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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.
Coached by Wally Lemm (9-5-0)
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1963 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Charley Johnson* | 25 | 2 | 14 | 222 for 423, 3,280 yards, 28 td, 21 int, & 41 rushes for 143 yards and 1 td | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 63rd pick / 1961 |
| HB | Bill Triplett | 23 | 1 | 0 | 134 rushes for 652 yards, 5 td, & 31 catches for 396 yards and 3 td | Boston Patriots / 9th / 70th pick / 1962 |
| FB | Joe Childress | 30 | 7 | 0 | 174 rushes for 701 yards, 2 td, & 25 catches for 354 yards and 2 td | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 1956 |
| FL | Bobby Joe Conrad+ | 28 | 5 | 0 | 73 catches for 967 yards, 10 td, & 1 rush for 0 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1958 |
| SE | Sonny Randle | 27 | 4 | 0 | 51 catches for 1,014 yards, 12 td | Chicago Cardinals / 19th / 218th pick / 1958 |
| TE | Jackie Smith | 23 | Rook | 0 | 28 catches for 445 yards, 2 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| TE | Taz Anderson | 25 | 2 | 0 | 5 catches for 47 yards, 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 80th pick / 1960 |
| LT | Irv Goode | 23 | 1 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 12th pick / 1962 |
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| LG | Ed Cook | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| C | Bob DeMarco* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 14th / 157th pick / 1960 |
| RG | Ken Gray* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 62nd pick / 1958 |
| RT | Ernie McMillan | 25 | 2 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 13th / 176th pick / 1961 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Joe Robb | 26 | 4 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 14th / 164th pick / 1959 |
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| LDT | Don Owens | 31 | 6 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 30th pick / 1957 |
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| RDT | Luke Owens | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1957 |
| RDE | Don Brumm | 22 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 13th pick / 1963 |
| LLB | Larry Stallings | 22 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 68th pick / 1963 |
| LLB | Marion Rushing | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| MLB | Dale Meinert* | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 88th pick / 1955 |
| RLB | Bill Koman | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 91st pick / 1956 |
| LCB | Pat Fischer | 23 | 2 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 17th / 232nd pick / 1961 |
| RCB | Jimmy Hill | 35 | 8 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Jerry Stovall | 22 | Rook | 14 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 |
| LS | Billy Stacy | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1959 |
| RS | Larry Wilson* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 74th pick / 1960 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Bakken | 23 | 1 | 0 | 11 of 21 field goals & 44 of 44 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| P | Jerry Stovall | 22 | Rook | 14 | 65 punts for a 40.7 average, 0 blocked | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 |
| PR | Billy Gambrell | 22 | Rook | 0 | 11 punt returns for a 10.1 average and 0 td | Boston Patriots / 12th / 92nd pick / 1963 |
| KR | Jerry Stovall | 22 | Rook | 14 | 15 kick returns for a 27.9 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Taz Anderson | 25 | TE | 5 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 11/15/1938 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 80th pick / 1960 |
| Jim Bakken | 23 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 11/2/1940 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| Garland Boyette | 23 | LB-DE | 9 | 0 | 238 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 3/22/1940 | 1 | |
| Don Brumm | 22 | DE | 11 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Purdue | 10/4/1941 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 13th pick / 1963 |
| Jimmy Burson | 23 | DB | 1 | 0 | 175 | 6-0 | Auburn | 10/13/1940 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 8th / 63rd pick / 1963 |
| Joe Childress | 30 | HB-FB-FL | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | Auburn | 10/26/1933 | 7 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 1956 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad+ | 28 | FL-DB-HB-WR-K | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 11/17/1935 | 5 | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1958 |
| Ed Cook | 31 | T-G | 13 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 6/29/1932 | 5 | |
| John David Crow | 28 | HB-TE-FB | 3 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 7/8/1935 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1958 |
| Bob DeMarco* | 25 | C-G | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Dayton,Indiana | 9/16/1938 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 14th / 157th pick / 1960 |
| Fate Echols | 24 | T-DT | 3 | 0 | 258 | 6-1 | Northwestern | 6/29/1939 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 6th pick / 1962 |
