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1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)

6th place • National Football Conference • 5-4-0 .556

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Head Coach: Jim Hanifan

Chuck Banker	Special Teams
Tom Bettis	Defensive Coordinator
Don Brown	Strength and Conditioning
Rudy Feldman	Linebackers
Harry Gilmer	Quarterbacks
Dick Jamieson	Offensive Backs
Tom Lovat	Offensive Line
Leon McLaughlin	Special Assistant
Floyd Peters	Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line
Emmitt Thomas	Receivers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/13/1982	A	Seattle Seahawks	0-14	L		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	55525
Sat	8/21/1982	A	San Francisco 49ers	13-16	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	51931
Sat	8/28/1982	A	Chicago Bears	10-3	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	62078
Sat	9/4/1982	H	Kansas City Chiefs	6-10	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	39926
Sun	9/12/1982	A	New Orleans Saints	21-7	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	58673
Sun	9/19/1982	H	Dallas Cowboys	7-24	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	50705
Sun	10/3/1982	H	Los Angeles Rams		-		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium
Sun	10/10/1982	A	New York Giants		-		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium
Sun	10/17/1982	H	Chicago Bears		-		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium
Sun	10/24/1982	A	New England Patriots		-		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium
Sun	10/31/1982	H	Philadelphia Eagles		-		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium
Sun	11/7/1982	A	Dallas Cowboys		-		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium
Sun	11/14/1982	H	Seattle Seahawks		-		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium
Sun	11/21/1982	H	San Francisco 49ers	20-31	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	38064
Sun	11/28/1982	A	Atlanta Falcons	23-20	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	33411
Sun	12/5/1982	A	Philadelphia Eagles	23-20	W		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	63622
Sun	12/12/1982	H	Washington Redskins	7-12	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	35308
Sun	12/19/1982	A	Chicago Bears	10-7	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	43270
Sun	12/26/1982	H	New York Giants	24-21	W		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	39824
Sun	1/2/1983	A	Washington Redskins	0-28	L		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	52544
First Round Playoff
Sat	1/8/1983	A	Green Bay Packers	16-41	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	54282

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Schedule Notes
10/3/1982	Los Angeles Rams	Canceled
10/10/1982	New York Giants	Canceled
10/17/1982	Chicago Bears	Canceled
10/24/1982	New England Patriots	Canceled
10/31/1982	Philadelphia Eagles	Canceled
11/7/1982	Dallas Cowboys	Canceled
11/14/1982	Seattle Seahawks	Canceled
1/2/1983	Washington Redskins	Postponed from 9/26

