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