1975 St. Louis Cardinals: 11-3-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 6-1-0 (169 points scored, 137 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (187 points scored, 139 allowed) Head Coach: Don Coryell 356 points scored (7th of 26 teams), 276 points allowed (12th) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 187 355 2,553 ( 6) 7.03 20 20 555 2,402 ( 6) 4.3 19 4,955 ( 5) 39 Defense: 233 446 2,670 (24) 5.68 16 22 487 1,925 (10) 4.0 16 4,595 (18) 37
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 11 Dennis Shaw QB 3 6'2 210 28 6 San Diego State 17 Jim Hart QB 14 6'2 210 31 10 Southern Illinois 21 Terry Metcalf RB 13 5'10 185 24 3 Long Beach State 22 Roger Wehrli DB 14 6'1 190 27 7 Missouri 25 Jim Bakken K 14 6'0 200 34 14 Wisconsin 26 Dwayne Crump DB 14 5'11 180 25 3 Fresno State 27 Eddie Moss RB 8 6'0 215 27 3 Southeast Missouri State 30 Gary Hammond WR 14 5'11 185 26 3 Southern Methodist 31 Josh Ashton RB 2 6'1 205 26 4 Tulsa 32 Jerry Latin RB 10 5'10 190 22 R Northern Illinois 33 Tim Gray DB 14 6'1 200 22 R Texas A&M 34 Steve Jones RB 13 6'0 200 24 3 Duke 35 Jim Otis RB 14 6'0 225 27 6 Ohio State 36 Ken Reaves DB 14 6'3 210 31 10 Norfolk State 41 Clarence Duren DB 13 6'1 190 24 3 California 43 Norm Thompson DB 14 6'1 180 30 5 Utah 45 Jim Tolbert DB 14 6'3 210 31 10 Lincoln (Mo.) 50 Greg Hartle LB 13 6'2 225 24 2 Newberry 51 Tom Brahaney C 14 6'2 250 24 3 Oklahoma 53 Steve Neils LB 14 6'2 215 24 2 Minnesota 54 Tom Banks C 14 6'1 245 27 5 Auburn 55 Ray White LB 14 6'1 220 26 3 Syracuse 57 Mark Arneson LB 14 6'2 220 26 4 Arizona 59 Pete Barnes LB 14 6'3 240 30 9 Southern 60 Roger Finnie OT 14 6'3 250 29 7 Florida A&M 61 Henry Allison OG 14 6'3 255 28 3 San Diego State 64 Bob Young OG 12 6'2 270 33 10 Howard Payne 66 Conrad Dobler OG 14 6'3 255 25 4 Wyoming 67 Larry Stallings LB 13 6'2 230 33 13 Georgia Tech 69 Greg Kindle OT 14 6'4 265 25 2 Tennessee State 70 Lee Brooks DT 8 6'5 250 27 6 Texas 72 Dan Dierdorf OT 14 6'4 280 26 5 Michigan 74 Council Rudolph DE 13 6'3 245 25 4 Kentucky State 75 Bob Rowe DT 14 6'4 270 30 9 Western Michigan 76 Charles Davis DT 14 6'1 265 23 2 Texas Christian 78 Ron Yankowski DE 13 6'5 250 29 5 Kansas State 79 Bob Bell DE 14 6'4 250 27 5 Cincinnati 80 Jeff West P 14 6'3 220 22 R Cincinnati 81 Jackie Smith TE 9 6'4 230 35 13 Northwestern State-Louisiana 82 Earl Thomas WR 11 6'3 220 27 5 Houston 84 Ike Harris WR 14 6'3 205 22 1 Iowa State 85 Mel Gray WR 14 5'9 175 27 5 Missouri 88 J.V. Cain TE 14 6'4 225 24 2 Colorado
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim Hart 345 182 52.8 2,507 7.27 13.8 19 5.5 19 5.5 6 43 71.7 Dennis Shaw 8 4 50.0 61 7.62 15.2 0 0.0 1 12.5 1 14 35.9 Terry Metcalf 2 1 50.0 51 25.50 51.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 135.4 Jim Bakken 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 9 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Mel Gray 48 926 19.3 11 Terry Metcalf 43 378 8.8 2 Earl Thomas 21 375 17.9 2 Steve Jones 19 194 10.2 1 Ike Harris 15 266 17.7 0 Jackie Smith 13 246 18.9 2 J.V. Cain 12 134 11.2 1 Jim Otis 12 69 5.8 1 Jerry Latin 2 25 12.5 0 Gary Hammond 2 6 3.