1971 St. Louis Cardinals: 4-9-1
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Home record: 1-5-1 (117 points scored, 150 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (114 points scored, 129 allowed) Head Coach: Bob Hollway
231 points scored (20th of 26 teams), 279 points allowed (15th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 170 385 2,471 ( 5) 6.12 14 26 417 1,530 (21) 3.7 8 4,001 (14) 46
Defense: 212 375 2,380 (21) 6.03 12 17 486 1,985 (18) 4.1 10 4,365 (20) 33
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 8 Larry Wilson DB 14 6'0 195 33 12 Utah 10 Pete Beathard QB 9 6'2 200 29 8 Southern California 17 Jim Hart QB 11 6'2 200 27 6 Southern Illinois 20 Miller Farr DB 14 6'1 190 28 7 Wichita State 21 Jerry Stovall DB 6 6'2 195 30 9 Louisiana State 22 Roger Wehrli DB 13 6'1 195 23 3 Missouri 23 Johnny Roland RB 13 6'2 215 28 6 Missouri 25 Jim Bakken K 14 6'0 195 30 10 Wisconsin 26 Chuck Latourette P 13 6'0 190 26 4 Rice 27 Roy Shivers RB 11 6'0 200 30 6 Utah State 30 Paul White RB 6 6'0 200 23 2 Texas-El Paso 33 Larry Willingham DB 9 6'1 190 22 R Auburn 34 Rocky Rosema LB 2 6'2 230 25 4 Michigan 35 Larry Stegent RB 7 6'1 200 23 1 Texas A&M 36 MacArthur Lane RB 13 6'0 220 29 4 Utah State 37 Jeff Allen DB 1 5'11 190 23 R Iowa State 39 Cid Edwards RB 12 6'2 230 28 4 Tennessee State 41 Ted Provost DB 2 6'2 185 23 2 Ohio State 42 Norm Thompson DB 14 6'1 175 26 R Utah 44 John Gilliam WR 14 6'1 195 26 5 South Carolina State 45 George Hoey DB 6 5'10 170 24 1 Michigan 46 Tom Longo DB 2 6'1 200 29 3 Notre Dame 49 Dale Hackbart DB 14 6'3 220 33 10 Wisconsin 50 Wayne Mulligan C 7 6'2 245 24 3 Clemson 52 Rick Ogle LB 6 6'3 230 22 R Colorado 53 Jamie Rivers LB 12 6'2 235 26 4 Bowling Green 54 Tom Banks C 9 6'1 240 23 1 Auburn 55 Irv Goode OG 14 6'4 255 31 10 Kentucky 56 Mike McGill LB 11 6'2 235 24 4 Notre Dame 57 Don Parish LB 1 6'1 220 23 2 Stanford 58 Terry Miller LB 9 6'2 225 25 2 Illinois 60 Jim Hargrove LB 14 6'3 223 26 4 Howard Payne 63 Clyde Williams OG 14 6'2 250 31 5 Southern 65 Chuck Hutchison OG 13 6'3 240 22 2 Ohio State 67 Larry Stallings LB 14 6'2 230 29 9 Georgia Tech 68 Paul Dickson DT 5 6'5 250 34 13 Baylor 70 Rolf Krueger DE 14 6'4 250 24 3 Texas A&M 71 Bob Reynolds OT 14 6'6 265 32 9 Bowling Green 72 Dan Dierdorf OT 12 6'4 265 22 R Michigan 73 Ernie McMillan OT 14 6'6 255 33 11 Illinois 74 Fred Heron DT 9 6'4 260 27 6 San Jose State 75 Bob Rowe DT 14 6'4 260 26 5 Western Michigan 76 Vern Emerson OT 4 6'5 260 26 3 Minnesota-Duluth 78 Ron Yankowski DE 12 6'5 225 25 R Kansas State 79 Chuck Walker DE 11 6'2 250 30 8 Duke 80 Dave Williams WR 13 6'2 210 26 5 Washington 81 Jackie Smith TE 9 6'4 235 31 9 Northwestern State-Louisiana 82 Joe Schmiesing DE 9 6'4 260 26 4 New Mexico State 83 Jim McFarland TE 14 6'5 225 24 2 Nebraska 85 Mel Gray WR 14 5'9 170 23 R Missouri 88 Freddie Hyatt WR 14 6'3 200 25 4 Auburn
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Jim Hart 243 110 45.3 1,626 6.69 14.8 8 3.3 14 5.8 13 139 54.7
Pete Beathard 141 60 42.6 1,030 7.30 17.2 6 4.3 12 8.5 6 46 46.7
