1973 St. Louis Cardinals roster and stats

1973 St. Louis Cardinals: 4-9-1
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Home record: 2-4-1 (139 points scored, 165 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (147 points scored, 200 allowed) Head Coach: Don Coryell 286 points scored (11th of 26 teams), 365 points allowed (23rd) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 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: 210 394 2,383 ( 5) 5.66 16 15 416 1,671 (22) 4.0 13 4,054 (12) 29 Defense: 252 417 3,029 (26) 6.79 23 10 504 2,120 (17) 4.2 16 5,149 (26) 27

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 12 Gary Keithley QB 14 6'3 205 22 R Texas-El Paso 13 Don Maynard WR 2 6'0 180 38 15 Texas-El Paso 17 Jim Hart QB 12 6'2 215 29 8 Southern Illinois 20 Clancy Oliver DB 2 6'1 185 25 3 San Diego State 21 Terry Metcalf RB 12 5'10 185 22 R Long Beach State 22 Roger Wehrli DB 11 6'1 195 25 5 Missouri 25 Jim Bakken K 14 6'0 200 32 12 Wisconsin 26 Dwayne Crump DB 14 5'11 180 23 R Fresno State 27 Eddie Moss RB 5 6'0 215 25 1 Southeast Missouri State 28 Ahmad Rashad WR 13 6'2 210 23 2 Oregon 30 Gary Hammond WR 9 5'11 180 24 1 Southern Methodist 31 Don Shy RB 11 6'1 210 27 7 San Diego State 32 Leo Hayden RB 2 6'0 210 25 3 Ohio State 33 Willie Belton RB 3 5'11 195 24 3 Maryland Eastern Shore 35 Jim Otis RB 10 6'0 220 25 4 Ohio State 37 Marv Owens WR 8 5'11 205 23 1 San Diego State 40 Eric Washington DB 9 6'2 190 23 2 Rice 41 Clarence Duren DB 11 6'1 190 22 R California 42 Chuck Detwiler DB 10 6'0 185 26 4 Utah State 43 Norm Thompson DB 11 6'1 175 28 3 Utah 44 Donny Anderson RB 14 6'3 210 30 8 Texas Tech 45 Jim Tolbert DB 13 6'3 202 29 8 Lincoln (Mo.) 50 Wayne Mulligan C 13 6'2 245 26 5 Clemson 51 Tom Brahaney C 14 6'2 225 22 R Oklahoma 52 Jack LeVeck LB 11 6'0 225 23 1 Ohio 53 Jamie Rivers LB 10 6'2 235 28 6 Bowling Green 54 Tom Banks OG 14 6'1 240 25 3 Auburn 55 Warren Koegel C 3 6'3 250 23 2 Penn State 57 Mark Arneson LB 14 6'2 220 24 2 Arizona 58 Terry Miller LB 14 6'2 225 27 4 Illinois 59 Pete Barnes LB 12 6'3 240 28 7 Southern 60 Roger Finnie OG 12 6'3 245 27 5 Florida A&M 62 Dave Butz DT 12 6'7 290 23 R Purdue 64 Bob Young OG 13 6'2 260 31 8 Howard Payne 66 Conrad Dobler OG 12 6'3 250 23 2 Wyoming 67 Larry Stallings LB 14 6'2 230 31 11 Georgia Tech 68 Mike Taylor OT 6 6'4 255 28 5 Southern California 69 Andy Dorris DE 4 6'4 230 22 R New Mexico State 70 Lee Brooks DT 13 6'5 265 25 4 Texas 71 Bob Reynolds OT 1 6'6 265 34 11 Bowling Green 71 John Richardson DT 14 6'2 250 28 7 UCLA 72 Dan Dierdorf OT 14 6'4 265 24 3 Michigan 73 Ernie McMillan OT 7 6'6 255 35 13 Illinois 74 Council Rudolph DE 5 6'3 260 23 2 Kentucky State 75 Bob Rowe DT 14 6'4 260 28 7 Western Michigan 76 Ron Davis OG 2 6'2 235 23 1 Virginia State 78 Ron Yankowski DE 14 6'5 240 27 3 Kansas State 79 Bonnie Sloan DT 4 6'5 260 25 R Austin Peay 80 Jim McFarland TE 14 6'5 225 26 4 Nebraska 81 Jackie Smith TE 14 6'4 235 33 11 Northwestern State-Louisiana 84 Walker Gillette WR 14 6'5 200 26 4 Richmond 85 Mel Gray WR 12 5'9 170 25 3 Missouri 87 Jeff Staggs LB 13 6'2 240 29 7 San Diego State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim Hart 320 178 55.6 2,223 6.95 12.5 15 4.7 10 3.1 22 168 80.0 Gary Keithley 73 32 43.8 369 5.05 11.5 1 1.4 5 6.8 5 41 35.7 Gary Hammond 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Jackie Smith           41    600   14.6    1
Donny Anderson         41    409   10.0    3
Terry Metcalf          37    316    8.5    0
Ahmad Rashad           30    409   13.6    3
Mel Gray               29    513   17.7    7
Walker Gillette        20    244   12.2    1
Gary Hammond            4     39    9.8    0
Don Shy                 3     15    5.0    1
Jim Otis                2     19    9.5    0
Jim McFarland           2     10    5.0    0
Don Maynard             1     18   18.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Donny Anderson        167    679    4.1   10
Terry Metcalf         148    628    4.2    2
Jim Otis               55    234    4.3    1
Don Shy                16     66    4.1    0
Eddie Moss             14     41    2.9    0
Gary Keithley           8     29    3.6    0
Gary Hammond            4     11    2.8    0
Jim Hart                3     -3   -1.0    0
Jackie Smith            1    -14  -14.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Don Shy                16    445   27.8    1
Gary Hammond           12    314   26.2    0
Leo Hayden              5     98   19.6    0
Terry Metcalf           4    124   31.0    0
Eddie Moss              4     78   19.5    0
Mel Gray                4     73   18.2    0
Willie Belton           3     83   27.7    0
Jim McFarland           3     57   19.0    0
Chuck Detwiler          3     55   18.3    0
Roger Wehrli            2      0    0.0    0
Dave Butz               1     23   23.0    0
Marv Owens              1     19   19.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Gary Hammond           11     80    7.3    2    0
Roger Wehrli            9     92   10.2    7    0
Norm Thompson           6     18    3.0    2    0
Willie Belton           1      2    2.0    2    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Gary Keithley 66 2,478 37.5 0 0 1 0 0 37.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jim Bakken 4/4 6/7 10/12 3/8 0/1 23/32 31/31 100 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Mark Arneson 1 13 0 Pete Barnes 1 0 0 Lee Brooks 5.5 Dave Butz 5.0 Chuck Detwiler 1 0 0 Clarence Duren 2 13 0 Terry Miller 0.5 John Richardson 4.0 Jamie Rivers 1 11 0 Bob Rowe 9.5 Larry Stallings 2.0 1 0 0 Jim Tolbert 2 34 0 Roger Wehrli 1 0 0 Ron Yankowski 4.0