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Jim Otis 269 1,076 4.0 5 Terry Metcalf 165 816 4.9 9 Steve Jones 54 275 5.1 2 Jerry Latin 35 165 4.7 1 Josh Ashton 10 44 4.4 0 Gary Hammond 3 13 4.3 0 Eddie Moss 4 12 3.0 1 Jim Hart 11 7 0.6 1 Mel Gray 1 6 6.0 0 Dennis Shaw 3 -12 -4.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Terry Metcalf 35 960 27.4 1 Gary Hammond 13 254 19.5 0 Jackie Smith 1 25 25.0 0 Eddie Moss 1 21 21.0 0 Tim Gray 1 20 20.0 0 Greg Hartle 1 20 20.0 0 Steve Jones 1 18 18.0 0 Roger Wehrli 1 10 10.0 0 Ken Reaves 1 9 9.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Terry Metcalf 23 285 12.4 3 1 Gary Hammond 9 70 7.8 2 0 Mel Gray 7 53 7.6 1 0 Roger Wehrli 1 2 2.0 0 0 |
1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 21 DB Tim Gray 66 Texas A&M 2 46 RB Jim Germany New Mexico State 5 124 OT Harvey Goodman 14 Colorado 6 152 DT Larry Jameson 1 Indiana 7 177 RB Steve Beaird Baylor 8 188 DT John Adams West Virginia [pick acquired from NO] 8 202 DB Louis Lauriano Long Beach State 10 255 LB Mike McGraw 5 Wyoming 11 280 RB Jerry Latin 51 Northern Illinois 12 308 WR Ben Jones LSU 13 333 DE Steve Lindgren Hamline 14 358 WR Ritch Bahe Nebraska 15 386 DT Ron Franklin Boise State 16 411 WR Mark Miller Missouri 17 436 RB Ken Monroe Indiana State
Traded draft picks: #3 to SF (Wayne Baker), #4 to NO (Charlie Hall), #9 to SF (Caesar Douglas)
Transactions:
| 01-28-1975 | traded the rights to Ray Parson to Redskins for Washington's #15 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 05-06-1975 | traded Donny Anderson to Dolphins for Marlin Briscoe and Hubie Ginn |
| 08-05-1975 | Redskins signed Dave Butz as a free agent |
| 08-13-1975 | Bears claimed Sergio Albert on waivers |
| 08-22-1975 | traded Marlin Briscoe to Chargers for a #6 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 08-28-1975 | traded Durwood Keaton to Patriots for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 09-04-1975 | traded St. Louis' #5 and #15 picks in the 1976 draft and their #6 pick in the 1977 draft to Redskins for Washington's #1 picks in the 1977 and 1978 drafts and their #2 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 09-09-1975 | traded Jim Germany to Packers for a draft pick |
| 09-15-1975 | traded San Diego's #6 pick in the 1976 draft to Steelers for Charlie Davis |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/27/75 at Los Angeles Rams L 23-35
1975 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/21/75 vs Atlanta Falcons W 23-20 1-0-0 09/28/75 at Dallas Cowboys L 31-37 (OT) 1-1-0 10/05/75 vs New York Giants W 26-14 2-1-0 10/13/75 at Washington Redskins L 17-27 2-2-0 10/19/75 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 31-20 3-2-0 10/25/75 at New York Giants W 20-13 4-2-0 11/02/75 vs New England Patriots W 24-17 5-2-0 11/09/75 at Philadelphia Eagles W 24-23 6-2-0 11/16/75 vs Washington Redskins W 20-17 (OT) 7-2-0 11/23/75 at New York Jets W 37-6 8-2-0 11/27/75 vs Buffalo Bills L 14-32 8-3-0 12/07/75 vs Dallas Cowboys W 31-17 9-3-0 12/14/75 at Chicago Bears W 34-20 10-3-0 12/21/75 at Detroit Lions W 24-13 11-3-0