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1978 St. Louis Cardinals

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 4th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 248 points (15.5/g), 23rd of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 296 points (18.5/g), 15th.
 Differential of -48 points (-3.0/g), 23rd.
 Expected W-L: 6.3-9.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.4/g), 7th.

Coached by Bud Wilkinson (6-10-0)

1978 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 3 box L 0-1 @ Chicago Bears 10 17 16 236 137 99 2 19 243 49 194
2 Sun September 10 box L 0-2 New England Patriots 6 16 9 193 136 57 3 21 441 172 269 4
3 Sun September 17 box L 0-3 Washington Redskins 10 28 19 328 196 132 1 16 302 47 255
4 Sun September 24 box L 0-4 @ Dallas Cowboys 12 21 16 310 195 115 21 389 173 216 2
5 Sun October 1 box L 0-5 @ Miami Dolphins 10 24 19 351 211 140 1 16 267 144 123 1
6 Sun October 8 box L 0-6 Baltimore Colts 17 30 21 343 198 145 3 14 222 66 156 2
7 Sun October 15 box L 0-7 Dallas Cowboys 21 24 21 372 236 136 3 24 418 287 131 4
8 Sun October 22 box L 0-8 @ New York Jets 10 23 13 304 144 160 3 21 293 123 170
9 Sun October 29 box W 1-8 @ Philadelphia Eagles 16 10 15 354 260 94 3 19 352 220 132 5
10 Sun November 5 box W 2-8 New York Giants 20 10 17 350 211 139 1 22 311 169 142 5
11 Sun November 12 box W 3-8 @ San Francisco 49ers 16 10 21 335 221 114 2 16 264 146 118 3
12 Sun November 19 box W 4-8 @ Washington Redskins 27 17 18 303 137 166 2 14 211 193 18 3
13 Sun November 26 box L 4-9 Philadelphia Eagles 10 14 17 294 192 102 3 15 244 149 95
14 Sun December 3 box W 5-9 Detroit Lions 21 14 18 284 151 133 1 16 224 119 105 5
15 Sun December 10 box L 5-10 @ New York Giants 0 17 17 341 198 143 5 14 255 24 231 2
16 Sun December 17 box W 6-10 Atlanta Falcons 42 21 24 427 348 79 2 18 311 270 41 6

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 248 5125 1084 4.7 281 252 508 3171 16 21 6.0 158 554 1954 14 3.5 103 35 14 20
Team Defense 296 4747 1053 4.5 441 212 428 2351 19 26 5.1 131 588 2396 15 4.1 286 42 16 24
Lg Rank Offense 23 7 13 2 4 14 12 6 18 25 19 26 7 6
Lg Rank Defense 15 13 18 12 7 18 10 7 18 19 11 20 13 18

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 34 QB 15 15 240 477 50.3 3121 16 3.4 18 3.8 74 6.5 5.2 13.0 208.1 66.7 20 166 5.9 4.6 4.0
Steve Pisarkiewicz 25 3 1 10 29 34.5 164 0 0.0 3 10.3 40 5.7 1.0 16.4 54.7 14.8 2 20 4.6 0.3 6.5
Dave Stief 22 15 3 1 1 100.0 43 0 0.0 0 0.0 43 43.0 43.0 43.0 2.9 118.7 0 0 43.0 43.0 0.0
Mike Wood 24 P 8 0 1 1 100.0 29 0 0.0 0 0.0 29 29.0 29.0 29.0 3.6 118.7 0 0 29.0 29.0 0.0
Team Total 26.4 16 252 508 49.6 3357 16 3.1 21 4.1 74 6.6 5.1 13.3 209.8 64.2 22 186 6.0 4.5 4.2
Opp Total 16 212 428 49.5 2351 19 4.4 26 6.1 5.5 3.2 11.1 146.9 55.7 37 290 5.1 2.3

