1985 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) |
5th place • National Football Conference • Eastern Division • 5-11-0 .313 |
Head Coach: Jim Hanifan |
Chuck Banker | Offensive Backs |
Rudy Feldman | Linebackers |
Pete Hoener | Strength and Conditioning |
Dick Jamieson | Offensive Backs |
Leon McLaughlin | Special Assistant |
Ernie McMillan | Offensive Line |
Floyd Peters | Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line |
Jerry Smith | Defensive Line |
Emmitt Thomas | Receivers |
Lance Van Zandt | Defensive Backs |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Fri | 8/9/1985 | H | Chicago Bears | 10-3 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 36305 | |
Thu | 8/15/1985 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-39 | L | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 40518 | |
Fri | 8/23/1985 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-6 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 36237 | |
Sat | 8/31/1985 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 13-17 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 38618 | |
Sun | 9/8/1985 | A | Cleveland Browns | 27-24 | W | OT | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 62107 |
Sun | 9/15/1985 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 41-27 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 46321 | |
Sun | 9/22/1985 | A | New York Giants | 17-27 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 74987 | |
Sun | 9/29/1985 | H | Green Bay Packers | 43-28 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 48598 | |
Mon | 10/7/1985 | A | Washington Redskins | 10-27 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 53134 | |
Sun | 10/13/1985 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-30 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 48186 | |
Sun | 10/20/1985 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-23 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 56478 | |
Sun | 10/27/1985 | H | Houston Oilers | 10-20 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 43190 | |
Mon | 11/4/1985 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 21-10 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 49347 | |
Sun | 11/10/1985 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0-16 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 34736 | |
Sun | 11/17/1985 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 39032 | |
Sun | 11/24/1985 | H | New York Giants | 3-34 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 41248 | |
Thu | 11/28/1985 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 17-35 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 54125 | |
Sun | 12/8/1985 | H | New Orleans Saints | 28-16 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 29527 | |
Sun | 12/15/1985 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-46 | L | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 52052 | |
Sat | 12/21/1985 | H | Washington Redskins | 16-27 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 28090 |
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 | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Ottis Anderson | 32 | RB | 6-2 | 225 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 8 |
Jess Atkinson | 10 | K | 5-9 | 168 | 24 | Maryland | 2 | 0 |
Bubba Baker | 60 | LDE-RDE | 6-6 | 275 | 29 | Colorado State | 16 | 16 |
Charlie Baker | 52 | LLB | 6-2 | 234 | 28 | New Mexico | 15 | 3 |
Scott Bergold | 74 | OT | 6-7 | 263 | 24 | Wisconsin | 16 | 0 |
Carl Birdsong | 18 | P | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | West Texas A&M; Southwestern Oklahoma State | 16 | 0 |
Novo Bojovic | 11 | K | 5-10 | 172 | 26 | Central Michigan | 6 | 0 |
Joe Bostic | 71 | ROG | 6-3 | 268 | 28 | Clemson | 16 | 16 |
Scott Brunner | 12 | QB | 6-5 | 210 | 28 | Delaware | 16 | 0 |
Randy Clark | 64 | C | 6-3 | 262 | 28 | Northern Illinois | 16 | 16 |
Doug Dawson | 66 | LOG | 6-3 | 288 | 24 | Texas | 16 | 16 |
Mark Duda | 73 | LDT | 6-3 | 273 | 24 | Maryland | 16 | 16 |
Clyde Duncan | 86 | WR | 6-1 | 202 | 24 | Tennessee | 11 | 0 |
Earl Ferrell | 31 | FB | 6-0 | 232 | 27 | East Tennessee State | 11 | 9 |
David Galloway | 65 | RDT | 6-3 | 279 | 26 | Florida | 16 | 16 |
Earnest Gray | 87 | WR | 6-3 | 191 | 28 | Memphis | 5 | 0 |
Roy Green | 81 | WR | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | Henderson State | 13 | 13 |
Curtis Greer | 75 | RDE | 6-4 | 258 | 28 | Michigan | 16 | 15 |
Jeff Griffin | 35 | CB | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Utah | 12 | 0 |
Elois Grooms | 78 | DT | 6-4 | 250 | 32 | Tennessee Tech | 5 | 0 |
Perry Harrington | 36 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 27 | Jackson State | 11 | 0 |
Bob Harris | 50 | LB | 6-3 | 202 | 25 | Auburn | 10 | 0 |
Liffort Hobley | 29 | S | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Louisiana State | 5 | 0 |
Tom Howard | 59 | LLB | 6-2 | 215 | 31 | Texas Tech | 3 | 2 |
Bobby Johnson | 42 | S | 6-0 | 187 | 25 | Texas | 11 | 0 |
E.J. Junior | 54 | MLB | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Alabama | 16 | 16 |
Greg LaFleur | 89 | TE | 6-4 | 237 | 27 | Louisiana State | 16 | 4 |
Neil Lomax | 15 | QB | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | Portland State | 16 | 16 |
Randy Love | 40 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 29 | Houston | 12 | 0 |
Cedric Mack | 47 | LCB | 5-11 | 192 | 25 | Baylor | 16 | 14 |