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Dave Ahrens	58	MLB	6-4	245	24	Wisconsin	9	9
Carl Allen	27	RCB	6-0	186	27	Southern Mississippi	9	9
Kurt Allerman	51	LB	6-3	225	27	Penn State	9	0
Ottis Anderson	32	HB	6-2	225	25	Miami (Florida)	8	8
Charlie Baker	52	RLB	6-2	234	25	New Mexico	9	9
Don Bessillieu	46	S	6-1	200	26	Georgia Tech	3	0
Carl Birdsong	18	P	6-0	192	23	West Texas A&M; Southwestern Oklahoma State	9	0
Joe Bostic	71	ROG	6-3	268	25	Clemson	8	8
Rush Brown	69	RDT	6-2	260	28	Ball State	9	9
Randy Clark	64	C-OG	6-3	262	25	Northern Illinois	9	0
Tim Collier	44	CB	6-0	176	28	East Texas A&M	4	0
George Collins	66	ROG	6-2	254	27	Georgia	9	1
Mike Dawson	73	LDT	6-3	262	29	Arizona	9	9
Dan Dierdorf	72	C	6-3	280	33	Michigan	9	9
Calvin Favron	59	LB	6-1	225	25	Southeastern Louisiana	4	0
Earl Ferrell	31	RB	6-0	232	24	East Tennessee State	9	0
David Galloway	65	DE	6-3	279	23	Florida	5	0
John Gillen	57	LB	6-3	228	24	Illinois	4	0
Mel Gray	85	WR	5-9	172	34	Fort Scott CC; Missouri	5	0
Roy Green	81	WR	6-0	195	25	Henderson State	9	9
Ken Greene	37	S	6-2	196	26	Washington State	8	0
Curtis Greer	75	RDE	6-4	258	25	Michigan	9	9
Jeff Griffin	35	LCB	6-0	185	24	Utah	9	8
Elois Grooms	78	LDE	6-4	250	29	Tennessee Tech	9	9
Willard Harrell	39	RB	5-8	182	30	Pacific	7	0
Jim Hart	17	QB	6-2	202	38	Southern Illinois	4	0
E.J. Junior	54	LLB	6-3	240	23	Alabama	9	9
Greg LaFleur	89	TE	6-4	237	24	Louisiana State	9	3
Rusty Lisch	16	QB	6-4	213	26	Notre Dame	8	0
Neil Lomax	15	QB	6-3	215	23	Portland State	9	9
Randy Love	40	RB	6-1	205	26	Houston	9	0
Doug Marsh	80	TE	6-3	238	24	Michigan	8	8
Stafford Mays	76	DE	6-2	251	24	Mount Hood JC; Washington	8	0
Eddie McGill	87	TE	6-6	225	22	Western Carolina	9	0
Stump Mitchell	30	FB	5-9	188	23	The Citadel	9	1
Wayne Morris	24	FB	6-0	210	28	Southern Methodist	9	8
Lee Nelson	28	SS	5-10	185	28	Pensacola JC; Florida State	8	7
Neil O'Donoghue	11	K	6-6	210	29	St. Bernard; Auburn	8	0
Benny Perrin	23	FS	6-2	175	23	Alabama	9	9
Art Plunkett	70	OT	6-7	262	23	Nevada-Las Vegas	9	0
Craig Puki	50	LB	6-1	231	25	Tennessee	7	0
Tootie Robbins	63	ROT	6-5	306	24	East Carolina	9	9
Craig Shaffer	53	LB	6-1	227	23	Indiana State	5	0
Luis Sharpe	67	LOT	6-4	255	22	UCLA	9	9
Mike Shumann	84	WR	6-0	174	27	Florida State	6	0
Wayne Smith	44	CB	6-0	170	25	Wisconsin-La Crosse; Loop JC; Purdue	1	0
Dave Stief	21	WR	6-3	195	26	Coffeyville CC; Portland State	9	0
Terry Stieve	68	LOG	6-2	263	28	Wisconsin	9	9
Kenny Thompson	86	WR	6-1	178	24	West Texas A&M; Mesa CC; Utah State	1	0
Ricky Thompson	82	WR	6-0	176	28	Baylor	3	0
Bruce Thornton	79	DT	6-5	265	24	Illinois	6	0
Pat Tilley	83	WR	5-10	178	29	Louisiana Tech	9	8
Roger Wehrli	22	LCB	6-1	195	35	Missouri	8	1
Herb Williams	42	SS	6-0	198	24	Southern University	7	2

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	16	Luis Sharpe	T	UCLA
2	38	David Galloway	DT	Florida
3	65	Benny Perrin	DB	Alabama
3	73	Rusty Guilbeau	DE	McNeese State
4	90	Tootie Robbins	T	East Carolina
5	119	Vance Bedford	DB	Texas
5	125	Earl Ferrell	RB	East Tennessee State
6	150	Craig Shaffer	LB	Indiana State
7	178	Bob Sebro	C	Colorado
8	205	Chris Lindstrom	DT	Boston University
9	232	Darnell Dailey	LB	Maryland
10	259	Eddie McGill	TE	Western Carolina
11	290	James Williams	DE	North Carolina A&T State
12	317	Bob Atha	K	Ohio State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	31	48	19	37	135
Opponents Totals	23	34	37	76	170

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:28	162	71	81	10	47/127 37.0%	/ %	56	528
Opponents Totals	29:32	163	58	98	7	52/129 40.3%	/ %	54	420

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Neil O'Donoghue	0	15	16	93.8	8	13	61.5	0	39
Wayne Morris	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Ottis Anderson	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Roy Green	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Pat Tilley	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Greg LaFleur	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Neil Lomax	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Stump Mitchell	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Roger Wehrli	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	16	15	16	93.8	8	13	61.5	0	135
Opponents Totals	21	20	21	95.2	8	18	44.4	0	170

