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1974 St. Louis Cardinals

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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 285 points (20.4/g), 9th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 218 points (15.6/g), 8th.
 Differential of 67 points (4.8/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 9.2-4.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.6/g), 4th.

Coached by Don Coryell (10-4-0)

1974 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 15 box W 1-0 Philadelphia Eagles 7 3 18 318 192 126 3 20 287 174 113 2
2 Sun September 22 box W 2-0 @ Washington Redskins 17 10 12 224 49 175 21 332 200 132 2
3 Sun September 29 box W 3-0 Cleveland Browns 29 7 14 278 107 171 11 248 155 93 1
4 Sun October 6 box W 4-0 @ San Francisco 49ers 34 9 21 407 184 223 2 12 306 120 186 3
5 Sun October 13 box W 5-0 Dallas Cowboys 31 28 17 374 236 138 24 370 224 146 1
6 Sun October 20 box W 6-0 @ Houston Oilers 31 27 23 345 134 211 2 21 433 348 85 3
7 Sun October 27 box W 7-0 Washington Redskins 23 20 15 305 190 115 19 292 176 116 1
8 Sun November 3 box L 7-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 14 17 19 216 82 134 22 278 146 132
9 Mon November 11 box L 7-2 Minnesota Vikings 24 28 23 436 341 95 3 18 304 126 178 1
10 Sun November 17 box W 8-2 @ Philadelphia Eagles 13 3 16 288 100 188 2 13 205 134 71 3
11 Sun November 24 box W 9-2 @ New York Giants 23 21 20 341 259 82 20 361 257 104 1
12 Sun December 1 box L 9-3 Kansas City Chiefs 13 17 15 252 170 82 3 13 240 84 156 2
13 Sun December 8 box L 9-4 @ New Orleans Saints 0 14 12 214 150 64 1 17 315 87 228 1
14 Sun December 15 box W 10-4 New York Giants 26 14 22 316 164 152 1 18 280 132 148 4
Playoffs
Division Sat December 21 box L 10-5 @ Minnesota Vikings 14 30

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 285 4314 873 4.9 247 201 391 2358 20 8 5.8 117 466 1956 12 4.2 120 17 9 10
Team Defense 218 4251 909 4.7 390 230 413 2363 11 16 5.3 122 461 1888 15 4.1 249 25 9 19
Lg Rank Offense 9 10 11 8 7 4 1 10 16 13 16 5 1 2
Lg Rank Defense 8 17 18 23 19 4 19 16 9 15 12 19 22 24

Passing

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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 NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Jim Hart* 30 QB 14 14 10-4-0 200 388 51.5 2411 20 5.2 8 2.1 80 6.2 5.8 12.1 172.2 79.5 16 134 5.6 5.2 4.0
Terry Metcalf* 23 RB 14 13 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
Gary Hammond 25 12 0 1 1 100.0 81 0 0.0 0 0.0 81 81.0 81.0 81.0 6.8 118.7 0 0 81.0 81.0 0.0
Team Total 26.5 14 10-4-0 201 391 51.4 2492 20 5.1 8 2.0 81 6.4 6.0 12.4 178.0 80.0 16 134 5.8 5.4 3.9
Opp Total 14 230 413 55.7 2363 11 2.7 16 3.9 5.7 4.2 10.3 168.8 65.1 35 218 5.3 3.4

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
Jim Otis 26 FB 14 10 158 664 1 23 4.2 47.4 11.3 19 109 5.7 0 13 1.4 7.8 773 1 2
Terry Metcalf* 23 RB 14 13 152 718 6 75 4.7 51.3 10.9 50 377 7.5 1 22 3.6 26.9 1095 7 14
Donny Anderson 31 14 1 90 316 3 16 3.5 22.6 6.4 15 116 7.7 3 25 1.1 8.3 432 6 2
Ken Willard 31 7 3 40 175 0 12 4.4 25.0 5.7 4 28 7.0 1 17 0.6 4.0 203 1 0
Willie Belton 26 5 0 12 49 0 10 4.1 9.8 2.4 49 0 1
Jim Hart* 30 QB 14 14 10 21 2 16 2.1 1.5 0.7 21 2 5
Eddie Moss 26 11 0 4 13 0 5 3.3 1.2 0.4 13 0 0
Mel Gray* 26 WR 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 39 770 19.7 6 80 2.8 55.0 770 6 0
Earl Thomas 26 WR 14 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 513 15.1 5 52 2.4 36.6 513 5 0
Jackie Smith 34 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 413 16.5 3 81 1.8 29.5 413 3 1
J.V. Cain 23 14 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 152 11.7 1 40 0.9 10.9 152 1 0
Gary Hammond 25 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 14 7.0 0 9 0.2 1.2 14 0 0
Team Total 26.5 14 466 1956 12 75 4.2 139.7 33.3 201 2492 12.4 20 81 14.4 178.0 4448 32 27
Opp Total 14 461 1888 15 4.1 134.9 32.9 230 2363 10.3 11 16.4 168.8 4251 26 24

