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1970 St. Louis Cardinals: 8-5-1
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Home record: 6-1-0 (186 points scored, 89 allowed) Road record: 2-4-1 (139 points scored, 139 allowed) Head Coach: Charley Winner 325 points scored (5th of 26 teams), 228 points allowed (6th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 178 390 2,473 ( 9) 5.94 16 19 429 1,998 ( 6) 4.7 18 4,471 ( 3) 33 Defense: 183 382 2,107 ( 7) 4.99 16 21 472 1,762 (16) 3.7 10 3,869 (10) 35


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 8 Larry Wilson DB 13 6'0 195 32 11 Utah 10 Pete Beathard QB 4 6'2 210 28 7 Southern California 17 Jim Hart QB 14 6'2 205 26 5 Southern Illinois 20 Miller Farr DB 14 6'1 190 27 6 Wichita State 21 Jerry Stovall DB 11 6'2 195 29 8 Louisiana State 22 Roger Wehrli DB 14 6'1 195 22 2 Missouri 23 Johnny Roland RB 14 6'2 215 27 5 Missouri 24 Terry Brown DB 10 6'1 210 23 2 Oklahoma State 25 Jim Bakken K 14 6'0 195 29 9 Wisconsin 26 Chuck Latourette P 14 6'0 190 25 3 Rice 27 Roy Shivers RB 12 6'0 200 29 5 Utah State 28 Charlie Pittman RB 8 6'1 200 22 R Penn State 30 Paul White RB 5 6'0 200 22 R Texas-El Paso 31 Jerry Daanen WR 14 6'0 190 25 3 Miami 34 Rocky Rosema LB 4 6'2 230 24 3 Michigan 36 MacArthur Lane RB 14 6'0 220 28 3 Utah State 39 Cid Edwards RB 11 6'2 230 27 3 Tennessee State 41 Nate Wright DB 14 5'11 180 23 2 San Diego State 43 Tony Plummer DB 1 5'11 190 23 R Pacific 44 John Gilliam WR 14 6'1 195 25 4 South Carolina State 50 Wayne Mulligan C 14 6'2 245 23 2 Clemson 51 Dave Olerich LB 11 6'1 225 25 4 San Francisco 53 Jamie Rivers LB 14 6'2 235 25 3 Bowling Green 55 Irv Goode OG 14 6'4 255 30 9 Kentucky 56 Chip Healy LB 14 6'3 235 23 2 Vanderbilt 57 Don Parish LB 14 6'1 220 22 R Stanford 63 Clyde Williams OG 14 6'2 250 30 4 Southern 65 Chuck Hutchison OG 7 6'3 240 21 R Ohio State 66 Mike LaHood OG 14 6'3 250 25 2 Wyoming 67 Larry Stallings LB 14 6'2 230 28 8 Georgia Tech 68 Mike Siwek DT 2 6'3 260 22 R Western Michigan 70 Rolf Krueger DE 14 6'4 250 23 2 Texas A&M 71 Bob Reynolds OT 14 6'6 265 31 8 Bowling Green 73 Ernie McMillan OT 14 6'6 255 32 10 Illinois 74 Fred Heron DT 14 6'4 260 26 5 San Jose State 75 Bob Rowe DT 14 6'4 255 25 4 Western Michigan 76 Vern Emerson OT 14 6'5 260 25 2 Minnesota-Duluth 79 Chuck Walker DE 11 6'2 250 29 7 Duke 80 Dave Williams WR 14 6'2 210 25 4 Washington 81 Jackie Smith TE 14 6'4 235 30 8 Northwestern State-Louisiana 82 Joe Schmiesing DT 14 6'4 250 25 3 New Mexico State 83 Jim McFarland TE 9 6'5 225 23 R Nebraska 87 Cal Snowden DE 14 6'4 250 23 2 Indiana 88 Freddie Hyatt WR 10 6'3 210 24 3 Auburn 89 Bob Brown TE 14 6'3 225 27 2 Alcorn State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim Hart 373 171 45.8 2,575 6.90 15.1 14 3.8 18 4.8 26 216 61.5 Pete Beathard 17 7 41.2 114 6.71 16.3 2 11.8 1 5.9 0 0 79.0
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
John Gilliam           45    952   21.2    5
Jackie Smith           37    687   18.6    4
MacArthur Lane         32    365   11.4    2
Dave Williams          23    364   15.8    3
Cid Edwards            19    150    7.9    1
Johnny Roland          17     96    5.6    1
Roy Shivers             3     44   14.7    0
Jerry Daanen            2     31   15.5    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
MacArthur Lane        206    977    4.7   11
Johnny Roland          94    392    4.2    3
Cid Edwards            70    350    5.0    1
Roy Shivers            24     98    4.1    2
John Gilliam            5     68   13.6    1
Jackie Smith            5     43    8.6    0
Chuck Latourette        2     38   19.0    0
Jim Hart               18     18    1.0    0
Bob Brown               1      8    8.0    0
Charlie Pittman         2      4    2.0    0
Pete Beathard           2      2    1.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Chuck Latourette       13    254   19.5    0
Charlie Pittman        10    237   23.7    0
Nate Wright             8    156   19.5    0
John Gilliam            5    107   21.4    0
Paul White              3     65   21.7    0
Johnny Roland           3     40   13.3    0
Roy Shivers             2     35   17.5    0
Terry Brown             2     32   16.0    0
Larry Wilson            1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Chuck Latourette       30    171    5.7   12    0
Johnny Roland          10    140   14.0   10    1
Roger Wehrli            1      4    4.0    1    0
Terry Brown             0      0      ?    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Chuck Latourette 65 2,659 40.9 0 0 0 0 0 40.9 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jim Bakken 4/4 3/6 7/7 6/11 0/4 20/32 37/38 97 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Miller Farr 1.0 5 38 1 Chip Healy 1.0 Fred Heron 5.0 Rolf Krueger 2.5 Dave Olerich 0.5 Don Parish 1.5 1 41 1 Bob Rowe 7.0 Joe Schmiesing 4.0 Cal Snowden 3.5 Larry Stallings 4.0 1 9 0 Jerry Stovall 2 45 0 Chuck Walker 7.5 Roger Wehrli 6 50 0 Larry Wilson 1.5 5 72 0 Nate Wright 1 0 0
1970 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 8 RB Larry Stegent 7 Texas A&M 2 33 LB Jim Corrigall Kent State 2 38 OG Chuck Hutchinson 47 Ohio State [pick acquired from NYG] 3 58 RB Charlie Pittman 18 Penn State 3 69 DB Eric Harris Colorado [pick acquired from WAS] 4 86 DT Greg Lens 21 Trinity (Tex.) 4 91 LB Don Parish 19 Stanford [pick acquired from ATL] 5 111 OT Tom Lloyd Bowling Green 5 127 DB Barry Pierson Michigan [pick acquired from DAL] 6 136 OT James Manuel Toledo [pick acquired from PHI] 7 164 TE Jim McFarland 68 Nebraska 8 189 C Tom Banks 116 Auburn 8 201 QB Mike Holmgren USC [pick acquired from DET] 9 214 RB Paul White 11 Texas-El Paso 10 242 DB Tony Plummer 41 Pacific 11 267 DT Mike Siwek 2 Western Michigan 12 292 WR Charles Collins Kansas State 13 320 OG Jack Thomas Mississippi State 14 345 WR Ray Groth Utah 15 370 WR Ron Wilson Western Illinois 16 398 RB Gary Fowler California 17 423 LB Cliff Powell Arkansas

