1980 St. Louis Cardinals: 5-11-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-6-0 (167 points scored, 211 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (132 points scored, 139 allowed) Head Coach: Jim Hanifan 299 points scored (19th of 28 teams), 350 points allowed (21st) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 239 470 2,676 (25) 5.15 16 24 519 2,183 ( 9) 4.2 19 4,859 (22) 37 Defense: 287 531 3,325 (20) 5.84 23 20 547 2,059 (16) 3.8 17 5,384 (19) 34
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Larry Swider P 16 6'2 195 25 2 Pittsburgh 11 Neil O'Donoghue K 10 6'6 210 27 4 Auburn 12 Steve Little K 6 6'0 180 24 3 Arkansas 14 Mike Loyd QB 5 6'2 216 24 1 Missouri Southern State 16 Rusty Lisch QB 2 6'3 213 23 R Notre Dame 17 Jim Hart QB 15 6'2 210 36 15 Southern Illinois 21 Dave Stief WR 16 6'3 195 24 3 Portland State 22 Roger Wehrli DB 16 6'1 193 32 12 Missouri 23 Ken Stone DB 16 6'1 180 30 8 Vanderbilt 24 Wayne Morris RB 16 6'0 208 26 5 Southern Methodist 25 Roy Green DB 15 5'11 190 23 2 Henderson State 27 Carl Allen DB 16 6'0 186 24 4 Southern Mississippi 29 Gerard Williams DB 4 6'1 184 28 5 Langston 32 Ottis Anderson RB 16 6'2 215 23 2 Miami 33 Theotis Brown RB 16 6'2 225 23 2 UCLA 36 Rod Phillips RB 16 6'0 221 27 6 Jackson State 37 Ken Greene DB 12 6'3 203 24 3 Washington State 38 Lee Nelson DB 16 5'10 185 26 5 Florida State 39 Willard Harrell RB 16 5'9 182 28 6 Pacific 40 Randy Love RB 16 6'1 205 24 2 Houston 44 Tim Collier DB 12 6'0 174 26 5 East Texas State 46 Jeff Lee WR 4 6'2 195 25 1 Nebraska 50 Jeff McIntyre LB 10 6'3 232 25 2 Arizona State 51 Tom Brahaney C 16 6'2 246 29 8 Oklahoma 52 Charlie Baker LB 16 6'2 217 23 R New Mexico 53 Steve Neils LB 14 6'2 218 29 7 Minnesota 54 Tom Banks C 6 6'1 245 32 10 Auburn 55 Eric Williams LB 12 6'2 225 25 4 Southern California 56 Tim Kearney LB 13 6'2 221 29 9 Northern Michigan 57 Mark Arneson LB 16 6'2 224 31 9 Arizona 58 John Barefield LB 6 6'2 224 25 3 Texas A&I 58 Thomas Seabron LB 2 6'3 215 23 2 Michigan 59 Calvin Favron LB 16 6'1 225 23 2 Southeastern Louisiana 60 Barney Cotton OG 16 6'5 265 24 2 Nebraska 61 Ron Coder OG 11 6'4 250 26 4 Penn State 62 Keith Wortman OG 2 6'2 275 30 9 Nebraska 63 Kirby Criswell LB 4 6'5 238 23 R Kansas 64 Randy Clark C 8 6'3 254 23 R Northern Illinois 65 Brad Oates OT 10 6'6 275 27 5 Brigham Young 65 Jon Brooks LB 1 6'2 215 23 2 Clemson 66 George Collins OT 16 6'2 260 24 3 Georgia 67 Bill Acker DT 16 6'2 255 23 R Texas 69 Rush Brown DT 16 6'2 257 26 R Ball State 70 Mark Goodspeed OT 3 6'5 270 23 R Nebraska 71 Joe Bostic OG 16 6'3 265 23 2 Clemson 72 Dan Dierdorf OT 16 6'4 288 31 10 Michigan 73 Mike Dawson DT 4 6'4 275 27 5 Arizona 74 Oudious Lee DT 1 6'1 253 24 1 Nebraska 75 Curtis Greer DE 11 6'4 252 22 R Michigan 76 Stafford Mays DE 16 6'2 242 22 R Washington 78 Ron Yankowski DE 14 6'5 258 34 10 Kansas State 80 Chris Combs TE 16 6'4 239 22 R New Mexico 81 Mark Bell WR 11 5'9 175 23 1 Colorado State 82 Bob Pollard DE 16 6'3 252 31 10 Weber State 83 Pat Tilley WR 14 5'10 171 27 5 Louisiana Tech 85 Mel Gray WR 16 5'9 173 32 10 Missouri 87 Doug Marsh TE 16 6'3 236 22 R Michigan 89 Gary Parris TE 1 6'2 226 30 8 Florida State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim