1986 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)

5th place National Football Conference Eastern Division 4-11-1 .281

Marv Braden	Special Teams
Tom Bresnahan	Offensive Line
LeBaron Caruthers	Strength and Conditioning
Jim Johnson	Defensive Line
Hank Kuhlmann	Running Backs
Leon McLaughlin	Special Assistant
Mal Moore	Receivers
Joe Pascale	Linebackers
Mel Renfro	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/2/1986	N	New England Patriots	16-21	L		Canton, OH	Fawcett Stadium	22729
Sat	8/9/1986	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	26-10	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	31550
Sat	8/16/1986	H	Kansas City Chiefs	26-27	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	30305
Sat	8/23/1986	A	Chicago Bears	14-7	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	66030
Fri	8/29/1986	A	San Diego Chargers	17-24	L		San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	44744
Sun	9/7/1986	H	Los Angeles Rams	10-16	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	40347
Sun	9/14/1986	A	Atlanta Falcons	13-33	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	46463
Sun	9/21/1986	A	Buffalo Bills	10-17	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	65762
Mon	9/29/1986	H	Dallas Cowboys	7-31	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	49077
Sun	10/5/1986	H	New York Giants	6-13	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	40562
Sun	10/12/1986	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	30-19	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	33307
Sun	10/19/1986	A	Washington Redskins	21-28	L		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	53494
Sun	10/26/1986	A	Dallas Cowboys	6-37	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	60756
Sun	11/2/1986	H	Philadelphia Eagles	13-10	W		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	33051
Sun	11/9/1986	A	San Francisco 49ers	17-43	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	59172
Sun	11/16/1986	H	New Orleans Saints	7-16	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	32069
Sun	11/23/1986	H	Kansas City Chiefs	23-14	W		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	29680
Sun	11/30/1986	H	Washington Redskins	17-20	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	35637
Sun	12/7/1986	A	Philadelphia Eagles	10-10	T	OT	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	50148
Sun	12/14/1986	A	New York Giants	7-27	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	75261
Sun	12/21/1986	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	21-17	W		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	23957

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
32	Ottis Anderson	HB	6-2	225	29	Miami (Florida)	4	3
17	Evan Arapostathis	P	5-9	160	23	Grossmont JC; Eastern Illinois	5	0
16	Kent Austin	QB	6-1	195	23	Mississippi	16	0
60	Bubba Baker	RDE	6-6	275	30	Colorado State	16	13
52	Charlie Baker	ROLB	6-2	234	29	New Mexico	16	16
55	Anthony Bell	LILB	6-3	231	22	Michigan State	16	1
89	Cap Boso	TE	6-3	224	24	Joliet JC; Illinois	2	0
71	Joe Bostic	ROG	6-3	268	29	Clemson	13	13
62	Ray Brown	LOG	6-5	311	24	Memphis; Arkansas State	11	4
41	Carl Carter	LCB	5-11	180	22	Texas Tech	14	4
14	Greg Cater	P	6-1	191	29	Tennessee-Chattanooga	11	0
58	Gene Chilton	C-LOG	6-3	284	22	Texas	16	7
64	Randy Clark	C	6-3	262	29	Northern Illinois	12	10
79	Bob Clasby	LDE	6-5	260	26	Notre Dame	16	10
66	Doug Dawson	LOG	6-3	288	25	Texas	1	1
56	Rick DiBernardo	LB	6-3	225	22	Notre Dame	16	0
73	Mark Duda	NT	6-3	273	25	Maryland	14	3
94	Gary Dulin	RDE	6-4	275	29	Ohio State	3	3
31	Earl Ferrell	FB	6-0	232	28	East Tennessee State	16	15
86	Chas Fox	WR	5-11	180	23	Furman	4	3
65	David Galloway	NT	6-3	279	27	Florida	14	13
81	Roy Green	WR	6-0	195	29	Henderson State	11	10
82	Scott Holman	WR	6-1	193	24	Oregon	3	1
82	Don Holmes	WR	5-10	180	25	Colorado; Gavilan JC; Colorado; Colorado Mesa	12	0
78	Van Hughes	DE	6-3	280	26	Texas Tech; Texas State	7	0
42	Bobby Johnson	CB-S	6-0	187	26	Texas	3	0
87	Troy Johnson	WR	6-1	175	24	Southeastern Louisiana; Southern University	13	2
54	E.J. Junior	LILB	6-3	240	27	Alabama	13	13
70	Derek Kennard	LOG-ROG	6-3	290	24	Nevada-Reno	15	10
89	Greg LaFleur	TE	6-4	237	28	Louisiana State	4	0
10	John Lee	K	5-11	182	22	UCLA	11	0
15	Neil Lomax	QB	6-3	215	27	Portland State	14	14
47	Cedric Mack	RCB	5-11	192	26	Baylor	15	9
80	Doug Marsh	TE	6-3	238	28	Michigan	16	15
76	Stafford Mays	LDE	6-2	251	28	Mount Hood JC; Washington	16	6
30	Stump Mitchell	HB	5-9	188	27	The Citadel	15	13
59	Ronnie Monaco	LILB	6-1	225	23	San Diego State; Vanderbilt; Northwest Mississippi CC; South Carolina	15	2
57	Niko Noga	RILB	6-1	235	24	Hawaii	16	16
85	Jay Novacek	WR	6-4	228	24	Wyoming	8	0
53	Freddie Joe Nunn	LOLB	6-4	244	24	Mississippi	16	16
63	Tootie Robbins	ROT	6-5	306	28	East Carolina	12	5
51	Mike Ruether	C	6-4	279	24	Texas	10	1
39	Broderick Sargent	RB	5-10	215	24	Baylor	16	0
11	Eric Schubert	K	5-8	193	24	Pittsburgh	5	0
67	Luis Sharpe	LOT	6-4	255	26	UCLA	16	16
36	Vai Sikahema	RB	5-9	193	24	Brigham Young	16	0
84	J.T. Smith	WR	6-2	185	31	North Texas	16	16
61	Lance Smith	ROT-LOG	6-2	271	23	Louisiana State	15	13
45	Leonard Smith	SS	5-11	202	26	McNeese State	16	16
44	Wayne Smith	RCB	6-0	170	29	Wisconsin-La Crosse; Loop JC; Purdue	16	7
89	Robert Stallings	TE	6-6	250	22	Southern Mississippi	3	0
18	Cliff Stoudt	QB	6-4	216	31	Youngstown State	5	2
86	Eric Swanson	WR	5-11	186	23	San Bernardino Valley JC; Tennessee	9	0
23	Dennis Thurman	FS	5-11	178	30	Southern California	16	3
83	Pat Tilley	WR	5-10	178	33	Louisiana Tech	1	1
48	Lionel Washington	LCB	6-0	185	26	Tulane	16	12
24	Ron Wolfley	FB	6-0	226	24	West Virginia	16	1
43	Lonnie Young	FS	6-1	187	23	Michigan State	13	13

