1977 St. Louis Cardinals roster and stats

1977 St. Louis Cardinals: 7-7-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (172 points scored, 171 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (100 points scored, 116 allowed) Head Coach: Don Coryell 272 points scored (11th of 28 teams), 287 points allowed (23rd) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 195 366 2,499 ( 2) 6.56 14 21 507 2,042 (12) 4.0 19 4,541 ( 7) 37 Defense: 198 376 2,267 (26) 5.65 22 19 513 2,235 (22) 4.4 11 4,502 (24) 31

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Billy Donckers QB 5 6'1 207 26 2 San Diego State 12 Duane Carrell P 10 5'10 178 28 4 Florida State 17 Jim Hart QB 14 6'2 210 33 12 Southern Illinois 20 Mike Sensibaugh DB 10 5'11 190 28 7 Ohio State 21 Terry Metcalf RB 14 5'10 185 26 5 Long Beach State 22 Roger Wehrli DB 14 6'1 193 29 9 Missouri 23 Ken Stone DB 14 6'1 180 27 5 Vanderbilt 24 Wayne Morris RB 12 6'0 208 23 2 Southern Methodist 25 Jim Bakken K 14 6'0 198 36 16 Wisconsin 26 Rondy Colbert DB 4 5'9 165 23 3 Lamar 27 Carl Allen DB 14 6'0 185 21 R Southern Mississippi 28 Robert Giblin DB 11 6'2 210 24 2 Houston 30 Bill Bradley DB 4 5'11 190 30 9 Texas 32 Jerry Latin RB 14 5'10 186 24 3 Northern Illinois 33 Steve Okoniewski DE 1 6'3 267 28 6 Montana 34 Steve Jones RB 14 6'0 198 26 5 Duke 35 Jim Otis RB 13 6'0 226 29 8 Ohio State 36 Ken Reaves DB 14 6'3 208 33 12 Norfolk State 38 Lee Nelson DB 10 5'10 183 23 2 Florida State 45 Perry Smith DB 3 6'1 198 26 5 Colorado State 46 Jeff Severson DB 14 6'1 185 28 6 Long Beach State 50 Kurt Allerman LB 14 6'3 222 22 R Penn State 51 Tom Brahaney C 14 6'2 246 26 5 Oklahoma 53 Steve Neils LB 14 6'2 218 26 4 Minnesota 54 Tom Banks C 14 6'1 244 29 7 Auburn 55 Eric Williams LB 14 6'2 217 22 R Southern California 56 Tim Kearney LB 14 6'2 225 26 6 Northern Michigan 57 Mark Arneson LB 14 6'2 224 28 6 Arizona 58 Tim Black LB 4 6'2 215 22 R Baylor 59 Marv Kellum LB 14 6'2 225 25 4 Wichita State 60 Roger Finnie OT 14 6'3 248 31 9 Florida A&M 61 Dan Audick OT 2 6'3 244 22 R Hawaii 61 Henry Allison OG 8 6'3 263 30 5 San Diego State 62 Keith Wortman OG 14 6'2 262 27 6 Nebraska 63 John Zook DE 12 6'5 254 30 9 Kansas 64 Bob Young OG 14 6'2 279 35 12 Howard Payne 65 Brad Oates OT 9 6'6 274 24 2 Brigham Young 66 Conrad Dobler OG 14 6'3 253 27 6 Wyoming 72 Dan Dierdorf OT 12 6'4 288 28 7 Michigan 73 Mike Dawson DT 14 6'4 274 24 2 Arizona 74 Walt Patulski DT 14 6'6 267 27 5 Notre Dame 76 Charles Davis DT 14 6'1 268 25 4 Texas Christian 78 Ron Yankowski DE 14 6'5 258 31 7 Kansas State 79 Bob Bell DE 7 6'4 257 29 7 Cincinnati 81 Jackie Smith TE 14 6'4 226 37 15 Northwestern State-Louisiana 83 Pat Tilley WR 14 5'10 171 24 2 Louisiana Tech 84 Ike Harris WR 14 6'3 205 24 3 Iowa State 85 Mel Gray WR 14 5'9 178 29 7 Missouri 87 Terry Joyce P 4 6'6 227 23 2 Missouri Southern State 88 J.V. Cain TE 13 6'4 221 26 4 Colorado

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim Hart 355 186 52.4 2,542 7.16 13.7 13 3.7 20 5.6 13 89 64.3 Billy Donckers 5 5 100.0 38 7.60 7.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 11 98.3 Terry Metcalf 5 3 60.0 27 5.40 9.0 1 20.0 1 20.0 1 9 74.6 Terry Joyce 1 1 100.0 1 1.00 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 79.2

