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1969 St. Louis Cardinals
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Record: 4-9-1, Finished 3rd in NFL Century Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 314 points (22.4/g), 5th of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 389 points (27.8/g), 14th.
Differential of -75 points (-5.4/g), 12th.
Expected W-L: 5.3-8.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.6/g), 10th.
Simple Rating System: Total -7.0, Offense: 0.8, Defense: -7.8, SoS: -1.7, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Charley Winner (4-9-1)
Training Camp: Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Illinois)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Charley Johnson | 31 | 8 | 9 | 131 for 260, 1,847 yards, 13 td, 13 int, & 17 rushes for 51 yards and 1 td | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 63rd pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 109th pick / 1960 |
| QB | Jim Hart | 25 | 3 | 5 | 84 for 169, 1,086 yards, 6 td, 12 int, & 7 rushes for 16 yards and 2 td | |
| HB | Johnny Roland | 26 | 3 | 0 | 138 rushes for 498 yards, 5 td, & 12 catches for 136 yards and 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 54th pick / 1965 |
| FB | Cid Edwards | 26 | 1 | 0 | 107 rushes for 504 yards, 3 td, & 23 catches for 309 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Willis Crenshaw | 28 | 5 | 0 | 55 rushes for 172 yards, 3 td, & 11 catches for 94 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 114th pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 26th / 204th pick / 1963 |
| FL | John Gilliam | 24 | 2 | 0 | 52 catches for 997 yards, 9 td, & 1 rush for -4 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1967 |
| SE | Dave L. Williams | 24 | 2 | 0 | 56 catches for 702 yards, 7 td, & 1 rush for 1 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1967 |
| TE | Jackie Smith* | 29 | 6 | 0 | 43 catches for 561 yards, 1 td, & 4 rushes for 0 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| LT | Bob Reynolds* | 30 | 6 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 17th pick / 1963 Boston Patriots / 4th / 30th pick / 1963 |
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| LG | Irv Goode | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 12th pick / 1962 Dallas Texans / 4th / 28th pick / 1962 |
| C | Bob DeMarco+ | 31 | 8 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 14th / 157th pick / 1960 | |
| RG | Ken Gray+ | 33 | 11 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 62nd pick / 1958 | |
| RT | Ernie McMillan* | 31 | 8 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 13th / 176th pick / 1961 Boston Patriots / 29th / 226th pick / 1961 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Rolf Krueger | 23 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 35th pick / 1969 | |
| LDT | Fred Heron | 25 | 3 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 45th pick / 1966 | |
| RDT | Bob Rowe | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1967 |
| RDE | Chuck Walker+ | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 5 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 157th pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 22nd / 172nd pick / 1963 |
| LLB | Larry Stallings | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 68th pick / 1963 St. Louis Cardinals / 18th / 241st pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Jamie Rivers | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 123rd pick / 1967 |
| MLB | Chip Healy | 22 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 71st pick / 1969 | |
| RLB | Rocky Rosema | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 123rd pick / 1968 |
| RLB | Dave Meggyesy | 28 | 6 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 17th / 226th pick / 1963 | |
| LCB | Roger Wehrli | 22 | Rook | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| RCB | Nate Wright | 23 | Rook | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Bob Atkins | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1968 |
| LS | Jerry Stovall* | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 |
| RS | Larry Wilson*+ | 31 | 9 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 74th pick / 1960 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Bakken | 29 | 7 | 0 | 12 of 24 field goals & 38 of 40 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| P | King Hill | 33 | 11 | 0 | 73 punts for a 37.6 average, 1 blocked | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 1st pick / 1958 |
| PR | Roger Wehrli | 22 | Rook | 0 | 13 punt returns for a 5.0 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| KR | MacArthur Lane | 27 | 1 | 0 | 20 kick returns for a 26.1 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 13th pick / 1968 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Bob Atkins | 23 | DB | 13 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Grambling St. | 4/2/1946 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1968 |
| 25 | Jim Bakken | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 11/2/1940 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| 89 | Robert Brown | 26 | TE | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Alcorn St. | 1/1/1943 | Rook | |
| 24 | Terry Brown | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Oklahoma St. | 1/9/1947 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1969 |
| 86 | Don Brumm | 28 | DE | 4 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Purdue | 10/4/1941 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 13th pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 24th pick / 1963 |
| 33 | Willis Crenshaw | 28 | RB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Kansas St. | 7/16/1941 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 114th pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 26th / 204th pick / 1963 |
| 31 | Jerry Daanen | 25 | WR | 9 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Miami (FL) | 12/15/1944 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 205th pick / 1968 |
| 61 | Bob DeMarco+ | 31 | C-G | 12 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Indiana,Dayton | 9/16/1938 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 14th / 157th pick / 1960 |
| 39 | Cid Edwards | 26 | RB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Tennessee St. | 10/10/1943 | 1 | |
