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1966 St. Louis Cardinals
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Record: 8-5-1, Finished 4th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 264 points (18.9/g), 11th of 15 in the NFL.
Allowed 265 points (18.9/g), 6th.
Differential of -1 points (-0.1/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 7.0-7.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 10th.
Coached by Charley Winner (8-5-1)
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1966 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 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 103 for 205, 1,334 yards, 10 td, 11 int, & 20 rushes for 39 yards and 2 td | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 63rd pick / 1961 |
| QB | Terry Nofsinger | 28 | 5 | 5 | 68 for 162, 799 yards, 2 td, 8 int, & 18 rushes for 25 yards and 2 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 17th / 230th pick / 1961 |
| HB | Johnny Roland* | 23 | Rook | 0 | 192 rushes for 695 yards, 5 td, & 21 catches for 213 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 54th pick / 1965 |
| FB | Willis Crenshaw | 25 | 2 | 0 | 94 rushes for 360 yards, 0 td, & 15 catches for 46 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 114th pick / 1963 |
| FB | Prentice Gautt | 28 | 6 | 0 | 110 rushes for 370 yards, 1 td, & 16 catches for 114 yards and 1 td | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 19th pick / 1960 |
| FL | Bobby Joe Conrad | 31 | 8 | 0 | 34 catches for 388 yards, 2 td | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1958 |
| SE | Sonny Randle | 30 | 7 | 0 | 17 catches for 218 yards, 2 td | Chicago Cardinals / 19th / 218th pick / 1958 |
| TE | Jackie Smith* | 26 | 3 | 0 | 45 catches for 810 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for 8 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| LT | Bob Reynolds* | 27 | 3 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 17th pick / 1963 |
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| LG | Irv Goode | 26 | 4 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 12th pick / 1962 |
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| LG | Rick Sortun | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 164th pick / 1964 |
| C | Bob DeMarco | 28 | 5 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 14th / 157th pick / 1960 |
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| C | Irv Goode | 26 | 4 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 12th pick / 1962 |
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| RG | Ken Gray* | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 62nd pick / 1958 |
| RG | Rick Sortun | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 164th pick / 1964 |
| RT | Ernie McMillan | 28 | 5 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 13th / 176th pick / 1961 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Joe Robb* | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 14th / 164th pick / 1959 |
| LDT | Sam Silas | 26 | 3 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 6th / 46th pick / 1963 |
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| RDT | Chuck Walker* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 157th pick / 1963 |
| RDE | Don Brumm | 25 | 3 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 13th pick / 1963 |
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| LLB | Larry Stallings | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 68th pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Dale Meinert | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 88th pick / 1955 |
| RLB | Bill Koman | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 91st pick / 1956 |
| LCB | Jimmy Burson | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 8th / 63rd pick / 1963 |
| LCB | Pat Fischer | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 17th / 232nd pick / 1961 |
| RCB | Abe Woodson | 32 | 8 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1957 |
| RCB | Jimmy Burson | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 8th / 63rd pick / 1963 |
| LS | Jerry Stovall* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 |
| RS | Larry Wilson*+ | 28 | 6 | 14 | 10 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 74th pick / 1960 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Bakken | 26 | 4 | 0 | 23 of 40 field goals & 27 of 28 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| P | Jackie Smith* | 26 | 3 | 0 | 47 punts for a 37.9 average, 1 blocked | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| PR | Johnny Roland* | 23 | Rook | 0 | 20 punt returns for a 11.1 average and 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 54th pick / 1965 |
| KR | Roy Shivers | 25 | Rook | 0 | 27 kick returns for a 28.2 average and 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 264th pick / 1965 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Jim Bakken | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 11/2/1940 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| Don Brumm | 25 | DE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Purdue | 10/4/1941 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 13th pick / 1963 |
| Charlie Bryant | 25 | RB | 4 | 0 | 207 | 6-0 | Allen | 3/7/1941 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 135th pick / 1966 |
| Jimmy Burson | 26 | DB | 11 | 0 | 175 | 6-0 | Auburn | 10/13/1940 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 63rd pick / 1963 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 31 | FL-DB-HB-WR-K | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 11/17/1935 | 8 | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1958 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Kansas State | 7/16/1941 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 114th pick / 1963 |
| Bob DeMarco | 28 | C-G | 9 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Dayton,Indiana | 9/16/1938 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 14th / 157th pick / 1960 |
| Pat Fischer | 26 | DB | 7 | 0 | 170 | 5-9 | Nebraska | 1/2/1940 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 17th / 232nd pick / 1961 |
| Billy Gambrell | 25 | SE-FL-WR | 14 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | South Carolina | 9/18/1941 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 12th / 92nd pick / 1963 |
