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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)
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1974 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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* | 30 | 8 | 14 | 200 for 388, 2,411 yards, 20 td, 8 int, & 10 rushes for 21 yards and 2 td | |
| RB | Terry Metcalf* | 23 | 1 | 13 | 152 rushes for 718 yards, 6 td, & 50 catches for 377 yards and 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1973 |
| FB | Jim Otis | 26 | 4 | 10 | 158 rushes for 664 yards, 1 td, & 19 catches for 109 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 218th pick / 1970 |
| WR | Mel Gray* | 26 | 3 | 14 | 39 catches for 770 yards, 6 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 147th pick / 1971 |
| WR | Earl Thomas | 26 | 3 | 11 | 34 catches for 513 yards, 5 td | Chicago Bears / 6th / 135th pick / 1971 |
| TE | Jackie Smith | 34 | 11 | 14 | 25 catches for 413 yards, 3 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| LT | Ernie McMillan | 36 | 13 | 11 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 13th / 176th pick / 1961 |
| LG | Bob Young | 32 | 8 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 |
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| LG | Roger Finnie | 29 | 5 | 7 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 14th / 364th pick / 1969 |
| C | Tom Brahaney | 23 | 1 | 13 | 3 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 109th pick / 1973 |
| RG | Conrad Dobler | 24 | 2 | 14 | 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 110th pick / 1972 |
| RT | Dan Dierdorf* | 25 | 3 | 14 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Council Rudolph | 24 | 2 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 160th pick / 1972 |
| LDT | Lee Brooks | 27 | 4 | 13 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1970 |
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| RDT | Bob Rowe | 29 | 7 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1967 |
| RDE | Ron Yankowski | 28 | 3 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 199th pick / 1971 |
| LLB | Larry Stallings | 33 | 11 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 68th pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Mark Arneson | 25 | 2 | 11 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1972 |
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| RLB | Pete Barnes | 29 | 7 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 6th / 136th pick / 1967 |
| LCB | Norm Thompson | 29 | 3 | 12 | 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1971 |
| RCB | Roger Wehrli* | 27 | 5 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| SS | Jim Tolbert | 30 | 8 | 10 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 61st pick / 1966 |
| SS | Ken Reaves | 30 | 8 | 6 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 49th pick / 1966 |
| FS | Clarence Duren | 24 | 1 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Bakken | 34 | 12 | 0 | 13 of 22 field goals & 30 of 36 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| P | Hal Roberts | 22 | Rook | 0 | 81 punts for a 38.7 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Terry Metcalf* | 23 | 1 | 13 | 26 punt returns for a 13.1 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1973 |
| KR | Terry Metcalf* | 23 | 1 | 13 | 20 kick returns for a 31.1 average and 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1973 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Sergio Albert | 23 | K | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Anahuac (Mexico),U.S. International | 10/28/1951 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 189th pick / 1974 |
| 44 | Donny Anderson | 31 | RB | 14 | 1 | 215 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 5/16/1943 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 |
| 57 | Mark Arneson | 25 | LB | 14 | 11 | 220 | 6-2 | Arizona | 9/9/1949 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1972 |
| 25 | Jim Bakken | 34 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 11/2/1940 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| 54 | Tom Banks | 26 | C-G | 1 | 1 | 245 | 6-1 | Auburn | 8/20/1948 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 189th pick / 1970 |
| 59 | Pete Barnes | 29 | LB | 14 | 14 | 239 | 6-1 | Southern | 8/31/1945 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 136th pick / 1967 |
| 79 | Bob Bell | 26 | DT-DE | 9 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Cincinnati | 1/25/1948 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 21st pick / 1971 |
| 33 | Willie Belton | 26 | RB | 5 | 0 | 207 | 5-11 | Md-Eastern Shore | 12/12/1948 | 3 | |
| 51 | Tom Brahaney | 23 | C | 14 | 13 | 245 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 10/23/1951 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 109th pick / 1973 |
| 70 | Lee Brooks | 27 | DT | 14 | 13 | 261 | 6-5 | Texas | 12/7/1947 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1970 |
| 62 | Dave Butz | 24 | DT-DE | 1 | 1 | 291 | 6-7 | Purdue | 6/23/1950 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1973 |
| 88 | J.V. Cain | 23 | TE-WR | 14 | 3 | 224 | 6-4 | Colorado | 7/22/1951 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 1974 |
| 65 | Bob Crum | 23 | DE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | Arizona | 6/28/1951 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 67th pick / 1973 |
| 26 | Dwayne Crump | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Fresno State | 8/9/1950 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 137th pick / 1973 |
