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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)
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1976 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* | 32 | 10 | 14 | 218 for 388, 2,946 yards, 18 td, 13 int, & 8 rushes for 7 yards and 0 td | |
| RB | Terry Metcalf | 25 | 3 | 0 | 134 rushes for 537 yards, 3 td, & 33 catches for 388 yards and 4 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1973 |
| FB | Jim Otis | 28 | 6 | 0 | 233 rushes for 891 yards, 2 td, & 2 catches for 15 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 218th pick / 1970 |
| WR | Mel Gray* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 36 catches for 686 yards, 5 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 147th pick / 1971 |
| WR | Ike Harris | 24 | 1 | 12 | 52 catches for 782 yards, 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1974 |
| WR | Pat Tilley | 23 | Rook | 5 | 26 catches for 407 yards, 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 114th pick / 1976 |
| TE | J.V. Cain | 25 | 2 | 14 | 26 catches for 400 yards, 5 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 1974 |
| LT | Roger Finnie | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 14th / 364th pick / 1969 |
| LG | Bob Young | 34 | 10 | 14 | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 |
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| C | Tom Banks*+ | 28 | 5 | 14 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 189th pick / 1970 |
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| RG | Conrad Dobler* | 26 | 4 | 14 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 110th pick / 1972 |
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| RT | Dan Dierdorf*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | John Zook | 29 | 7 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 99th pick / 1969 |
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| LDT | Charles Davis | 25 | 2 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 229th pick / 1974 |
| RDT | Mike Dawson | 23 | Rook | 10 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 22nd pick / 1976 |
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| RDE | Bob Bell | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 21st pick / 1971 |
| RDE | Ron Yankowski | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 199th pick / 1971 |
| LLB | Larry Stallings | 35 | 13 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 68th pick / 1963 |
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| MLB | Tim Kearney | 26 | 4 | 6 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 83rd pick / 1972 |
| MLB | Ray White | 27 | 5 | 5 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 117th pick / 1971 |
| RLB | Mark Arneson | 27 | 4 | 14 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1972 |
| LCB | Norm Thompson | 31 | 5 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1971 |
| RCB | Roger Wehrli*+ | 29 | 7 | 13 | 4 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| SS | Ken Reaves | 32 | 10 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 49th pick / 1966 |
| FS | Mike Sensibaugh | 27 | 5 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 191st pick / 1971 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Bakken*+ | 36 | 14 | 0 | 20 of 27 field goals & 33 of 35 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| P | Terry Joyce | 22 | Rook | 0 | 64 punts for a 36.4 average, 2 blocked | |
| PR | Terry Metcalf | 25 | 3 | 0 | 17 punt returns for a 11.1 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1973 |
| KR | Jerry Latin | 23 | 1 | 0 | 16 kick returns for a 22.3 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 11th / 280th pick / 1975 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Henry Allison | 29 | G-T | 10 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | College of the Sequoias,San Diego State | 2/11/1947 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 50th pick / 1971 |
| Mark Arneson | 27 | LB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-2 | Arizona | 9/9/1949 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1972 |
| Jim Bakken*+ | 36 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 11/2/1940 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| Tom Banks*+ | 28 | C-G | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-1 | Auburn | 8/20/1948 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 189th pick / 1970 |
| Al Beauchamp | 32 | LB | 14 | 0 | 237 | 6-2 | Southern | 6/25/1944 | 8 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 138th pick / 1968 |
| Bob Bell | 28 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Cincinnati | 1/25/1948 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 21st pick / 1971 |
| Tom Brahaney | 25 | C | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 10/23/1951 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 109th pick / 1973 |
| Lee Brooks | 29 | DT | 8 | 0 | 261 | 6-5 | Texas | 12/7/1947 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1970 |
| J.V. Cain | 25 | TE-WR | 14 | 14 | 224 | 6-4 | Colorado | 7/22/1951 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 1974 |
| Dwayne Crump | 26 | DB | 13 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Fresno State | 8/9/1950 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 137th pick / 1973 |
| Charles Davis | 25 | DT-NT | 14 | 14 | 269 | 6-1 | TCU | 11/17/1951 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 229th pick / 1974 |
| Mike Dawson | 23 | DT-NT-DE | 13 | 10 | 270 | 6-4 | Arizona | 10/16/1953 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 22nd pick / 1976 |
| Dan Dierdorf*+ | 27 | T-G-C | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/29/1949 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
| Conrad Dobler* | 26 | G | 14 | 14 | 254 | 6-3 | Wyoming | 10/1/1950 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 110th pick / 1972 |
