1976 St. Louis Cardinals: 10-4-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (167 points scored, 105 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (142 points scored, 162 allowed) Head Coach: Don Coryell
309 points scored (8th of 28 teams), 267 points allowed (16th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 220 392 2,835 ( 5) 6.93 18 13 580 2,301 ( 8) 4.0 17 5,136 ( 3) 37
Defense: 176 342 2,110 (15) 5.66 13 19 491 1,979 (12) 4.0 19 4,089 (12) 39
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Billy Donckers QB 1 6'1 205 25 1 San Diego State 15 Sam Wyche QB 1 6'4 220 31 7 Furman 17 Jim Hart QB 14 6'2 210 32 11 Southern Illinois 20 Mike Sensibaugh DB 14 5'11 190 27 6 Ohio State 21 Terry Metcalf RB 12 5'10 185 25 4 Long Beach State 22 Roger Wehrli DB 14 6'1 190 28 8 Missouri 24 Wayne Morris RB 14 6'0 200 22 R Southern Methodist 25 Jim Bakken K 14 6'0 200 35 15 Wisconsin 26 Dwayne Crump DB 13 5'11 180 26 4 Fresno State 27 Eddie Moss RB 2 6'0 215 28 4 Southeast Missouri State 30 Gary Hammond WR 14 5'11 185 27 4 Southern Methodist 32 Jerry Latin RB 11 5'10 190 23 2 Northern Illinois 34 Steve Jones RB 13 6'0 200 25 4 Duke 35 Jim Otis RB 14 6'0 225 28 7 Ohio State 36 Steve Okoniewski DE 8 6'3 267 27 5 Montana 36 Ken Reaves DB 14 6'3 210 32 11 Norfolk State 38 Lee Nelson DB 9 5'10 185 22 R Florida State 41 Clarence Duren DB 13 6'1 190 25 4 California 43 Norm Thompson DB 13 6'1 180 31 6 Utah 46 Jeff Severson DB 14 6'1 185 27 5 Long Beach State 50 Greg Hartle LB 1 6'2 225 25 3 Newberry 50 Al Beauchamp LB 14 6'2 235 32 9 Southern 51 Tom Brahaney C 14 6'2 250 25 4 Oklahoma 52 Mike McGraw LB 4 6'2 225 22 1 Wyoming 52 Mike McDonald LB 4 6'2 215 23 1 Catawba 53 Steve Neils LB 7 6'2 215 25 3 Minnesota 54 Tom Banks C 14 6'1 245 28 6 Auburn 55 Ray White LB 6 6'1 220 27 4 Syracuse 56 Tim Kearney LB 12 6'2 228 25 5 Northern Michigan 57 Mark Arneson LB 14 6'2 220 27 5 Arizona 59 Carl Gersbach LB 7 6'1 230 29 7 West Chester 60 Roger Finnie OT 14 6'3 250 30 8 Florida A&M 61 Henry Allison OG 10 6'3 255 29 4 San Diego State 62 Keith Wortman OG 3 6'2 248 26 5 Nebraska 63 John Zook DE 13 6'5 250 29 8 Kansas 64 Bob Young OG 14 6'2 270 34 11 Howard Payne 65 Brad Oates OT 14 6'6 270 23 R Brigham Young 66 Conrad Dobler OG 14 6'3 255 26 5 Wyoming 67 Larry Stallings LB 14 6'2 230 34 14 Georgia Tech 70 Lee Brooks DT 8 6'5 250 28 7 Texas 71 Marvin Upshaw DT 4 6'3 260 29 9 Trinity (TX) 72 Dan Dierdorf OT 14 6'4 280 27 6 Michigan 73 Mike Dawson DT 13 6'4 270 23 R Arizona 76 Charles Davis DT 14 6'1 265 24 3 Texas Christian 78 Ron Yankowski DE 5 6'5 250 30 6 Kansas State 79 Bob Bell DE 14 6'4 250 28 6 Cincinnati 81 Jackie Smith TE 12 6'4 230 36 14 Northwestern State-Louisiana 83 Pat Tilley WR 13 5'10 185 23 R Louisiana Tech 84 Ike Harris WR 12 6'3 205 23 2 Iowa State 85 Mel Gray WR 11 5'9 175 28 6 Missouri 87 Terry Joyce P 14 6'6 230 22 R Missouri Southern State 88 J.V. Cain TE 14 6'4 225 25 3 Colorado
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Jim Hart 388 218 56.2 2,946 7.59 13.5 18 4.6 13 3.4 17 132 82.0
Billy Donckers 1 1 100.0 16 16.00 16.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Sam Wyche 1 1 100.0 5 5.00 5.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 87.5
