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1961 St. Louis Cardinals
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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 4th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 279 points (19.9/g), 10th of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 267 points (19.1/g), 4th.
Differential of 12 points (0.9/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 7.4-6.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 5th.
Coached by Chuck Drulis (2-0-0) (co-coach with Ray Prochaska and Ray Willsey), Ray Prochaska (2-0-0), Ray Willsey (2-0-0) and Pop Ivy (5-7-0)
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1961 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1961 Draft Results| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 8 | STL | Ken Rice | T | 6 | 1961 | 1967 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 79 | Auburn | |||||||||||
| 2 | 22 | STL | Fred Arbanas | TE | 9 | 1962 | 1970 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 118 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 198 | 3101 | 34 | Michigan State | |||||
| 3 | 31 | STL | Billy Wilson | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Auburn | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 50 | STL | Ron McDole | DE | 18 | 1961 | 1978 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 240 | Nebraska | |||||||||||
| 5 | 64 | STL | Glenn Bass | SE | 8 | 1961 | 1968 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 16 | 67 | 0 | 167 | 2841 | 17 | East Carolina | |||||
| 6 | 78 | STL | Dale Evans | HB | 1 | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Kansas State | |||||||||||
| 6 | 83 | STL | Dick Thornton | QB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Northwestern | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | 92 | STL | George Hultz | DT | 1 | 1962 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | Southern Miss | |||||||||||
| 7 | 94 | STL | Al Bemiller | C | 9 | 1961 | 1969 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Syracuse | ||||||||
| 8 | 106 | STL | Marshall Starks | DB | 2 | 1963 | 1964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Illinois | |||||||||||
| 9 | 120 | STL | Chick Graning | HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Georgia Tech | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 134 | STL | Jimmy King | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clemson | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 148 | STL | Bill Kinnune | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Washington | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 162 | STL | Mike Stock | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Northwestern | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | 176 | STL | Ernie McMillan | T | 15 | 1961 | 1975 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 190 | Illinois | |||||||||||
| 14 | 190 | STL | Bob Elliot | FB | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Carolina | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | 204 | STL | Mel West | HB | 2 | 1961 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 81 | 338 | 3 | 14 | 147 | 0 | Missouri | |||||
| 16 | 218 | STL | Jake Bradley | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Florida A&M | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | 232 | STL | Pat Fischer | DB | 17 | 1961 | 1977 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 213 | 1 | 22 | 0 | Nebraska | ||||||||
| 18 | 246 | STL | Art Browning | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Duke | |||||||||||||||
| 19 | 260 | STL | Dick Schnell | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wyoming | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | 274 | STL | Leo Reed | T | 1 | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Colorado State | |||||||||||