| Bill Donckers | 25 | QB | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | San Diego State | 1/8/1951 | Rook | |
| Clarence Duren | 26 | DB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | California | 12/9/1950 | 3 | |
| Roger Finnie | 31 | T-G-DT | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Florida A&M | 11/6/1945 | 7 | New York Jets / 14th / 364th pick / 1969 |
| Carl Gersbach | 29 | LB | 7 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Duke,West Chester | 1/8/1947 | 6 | |
| Mel Gray* | 28 | WR | 11 | 0 | 175 | 5-9 | Missouri | 9/28/1948 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 147th pick / 1971 |
| Gary Hammond | 27 | WR-RB | 14 | 0 | 184 | 5-11 | SMU | 7/31/1949 | 3 | New York Jets / 3rd / 66th pick / 1972 |
| Ike Harris | 24 | WR | 12 | 12 | 210 | 6-3 | Iowa State | 11/27/1952 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1974 |
| Jim Hart* | 32 | QB | 14 | 14 | 215 | 6-1 | Southern Illinois | 4/29/1944 | 10 | |
| Greg Hartle | 25 | LB | 1 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Newberry | 2/14/1951 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 251st pick / 1974 |
| Steve Jones | 25 | RB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Duke | 3/6/1951 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 129th pick / 1973 |
| Terry Joyce | 22 | P-TE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-6 | Missouri Southern,Wichita State | 7/18/1954 | Rook | |
| Tim Kearney | 26 | LB | 12 | 6 | 227 | 6-2 | Northern Michigan | 11/5/1950 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 83rd pick / 1972 |
| Jerry Latin | 23 | RB | 11 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Northern Illinois | 8/25/1953 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 11th / 280th pick / 1975 |
| Mike McDonald | 23 | LB | 4 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Catawba | 6/20/1953 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 16th / 397th pick / 1975 |
| Mike McGraw | 23 | LB | 4 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 12/27/1953 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 255th pick / 1975 |
| Terry Metcalf | 25 | RB-WR | 12 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Long Beach State | 9/24/1951 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1973 |
| Wayne Morris | 22 | RB | 14 | 1 | 207 | 6-0 | SMU | 5/3/1954 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 141st pick / 1976 |
| Eddie Moss | 28 | RB | 2 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Southeast Missouri State | 9/27/1948 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 313th pick / 1972 |
| Steve Neils | 25 | LB | 7 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 5/2/1951 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 111th pick / 1974 |
| Lee Nelson | 22 | DB | 9 | 2 | 185 | 5-10 | Florida State | 1/30/1954 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 15th / 420th pick / 1976 |
| Brad Oates | 23 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 274 | 6-6 | BYU,Duke | 9/30/1953 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1976 |
| Steve Okoniewski | 27 | DT-DE | 8 | 0 | 257 | 6-3 | Montana,Washington | 8/22/1949 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 41st pick / 1972 |
| Jim Otis | 28 | RB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 4/29/1948 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 218th pick / 1970 |
| Ken Reaves | 32 | DB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Norfolk State | 10/29/1944 | 10 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 49th pick / 1966 |
| Mike Sensibaugh | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | Ohio State | 1/3/1949 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 191st pick / 1971 |
| Jeff Severson | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 6-1 | Long Beach State | 9/16/1949 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 297th pick / 1971 |
| Jackie Smith | 36 | TE | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Northwest State (LA) | 2/23/1940 | 13 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| Larry Stallings | 35 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 12/11/1941 | 13 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 68th pick / 1963 |
| Norm Thompson | 31 | DB | 13 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Utah | 3/5/1945 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1971 |
| Pat Tilley | 23 | WR | 13 | 5 | 178 | 5-10 | Louisiana Tech | 2/15/1953 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 114th pick / 1976 |
| Marvin Upshaw | 30 | DE-DT | 4 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Trinity (TX) | 11/22/1946 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 21st pick / 1968 |
| Roger Wehrli*+ | 29 | DB | 14 | 13 | 190 | 6-0 | Missouri | 11/26/1947 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| Ray White | 27 | LB | 6 | 5 | 227 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 5/18/1949 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 117th pick / 1971 |
| Keith Wortman | 26 | T-G-C | 3 | 0 | 260 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 7/20/1950 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 242nd pick / 1972 |
| Sam Wyche | 31 | QB | 1 | 0 | 218 | 6-4 | Furman | 1/5/1945 | 8 | |
| Ron Yankowski | 30 | DE | 5 | 0 | 244 | 6-5 | Kansas State | 10/23/1946 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 199th pick / 1971 |
| Bob Young | 34 | G-DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-1 | Howard Payne,Texas,Texas State | 9/3/1942 | 10 | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 |
| John Zook | 29 | DE | 13 | 12 | 243 | 6-4 | Kansas | 9/24/1947 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 99th pick / 1969 |
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 223.7 | 6-1.6 | 4.5 |