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1972 St. Louis Cardinals: 4-9-1
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Home record: 2-5-0 (93 points scored, 162 allowed) Road record: 2-4-1 (100 points scored, 141 allowed) Head Coach: Bob Hollway 193 points scored (23rd of 26 teams), 303 points allowed (18th) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 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: 171 363 2,038 (19) 5.19 11 23 361 1,229 (26) 3.4 9 3,267 (25) 39 Defense: 221 365 2,550 (25) 6.59 15 11 548 2,189 (20) 4.0 11 4,739 (25) 27


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 8 Larry Wilson DB 12 6'0 195 34 13 Utah 15 Gary Cuozzo QB 8 6'1 195 31 10 Virginia 16 Tim Van Galder QB 5 6'1 190 28 1 Iowa State 17 Jim Hart QB 6 6'2 200 28 7 Southern Illinois 20 Miller Farr DB 13 6'1 190 29 8 Wichita State 22 Roger Wehrli DB 14 6'1 195 24 4 Missouri 23 Johnny Roland RB 14 6'2 215 29 7 Missouri 25 Jim Bakken K 14 6'0 195 31 11 Wisconsin 27 Roy Shivers RB 2 6'0 200 31 7 Utah State 28 Ahmad Rashad WR 14 6'2 210 22 R Oregon 30 Ara Person TE 4 6'2 220 24 1 Morgan State 31 Chuck Beatty DB 4 6'2 205 26 4 North Texas State 32 Leo Hayden RB 4 6'0 210 24 2 Ohio State 33 Larry Willingham DB 11 6'1 190 23 2 Auburn 34 Don Heater RB 2 6'2 205 22 R Montana Tech 36 Cannonball Butler RB 5 5'10 200 29 8 Edward Waters 37 Tom Woodeshick RB 4 6'0 222 30 10 West Virginia 38 Leon Burns RB 14 6'2 235 32 2 Long Beach State 40 Eric Washington DB 6 6'2 190 22 R Rice 42 Bob Wicks WR 9 6'3 195 22 R Utah State 43 Norm Thompson DB 12 6'1 175 27 2 Utah 44 Donny Anderson RB 14 6'3 210 29 7 Texas Tech 47 Steve Conley LB 7 6'2 225 23 R Kansas 48 Craig Baynham RB 7 6'1 205 28 5 Georgia Tech 49 Dale Hackbart DB 14 6'3 210 34 11 Wisconsin 50 Wayne Mulligan OT 12 6'2 245 25 4 Clemson 51 Don Parish LB 2 6'1 220 24 3 Stanford 53 Jamie Rivers LB 2 6'2 235 27 5 Bowling Green 54 Tom Banks C 14 6'1 240 24 2 Auburn 55 Dave Bradley OG 1 6'4 245 25 4 Penn State 56 Mike McGill LB 4 6'2 235 25 5 Notre Dame 57 Mark Arneson LB 14 6'2 220 23 R Arizona 58 Terry Miller LB 12 6'2 225 26 3 Illinois 59 Jeff Lyman LB 2 6'2 230 22 R Brigham Young 60 Jim Hargrove LB 10 6'3 225 27 5 Howard Payne 62 Steve Wright OT 5 6'6 250 30 9 Alabama 64 Bob Young OG 14 6'2 260 30 7 Howard Payne 65 Chuck Hutchison OG 4 6'3 240 23 3 Ohio State 66 Conrad Dobler OG 12 6'3 250 22 R Wyoming 67 Larry Stallings LB 13 6'2 230 30 10 Georgia Tech 70 John Hoffman DE 2 6'7 260 29 4 Hawaii 71 John Richardson DT 11 6'2 250 27 6 UCLA 72 Dan Dierdorf OT 14 6'4 265 23 2 Michigan 73 Ernie McMillan OT 14 6'6 255 34 12 Illinois 74 Fred Heron DT 6 6'4 240 28 7 San Jose State 75 Bob Rowe DT 14 6'4 260 27 6 Western Michigan 76 Scott Palmer DT 5 6'3 245 24 2 Texas 78 Ron Yankowski DE 10 6'5 225 26 2 Kansas State 79 Chuck Walker DT 2 6'2 250 31 9 Duke 80 Jim McFarland TE 10 6'5 225 25 3 Nebraska 81 Jackie Smith TE 14 6'4 235 32 10 Northwestern State-Louisiana 82 Martin Imhof DE 13 6'6 255 23 R San Diego State 84 Walker Gillette WR 14 6'5 200 25 3 Richmond 85 Mel Gray WR 7 5'9 170 24 2 Missouri 86 Don Brumm DE 14 6'3 245 31 10 Purdue 87 Jeff Staggs LB 8 6'2 240 28 6 San Diego State 88 Freddie Hyatt WR 12 6'3 200 26 5 Auburn 89 Tom Beckman DE 2 6'5 250 22 R Michigan
