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1963 St. Louis Cardinals

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Record: 9-5-0, Finished 3rd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 341 points (24.4/g), 4th of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 283 points (20.2/g), 6th.
 Differential of 58 points (4.1/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 8.5-5.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 7th.

Simple Rating System: Total 4.0, Offense: 1.2, Defense: 2.8, SoS: -0.1, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Wally Lemm

Training Camp: Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Illinois)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 341 4870 901 5.4 254 228 438 3031 30 21 6.3 134 423 1839 10 4.3 105 39 18 15
Team Defense 283 3954 872 4.5 235 180 370 2152 13 18 5.2 107 461 1802 19 3.9 105 37 19 23
Lg Rank Offense 4 4 6 1 4 2 6 7 7 5 12 3 9 10
Lg Rank Defense 6 5 6 4 4 3 10 5 11 10 13 5 6 3

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sat September 14 boxscore W 1-0 @ Dallas Cowboys 34 7 20 339 133 206 1 16 254 143 111 1
2 Sun September 22 boxscore W 2-0 @ Philadelphia Eagles 28 24 27 405 209 196 3 12 219 156 63 1
3 Sun September 29 boxscore L 2-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 10 23 13 303 166 137 5 14 217 38 179 1
4 Sun October 6 boxscore W 3-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 56 14 26 520 334 186 1 17 218 145 73 3
5 Sun October 13 boxscore W 4-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 24 23 23 525 408 117 3 14 321 215 106 1
6 Sun October 20 boxscore L 4-2 Green Bay Packers 7 30 12 248 208 40 5 21 324 99 225 3
7 Sun October 27 boxscore W 5-2 @ Washington Redskins 21 7 21 404 270 134 4 16 183 89 94 6
8 Sun November 3 boxscore L 5-3 New York Giants 21 38 19 314 185 129 7 19 426 310 116 2
9 Sun November 10 boxscore W 6-3 Washington Redskins 24 20 18 288 185 103 16 268 224 44 3
10 Sun November 17 boxscore W 7-3 @ Cleveland Browns 20 14 17 348 278 70 2 19 302 145 157 4
11 Sun November 24 boxscore W 8-3 @ New York Giants 24 17 13 177 57 120 1 21 336 208 128 4
12 Sun December 1 boxscore L 8-4 Cleveland Browns 10 24 13 198 19 179 1 23 403 163 240 1
13 Sun December 8 boxscore W 9-4 Philadelphia Eagles 38 14 11 358 298 60 2 17 269 109 160 5
14 Sun December 15 boxscore L 9-5 Dallas Cowboys 24 28 21 443 281 162 4 10 214 108 106 2

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
12 Charley Johnson* 25 QB 14 14 9-5-0 222 423 52.5 3280 28 6.6 21 5.0 78 7.8 6.8 14.8 234.3 79.5 2 3
11 Buddy Humphrey 28 4 0 4 11 36.4 96 1 9.1 0 0.0 33 8.7 10.5 24.0 24.0 99.1
44 John David Crow 28 3 0 2 3 66.7 27 1 33.3 0 0.0 17 9.0 15.7 13.5 9.0 134.7
22 Prentice Gautt 25 1 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.1 14 9-5-0 228 438 52.1 3403 30 6.8 21 4.8 78 7.8 7.0 14.9 243.1 80.7 2 3
Opp Total 14 180 370 48.6 2519 13 3.5 18 4.9 6.8 5.32 14.0 179.9 62.4 41 367 5.2 3.9 10.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
35 Joe Childress 30 FB 14 0 174 701 2 28 4.0 50.1 12.4 25 354 14.2 2 78 1.8 25.3 1055 4 2
38 Bill Triplett 23 HB 13 0 134 652 5 63 4.9 50.2 10.3 31 396 12.8 3 38 2.4 30.5 1048 8 4
12 Charley Johnson* 25 QB 14 14 41 143 1 16 3.5 10.2 2.9 143 1 12
23 Bob Paremore 24 14 0 36 107 0 14 3.0 7.6 2.6 6 89 14.8 1 32 0.4 6.4 196 1 1
36 Bill Thornton 24 14 0 19 111 1 55 5.8 7.9 1.4 4 10 2.5 0 8 0.3 0.7 121 1 0
44 John David Crow 28 3 0 9 34 0 9 3.8 11.3 3.0 34 0 0
22 Prentice Gautt 25 1 0 3 5 0 2 1.7 5.0 3.0 1 3 3.0 0 3 1.0 3.0 8 0 0
33 Mal Hammack 30 13 0 3 16 0 9 5.3 1.2 0.2 1 15 15.0 0 15 0.1 1.2 31 0 2
8 Larry Wilson* 25 RS 14 0 2 38 1 35 19.0 2.7 0.1 38 1 0
40 Bobby Joe Conrad+ 28 FL 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 73 967 13.2 10 48 5.2 69.1 967 10 2
21 Jerry Stovall 22 KR/LS/P 14 14 1 32 0 32 32.0 2.3 0.1 32 0 0
88 Sonny Randle 27 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 51 1014 19.9 12 68 3.6 72.4 1014 12 1
81 Jackie Smith 23 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 445 15.9 2 55 2.0 31.8 445 2 2
85 Taz Anderson 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 47 9.4 0 16 1.0 9.4 47 0 0
3 Billy Gambrell 22 PR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 63 21.0 0 33 0.2 4.5 63 0 2
Team Total 26.1 14 423 1839 10 63 4.3 131.4 30.2 228 3403 14.9 30 78 16.3 243.1 5242 40 29
Opp Total 14 461 1802 19 3.9 128.7 32.9 180 2152 12.0 13 12.9 153.7 3954 32 32

