1968 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) |
| 2nd place Eastern Conference Century Division 9-4-1 .692 |
| Head Coach: Charley Winner |
| Red Cochran | Offensive Backs |
| Chuck Drulis | Defense |
| Harry Gilmer | Quarterbacks/Passing Offense |
| Red Miller | Offensive Line/Rushing Offense |
| Ken Shipp | Receivers |
| Don Shroyer | Linebackers |
| Dick Voris | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/9/1968 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-7 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 26811 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1968 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 10-13 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 47462 | |
| Sun | 8/25/1968 | A | New York Giants | 18-10 | W | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 53776 | |
| Sun | 9/1/1968 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 31-28 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 25233 | |
| Fri | 9/6/1968 | A | Chicago Bears | 17-19 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 59681 | |
| Mon | 9/16/1968 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 13-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 49757 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1968 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 17-35 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 27557 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1968 | A | New Orleans Saints | 21-20 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 79021 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1968 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 10-27 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 48296 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1968 | A | Cleveland Browns | 27-21 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 79349 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1968 | H | Washington Redskins | 41-14 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 46456 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1968 | H | New Orleans Saints | 31-17 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 45476 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1968 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 45-17 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 59208 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1968 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-28 | T | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 45432 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1968 | A | Baltimore Colts | 0-27 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60238 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1968 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 17-12 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 43246 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1968 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 20-10 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 22682 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1968 | A | New York Giants | 28-21 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62907 | |
| Sat | 12/14/1968 | H | Cleveland Browns | 27-16 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 48174 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 48 | Bob Atkins | LCB | 6-3 | 211 | 22 | Grambling State | 14 | 12 |
| 25 | Jim Bakken | K | 6-0 | 199 | 28 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| 20 | Mike Barnes | LS | 6-3 | 205 | 24 | Murray State JC; Texas-Arlington | 14 | 9 |
| 86 | Don Brumm | LDE | 6-3 | 243 | 27 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| 59 | Ernie Clark | LLB | 6-1 | 222 | 31 | Michigan State | 14 | 5 |
| 40 | Bobby Joe Conrad | FL | 6-0 | 194 | 33 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 33 | Willis Crenshaw | FB | 6-2 | 228 | 27 | Kansas State | 14 | 14 |
| 31 | Jerry Daanen | SE | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 2 |
| 61 | Bob DeMarco | C | 6-3 | 243 | 30 | Indiana; Dayton | 14 | 14 |
| 69 | Bobby Duncum | OT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | West Texas A&M | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | Cid Edwards | RB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Tennessee State | 14 | 0 |
| 55 | Irv Goode | LOG | 6-5 | 255 | 28 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| 64 | Ken Gray | ROG | 6-2 | 245 | 32 | Howard Payne | 14 | 14 |
| 17 | Jim Hart | QB | 6-2 | 202 | 24 | Southern Illinois | 13 | 12 |
| 74 | Fred Heron | LDT | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | San Jose State | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Freddie Hyatt | FL | 6-3 | 205 | 22 | Auburn | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Charley Johnson | QB | 6-0 | 191 | 30 | Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State | 7 | 2 |
| 51 | Dick Kasperek | C | 6-3 | 242 | 25 | Iowa State | 14 | 0 |
| 29 | Brady Keys | RCB | 6-0 | 189 | 31 | East Los Angeles JC; Colorado State | 7 | 5 |
| 36 | MacArthur Lane | RB | 6-0 | 220 | 26 | Merritt JC; Utah State | 14 | 0 |
| 26 | Chuck Latourette | LS-RS-P | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Rice | 14 | 1 |
| 47 | Bobby Lee | SE | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | Minnesota | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | Chuck Logan | TE | 6-4 | 215 | 25 | Northwestern | 14 | 0 |
| 89 | Dave Long | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Iowa | 14 | 3 |
| 73 | Ernie McMillan | ROT | 6-6 | 258 | 30 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| 60 | Dave Meggyesy | RLB | 6-1 | 221 | 27 | Syracuse | 12 | 12 |
| 71 | Bob Reynolds | LOT | 6-6 | 264 | 29 | Bowling Green State | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Jamie Rivers | MLB | 6-2 | 238 | 23 | Bowling Green State | 9 | 9 |
| 23 | Johnny Roland | HB | 6-2 | 213 | 25 | Missouri | 14 | 13 |
| 34 | Rocky Rosema | RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Michigan | 12 | 0 |
| 75 | Bob Rowe | RDT | 6-4 | 258 | 23 | Western Michigan | 14 | 11 |
| 42 | Lonnie Sanders | RCB-LCB | 6-3 | 206 | 27 | Michigan State | 13 | 11 |
| 43 | Mac Sauls | S | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Texas State | 6? | 0 |
| 82 | Joe Schmiesing | LDE | 6-4 | 248 | 23 | Minnesota; North Dakota State Science JC; New Mexico State | 14 | 0 |
| 27 | Roy Shivers | FB | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Oakland JC; Utah State | 14 | 1 |
| 81 | Jackie Smith | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 28 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 14 |
| 66 | Rick Sortun | OG | 6-2 | 234 | 26 | Washington | 14 | 0 |
| 67 | Larry Stallings | LLB-RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 12 |
| 21 | Jerry Stovall | LS | 6-2 | 201 | 27 | Louisiana State | 4 | 4 |
