1971 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)

4th place National Football Conference Eastern Division 4-9-1 .308

Leeman Bennett	Offensive Backs
Lew Carpenter	Receivers
Chuck Drulis	Defensive Backs
Bob Leach	Defensive Line
Joe Spencer	Offensive Line
Tony Versaci	Special Teams
Dick Voris	Defense/Linebackers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/14/1971	H	Houston Oilers	16-14	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	40993
Sat	8/21/1971	A	Washington Redskins	13-20	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	40228
Sat	8/28/1971	A	Cincinnati Bengals	21-22	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55493
Sat	9/4/1971	A	Kansas City Chiefs	17-17	T	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	36743
Fri	9/10/1971	H	Cleveland Browns	27-13	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	46171
Sun	9/19/1971	H	Washington Redskins	17-24	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	46805
Mon	9/27/1971	H	New York Jets	17-10	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	50358
Sun	10/3/1971	H	New York Giants	20-21	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	49571
Sun	10/10/1971	A	Atlanta Falcons	26-9	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58850
Sun	10/17/1971	A	Washington Redskins	0-20	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	53041
Sun	10/24/1971	H	San Francisco 49ers	14-26	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	50419
Sun	10/31/1971	A	Buffalo Bills	28-23	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	40040
Sun	11/7/1971	H	Dallas Cowboys	13-16	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	50486
Mon	11/15/1971	A	San Diego Chargers	17-20	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	46486
Sun	11/21/1971	H	Philadelphia Eagles	20-37	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	48658
Sun	11/28/1971	A	New York Giants	24-7	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62878
Sun	12/5/1971	H	Green Bay Packers	16-16	T	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	50443
Sun	12/12/1971	A	Philadelphia Eagles	7-19	L	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	65358
Sat	12/18/1971	A	Dallas Cowboys	12-31	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	66672

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
37	Jeff Allen	CB-RB	5-11	190	23	Central (Iowa); Iowa State	1	0
25	Jim Bakken	K	6-0	199	31	Wisconsin	14	0
54	Tom Banks	C	6-1	240	23	Auburn	9	7
10	Pete Beathard	QB	6-2	205	29	Southern California	9	5
68	Paul Dickson	DT	6-5	252	34	Baylor	5	0
72	Dan Dierdorf	ROG-LOG-OT	6-3	280	22	Michigan	12	6
39	Cid Edwards	RB	6-2	230	28	Tennessee State	12	6
76	Vern Emerson	OT	6-5	260	26	Minnesota-Duluth	4	0
20	Miller Farr	LCB	6-1	190	28	Wichita State	14	14
44	John Gilliam	WR	6-1	190	26	South Carolina State	14	14
55	Irv Goode	LOG-C	6-5	255	31	Kentucky	14	14
85	Mel Gray	WR	5-9	172	23	Fort Scott CC; Missouri	14	5
49	Dale Hackbart	LS-RS	6-3	210	33	Wisconsin	14	2
60	Jim Hargrove	MLB	6-3	233	26	Howard Payne	14	3
17	Jim Hart	QB	6-2	202	27	Southern Illinois	11	9
74	Fred Heron	LDT	6-4	255	27	San Jose State	9	9
45	George Hoey	CB	5-10	174	25	Michigan	6	0
65	Chuck Hutchison	OG	6-3	242	23	Ohio State	13	0
88	Freddie Hyatt	WR	6-3	205	25	Auburn	14	0
70	Rolf Krueger	LDE-LDT	6-4	250	25	Texas A&M	14	9
36	MacArthur Lane	RB	6-0	220	29	Merritt JC; Utah State	13	11
26	Chuck Latourette	P	6-0	190	26	Rice	13	0
46	Tom Longo	S	6-1	200	29	Notre Dame	2	0
83	Jim McFarland	TE	6-5	225	24	Nebraska	14	5
56	Mike McGill	RLB	6-2	235	25	Notre Dame	11	8
73	Ernie McMillan	ROT	6-6	258	33	Illinois	14	14
58	Terry Miller	LB	6-2	225	25	Illinois	9	0
50	Wayne Mulligan	C	6-2	246	24	Clemson	7	6
52	Rick Ogle	RLB	6-3	230	22	Colorado	6	5
57	Don Parish	LB	6-1	220	23	Stanford	1	0
28	Ted Provost	S	6-2	190	23	Ohio State	2	0
71	Bob Reynolds	LOT	6-6	264	32	Bowling Green State	14	14
53	Jamie Rivers	MLB	6-2	238	26	Bowling Green State	12	11
23	Johnny Roland	RB	6-2	213	28	Missouri	13	5
34	Rocky Rosema	RLB	6-2	230	25	Michigan	2	1
75	Bob Rowe	RDT	6-4	258	26	Western Michigan	14	14
82	Joe Schmiesing	RDE	6-4	248	26	Minnesota; North Dakota State Science JC; New Mexico State	9	3
27	Roy Shivers	RB	6-0	200	29	Oakland JC; Utah State	11	5
81	Jackie Smith	TE	6-4	225	31	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	9	9
67	Larry Stallings	LLB	6-2	230	30	Georgia Tech	14	14
35	Larry Stegent	RB	6-1	200	24	Texas A&M	7	1
21	Jerry Stovall	LS	6-2	201	30	Louisiana State	6	6
43	Norm Thompson	RCB	6-1	179	26	Laney JC; Utah	14	5
79	Chuck Walker	RDE	6-2	249	30	Duke	11	11
22	Roger Wehrli	RCB-RS	6-1	195	24	Missouri	13	13
30	Paul White	RB	6-0	200	23	Texas-El Paso	6	0
63	Clyde Williams	ROG	6-2	252	31	Southern University	14	9
80	Dave Williams	WR	6-2	205	26	Washington	13	9
33	Larry Willingham	RS-LS	6-0	198	23	Auburn	9	3
8	Larry Wilson	RS-LS	6-0	190	33	Utah	14	13
78	Ron Yankowski	LDE	6-5	260	25	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Kansas State	12	10

