1981 St. Louis Cardinals roster and stats

1981 St. Louis Cardinals: 7-9-0
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Home record: 5-3-0 (171 points scored, 159 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (144 points scored, 249 allowed) Head Coach: Jim Hanifan 315 points scored (19th of 28 teams), 408 points allowed (27th) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 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: 253 477 2,864 (22) 5.46 15 24 519 2,213 ( 9) 4.3 20 5,077 (19) 44 Defense: 282 495 3,295 (16) 6.25 29 21 509 2,428 (25) 4.8 20 5,723 (23) 38

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 11 Neil O'Donoghue K 16 6'6 210 28 5 Auburn 15 Neil Lomax QB 14 6'3 215 22 R Portland State 16 Rusty Lisch QB 9 6'3 215 24 2 Notre Dame 17 Jim Hart QB 10 6'2 210 37 16 Southern Illinois 18 Carl Birdsong P 16 6'0 192 22 R Southwestern Oklahoma State 21 Dave Stief WR 12 6'3 195 25 4 Portland State 22 Roger Wehrli DB 16 6'1 194 33 13 Missouri 24 Wayne Morris RB 16 6'0 208 27 6 Southern Methodist 25 Roy Green WR 16 5'11 190 24 3 Henderson State 26 Mike Fisher WR 2 5'11 172 23 R Baylor 27 Carl Allen DB 10 6'0 186 25 5 Southern Mississippi 30 Stump Mitchell RB 16 5'9 188 22 R Citadel 32 Ottis Anderson RB 16 6'2 215 24 3 Miami 33 Theotis Brown RB 4 6'2 225 24 3 UCLA 35 Jeff Griffin DB 16 6'0 185 23 R Utah 37 Ken Greene DB 15 6'3 203 25 4 Washington State 38 Lee Nelson DB 15 5'10 185 27 6 Florida State 39 Willard Harrell RB 16 5'9 182 29 7 Pacific 40 Randy Love RB 16 6'1 205 25 3 Houston 42 Herb Williams DB 3 6'0 198 23 2 Southern 43 Steve Carpenter DB 1 6'2 195 23 2 Western Illinois 44 Tim Collier DB 14 6'0 174 27 6 East Texas State 46 Charles Johnson DB 5 5'10 180 25 3 Grambling 48 Donald Schwartz DB 5 6'1 191 25 4 Washington State 50 Doak Field LB 7 6'2 226 23 R Baylor 51 Tom Brahaney C 16 6'2 246 30 9 Oklahoma 52 Charlie Baker LB 14 6'2 217 24 2 New Mexico 54 E.J. Junior LB 16 6'3 235 21 R Alabama 55 Eric Williams LB 15 6'2 225 26 5 Southern California 56 Tim Kearney LB 6 6'2 224 30 10 Northern Michigan 57 John Gillen LB 16 6'3 227 22 R Illinois 58 Dave Ahrens LB 16 6'3 228 22 R Wisconsin 59 Calvin Favron LB 14 6'1 225 24 3 Southeastern Louisiana 60 Barney Cotton OG 16 6'5 265 25 3 Nebraska 62 Keith Wortman OG 4 6'2 275 31 10 Nebraska 62 Dale Markham OT 2 6'8 280 24 2 North Dakota 63 Kirby Criswell LB 2 6'5 238 24 2 Kansas 64 Randy Clark C 16 6'3 254 24 2 Northern Illinois 66 George Collins OT 16 6'2 260 25 4 Georgia 67 Bill Acker DT 8 6'2 255 24 2 Texas 68 Terry Stieve OG 16 6'2 263 27 5 Wisconsin 69 Rush Brown DE 16 6'2 257 27 2 Ball State 70 Art Plunkett OT 8 6'7 260 22 R Nevada-Las Vegas 71 Joe Bostic OG 14 6'3 265 24 3 Clemson 72 Dan Dierdorf OT 16 6'4 288 32 11 Michigan 73 Mike Dawson DT 16 6'4 275 28 6 Arizona 74 Ken Times DT 2 6'2 246 25 2 Southern 75 Curtis Greer DE 16 6'4 252 23 2 Michigan 76 Stafford Mays DE 16 6'2 240 23 2 Washington 79 Bruce Radford DT 9 6'5 260 26 3 Grambling 80 Chris Combs TE 16 6'4 237 23 2 New Mexico 81 Mark Bell WR 1 5'9 175 24 2 Colorado State 82 Bob Pollard DE 15 6'3 252 32 11 Weber State 83 Pat Tilley WR 16 5'10 171 28 6 Louisiana Tech 85 Mel Gray WR 12 5'9 173 33 11 Missouri 86 John Floyd WR 4 6'1 195 25 3 Northeast Louisiana 86 Ralph Clayton WR 7 6'3 222 23 1 Michigan 87 Doug Marsh TE 4 6'3 236 23 2 Michigan 89 Greg LaFleur TE 16 6'4 237 23 R Louisiana State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim Hart 241 134 55.6 1,694 7.03 12.6 11 4.6 14 5.8 16 119 68.7 Neil Lomax 236 119 50.4 1,575 6.67 13.2 4 1.7 10 4.2 32 286 59.9