| 76 | Vern Emerson | 24 | T | 5 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Minnesota-Duluth | 9/2/1945 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 313th pick / 1968 |
| 44 | John Gilliam | 24 | WR-FL | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | South Carolina St. | 8/7/1945 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1967 |
| 55 | Irv Goode | 29 | G-T-C | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Kentucky | 10/12/1940 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 12th pick / 1962 Dallas Texans / 4th / 28th pick / 1962 |
| 64 | Ken Gray+ | 33 | G-LB | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Howard Payne | 3/10/1936 | 11 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 62nd pick / 1958 |
| 17 | Jim Hart | 25 | QB | 9 | 5 | 215 | 6-1 | Southern Illinois | 4/29/1944 | 3 | |
| 56 | Chip Healy | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Vanderbilt | 8/16/1947 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 71st pick / 1969 |
| 74 | Fred Heron | 25 | DT-DE | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | San Jose St. | 10/6/1944 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 45th pick / 1966 |
| 15 | King Hill | 33 | QB | 14 | 0 | 212 | 6-3 | Rice | 11/8/1936 | 11 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 1st pick / 1958 |
| 88 | Fred Hyatt | 23 | WR | 6 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Auburn | 6/28/1946 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 40th pick / 1968 |
| 12 | Charley Johnson | 31 | QB | 12 | 9 | 200 | 6-1 | Schreiner College,New Mexico St. | 11/22/1938 | 8 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 63rd pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 109th pick / 1960 |
| 70 | Rolf Krueger | 23 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 12/8/1946 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 35th pick / 1969 |
| 36 | MacArthur Lane | 27 | RB | 9 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Utah St. | 3/16/1942 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 13th pick / 1968 |
| 73 | Ernie McMillan* | 31 | T | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-5 | Illinois | 2/21/1938 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 13th / 176th pick / 1961 Boston Patriots / 29th / 226th pick / 1961 |
| 60 | Dave Meggyesy | 28 | LB | 8 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 11/1/1941 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 17th / 226th pick / 1963 |
| 50 | Wayne Mulligan | 22 | C-T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Clemson | 5/5/1947 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1969 |
| 51 | Dave Olerich | 25 | LB-TE | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | San Francisco | 11/14/1944 | 2 | |
| 71 | Bob Reynolds* | 30 | T | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Bowling Green | 1/22/1939 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 17th pick / 1963 Boston Patriots / 4th / 30th pick / 1963 |
| 53 | Jamie Rivers | 24 | LB | 10 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 9/22/1945 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 123rd pick / 1967 |
| 23 | Johnny Roland | 26 | RB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Missouri | 5/21/1943 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 54th pick / 1965 |
| 34 | Rocky Rosema | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Michigan | 2/5/1946 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 123rd pick / 1968 |
| 75 | Bob Rowe | 24 | DT-DE | 13 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | West. Michigan | 5/23/1945 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1967 |
| 42 | Lonnie Sanders | 28 | DB | 1 | 0 | 207 | 6-3 | Michigan St. | 11/6/1941 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1963 Denver Broncos / 10th / 77th pick / 1963 |
| 43 | Mack Sauls | 24 | DB | 4 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Texas St. | 8/15/1945 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 13th / 339th pick / 1968 |
| 82 | Joe Schmiesing | 24 | DE-DT | 11 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Minnesota,New Mexico St. | 4/1/1945 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 96th pick / 1968 |
| 27 | Roy Shivers | 28 | RB | 12 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Utah St. | 7/5/1941 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 264th pick / 1965 |
| 81 | Jackie Smith* | 29 | TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | NW State (LA) | 2/23/1940 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| 87 | Cal Snowden | 23 | DE | 7 | 0 | 253 | 6-4 | Indiana | 11/29/1946 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 227th pick / 1969 |
| 66 | Rick Sortun | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Washington | 9/26/1942 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 164th pick / 1964 |
| 67 | Larry Stallings | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 12/11/1941 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 68th pick / 1963 St. Louis Cardinals / 18th / 241st pick / 1963 |
| 21 | Jerry Stovall* | 28 | DB-P | 10 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | LSU | 4/30/1941 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 |
| 79 | Chuck Walker+ | 28 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Duke | 8/10/1941 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 157th pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 22nd / 172nd pick / 1963 |
| 22 | Roger Wehrli | 22 | DB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Missouri | 11/26/1947 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| 63 | Clyde Williams | 29 | G-T | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Southern | 7/27/1940 | 2 | |
| 80 | Dave L. Williams | 24 | WR-SE | 14 | 0 | 207 | 6-2 | Washington | 8/10/1945 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1967 |
| 8 | Larry Wilson*+ | 31 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Utah | 3/24/1938 | 9 | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 74th pick / 1960 |
| 37 | Mike S. Wilson | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | West. Illinois | 11/19/1946 | Rook | |
| 41 | Nate Wright | 23 | DB | 10 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | San Diego St. | 12/21/1946 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 14 | 226.0 | 6-2.1 | 3.4 |