1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) |
| 6th place • National Football Conference • 5-4-0 .556 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| 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 | |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Green | 32 | 453 | 14.2 | 42 | 3 | ||||
| Ottis Anderson | 14 | 106 | 7.6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stump Mitchell | 11 | 149 | 13.5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willard Harrell | 11 | 127 | 11.5 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Marsh | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg LaFleur | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Shumann | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Gray | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Morris | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neil Lomax | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenny Thompson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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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