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Gary Cuozzo 158 69 43.7 897 5.68 13.0 5 3.2 11 7.0 13 89 43.7 Jim Hart 119 60 50.4 857 7.20 14.3 5 4.2 5 4.2 7 56 70.6 Tim Van Galder 79 40 50.6 434 5.49 10.8 1 1.3 7 8.9 10 76 34.5 Donny Anderson 3 2 66.7 71 23.67 35.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 109.7 Jackie Smith 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Larry Wilson 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Johnny Roland          38    321    8.4    2
Walker Gillette        33    550   16.7    2
Ahmad Rashad           29    500   17.2    3
Donny Anderson         28    298   10.6    2
Jackie Smith           26    407   15.7    2
Leon Burns              6     24    4.0    0
Mel Gray                3     62   20.7    0
Freddie Hyatt           2     32   16.0    0
Roy Shivers             1     20   20.0    0
Leo Hayden              1     17   17.0    0
Craig Baynham           1     10   10.0    0
Cannonball Butler       1      8    8.0    0
Bob Wicks               1      8    8.0    0
Tom Woodeshick          1      2    2.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Donny Anderson        153    536    3.5    4
Johnny Roland         105    414    3.9    2
Leon Burns             26     69    2.7    2
Ahmad Rashad            9     44    4.9    0
Craig Baynham          17     43    2.5    0
Jackie Smith            5     31    6.2    0
Tim Van Galder          9     28    3.1    0
Jim Hart                9     17    1.9    0
Tom Woodeshick          5     14    2.8    0
Roy Shivers             5     12    2.4    0
Leo Hayden              8     11    1.4    1
Gary Cuozzo             4      7    1.8    0
Cannonball Butler       6      3    0.5    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ahmad Rashad           20    437   21.9    0
Mel Gray               17    378   22.2    0
Larry Willingham        9    194   21.6    0
Cannonball Butler       4     85   21.2    0
Freddie Hyatt           1     41   41.0    0
Roger Wehrli            1     10   10.0    0
Leon Burns              1      7    7.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Larry Willingham        9     41    4.6    6    0
Roger Wehrli            5     24    4.8    6    0
Mel Gray                2     -4   -2.0    3    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Donny Anderson 72 2,847 39.5 0 0 0 0 0 39.5 Jim Bakken 1 26 26.0 0 0 0 0 0 26.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jim Bakken 4/5 2/5 2/3 6/9 0/0 14/22 19/21 61 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Don Brumm 5.5 Miller Farr 3 21 0 Dale Hackbart 1 22 0 Martin Imhof 0.5 Mike McGill 2 28 0 Terry Miller 1.0 John Richardson 1.0 Jamie Rivers 0.5 Bob Rowe 5.5 Jeff Staggs 1 7 0 Larry Stallings 2.0 Norm Thompson 1.0 1 5 0 Larry Willingham 0.5 Larry Wilson 3 35 0 Ron Yankowski 1.0
1972 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 4 WR Bobby Moore 139 Oregon 2 32 LB Mark Arneson 127 Arizona 3 57 DE Tom Beckman 2 Michigan 4 82 LB Jeff Lyman 3 Brigham Young 4 84 DT Martin Imhof 32 San Diego State [pick acquired from HOU] 5 110 OG Conrad Dobler 129 Wyoming 6 135 RB Don Heater 2 Montana Tech 7 160 DE Council Rudolph 72 Kentucky State 8 188 WR Bob Wicks 15 Utah State 9 213 C Gene Macken South Dakota 10 238 DB Eric Washington 15 Texas-El Paso 10 250 QB Mike Franks Eastern New Mexico [pick acquired from ATL] 11 265 LB Ron Jones Arkansas 12 291 DT Tommy Gay Arkansas AM&N 13 316 DB Tom Campana Ohio State 14 344 K Pat McTeer New Mexico State 15 369 TE Mark Herman Yankton 16 394 DE Henry Alford Pittsburgh 17 422 LB Kent Carter 2 USC