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Pat Tilley             66  1,040   15.8    3
Ottis Anderson         51    387    7.6    0
Roy Green              33    708   21.5    4
Mel Gray               27    310   11.5    2
Wayne Morris           19    165    8.7    0
Greg LaFleur           14    190   13.6    2
Willard Harrell        14    131    9.4    1
Doug Marsh              6     80   13.3    1
Stump Mitchell          6     35    5.8    1
Dave Stief              5     77   15.4    1
Chris Combs             5     54   10.8    0
Theotis Brown           4     60   15.0    0
John Floyd              3     32   10.7    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ottis Anderson        328  1,376    4.2    9
Wayne Morris          109    417    3.8    5
Stump Mitchell         31    175    5.6    0
Neil Lomax             19    104    5.5    2
Roy Green               3     60   20.0    1
Theotis Brown          15     52    3.5    2
Randy Love              3     11    3.7    0
Dave Stief              1      8    8.0    0
Willard Harrell         5      6    1.2    1
Mel Gray                1      4    4.0    0
Jim Hart                3      2    0.7    0
Carl Birdsong           1     -2   -2.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Stump Mitchell         55  1,292   23.5    0
Roy Green               8    135   16.9    0
Willard Harrell         7    118   16.9    0
Randy Love              3     46   15.3    0
Jeff Griffin            2     34   17.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Stump Mitchell         42    445   10.6    0    1
Willard Harrell         1      8    8.0    1    0
Ken Greene              0      0      ?    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Carl Birdsong 69 2,883 41.8 8 18 0 37 276 35.5 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Neil O'Donoghue 2/2 8/8 4/6 5/11 0/5 19/32 36/37 93 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Dave Ahrens 1 14 1 Charlie Baker 5.0 Rush Brown 3.5 Tim Collier 1 17 0 Mike Dawson 2.0 Calvin Favron 1 42 0 Roy Green 3 44 0 Ken Greene 7 111 0 Curtis Greer 12.5 Jeff Griffin 1 4 0 Charles Johnson 1 19 0 E.J. Junior 1 5 0 Stafford Mays 2.5 Lee Nelson 2.0 Bob Pollard 1.0 Roger Wehrli 4 8 0 Eric Williams 1 17 0

1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 5 LB E.J. Junior 170 Alabama 2 33 QB Neil Lomax 108 Portland State 3 61 DB Jeff Griffin 50 Utah 4 88 WR Steve Rhodes Oklahoma 5 116 LB John Gillen 28 Illinois 6 143 LB Dave Ahrens 130 Wisconsin 7 171 DB Kevin Donnalley 1 North Dakota State 8 198 WR Mike Fisher 2 Baylor 9 226 RB Stump Mitchell 116 The Citadel 10 253 WR James Mallard Alabama 10 263 WR Jim Joiner Miami [pick acquired from DEN] 11 281 TE Mike Sherrod Illinois 12 309 OG Joe Adams Nebraska

Traded draft picks: none

Transactions:

05-01-1981	traded the rights to Terry Metcalf to Redskins for Washington's #5 pick in the 1982 draft
08-03-1981	traded Jeff Lee to Bears for $100 cash
08-05-1981	Jets claimed Mike Maher on waivers
09-01-1981	claimed John Floyd on waivers from Redskins
10-13-1981	traded Theotis Brown to Seahawks for Seattle's #4 pick in the 1982 draft and #4 pick in the 1983 draft

1981 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/06/81    vs Miami Dolphins          L 7-20        0-1-0
09/13/81    at Dallas Cowboys          L 17-30       0-2-0
09/20/81    vs Washington Redskins     W 40-30       1-2-0
09/27/81    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    L 10-20       1-3-0
10/04/81    vs Dallas Cowboys          W 20-17       2-3-0
10/11/81    at New York Giants         L 14-34       2-4-0
10/18/81    at Atlanta Falcons         L 20-41       2-5-0
10/25/81    vs Minnesota Vikings       W 30-17       3-5-0
11/01/81    at Washington Redskins     L 21-42       3-6-0
11/08/81    vs Philadelphia Eagles     L 10-52       3-7-0
11/15/81    vs Buffalo Bills           W 24-0        4-7-0
11/22/81    at Baltimore Colts         W 35-24       5-7-0
11/29/81    at New England Patriots    W 27-20       6-7-0
12/06/81    vs New Orleans Saints      W 30-3        7-7-0
12/13/81    vs New York Giants         L 10-20       7-8-0
12/20/81    at Philadelphia Eagles     L 0-38        7-9-0

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