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1972 St. Louis Cardinals

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

Scored 193 points (13.8/g), 23rd of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 303 points (21.6/g), 18th.
 Differential of -110 points (-7.9/g), 21st.
 Expected W-L: 3.6-10.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-0.9/g), 23rd.

Coached by Bob Hollway (4-9-1)

1972 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 17 box W 1-0 @ Baltimore Colts 10 3 5 134 88 46 20 364 247 117 3
2 Sun September 24 box L 1-1 @ Washington Redskins 10 24 16 219 140 79 3 19 272 91 181
3 Sun October 1 box L 1-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 19 25 15 248 190 58 4 20 362 209 153 2
4 Sun October 8 box W 2-2 @ Minnesota Vikings 19 17 12 262 153 109 21 292 113 179 2
5 Sun October 15 box L 2-3 Washington Redskins 3 33 10 151 85 66 4 20 390 230 160 3
6 Sun October 22 box L 2-4 @ New York Giants 21 27 13 191 108 83 3 16 316 209 107 3
7 Sun October 29 box L 2-5 Chicago Bears 10 27 17 269 119 150 4 15 329 180 149 2
8 Sun November 5 box T 2-5-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 6 6 14 228 82 146 2 17 299 200 99 1
9 Sun November 12 box L 2-6-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 24 33 16 328 274 54 3 23 427 197 230 1
10 Sun November 19 box L 2-7-1 New York Giants 7 13 12 207 21 186 2 16 247 97 150
11 Mon November 27 box L 2-8-1 @ Miami Dolphins 10 31 12 224 173 51 6 24 426 226 200 2
12 Sun December 3 box L 2-9-1 Dallas Cowboys 6 27 10 141 89 52 5 18 349 140 209 5
13 Sun December 10 box W 3-9-1 Los Angeles Rams 24 14 11 269 192 77 1 29 391 240 151 3
14 Sun December 17 box W 4-9-1 Philadelphia Eagles 24 23 18 396 324 72 2 18 275 171 104

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 193 3267 754 4.3 181 171 363 2038 11 23 5.2 102 361 1229 9 3.4 68 39 16 11
Team Defense 303 4739 935 5.1 433 221 365 2550 15 11 6.6 138 548 2189 11 4.0 276 27 16 19
Lg Rank Offense 23 25 26 15 18 20 19 18 25 26 22 26 24 16
Lg Rank Defense 18 25 25 19 25 12 23 22 25 20 7 11 19 8

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%
Gary Cuozzo 31 QB 8 6 69 158 43.7 897 5 3.2 11 7.0 68 5.7 2.9 13.0 112.1 43.7 13 89 4.7 2.1 7.6
Jim Hart 28 qb 6 3 60 119 50.4 857 5 4.2 5 4.2 98 7.2 5.7 14.3 142.8 70.6 7 56 6.4 5.0 5.6
Tim Van Galder 28 qb 5 5 40 79 50.6 434 1 1.3 7 8.9 71 5.5 1.6 10.9 86.8 34.5 10 76 4.0 0.6 11.2
Donny Anderson 29 RB 14 0 2 3 66.7 71 0 0.0 0 0.0 38 23.7 23.7 35.5 5.1 109.7 0 0 23.7 23.7 0.0
Jackie Smith 32 TE 14 0 0 2 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
Larry Wilson 34 FS 12 0 0 2 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 26.9 14 171 363 47.1 2259 11 3.0 23 6.3 98 6.2 3.7 13.2 161.4 51.0 30 221 5.2 2.8 7.6
Opp Total 14 221 365 60.5 2550 15 4.1 11 3.0 7.0 6.0 11.5 182.1 82.8 22 183 6.6 5.2

