1965 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) |
| 5th place • Eastern Conference • 5-9-0 .357 |
| Head Coach: Wally Lemm |
| Chuck Drulis | Defense |
| Fran Polsfoot | Receivers |
| Ray Prochaska | Offensive Line |
| Charley Trippi | Offensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/14/1965 | N | Baltimore Colts | 10-22 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 75229 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | A | Washington Redskins | 7-13 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 19000 | |
| Fri | 8/27/1965 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 17-17 | T | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 29831 | |
| Fri | 9/3/1965 | A | Chicago Bears | 25-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 52648 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1965 | A | Green Bay Packers | 13-31 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50858 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1965 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-34 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 54260 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1965 | A | Cleveland Browns | 49-13 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 80161 | |
| Mon | 10/4/1965 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 20-13 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 32034 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1965 | A | Washington Redskins | 37-16 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50205 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1965 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 20-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 31085 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1965 | H | Washington Redskins | 20-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 32228 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | A | New York Giants | 10-14 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62807 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-17 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 31899 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | A | Chicago Bears | 13-34 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45663 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1965 | H | New York Giants | 15-28 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 31704 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1965 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-28 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 28706 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1965 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 3-27 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 27943 | |
| Sat | 12/11/1965 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 13-27 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 38499 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1965 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-27 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 29348 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Mike Alford | 50 | C | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Auburn | 13 | 0 |
| Monk Bailey | 20 | LS | 6-0 | 178 | 27 | Utah | 11 | 4 |
| Jim Bakken | 25 | K-P-FL | 6-0 | 199 | 25 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Don Brumm | 86 | RDE | 6-3 | 243 | 24 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Jimmy Burson | 49 | RCB | 6-0 | 181 | 25 | Auburn | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Childress | 35 | FB | 6-0 | 202 | 32 | Auburn | 5 | 2 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 40 | FL | 6-0 | 194 | 30 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Cook | 75 | LOG | 6-2 | 245 | 33 | Notre Dame | 14 | 6 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 33 | FB | 6-2 | 228 | 24 | Kansas State | 14 | 12 |
| Bob DeMarco | 61 | C | 6-3 | 243 | 27 | Indiana; Dayton | 14 | 14 |
| Pat Fischer | 37 | LCB | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Gambrell | 3 | FL | 5-10 | 175 | 24 | South Carolina | 10 | 0 |
| Prentice Gautt | 22 | HB | 6-0 | 204 | 27 | Oklahoma | 7 | 0 |
| Irv Goode | 55 | LOG-LOT | 6-5 | 255 | 25 | Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| Ken Gray | 64 | ROG | 6-2 | 245 | 29 | Howard Payne | 14 | 14 |
| Mal Hammack | 31 | TE | 6-2 | 205 | 32 | Arlington State JC; Florida | 14 | 0 |
| Buddy Humphrey | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 198 | 30 | Baylor | 7 | 3 |
| Charley Johnson | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 191 | 27 | Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State | 11 | 11 |
| Bill Koman | 34 | RLB | 6-2 | 229 | 31 | North Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Chuck Logan | 83 | SE | 6-4 | 215 | 22 | Northwestern | 4 | 0 |
| Ernie McMillan | 73 | ROT | 6-6 | 258 | 27 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Ed McQuarters | 68 | DT | 6-1 | 250 | 22 | Oklahoma | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Meggyesy | 60 | LLB | 6-1 | 221 | 24 | Syracuse | 14 | 7 |
| Dale Meinert | 62 | MLB | 6-2 | 220 | 32 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Melinkovich | 82 | DE | 6-4 | 243 | 23 | Washington; Grays Harbor JC | 14 | 0 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 209 | 27 | Utah | 1 | 0 |
| Ray Ogden | 28 | FL | 6-5 | 225 | 23 | Alabama | 3 | 0 |
| Luke Owens | 78 | RDT | 6-2 | 254 | 31 | Kent State | 13 | 13 |
| Sonny Randle | 88 | SE | 6-2 | 189 | 29 | Virginia Military Institute; Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Redmond | 65 | DE | 6-5 | 243 | 28 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Reynolds | 71 | LOT | 6-6 | 264 | 26 | Bowling Green State | 14 | 10 |
| Joe Robb | 84 | LDE | 6-3 | 238 | 28 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| Marion Rushing | 52 | LLB | 6-2 | 223 | 29 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 0 |
| Sam Silas | 72 | LDT | 6-4 | 251 | 25 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Carl Silvestri | 45 | RS | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | Wisconsin | 14 | 4 |
| Dave Simmons | 53 | LB | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 81 | TE-P | 6-4 | 225 | 25 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 14 |
| Rick Sortun | 66 | OG | 6-2 | 234 | 23 | Washington | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Stallings | 67 | LLB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 7 |
| Jerry Stovall | 21 | LS | 6-2 | 201 | 24 | Louisiana State | 10 | 10 |
| Bill Thornton | 36 | FB | 6-1 | 214 | 26 | Nebraska | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Triplett | 38 | HB | 6-2 | 212 | 25 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 14 |
| Herschel Turner | 63 | OT | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Kentucky | 13 | 0 |
| Chuck Walker | 79 | RDT | 6-2 | 249 | 24 | Duke | 14 | 1 |
| Larry Wilson | 8 | RS | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Utah | 10 | 10 |
| Abe Woodson | 42 | RCB | 5-11 | 188 | 31 | Illinois | 13 | 2 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 12 | Joe Namath | QB | Alabama |
| 2 | 26 | Dave Simmons | LB | Georgia Tech |
| 3 | 40 | Ray Ogden | E | Alabama |
| 4 | 54 | Johnny Roland | HB | Missouri |
| 5 | 68 | Bob Bonds | HB | San Jose State |
| 6 | 82 | Glen Ray Hines | T | Arkansas |
| 7 | 96 | Frank Roy | E | Utah |
| 8 | 110 | John Meyer | LB | Notre Dame |
