1979 St. Louis Cardinals: 5-11-0
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Home record: 3-5-0 (168 points scored, 162 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (139 points scored, 196 allowed) Head Coaches: Bud Wilkinson (3-10-0), Larry Wilson (2-1-0)
307 points scored (17th of 28 teams), 358 points allowed (21st) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 248 492 2,602 (20) 4.90 12 24 566 2,582 ( 3) 4.6 24 5,184 (10) 45
Defense: 258 478 2,873 (16) 5.68 22 18 567 2,204 (14) 3.9 18 5,077 (16) 37
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 12 Steve Little K 16 6'0 180 23 2 Arkansas 15 Steve Pisarkiewicz QB 6 6'2 205 25 2 Missouri 17 Jim Hart QB 14 6'2 210 35 14 Southern Illinois 19 Mike Wood K 3 5'11 199 25 2 Southeast Missouri State 21 Dave Stief WR 16 6'3 195 23 2 Portland State 22 Roger Wehrli DB 16 6'1 193 31 11 Missouri 23 Ken Stone DB 16 6'1 180 29 7 Vanderbilt 24 Wayne Morris RB 15 6'0 208 25 4 Southern Methodist 25 Roy Green DB 16 5'11 190 22 R Henderson State 26 Thomas Lott RB 10 5'11 205 22 R Oklahoma 27 Carl Allen DB 15 6'0 186 23 3 Southern Mississippi 32 Ottis Anderson RB 16 6'2 210 22 R Miami 33 Theotis Brown RB 16 6'2 225 22 R UCLA 36 Rod Phillips RB 11 6'0 220 26 5 Jackson State 37 Ken Greene DB 16 6'3 203 23 2 Washington State 38 Lee Nelson DB 16 5'10 185 25 4 Florida State 39 Willard Harrell RB 14 5'9 182 27 5 Pacific 40 Randy Love RB 4 6'1 205 23 R Houston 45 Perry Smith DB 16 6'1 190 28 7 Colorado State 48 Steve Henry DB 8 6'2 190 22 R Emporia State 50 Kurt Allerman LB 16 6'3 222 24 3 Penn State 51 Tom Brahaney C 16 6'2 246 28 7 Oklahoma 52 Sean Clancy LB 10 6'4 218 23 2 Amherst 53 Steve Neils LB 9 6'2 218 28 6 Minnesota 54 Tom Banks C 14 6'1 245 31 9 Auburn 55 Eric Williams LB 16 6'2 225 24 3 Southern California 56 Tim Kearney LB 5 6'2 221 28 8 Northern Michigan 57 Mark Arneson LB 11 6'2 224 30 8 Arizona 58 John Barefield LB 15 6'2 224 24 2 Texas A&I 59 Calvin Favron LB 16 6'1 225 22 R Southeastern Louisiana 61 Chuck Brown C 4 6'1 235 22 R Houston 61 Chris Garlich LB 9 6'1 220 22 R Missouri 62 Keith Wortman OG 13 6'2 275 29 8 Nebraska 63 John Zook DE 5 6'5 254 32 11 Kansas 64 Bob Young OG 13 6'2 279 37 14 Howard Payne 65 Brad Oates OT 11 6'6 275 26 4 Brigham Young 66 George Collins OG 15 6'2 248 23 2 Georgia 68 Terry Stieve OG 14 6'2 263 25 4 Wisconsin 70 Keith Simons DT 16 6'3 254 25 4 Minnesota 71 Joe Bostic OT 16 6'3 265 22 R Clemson 72 Dan Dierdorf OT 2 6'4 288 30 9 Michigan 73 Mike Dawson DE 16 6'4 274 26 4 Arizona 75 Bob Rozier DE 6 6'3 240 24 R California 76 Charles Davis DT 16 6'1 275 27 6 Texas Christian 78 Ron Yankowski DE 16 6'5 258 33 9 Kansas State 79 Jim Ramey DE 7 6'4 247 22 R Kentucky 80 Bill Murrell TE 12 6'3 220 23 R Winston-Salem State 82 Bob Pollard DE 16 6'3 251 30 9 Weber State 83 Pat Tilley WR 16 5'10 171 26 4 Louisiana Tech 85 Mel Gray WR 13 5'9 173 31 9 Missouri 86 Jimmy Childs WR 13 6'2 194 23 2 Cal Poly-S.L.O. 87 Al Chandler TE 8 6'2 229 28 6 Oklahoma 87 Richard Osborne TE 7 6'3 230 25 4 Texas A&M 89 Gary Parris TE 9 6'2 226 29 7 Florida State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Jim Hart 378 194 51.3 2,218 5.87 11.4 9 2.4 20 5.3 25 183 55.2
Steve Pisarkiewicz 109 52 47.7 621 5.70 11.9 3 2.8 4 3.7 14 85 59.5
Steve Little 3 2 66.7 31 10.33 15.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 100.7
