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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)
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1971 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 | Jim Hart | 27 | 5 | 9 | 110 for 243, 1,626 yards, 8 td, 14 int, & 13 rushes for 9 yards and 0 td | |
| QB | Pete Beathard | 29 | 7 | 5 | 60 for 141, 1,030 yards, 6 td, 12 int, & 4 rushes for 29 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1964 |
| RB | Johnny Roland | 28 | 5 | 0 | 78 rushes for 278 yards, 0 td, & 15 catches for 108 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 54th pick / 1965 |
| FB | MacArthur Lane | 29 | 3 | 0 | 150 rushes for 592 yards, 3 td, & 29 catches for 298 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 13th pick / 1968 |
| FB | Cid Edwards | 28 | 3 | 0 | 108 rushes for 316 yards, 4 td, & 12 catches for 122 yards and 0 td | |
| WR | John Gilliam | 26 | 4 | 0 | 42 catches for 837 yards, 3 td, & 2 rushes for 16 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1967 |
| WR | Dave L. Williams | 26 | 4 | 0 | 12 catches for 182 yards, 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1967 |
| WR | Mel Gray | 23 | Rook | 0 | 18 catches for 534 yards, 4 td, & 2 rushes for 56 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 147th pick / 1971 |
| TE | Jackie Smith | 31 | 8 | 0 | 21 catches for 379 yards, 4 td, & 1 rush for 10 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| TE | Jim McFarland | 24 | 1 | 0 | 5 catches for 54 yards, 2 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 164th pick / 1970 |
| LT | Bob Reynolds | 32 | 8 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 17th pick / 1963 |
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| LG | Irv Goode | 31 | 9 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 12th pick / 1962 |
| C | Tom Banks | 23 | Rook | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 189th pick / 1970 |
| C | Wayne Mulligan | 24 | 2 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1969 |
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| RG | Clyde Williams | 31 | 4 | 0 | ||
| RG | Dan Dierdorf | 22 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
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| RT | Ernie McMillan | 33 | 10 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 13th / 176th pick / 1961 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ron Yankowski | 25 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 199th pick / 1971 |
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| LDT | Rolf Krueger | 25 | 2 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 35th pick / 1969 |
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| LDT | Fred Heron | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 45th pick / 1966 |
| RDT | Bob Rowe | 26 | 4 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1967 |
| RDE | Joe Schmiesing | 26 | 3 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 96th pick / 1968 |
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| RDE | Chuck Walker | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 157th pick / 1963 |
| LLB | Larry Stallings | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 68th pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Jamie Rivers | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 123rd pick / 1967 |
| RLB | Mike McGill | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 76th pick / 1968 |
| RLB | Rick Ogle | 22 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 11th / 277th pick / 1971 |
| LCB | Miller Farr | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Roger Wehrli* | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| RCB | Norm Thompson | 26 | Rook | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1971 |
| SS | Jerry Stovall | 30 | 8 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 |
| SS | Larry Wilson | 33 | 11 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 74th pick / 1960 |
| FS | Larry Wilson | 33 | 11 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 74th pick / 1960 |
| FS | Roger Wehrli* | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Bakken | 31 | 9 | 0 | 21 of 32 field goals & 24 of 24 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| P | Chuck Latourette | 26 | 4 | 0 | 56 punts for a 38.5 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | Larry Willingham | 23 | Rook | 0 | 10 punt returns for a 8.4 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 95th pick / 1971 |
| KR | Mel Gray | 23 | Rook | 0 | 30 kick returns for a 24.7 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 147th pick / 1971 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Jeff Allen | 23 | DB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Central College (IA),Iowa State | 8/27/1948 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 13th / 329th pick / 1971 |
| Jim Bakken | 31 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 11/2/1940 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| Tom Banks | 23 | C-G | 9 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Auburn | 8/20/1948 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 189th pick / 1970 |
| Pete Beathard | 29 | QB | 9 | 5 | 200 | 6-1 | USC | 3/7/1942 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1964 |
| Paul Dickson | 34 | DT-T | 5 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Baylor | 2/26/1937 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1959 |
| Dan Dierdorf | 22 | T-G-C | 12 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/29/1949 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
| Cid Edwards | 28 | RB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Tennessee State | 10/10/1943 | 3 | |
| Vern Emerson | 26 | T | 4 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Minnesota-Duluth | 9/2/1945 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 313th pick / 1968 |
| Miller Farr | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Wichita State | 4/8/1943 | 6 | |
| John Gilliam | 26 | WR-FL | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | South Carolina State | 8/7/1945 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1967 |
| Irv Goode | 31 | G-T-C | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Kentucky | 10/12/1940 | 9 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 12th pick / 1962 |