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
Donny Anderson 29 RB 14 0 153 536 4 19 3.5 38.3 10.9 28 298 10.6 2 56 2.0 21.3 834 6 6
Johnny Roland 29 rb 14 0 105 414 2 18 3.9 29.6 7.5 38 321 8.4 2 27 2.7 22.9 735 4 7
Leon Burns 32 FB 14 0 26 69 2 9 2.7 4.9 1.9 6 24 4.0 0 12 0.4 1.7 93 2 0
Craig Baynham 28 7 0 17 43 0 11 2.5 6.1 2.4 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.1 1.4 53 0 2
Ahmad Rashad 23 WR 14 0 9 44 0 15 4.9 3.1 0.6 29 500 17.2 3 98 2.1 35.7 544 3 5
Jim Hart 28 qb 6 3 9 17 0 8 1.9 2.8 1.5 17 0 3
Tim Van Galder 28 qb 5 5 9 28 0 16 3.1 5.6 1.8 28 0 3
Leo Hayden 24 4 0 8 11 1 5 1.4 2.8 2.0 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.3 4.3 28 1 2
Cannonball Butler 29 5 0 6 3 0 5 0.5 0.6 1.2 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.2 1.6 11 0 1
Jackie Smith 32 TE 14 0 5 31 0 17 6.2 2.2 0.4 26 407 15.7 2 71 1.9 29.1 438 2 0
Roy Shivers 31 2 0 5 12 0 9 2.4 6.0 2.5 1 20 20.0 0 20 0.5 10.0 32 0 0
Tom Woodeshick 31 4 0 5 14 0 6 2.8 3.5 1.3 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.3 0.5 16 0 0
Gary Cuozzo 31 QB 8 6 4 7 0 9 1.8 0.9 0.5 7 0 3
Walker Gillette 25 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 33 550 16.7 2 65 2.4 39.3 550 2 1
Mel Gray 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 62 20.7 0 33 0.4 8.9 62 0 1
Fred Hyatt 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 32 16.0 0 25 0.2 2.7 32 0 0
Bob Wicks 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.9 8 0 0
Team Total 26.9 14 361 1229 9 19 3.4 87.8 25.8 171 2259 13.2 11 98 12.2 161.4 3488 20 43
Opp Total 14 548 2189 11 4.0 156.4 39.1 221 2550 11.5 15 15.8 182.1 4739 26 31

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Ahmad Rashad 23 WR 14 0 20 437 0 37 21.9 981
Mel Gray 24 7 0 2 -4 0 0 -2.0 17 378 0 29 22.2 436
Larry Willingham 24 RET 11 0 9 41 0 13 4.6 9 194 0 28 21.6 235
Roger Wehrli 25 SS 14 0 5 24 0 22 4.8 1 10 0 10 10.0 34
Cannonball Butler 29 5 0 4 85 0 27 21.3 96
Leon Burns 32 FB 14 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 100
Fred Hyatt 26 12 0 1 41 0 41 41.0 73
Team Total 26.9 14 16 61 0 22 3.8 53 1152 0 41 21.7 4701
Opp Total 14 37 0 40 1037 1 25.9

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
Donny Anderson 29 RB 14 0 72 2847 61 0 39.5
Jim Bakken 32 K 14 0 5 4 5 2 3 2 9 6 22 14 63.6% 21 19 90.5% 1 26 26 0 26.0
Team Total 26.9 14 5 4 5 2 3 2 9 6 22 14 63.6% 21 19 90.5% 73 2873 61 0 39.4
Opp Total 14 47 28 59.6% 31 31 100.0% 48 1891 39.4

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Donny Anderson 29 RB 14 0 6 1 0 0
Mark Arneson 23 MLB 14 0 0 3 0 0
Tom Banks 24 C 14 0 2 2 -15 0
Craig Baynham 28 7 0 2 1 5 0
Don Brumm 31 LDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Leon Burns 32 FB 14 0 0 1 0 0
Cannonball Butler 29 5 0 1 1 0 0
Gary Cuozzo 31 QB 8 6 3 1 -4 0
Miller Farr 29 RCB 13 0 3 21 0 21
Walker Gillette 25 WR 14 0 1 1 0 0
Mel Gray 24 7 0 1 1 0 0
Dale Hackbart 34 14 0 1 22 0 22 1 1 0 0
Jim Hargrove 27 10 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Hart 28 qb 6 3 3 2 -5 0
Leo Hayden 24 4 0 2 1 0 0
Fred Hyatt 26 12 0 0 1 0 0
Martin Imhof 23 rde 13 0 0 1 0 0
Mike McGill 26 4 0 2 28 0 26
Ahmad Rashad 23 WR 14 0 5 2 0 0
Johnny Roland 29 rb 14 0 7 2 0 0
Bob Rowe 27 RDT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Jeff Staggs 28 rlb 8 0 1 7 0 7 1 0 0 0
Larry Stallings 31 LLB 13 0 0 4 1 0
Norm Thompson 27 LCB 12 0 1 5 0 5 0 2 79 1
Tim Van Galder 28 qb 5 5 3 2 0 0
Roger Wehrli 25 SS 14 0 2 2 0 0
Larry Willingham 24 RET 11 0 2 1 0 0
Larry Wilson 34 FS 12 0 3 35 0 24 1 2 0 0
Bob Young 30 RG 14 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.9 14 11 118 0 26 43 39 61 1
Opp Total 14 30 31 15 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 32 K 14 0 19 14 61
Donny Anderson 29 RB 14 0 4 2 36
Johnny Roland 29 rb 14 0 2 2 24
Ahmad Rashad 23 WR 14 0 3 18
Leon Burns 32 FB 14 0 2 12
Walker Gillette 25 WR 14 0 2 12
Jackie Smith 32 TE 14 0 2 12
Norm Thompson 27 LCB 12 0 1 1 12
Leo Hayden 24 4 0 1 6
Team Total 26.9 14 9 11 1 1 19 14 193
Opp Total 14 11 15 1 31 28 1 303