Hart 425 228 53.6 2,946 6.93 12.9 16 3.8 20 4.7 39 292 68.6 Mike Loyd 28 5 17.9 49 1.75 9.8 0 0.0 1 3.6 7 48 24.7 Rusty Lisch 17 6 35.3 68 4.00 11.3 0 0.0 3 17.6 3 36 8.6 Roger Wehrli 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 11 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Pat Tilley 68 966 14.2 6 Mel Gray 40 709 17.7 3 Ottis Anderson 36 308 8.6 0 Doug Marsh 22 269 12.2 4 Theotis Brown 21 290 13.8 1 Dave Stief 16 165 10.3 0 Wayne Morris 15 110 7.3 1 Willard Harrell 9 52 5.8 0 Mark Bell 8 123 15.4 0 Chris Combs 2 52 26.0 1 Jeff Lee 2 19 9.5 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ottis Anderson 301 1,352 4.5 9 Wayne Morris 117 456 3.9 6 Theotis Brown 40 186 4.7 1 Willard Harrell 42 170 4.0 3 Jim Hart 9 11 1.2 0 Rod Phillips 2 6 3.0 0 Randy Love 1 3 3.0 0 Mike Loyd 6 2 0.3 0 Mel Gray 1 -3 -3.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Roy Green 32 745 23.3 0 Willard Harrell 19 348 18.3 0 Randy Love 3 46 15.3 0 Ken Stone 3 34 11.3 0 Rod Phillips 2 28 14.0 0 Theotis Brown 2 26 13.0 0 Randy Clark 2 14 7.0 0 Lee Nelson 1 29 29.0 0 George Collins 1 0 0.0 0 Charlie Baker 0 27 ? 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Mark Bell 21 195 9.3 3 0 Roy Green 16 168 10.5 6 1 Willard Harrell 11 31 2.8 4 0 Lee Nelson 1 5 5.0 0 0 Carl Allen 1 0 0.0 0 0 Ken Stone 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1980 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 6 DE Curtis Greer 94 Michigan 2 33 TE Doug Marsh 92 Michigan 3 60 OT John Sinnott 9 Brown 3 81 LB Charlie Baker 109 New Mexico [pick acquired from SD] 4 89 QB Rusty Lisch 30 Notre Dame 6 142 DT Bill Acker 55 Texas 7 171 LB Ben Apuna 10 Arizona State 8 198 DB Dupree Branch Colorado State 8 211 DT Grant Hudson Virginia [pick acquired from DEN] 9 225 DE Stafford Mays 119 Washington 10 255 DT Rush Brown 47 Ball State 11 282 DB Delrick Brown Houston 12 309 WR Tyrone Gray Washington State
Traded draft picks: #5 to KC (Dan Pensick)
Transactions:
| 04-24-1980 | traded Perry Smith to Broncos for Denver's #8 pick in the 1980 and #10 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 04-25-1980 | traded a third round pick (trade later voided when White failed to report) to Chiefs for Walter White |
| 08-13-1980 | traded an unspecified draft pick (trade later voided) to Rams for Walter White |
| 08-28-1980 | claimed Chris Combs on waivers from Oilers |
1980 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/07/80 vs New York Giants L 35-41 0-1-0 09/14/80 at San Francisco 49ers L 21-24 (OT) 0-2-0 09/21/80 at Detroit Lions L 7-20 0-3-0 09/28/80 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 24-14 1-3-0 10/05/80 at New Orleans Saints W 40-7 2-3-0 10/12/80 vs Los Angeles Rams L 13-21 2-4-0 10/19/80 at Washington Redskins L 0-23 2-5-0 10/26/80 at Baltimore Colts W 17-10 3-5-0 11/02/80 vs Dallas Cowboys L 24-27 3-6-0 11/09/80 vs Atlanta Falcons L 27-33 (OT) 3-7-0 11/16/80 at Dallas Cowboys L 21-31 3-8-0 11/23/80 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 13-21 3-9-0 11/30/80 at New York Giants W 23-7 4-9-0 12/07/80 vs Detroit Lions W 24-23 5-9-0 12/14/80 at Philadelphia Eagles L 3-17 5-10-0 12/21/80 vs Washington Redskins L 7-31 5-11-0