1962 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)

6th place Eastern Conference 4-9-1 .308

Head Coach: Wally Lemm

Chuck Drulis	Defensive Line
Fran Polsfoot	Ends
Ray Prochaska	Offensive Line
Don Shroyer	Offensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/11/1962	N	New York Giants	21-21	T	Canton, OH	Fawcett Stadium	16000
Sat	8/18/1962	N	Green Bay Packers	14-41	L	Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	21622
Sat	8/25/1962	A	Minnesota Vikings	24-21	W	Minneapolis, MN	Parade Stadium	15500
Sat	9/1/1962	N	Detroit Lions	14-19	L	Omaha, NE	Rosenblatt Stadium	13519
Fri	9/7/1962	H	Detroit Lions	0-14	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	32429
Sun	9/16/1962	A	Philadelphia Eagles	27-21	W	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Field	58910
Sun	9/23/1962	A	Green Bay Packers	0-17	L	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	44885
Sun	9/30/1962	A	Washington Redskins	14-24	L	Washington, DC	D.C. Stadium	37419
Sun	10/7/1962	H	New York Giants	14-31	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	20327
Sun	10/14/1962	H	Washington Redskins	17-17	T	St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	18104
Sun	10/21/1962	H	Cleveland Browns	7-34	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	23256
Sun	10/28/1962	A	Dallas Cowboys	28-24	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	16027
Sun	11/4/1962	A	New York Giants	28-31	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62755
Sun	11/11/1962	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-26	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	20264
Sun	11/18/1962	A	Cleveland Browns	14-38	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	41815
Sun	11/25/1962	H	San Francisco 49ers	17-24	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	17532
Sun	12/2/1962	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	7-19	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	18556
Sun	12/9/1962	H	Dallas Cowboys	52-20	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	14102
Sun	12/16/1962	H	Philadelphia Eagles	45-35	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	14989

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

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
85	Taz Anderson	TE	6-2	208	24	Georgia Tech	14	14
25	Jim Bakken	K	6-0	199	22	Wisconsin	8	0
51	Ted Bates	MLB-RLB	6-2	219	26	Oregon State	8	6
21	Norm Beal	LS-RS	5-11	170	22	Missouri	7	0
50	Garland Boyette	LLB	6-1	237	22	Grambling State	14	0
87	Chuck Bryant	TE	6-2	220	22	Ohio State	13	0
35	Joe Childress	HB	6-0	202	29	Auburn	14	0
40	Bobby Joe Conrad	FL-K	6-0	194	27	Texas A&M	14	14
75	Ed Cook	ROT	6-2	245	30	Notre Dame	7	4
44	John David Crow	HB	6-2	218	27	Texas A&M	14	14
61	Bob DeMarco	C	6-3	243	24	Indiana; Dayton	14	14
63	Fate Echols	ROT	6-1	258	23	Northwestern	5	0
81	Jack Elwell	SE	6-3	205	22	Purdue	13	0
14	Sam Etcheverry	QB-P	5-11	185	32	Denver	14	4
37	Pat Fischer	LCB-RCB	5-10	170	22	Nebraska	12	6
72	Frank Fuller	RDT	6-4	244	33	Kentucky	14	14
22	Prentice Gautt	FB	6-0	204	24	Oklahoma	13	8
55	Irv Goode	LOT	6-5	255	22	Kentucky	14	14
64	Ken Gray	ROG	6-2	245	26	Howard Payne	14	14
31	Mal Hammack	FB	6-2	205	29	Arlington State JC; Florida	14	6
80	Ed Henke	LDE-MLB	6-3	227	35	Ventura JC; Southern California	8	8
41	Jimmy Hill	RCB	6-2	192	34	Sam Houston State	14	14
76	George Hultz	LDT-RDT	6-4	250	23	Southern Mississippi	13	0
33	Roland Jackson	FL	6-0	210	22	Rice	5	0
12	Charley Johnson	QB	6-0	191	24	Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State	11	10
34	Bill Koman	LLB-RLB	6-2	229	28	North Carolina	14	14
68	Mike McGee	LOG	6-1	230	24	Duke	13	12
86	Hugh McInnis	TE	6-3	219	24	Southern Mississippi	9	0
73	Ernie McMillan	ROT	6-6	258	24	Illinois	14	10
62	Dale Meinert	MLB	6-2	220	29	Oklahoma State	5	5
70	Don Owens	LDT	6-5	255	30	Southern Mississippi	14	14
78	Luke Owens	RDE	6-2	254	28	Kent State	14	10
74	Ken Panfil	ROT	6-6	262	32	Purdue	1	0
79	Gerry Perry	K	6-4	237	32	Pepperdine; Compton JC; California	14	10
88	Sonny Randle	SE	6-2	189	26	Virginia Military Institute; Virginia	14	14
65	Tom Redmond	LOG-ROG	6-5	243	25	Vanderbilt	14	2
84	Joe Robb	LDE-RDE	6-3	238	25	Texas Christian	14	14
52	Marion Rushing	RLB	6-2	223	26	Southern Illinois	13	12
24	Billy Stacy	LCB-LS	6-1	191	26	Mississippi State	13	13
38	Bill Triplett	LS	6-2	212	22	Miami (Ohio)	14	9
8	Larry Wilson	RS	6-0	190	24	Utah	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	6	Fate Echols	T	Northwestern
1	12	Irv Goode	C	Kentucky
2	19	Bobby Jackson	DB	New Mexico State
3	34	Chuck Bryant	E	Ohio State
4	47	Roger Kochman	HB	Penn State
5	69	Bill Rice	E	Alabama
6	75	Jack Elwell	E	Purdue
7	90	Bill Kirchiro	G	Maryland
8	103	George Gross	T	Auburn
9	118	Wilburn Hollis	QB	Iowa
10	131	George Francovitch	G	Syracuse
11	146	Jimmy Saxton	B	Texas
12	159	Bob O'Billovich	B	Montana
13	174	Bill Diamond	G	Miami (Florida)
14	187	George Mans	E	Michigan
15	202	Dick Barlund	E	Maryland
16	215	Bill Wegener	G	Missouri
17	230	Don Kasso	HB	Oregon State
18	243	Don Donatelli	C	Florida State
19	258	Don Smith	B	Langston
20	271	Judge Dickson	B	Minnesota

