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1977 St. Louis Cardinals
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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 272 points (19.4/g), 11th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 287 points (20.5/g), 23rd.
Differential of -15 points (-1.1/g), 18th.
Expected W-L: 6.6-7.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 19th.
Coached by Don Coryell (7-7-0)
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1977 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* | 33 | 11 | 14 | 186 for 355, 2,542 yards, 13 td, 20 int, & 11 rushes for 18 yards and 0 td | |
| RB | Terry Metcalf* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 149 rushes for 739 yards, 4 td, & 34 catches for 403 yards and 2 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1973 |
| FB | Wayne Morris | 23 | 1 | 7 | 165 rushes for 661 yards, 8 td, & 24 catches for 222 yards and 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 141st pick / 1976 |
| FB | Jim Otis | 29 | 7 | 6 | 99 rushes for 334 yards, 2 td, & 2 catches for 18 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 218th pick / 1970 |
| WR | Mel Gray* | 29 | 6 | 0 | 38 catches for 782 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for -1 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 147th pick / 1971 |
| WR | Ike Harris | 25 | 2 | 14 | 40 catches for 547 yards, 3 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1974 |
| TE | J.V. Cain | 26 | 3 | 13 | 25 catches for 328 yards, 2 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 1974 |
| LT | Roger Finnie | 32 | 8 | 0 | New York Jets / 14th / 364th pick / 1969 |
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| LG | Bob Young | 35 | 11 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 |
| C | Tom Banks* | 29 | 6 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 189th pick / 1970 |
| RG | Conrad Dobler* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 110th pick / 1972 |
| RT | Dan Dierdorf*+ | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | John Zook | 30 | 8 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 99th pick / 1969 |
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| LDT | Charles Davis | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 229th pick / 1974 |
| RDT | Mike Dawson | 24 | 1 | 14 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 22nd pick / 1976 |
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| RDE | Ron Yankowski | 31 | 6 | 13 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 199th pick / 1971 |
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| LLB | Eric D. Williams | 22 | Rook | 8 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 216th pick / 1977 |
| LLB | Steve Neils | 26 | 3 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 111th pick / 1974 |
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| MLB | Tim Kearney | 27 | 5 | 10 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 83rd pick / 1972 |
| RLB | Mark Arneson | 28 | 5 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1972 |
| LCB | Lee Nelson | 23 | 1 | 8 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 15th / 420th pick / 1976 |
| RCB | Roger Wehrli*+ | 30 | 8 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| SS | Ken Reaves | 33 | 11 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 49th pick / 1966 |
| FS | Mike Sensibaugh | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 191st pick / 1971 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Bakken | 37 | 15 | 0 | 7 of 16 field goals & 35 of 36 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| P | Duane Carrell | 28 | 3 | 0 | 49 punts for a 35.9 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Terry Metcalf* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 14 punt returns for a 7.7 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1973 |
| KR | Terry Metcalf* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 32 kick returns for a 24.1 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1973 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Carl Allen | 22 | DB | 14 | 4 | 185 | 6-0 | Southern Miss | 12/21/1955 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 11th / 299th pick / 1977 |
| Kurt Allerman | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-3 | Penn State | 8/30/1955 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 78th pick / 1977 |
| Henry Allison | 30 | G-T | 8 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | College of the Sequoias,San Diego State | 2/11/1947 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 50th pick / 1971 |
| Mark Arneson | 28 | LB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-2 | Arizona | 9/9/1949 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1972 |
| Dan Audick | 23 | T-G | 2 | 0 | 252 | 6-3 | Hawaii | 11/15/1954 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 106th pick / 1977 |
| Jim Bakken | 37 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 11/2/1940 | 15 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| Tom Banks* | 29 | C-G | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-1 | Auburn | 8/20/1948 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 189th pick / 1970 |
| Bob Bell | 29 | DT-DE | 7 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Cincinnati | 1/25/1948 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 21st pick / 1971 |
| Tim Black | 22 | LB | 4 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Baylor | 1/3/1955 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 7th / 179th pick / 1977 |
| Bill Bradley | 30 | DB | 4 | 1 | 190 | 5-11 | Texas | 1/24/1947 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 69th pick / 1969 |
| Tom Brahaney | 26 | C | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 10/23/1951 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 109th pick / 1973 |