| 9 | 124 | Jimmy Heidel | B | Mississippi |
| 10 | 138 | Chuck Drulis, Jr. | E | Duke |
| 11 | 152 | Buddy French | B | Alabama |
| 12 | 166 | Glenn Sasser | E | North Carolina State |
| 13 | 180 | Steve Murphy | HB | Northwestern |
| 14 | 194 | Mike Alford | C | Auburn |
| 15 | 208 | Harlan Lane | B | Baylor |
| 16 | 222 | Carl Silvestri | B | Wisconsin |
| 17 | 236 | Mike Melinkovich | T | Grays Harbor JC |
| 18 | 250 | Ed McQuarters | G | Oklahoma |
| 19 | 264 | Roy Shivers | HB | Utah State |
| 20 | 278 | Tony Giacobazzi | E | Iowa |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 87 | 77 | 60 | 72 | 296 |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 85 | 48 | 116 | 309 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 251 | 90 | 143 | 18 | / % | / % | 45 | 458 | |
| Opponents Totals | 238 | 89 | 133 | 16 | / % | / % | 70 | 750 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bakken | 0 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 21 | 31 | 67.7 | 0 | 96 |
| Sonny Randle | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Bill Triplett | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Billy Gambrell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Prentice Gautt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Brumm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Willis Crenshaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charley Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Terry Nofsinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Stallings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 21 | 31 | 67.7 | 1 | 296 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 17 | 32 | 53.1 | 0 | 309 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bakken | 21 | 31 | 67.7 | 1 | 45 | 3/3 | 7/7 | 6/9 | 5/9 | 0/3 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 31 | 67.7 | 1 | 45 | 3/3 | 7/7 | 6/9 | 5/9 | 0/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 32 | 53.1 | 6/ | 4/ | 3/ | 4/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Triplett | 174 | 617 | 3.5 | 59t | 6 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 127 | 437 | 3.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Thornton | 31 | 188 | 6.1 | 38 | 0 |
| Prentice Gautt | 44 | 175 | 4.0 | 20 | 2 |
| Joe Childress | 19 | 94 | 4.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 25 | 60 | 2.4 | 15 | 1 |
| Jim Bakken | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Billy Gambrell | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Buddy Humphrey | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 431 | 1619 | 3.8 | 59t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 433 | 1813 | 4.2 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Johnson | 322 | 155 | 48.1 | 152 | 2439 | 7.6 | 15.7 | 78t | 18 | 5.6 | 15 | 4.7 | 20 | 184 | 2255 | 73.0 |
| Buddy Humphrey | 105 | 58 | 55.2 | 38 | 736 | 7.0 | 12.7 | 53t | 1 | 1.0 | 9 | 8.6 | 8 | 72 | 664 | 44.8 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 11 | 47 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 12 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 23 | 24 | 43.8 |
| Prentice Gautt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 448 | 221 | 49.3 | 202 | 3222 | 7.2 | 14.6 | 78t | 20 | 4.5 | 25 | 5.6 | 30 | 279 | 2943 | 64.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 380 | 184 | 48.4 | 179 | 2826 | 7.4 | 15.4 | 24 | 6.3 | 17 | 4.5 | 39 | 342 | 2484 | 75.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 58 | 909 | 15.7 | 71t | 5 |
| Sonny Randle | 51 | 845 | 16.6 | 72 | 9 |
| Jackie Smith | 41 | 648 | 15.8 | 70t | 2 |
| Bill Triplett | 26 | 256 | 9.8 | 37 | 1 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 23 | 232 | 10.1 | 78t | 1 |
| Billy Gambrell | 9 | 171 | 19.0 | 59t | 2 |
| Prentice Gautt | 9 | 128 | 14.2 | 54 | 0 |
| Joe Childress | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Thornton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 221 | 3222 | 14.6 | 78t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 184 | 2826 | 15.4 | 24 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Wilson | 6 | 153 | 25.5 | 96t | 1 |
| Jimmy Burson | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 42 | 0 |
| Pat Fischer | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jerry Stovall | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bill Koman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 328 | 19.3 | 96t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 465 | 18.6 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Smith | 39 | 1532 | 39.3 | 62 | 1 | |||||
| Jim Bakken | 26 | 1098 | 42.2 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Jerry Stovall | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 43 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 67 | 2710 | 40.4 | 62 | 1 | 267 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 2816 | 43.3 | 27 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Woodson | 18 | 18 | 7 | 0.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Carl Silvestri | 3 | 4 | 21 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jimmy Burson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Gambrell | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Larry Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 23 | 24 | 27 | 1.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 267 | 8.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Woodson | 27 | 665 | 24.6 | 65 | 0 | |
| Billy Gambrell | 9 | 216 | 24.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Jerry Stovall | 7 | 198 | 28.3 | 66 | 0 | |
| Carl Silvestri | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Mal Hammack | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ray Ogden | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Willis Crenshaw | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bill Koman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 1287 | 23.4 | 66 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 1228 | 24.6 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monk Bailey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Bakken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Brumm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 1 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Fischer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Gambrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Prentice Gautt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buddy Humphrey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Johnson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Koman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie McMillan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Dale Meinert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Melinkovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Luke Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Robb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marion Rushing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Silvestri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Stallings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
| Bill Triplett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herschel Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Abe Woodson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 15 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 80 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 1 |
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