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	17	Norm Thompson	DB	Utah
2	43	Dan Dierdorf	T	Michigan
3	61	Jim Livesay	WR	Richmond
4	95	Larry Willingham	DB	Auburn
5	121	Rocky Wallace	LB	Missouri
6	147	Mel Gray	WR	Missouri
7	173	Jim Cooch	DB	Colorado
8	199	Ron Yankowski	DE	Kansas State
9	225	Mike Savoy	WR	Black Hills State
10	251	Ronnie Miller	T	McNeese State
11	277	Rick Ogle	LB	Colorado
12	303	Tim Von Dulm	QB	Portland State
13	329	Jeff Allen	DB	Iowa State
14	355	Doug Klausen	T	Arizona
15	381	Ted Heiskell	RB	Houston
16	407	Larry Brame	LB	Western Kentucky
17	433	Preston Watkins	WR	Bluefield State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	54	89	37	51
Opponents Totals	61	73	49	96

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		212	86	109	17	/ %	/ %	66	643
Opponents Totals		244	109	120	15	/ %	/ %	79	831

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jim Bakken	0	24	24	100.0	21	32	65.6	0	87
Cid Edwards	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Mel Gray	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Jackie Smith	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
John Gilliam	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
MacArthur Lane	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jim McFarland	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
George Hoey	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Roy Shivers	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Larry Stallings	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dave Williams	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	24	24	24	100.0	21	32	65.6	0	231
Opponents Totals	29	28	29	96.6	25	39	64.1	1	279

