1972 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/4/1972	A	Buffalo Bills	27-10	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	38338
Sat	8/12/1972	A	Kansas City Chiefs	14-24	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	78190
Sat	8/19/1972	H	Denver Broncos	17-13	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	34506
Thu	8/24/1972	A	Houston Oilers	24-33	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	38596
Sat	9/2/1972	A	Green Bay Packers	31-10	W	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	56263
Sat	9/9/1972	H	Chicago Bears	33-14	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	48112
Sun	9/17/1972	A	Baltimore Colts	10-3	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	53652
Sun	9/24/1972	A	Washington Redskins	10-24	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	53039
Sun	10/1/1972	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	19-25	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	49140
Sun	10/8/1972	A	Minnesota Vikings	19-17	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	49687
Sun	10/15/1972	H	Washington Redskins	3-33	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	50454
Sun	10/22/1972	A	New York Giants	21-27	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62756
Sun	10/29/1972	H	Chicago Bears	10-27	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	50464
Sun	11/5/1972	A	Philadelphia Eagles	6-6	T	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	65720
Sun	11/12/1972	A	Dallas Cowboys	24-33	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	65218
Sun	11/19/1972	H	New York Giants	7-13	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	48014
Mon	11/27/1972	A	Miami Dolphins	10-31	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	80010
Sun	12/3/1972	H	Dallas Cowboys	6-27	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	49787
Sun	12/10/1972	H	Los Angeles Rams	24-14	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	36873
Sun	12/17/1972	H	Philadelphia Eagles	24-23	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	34872

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
44	Donny Anderson	RB-P	6-3	212	29	Texas Tech	14	13
57	Mark Arneson	MLB	6-2	224	23	Arizona	14	10
25	Jim Bakken	K	6-0	199	32	Wisconsin	14	0
54	Tom Banks	C-LOG	6-1	240	24	Auburn	14	11
48	Craig Baynham	RB	6-1	204	28	Georgia Tech	7	0
31	Chuck Beatty	S	6-2	203	26	North Texas	4	1
89	Tom Beckman	DE	6-5	250	22	Michigan	2	0
55	Dave Bradley	LOT	6-4	245	25	Penn State	1	1
86	Don Brumm	LDE-RDE-LDT-RDT	6-3	243	31	Purdue	14	12
38	Leon Burns	RB	6-1	220	30	Laney JC; Long Beach State	14	5
36	Jim Butler	RB	5-10	191	29	Edward Waters	5	0
47	Steve Conley	LB	6-2	225	23	Arizona Western JC; Kansas	7	0
15	Gary Cuozzo	QB	6-1	195	31	Virginia	8	6
72	Dan Dierdorf	LOT-LOG-ROG	6-3	280	23	Michigan	14	14
60	Conrad Dobler	LOG-LOT	6-3	254	22	Wyoming	12	9
20	Miller Farr	LCB	6-1	190	29	Wichita State	13	12
