1978 St. Louis Cardinals: 6-10-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-5-0 (147 points scored, 157 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (101 points scored, 139 allowed) Head Coach: Bud Wilkinson 248 points scored (23rd of 28 teams), 296 points allowed (15th) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 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: 252 508 3,171 ( 4) 5.98 16 21 554 1,954 (25) 3.5 14 5,125 ( 7) 35 Defense: 212 428 2,351 ( 8) 5.06 19 26 588 2,396 (19) 4.1 15 4,747 (13) 42
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 12 Steve Little P 11 6'0 180 22 R Arkansas 15 Steve Pisarkiewicz QB 3 6'2 205 24 1 Missouri 17 Jim Hart QB 15 6'2 210 34 13 Southern Illinois 18 Mark Manges QB 1 6'2 210 22 R Maryland 19 Mike Wood P 8 5'11 199 24 R Southeast Missouri State 20 Mike Sensibaugh DB 5 5'11 190 29 8 Ohio State 20 Gordon Bell RB 6 5'9 180 24 3 Michigan 21 Dave Stief WR 15 6'3 195 22 R Portland State 22 Roger Wehrli DB 16 6'0 193 30 10 Missouri 23 Ken Stone DB 14 6'1 180 28 6 Vanderbilt 24 Wayne Morris RB 13 6'0 208 24 3 Southern Methodist 25 Jim Bakken K 16 6'0 198 37 17 Wisconsin 27 Carl Allen DB 15 6'0 186 22 2 Southern Mississippi 28 Ted Farmer RB 2 5'11 175 25 1 Oregon 30 Willie Shelby RB 3 5'11 198 25 3 Alabama 32 Jerry Latin RB 2 5'10 186 25 4 Northern Illinois 33 Larry Barnes RB 2 5'11 220 24 2 Tennessee State 34 Steve Jones RB 16 6'0 198 27 6 Duke 35 Jim Otis RB 15 6'0 226 30 9 Ohio State 37 Ken Greene DB 16 6'2 203 22 R Washington State 38 Lee Nelson DB 16 5'10 185 24 3 Florida State 39 Willard Harrell RB 13 5'9 182 26 4 Pacific 40 Doug Greene DB 15 6'2 205 22 R Texas A&I 44 Rolly Woolsey DB 2 6'1 182 25 4 Boise State 45 Perry Smith DB 16 6'0 190 27 6 Colorado State 50 Kurt Allerman LB 15 6'3 222 23 2 Penn State 51 Tom Brahaney C 16 6'2 246 27 6 Oklahoma 52 Greg Westbrooks LB 10 6'3 217 25 4 Colorado 53 Steve Neils LB 16 6'2 218 27 5 Minnesota 54 Tom Banks C 16 6'1 245 30 8 Auburn 55 Eric Williams LB 13 6'2 217 23 2 Southern California 56 Tim Kearney LB 15 6'2 221 27 7 Northern Michigan 57 Mark Arneson LB 16 6'2 224 29 7 Arizona 58 John Barefield LB 9 6'2 224 23 R Texas A&I 59 Curtis Townsend LB 9 6'1 229 23 1 Arkansas 59 Randy Gill LB 7 6'2 230 22 R San Jose State 60 Roger Finnie OT 7 6'3 248 32 10 Florida A&M 62 Keith Wortman OG 14 6'2 262 28 7 Nebraska 63 John Zook DE 16 6'5 254 31 10 Kansas 64 Bob Young OG 16 6'2 279 36 13 Howard Payne 65 Tom Mullen OG 7 6'3 250 26 5 Southwest Missouri State 66 George Collins OG 13 6'2 248 22 R Georgia 68 Terry Stieve OG 16 6'2 245 24 3 Wisconsin 70 Keith Simons DT 13 6'3 254 24 3 Minnesota 72 Dan Dierdorf OT 16 6'4 288 29 8 Michigan 73 Mike Dawson DT 16 6'4 274 25 3 Arizona 76 Charles Davis DT 1 6'1 268 26 5 Texas Christian 78 Ron Yankowski DE 16 6'5 258 32 8 Kansas State 79 Bob Bell DE 15 6'4 257 30 8 Cincinnati 80 Tommy Southard WR 2 6'0 185 23 1 Furman 80 Eason Ramson TE 15 6'2 220 22 R Washington State 82 Bob Pollard DE 15 6'3 251 29 8 Weber State 83 Pat Tilley WR 16 5'10 171 25 3 Louisiana Tech 85 Mel Gray WR 13 5'9 173 30 8 Missouri 86 Jimmy Childs WR 8 6'2 194 22 R Cal Poly-S.L.O. 87 Jim Thaxton TE 5 6'3 242 29 5 Tennessee State 87 Al Chandler TE 11 6'2 229 27 5 Oklahoma 89 Warren Anderson WR 2 6'2 195 23 2 West Virginia State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim Hart 477 240 50.3 3,121 6.54 13.0 16 3.4 18 3.8 20 166 66.7 Steve Pisarkiewicz 29 10 34.5 164 5.66 16.4 0 0.0 3 10.3 2 20 14.8 Dave Stief 1 1 100.0 43 43.00 43.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Mike Wood 1 1 100.0 29 29.00 29.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Pat Tilley 62 900 14.5 3 Mel Gray 44 871 19.8 1 Wayne Morris 33 298 9.0 1 Steve Jones 27 217 8.0 0 Dave Stief 24 477 19.9 4 Eason Ramson 23 238 10.3 1 Al Chandler 16 190 11.9 4 Jim Otis 8 38 4.8 0 Jimmy Childs 4 50 12.5 1 Jim Thaxton 3 31 10.3 1 Gordon Bell 3 28 9.3 0 Willard Harrell 3 5 1.7 0 Willie Shelby 1 11 11.0 0 Jerry Latin 1 3 3.