| 72 | Dan Dierdorf* | 25 | T-G-C | 14 | 14 | 275 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/29/1949 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
| 66 | Conrad Dobler | 24 | G | 14 | 14 | 254 | 6-3 | Wyoming | 10/1/1950 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 110th pick / 1972 |
| 41 | Clarence Duren | 24 | DB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-1 | California | 12/9/1950 | 1 | |
| 60 | Roger Finnie | 29 | T-G-DT | 14 | 7 | 245 | 6-3 | Florida A&M | 11/6/1945 | 5 | New York Jets / 14th / 364th pick / 1969 |
| 63 | Steve George | 23 | DT | 13 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Houston | 4/11/1951 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 60th pick / 1974 |
| 85 | Mel Gray* | 26 | WR | 14 | 14 | 175 | 5-9 | Missouri | 9/28/1948 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 147th pick / 1971 |
| 30 | Gary Hammond | 25 | WR-RB | 12 | 0 | 184 | 5-11 | SMU | 7/31/1949 | 1 | New York Jets / 3rd / 66th pick / 1972 |
| 32 | Reggie Harrison | 23 | RB | 1 | 0 | 218 | 5-11 | Cincinnati | 1/9/1951 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 215th pick / 1974 |
| 17 | Jim Hart* | 30 | QB | 14 | 14 | 215 | 6-1 | Southern Illinois | 4/29/1944 | 8 | |
| 50 | Greg Hartle | 23 | LB | 14 | 3 | 225 | 6-2 | Newberry | 2/14/1951 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 251st pick / 1974 |
| 34 | Steve Jones | 23 | RB | 7 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Duke | 3/6/1951 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 129th pick / 1973 |
| 69 | Greg Kindle | 24 | G-T | 10 | 2 | 265 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 9/16/1950 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1974 |
| 52 | Jack LeVeck | 24 | LB | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Ohio | 2/3/1950 | 1 | |
| 80 | Jim McFarland | 27 | TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 10/4/1947 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 164th pick / 1970 |
| 73 | Ernie McMillan | 36 | T | 11 | 11 | 275 | 6-5 | Illinois | 2/21/1938 | 13 | St. Louis Cardinals / 13th / 176th pick / 1961 |
| 21 | Terry Metcalf* | 23 | RB-WR | 14 | 13 | 185 | 5-10 | Long Beach State | 9/24/1951 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1973 |
| 58 | Terry Miller | 28 | LB | 5 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Illinois | 4/11/1946 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 202nd pick / 1968 |
| 27 | Eddie Moss | 26 | RB | 11 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Southeast Missouri State | 9/27/1948 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 313th pick / 1972 |
| 53 | Steve Neils | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 5/2/1951 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 111th pick / 1974 |
| 35 | Jim Otis | 26 | RB | 14 | 10 | 220 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 4/29/1948 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 218th pick / 1970 |
| 36 | Ken Reaves | 30 | DB | 6 | 6 | 210 | 6-3 | Norfolk State | 10/29/1944 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 49th pick / 1966 |
| 14 | Hal Roberts | 22 | P | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Houston | 8/25/1952 | Rook | |
| 75 | Bob Rowe | 29 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-4 | Western Michigan | 5/23/1945 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1967 |
| 74 | Council Rudolph | 24 | DE | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-4 | Kentucky State | 1/18/1950 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 160th pick / 1972 |
| 38 | Hurles Scales | 24 | DB | 7 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | North Texas | 12/1/1950 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 14th / 355th pick / 1973 |
| 11 | Dennis Shaw | 27 | QB | 2 | 0 | 217 | 6-3 | San Diego State,USC | 3/3/1947 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 30th pick / 1970 |
| 81 | Jackie Smith | 34 | TE | 14 | 14 | 235 | 6-4 | Northwest State (LA) | 2/23/1940 | 11 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| 46 | Mo Spencer | 22 | DB | 7 | 0 | 175 | 6-0 | North Carolina Central | 6/15/1952 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 71st pick / 1974 |
| 67 | Larry Stallings | 33 | LB | 14 | 14 | 230 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 12/11/1941 | 11 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 68th pick / 1963 |
| 28 | Scott Stringer | 23 | DB | 5 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | California | 8/5/1951 | Rook | |
| 82 | Earl Thomas | 26 | WR-TE | 14 | 11 | 224 | 6-3 | Houston | 10/4/1948 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 135th pick / 1971 |
| 43 | Norm Thompson | 29 | DB | 12 | 12 | 180 | 6-1 | Utah | 3/5/1945 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1971 |
| 45 | Jim Tolbert | 30 | DB | 14 | 10 | 200 | 6-4 | Lincoln (MO) | 3/12/1944 | 8 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 61st pick / 1966 |
| 22 | Roger Wehrli* | 27 | DB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-0 | Missouri | 11/26/1947 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| 20 | Ken Willard | 31 | RB | 7 | 3 | 219 | 6-1 | North Carolina | 7/14/1943 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1965 |
| 56 | Cal Withrow | 29 | C | 12 | 0 | 240 | 6-0 | Kentucky | 7/4/1945 | 4 | |
| 78 | Ron Yankowski | 28 | DE | 14 | 14 | 244 | 6-5 | Kansas State | 10/23/1946 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 199th pick / 1971 |
| 64 | Bob Young | 32 | G-DE-DT | 9 | 8 | 270 | 6-1 | Howard Payne,Texas,Texas State | 9/3/1942 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 14 | 223.6 | 6-1.9 | 3.5 |