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
23 Bob Paremore 24 14 0 4 23 0 10 5.8 12 292 0 39 24.3 511
21 Jerry Stovall 22 KR/LS/P 14 14 15 419 0 55 27.9 451
38 Bill Triplett 23 HB 13 0 14 229 0 27 16.4 1277
3 Billy Gambrell 22 PR 14 0 11 111 0 49 10.1 174
37 Pat Fischer 23 LCB 14 0 9 25 0 9 2.8 25
33 Mal Hammack 30 13 0 4 60 0 21 15.0 91
36 Bill Thornton 24 14 0 4 70 0 25 17.5 191
40 Bobby Joe Conrad+ 28 FL 14 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 968
55 Irv Goode 23 LT 13 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
64 Ken Gray* 27 RG 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
65 Tom Redmond 26 9 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
24 Billy Stacy 27 9 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Team Total 26.1 14 26 166 0 49 6.4 52 1070 0 55 20.6 6478
Opp Total 14 25 0 51 1279 1 25.1

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
25 Jim Bakken 23 K 14 0 21 11 52.4% 44 44 100.0%
21 Jerry Stovall 22 KR/LS/P 14 14 65 2647 69 0 40.7
Team Total 26.1 14 21 11 52.4% 44 44 100.0% 65 2647 69 0 40.7
Opp Total 14 26 15 57.7% 34 34 100.0% 74 2967 40.1

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
12 Charley Johnson* 25 QB 14 14 0 12 2 0 0
37 Pat Fischer 23 LCB 14 0 8 169 0 53 0 0 1 2 0 0
8 Larry Wilson* 25 RS 14 0 4 67 0 36 0 0 0 2 42 1
38 Bill Triplett 23 HB 13 0 0 4 1 0 0
35 Joe Childress 30 FB 14 0 0 2 2 0 0
3 Billy Gambrell 22 PR 14 0 0 2 1 0 0
33 Mal Hammack 30 13 0 0 2 1 0 0
41 Jimmy Hill 35 RCB 12 0 3 126 1 58 0
23 Bob Paremore 24 14 0 0 1 2 1 1
21 Jerry Stovall 22 KR/LS/P 14 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
40 Bobby Joe Conrad+ 28 FL 14 0 0 2 0 0 0
61 Bob DeMarco* 25 C 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
34 Bill Koman 29 RLB 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
62 Dale Meinert* 30 MLB 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
81 Jackie Smith 23 TE 14 0 0 2 0 0 0
50 Garland Boyette 23 9 0 0 0 1 0 0
86 Don Brumm 22 RDE 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
75 Ed Cook 31 LG 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
44 John David Crow 28 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
64 Ken Gray* 27 RG 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
78 Luke Owens 30 RDT 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
88 Sonny Randle 27 SE 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
52 Marion Rushing 27 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 Billy Stacy 27 9 0 1 0 0 0 0
67 Larry Stallings 22 LLB 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
31 John Symank 28 13 0 1 21 1 21 0
36 Bill Thornton 24 14 0 0 0 1 9 0
Team Total 26.1 14 18 383 2 58 0 0 29 30 52 2
Opp Total 14 40 32 13

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
25 Jim Bakken 23 K 14 0 44 11 77
88 Sonny Randle 27 SE 14 0 12 12 72
40 Bobby Joe Conrad+ 28 FL 14 0 10 10 60
38 Bill Triplett 23 HB 13 0 5 3 8 48
35 Joe Childress 30 FB 14 0 2 2 4 24
23 Bob Paremore 24 14 0 1 1 2 12
81 Jackie Smith 23 TE 14 0 2 2 12
8 Larry Wilson* 25 RS 14 0 1 1 2 12
41 Jimmy Hill 35 RCB 12 0 1 1 6
12 Charley Johnson* 25 QB 14 14 1 1 6
31 John Symank 28 13 0 1 1 6
36 Bill Thornton 24 14 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.1 14 10 30 2 2 44 44 11 341
Opp Total 14 19 13 1 34 15 283