Terry Metcalf 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Roger Wehrli 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ike Harris 52 782 15.0 1 Mel Gray 36 686 19.1 5 Terry Metcalf 33 388 11.8 4 Steve Jones 29 152 5.2 1 Pat Tilley 26 407 15.7 1 J.V. Cain 26 400 15.4 5 Wayne Morris 8 75 9.4 1 Jerry Latin 4 35 8.8 0 Jackie Smith 3 22 7.3 0 Jim Otis 2 15 7.5 0 Gary Hammond 1 5 5.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Jim Otis 233 891 3.8 2 Terry Metcalf 134 537 4.0 3 Steve Jones 113 451 4.0 8 Wayne Morris 64 292 4.6 3 Jerry Latin 25 115 4.6 1 Roger Wehrli 2 8 4.0 0 Jim Hart 8 7 0.9 0 Terry Joyce 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Jerry Latin 16 357 22.3 0 Terry Metcalf 16 325 20.3 0 Wayne Morris 9 181 20.1 0 Jackie Smith 3 63 21.0 0 Dwayne Crump 3 57 19.0 0 Gary Hammond 2 36 18.0 0 Lee Nelson 1 43 43.0 0 Mike McGraw 1 13 13.0 0 Brad Oates 1 12 12.0 0 Steve Okoniewski 1 12 12.0 0 Jeff Severson 1 3 3.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Terry Metcalf 17 188 11.1 1 0 Pat Tilley 15 146 9.7 0 0 Gary Hammond 3 16 5.3 0 0 Steve Neils 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1976 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 22 DT Mike Dawson 113 Arizona 3 83 OT Brad Oates 67 Brigham Young 4 114 WR Pat Tilley 147 Louisiana Tech 5 141 RB Wayne Morris 120 SMU [pick acquired from WAS] 7 203 RB Phil Rogers Virginia Tech 8 233 WR Randy Burks 1 S.E. Oklahoma State 10 285 RB Randy Walker Bethune-Cookman 11 315 DB Marty Akins Texas 13 369 DT Greg Brewton Michigan State 14 399 DE Raymond Crosier Abilene Christian 15 420 DB Lee Nelson 135 Florida State [pick acquired from WAS] 16 453 WR Cecil Beaird Fisk 17 483 DB Dan Myers Georgia Tech
Traded draft picks: #2 to BUF (Joe Devlin), #5 to WAS (Mike Hughes), #6 to SF (Scott Bull), #9 to DEN (Jim Lisko), #12 to MIA (Darryl Brandford), #15 to WAS (John Monroe)
Transactions:
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Council Rudolph in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Dwayne Crump in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Gary Keithley in expansion draft |
| 04-02-1976 | traded St. Louis' #2 pick in the 1976 draft to Bills for Walt Patulski |
| 04-06-1976 | traded St. Louis' #12 pick in the 1976 draft to Dolphins for Rodrigo Barnes |
| 04-09-1976 | traded St. Louis' #9 pick in the 1976 draft to Broncos for Jeff Severson |
| 04-13-1976 | traded Tim Gray to Chiefs for Mike Sensibaugh and Marvin Upshaw |
| 06-21-1976 | traded St. Louis' #4 pick in the 1977 draft to Bengals for Al Beauchamp |
| 08-08-1976 | traded Pete Barnes to Buccaneers for Johnny Fuller |
| 08-20-1976 | returned Johnny Fuller (after failing physical) to Buccaneers |
| 08-23-1976 | traded Greg Kindle and St. Louis' #1 pick in the 1977 draft to Falcons for John Zook |
| 09-06-1976 | Seahawks claimed Terry Brown on waivers |
1976 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/76 at Seattle Seahawks W 30-24 1-0-0 09/19/76 vs Green Bay Packers W 29-0 2-0-0 09/26/76 at San Diego Chargers L 24-43 2-1-0 10/03/76 vs New York Giants W 27-21 3-1-0 10/10/76 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 33-14 4-1-0 10/17/76 vs Dallas Cowboys W 21-17 5-1-0 10/25/76 at Washington Redskins L 10-20 5-2-0 10/31/76 vs San Francisco 49ers W 23-20 (OT) 6-2-0 11/07/76 at Philadelphia Eagles W 17-14 7-2-0 11/14/76 at Los Angeles Rams W 30-28 8-2-0 11/21/76 vs Washington Redskins L 10-16 8-3-0 11/25/76 at Dallas Cowboys L 14-19 8-4-0 12/04/76 vs Baltimore Colts W 24-17 9-4-0 12/12/76 at New York Giants W 17-14 10-4-0
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