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Bakken	21	32	65.6	5/5	8/13	5/6	3/7	0/1
Team Totals	21	32	65.6	5/5	8/13	5/6	3/7	0/1
Opponents Totals	25	39	64.1	7/7	12/15	1/4	4/9	1/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
MacArthur Lane	150	592	3.9	40t	3
Cid Edwards	108	316	2.9	14	4
Johnny Roland	78	278	3.6	16	0
Roy Shivers	55	202	3.7	10	1
Mel Gray	2	56	28.0	38	0
Pete Beathard	4	29	7.3	15	0
Chuck Latourette	3	19	6.3	20	0
John Gilliam	2	16	8.0	12	0
Jackie Smith	1	10	10.0	10	0
Jim Hart	13	9	0.7	3	0
Paul White	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	417	1530	3.7	40t	8
Opponents Totals	486	1985	4.1	53t	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jim Hart	243	110	45.3	119	1626	6.7	14.8	57t	8	3.3	14	5.8	13	139	1487	54.7
Pete Beathard	141	60	42.6	69	1030	7.3	17.2	80t	6	4.3	12	8.5	6	46	984	46.7
Roy Shivers	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	385	170	44.2	189	2656	6.9	15.6	80t	14	3.6	26	6.8	19	185	2471	51.6
Opponents Totals	375	212	56.5	146	2546	6.8	12.0	69t	12	3.2	17	4.5	20	166	2380	69.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Gilliam	42	837	19.9	54	3
MacArthur Lane	29	298	10.3	34	0
Jackie Smith	21	379	18.0	61t	4
Mel Gray	18	534	29.7	80t	4
Johnny Roland	15	108	7.2	15	0
Dave Williams	12	182	15.2	37	1
Cid Edwards	12	122	10.2	38	0
Roy Shivers	10	76	7.6	19	0
Jim McFarland	5	54	10.8	21	2
Freddie Hyatt	4	58	14.5	30	0
Larry Stegent	1	12	12.0	12	0
Bob Reynolds	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Team Totals	170	2656	15.6	80t	14
Opponents Totals	212	2546	12.0	69t	12

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Wilson	4	46	11.5	23	0
Norm Thompson	4	45	11.3	25	0
Jerry Stovall	2	20	10.0	20	0
Miller Farr	2	13	6.5	13	0
Roger Wehrli	2	11	5.5	6	0
Larry Stallings	1	26	26.0	26t	1
Mike McGill	1	19	19.0	19	0
Dale Hackbart	1	11	11.0	11	0
Team Totals	17	191	11.2	26t	1
Opponents Totals	26	358	13.8	44	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Chuck Latourette	56	2157	38.5	55	1
Jim Bakken	5	207	41.4	44	0
Team Totals	61	2364	38.8	55	1	160
Opponents Totals	58	2343	40.4	58	0	234

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Willingham	10	9	84	8.4	19	0
Roger Wehrli	9	3	84	9.3	34	0
Norm Thompson	5	1	27	5.4	11	0
Johnny Roland	3	3	10	3.3	8	0
John Gilliam	1	0	21	21.0	21	0
Larry Stallings	1	0	8	8.0	8	0
Paul Dickson	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	30	16	234	7.8	34	0
Opponents Totals	24	21	160	6.7	61t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mel Gray	30	740	24.7	65	0
George Hoey	9	251	27.9	103t	1
Norm Thompson	7	182	26.0	45	0
Larry Willingham	6	125	20.8	56	0
Cid Edwards	2	41	20.5	21	0
Johnny Roland	2	24	12.0	17	0
Dan Dierdorf	1	0	0.0	0	0
Larry Stegent	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	58	1363	23.5	103t	1
Opponents Totals	54	1318	24.4	93t	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Tom Banks	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Pete Beathard	2		0	0	0	0	0
Cid Edwards	8		1	0	1	0	0
Miller Farr	0	0	0	3	3	5	0
John Gilliam	2		2	0	2	0	0
Irv Goode	1		1	0	1	-17	0
Mel Gray	1		1	0	1	0	0
Dale Hackbart	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Hart	2		1	0	1	0	0
Fred Heron	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Chuck Hutchison	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
MacArthur Lane	2		0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Latourette	1		0	0	0	-9	0
Terry Miller	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rick Ogle	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jamie Rivers	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Johnny Roland	4		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Rowe	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Roy Shivers	3		1	0	1	0	0
Larry Stegent	1		0	0	0	0	0
Norm Thompson	4		1	0	1	0	0
Chuck Walker	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Roger Wehrli	2		1	1	2	0	0
Larry Willingham	2		1	1	2	0	0
Team Totals	35	23	12	16	28	-17	0
Opponents Totals	28	16	11	20	31		4