Roy Shivers 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD John Gilliam 42 837 19.9 3 MacArthur Lane 29 298 10.3 0 Jackie Smith 21 379 18.0 4 Mel Gray 18 534 29.7 4 Johnny Roland 15 108 7.2 0 Dave Williams 12 182 15.2 1 Cid Edwards 12 122 10.2 0 Roy Shivers 10 76 7.6 0 Jim McFarland 5 54 10.8 2 Freddie Hyatt 4 58 14.5 0 Larry Stegent 1 12 12.0 0 Bob Reynolds 1 -4 -4.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD MacArthur Lane 150 592 3.9 3 Cid Edwards 108 316 2.9 4 Johnny Roland 78 278 3.6 0 Roy Shivers 55 202 3.7 1 Mel Gray 2 56 28.0 0 Pete Beathard 4 29 7.2 0 Chuck Latourette 3 19 6.3 0 John Gilliam 2 16 8.0 0 Jackie Smith 1 10 10.0 0 Jim Hart 13 9 0.7 0 Paul White 1 3 3.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Mel Gray 30 740 24.7 0 George Hoey 9 251 27.9 1 Norm Thompson 7 182 26.0 0 Larry Willingham 6 125 20.8 0 Cid Edwards 2 41 20.5 0 Johnny Roland 2 24 12.0 0 Dan Dierdorf 1 0 0.0 0 Larry Stegent 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Larry Willingham 10 84 8.4 9 0 Roger Wehrli 9 84 9.3 3 0 Norm Thompson 5 27 5.4 1 0 Johnny Roland 3 10 3.3 3 0 John Gilliam 1 21 21.0 0 0 Larry Stallings 1 8 8.0 0 0 Paul Dickson 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1971 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 17 DB Norm Thompson 115 Utah 2 43 OT Dan Dierdorf 160 Michigan 3 61 WR Jim Livesay Richmond [pick acquired from DEN] 4 95 DB Larry Willingham 20 Auburn 5 121 LB Rocky Wallace Missouri 6 147 WR Mel Gray 145 Missouri 7 173 DB James Cooch Colorado 8 199 DE Ron Yankowski 128 Kansas State 9 225 WR Mike Savoy Black Hills State (S.D.) 10 251 OT Ron Miller McNeese State 11 277 LB Rick Ogle 10 Colorado 12 303 QB Tim Von Dulm Portland State 13 329 DB Jeff Allen 1 Iowa State 14 355 OT Doug Klausen Arizona 15 381 RB Ted Heiskell Houston 16 407 LB Lawrence Brame Western Kentucky 17 433 WR Preston Watkins Bluefield State
Traded draft picks: #3 to DAL (Sam Scarber)
Transactions:
| 06-02-1971 | traded Dave Olerich to Oilers for Houston's #4 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 07-24-1971 | Homer Jones retired |
| 08-03-1971 | traded Tony Plummer to Falcons for Atlanta's #10 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 08-09-1971 | traded Mike Lahood to Vikings for Jim Hargrove |
| 08-26-1971 | Packers claimed Mike Savoy on waivers |
| 09-02-1971 | placed Terry Brown on injured reserve |
| 09-02-1971 | Saints claimed George Jakowenko on waivers |
| 09-13-1971 | traded Bob Brown and Nate Wright to Vikings for Mike McGill, Dale Hackbart and Minnesota's #4 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 09-14-1971 | Colts claimed Charlie Pittman on waivers |
| 10-20-1971 | traded Don Parish to Rams for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 10-20-1971 | claimed Don Parish on waivers from Rams |
1971 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/71 vs Washington Redskins L 17-24 0-1-0 09/27/71 vs New York Jets W 17-10 1-1-0 10/03/71 vs New York Giants L 20-21 1-2-0 10/10/71 at Atlanta Falcons W 26-9 2-2-0 10/17/71 at Washington Redskins L 0-20 2-3-0 10/24/71 vs San Francisco 49ers L 14-26 2-4-0 10/31/71 at Buffalo Bills W 28-23 3-4-0 11/07/71 vs Dallas Cowboys L 13-16 3-5-0 11/15/71 at San Diego Chargers L 17-20 3-6-0 11/21/71 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 20-37 3-7-0 11/28/71 at New York Giants W 24-7 4-7-0 12/05/71 vs Green Bay Packers T 16-16 4-7-1 12/12/71 at Philadelphia Eagles L 7-19 4-8-1 12/18/71 at Dallas Cowboys L 12-31 4-9-1
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