Doug Marsh | 80 | TE | 6-3 | 238 | 27 | Michigan | 16 | 16 |
Stafford Mays | 76 | LDE | 6-2 | 251 | 27 | Mount Hood JC; Washington | 16 | 1 |
Rick McIvor | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 210 | 25 | Texas | 2 | 0 |
Stump Mitchell | 30 | RB | 5-9 | 188 | 26 | The Citadel | 16 | 8 |
Rob Monaco | 51 | OT | 6-3 | 283 | 24 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 0 |
Tony Mumford | 34 | RB | 6-0 | 215 | 22 | Penn State | 2 | 0 |
Lee Nelson | 38 | S | 5-10 | 185 | 31 | Pensacola JC; Florida State | 13 | 0 |
Niko Noga | 57 | LLB | 6-1 | 235 | 23 | Hawaii | 16 | 11 |
Jay Novacek | 85 | WR | 6-4 | 228 | 23 | Wyoming | 16 | 0 |
Freddie Joe Nunn | 53 | RLB | 6-4 | 244 | 23 | Mississippi | 16 | 16 |
Neil O'Donoghue | 11 | K | 6-6 | 210 | 32 | St. Bernard; Auburn | 8 | 0 |
Benny Perrin | 23 | FS | 6-2 | 175 | 26 | Alabama | 7 | 6 |
Tootie Robbins | 63 | ROT | 6-5 | 306 | 27 | East Carolina | 12 | 11 |
Carlos Scott | 56 | C | 6-4 | 285 | 25 | Texas-El Paso | 16 | 0 |
Luis Sharpe | 67 | LOT | 6-4 | 255 | 25 | UCLA | 16 | 16 |
J.T. Smith | 84 | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 30 | North Texas | 14 | 4 |
Lance Smith | 61 | ROT | 6-2 | 271 | 22 | Louisiana State | 14 | 5 |
Leonard Smith | 43 | SS | 5-11 | 202 | 25 | McNeese State | 16 | 16 |
Wayne Smith | 44 | RCB | 6-0 | 170 | 28 | Wisconsin-La Crosse; Loop JC; Purdue | 16 | 16 |
Danny Spradlin | 55 | LB | 6-1 | 238 | 26 | Tennessee | 7 | 0 |
Pat Tilley | 83 | WR | 5-10 | 178 | 32 | Louisiana Tech | 16 | 16 |
Lionel Washington | 48 | LCB | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Tulane | 5 | 2 |
Ron Wolfley | 24 | FB | 6-0 | 226 | 23 | West Virginia | 16 | 2 |
Lonnie Young | 43 | FS | 6-1 | 187 | 22 | Michigan State | 16 | 10 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 18 | Freddie Joe Nunn | LB | Mississippi |
2 | 51 | Scott Bergold | T | Wisconsin |
3 | 72 | Lance Smith | T | Louisiana State |
4 | 104 | Ron Wolfley | RB | West Virginia |
5 | 116 | K.D. Dunn | TE | Clemson |
5 | 131 | Louis Wong | G | Brigham Young |
6 | 158 | Jay Novacek | WR | Wyoming |
8 | 212 | Rob Monaco | G | Vanderbilt |
9 | 244 | Scott Williams | TE | Georgia |
10 | 271 | Dennis Williams | RB | Furman |
11 | 298 | Ricky Anderson | K | Vanderbilt |
12 | 325 | Lonnie Young | DB | Michigan State |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 67 | 73 | 48 | 87 | 3 | 278 |
Opponents Totals | 78 | 122 | 77 | 137 | 0 | 414 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 29:22 | 301 | 108 | 171 | 22 | 68/208 32.7% | 5/12 41.7% | 101 | 816 |
Opponents Totals | 30:38 | 314 | 115 | 169 | 30 | 83/214 38.8% | 10/12 83.3% | 88 | 742 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stump Mitchell | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
Neil O'Donoghue | 0 | 19 | 19 | 100.0 | 10 | 18 | 55.6 | 0 | 49 |
Pat Tilley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Roy Green | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Ottis Anderson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Earl Ferrell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Novo Bojovic | 0 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 20 |
Clyde Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Perry Harrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Doug Marsh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
J.T. Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Lionel Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jess Atkinson | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Team Totals | 34 | 33 | 34 | 97.1 | 13 | 28 | 46.4 | 1 | 278 |
Opponents Totals | 47 | 46 | 47 | 97.9 | 28 | 38 | 73.7 | 1 | 414 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neil O'Donoghue | 10 | 18 | 55.6 | 0 | 49 | 1/1 | 3/5 | 4/6 | 2/4 | 0/2 |
Novo Bojovic | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 42 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 0/2 |
Jess Atkinson | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | |
Team Totals | 13 | 28 | 46.4 | 0 | 49 | 1/1 | 3/5 | 5/8 | 4/10 | 0/4 |
Opponents Totals | 28 | 38 | 73.7 | 3/3 | 6/7 | 11/14 | 6/9 | 2/5 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stump Mitchell | 183 | 1006 | 5.5 | 64 | 7 |
Ottis Anderson | 117 | 479 | 4.1 | 38 | 4 |
Earl Ferrell | 46 | 208 | 4.5 | 30 | 2 |
Neil Lomax | 32 | 125 | 3.9 | 23 | 0 |
Ron Wolfley | 24 | 64 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 |
Perry Harrington | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 22 | 1 |
J.T. Smith | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 30 | 0 |
Scott Brunner | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
Randy Love | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Roy Green | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 417 | 1974 | 4.7 | 64 | 14 |
Opponents Totals | 552 | 2378 | 4.3 | 80 | 11 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neil Lomax | 471 | 265 | 56.3 | 194 | 3214 | 6.8 | 12.1 | 47 | 18 | 3.8 | 12 | 2.5 | 61 | 442 | 2772 | 79.5 |
Scott Brunner | 60 | 30 | 50.0 | 24 | 336 | 5.6 | 11.2 | 40t | 1 | 1.7 | 6 | 10.0 | 4 | 27 | 309 | 33.1 |
Stump Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 31 | 15.5 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 95.8 |
Carl Birdsong | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Team Totals | 534 | 296 | 55.4 | 220 | 3581 | 6.7 | 12.1 | 47 | 19 | 3.6 | 18 | 3.4 | 65 | 469 | 3112 | 74.0 |