| 57 | Mike Strofolino | MLB | 6-2 | 223 | 24 | Villanova | 14 | 5 |
| 79 | Chuck Walker | RDE-RDT | 6-2 | 249 | 27 | Duke | 14 | 14 |
| 54 | Ted Wheeler | ROG | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | West Texas A&M | 5 | 0 |
| 63 | Clyde Williams | LOT | 6-2 | 252 | 28 | Southern University | 10 | 0 |
| 80 | Dave Williams | SE | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Washington | 12 | 12 |
| 8 | Larry Wilson | RS | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | Utah | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 13 | MacArthur Lane | RB | Utah State |
| 2 | 40 | Freddie Hyatt | FL | Auburn |
| 2 | 42 | Bob Atkins | DB | Grambling State |
| 4 | 87 | Don Fitzgerald | RB | Kent State |
| 4 | 96 | Joe Schmiesing | LB | New Mexico State |
| 5 | 123 | Rocky Rosema | LB | Michigan |
| 6 | 151 | Frank Lane | LB | Stephen F. Austin State |
| 7 | 177 | Butch Henry | FL | Wake Forest |
| 8 | 205 | Jerry Daanen | FL | Miami (Florida) |
| 9 | 231 | Billy Sinkule | DE | Central Michigan |
| 10 | 259 | Tom Busch | FL-K | Iowa State |
| 11 | 285 | Larry Slagle | G | UCLA |
| 12 | 313 | Vern Emerson | T | Minnesota-Duluth |
| 13 | 339 | Mac Sauls | DB | Texas State |
| 14 | 367 | Vic Bender | C | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 15 | 393 | Dave Lovich | DE | Northwestern State (Louisiana) |
| 16 | 421 | Dan Lankas | LB | Kansas State |
| 17 | 447 | Bobby Lee | FL | Minnesota |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 47 | 74 | 83 | 121 | |
| Opponents Totals | 82 | 60 | 93 | 54 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 245 | 117 | 107 | 21 | / % | / % | 66 | 708 | |
| Opponents Totals | 238 | 90 | 131 | 17 | / % | / % | 71 | 728 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bakken | 0 | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 0 | 85 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Roy Shivers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Jim Hart | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Dave Williams | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jackie Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Johnny Roland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Brumm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Cid Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Latourette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 0 | 325 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 15 | 33 | 45.5 | 0 | 289 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bakken | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 2 | 47 | 2/2 | 7/7 | 3/6 | 3/8 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 2 | 47 | 5/5 | 4/7 | 3/10 | 1/8 | 3/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 33 | 45.5 | 2/2 | 7/7 | 3/6 | 3/8 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willis Crenshaw | 203 | 813 | 4.0 | 66t | 6 |
| Johnny Roland | 121 | 455 | 3.8 | 45 | 2 |
| Cid Edwards | 31 | 214 | 6.9 | 42 | 1 |
| Roy Shivers | 44 | 184 | 4.2 | 42t | 4 |
| Jackie Smith | 12 | 163 | 13.6 | 37 | 3 |
| MacArthur Lane | 23 | 74 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 19 | 20 | 1.1 | 3 | 6 |
| Chuck Latourette | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Wilson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 463 | 1996 | 4.3 | 66t | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 423 | 1558 | 3.7 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hart | 316 | 140 | 140 | 158 | 2059 | 6.5 | 14.7 | 80t | 15 | 4.7 | 18 | 5.7 | 15 | 129 | 1930 | 58.2 |
| Charley Johnson | 67 | 29 | 29 | 37 | 330 | 4.9 | 11.4 | 30 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 7 | 64 | 266 | 57.4 |
| Chuck Latourette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | -9 | 39.6 | ||
| Johnny Roland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 385 | 169 | 169 | 196 | 2389 | 6.2 | 14.1 | 80t | 16 | 4.2 | 20 | 5.2 | 23 | 202 | 2187 | 56.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 399 | 210 | 210 | 176 | 3261 | 8.2 | 15.5 | 23 | 5.8 | 13 | 3.3 | 44 | 400 | 2861 | 85.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Smith | 49 | 789 | 16.1 | 65t | 2 |
| Dave Williams | 43 | 682 | 15.9 | 71t | 6 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 32 | 449 | 14.0 | 80t | 4 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 23 | 232 | 10.1 | 42 | 1 |
| Roy Shivers | 9 | 103 | 11.4 | 40t | 3 |
| Johnny Roland | 8 | 97 | 12.1 | 40 | 0 |
| Jerry Daanen | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Cid Edwards | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 169 | 2389 | 14.1 | 80t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 210 | 3261 | 15.5 | 23 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Wilson | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Lonnie Sanders | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jamie Rivers | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Atkins | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Clark | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Brady Keys | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 65 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 173 | 8.7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Latourette | 65 | 2701 | 41.6 | 55 | 0 | 266 | ||||
| Team Totals | 65 | 2701 | 41.6 | 55 | 0 | 266 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 2668 | 38.1 | 356 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Latourette | 28 | 11 | 345 | 12.3 | 86t | 1 |
| Johnny Roland | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Larry Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 21 | 356 | 11.5 | 86t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 266 | 7.4 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Latourette | 46 | 1237 | 26.9 | 75 | 0 | |
| Willis Crenshaw | 6 | 104 | 17.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Johnny Roland | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Dave Long | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 1404 | 25.1 | 75 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 1303 | 23.3 | 94 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | |
| Mike Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Don Brumm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Hart | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -18 | 0 | |
| MacArthur Lane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Latourette | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Long | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie McMillan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Rowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Stallings | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Strofolino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 46 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 0 |
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