1971 St. Louis Cardinals roster and stats

1971 St. Louis Cardinals: 4-9-1
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Home record: 1-5-1 (117 points scored, 150 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (114 points scored, 129 allowed) Head Coach: Bob Hollway 231 points scored (20th of 26 teams), 279 points allowed (15th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 170 385 2,471 ( 5) 6.12 14 26 417 1,530 (21) 3.7 8 4,001 (14) 46 Defense: 212 375 2,380 (21) 6.03 12 17 486 1,985 (18) 4.1 10 4,365 (20) 33

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 8 Larry Wilson DB 14 6'0 195 33 12 Utah 10 Pete Beathard QB 9 6'2 200 29 8 Southern California 17 Jim Hart QB 11 6'2 200 27 6 Southern Illinois 20 Miller Farr DB 14 6'1 190 28 7 Wichita State 21 Jerry Stovall DB 6 6'2 195 30 9 Louisiana State 22 Roger Wehrli DB 13 6'1 195 23 3 Missouri 23 Johnny Roland RB 13 6'2 215 28 6 Missouri 25 Jim Bakken K 14 6'0 195 30 10 Wisconsin 26 Chuck Latourette P 13 6'0 190 26 4 Rice 27 Roy Shivers RB 11 6'0 200 30 6 Utah State 30 Paul White RB 6 6'0 200 23 2 Texas-El Paso 33 Larry Willingham DB 9 6'1 190 22 R Auburn 34 Rocky Rosema LB 2 6'2 230 25 4 Michigan 35 Larry Stegent RB 7 6'1 200 23 1 Texas A&M 36 MacArthur Lane RB 13 6'0 220 29 4 Utah State 37 Jeff Allen DB 1 5'11 190 23 R Iowa State 39 Cid Edwards RB 12 6'2 230 28 4 Tennessee State 41 Ted Provost DB 2 6'2 185 23 2 Ohio State 42 Norm Thompson DB 14 6'1 175 26 R Utah 44 John Gilliam WR 14 6'1 195 26 5 South Carolina State 45 George Hoey DB 6 5'10 170 24 1 Michigan 46 Tom Longo DB 2 6'1 200 29 3 Notre Dame 49 Dale Hackbart DB 14 6'3 220 33 10 Wisconsin 50 Wayne Mulligan C 7 6'2 245 24 3 Clemson 52 Rick Ogle LB 6 6'3 230 22 R Colorado 53 Jamie Rivers LB 12 6'2 235 26 4 Bowling Green 54 Tom Banks C 9 6'1 240 23 1 Auburn 55 Irv Goode OG 14 6'4 255 31 10 Kentucky 56 Mike McGill LB 11 6'2 235 24 4 Notre Dame 57 Don Parish LB 1 6'1 220 23 2 Stanford 58 Terry Miller LB 9 6'2 225 25 2 Illinois 60 Jim Hargrove LB 14 6'3 223 26 4 Howard Payne 63 Clyde Williams OG 14 6'2 250 31 5 Southern 65 Chuck Hutchison OG 13 6'3 240 22 2 Ohio State 67 Larry Stallings LB 14 6'2 230 29 9 Georgia Tech 68 Paul Dickson DT 5 6'5 250 34 13 Baylor 70 Rolf Krueger DE 14 6'4 250 24 3 Texas A&M 71 Bob Reynolds OT 14 6'6 265 32 9 Bowling Green 72 Dan Dierdorf OT 12 6'4 265 22 R Michigan 73 Ernie McMillan OT 14 6'6 255 33 11 Illinois 74 Fred Heron DT 9 6'4 260 27 6 San Jose State 75 Bob Rowe DT 14 6'4 260 26 5 Western Michigan 76 Vern Emerson OT 4 6'5 260 26 3 Minnesota-Duluth 78 Ron Yankowski DE 12 6'5 225 25 R Kansas State 79 Chuck Walker DE 11 6'2 250 30 8 Duke 80 Dave Williams WR 13 6'2 210 26 5 Washington 81 Jackie Smith TE 9 6'4 235 31 9 Northwestern State-Louisiana 82 Joe Schmiesing DE 9 6'4 260 26 4 New Mexico State 83 Jim McFarland TE 14 6'5 225 24 2 Nebraska 85 Mel Gray WR 14 5'9 170 23 R Missouri 88 Freddie Hyatt WR 14 6'3 200 25 4 Auburn

