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1976 St. Louis Cardinals

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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 2nd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 309 points (22.1/g), 8th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 267 points (19.1/g), 16th.
 Differential of 42 points (3.0/g), 12th.
 Expected W-L: 8.2-5.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 14th.

Coached by Don Coryell (10-4-0)

1976 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 12 box W 1-0 @ Seattle Seahawks 30 24 25 456 175 281 2 17 352 279 73 3
2 Sun September 19 box W 2-0 Green Bay Packers 29 0 22 420 212 208 7 131 69 62 7
3 Sun September 26 box L 2-1 @ San Diego Chargers 24 43 22 364 240 124 5 24 451 245 206
4 Sun October 3 box W 3-1 New York Giants 27 21 25 304 117 187 23 344 207 137 1
5 Sun October 10 box W 4-1 Philadelphia Eagles 33 14 29 384 186 198 1 14 175 117 58 4
6 Sun October 17 box W 5-1 Dallas Cowboys 21 17 26 436 346 90 4 23 380 229 151 1
7 Mon October 25 box L 5-2 @ Washington Redskins 10 20 15 306 206 100 10 15 140 23 117 3
8 Sun October 31 box W 6-2 San Francisco 49ers 23 20 17 373 225 148 1 23 382 117 265 2
9 Sun November 7 box W 7-2 @ Philadelphia Eagles 17 14 20 317 132 185 2 14 270 143 127 4
10 Sun November 14 box W 8-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 30 28 23 417 324 93 2 15 283 161 122 1
11 Sun November 21 box L 8-3 Washington Redskins 10 16 16 307 155 152 4 20 357 110 247 3
12 Thu November 25 box L 8-4 @ Dallas Cowboys 14 19 24 377 249 128 2 16 295 126 169 3
13 Sat December 4 box W 9-4 Baltimore Colts 24 17 20 375 198 177 1 12 279 217 62 5
14 Sun December 12 box W 10-4 @ New York Giants 17 14 23 300 70 230 3 16 250 67 183 2

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 309 5136 989 5.2 307 220 392 2835 18 13 6.9 142 580 2301 17 4.0 140 37 24 25
Team Defense 267 4089 864 4.7 367 176 342 2110 13 19 5.7 105 491 1979 19 4.0 239 39 20 23
Lg Rank Offense 8 3 1 7 5 7 5 3 4 8 8 18 20 26
Lg Rank Defense 16 12 10 7 15 9 12 20 10 12 22 17 9 9

Passing

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Age Pos G GS 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* 32 QB 14 14 218 388 56.2 2946 18 4.6 13 3.4 77 7.6 6.5 13.5 210.4 82.0 17 132 6.9 5.9 4.2
Bill Donckers 25 1 0 1 1 100.0 16 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 118.7 0 0 16.0 16.0 0.0
Terry Metcalf 25 RB 12 0 0 1 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
Roger Wehrli*+ 29 RCB 14 13 0 1 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
Sam Wyche 31 1 0 1 1 100.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 87.5 0 0 5.0 5.0 0.0
Team Total 27.3 14 220 392 56.1 2967 18 4.6 13 3.3 77 7.6 6.5 13.5 211.9 81.9 17 132 6.9 5.9 4.2
Opp Total 14 176 342 51.5 2110 13 3.8 19 5.6 6.2 4.0 12.0 150.7 60.2 31 248 5.7 3.0

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 28 FB 14 0 233 891 2 23 3.8 63.6 16.6 2 15 7.5 0 8 0.1 1.1 906 2 7
Terry Metcalf 25 RB 12 0 134 537 3 36 4.0 44.8 11.2 33 388 11.8 4 48 2.8 32.3 925 7 15
Steve Jones 25 13 0 113 451 8 19 4.0 34.7 8.7 29 152 5.2 1 15 2.2 11.7 603 9 2
Wayne Morris 22 14 1 64 292 3 27 4.6 20.9 4.6 8 75 9.4 1 19 0.6 5.4 367 4 4
Jerry Latin 23 RET 11 0 25 115 1 26 4.6 10.5 2.3 4 35 8.8 0 15 0.4 3.2 150 1 3
Jim Hart* 32 QB 14 14 8 7 0 10 0.9 0.5 0.6 7 0 4
Roger Wehrli*+ 29 RCB 14 13 2 8 0 8 4.0 0.6 0.1 8 0 1
Terry Joyce 22 P 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
Ike Harris 24 WR 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 52 782 15.0 1 40 4.3 65.2 782 1 0
Mel Gray* 28 WR 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 36 686 19.1 5 77 3.3 62.4 686 5 0
J.V. Cain 25 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 400 15.4 5 34 1.9 28.6 400 5 0
Pat Tilley 23 wr 13 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 407 15.7 1 45 2.0 31.3 407 1 2
Jackie Smith 36 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 22 7.3 0 16 0.3 1.8 22 0 0
Gary Hammond 27 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.4 5 0 1
Team Total 27.3 14 580 2301 17 36 4.0 164.4 41.4 220 2967 13.5 18 77 15.7 211.9 5268 35 44
Opp Total 14 491 1979 19 4.0 141.4 35.1 176 2110 12.0 13 12.6 150.7 4089 32 32