| Prentice Gautt | 28 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 2/8/1938 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 19th pick / 1960 |
| Irv Goode | 26 | G-T-C | 11 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Kentucky | 10/12/1940 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 12th pick / 1962 |
| Ken Gray* | 30 | G-LB | 11 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Howard Payne | 3/10/1936 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 62nd pick / 1958 |
| Mal Hammack | 33 | FB-LB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Florida | 6/19/1933 | 11 | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 26th pick / 1955 |
| Jim Hart | 22 | QB | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Southern Illinois | 4/29/1944 | Rook | |
| Jimmy Heidel | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 12/1/1943 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 124th pick / 1965 |
| Fred Heron | 22 | DT-DE | 11 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | San Jose State | 10/6/1944 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 45th pick / 1966 |
| Charley Johnson | 28 | QB | 9 | 9 | 200 | 6-1 | New Mexico State,Schreiner College | 11/22/1938 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 63rd pick / 1961 |
| Dick Kasperek | 23 | C | 4 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Iowa State | 2/6/1943 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 238th pick / 1966 |
| Bill Koman | 32 | LB | 14 | 0 | 229 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 9/16/1934 | 10 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 91st pick / 1956 |
| Dave Long | 22 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Iowa | 9/6/1944 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 43rd pick / 1966 |
| John McDowell | 24 | T-G | 1 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | St. John's (MN) | 2/12/1942 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 9th / 125th pick / 1964 |
| Ernie McMillan | 28 | T | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-5 | Illinois | 2/21/1938 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 13th / 176th pick / 1961 |
| Dave Meggyesy | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 11/1/1941 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 17th / 226th pick / 1963 |
| Dale Meinert | 33 | LB-G | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Oklahoma State | 12/18/1933 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 88th pick / 1955 |
| Mike Melinkovich | 24 | DE | 10 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Washington | 1/7/1942 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 17th / 236th pick / 1965 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 28 | QB | 7 | 5 | 215 | 6-4 | Utah | 7/13/1938 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 17th / 230th pick / 1961 |
| Dave O'Brien | 25 | T-DT-G | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-3 | Boston College | 6/13/1941 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 18th / 142nd pick / 1963 |
| Ray Ogden | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Alabama | 9/2/1942 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 40th pick / 1965 |
| Sonny Randle | 30 | E-WR | 14 | 0 | 189 | 6-2 | Virginia | 1/6/1936 | 7 | Chicago Cardinals / 19th / 218th pick / 1958 |
| Bob Reynolds* | 27 | T | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Bowling Green | 1/22/1939 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 17th pick / 1963 |
| Joe Robb* | 29 | DE-LB | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-3 | TCU | 3/15/1937 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 14th / 164th pick / 1959 |
| Johnny Roland* | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Missouri | 5/21/1943 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 54th pick / 1965 |
| Frank Roy | 24 | G | 11 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Utah | 6/19/1942 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 96th pick / 1965 |
| Roy Shivers | 25 | RB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Utah State | 7/5/1941 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 264th pick / 1965 |
| Sam Silas | 26 | DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Southern Illinois | 9/25/1940 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 6th / 46th pick / 1963 |
| Dave Simmons | 23 | LB | 6 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Georgia Tech | 8/3/1943 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 26th pick / 1965 |
| Jackie Smith* | 26 | TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Northwest State (LA) | 2/23/1940 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| Rick Sortun | 24 | G | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Washington | 9/26/1942 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 164th pick / 1964 |
| Larry Stallings | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 12/11/1941 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 68th pick / 1963 |
| Jerry Stovall* | 25 | DB-P | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | LSU | 4/30/1941 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 |
| Mike Strofolino | 22 | LB | 8 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Villanova | 2/6/1944 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 50th pick / 1965 |
| Bill Triplett | 26 | RB-DB | 8 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Miami (OH) | 5/9/1940 | 4 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 70th pick / 1962 |
| Chuck Walker* | 25 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Duke | 8/10/1941 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 157th pick / 1963 |
| Bobby Williams | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Central Oklahoma | 2/28/1942 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 11th / 163rd pick / 1966 |
| Larry Wilson*+ | 28 | DB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-0 | Utah | 3/24/1938 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 74th pick / 1960 |
| Abe Woodson | 32 | DB-HB | 14 | 0 | 188 | 5-11 | Illinois | 2/15/1934 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1957 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 14 | 222.8 | 6-2.0 | 3.4 |