Opponents Totals | 461 | 253 | 54.9 | 195 | 3257 | 7.1 | 12.9 | 53 | 34 | 7.4 | 13 | 2.8 | 32 | 254 | 3003 | 90.1 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roy Green | 50 | 693 | 13.9 | 47 | 5 |
Pat Tilley | 49 | 726 | 14.8 | 46t | 6 |
Stump Mitchell | 47 | 502 | 10.7 | 46 | 3 |
J.T. Smith | 43 | 581 | 13.5 | 34 | 1 |
Doug Marsh | 37 | 355 | 9.6 | 23 | 1 |
Earl Ferrell | 25 | 277 | 11.1 | 30 | 2 |
Ottis Anderson | 23 | 225 | 9.8 | 43 | 0 |
Greg LaFleur | 9 | 119 | 13.2 | 24 | 0 |
Clyde Duncan | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 14 | 1 |
Earnest Gray | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
Ron Wolfley | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
Randy Love | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
Cedric Mack | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Jay Novacek | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 296 | 3581 | 12.1 | 47 | 19 |
Opponents Totals | 253 | 3257 | 12.9 | 53 | 34 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
E.J. Junior | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 53 | 0 |
Lonnie Young | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Leonard Smith | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 67 | 0 |
Cedric Mack | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
Lionel Washington | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48t | 1 |
Team Totals | 13 | 240 | 18.5 | 67 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 18 | 245 | 13.6 | 56 | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Birdsong | 85 | 3545 | 41.7 | 67 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 456 | 2929 | 33.7 |
Team Totals | 87 | 3545 | 40.7 | 67 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 456 | 2929 | 33.7 |
Opponents Totals | 75 | 3069 | 40.9 | 64 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 393 | 2576 | 34.3 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.T. Smith | 26 | 10 | 283 | 10.9 | 31 | 0 |
Stump Mitchell | 11 | 2 | 97 | 8.8 | 21 | 0 |
Lee Nelson | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
Pat Tilley | 1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 40 | 12 | 393 | 9.8 | 31 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 51 | 12 | 456 | 8.9 | 26 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clyde Duncan | 28 | 0 | 550 | 19.6 | 34 | 0 |
Stump Mitchell | 19 | 0 | 345 | 18.2 | 35 | 0 |
Ron Wolfley | 13 | 0 | 234 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 |
Leonard Smith | 5 | 0 | 68 | 13.6 | 26 | 0 |
Perry Harrington | 4 | 0 | 77 | 19.3 | 35 | 0 |
J.T. Smith | 4 | 0 | 59 | 14.8 | 33 | 0 |
Lee Nelson | 3 | 0 | 49 | 16.3 | 26 | 0 |
Jay Novacek | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Tony Mumford | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Team Totals | 78 | 0 | 1421 | 18.2 | 35 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 56 | 0 | 1150 | 20.5 | 40 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Curtis Greer | 7.0 | |
Mark Duda | 5.5 | |
Bubba Baker | 4.0 | |
David Galloway | 3.5 | |
Leonard Smith | 3.0 | |
Freddie Joe Nunn | 3.0 | |
Stafford Mays | 2.0 | |
E.J. Junior | 2.0 | |
Niko Noga | 1.0 | |
Elois Grooms | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 32.0 | 254.0 |
Opponents Totals | 65.0 | 469.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ottis Anderson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bubba Baker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Carl Birdsong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Scott Brunner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Doug Dawson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Duda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Clyde Duncan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Earl Ferrell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
David Galloway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Roy Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Curtis Greer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Griffin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Perry Harrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Neil Lomax | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | |
Cedric Mack | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Stump Mitchell | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Mumford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lee Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Niko Noga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Freddie Joe Nunn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Benny Perrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tootie Robbins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Carlos Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
J.T. Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lance Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Leonard Smith | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Wayne Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Wolfley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lonnie Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 38 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 31 | -1 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 28 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 0 |
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