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	35	85	55	112
Opponents Totals	75	112	58	116

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		268	109	138	21	/ %	/ %	56	655
Opponents Totals		251	93	141	17	/ %	/ %	63	584

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
John David Crow	17	0	0		0	0		102
Gerry Perry	0	38	39	97.4	5	12	41.7	53
Sonny Randle	7	0	0		0	0		42
Bobby Joe Conrad	4	0	0		0	1	0.0	24
Taz Anderson	3	0	0		0	0		18
Charley Johnson	3	0	0		0	0		18
Prentice Gautt	2	0	0		0	0		12
Joe Childress	1	0	0		0	0		6
Mal Hammack	1	0	0		0	0		6
Larry Wilson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jim Bakken	0	0	0		0	1	0.0	0
Team Totals	39	38	39	97.4	5	14	35.7	287
Opponents Totals	44	43	44	97.7	18	33	54.5	361

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Bakken	0	1	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Bobby Joe Conrad	0	1	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Gerry Perry	5	12	41.7	0/	2/	1/	2/	0/
Team Totals	5	14	35.7	0/	2/	1/	2/	0/
Opponents Totals	18	33	54.5	4/	8/	5/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John David Crow	192	751	3.9	35	14
Prentice Gautt	114	470	4.1	34	2
Joe Childress	37	162	4.4	15	0
Mal Hammack	38	160	4.2	23t	1
Charley Johnson	25	138	5.5	19	3
Bill Triplett	2	12	6.0	10	0
Sam Etcheverry	8	5	0.6	13	0
Team Totals	416	1698	4.1	35	20
Opponents Totals	452	1724	3.8		18

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Charley Johnson	308	150	48.7	138	2440	7.9	16.3	86t	16	5.2	20	6.5		184	2256	65.9
Sam Etcheverry	106	58	54.7	38	707	6.7	12.2	68t	2	1.9	10	9.4		104	603	42.5
John David Crow	20	12	60.0	8	241	12.1	20.1	57	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	241	102.3
Team Totals	434	220	50.7	184	3388	7.8	15.4	18	18	4.1	30	6.9		288	3100	61.9
Opponents Totals	377	196	52.0	165	3302	8.8	16.8		21	5.6	16	4.2		315	2987	82.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sonny Randle	63	1158	18.4	86t	7
Bobby Joe Conrad	62	954	15.4	72t	4
Taz Anderson	35	535	15.3	51	3
John David Crow	23	246	10.7	53	3
Prentice Gautt	16	240	15.0	39	0
Joe Childress	15	207	13.8	42	1
Mal Hammack	4	27	6.8	15	0
Jack Elwell	1	11	11.0	11	0
Hugh McInnis	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	220	3388	15.4	86t	18
Opponents Totals	196	3302	16.8		21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Stacy	6	72	12.0	53	0
Pat Fischer	3	41	13.7	25	0
Larry Wilson	2	59	29.5	57t	1
Jimmy Hill	2	15	7.5	15	0
Bill Triplett	1	24	24.0	24	0
Dale Meinert	1	12	12.0	12	0
Bill Koman	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	16	229	14.3	57t	1
Opponents Totals	30	389	13.0		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Sam Etcheverry	59	2259	38.3	61	1	122
Team Totals	59	2259	38.3	61	1	122
Opponents Totals	61	2476	40.6			134

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Norm Beal	7		46	6.6	14
Billy Stacy	5		35	7.0	15
Pat Fischer	4		37	9.3	21
Bobby Joe Conrad	2		10	5.0	10
John David Crow	2		6	3.0	4
Team Totals	20	23	134	6.7	21
Opponents Totals	26		122	4.7

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bill Triplett	24	608	25.3	49
Norm Beal	16	394	24.6	66
Pat Fischer	7	187	26.7	43
Prentice Gautt	6	124	20.7	35
Billy Stacy	5	121	24.2	33
Joe Childress	3	19	6.3	10
Mal Hammack	2	36	18.0	19
Taz Anderson	1	6	6.0	6
Team Totals	64	1495	23.4	66
Opponents Totals	41	870	21.2

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Taz Anderson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Norm Beal	1		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Childress	2		0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Joe Conrad	1		3	0	3	0	0
John David Crow	14		3	0	3	14	0
Sam Etcheverry	6		2	0	2	0	0
Prentice Gautt	1		2	0	2	0	0
Mal Hammack	2		0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Hill	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Roland Jackson	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Charley Johnson	5		2	0	2	0	0
Bill Koman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike McGee	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Hugh McInnis	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ernie McMillan	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Don Owens	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
Sonny Randle	1		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Robb	0	0	0	2	2	14	0
Marion Rushing	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Stacy	1		0	3	3	3	0
Bill Triplett	1		1	2	3	20	0
Larry Wilson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	36	21	15	15	30	58	0
Opponents Totals	23	15	8	21	29		1