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Ike Harris             40    547   13.7    3
Mel Gray               38    782   20.6    5
Terry Metcalf          34    403   11.9    2
J.V. Cain              25    328   13.1    2
Wayne Morris           24    222    9.2    1
Steve Jones            12     66    5.5    0
Jerry Latin             9     89    9.9    0
Pat Tilley              5     64   12.8    0
Jackie Smith            5     49    9.8    1
Jim Otis                2     18    9.0    0
Ken Stone               1     40   40.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Terry Metcalf         149    739    5.0    4
Wayne Morris          165    661    4.0    8
Jim Otis               99    334    3.4    2
Jerry Latin            56    208    3.7    2
Steve Jones            24     77    3.2    3
Roger Wehrli            1     19   19.0    0
Jim Hart               11     18    1.6    0
Mel Gray                1     -1   -1.0    0
Terry Joyce             1    -13  -13.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Terry Metcalf          32    772   24.1    0
Steve Jones             8    132   16.5    0
Bill Bradley            4     75   18.8    0
Jerry Latin             3     79   26.3    0
Lee Nelson              3     68   22.7    0
Kurt Allerman           2     39   19.5    0
Wayne Morris            2     39   19.5    0
Jim Otis                1     16   16.0    0
Jackie Smith            1     15   15.0    0
Keith Wortman           1     15   15.0    0
Brad Oates              1     11   11.0    0
Perry Smith             1     10   10.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Terry Metcalf          14    108    7.7    0    0
Pat Tilley             13    111    8.5    4    0
Bill Bradley           11     77    7.0    0    0
Lee Nelson              1      4    4.0    0    0
Jeff Severson           1      0    0.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Duane Carrell 49 1,757 35.9 4 11 0 24 123 31.7 Terry Joyce 22 851 38.7 2 5 1 9 34 33.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jim Bakken 0/0 2/2 3/5 2/8 0/1 7/16 35/36 56 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Carl Allen 1 22 0 Mark Arneson 1.0 2 23 0 Bob Bell 1.0 Bill Bradley 1.0 Charles Davis 5.0 Mike Dawson 8.0 Marv Kellum 1 14 0 Lee Nelson 4 37 0 Ken Reaves 2 17 0 Mike Sensibaugh 3 110 1 Jeff Severson 1 0 0 Roger Wehrli 5 44 0 Eric Williams 1.0 Ron Yankowski 5.0 John Zook 4.0

1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 19 QB Steve Pisarkiewicz 10 Missouri [pick acquired from WAS] 2 47 RB George Franklin 15 Texas A&I 3 78 LB Kurt Allerman 125 Penn State 3 80 RB Terdell Middleton 80 Memphis [pick acquired from BAL] 5 131 DT Ernest Lee Texas 5 135 LB Andy Spiva 13 Tennessee [pick acquired from NE] 8 216 LB Eric Williams 97 USC 9 243 DT Johnny Jackson 2 Southern 10 270 WR Jim LeJay San Jose State 11 301 DB Greg Lee Western Illinois 12 328 LB Rick Fenlaw Texas

Traded draft picks: #1 to ATL (Wilson Faumina), #4 to CIN (Jerry Anderson), #6 to PHI via WAS (Mark Mitchell), #7 to CLE (Bob Lingenfelter)

Transactions:

04-06-1977	Redskins signed Greg Hartle as a free agent
05-03-1977	traded Terdell Middleton to Packers for a player to be named later (Perry Smith)
05-04-1977	traded St. Louis' #7 pick in the 1977 draft to Browns for Neal Craig
06-24-1977	traded Clarence Duren to Chargers for San Diego's #4 pick in the 1978 draft
09-06-1977	traded Norm Thompson to Colts for Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1977 draft
09-10-1977	Lions claimed Mitch Hoopes on waivers
09-11-1977	placed George Franklin on injured reserve
09-11-1977	traded St. Louis' #8 pick in the 1978 draft to Steelers for Marv Kellum

1977 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/18/77    at Denver Broncos          L 0-7         0-1-0
09/25/77    vs Chicago Bears           W 16-13       1-1-0
10/02/77    at Washington Redskins     L 14-24       1-2-0
10/09/77    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 24-30       1-3-0
10/16/77    at Philadelphia Eagles     W 21-17       2-3-0
10/23/77    vs New Orleans Saints      W 49-31       3-3-0
10/31/77    vs New York Giants         W 28-0        4-3-0
11/06/77    at Minnesota Vikings       W 27-7        5-3-0
11/14/77    at Dallas Cowboys          W 24-17       6-3-0
11/20/77    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 21-16       7-3-0
11/24/77    vs Miami Dolphins          L 14-55       7-4-0
12/04/77    at New York Giants         L 7-27        7-5-0
12/10/77    vs Washington Redskins     L 20-26       7-6-0
12/18/77    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    L 7-17        7-7-0

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