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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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Terry Joyce 64 2,331 36.4 12 12 2 33 304 27.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jim Bakken 0/0 10/11 6/8 4/8 0/0 20/27 33/35 93 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Mark Arneson 3.0 1 0 0 Bob Bell 8.0 Charles Davis 1.5 Mike Dawson 6.5 Clarence Duren 1 8 0 Tim Kearney 1.0 1 0 0 Ken Reaves 2 41 0 Mike Sensibaugh 4 60 1 Norm Thompson 4 83 0 Roger Wehrli 4 31 0 Ray White 0.5 2 20 0 Ron Yankowski 0.5 John Zook 7.0
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:
03-30-1976Buccaneers selected Council Rudolph in expansion draft
03-30-1976Seahawks selected Dwayne Crump in expansion draft
03-30-1976Seahawks selected Gary Keithley in expansion draft
04-02-1976traded St. Louis' #2 pick in the 1976 draft to Bills for Walt Patulski
04-06-1976traded St. Louis' #12 pick in the 1976 draft to Dolphins for Rodrigo Barnes
04-09-1976traded St. Louis' #9 pick in the 1976 draft to Broncos for Jeff Severson
04-13-1976traded Tim Gray to Chiefs for Mike Sensibaugh and Marvin Upshaw
06-21-1976traded St. Louis' #4 pick in the 1977 draft to Bengals for Al Beauchamp
08-08-1976traded Pete Barnes to Buccaneers for Johnny Fuller
08-20-1976returned Johnny Fuller (after failing physical) to Buccaneers
08-23-1976traded Greg Kindle and St. Louis' #1 pick in the 1977 draft to Falcons for John Zook
09-06-1976Seahawks 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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