84	Walker Gillette	WR	6-5	200	25	Richmond	14	13
85	Mel Gray	WR	5-9	172	24	Fort Scott CC; Missouri	7	1
49	Dale Hackbart	LS	6-3	210	34	Wisconsin	14	3
60	Jim Hargrove	LLB	6-3	233	27	Howard Payne	10	1
17	Jim Hart	QB	6-2	202	28	Southern Illinois	6	3
32	Leo Hayden	RB	6-0	212	24	Ohio State	4	0
34	Don Heater	RB	6-2	205	22	Montana Tech	2	0
74	Fred Heron	LDT	6-4	255	28	San Jose State	6	6
70	John Hoffman	LDE	6-7	260	29	Southern California; Hawaii	2	1
65	Chuck Hutchison	ROG	6-3	242	24	Ohio State	4	2
88	Freddie Hyatt	WR	6-3	205	26	Auburn	12	2
62	Marty Imhof	RDE	6-6	256	23	Pasadena CC; San Diego State	13	8
59	Jeff Lyman	LB	6-2	233	22	Brigham Young	2	0
80	Jim McFarland	TE	6-5	225	25	Nebraska	10	0
56	Mike McGill	MLB	6-2	235	26	Notre Dame	4	2
73	Ernie McMillan	ROT	6-6	258	34	Illinois	14	14
58	Terry Miller	RLB	6-2	225	26	Illinois	12	9
50	Wayne Mulligan	C	6-2	246	25	Clemson	12	5
76	Scott Palmer	DT	6-3	245	24	Texas	5	0
51	Don Parish	RLB	6-1	220	24	Stanford	2	0
30	Ara Person	TE	6-3	220	24	Morgan State	4	0
28	Ahmad Rashad	WR	6-2	202	23	Oregon	14	13
71	John Richardson	LDT	6-2	260	27	UCLA	11	8
53	Jamie Rivers	MLB	6-2	238	27	Bowling Green State	2	2
23	Johnny Roland	RB	6-2	213	29	Missouri	14	9
75	Bob Rowe	RDT	6-4	258	27	Western Michigan	14	14
27	Roy Shivers	RB	6-0	200	30	Oakland JC; Utah State	2	0
81	Jackie Smith	TE	6-4	225	32	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	14	14
87	Jeff Staggs	RLB	6-2	242	28	Brigham Young; San Diego CC; San Diego State	8	5
67	Larry Stallings	LLB	6-2	230	31	Georgia Tech	13	13
43	Norm Thompson	RCB-LCB	6-1	179	27	Laney JC; Utah	12	11
16	Tim Van Galder	QB	6-1	190	28	New Mexico Military Institute JC; Iowa State	5	5
79	Chuck Walker	DT	6-2	249	31	Duke	2	0
40	Eric Washington	RCB-LCB	6-2	190	22	Texas-El Paso	6	1
22	Roger Wehrli	RS-RCB-lCB	6-1	195	25	Missouri	14	14
42	Bob Wicks	WR	6-3	205	22	Utah State	9	0
33	Larry Willingham	RS	6-0	198	24	Auburn	11	3
8	Larry Wilson	LS-RS	6-0	190	34	Utah	12	12
35	Tom Woodeshick	RB	6-1	219	31	West Virginia	4	0
62	Steve Wright	LOT	6-6	250	30	Alabama	5	4
78	Ron Yankowski	RDE-LDE	6-5	260	26	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Kansas State	10	6
64	Bob Young	ROG-LOG	6-2	269	30	Texas; Texas State; Howard Payne	14	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	4	Ahmad Rashad	RB-WR	Oregon
2	32	Mark Arneson	LB	Arizona
3	57	Tom Beckman	DE	Michigan
4	82	Jeff Lyman	LB	Brigham Young
4	84	Marty Imhof	DT	San Diego State
5	110	Conrad Dobler	G	Wyoming
6	135	Don Heater	RB	Montana Tech
7	160	Council Rudolph	DE	Kentucky State
8	188	Bob Wicks	WR	Utah State
9	213	Gene Macken	C	South Dakota
10	238	Eric Washington	DB	Texas-El Paso
10	250	Mike Franks	QB	Eastern New Mexico
11	265	Ronnie Jones	LB	Arkansas
12	291	Tommy Gay	DT	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
13	316	Tom Campana	DB	Ohio State
14	344	Pat McTeer	K	New Mexico State
15	369	Mark Herman	TE	Yankton
16	394	Henry Alford	DE	Pittsburgh
17	422	Kent Carter	LB	Southern California