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Neil O'Donoghue	8	13	61.5	0	48	1/1	2/3	3/3	2/6	0/0
Team Totals	8	13	61.5	0	48	1/1	2/3	3/3	2/6	0/0
Opponents Totals	8	18	44.4			0/0	5/6	3/5	0/6	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ottis Anderson	145	587	4.0	64	3
Wayne Morris	84	274	3.3	11	4
Stump Mitchell	39	189	4.8	32t	1
Neil Lomax	28	119	4.3	19	1
Roger Wehrli	1	18	18.0	18t	1
Willard Harrell	4	14	3.5	8	0
Roy Green	6	8	1.3	13	0
Team Totals	307	1209	3.9	64	10
Opponents Totals	256	995	3.9	37	5

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Neil Lomax	205	109	53.2	90	1367	6.7	12.5	42	5	2.4	6	2.9	31	234	1133	70.1
Jim Hart	33	19	57.6	14	199	6.0	10.5	22	1	3.0	0	0.0	0	0	199	85.3
Willard Harrell	1	1	100.0	0	10	10.0	10.0	10	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	10	108.3
Roy Green	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	1	9	-9	39.6
Team Totals	240	129	53.8	105	1576	6.6	12.2	42	6	2.5	6	2.5	32	243	1333	72.2
Opponents Totals	291	174	59.8	111	2035	7.0	11.7	55	16	5.5	6	2.1	23	182	1853	90.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Pat Tilley	36	465	12.9	34	2
Roy Green	32	453	14.2	42	3
Ottis Anderson	14	106	7.6	19	0
Stump Mitchell	11	149	13.5	30	0
Willard Harrell	11	127	11.5	36	0
Doug Marsh	6	94	15.7	21	0
Greg LaFleur	5	67	13.4	20	1
Mike Shumann	5	58	11.6	23	0
Mel Gray	4	34	8.5	13	0
Wayne Morris	3	8	2.7	11	0
Neil Lomax	1	10	10.0	10	0
Kenny Thompson	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	129	1576	12.2	42	6
Opponents Totals	174	2035	11.7	55	16

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Benny Perrin	1	35	35.0	35	0
Jeff Griffin	1	8	8.0	8	0
Lee Nelson	1	7	7.0	7	0
Ken Greene	1	2	2.0	2	0
Carl Allen	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Dawson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	6	52	8.7	35	0
Opponents Totals	6	37	6.2	19	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Carl Birdsong	54	2365	43.8	65	0	6	8	288	1957	36.2
Team Totals	54	2365	43.8	65	0	6	8	288	1957	36.2
Opponents Totals	51	2099	41.2	53	0	3	11	192	1847	36.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Stump Mitchell	27	0	165	6.1	15	0
Roy Green	3	0	20	6.7	11	0
Earl Ferrell	1	0	6	6.0	6	0
Willard Harrell	1	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	32	1	192	6.0	15	0
Opponents Totals	36	4	288	8.0	38	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Stump Mitchell	16	0	364	22.8	33	0
Willard Harrell	8	0	150	18.8	31	0
Earl Ferrell	4	0	88	22.0	27	0
Randy Love	4	0	69	17.3	24	0
Wayne Morris	1	0	14	14.0	14	0
Jeff Griffin	1	0	12	12.0	12	0
Dave Ahrens	1	0	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	35	0	702	20.1	33	0
Opponents Totals	27	0	558	20.7	44	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Curtis Greer	7.5
Elois Grooms	4.5
Mike Dawson	3.5
Rush Brown	3.0
David Galloway	2.0
E.J. Junior	1.5
Bruce Thornton	1.0
Team Totals	23.0	182.0
Opponents Totals	32.0	243.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Dave Ahrens	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ottis Anderson	2		1	0	1	0	0
Charlie Baker	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Dan Dierdorf	1		0	0	0	-13	0
Roy Green	1		1	0	1	2	0
Ken Greene	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Curtis Greer	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Elois Grooms	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
E.J. Junior	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Neil Lomax	8		1	0	1	-1	0
Randy Love	1		1	0	1	0	0
Stafford Mays	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Stump Mitchell	3		1	0	1	0	0
Wayne Morris	1		0	0	0	0	0
Luis Sharpe	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	17	10	7	9	16	-12	0
Opponents Totals	14	9	4	10	14		0

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