Ottis Anderson 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Willard Harrell 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Pat Tilley 57 938 16.5 6 Ottis Anderson 41 308 7.5 2 Wayne Morris 35 237 6.8 1 Mel Gray 25 447 17.9 1 Theotis Brown 25 191 7.6 0 Dave Stief 22 324 14.7 0 Gary Parris 14 174 12.4 0 Jimmy Childs 8 93 11.6 0 Richard Osborne 7 37 5.3 0 Al Chandler 5 49 9.8 2 Willard Harrell 3 33 11.0 0 Bill Murrell 2 20 10.0 0 Thomas Lott 2 8 4.0 0 Roy Green 1 15 15.0 0 Jim Hart 1 -4 -4.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ottis Anderson 331 1,605 4.8 8 Wayne Morris 106 387 3.7 8 Theotis Brown 73 318 4.4 7 Willard Harrell 19 100 5.3 0 Rod Phillips 3 50 16.7 1 Thomas Lott 11 50 4.5 0 Mel Gray 4 41 10.2 0 Steve Pisarkiewicz 11 20 1.8 0 Jim Hart 6 11 1.8 0 Steve Little 2 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Roy Green 41 1,005 24.5 1 Willard Harrell 22 497 22.6 0 John Barefield 3 62 20.7 0 Kurt Allerman 2 16 8.0 0 Thomas Lott 1 19 19.0 0 Calvin Favron 1 10 10.0 0 Chris Garlich 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Willard Harrell 32 205 6.4 12 0 Roy Green 8 42 5.2 3 0 Lee Nelson 4 88 22.0 0 0 Thomas Lott 4 33 8.2 3 0 |
1979 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 8 RB Ottis Anderson 182 Miami 2 35 RB Theotis Brown 84 UCLA 2 46 LB Calvin Favron 50 S.E. Louisiana [pick acquired from OAK] 3 64 OT Joe Bostic 132 Clemson 4 89 WR Roy Green 190 Henderson State 5 118 DB Steve Henry 15 Emporia State 5 130 WR Mark Bell 12 Colorado State [pick acquired from OAK] 6 144 RB Thomas Lott 10 Oklahoma 7 173 WR Kirk Gibson Michigan State 8 199 LB Larry Miller Brigham Young 9 228 DE Bob Rozier 6 California 10 255 TE Jerry Holloway Western Illinois 11 283 OT Nate Henderson Florida State 12 309 LB Ricky McBride Georgia
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 04-02-1979 | traded Roger Finnie to Saints for one or two draft picks |
| 04-27-1979 | traded Los Angeles' #8 pick in the 1979 draft to Chiefs for Jimbo Elrod |
| 07-24-1979 | claimed Steve Bernardo on waivers from ? |
| 07-24-1979 | claimed Steve Hamilton on waivers from ? |
| 08-14-1979 | placed Eric Rouse on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | placed Jeff Lee on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | placed Leo Lewis on injured reserve |
| 08-26-1979 | Jim Otis retired |
| 08-27-1979 | placed Eason Ramson on injured reserve |
| 08-27-1979 | placed Mark Bell on injured reserve |
| 10-03-1979 | placed John Zook on injured reserve |
| 10-09-1979 | placed Tim Kearney on injured reserve |
| 10-29-1979 | placed Steve Neils on injured reserve |
| 11-01-1979 | Patriots claimed Al Chandler on waivers |
1979 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/02/79 vs Dallas Cowboys L 21-22 0-1-0 09/09/79 at New York Giants W 27-14 1-1-0 09/16/79 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 21-24 1-2-0 09/23/79 vs Washington Redskins L 7-17 1-3-0 09/30/79 at Los Angeles Rams L 0-21 1-4-0 10/07/79 at Houston Oilers W 24-17 2-4-0 10/14/79 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 20-24 2-5-0 10/21/79 at Dallas Cowboys L 13-22 2-6-0 10/28/79 vs Cleveland Browns L 20-38 2-7-0 11/04/79 vs Minnesota Vikings W 37-7 3-7-0 11/11/79 at Washington Redskins L 28-30 3-8-0 11/18/79 at Philadelphia Eagles L 13-16 3-9-0 11/25/79 at Cincinnati Bengals L 28-34 3-10-0 12/02/79 vs San Francisco 49ers W 13-10 4-10-0 12/09/79 vs New York Giants W 29-20 5-10-0 12/16/79 at Chicago Bears L 6-42 5-11-0
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