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1973 St. Louis Cardinals
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Record: 4-9-1, Finished 4th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 286 points (20.4/g), 11th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 365 points (26.1/g), 23rd.
Differential of -79 points (-5.6/g), 19th.
Expected W-L: 5.0-9.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 18th.
Coached by Don Coryell (4-9-1)
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1973 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 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 178 for 320, 2,223 yards, 15 td, 10 int, & 3 rushes for -3 yards and 0 td | |
| RB | Donny Anderson | 30 | 7 | 0 | 167 rushes for 679 yards, 10 td, & 41 catches for 409 yards and 3 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 |
| FB | Jim Otis | 25 | 3 | 0 | 55 rushes for 234 yards, 1 td, & 2 catches for 19 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 218th pick / 1970 |
| WR | Mel Gray | 25 | 2 | 0 | 29 catches for 513 yards, 7 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 147th pick / 1971 |
| WR | Ahmad Rashad | 24 | 1 | 0 | 30 catches for 409 yards, 3 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 4th pick / 1972 |
| WR | Walker Gillette | 26 | 3 | 0 | 20 catches for 244 yards, 1 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 15th pick / 1970 |
| TE | Jackie Smith | 33 | 10 | 0 | 41 catches for 600 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for -14 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| LT | Dan Dierdorf | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
| LG | Tom Banks | 25 | 2 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 189th pick / 1970 |
| C | Wayne Mulligan | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1969 |
| RG | Conrad Dobler | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 110th pick / 1972 |
| RT | Ernie McMillan | 35 | 12 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 13th / 176th pick / 1961 |
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| RT | Roger Finnie | 28 | 4 | 1 | New York Jets / 14th / 364th pick / 1969 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Dave Butz | 23 | Rook | 10 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1973 |
| LDT | John Richardson | 28 | 6 | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 216th pick / 1967 |
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| LDT | Lee Brooks | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1970 |
| RDT | Bob Rowe | 28 | 6 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1967 |
| RDE | Ron Yankowski | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 199th pick / 1971 |
| LLB | Larry Stallings | 32 | 10 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 68th pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Mark Arneson | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1972 |
| RLB | Pete Barnes | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 6th / 136th pick / 1967 |
| LCB | Dwayne Crump | 23 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 137th pick / 1973 |
| LCB | Norm Thompson | 28 | 2 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1971 |
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| RCB | Roger Wehrli | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| SS | Jim Tolbert | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 61st pick / 1966 |
| FS | Clarence Duren | 23 | Rook | 9 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| FS | Chuck Detwiler | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Bakken | 33 | 11 | 0 | 23 of 32 field goals & 31 of 31 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| P | Gary Keithley | 22 | Rook | 2 | 66 punts for a 37.5 average, 1 blocked | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 45th pick / 1973 |
| PR | Gary Hammond | 24 | Rook | 0 | 11 punt returns for a 7.3 average and 0 td | New York Jets / 3rd / 66th pick / 1972 |
| KR | Don Shy | 28 | 6 | 0 | 16 kick returns for a 27.8 average and 1 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1967 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Donny Anderson | 30 | RB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 5/16/1943 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 |
| Mark Arneson | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Arizona | 9/9/1949 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1972 |
| Jim Bakken | 33 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 11/2/1940 | 11 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| Tom Banks | 25 | C-G | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-1 | Auburn | 8/20/1948 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 189th pick / 1970 |
| Pete Barnes | 28 | LB | 12 | 0 | 239 | 6-1 | Southern | 8/31/1945 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 136th pick / 1967 |
| Willie Belton | 25 | RB | 3 | 0 | 207 | 5-11 | Md-Eastern Shore | 12/12/1948 | 2 | |
| Tom Brahaney | 22 | C | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 10/23/1951 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 109th pick / 1973 |
| Lee Brooks | 26 | DT | 13 | 5 | 261 | 6-5 | Texas | 12/7/1947 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1970 |
| Dave Butz | 23 | DT-DE | 12 | 10 | 291 | 6-7 | Purdue | 6/23/1950 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1973 |
| Dwayne Crump | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Fresno State | 8/9/1950 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 137th pick / 1973 |
| Ron Davis | 23 | G | 2 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Virginia State | 9/16/1950 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 16th / 408th pick / 1972 |
| Chuck Detwiler | 26 | DB | 10 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Utah State | 3/6/1947 | 3 | |
| Dan Dierdorf | 24 | T-G-C | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/29/1949 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
| Conrad Dobler | 23 | G | 12 | 0 | 254 | 6-3 | Wyoming | 10/1/1950 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 110th pick / 1972 |
