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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)
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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 | Gary Cuozzo | 31 | 9 | 6 | 69 for 158, 897 yards, 5 td, 11 int, & 4 rushes for 7 yards and 0 td | |
| P | Donny Anderson | 29 | 6 | 0 | 72 punts for a 39.5 average, 0 blocked | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 |
| FB | Leon Burns | 32 | 1 | 0 | 26 rushes for 69 yards, 2 td, & 6 catches for 24 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 13th pick / 1971 |
| WR | Walker Gillette | 25 | 2 | 0 | 33 catches for 550 yards, 2 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 15th pick / 1970 |
| KR | Ahmad Rashad | 23 | Rook | 0 | 20 kick returns for a 21.9 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 4th pick / 1972 |
| TE | Jackie Smith | 32 | 9 | 0 | 26 catches for 407 yards, 2 td, & 5 rushes for 31 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| LT | Dan Dierdorf | 23 | 1 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 | |
| LG | Conrad Dobler | 22 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 110th pick / 1972 | |
| C | Tom Banks | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 189th pick / 1970 |
| RG | Bob Young | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 |
| Wayne Mulligan | 25 | 3 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1969 | ||
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Don Brumm | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 13th pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 24th pick / 1963 |
| LDT | John Richardson | 27 | 5 | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 216th pick / 1967 | |
| RDT | Bob Rowe | 27 | 5 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1967 |
| RDE | Ron Yankowski | 26 | 1 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 199th pick / 1971 | |
| LLB | Larry Stallings | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 68th pick / 1963 St. Louis Cardinals / 18th / 241st pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Mark Arneson | 23 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1972 |
| RLB | Terry Miller | 26 | 2 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 202nd pick / 1968 | |
| LCB | Norm Thompson | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1971 |
| RCB | Miller Farr | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| SS | Roger Wehrli | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| FS | Larry Wilson | 34 | 12 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 74th pick / 1960 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Bakken | 32 | 10 | 0 | 14 of 22 field goals & 19 of 21 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| P | Donny Anderson | 29 | 6 | 0 | 72 punts for a 39.5 average, 0 blocked | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 |
| PR | Larry Willingham | 24 | 1 | 0 | 9 punt returns for a 4.6 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 95th pick / 1971 |
| KR | Ahmad Rashad | 23 | Rook | 0 | 20 kick returns for a 21.9 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 4th pick / 1972 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | Donny Anderson | 29 | P | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 5/16/1943 | 6 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 |
| 57 | Mark Arneson | 23 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Arizona | 9/9/1949 | Rook | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1972 |
| 25 | Jim Bakken | 32 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 11/2/1940 | 10 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| 54 | Tom Banks | 24 | C | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Auburn | 8/20/1948 | 1 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 189th pick / 1970 |
| 48 | Craig Baynham | 28 | 7 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 7/24/1944 | 5 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 12th / 176th pick / 1966 | |
| 31 | Chuck Beatty | 26 | 4 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | North Texas | 2/8/1946 | 3 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 160th pick / 1969 | |
| 89 | Tom Beckman | 22 | 2 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Michigan | 9/21/1950 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 57th pick / 1972 | |
| 55 | Dave Bradley | 25 | 1 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Penn St. | 2/13/1947 | 3 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 38th pick / 1969 | |
| 86 | Don Brumm | 31 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Purdue | 10/4/1941 | 9 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 13th pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 24th pick / 1963 |
| 38 | Leon Burns | 32 | FB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-2 | Long Beach St. | 9/15/1940 | 1 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 13th pick / 1971 |
| 36 | Cannonball Butler | 29 | 5 | 0 | 194 | 5-9 | Edward Waters | 5/4/1943 | 7 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 186th pick / 1965 | |
| 47 | Steve Conley | 23 | 7 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Kansas | 3/9/1949 | Rook | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 158th pick / 1972 | |
| 15 | Gary Cuozzo | 31 | QB | 8 | 6 | 195 | 6-0 | Virginia | 4/26/1941 | 9 | 0 | |
| 72 | Dan Dierdorf | 23 | LT | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/29/1949 | 1 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
| 60 | Conrad Dobler | 22 | LG | 12 | 0 | 254 | 6-3 | Wyoming | 10/1/1950 | Rook | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 110th pick / 1972 |
| 20 | Miller Farr | 29 | RCB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Wichita St. | 4/8/1943 | 7 | 7 | |
| 84 | Walker Gillette | 25 | WR | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-5 | Richmond | 3/16/1947 | 2 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 15th pick / 1970 |
| 85 | Mel Gray | 24 | 7 | 0 | 175 | 5-9 | Missouri | 9/28/1948 | 1 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 147th pick / 1971 | |
| 49 | Dale Hackbart | 34 | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 7/21/1938 | 12 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 51st pick / 1960 | |
| 60 | Jim Hargrove | 27 | 10 | 0 | 233 | 6-2 | Howard Payne | 2/21/1945 | 5 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 14th / 348th pick / 1967 | |
| 17 | Jim Hart | 28 | qb | 6 | 3 | 215 | 6-1 | Southern Illinois | 4/29/1944 | 6 | 3 | |
| 32 | Leo Hayden | 24 | 4 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Ohio St. | 6/2/1948 | 1 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 24th pick / 1971 | |
