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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.

Simple Rating System: Total -5.7, Offense: -4.5, Defense: -1.2, SoS: 2.2, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Bob Hollway

 Defensive Coordinator: Chuck Drulis

Training Camp: Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Illinois)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 5.1 276 221 365 2550 15 11 6.6 138 548 2189 11 4.0 119 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

Team Games & Schedule

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

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
15 Gary Cuozzo 31 QB 8 6 1-5-0 69 158 43.7 897 5 3.2 11 7.0 68 5.7 3.2 13.0 112.1 43.7 13 89 4.73 2.42 7.6 1 1
17 Jim Hart 28 qb 6 3 2-1-0 60 119 50.4 857 5 4.2 5 4.2 98 7.2 6.2 14.3 142.8 70.6 7 56 6.36 5.37 5.6
16 Tim Van Galder 28 qb 5 5 1-3-1 40 79 50.6 434 1 1.3 7 8.9 71 5.5 1.8 10.9 86.8 34.5 10 76 4.02 0.71 11.2
44 Donny Anderson 29 P/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 23.67 23.67 0.0
81 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 0.00 0.00 0.0
8 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 0.00 0.00 0.0
Team Total 26.9 14 4-9-1 171 363 47.1 2259 11 3.0 23 6.3 98 6.2 4.0 13.2 161.4 51.0 30 221 5.19 3.11 7.6 1 1
Opp Total 14 221 365 60.5 2733 15 4.1 11 3.0 7.5 6.95 12.4 195.2 84.9 22 183 6.6 6.1 5.7

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
44 Donny Anderson 29 P/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
23 Johnny Roland 29 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
38 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
48 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
28 Ahmad Rashad 23 KR/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
17 Jim Hart 28 qb 6 3 9 17 0 8 1.9 2.8 1.5 17 0 3
16 Tim Van Galder 28 qb 5 5 9 28 0 16 3.1 5.6 1.8 28 0 3
32 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
36 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
81 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
27 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
35 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
15 Gary Cuozzo 31 QB 8 6 4 7 0 9 1.8 0.9 0.5 7 0 3
84 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
85 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
88 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
42 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
28 Ahmad Rashad 23 KR/WR 14 0 20 437 0 37 21.9 981
85 Mel Gray 24 7 0 2 -4 0 0 -2.0 17 378 0 29 22.2 436
33 Larry Willingham 24 PR 11 0 9 41 0 13 4.6 9 194 0 28 21.6 235
22 Roger Wehrli 25 SS 14 0 5 24 0 22 4.8 1 10 0 10 10.0 34
36 Cannonball Butler 29 5 0 4 85 0 27 21.3 96
38 Leon Burns 32 FB 14 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 100
88 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
44 Donny Anderson 29 P/RB 14 0 72 2847 61 0 39.5
25 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
23 Johnny Roland 29 14 0 0 7 2 0 0
44 Donny Anderson 29 P/RB 14 0 0 6 1 0 0
28 Ahmad Rashad 23 KR/WR 14 0 0 5 2 0 0
8 Larry Wilson 34 FS 12 0 3 35 0 24 0 0 1 2 0 0
17 Jim Hart 28 qb 6 3 0 3 2 -5 0
16 Tim Van Galder 28 qb 5 5 0 3 2 0 0
54 Tom Banks 24 C 14 0 0 2 2 -15 0
15 Gary Cuozzo 31 QB 8 6 0 3 1 -4 0
67 Larry Stallings 31 LLB 13 0 0 0 4 1 0
22 Roger Wehrli 25 SS 14 0 0 2 2 0 0
57 Mark Arneson 23 MLB 14 0 0 0 3 0 0
48 Craig Baynham 28 7 0 0 2 1 5 0
20 Miller Farr 29 RCB 13 0 3 21 0 21 0
49 Dale Hackbart 34 14 0 1 22 0 22 0 0 1 1 0 0
32 Leo Hayden 24 4 0 0 2 1 0 0
43 Norm Thompson 27 LCB 12 0 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 2 79 1
33 Larry Willingham 24 PR 11 0 0 2 1 0 0
36 Cannonball Butler 29 5 0 0 1 1 0 0
84 Walker Gillette 25 WR 14 0 0 1 1 0 0
85 Mel Gray 24 7 0 0 1 1 0 0
56 Mike McGill 26 4 0 2 28 0 26 0
87 Jeff Staggs 28 8 0 1 7 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0
86 Don Brumm 31 LDE 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
38 Leon Burns 32 FB 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
60 Jim Hargrove 27 10 0 0 0 1 0 0
88 Fred Hyatt 26 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
62 Martin Imhof 23 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
75 Bob Rowe 27 RDT 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
64 Bob Young 30 RG 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.9 14 11 118 0 26 0 0 43 39 61 1
Opp Total 14 30 31 15 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
25 Jim Bakken 32 K 14 0 19 14 61
44 Donny Anderson 29 P/RB 14 0 4 2 6 36
23 Johnny Roland 29 14 0 2 2 4 24
28 Ahmad Rashad 23 KR/WR 14 0 3 3 18
38 Leon Burns 32 FB 14 0 2 2 12
84 Walker Gillette 25 WR 14 0 2 2 12
81 Jackie Smith 32 TE 14 0 2 2 12
43 Norm Thompson 27 LCB 12 0 1 1 2 12
32 Leo Hayden 24 4 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.9 14 9 11 1 1 22 19 14 193
Opp Total 14 11 15 1 31 28 1 303