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1982 St. Louis Cardinals: 5-4-0
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Home record: 1-3-0 (58 points scored, 88 allowed) Road record: 4-1-0 (77 points scored, 82 allowed) Head Coach: Jim Hanifan

135 points scored (25th of 28 teams), 170 points allowed (12th) NFL Averages: 20.2 points/game (181.4 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:   129   240   1,333   (26)   4.90    6    6    307   1,209   ( 7)    3.9   10    2,542    (23)      16
Defense:   174   291   1,853   (17)   5.90   16    6    256     995   (12)    3.9    5    2,848    (14)      15

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
11  Neil O'Donoghue      K      8   6'6   210   29    6   Auburn
15  Neil Lomax           QB     9   6'3   215   23    2   Portland State
16  Rusty Lisch          QB     8   6'3   213   25    3   Notre Dame
17  Jim Hart             QB     4   6'2   210   38   17   Southern Illinois
18  Carl Birdsong        P      9   6'0   192   23    2   Southwestern Oklahoma State
21  Dave Stief           DB     9   6'3   195   26    5   Portland State
22  Roger Wehrli         DB     8   6'1   194   34   14   Missouri
23  Benny Perrin         DB     9   6'2   178   23    R   Alabama
24  Wayne Morris         RB     9   6'0   210   28    7   Southern Methodist
27  Carl Allen           DB     9   6'0   190   26    6   Southern Mississippi
30  Stump Mitchell       RB     9   5'9   188   23    2   Citadel
31  Earl Ferrell         RB     9   6'0   215   24    R   East Tennessee State
32  Ottis Anderson       RB     8   6'2   220   25    4   Miami
35  Jeff Griffin         DB     9   6'0   185   24    2   Utah
37  Ken Greene           DB     8   6'3   205   26    5   Washington State
38  Lee Nelson           DB     8   5'10  185   28    7   Florida State
39  Willard Harrell      RB     7   5'8   182   30    8   Pacific
40  Randy Love           RB     9   6'1   205   26    4   Houston
42  Herb Williams        DB     7   6'0   200   24    3   Southern
44  Tim Collier          DB     4   6'0   176   28    7   East Texas State
44  Wayne Smith          DB     1   6'0   170   25    3   Purdue
46  Don Bessillieu       DB     3   6'1   200   26    4   Georgia Tech
50  Craig Puki           LB     7   6'1   231   25    3   Tennessee
51  Kurt Allerman        LB     9   6'2   222   27    6   Penn State
52  Charlie Baker        LB     9   6'2   217   25    3   New Mexico
53  Craig Shaffer        LB     5   6'0   230   23    R   Indiana State
54  E.J. Junior          LB     9   6'3   235   22    2   Alabama
57  John Gillen          LB     4   6'3   228   23    2   Illinois
58  Dave Ahrens          LB     9   6'3   228   23    2   Wisconsin
59  Calvin Favron        LB     4   6'1   227   25    4   Southeastern Louisiana
63  Tootie Robbins       OT     9   6'5   278   24    R   East Carolina
64  Randy Clark          C      9   6'3   254   25    3   Northern Illinois
65  David Galloway       DT     5   6'3   277   23    R   Florida
66  George Collins       OG     9   6'2   270   26    5   Georgia
67  Luis Sharpe          OT     9   6'4   260   22    R   UCLA
68  Terry Stieve         OG     9   6'2   265   28    6   Wisconsin
69  Rush Brown           DT     9   6'2   260   28    3   Ball State
70  Art Plunkett         OT     9   6'7   270   23    2   Nevada-Las Vegas
71  Joe Bostic           OG     8   6'3   265   25    4   Clemson
72  Dan Dierdorf         C      9   6'4   290   33   12   Michigan
73  Mike Dawson          DT     9   6'4   270   29    7   Arizona
75  Curtis Greer         DE     9   6'4   252   24    3   Michigan
76  Stafford Mays        DE     8   6'2   250   24    3   Washington
78  Elois Grooms         DE     9   6'4   250   29    8   Tennessee Tech
79  Bruce Thornton       DE     6   6'5   263   24    4   Illinois
80  Doug Marsh           TE     8   6'3   240   24    3   Michigan
81  Roy Green            WR     9   6'0   195   25    4   Henderson State
82  Ricky Thompson       WR     3   6'0   177   28    7   Baylor
83  Pat Tilley           WR     9   5'10  178   29    7   Louisiana Tech
84  Mike Shumann         WR     6   6'0   185   27    5   Florida State
85  Mel Gray             WR     5   5'9   175   34   12   Missouri
86  Ken Thompson         WR     1   6'1   178   23    1   Utah State
87  Eddie McGill         TE     9   6'6   225   22    R   Western Carolina
89  Greg LaFleur         TE     9   6'4   236   24    2   Louisiana State

