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1980 St. Louis Cardinals: 5-11-0
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Home 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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Larry Swider 99 4,111 41.5 15 12 1 62 645 31.7 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Neil O'Donoghue 0/0 3/3 3/4 5/8 0/0 11/15 18/18 51 Steve Little 0/0 1/2 2/4 0/2 0/0 3/ 8 17/19 26 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bill Acker 0.5 Carl Allen 3 104 1 Mark Arneson 5.0 Charlie Baker 1.0 Rush Brown 1.0 1 9 0 Tim Collier 2 22 0 Roy Green 1.0 1 10 0 Ken Greene 1.0 4 41 0 Curtis Greer 6.5 Tim Kearney 1.5 1 22 0 Stafford Mays 1.0 Steve Neils 6.5 Lee Nelson 1.0 Bob Pollard 4.0 Ken Stone 5 63 0 Roger Wehrli 1.0 1 25 0 Eric Williams 1.5 2 31 0 Ron Yankowski 5.0

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:

04-24-1980traded Perry Smith to Broncos for Denver's #8 pick in the 1980 and #10 pick in the 1981 draft
04-25-1980traded a third round pick (trade later voided when White failed to report) to Chiefs for Walter White
08-13-1980traded an unspecified draft pick (trade later voided) to Rams for Walter White
08-28-1980claimed 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

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