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Anthony Bell	LB	Michigan State
2	32	John Lee	K	UCLA
3	59	Gene Chilton	C	Texas
4	89	Carl Carter	DB	Texas Tech
5	116	Jeff Tupper	DE	Oklahoma
7	170	Eric Swanson	WR	Tennessee
8	201	Ray Brown	G	Arkansas State
9	227	Kent Kafentzis	DB	Hawaii
10	254	Vai Sikahema	RB	Brigham Young
10	255	Wes Smith	WR	Texas A&M-Commerce
11	281	Wayne Dillard	LB	Alcorn State
12	312	Kent Austin	QB	Mississippi

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	15	79	41	83	0
Opponents Totals	82	106	64	99	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	29:18	273	102	149	22	70/214 32.7%	8/15 53.3%	116	932
Opponents Totals	30:42	304	125	149	30	80/220 36.4%	8/14 57.1%	86	682

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
John Lee	0	14	17	82.4	8	13	61.5	0	38
Roy Green	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
J.T. Smith	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Stump Mitchell	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Earl Ferrell	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Eric Schubert	0	9	9	100.0	3	11	27.3	0	18
Vai Sikahema	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Ottis Anderson	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Chas Fox	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Neil Lomax	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	27	23	27	85.2	11	24	45.8	0	218
Opponents Totals	40	37	40	92.5	24	32	75.0	1	351

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
John Lee	8	13	61.5	0/0	2/3	5/6	1/4	0/0
Eric Schubert	3	11	27.3	0/0	2/2	0/4	1/5	0/0
Team Totals	11	24	45.8	0/0	4/5	5/10	2/9	0/0
Opponents Totals	24	32	75.0	0/0	5/6	9/11	9/15	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Stump Mitchell	174	800	4.6	44	5
Earl Ferrell	124	548	4.4	25	0
Ottis Anderson	51	156	3.1	14	2
Neil Lomax	35	148	4.2	18	1
Vai Sikahema	16	62	3.9	23	0
Cliff Stoudt	7	53	7.6	17	0
Ron Wolfley	8	19	2.4	8	0
Doug Marsh	1	5	5.0	5	0
Kent Austin	1	0	0.0	0	0
Roy Green	2	-4	-2.0	1	0
Team Totals	419	1787	4.3	44	8
Opponents Totals	560	2227	4.0	54	17