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Jim Otis 197 664 3.4 8 Wayne Morris 174 631 3.6 1 Steve Jones 105 392 3.7 2 Willard Harrell 35 134 3.8 0 Mel Gray 5 51 10.2 1 Pat Tilley 1 32 32.0 0 Gordon Bell 7 23 3.3 0 Jim Hart 11 11 1.0 2 Eason Ramson 2 8 4.0 0 Jerry Latin 6 8 1.3 0 Willie Shelby 2 5 2.5 0 Ted Farmer 1 4 4.0 0 Steve Little 1 0 0.0 0 Roger Wehrli 1 0 0.0 0 Steve Pisarkiewicz 5 -1 -0.2 0 Dave Stief 1 -8 -8.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Willard Harrell 19 389 20.5 0 Willie Shelby 9 211 23.4 0 Gordon Bell 8 177 22.1 0 Jimmy Childs 4 77 19.2 0 Wayne Morris 3 66 22.0 0 Lee Nelson 3 58 19.3 0 Jerry Latin 2 48 24.0 0 Tommy Southard 2 47 23.5 0 Rolly Woolsey 1 25 25.0 0 Tim Kearney 1 22 22.0 0 Curtis Townsend 1 13 13.0 0 Greg Westbrooks 1 12 12.0 0 Ken Stone 1 3 3.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Willard Harrell 21 196 9.3 6 1 Gordon Bell 14 101 7.2 3 0 Willie Shelby 10 88 8.8 0 0 Pat Tilley 2 8 4.0 0 0 Tommy Southard 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 Rolly Woolsey 1 4 4.0 0 0 Perry Smith 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 15 K Steve Little 33 Arkansas 1 19 DB Ken Greene 98 Washington State [pick acquired from WAS] 2 42 LB John Barefield 30 Texas A&I 3 69 DB Doug Greene 38 Texas A&I 4 96 OG George Collins 69 Georgia [pick acquired from SD] 4 97 WR Jimmy Childs 21 Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 5 124 RB Earl Carr 15 Florida 6 151 DE Jack Williams Bowling Green 7 181 WR Dave Stief 71 Portland State 9 235 TE Joe Mosley Central State (Oh.) 10 265 LB Randy Gill 8 San Jose State 12 319 LB Anthony Clay South Carolina State
Traded draft picks: #8 to PIT (Rick Moser), #11 to CIN (Calvin Prince)
Transactions:
| 01-31-1978 | traded Conrad Dobler and Ike Harris to Saints for Bob Pollard and Terry Stieve |
| 07-23-1978 | Duane Carrell retired |
| 08-08-1978 | claimed Andre Herrera on waivers from Raiders |
| 08-14-1978 | placed Anthony Clay on injured reserve |
| 08-24-1978 | Bill Bradley retired |
| 08-27-1978 | traded a #7 pick in the 1979 draft to Saints for Jim Thaxton |
| 08-29-1978 | claimed Greg Westbrooks on waivers from Saints |
| 08-29-1978 | Lions claimed Brad Oates on waivers |
| 08-30-1978 | placed Jack Williams on injured reserve |
| 09-01-1978 | Falcons claimed George Franklin on waivers |
| 09-06-1978 | claimed Willie Shelby on waivers from Falcons |
| 09-12-1978 | traded Jerry Latin to Rams for Los Angeles' #8 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 09-25-1978 | received San Diego's #3 pick in the 1981 draft from Chargers as compensation for hiring head coach Don Coryell |
| 10-26-1978 | placed Jim Childs on injured reserve |
| 10-27-1978 | claimed Tom Mullen on waivers from Giants |
| 12-01-1978 | placed John Barefield on injured reserve |
| 12-01-1978 | placed Wayne Morris on injured reserve |
1978 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/03/78 at Chicago Bears L 10-17 0-1-0 09/10/78 vs New England Patriots L 6-16 0-2-0 09/17/78 vs Washington Redskins L 10-28 0-3-0 09/24/78 at Dallas Cowboys L 12-21 0-4-0 10/01/78 at Miami Dolphins L 10-24 0-5-0 10/08/78 vs Baltimore Colts L 17-30 0-6-0 10/15/78 vs Dallas Cowboys L 21-24 (OT) 0-7-0 10/22/78 at New York Jets L 10-23 0-8-0 10/29/78 at Philadelphia Eagles W 16-10 1-8-0 11/05/78 vs New York Giants W 20-10 2-8-0 11/12/78 at San Francisco 49ers W 16-10 3-8-0 11/19/78 at Washington Redskins W 27-17 4-8-0 11/26/78 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 10-14 4-9-0 12/03/78 vs Detroit Lions W 21-14 5-9-0 12/10/78 at New York Giants L 0-17 5-10-0 12/17/78 vs Atlanta Falcons W 42-21 6-10-0