| J.V. Cain | 26 | TE-WR | 13 | 13 | 224 | 6-4 | Colorado | 7/22/1951 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 1974 |
| Duane Carrell | 28 | P | 10 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Florida State | 10/3/1949 | 3 | |
| Rondy Colbert | 23 | DB | 4 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | Lamar | 1/7/1954 | 2 | New York Giants / 17th / 417th pick / 1975 |
| Charles Davis | 26 | DT-NT | 14 | 0 | 269 | 6-1 | TCU | 11/17/1951 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 229th pick / 1974 |
| Mike Dawson | 24 | DT-NT-DE | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-4 | Arizona | 10/16/1953 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 22nd pick / 1976 |
| Dan Dierdorf*+ | 28 | T-G-C | 12 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/29/1949 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
| Conrad Dobler* | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 254 | 6-3 | Wyoming | 10/1/1950 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 110th pick / 1972 |
| Bill Donckers | 26 | QB | 5 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | San Diego State | 1/8/1951 | 1 | |
| Roger Finnie | 32 | T-G-DT | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Florida A&M | 11/6/1945 | 8 | New York Jets / 14th / 364th pick / 1969 |
| Robert Giblin | 25 | DB | 11 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Houston | 11/18/1952 | 2 | New York Giants / 4th / 79th pick / 1975 |
| Mel Gray* | 29 | WR | 14 | 0 | 175 | 5-9 | Missouri | 9/28/1948 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 147th pick / 1971 |
| Ike Harris | 25 | WR | 14 | 14 | 210 | 6-3 | Iowa State | 11/27/1952 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1974 |
| Jim Hart* | 33 | QB | 14 | 14 | 215 | 6-1 | Southern Illinois | 4/29/1944 | 11 | |
| Steve Jones | 26 | RB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Duke | 3/6/1951 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 129th pick / 1973 |
| Terry Joyce | 23 | P-TE | 4 | 0 | 230 | 6-6 | Missouri Southern,Wichita State | 7/18/1954 | 1 | |
| Tim Kearney | 27 | LB | 14 | 10 | 227 | 6-2 | Northern Michigan | 11/5/1950 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 83rd pick / 1972 |
| Marv Kellum | 25 | LB | 14 | 4 | 225 | 6-2 | Wichita State | 6/23/1952 | 3 | |
| Jerry Latin | 24 | RB | 14 | 3 | 190 | 5-10 | Northern Illinois | 8/25/1953 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 11th / 280th pick / 1975 |
| Terry Metcalf* | 26 | RB-WR | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Long Beach State | 9/24/1951 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1973 |
| Wayne Morris | 23 | RB | 12 | 7 | 207 | 6-0 | SMU | 5/3/1954 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 141st pick / 1976 |
| Steve Neils | 26 | LB | 14 | 6 | 217 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 5/2/1951 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 111th pick / 1974 |
| Lee Nelson | 23 | DB | 10 | 8 | 185 | 5-10 | Florida State | 1/30/1954 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 15th / 420th pick / 1976 |
| Brad Oates | 24 | T-G | 9 | 0 | 274 | 6-6 | BYU,Duke | 9/30/1953 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1976 |
| Steve Okoniewski | 28 | DT-DE | 1 | 0 | 257 | 6-3 | Montana,Washington | 8/22/1949 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 41st pick / 1972 |
| Jim Otis | 29 | RB | 13 | 6 | 220 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 4/29/1948 | 7 | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 218th pick / 1970 |
| Walt Patulski | 27 | DE | 14 | 0 | 259 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 2/3/1950 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1972 |
| Ken Reaves | 33 | DB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Norfolk State | 10/29/1944 | 11 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 49th pick / 1966 |
| Mike Sensibaugh | 28 | DB | 10 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | Ohio State | 1/3/1949 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 191st pick / 1971 |
| Jeff Severson | 28 | DB | 14 | 3 | 183 | 6-1 | Long Beach State | 9/16/1949 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 297th pick / 1971 |
| Jackie Smith | 37 | TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Northwest State (LA) | 2/23/1940 | 14 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 129th pick / 1963 |
| Perry Smith | 26 | DB | 3 | 3 | 195 | 6-1 | Colorado State,Mesa | 3/29/1951 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 92nd pick / 1973 |
| Ken Stone | 27 | DB-WR | 14 | 0 | 179 | 6-1 | Vanderbilt | 9/14/1950 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 245th pick / 1973 |
| Pat Tilley | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 178 | 5-10 | Louisiana Tech | 2/15/1953 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 114th pick / 1976 |
| Roger Wehrli*+ | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Missouri | 11/26/1947 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| Eric D. Williams | 22 | LB | 14 | 8 | 227 | 6-2 | USC | 6/17/1955 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 216th pick / 1977 |
| Keith Wortman | 27 | T-G-C | 14 | 3 | 260 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 7/20/1950 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 242nd pick / 1972 |
| Ron Yankowski | 31 | DE | 14 | 13 | 244 | 6-5 | Kansas State | 10/23/1946 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 199th pick / 1971 |
| Bob Young | 35 | G-DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-1 | Howard Payne,Texas,Texas State | 9/3/1942 | 11 | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 |
| John Zook | 30 | DE | 12 | 9 | 243 | 6-4 | Kansas | 9/24/1947 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 99th pick / 1969 |
| Team Total | 27.2 | 14 | 221.6 | 6-1.5 | 4.6 |