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 |
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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