| Pat Fischer | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 170 | 5-9 | Nebraska | 1/2/1940 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 17th / 232nd pick / 1961 |
| Billy Gambrell | 22 | SE-FL-WR | 14 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | South Carolina | 9/18/1941 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 12th / 92nd pick / 1963 |
| Prentice Gautt | 25 | HB-FB | 1 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 2/8/1938 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 19th pick / 1960 |
| Irv Goode | 23 | G-T-C | 13 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Kentucky | 10/12/1940 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 12th pick / 1962 |
| Ken Gray* | 27 | G-LB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Howard Payne | 3/10/1936 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 62nd pick / 1958 |
| Mal Hammack | 30 | FB-LB | 13 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Florida | 6/19/1933 | 8 | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 26th pick / 1955 |
| Ed Henke | 36 | DE-LB-G | 10 | 0 | 227 | 6-3 | USC | 12/13/1927 | 14 | Washington Redskins / 13th / 128th pick / 1949 |
| Jimmy Hill | 35 | DB | 12 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Sam Houston State | 6/27/1928 | 8 | |
| John Houser | 28 | G-C-T | 7 | 0 | 238 | 6-3 | Redlands | 6/21/1935 | 6 | |
| Buddy Humphrey | 28 | QB | 4 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | Baylor | 9/29/1935 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 16th pick / 1959 |
| Charley Johnson* | 25 | QB | 14 | 14 | 200 | 6-1 | New Mexico State,Schreiner College | 11/22/1938 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 63rd pick / 1961 |
| Bill Koman | 29 | LB | 14 | 0 | 229 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 9/16/1934 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 91st pick / 1956 |
| Ernie McMillan | 25 | T | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-5 | Illinois | 2/21/1938 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 13th / 176th pick / 1961 |
| Dave Meggyesy | 22 | LB | 6 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 11/1/1941 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 17th / 226th pick / 1963 |
| Dale Meinert* | 30 | LB-G | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Oklahoma State | 12/18/1933 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 88th pick / 1955 |
| Don Owens | 31 | DT-T | 13 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Southern Miss | 4/3/1932 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 30th pick / 1957 |
| Luke Owens | 30 | DE-DT-T | 14 | 0 | 254 | 6-2 | Kent State | 10/19/1933 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1957 |
| Bob Paremore | 24 | HB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Florida A&M | 12/5/1939 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 73rd pick / 1963 |
| Sonny Randle | 27 | E-WR | 14 | 0 | 189 | 6-2 | Virginia | 1/6/1936 | 4 | Chicago Cardinals / 19th / 218th pick / 1958 |
| Tom Redmond | 26 | DE-G-T | 9 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Vanderbilt | 9/21/1937 | 3 | Chicago Cardinals / 6th / 63rd pick / 1959 |
| Bob Reynolds | 24 | T | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Bowling Green | 1/22/1939 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 17th pick / 1963 |
| Joe Robb | 26 | DE-LB | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-3 | TCU | 3/15/1937 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 14th / 164th pick / 1959 |
| Marion Rushing | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | Southern Illinois | 9/3/1936 | 4 | |
| Sam Silas | 23 | DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Southern Illinois | 9/25/1940 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 6th / 46th pick / 1963 |
| Jackie Smith | 23 | TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Northwest State (LA) | 2/23/1940 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| Billy Stacy | 27 | DB-FL | 9 | 0 | 191 | 6-1 | Mississippi State | 7/30/1936 | 4 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1959 |
| Larry Stallings | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 12/11/1941 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 68th pick / 1963 |
| Jerry Stovall | 22 | DB-P | 14 | 14 | 205 | 6-2 | LSU | 4/30/1941 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 |
| John Symank | 28 | DB | 13 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Florida | 8/31/1935 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 23rd / 268th pick / 1957 |
| Bill Thornton | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Nebraska | 9/20/1939 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 58th pick / 1963 |
| Bill Triplett | 23 | RB-DB | 13 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Miami (OH) | 5/9/1940 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 70th pick / 1962 |
| Larry Wilson* | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Utah | 3/24/1938 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 74th pick / 1960 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 14 | 220.6 | 6-1.8 | 3.2 |