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Neil Lomax           205  109   53.2  1,367   6.67  12.5   5   2.4    6   2.9    31   234    70.1
Jim Hart              33   19   57.6    199   6.03  10.5   1   3.0    0   0.0     0     0    85.3
Willard Harrell        1    1  100.0     10  10.00  10.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0   108.3
Roy Green              1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     1     9    39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Pat Tilley             36    465   12.9    2
Roy Green              32    453   14.2    3
Stump Mitchell         22    249   11.3    0
Ottis Anderson         14    106    7.6    0
Willard Harrell        11    127   11.5    0
Doug Marsh              5     83   16.6    0
Greg LaFleur            5     67   13.4    1
Mike Shumann            5     58   11.6    0
Mel Gray                4     34    8.5    0
Wayne Morris            4     19    4.8    0
Neil Lomax              1     10   10.0    0
Ken Thompson            1      5    5.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ottis Anderson        145    587    4.0    3
Wayne Morris           84    274    3.3    4
Stump Mitchell         39    189    4.8    1
Neil Lomax             28    119    4.2    1
Roger Wehrli            1     18   18.0    1
Willard Harrell         4     14    3.5    0
Roy Green               6      8    1.3    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Stump Mitchell         16    364   22.8    0
Willard Harrell         8    150   18.8    0
Earl Ferrell            4     88   22.0    0
Randy Love              4     69   17.2    0
Wayne Morris            1     14   14.0    0
Jeff Griffin            1     12   12.0    0
Dave Ahrens             1      5    5.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Stump Mitchell         27    165    6.1    0    0
Roy Green               3     20    6.7    0    0
Earl Ferrell            1      6    6.0    0    0
Willard Harrell         1      1    1.0    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Carl Birdsong 54 2,365 43.8 6 8 0 36 288 36.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Neil O'Donoghue 1/1 2/3 3/3 2/6 0/0 8/13 15/16 39 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Carl Allen 1 0 0 Rush Brown 3.0 Mike Dawson 3.5 1 0 0 David Galloway 2.0 Ken Greene 1 2 0 Curtis Greer 7.5 Jeff Griffin 1 8 0 Elois Grooms 4.5 E.J. Junior 1.5 Lee Nelson 1 7 0 Benny Perrin 1 35 0 Bruce Thornton 1.0

1982 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 16 OT Luis Sharpe 189 UCLA [pick acquired from KC] 2 38 DT David Galloway 99 Florida 3 65 DB Benny Perrin 48 Alabama 3 73 DE Rusty Guilbeau 57 McNeese State [pick acquired from KC] 4 90 OT Tootie Robbins 159 East Carolina [pick acquired from SEA] 5 119 DB Vance Bedford Texas 5 125 RB Earl Ferrell 110 East Tennessee State [pick acquired from WAS] 6 150 LB Craig Shaffer 18 Indiana State 7 178 C Bob Sebro Colorado 8 205 DT Chris Lindstrom 19 Boston University 9 232 LB Darnell Dailey Maryland 10 259 TE Eddie McGill 11 Western Carolina 11 290 DE James Williams North Carolina A&T 12 317 K Bob Atha Ohio State

Traded draft picks: #1 to KC (Anthony Hancock), #4 to BUF (Van Williams)


Transactions:

04-27-1982traded St. Louis' #4 pick in the 1982 draft to Bills for Buffalo's #3 pick in the 1983 draft
04-27-1982traded St. Louis' #1 pick in the 1982 draft to Chiefs for Kansas City's #1 and #3 picks in the 1982 draft
08-02-1982traded Buffalo's #3 pick in the 1983 draft to Saints for Elois Grooms
09-08-1982claimed Kurt Allerman on waivers from Packers


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
01/08/83    at Green Bay Packers       L 16-41


1982 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/12/82 at New Orleans Saints W 21-7 1-0-0 09/19/82 vs Dallas Cowboys L 7-24 1-1-0 11/21/82 vs San Francisco 49ers L 20-31 1-2-0 11/28/82 at Atlanta Falcons W 23-20 2-2-0 12/05/82 at Philadelphia Eagles W 23-20 3-2-0 12/12/82 vs Washington Redskins L 7-12 3-3-0 12/19/82 at Chicago Bears W 10-7 4-3-0 12/26/82 vs New York Giants W 24-21 5-3-0 01/02/83 at Washington Redskins L 0-28 5-4-0

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