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim Hart 243 110 45.3 1,626 6.69 14.8 8 3.3 14 5.8 13 139 54.7 Pete Beathard 141 60 42.6 1,030 7.30 17.2 6 4.3 12 8.5 6 46 46.7 Roy Shivers 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
John Gilliam           42    837   19.9    3
MacArthur Lane         29    298   10.3    0
Jackie Smith           21    379   18.0    4
Mel Gray               18    534   29.7    4
Johnny Roland          15    108    7.2    0
Dave Williams          12    182   15.2    1
Cid Edwards            12    122   10.2    0
Roy Shivers            10     76    7.6    0
Jim McFarland           5     54   10.8    2
Freddie Hyatt           4     58   14.5    0
Larry Stegent           1     12   12.0    0
Bob Reynolds            1     -4   -4.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
MacArthur Lane        150    592    3.9    3
Cid Edwards           108    316    2.9    4
Johnny Roland          78    278    3.6    0
Roy Shivers            55    202    3.7    1
Mel Gray                2     56   28.0    0
Pete Beathard           4     29    7.2    0
Chuck Latourette        3     19    6.3    0
John Gilliam            2     16    8.0    0
Jackie Smith            1     10   10.0    0
Jim Hart               13      9    0.7    0
Paul White              1      3    3.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Mel Gray               30    740   24.7    0
George Hoey             9    251   27.9    1
Norm Thompson           7    182   26.0    0
Larry Willingham        6    125   20.8    0
Cid Edwards             2     41   20.5    0
Johnny Roland           2     24   12.0    0
Dan Dierdorf            1      0    0.0    0
Larry Stegent           1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Larry Willingham       10     84    8.4    9    0
Roger Wehrli            9     84    9.3    3    0
Norm Thompson           5     27    5.4    1    0
Johnny Roland           3     10    3.3    3    0
John Gilliam            1     21   21.0    0    0
Larry Stallings         1      8    8.0    0    0
Paul Dickson            1      0    0.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Chuck Latourette 56 2,157 38.5 0 0 1 0 0 37.8 Jim Bakken 5 207 41.4 0 0 0 0 0 41.4 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jim Bakken 5/5 8/13 5/6 3/8 0/0 21/32 24/24 87 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Miller Farr 2 13 0 Dale Hackbart 1 11 0 Jim Hargrove 1.0 Fred Heron 2.0 Rolf Krueger 2.5 Mike McGill 1 19 0 Rick Ogle 1.0 Bob Rowe 5.5 Larry Stallings 3.0 1 26 1 Jerry Stovall 2 20 0 Norm Thompson 4 45 0 Chuck Walker 5.0 Roger Wehrli 2 11 0 Larry Wilson 4 46 0 Ron Yankowski 1.0

1971 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 17 DB Norm Thompson 115 Utah 2 43 OT Dan Dierdorf 160 Michigan 3 61 WR Jim Livesay Richmond [pick acquired from DEN] 4 95 DB Larry Willingham 20 Auburn 5 121 LB Rocky Wallace Missouri 6 147 WR Mel Gray 145 Missouri 7 173 DB James Cooch Colorado 8 199 DE Ron Yankowski 128 Kansas State 9 225 WR Mike Savoy Black Hills State (S.D.) 10 251 OT Ron Miller McNeese State 11 277 LB Rick Ogle 10 Colorado 12 303 QB Tim Von Dulm Portland State 13 329 DB Jeff Allen 1 Iowa State 14 355 OT Doug Klausen Arizona 15 381 RB Ted Heiskell Houston 16 407 LB Lawrence Brame Western Kentucky 17 433 WR Preston Watkins Bluefield State

Traded draft picks: #3 to DAL (Sam Scarber)

Transactions:

06-02-1971	traded Dave Olerich to Oilers for Houston's #4 pick in the 1972 draft
07-24-1971	Homer Jones retired
08-03-1971	traded Tony Plummer to Falcons for Atlanta's #10 pick in the 1972 draft
08-09-1971	traded Mike Lahood to Vikings for Jim Hargrove
08-26-1971	Packers claimed Mike Savoy on waivers
09-02-1971	placed Terry Brown on injured reserve
09-02-1971	Saints claimed George Jakowenko on waivers
09-13-1971	traded Bob Brown and Nate Wright to Vikings for Mike McGill, Dale Hackbart and Minnesota's #4 pick in the 1973 draft
09-14-1971	Colts claimed Charlie Pittman on waivers
10-20-1971	traded Don Parish to Rams for an undisclosed draft pick
10-20-1971	claimed Don Parish on waivers from Rams

1971 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/19/71    vs Washington Redskins     L 17-24       0-1-0
09/27/71    vs New York Jets           W 17-10       1-1-0
10/03/71    vs New York Giants         L 20-21       1-2-0
10/10/71    at Atlanta Falcons         W 26-9        2-2-0
10/17/71    at Washington Redskins     L 0-20        2-3-0
10/24/71    vs San Francisco 49ers     L 14-26       2-4-0
10/31/71    at Buffalo Bills           W 28-23       3-4-0
11/07/71    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 13-16       3-5-0
11/15/71    at San Diego Chargers      L 17-20       3-6-0
11/21/71    vs Philadelphia Eagles     L 20-37       3-7-0
11/28/71    at New York Giants         W 24-7        4-7-0
12/05/71    vs Green Bay Packers       T 16-16       4-7-1
12/12/71    at Philadelphia Eagles     L 7-19        4-8-1
12/18/71    at Dallas Cowboys          L 12-31       4-9-1

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