Beathard | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Chuck Latourette | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 20 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 13 | 9 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul White | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 417 | 1530 | 3.7 | 40t | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 486 | 1985 | 4.1 | 53t | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hart | 243 | 110 | 45.3 | 119 | 1626 | 6.7 | 14.8 | 57t | 8 | 3.3 | 14 | 5.8 | 13 | 139 | 1487 | 54.7 |
| Pete Beathard | 141 | 60 | 42.6 | 69 | 1030 | 7.3 | 17.2 | 80t | 6 | 4.3 | 12 | 8.5 | 6 | 46 | 984 | 46.7 |
| Roy Shivers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 385 | 170 | 44.2 | 189 | 2656 | 6.9 | 15.6 | 80t | 14 | 3.6 | 26 | 6.8 | 19 | 185 | 2471 | 51.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 375 | 212 | 56.5 | 146 | 2546 | 6.8 | 12.0 | 69t | 12 | 3.2 | 17 | 4.5 | 20 | 166 | 2380 | 69.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Gilliam | 42 | 837 | 19.9 | 54 | 3 |
| MacArthur Lane | 29 | 298 | 10.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 21 | 379 | 18.0 | 61t | 4 |
| Mel Gray | 18 | 534 | 29.7 | 80t | 4 |
| Johnny Roland | 15 | 108 | 7.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 12 | 182 | 15.2 | 37 | 1 |
| Cid Edwards | 12 | 122 | 10.2 | 38 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 10 | 76 | 7.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim McFarland | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 21 | 2 |
| Freddie Hyatt | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Larry Stegent | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Reynolds | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 170 | 2656 | 15.6 | 80t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 212 | 2546 | 12.0 | 69t | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Wilson | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Norm Thompson | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Jerry Stovall | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Miller Farr | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Roger Wehrli | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Larry Stallings | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Mike McGill | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dale Hackbart | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 191 | 11.2 | 26t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 358 | 13.8 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Latourette | 56 | 2157 | 38.5 | 55 | 1 | |||||
| Jim Bakken | 5 | 207 | 41.4 | 44 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 61 | 2364 | 38.8 | 55 | 1 | 160 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 2343 | 40.4 | 58 | 0 | 234 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Willingham | 10 | 9 | 84 | 8.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Roger Wehrli | 9 | 3 | 84 | 9.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Norm Thompson | 5 | 1 | 27 | 5.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Larry Stallings | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Paul Dickson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 16 | 234 | 7.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 21 | 160 | 6.7 | 61t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Gray | 30 | 740 | 24.7 | 65 | 0 | |
| George Hoey | 9 | 251 | 27.9 | 103t | 1 | |
| Norm Thompson | 7 | 182 | 26.0 | 45 | 0 | |
| Larry Willingham | 6 | 125 | 20.8 | 56 | 0 | |
| Cid Edwards | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Johnny Roland | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Dan Dierdorf | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Stegent | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 58 | 1363 | 23.5 | 103t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1318 | 24.4 | 93t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Rowe | 5.5 | |
| Chuck Walker | 5.0 | |
| Larry Stallings | 3.0 | |
| Rolf Krueger | 2.5 | |
| Fred Heron | 2.0 | |
| Jim Hargrove | 1.0 | |
| Rick Ogle | 1.0 | |
| Ron Yankowski | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals IND=21 | 20.0 | 166.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 19.0 | 185.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Banks | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Beathard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cid Edwards | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miller Farr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Irv Goode | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -17 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Hackbart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Heron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Chuck Hutchison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MacArthur Lane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Latourette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 0 | |
| Terry Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Ogle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Rivers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Rowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Stegent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Thompson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Wehrli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Willingham | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 28 | -17 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 4 |
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