1982 St. Louis Cardinals: 5-4-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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:
| 04-27-1982 | traded St. Louis' #4 pick in the 1982 draft to Bills for Buffalo's #3 pick in the 1983 draft |
| 04-27-1982 | traded St. Louis' #1 pick in the 1982 draft to Chiefs for Kansas City's #1 and #3 picks in the 1982 draft |
| 08-02-1982 | traded Buffalo's #3 pick in the 1983 draft to Saints for Elois Grooms |
| 09-08-1982 | claimed 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