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Neil Lomax	421	240	57.0	169	2583	6.1	10.8	48t	13	3.1	12	2.9	52	381	2202	73.6
Cliff Stoudt	91	52	57.1	32	542	6.0	10.4	24t	3	3.3	7	7.7	7	43	499	53.5
Stump Mitchell	3	1	33.3	2	15	5.0	15.0	15t	1	33.3	0	0.0	0	0	15	90.3
Evan Arapostathis	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	516	293	56.8	204	3140	6.1	10.7	48t	17	3.3	19	3.7	59	424	2716	70.4
Opponents Totals	436	215	49.3	211	2992	6.9	13.9	51	21	4.8	10	2.3	41	355	2637	78.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
J.T. Smith	80	1014	12.7	45	6
Earl Ferrell	56	434	7.8	30t	3
Roy Green	42	517	12.3	48t	6
Stump Mitchell	41	276	6.7	24	0
Doug Marsh	25	313	12.5	27	0
Troy Johnson	14	203	14.5	39	0
Vai Sikahema	10	99	9.9	27	1
Ottis Anderson	10	91	9.1	19	0
Chas Fox	5	59	11.8	38t	1
Pat Tilley	3	51	17.0	18	0
Scott Holman	3	41	13.7	18	0
Ron Wolfley	2	32	16.0	28	0
Broderick Sargent	1	8	8.0	8	0
Jay Novacek	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	293	3140	10.7	48t	17
Opponents Totals	215	2992	13.9	51	21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cedric Mack	4	42	10.5	24	0
Lionel Washington	2	19	9.5	19	0
Carl Carter	2	12	6.0	11	0
Wayne Smith	1	35	35.0	35	0
Leonard Smith	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team Totals	10	121	12.1	35	0
Opponents Totals	19	271	14.3	78t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Greg Cater	61	2271	37.2	52	1	4	16	130	2061	33.2
Evan Arapostathis	30	1140	38.0	50	0	0	5	166	974	32.5
Team Totals	92	3411	37.1	52	1	4	21	296	3035	33.0
Opponents Totals	83	3514	42.3	60	0	10	24	528	2786	33.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Vai Sikahema	43	16	522	12.1	71t	2
J.T. Smith	1	0	6	6.0	6	0
Carl Carter	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	45	16	528	11.7	71t	2
Opponents Totals	44	20	296	6.7	22	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Vai Sikahema	37	847	22.9	44
Eric Swanson	10	206	20.6	40
Stump Mitchell	6	203	33.8	53
Chas Fox	6	161	26.8	38
Troy Johnson	3	46	15.3	25
Earl Ferrell	3	41	13.7	27
Broderick Sargent	2	27	13.5	14
Carl Carter	2	21	10.5	14
Don Holmes	1	2	2.0	2
Ron Wolfley	0	-6		-6L
Team Totals	70	1548	22.1	53
Opponents Totals	50	886	17.7	56

SACKS	NO	YDS
Bubba Baker	10.5
Freddie Joe Nunn	7.0
Leonard Smith	5.0
David Galloway	4.5
Anthony Bell	4.0
Charlie Baker	3.5
Bob Clasby	3.0
Niko Noga	2.0
Lonnie Young	1.5
Team Totals	41.0	355.0
Opponents Totals	59.0	424.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Ottis Anderson	2		0	0	0	0
Charlie Baker	0	0	0	1	1	0
Carl Carter	1		1	0	1	0
Gene Chilton	0	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Clasby	0	0	0	1	1	0
Earl Ferrell	6		0	0	0	0
David Galloway	0	0	0	2	2	0
Roy Green	1		0	0	0	0
E.J. Junior	0	0	0	1	1	0
Neil Lomax	7		6	0	6	0
Cedric Mack	0	0	0	1	1	0
Stump Mitchell	4		1	0	1	0
Ronnie Monaco	0	0	1	0	1	0
Niko Noga	0	0	0	2	2	0
Freddie Joe Nunn	0	0	0	1	1	0
Vai Sikahema	2		0	0	0	0
J.T. Smith	1		3	0	3	0
Wayne Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0
Cliff Stoudt	1		0	0	0	0
Dennis Thurman	0	0	0	1	1	0
Lionel Washington	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team Totals	25	12	13	12	25	0
Opponents Totals	40	12	25	10	35