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 25 RB 12 0 17 188 0 39 11.1 16 325 0 33 20.3 1438
Jerry Latin 23 RET 11 0 16 357 0 39 22.3 507
Pat Tilley 23 wr 13 5 15 146 0 17 9.7 553
Wayne Morris 22 14 1 9 181 0 34 20.1 548
Gary Hammond 27 14 0 3 16 0 8 5.3 2 36 0 21 18.0 57
Dwayne Crump 26 13 0 3 57 0 22 19.0 57
Jackie Smith 36 12 0 3 63 0 35 21.0 85
Mike McGraw 23 4 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Steve Neils 25 7 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Lee Nelson 22 9 2 1 43 0 43 43.0 43
Brad Oates 23 14 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Steve Okoniewski 27 8 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Jeff Severson 27 14 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Team Total 27.3 14 36 350 0 39 9.7 54 1102 0 43 20.4 6720
Opp Total 14 33 1 66 1623 1 24.6

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Terry Joyce 22 P 14 0 64 2331 54 2 36.4
Jim Bakken*+ 36 K 14 0 11 10 8 6 8 4 27 20 74.1% 35 33 94.3%
Team Total 27.3 14 11 10 8 6 8 4 27 20 74.1% 35 33 94.3% 64 2331 54 2 36.4
Opp Total 14 20 10 50.0% 34 31 91.2% 71 2755 38.8

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
Mark Arneson 27 RLB 14 14 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Tom Banks*+ 28 C 14 14 1 0 0 0
Al Beauchamp 32 14 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Bell 28 RDE 14 0 0 3 0 0
Tom Brahaney 25 14 0 2 0 -19 0
J.V. Cain 25 TE 14 14 0 1 0 0
Charles Davis 25 LDT 14 14 0 1 7 0
Dan Dierdorf*+ 27 RT 14 0 0 1 1 0
Clarence Duren 26 13 0 1 8 0 8
Roger Finnie 31 LT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Mel Gray* 28 WR 11 0 0 1 0 0
Gary Hammond 27 14 0 1 1 0 0
Jim Hart* 32 QB 14 14 4 1 0 0
Steve Jones 25 13 0 2 2 0 0
Terry Joyce 22 P 14 0 1 1 -14 0
Tim Kearney 26 MLB 12 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 16 0
Jerry Latin 23 RET 11 0 3 1 8 0
Terry Metcalf 25 RB 12 0 15 5 0 0
Wayne Morris 22 14 1 4 1 0 0
Eddie Moss 28 2 0 0 1 0 0
Steve Neils 25 7 0 1 0 0 0
Lee Nelson 22 9 2 0 1 0 0
Steve Okoniewski 27 8 0 0 2 0 0
Jim Otis 28 FB 14 0 7 1 0 0
Ken Reaves 32 SS 14 0 2 41 0 25
Mike Sensibaugh 27 FS 14 0 4 60 1 35 0 1 0 0
Norm Thompson 31 LCB 13 0 4 83 0 38
Pat Tilley 23 wr 13 5 2 0 0 0
Roger Wehrli*+ 29 RCB 14 13 4 31 0 26 1 4 4 0
Ray White 27 mlb 6 5 2 20 0 16
Ron Yankowski 30 rde 5 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.3 14 19 243 1 38 44 37 3 0
Opp Total 14 17 32 12 1

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*+ 36 K 14 0 33 20 93
Steve Jones 25 13 0 8 1 54
Terry Metcalf 25 RB 12 0 3 4 42
J.V. Cain 25 TE 14 14 5 30
Mel Gray* 28 WR 11 0 5 30
Wayne Morris 22 14 1 3 1 24
Jim Otis 28 FB 14 0 2 12
Ike Harris 24 WR 12 12 1 6
Jerry Latin 23 RET 11 0 1 6
Mike Sensibaugh 27 FS 14 0 1 6
Pat Tilley 23 wr 13 5 1 6
Team Total 27.3 14 17 18 1 33 20 309
Opp Total 14 19 13 1 1 31 10 1 267