Traded draft picks: none


Transactions:
01-31-1972traded Cid Edwards to Chargers for Leon Burns
01-31-1972traded Dave Williams to Chargers for Walker Gillette
02-28-1972traded MacArthur Lane to Packers for Donny Anderson
03-14-1972traded Irv Goode to Bills for Joe O'Donnell
04-14-1972traded Joe Schmiesing to Lions for Ray Parson
04-26-1972traded John Gilliam, St. Louis' #2 pick and Minnesota's #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Vikings for Gary Cuozzo
07-07-197249ers signed Rolf Krueger as a free agent
07-08-1972received San Francisco's #2 pick in the 1973 draft and #3 pick in the 1974 draft from 49ers as compensation for free agent Rolf Krueger
07-08-1972traded St. Louis' #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Bears for Steve Wright and John Hoffman
07-19-1972traded a #5 pick in the 1973 draft to Patriots for Bill Atessis
07-21-1972Ted Provost retired
07-22-1972Chuck Hutchinson retired
07-31-1972claimed Mike Siwek on waivers from ?
08-19-1972traded Pete Beathard to Rams for Jeff Staggs and Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1973 draft
08-22-1972claimed Donnell Smith on waivers from Packers
09-01-1972Packers claimed Don Heater on waivers
09-01-1972Falcons claimed Silas McKinnie on waivers
09-03-1972claimed Dave Bradley on waivers from Packers
09-03-1972claimed Don Parish on waivers from Rams
09-05-1972traded Rick Ogle to Lions for Detroit's #6 pick in the 1973 draft
09-07-1972claimed Jim DeLisle on waivers from Packers
09-13-1972claimed Bob Young on waivers from Oilers
09-13-1972claimed Don Brumm on waivers from Eagles
09-13-1972Oilers claimed Council Rudolph on waivers
09-13-1972claimed Don Heater on waivers from Packers
09-14-1972placed Craig Baynham on injured reserve
09-14-1972placed Rocky Wallace on injured reserve
09-18-1972Patriots claimed Bob Reynolds on waivers
09-26-1972traded Chuck Walker to Falcons for Cannonball Butler
10-11-1972Broncos claimed Don Parish on waivers
11-03-1972claimed Steve Conley on waivers from Bengals


1972 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/17/72    at Baltimore Colts         W 10-3        1-0-0
09/24/72    at Washington Redskins     L 10-24       1-1-0
10/01/72    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     L 19-25       1-2-0
10/08/72    at Minnesota Vikings       W 19-17       2-2-0
10/15/72    vs Washington Redskins     L 3-33        2-3-0
10/22/72    at New York Giants         L 21-27       2-4-0
10/29/72    vs Chicago Bears           L 10-27       2-5-0
11/05/72    at Philadelphia Eagles     T 6-6         2-5-1
11/12/72    at Dallas Cowboys          L 24-33       2-6-1
11/19/72    vs New York Giants         L 7-13        2-7-1
11/27/72    at Miami Dolphins          L 10-31       2-8-1
12/03/72    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 6-27        2-9-1
12/10/72    vs Los Angeles Rams        W 24-14       3-9-1
12/17/72    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 24-23       4-9-1

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