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1971 St. Louis Cardinals

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Record: 4-9-1, Finished 4th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 231 points (16.5/g), 20th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 279 points (19.9/g), 15th.
 Differential of -48 points (-3.4/g), 17th.
 Expected W-L: 5.5-8.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-0.9/g), 23rd.

Coached by Bob Hollway (4-9-1)

1971 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 19 box L 0-1 Washington Redskins 17 24 13 255 138 117 7 10 213 65 148 1
2 Mon September 27 box W 1-1 New York Jets 17 10 15 340 222 118 1 18 239 121 118
3 Sun October 3 box L 1-2 New York Giants 20 21 14 305 176 129 4 16 301 220 81 2
4 Sun October 10 box W 2-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 26 9 16 263 112 151 15 213 119 94 6
5 Sun October 17 box L 2-3 @ Washington Redskins 0 20 11 205 180 25 7 21 349 120 229 2
6 Sun October 24 box L 2-4 San Francisco 49ers 14 26 15 284 176 108 3 16 366 226 140
7 Sun October 31 box W 3-4 @ Buffalo Bills 28 23 24 305 163 142 19 309 247 62 3
8 Sun November 7 box L 3-5 Dallas Cowboys 13 16 11 228 192 36 1 20 372 199 173
9 Mon November 15 box L 3-6 @ San Diego Chargers 17 20 21 346 214 132 3 21 389 249 140 3
10 Sun November 21 box L 3-7 Philadelphia Eagles 20 37 15 333 248 85 8 17 267 134 133 2
11 Sun November 28 box W 4-7 @ New York Giants 24 7 21 344 137 207 3 15 285 211 74 6
12 Sun December 5 box T 4-7-1 Green Bay Packers 16 16 12 305 225 80 1 19 357 146 211 3
13 Sun December 12 box L 4-8-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 7 19 10 273 161 112 5 19 382 205 177 1
14 Sat December 18 box L 4-9-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 12 31 14 215 127 88 3 18 323 118 205 4

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 231 4001 821 4.9 212 170 385 2471 14 26 6.1 109 417 1530 8 3.7 86 46 20 17
Team Defense 279 4365 881 5.0 379 212 375 2380 12 17 6.0 120 486 1985 10 4.1 244 33 16 15
Lg Rank Offense 20 14 17 10 5 14 18 7 19 21 21 21 23 22
Lg Rank Defense 15 20 21 19 21 8 18 18 19 18 8 13 16 10

Passing

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Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Jim Hart 27 QB 11 9 110 243 45.3 1626 8 3.3 14 5.8 57 6.7 4.4 14.8 147.8 54.7 13 139 5.8 3.7 5.1
Pete Beathard 29 qb 9 5 60 141 42.6 1030 6 4.3 12 8.5 80 7.3 3.9 17.2 114.4 46.7 6 46 6.7 3.4 4.1
Roy Shivers 30 11 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.8 14 170 385 44.2 2656 14 3.6 26 6.8 80 6.9 4.2 15.6 189.7 51.6 19 185 6.1 3.6 4.7
Opp Total 14 212 375 56.5 2380 12 3.2 17 4.5 6.3 4.6 11.2 170.0 67.4 20 166 6.0 4.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
MacArthur Lane 29 FB 13 0 150 592 3 40 3.9 45.5 11.5 29 298 10.3 0 34 2.2 22.9 890 3 2
Cid Edwards 28 fb 12 0 108 316 4 14 2.9 26.3 9.0 12 122 10.2 0 38 1.0 10.2 438 4 8
Johnny Roland 28 RB 13 0 78 278 0 16 3.6 21.4 6.0 15 108 7.2 0 15 1.2 8.3 386 0 4
Roy Shivers 30 11 0 55 202 1 10 3.7 18.4 5.0 10 76 7.6 0 19 0.9 6.9 278 1 3
Jim Hart 27 QB 11 9 13 9 0 3 0.7 0.8 1.2 9 0 2
Pete Beathard 29 qb 9 5 4 29 0 15 7.3 3.2 0.4 29 0 2
Chuck Latourette 26 P 13 0 3 19 0 20 6.3 1.5 0.2 19 0 1
John Gilliam 26 WR 14 0 2 16 0 12 8.0 1.1 0.1 42 837 19.9 3 54 3.0 59.8 853 3 2
Mel Gray 23 wr 14 0 2 56 0 38 28.0 4.0 0.1 18 534 29.7 4 80 1.3 38.1 590 4 1
Jackie Smith 31 TE 9 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 1.1 0.1 21 379 18.0 4 61 2.3 42.1 389 4 0
Paul White 23 6 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.5 0.2 3 0 0
Dave L. Williams 26 WR 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 182 15.2 1 37 0.9 14.0 182 1 0
Jim McFarland 24 te 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 54 10.8 2 21 0.4 3.9 54 2 0
Fred Hyatt 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 58 14.5 0 30 0.3 4.1 58 0 0
Bob Reynolds 32 LT 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4 0.1 -0.3 -4 0 0
Larry Stegent 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 1.7 12 0 1
Team Total 26.8 14 417 1530 8 40 3.7 109.3 29.8 170 2656 15.6 14 80 12.1 189.7 4186 22 35
Opp Total 14 486 1985 10 4.1 141.8 34.7 212 2380 11.2 12 15.1 170.0 4365 22 28