| 34 | Don Heater | 22 | 2 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Montana Tech | 6/22/1950 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 135th pick / 1972 | |
| 74 | Fred Heron | 28 | 6 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | San Jose St. | 10/6/1944 | 6 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 45th pick / 1966 | |
| 70 | John Hoffman | 29 | 2 | 0 | 260 | 6-7 | USC,Hawaii | 8/2/1943 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 65 | Chuck Hutchison | 24 | 4 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 11/17/1948 | 2 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1970 | |
| 88 | Fred Hyatt | 26 | 12 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Auburn | 6/28/1946 | 4 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 40th pick / 1968 | |
| 62 | Martin Imhof | 23 | 13 | 0 | 255 | 6-6 | San Diego St. | 10/9/1949 | Rook | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 84th pick / 1972 | |
| 59 | Jeff Lyman | 22 | 2 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | BYU | 8/21/1950 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 82nd pick / 1972 | |
| 80 | Jim McFarland | 25 | 10 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 10/4/1947 | 2 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 164th pick / 1970 | |
| 56 | Mike McGill | 26 | 4 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 11/21/1946 | 4 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 76th pick / 1968 | |
| 73 | Ernie McMillan | 34 | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-5 | Illinois | 2/21/1938 | 11 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 13th / 176th pick / 1961 Boston Patriots / 29th / 226th pick / 1961 |
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| 58 | Terry Miller | 26 | RLB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Illinois | 4/11/1946 | 2 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 202nd pick / 1968 |
| 50 | Wayne Mulligan | 25 | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Clemson | 5/5/1947 | 3 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1969 | |
| 76 | Scott Palmer | 24 | 5 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Texas | 9/15/1948 | 1 | 0 | New York Jets / 7th / 162nd pick / 1971 | |
| 51 | Don Parish | 24 | 2 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Stanford | 1/4/1948 | 2 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1970 | |
| 30 | Ara Person | 24 | 4 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Morgan St. | 9/23/1948 | Rook | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 74th pick / 1970 | |
| 28 | Ahmad Rashad | 23 | KR | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Oregon | 11/19/1949 | Rook | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 4th pick / 1972 |
| 71 | John Richardson | 27 | LDT | 11 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | UCLA | 5/25/1945 | 5 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 216th pick / 1967 |
| 53 | Jamie Rivers | 27 | 2 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 9/22/1945 | 4 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 123rd pick / 1967 | |
| 23 | Johnny Roland | 29 | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Missouri | 5/21/1943 | 6 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 54th pick / 1965 | |
| 75 | Bob Rowe | 27 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-4 | West. Michigan | 5/23/1945 | 5 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1967 |
| 27 | Roy Shivers | 31 | 2 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Utah St. | 7/5/1941 | 6 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 264th pick / 1965 | |
| 81 | Jackie Smith | 32 | TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | NW State (LA) | 2/23/1940 | 9 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| 87 | Jeff Staggs | 28 | 8 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | BYU,San Diego St. | 5/14/1944 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 67 | Larry Stallings | 31 | LLB | 13 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 12/11/1941 | 9 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 68th pick / 1963 St. Louis Cardinals / 18th / 241st pick / 1963 |
| 43 | Norm Thompson | 27 | LCB | 12 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Utah | 3/5/1945 | 1 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1971 |
| 16 | Tim Van Galder | 28 | qb | 5 | 5 | 200 | 6-2 | New Mex. Mil. Inst.,Iowa St. | 5/26/1944 | Rook | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 88th pick / 1966 |
| 79 | Chuck Walker | 31 | 2 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Duke | 8/10/1941 | 8 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 157th pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 22nd / 172nd pick / 1963 |
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| 40 | Eric Washington | 22 | 6 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Texas-El Paso | 4/22/1950 | Rook | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 238th pick / 1972 | |
| 22 | Roger Wehrli | 25 | SS | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Missouri | 11/26/1947 | 3 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| 42 | Bob Wicks | 22 | 9 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Utah St. | 7/24/1950 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 188th pick / 1972 | |
| 33 | Larry Willingham | 24 | PR | 11 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Auburn | 12/22/1948 | 1 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 95th pick / 1971 |
| 8 | Larry Wilson | 34 | FS | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Utah | 3/24/1938 | 12 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 74th pick / 1960 |
| 35 | Tom Woodeshick | 31 | 4 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | West Virginia | 12/3/1941 | 9 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 28th pick / 1963 Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 102nd pick / 1963 |
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| 62 | Steve Wright | 30 | 5 | 0 | 250 | 6-6 | Alabama | 7/17/1942 | 8 | 0 | New York Jets / 8th / 59th pick / 1964 Green Bay Packers / 5th / 69th pick / 1964 |
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| 78 | Ron Yankowski | 26 | RDE | 10 | 0 | 244 | 6-5 | Kansas St. | 10/23/1946 | 1 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 199th pick / 1971 |
| 64 | Bob Young | 30 | RG | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-1 | Texas,Texas St.,Howard Payne | 9/3/1942 | 6 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 |
| Team Total | 26.9 | 14 | 225.2 | 6-2.2 | 3.9 |
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