| Andy Dorris | 22 | DE | 4 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | New Mexico State | 8/11/1951 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 93rd pick / 1973 |
| Clarence Duren | 23 | DB | 11 | 9 | 190 | 6-1 | California | 12/9/1950 | Rook | |
| Roger Finnie | 28 | T-G-DT | 12 | 1 | 245 | 6-3 | Florida A&M | 11/6/1945 | 4 | New York Jets / 14th / 364th pick / 1969 |
| Walker Gillette | 26 | WR | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-5 | Richmond | 3/16/1947 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 15th pick / 1970 |
| Mel Gray | 25 | WR | 12 | 0 | 175 | 5-9 | Missouri | 9/28/1948 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 147th pick / 1971 |
| Gary Hammond | 24 | WR-RB | 9 | 0 | 184 | 5-11 | SMU | 7/31/1949 | Rook | New York Jets / 3rd / 66th pick / 1972 |
| Jim Hart | 29 | QB | 12 | 12 | 215 | 6-1 | Southern Illinois | 4/29/1944 | 7 | |
| Leo Hayden | 25 | RB | 2 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 6/2/1948 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 24th pick / 1971 |
| Gary Keithley | 22 | QB | 14 | 2 | 210 | 6-3 | Texas,Texas-El Paso | 1/11/1951 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 45th pick / 1973 |
| Warren Koegel | 24 | C | 3 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Penn State | 11/1/1949 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1971 |
| Jack LeVeck | 23 | LB | 11 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Ohio | 2/3/1950 | Rook | |
| Don Maynard | 38 | E-FL-HB | 2 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Rice,Texas-El Paso | 1/25/1935 | 15 | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| Jim McFarland | 26 | TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 10/4/1947 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 164th pick / 1970 |
| Ernie McMillan | 35 | T | 7 | 0 | 275 | 6-5 | Illinois | 2/21/1938 | 12 | St. Louis Cardinals / 13th / 176th pick / 1961 |
| Terry Metcalf | 22 | RB-WR | 12 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Long Beach State | 9/24/1951 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1973 |
| Terry Miller | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Illinois | 4/11/1946 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 202nd pick / 1968 |
| Eddie Moss | 25 | RB | 5 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Southeast Missouri State | 9/27/1948 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 313th pick / 1972 |
| Wayne Mulligan | 26 | C-T | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Clemson | 5/5/1947 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1969 |
| Clancy Oliver | 26 | DB | 2 | 0 | 183 | 6-1 | San Diego State | 11/17/1947 | 4 | |
| Jim Otis | 25 | RB | 10 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 4/29/1948 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 218th pick / 1970 |
| Marv Owens | 23 | WR | 8 | 0 | 203 | 5-11 | San Diego State | 6/16/1950 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 14th / 361st pick / 1972 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 24 | WR | 13 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Oregon | 11/19/1949 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 4th pick / 1972 |
| Bob Reynolds | 34 | T | 1 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Bowling Green | 1/22/1939 | 10 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 17th pick / 1963 |
| John Richardson | 28 | DT | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | UCLA | 5/25/1945 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 216th pick / 1967 |
| Jamie Rivers | 28 | LB | 10 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 9/22/1945 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 123rd pick / 1967 |
| Bob Rowe | 28 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-4 | Western Michigan | 5/23/1945 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1967 |
| Council Rudolph | 23 | DE | 5 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Kentucky State | 1/18/1950 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 160th pick / 1972 |
| Don Shy | 28 | RB | 11 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | San Diego State | 11/15/1945 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1967 |
| Bonnie Sloan | 25 | DT | 4 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Austin Peay State | 6/1/1948 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 242nd pick / 1973 |
| Jackie Smith | 33 | TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Northwest State (LA) | 2/23/1940 | 10 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| Jeff Staggs | 29 | LB-DE | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | BYU,San Diego State | 5/14/1944 | 6 | |
| Larry Stallings | 32 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 12/11/1941 | 10 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 68th pick / 1963 |
| Mike Taylor | 28 | T | 6 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | USC | 5/5/1945 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 10th pick / 1968 |
| Norm Thompson | 28 | DB | 11 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Utah | 3/5/1945 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1971 |
| Jim Tolbert | 29 | DB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-4 | Lincoln (MO) | 3/12/1944 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 61st pick / 1966 |
| Eric Washington | 23 | DB | 9 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Texas-El Paso | 4/22/1950 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 238th pick / 1972 |
| Roger Wehrli | 26 | DB | 11 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Missouri | 11/26/1947 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| Ron Yankowski | 27 | DE | 14 | 0 | 244 | 6-5 | Kansas State | 10/23/1946 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 199th pick / 1971 |
| Bob Young | 31 | G-DE-DT | 13 | 0 | 270 | 6-1 | Howard Payne,Texas,Texas State | 9/3/1942 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 14 | 225.4 | 6-1.9 | 3.6 |