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	20	79	56	38
Opponents Totals	36	92	75	100

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		181	68	102	11	54/166 32.5%	/ %	64	582
Opponents Totals		276	119	138	19	94/206 45.6%	/ %	68	645

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jim Bakken	0	19	21	90.5	14	22	63.6	0	61
Donny Anderson	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Johnny Roland	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Ahmad Rashad	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Leon Burns	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Walker Gillette	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jackie Smith	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Norm Thompson	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Leo Hayden	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	22	19	22	86.4	14	22	63.6	0	193
Opponents Totals	31	31	31	100.0	28	47	59.6	1	303

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Bakken	14	22	63.6	1	49	4/5	2/4	2/4	6/9	0/0
Team Totals	14	22	63.6	1	49	4/5	2/4	2/4	6/9	0/0
Opponents Totals	28	47	59.6			7/8	5/7	9/13	6/12	1/6

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Donny Anderson	153	536	3.5	19	4
Johnny Roland	105	414	3.9	18	2
Leon Burns	26	69	2.7	9	2
Ahmad Rashad	9	44	4.9	15	0
Craig Baynham	17	43	2.5	11	0
Jackie Smith	5	31	6.2	17	0
Tim Van Galder	9	28	3.1	16	0
Jim Hart	9	17	1.9	8	0
Tom Woodeshick	5	14	2.8	6	0
Roy Shivers	5	12	2.4	9	0
Leo Hayden	8	11	1.4	5	1
Gary Cuozzo	4	7	1.8	9	0
Jim Butler	6	3	0.5	5	0
Team Totals	361	1229	3.4	19	9
Opponents Totals	548	2189	4.0	28	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Gary Cuozzo	158	69	43.7	78	897	5.7	13.0	68t	5	3.2	11	7.0	13	89	808	43.7
Jim Hart	119	60	50.4	54	857	7.2	14.3	98	5	4.2	5	4.2	7	56	801	70.6
Tim Van Galder	79	40	50.6	32	434	5.5	10.9	71	1	1.3	7	8.9	10	76	358	34.5
Donny Anderson	3	2	66.7	1	71	23.7	35.5	38	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	71	109.7
Jackie Smith	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Larry Wilson	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	363	171	47.1	169	2259	6.2	13.2	98	11	3.0	23	6.3	30	221	2038	51.0
Opponents Totals	365	221	60.5	133	2733	7.5	12.4	73t	15	4.1	11	3.0	22	183	2550	84.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Johnny Roland	38	321	8.4	27	2
Walker Gillette	33	550	16.7	65t	2
Ahmad Rashad	29	500	17.2	98	3
Donny Anderson	28	298	10.6	56	2
Jackie Smith	26	407	15.7	71	2
Leon Burns	6	24	4.0	12	0
Mel Gray	3	62	20.7	33	0
Freddie Hyatt	2	32	16.0	25	0
Roy Shivers	1	20	20.0	20	0
Leo Hayden	1	17	17.0	17	0
Craig Baynham	1	10	10.0	10	0
Jim Butler	1	8	8.0	8	0
Bob Wicks	1	8	8.0	8	0
Tom Woodeshick	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	171	2259	13.2	98	11
Opponents Totals	221	2733	12.4	73t	15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Wilson	3	35	11.7	24	0
Miller Farr	3	21	7.0	21	0
Mike McGill	2	28	14.0	26	0
Dale Hackbart	1	22	22.0	22	0
Jeff Staggs	1	7	7.0	7	0
Norm Thompson	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	11	118	10.7	26	0
Opponents Totals	23	289	12.6	41	3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Donny Anderson	72	2847	39.5	61	0
Jim Bakken	1	26	26.0	26	0
Team Totals	73	2873	39.4	61	0	144
Opponents Totals	48	1892	39.4	62	2	61

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Larry Willingham	9	6	41	4.6	13
Roger Wehrli	5	6	24	4.8	22
Mel Gray	2	3	-4	-2.0	0
Team Totals	16	15	61	3.8	22
Opponents Totals	37	22	144	3.9	18

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mel Gray	17	378	22.2	29	0
Ahmad Rashad	20	437	21.9	37	0
Larry Willingham	9	194	21.6	28	0
Jim Butler	4	85	21.3	27	0
Freddie Hyatt	1	41	41.0	41	0
Roger Wehrli	1	10	10.0	10	0
Leon Burns	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team Totals	53	1152	21.7	41	0
Opponents Totals	40	1037	25.9	91t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Bob Rowe	5.5
Larry Stallings	2.0
Terry Miller	1.0
Norm Thompson	1.0
Ron Yankowski	1.0
Jamie Rivers	0.5
Larry Willingham	0.5
Don Brumm	5.5
Marty Imhof	0.5
John Richardson	1.0
Team Totals	22.0	183.0
Opponents Totals	30.0	221.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Donny Anderson	6		1	0	1	0	0
Mark Arneson	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Tom Banks	2		0	2	2	-15	0
Craig Baynham	2		1	0	1	5	0
Don Brumm	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Leon Burns	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Butler	1		1	0	1	0	0
Gary Cuozzo	3		1	0	1	-4	0
Walker Gillette	1		1	0	1	0	0
Mel Gray	1		1	0	1	0	0
Dale Hackbart	1		0	1	1	0	0
Jim Hargrove	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Hart	3		2	0	2	-5	0
Leo Hayden	2		1	0	1	0	0
Freddie Hyatt	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Martin Imhof	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ahmad Rashad	5		2	0	2	0	0
Johnny Roland	7		2	0	2	0	0
Bob Rowe	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jeff Staggs	1		0	0	0	0	0
Larry Stallings	0	0	0	4	4	1	0
Norm Thompson	0	0	0	2	2	79	1
Tim Van Galder	3		2	0	2	0	0
Roger Wehrli	2		2	0	2	0	0
Larry Willingham	2		1	0	1	0	0
Larry Wilson	1		2	0	2	0	0
Bob Young	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	43	20	23	16	39	61	1
Opponents Totals	31	16	15	16	31		0

Bill Austin	Offensive Line
Lew Carpenter	Receivers
Chuck Drulis	Defense/Linebackers
Paul Lanham	Special Teams
Bob Leach	Defensive Line
Bill Thornton	Offensive Backs
Larry Wilson	Defensive Backs