1973 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 5 DT Dave Butz 216 Purdue 2 45 QB Gary Keithley 14 Texas-El Paso [pick acquired from SF] 3 59 OG Fred Sturt 95 Bowling Green 3 63 RB Terry Metcalf 81 Long Beach State [pick acquired from LA] 5 109 C Tom Brahaney 134 Oklahoma 6 137 DB Dwayne Crump 55 Fresno State 6 148 DB Phil Andre Washington [pick acquired from DET] 7 164 OT Ken Jones Oklahoma 8 188 RB Ken Garrett Wake Forest 9 213 LB Ken King Kentucky 10 242 OT Bonnie Sloan 4 Austin Peay 11 267 DE Dan Sanspree Auburn 12 292 OT Dean Unruh Oklahoma 13 317 DB Edward Robinson Lamar 14 346 OG Dan Peiffer 37 S.E. Missouri State 15 371 LB Mel Parker Duke 16 396 LB Jim Hann Montana 17 421 QB Eric Crone Harvard

Traded draft picks: #2 to MIN (Jackie Wallace), #4 to SD via CHI (Jim Thaxton)

Transactions:

04-24-1973	traded Mike McGill and Jim Hargrove to Oilers for Jim Tolbert
05-07-1973	traded Vern Emerson to Jets for Roger Finnie
06-09-1973	Craig Baynham retired
07-12-1973	signed Pete Barnes from Chargers as a free agent
07-12-1973	sent St. Louis' #3 pick in the 1974 draft to Chargers as compensation for free agent Pete Barnes
07-13-1973	traded an undisclosed draft pick to Saints for Doug Mooers
07-22-1973	Steve Johnson retired
07-24-1973	Larry Willingham retired
08-02-1973	claimed Mike Irons on waivers from Redskins
08-22-1973	Don Brumm retired
08-29-1973	traded an undisclosed draft pick to Rams for Steve Jones
08-30-1973	traded St. Louis' #10 pick in the 1974 draft to Bills for Willie Belton
09-07-1973	traded Miller Farr to Lions for Detroit's #4 pick in the 1974 draft
09-10-1973	traded St. Louis' #6 pick in the 1974 draft to Jets for Don Maynard
10-02-1973	placed Leon Burns on injured reserve
10-10-1973	traded Andy Dorris to Saints for New Orleans' #8 pick in the 1975 draft
10-19-1973	placed Willie Belton on injured reserve
11-09-1973	placed Roger Wehrli on injured reserve

1973 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/16/73    at Philadelphia Eagles     W 34-23       1-0-0
09/23/73    vs Washington Redskins     W 34-27       2-0-0
09/30/73    at Dallas Cowboys          L 10-45       2-1-0
10/07/73    vs Oakland Raiders         L 10-17       2-2-0
10/14/73    vs Philadelphia Eagles     L 24-27       2-3-0
10/21/73    at Washington Redskins     L 13-31       2-4-0
10/28/73    vs New York Giants         W 35-27       3-4-0
11/04/73    vs Denver Broncos          T 17-17       3-4-1
11/11/73    at Green Bay Packers       L 21-25       3-5-1
11/18/73    at New York Giants         L 13-24       3-6-1
11/25/73    at Cincinnati Bengals      L 24-42       3-7-1
12/02/73    vs Detroit Lions           L 16-20       3-8-1
12/09/73    at Atlanta Falcons         W 32-10       4-8-1
12/16/73    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 3-30        4-9-1

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