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 |
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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