1979 St. Louis Cardinals roster and stats

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Steve Little 79 3,060 38.7 6 17 2 45 378 31.6 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Steve Little 0/0 5/5 1/3 3/10 1/1 10/19 24/32 54 Mike Wood 0/0 2/2 0/2 0/2 0/1 2/ 7 6/ 7 12 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Carl Allen 5 126 0 Mark Arneson 4.0 Mike Dawson 2.0 Calvin Favron 1.0 Ken Greene 3 37 0 Tim Kearney 1.0 Steve Neils 3.0 Lee Nelson 1.0 Bob Pollard 9.0 Perry Smith 1 22 0 Ken Stone 6 70 0 Roger Wehrli 2 8 1 Eric Williams 2.0 1 25 0 Ron Yankowski 4.0 John Zook 1.0

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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