Traded draft picks: #6 to CHI (Jeff Curchin)


Transactions:
01-1970traded Willis Crenshaw to DEN for Denver's #3 pick in the 1971 draft
01-21-1970traded Charley Johnson and Bob Atkins to Oilers for Pete Beathard and Miller Farr
06-06-1970traded St. Louis' #3 pick in the 1971 draft to Cowboys for John Wilbur
07-05-1970John Wilbur retired
07-09-1970Steelers claimed Bob DeMarco on waivers
08-25-1970traded John Wilbur to Rams for Mike LaHood
08-31-1970placed Larry Stegent on injured reserve
09-02-1970claimed Jim Weatherwax on waivers from Packers
09-03-1970returned Jim Weatherwax to Packers
09-16-1970Bills claimed Jim McFarland on waivers


1970 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/18/70    at Los Angeles Rams        L 13-34       0-1-0
09/27/70    vs Washington Redskins     W 27-17       1-1-0
10/04/70    vs Dallas Cowboys          W 20-7        2-1-0
10/11/70    vs New Orleans Saints      W 24-17       3-1-0
10/18/70    at Philadelphia Eagles     W 35-20       4-1-0
10/25/70    at New York Giants         L 17-35       4-2-0
11/01/70    vs Houston Oilers          W 44-0        5-2-0
11/08/70    vs Boston Patriots         W 31-0        6-2-0
11/16/70    at Dallas Cowboys          W 38-0        7-2-0
11/22/70    at Kansas City Chiefs      T 6-6         7-2-1
11/29/70    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 23-14       8-2-1
12/06/70    at Detroit Lions           L 3-16        8-3-1
12/13/70    vs New York Giants         L 17-34       8-4-1
12/20/70    at Washington Redskins     L 27-28       8-5-1

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