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1973 St. Louis Cardinals Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-9-1, 4th in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Coryell (4-9-1)

Points For: 286 (20.4/g) 11th of 26

Points Against: 365 (26.1/g) 23rd of 26

Expected W-L: 5.0-9.0

SRS: -3.33 (16th of 26), SOS: 2.32

Defensive Coordinator: Ray Willsey

Other Notable Asst.: Rod Dowhower (Receivers), Joe Gibbs (Offensive Backfield), Jim Hanifan (Offensive Line) and Jackie Simpson (Linebackers)

Stadium: Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium

Principal Owner/de facto General Manager: Bill Bidwill

Director of Operations: Joe Sullivan

Offensive Scheme: Air Coryell

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Illinois State (Normal, Illinois)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	286	4054	837	4.8	29	14	238	210	394	2383	16	15	5.7	111	416	1671	13	4.0	96	61	594	31
Opp. Stats	365	5149	950	5.4	27	17	307	252	417	3029	23	10	6.8	157	504	2120	16	4.2	135	95	892	15
Lg Rank Offense	11	12			8	8	11		5	5	9	10	12		25	22	12	13
Lg Rank Defense	23	26			24	13	26		26	26	25	26	26		14	17	19	18

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Philadelphia Eagles	34	23	20	392	195	197	3	18	252	143	109	3
2	Sun	September 23	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Washington Redskins	34	27	20	343	278	65		22	360	291	69	1
3	Sun	September 30	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	10	45	17	290	246	44	4	31	578	328	250	2
4	Sun	October 7	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2		Oakland Raiders	10	17	17	208	88	120		32	446	199	247	2
5	Sun	October 14	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3		Philadelphia Eagles	24	27	14	343	278	65	1	20	453	351	102	1
6	Sun	October 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	Washington Redskins	13	31	12	248	202	46	5	23	428	286	142	7
7	Sun	October 28	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4		New York Giants	35	27	19	380	220	160		29	427	332	95	1
8	Sun	November 4	2:00PM ET	boxscore	T		3-4-1		Denver Broncos	17	17	18	261	168	93	2	15	294	190	104	1
9	Sun	November 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-5-1	@	Green Bay Packers	21	25	19	258	187	71	1	21	305	62	243	1
10	Sun	November 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-6-1	@	New York Giants	13	24	14	282	214	68	3	21	358	186	172	1
11	Sun	November 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-7-1	@	Cincinnati Bengals	24	42	24	355	160	195	3	25	366	167	199	1
12	Sun	December 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-8-1		Detroit Lions	16	20	19	301	132	169	1	17	303	211	92
13	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-8-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	32	10	15	252	9	243	2	9	120	31	89	5
14	Sun	December 16	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-9-1		Dallas Cowboys	3	30	10	141	6	135	4	24	459	252	207	1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Jim Hart	29	QB	12	12	3-8-1	178	320	55.6	2223	15	4.7	10	3.1	69	6.9	6.5	12.5	185.3	80.0	22	168	6.43	6.01	5.6	1	0
2	Gary Keithley	22	QB	14	2	1-1-0	32	73	43.8	369	1	1.4	5	6.8	80	5.1	2.2	11.5	26.4	35.7	5	41	6.41	4.21	1.6	0	0
3	Gary Hammond	24	WR	9	0		0	1	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	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	4-9-1	210	394	53.3	2383	16	4.1	15	3.8	80	6.0	5.15	11.3	170.2	69.4	27	209	6.41	5.66	4.82	1	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Donny Anderson	30	RB	14	13	167	679	10	54	4.1	48.5	11.9	41	409	10.0	3	44	2.9	29.2	208	5.2	1088	13	7
2	Terry Metcalf	22	FB	12	10	148	628	2	50	4.2	52.3	12.3	37	316	8.5	0	35	3.1	26.3	185	5.1	944	2	9
3	Jackie Smith	33	TE	14	14	1	-14	0	-14	-14.0	-1.0	0.1	41	600	14.6	1	42	2.9	42.9	42	14.0	586	1	1
4	Mel Gray	25	WR	12	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	29	513	17.7	7	80	2.4	42.8	29	17.7	513	7	0
5	Ahmad Rashad	24	WR	13	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	30	409	13.6	3	65	2.3	31.5	30	13.6	409	3	0
6	Jim Otis	25	RB	10	2	55	234	1	19	4.3	23.4	5.5	2	19	9.5	0	14	0.2	1.9	57	4.4	253	1	3
7	Walker Gillette	26	WR	14	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	20	244	12.2	1	48	1.4	17.4	20	12.2	244	1	2
8	Don Shy	28	RB	11	3	16	66	0	18	4.1	6.0	1.5	3	15	5.0	1	6	0.3	1.4	19	4.3	81	1	1
9	Gary Hammond	24	WR	9	0	4	11	0	7	2.8	1.2	0.4	4	39	9.8	0	23	0.4	4.3	8	6.3	50	0	3
10	Eddie Moss	25	RB	5	0	14	41	0	13	2.9	8.2	2.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	2.9	41	0	2
11	Gary Keithley	22	QB	14	2	8	29	0	18	3.6	2.1	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	3.6	29	0	5
12	Don Maynard	38	WR	2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	18	18.0	0	18	0.5	9.0	1	18.0	18	0	0
13	Jim McFarland	26	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	10	5.0	0	7	0.1	0.7	2	5.0	10	0	0
14	Jim Hart	29	QB	12	12	3	-3	0		-1.0	-0.3	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	-1.0	-3	0	2
	Team Totals			14	14	416	1671	13	54	4.0	119.4	29.7	210	2592	12.3	16	80	15.0	185.1	626	6.8	4263	29	35

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Tom Banks	25	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Dan Dierdorf	24	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Bob Rowe	28	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.5	0
4	Jackie Smith	33	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Larry Stallings	32	LLB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
6	Donny Anderson	30	RB	14	13	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Wayne Mulligan	26	C	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
8	Jim Tolbert	29	FS/LCB	13	13	2	34	0	26	1	3	19	0	0.0	0
9	Ron Yankowski	27	RDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
10	Pete Barnes	28	RLB	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Conrad Dobler	23	RG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Jim Hart	29	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	0	0.0	0
13	John Richardson	28	LDT	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
14	Roger Wehrli	26	RCB	11	11	1	0	0	0	0	3	17	0	0.0	0
15	Dave Butz	23	LDE	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0
16	Terry Metcalf	22	FB	12	10	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0.0	0
17	Jamie Rivers	28	MLB	10	10	1	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Clarence Duren	23	SS	11	9	2	13	0	13	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Walker Gillette	26	WR	14	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Mel Gray	25	WR	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0
21	Dwayne Crump	23	LCB	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Chuck Detwiler	26	SS	10	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Lee Brooks	26	DT	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.5	0
24	Mark Arneson	24	LB	14	4	1	13	0	13	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
25	Don Shy	28	RB	11	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Gary Keithley	22	QB	14	2	0	0	0	0	5	2	-1	0	0.0	0
27	Jim Otis	25	RB	10	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
28	Terry Miller	27	LB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
29	Jeff Staggs	29	LB	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Willie Belton	25	RB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Tom Brahaney	22	C	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Andy Dorris	22	DE	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
33	Gary Hammond	24	WR	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
34	Jim McFarland	26	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	32	1	0.0	0
35	Eddie Moss	25	RB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	10	71	0	26	37	39	69	1	30.5	0

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