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Mel Gray 23 wr 14 0 30 740 0 65 24.7 1330
Larry Willingham 23 RET 9 0 10 84 0 19 8.4 6 125 0 56 20.8 209
Norm Thompson 26 rcb 14 0 5 27 0 11 5.4 7 182 0 45 26.0 209
George Hoey 25 6 0 9 251 1 103 27.9 251
Roger Wehrli* 24 RCB/fs 13 0 9 84 0 34 9.3 84
Johnny Roland 28 RB 13 0 3 10 0 8 3.3 2 24 0 17 12.0 420
Cid Edwards 28 fb 12 0 2 41 0 21 20.5 479
Paul Dickson 34 5 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Dan Dierdorf 22 rg 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
John Gilliam 26 WR 14 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 874
Larry Stallings 30 LLB 14 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
Larry Stegent 24 7 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 12
Team Total 26.8 14 30 234 0 34 7.8 58 1363 1 103 23.5 5783
Opp Total 14 24 1 54 1318 1 24.4

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Jim Bakken 31 K 14 0 5 5 13 8 6 5 8 3 32 21 65.6% 24 24 100.0% 5 207 44 0 41.4
Chuck Latourette 26 P 13 0 56 2157 55 1 38.5
Team Total 26.8 14 5 5 13 8 6 5 8 3 32 21 65.6% 24 24 100.0% 61 2364 55 1 38.8
Opp Total 14 39 25 64.1% 29 28 96.6% 58 2343 40.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Tom Banks 23 C 9 0 0 2 0 0
Pete Beathard 29 qb 9 5 2 0 0 0
Cid Edwards 28 fb 12 0 8 1 0 0
Miller Farr 28 LCB 14 0 2 13 0 13 0 3 5 0
John Gilliam 26 WR 14 0 2 2 0 0
Irv Goode 31 LG 14 0 1 1 -17 0
Mel Gray 23 wr 14 0 1 1 0 0
Dale Hackbart 33 14 0 1 11 0 11 0 1 0 0
Jim Hart 27 QB 11 9 2 1 0 0
Fred Heron 27 ldt 9 0 0 1 4 0
Chuck Hutchison 23 13 0 0 1 0 0
MacArthur Lane 29 FB 13 0 2 0 0 0
Chuck Latourette 26 P 13 0 1 0 -9 0
Mike McGill 25 RLB 11 0 1 19 0 19
Terry Miller 25 9 0 0 1 0 0
Rick Ogle 22 rlb 6 0 0 2 0 0
Jamie Rivers 26 MLB 12 0 0 3 0 0
Johnny Roland 28 RB 13 0 4 0 0 0
Bob Rowe 26 RDT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Roy Shivers 30 11 0 3 1 0 0
Larry Stallings 30 LLB 14 0 1 26 1 26
Larry Stegent 24 7 0 1 0 0 0
Jerry Stovall 30 SS 6 0 2 20 0 20
Norm Thompson 26 rcb 14 0 4 45 0 25 4 1 0 0
Chuck Walker 30 rde 11 0 0 1 0 0
Roger Wehrli* 24 RCB/fs 13 0 2 11 0 6 2 2 0 0
Larry Willingham 23 RET 9 0 2 2 0 0
Larry Wilson 33 FS/ss 14 0 4 46 0 23
Team Total 26.8 14 17 191 1 26 35 28 -17 0
Opp Total 14 19 28 12 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jim Bakken 31 K 14 0 24 21 87
Cid Edwards 28 fb 12 0 4 24
Mel Gray 23 wr 14 0 4 24
Jackie Smith 31 TE 9 0 4 24
John Gilliam 26 WR 14 0 3 18
MacArthur Lane 29 FB 13 0 3 18
Jim McFarland 24 te 14 0 2 12
George Hoey 25 6 0 1 6
Roy Shivers 30 11 0 1 6
Larry Stallings 30 LLB 14 0 1 6
Dave L. Williams 26 WR 13 0 1 6
Team Total 26.8 14 8 14 1 1 24 21 231
Opp Total 14 10 12 1 1 28 25 1 279