1971 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) |
4th place National Football Conference Eastern Division 4-9-1 .308 |
Head Coach: Bob Hollway |
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 | ||||||||||
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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 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | FC | 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 |
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