| Mel Gray | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 175 | 5-9 | Missouri | 9/28/1948 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 147th pick / 1971 |
| Dale Hackbart | 33 | DB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 7/21/1938 | 11 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 51st pick / 1960 |
| Jim Hargrove | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 233 | 6-2 | Howard Payne | 2/21/1945 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 14th / 348th pick / 1967 |
| Jim Hart | 27 | QB | 11 | 9 | 215 | 6-1 | Southern Illinois | 4/29/1944 | 5 | |
| Fred Heron | 27 | DT-DE | 9 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | San Jose State | 10/6/1944 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 45th pick / 1966 |
| George Hoey | 25 | DB | 6 | 0 | 174 | 5-10 | Michigan | 11/14/1946 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 14th / 346th pick / 1969 |
| Chuck Hutchison | 23 | G | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 11/17/1948 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1970 |
| Fred Hyatt | 25 | WR | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Auburn | 6/28/1946 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 40th pick / 1968 |
| Rolf Krueger | 25 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 12/8/1946 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 35th pick / 1969 |
| MacArthur Lane | 29 | RB | 13 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Utah State | 3/16/1942 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 13th pick / 1968 |
| Chuck Latourette | 26 | P-DB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Rice | 7/21/1945 | 4 | |
| Tom Longo | 29 | DB | 2 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 2/21/1942 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 14th / 188th pick / 1965 |
| Jim McFarland | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 10/4/1947 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 164th pick / 1970 |
| Mike McGill | 25 | LB | 11 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 11/21/1946 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 76th pick / 1968 |
| Ernie McMillan | 33 | T | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-5 | Illinois | 2/21/1938 | 10 | St. Louis Cardinals / 13th / 176th pick / 1961 |
| Terry Miller | 25 | LB | 9 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Illinois | 4/11/1946 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 202nd pick / 1968 |
| Wayne Mulligan | 24 | C-T | 7 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Clemson | 5/5/1947 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1969 |
| Rick Ogle | 22 | LB | 6 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Colorado | 1/14/1949 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 11th / 277th pick / 1971 |
| Don Parish | 23 | LB | 1 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Stanford | 1/4/1948 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1970 |
| Ted Provost | 23 | DB | 2 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 7/26/1948 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 162nd pick / 1970 |
| Bob Reynolds | 32 | T | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Bowling Green | 1/22/1939 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 17th pick / 1963 |
| Jamie Rivers | 26 | LB | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 9/22/1945 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 123rd pick / 1967 |
| Johnny Roland | 28 | RB | 13 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Missouri | 5/21/1943 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 54th pick / 1965 |
| Rocky Rosema | 25 | LB | 2 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Michigan | 2/5/1946 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 123rd pick / 1968 |
| Bob Rowe | 26 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-4 | Western Michigan | 5/23/1945 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1967 |
| Joe Schmiesing | 26 | DE-DT | 9 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Minnesota,New Mexico State | 4/1/1945 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 96th pick / 1968 |
| Roy Shivers | 30 | RB | 11 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Utah State | 7/5/1941 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 264th pick / 1965 |
| Jackie Smith | 31 | TE | 9 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Northwest State (LA) | 2/23/1940 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| Larry Stallings | 30 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 12/11/1941 | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 68th pick / 1963 |
| Larry Stegent | 24 | RB | 7 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 12/1/1947 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1970 |
| Jerry Stovall | 30 | DB-P | 6 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | LSU | 4/30/1941 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 |
| Norm Thompson | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Utah | 3/5/1945 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1971 |
| Chuck Walker | 30 | DT-DE | 11 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Duke | 8/10/1941 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 157th pick / 1963 |
| Roger Wehrli* | 24 | DB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Missouri | 11/26/1947 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| Paul White | 23 | RB | 6 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Texas-El Paso | 9/17/1948 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 214th pick / 1970 |
| Clyde Williams | 31 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Southern | 7/27/1940 | 4 | |
| Dave L. Williams | 26 | WR-SE | 13 | 0 | 207 | 6-2 | Washington | 8/10/1945 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1967 |
| Larry Willingham | 23 | DB | 9 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Auburn | 12/22/1948 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 95th pick / 1971 |
| Larry Wilson | 33 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Utah | 3/24/1938 | 11 | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 74th pick / 1960 |
| Ron Yankowski | 25 | DE | 12 | 0 | 244 | 6-5 | Kansas State | 10/23/1946 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 199th pick / 1971 |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 223.0 | 6-2.0 | 3.8 |