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
Terry Metcalf* 23 RB 14 13 26 340 0 43 13.1 20 623 1 94 31.2 2058
Gary Hammond 25 12 0 17 125 0 21 7.4 11 268 0 34 24.4 407
Willie Belton 26 5 0 4 8 0 6 2.0 5 111 0 30 22.2 168
Eddie Moss 26 11 0 8 133 0 21 16.6 146
Roger Wehrli* 27 RCB 14 14 4 39 0 32 9.8 39
Jack LeVeck 24 13 0 2 32 0 20 16.0 32
J.V. Cain 23 14 3 1 5 0 5 5.0 157
Bob Crum 23 14 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
Roger Finnie 29 lg 14 7 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
Ken Reaves 30 ss 6 6 1 22 0 22 22.0 22
Jim Tolbert 30 SS 14 10 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.5 14 52 512 0 43 9.8 50 1203 1 94 24.1 6163
Opp Total 14 56 1 54 1203 0 22.3

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
Hal Roberts 22 P 14 0 81 3131 57 0 38.7
Jim Bakken 34 K 14 0 3 2 9 5 10 6 22 13 59.1% 36 30 83.3%
Team Total 26.5 14 3 2 9 5 10 6 22 13 59.1% 36 30 83.3% 81 3131 57 0 38.7
Opp Total 14 14 10 71.4% 27 26 96.3% 85 3332 39.2

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 31 14 1 2 0 0 0
Pete Barnes 29 RLB 14 14 0 1 0 0
Willie Belton 26 5 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Brahaney 23 C 14 13 0 3 0 0
Bob Crum 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Dwayne Crump 24 14 0 1 10 0 10
Conrad Dobler 24 RG 14 14 0 2 0 0
Clarence Duren 24 FS 14 14 2 29 0 20 0 1 0 0
Roger Finnie 29 lg 14 7 0 1 0 0
Steve George 23 13 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Hart* 30 QB 14 14 5 1 -3 0
Greg Hartle 23 14 3 0 1 0 0
Jack LeVeck 24 13 0 0 1 0 0
Ernie McMillan 36 LT 11 11 0 1 0 0
Terry Metcalf* 23 RB 14 13 14 7 0 0
Jim Otis 26 FB 14 10 2 0 0 0
Ken Reaves 30 ss 6 6 1 54 0 54
Bob Rowe 29 RDT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Council Rudolph 24 LDE 14 14 0 1 0 0
Jackie Smith 34 TE 14 14 1 0 0 0
Larry Stallings 33 LLB 14 14 2 13 0 13
Norm Thompson 29 LCB 12 12 6 190 1 56 1 2 0 0
Jim Tolbert 30 SS 14 10 2 22 0 22
Roger Wehrli* 27 RCB 14 14 2 54 1 53 1 1 7 0
Ron Yankowski 28 RDE 14 14 0 1 71 1
Team Total 26.5 14 16 372 2 56 27 27 75 1
Opp Total 14 16 24 15

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 34 K 14 0 30 13 69
Terry Metcalf* 23 RB 14 13 6 1 1 48
Donny Anderson 31 14 1 3 3 36
Mel Gray* 26 WR 14 14 6 36
Earl Thomas 26 WR 14 11 5 30
Jackie Smith 34 TE 14 14 3 18
Jim Hart* 30 QB 14 14 2 12
J.V. Cain 23 14 3 1 6
Jim Otis 26 FB 14 10 1 6
Norm Thompson 29 LCB 12 12 1 6
Roger Wehrli* 27 RCB 14 14 1 6
Ken Willard 31 7 3 1 6
Ron Yankowski 28 RDE 14 14 1 6
Team Total 26.5 14 12 20 1 1 2 30 13 285
Opp Total 14 15 11 1 26 10 218