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 30 FB 15 0 197 664 8 17 3.4 44.3 13.1 8 38 4.8 0 12 0.5 2.5 702 8 4
Wayne Morris 24 RB 13 13 174 631 1 27 3.6 48.5 13.4 33 298 9.0 1 33 2.5 22.9 929 2 1
Steve Jones 27 16 0 105 392 2 17 3.7 24.5 6.6 27 217 8.0 0 38 1.7 13.6 609 2 5
Willard Harrell 26 RET 13 2 35 134 0 15 3.8 10.3 2.7 3 5 1.7 0 2 0.2 0.4 139 0 4
Jim Hart 34 QB 15 15 11 11 2 9 1.0 0.7 0.7 11 2 5
Gordon Bell 25 6 0 7 23 0 9 3.3 3.8 1.2 3 28 9.3 0 17 0.5 4.7 51 0 3
Jerry Latin 25 2 0 6 8 0 4 1.3 4.0 3.0 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.5 1.5 11 0 1
Mel Gray 30 WR 13 0 5 51 1 27 10.2 3.9 0.4 44 871 19.8 1 74 3.4 67.0 922 2 0
Steve Pisarkiewicz 25 3 1 5 -1 0 2 -0.2 -0.3 1.7 -1 0 2
Eason Ramson 22 te 15 7 2 8 0 5 4.0 0.5 0.1 23 238 10.3 1 26 1.5 15.9 246 1 0
Willie Shelby 25 3 0 2 5 0 4 2.5 1.7 0.7 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.3 3.7 16 0 0
Pat Tilley 25 WR 16 16 1 32 0 32 32.0 2.0 0.1 62 900 14.5 3 43 3.9 56.3 932 3 1
Dave Stief 22 15 3 1 -8 0 -8 -8.0 -0.5 0.1 24 477 19.9 4 55 1.6 31.8 469 4 0
Ted Farmer 25 2 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 2.0 0.5 4 0 0
Steve Little 22 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
Roger Wehrli 31 RCB 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
Al Chandler 28 TE 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 190 11.9 4 47 1.5 17.3 190 4 0
Jimmy Childs 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 50 12.5 1 23 0.5 6.3 50 1 0
Jim Thaxton 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 31 10.3 1 16 0.6 6.2 31 1 0
Team Total 26.4 16 554 1954 14 32 3.5 122.1 34.6 252 3357 13.3 16 74 15.8 209.8 5311 30 28
Opp Total 16 588 2396 15 4.1 149.8 36.8 212 2351 11.1 19 13.3 146.9 4747 34 34

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Willard Harrell 26 RET 13 2 21 196 1 70 9.3 19 389 0 32 20.5 724
Gordon Bell 25 6 0 14 101 0 23 7.2 8 177 0 27 22.1 329
Willie Shelby 25 3 0 10 88 0 16 8.8 9 211 0 31 23.4 315
Jimmy Childs 22 8 0 4 77 0 25 19.3 127
Tom Southard 23 2 0 2 -2 0 0 -1.0 2 47 0 26 23.5 45
Wayne Morris 24 RB 13 13 3 66 0 27 22.0 995
Lee Nelson 24 16 1 3 58 0 22 19.3 58
Jerry Latin 25 2 0 2 48 0 26 24.0 59
Pat Tilley 25 WR 16 16 2 8 0 4 4.0 940
Rolly Woolsey 25 2 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 1 25 0 25 25.0 29
Tim Kearney 28 LILB 15 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 22
Perry Smith 27 16 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Ken Stone 28 FS 14 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Curtis Townsend 23 9 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Greg Westbrooks 25 10 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Team Total 26.4 16 51 395 1 70 7.7 55 1148 0 32 20.9 6854
Opp Total 16 59 0 51 1142 2 22.4

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
Jim Bakken 38 K 16 0 5 4 7 4 10 3 22 11 50.0% 30 27 90.0% 4 147 42 0 36.8
Mike Wood 24 P 8 0 51 1919 81 0 37.6
Steve Little 22 11 0 46 1749 54 1 38.0
Team Total 26.4 16 5 4 7 4 10 3 22 11 50.0% 30 27 90.0% 101 3815 81 1 37.8
Opp Total 16 18 13 72.2% 37 35 94.6% 94 3657 38.9

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Carl Allen 23 LCB 15 14 6 54 0 21
Kurt Allerman 23 RILB 15 9 0 1 13 0
Mark Arneson 29 ROLB 16 0 0 3 -16 0
Jim Bakken 38 K 16 0 0 1 0 0
Gordon Bell 25 6 0 3 1 0 0
Tom Brahaney 27 16 0 1 0 -29 0
Mike Dawson 25 NT 16 16 0 2 0 0
Dan Dierdorf*+ 29 RT 16 0 0 1 10 0
Roger Finnie 33 7 0 0 1 0 0
Willard Harrell 26 RET 13 2 4 3 0 0
Jim Hart 34 QB 15 15 5 2 -6 0
Steve Jones 27 16 0 5 0 0 0
Tim Kearney 28 LILB 15 0 1 8 0 8 0 2 0 0
Jerry Latin 25 2 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Little 22 11 0 1 1 0 0
Wayne Morris 24 RB 13 13 1 0 0 0
Steve Neils 27 LOLB 16 0 1 18 0 18 0 3 8 0
Lee Nelson 24 16 1 1 -3 0 -3
Jim Otis 30 FB 15 0 4 0 0 0
Steve Pisarkiewicz 25 3 1 2 1 -14 0
Eason Ramson 22 te 15 7 0 1 0 0
Mike Sensibaugh 29 5 0 0 1 2 0
Perry Smith 27 16 3 3 6 0 6 0 2 42 0
Dave Stief 22 15 3 0 1 0 0
Ken Stone 28 FS 14 0 9 139 0 33 0 1 0 0
Pat Tilley 25 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
Curtis Townsend 23 9 0 0 1 0 0
Roger Wehrli 31 RCB 16 0 4 3 0 3
Eric D. Williams 23 rilb 13 11 1 24 0 24
Bob Young* 36 LG 16 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 26 249 0 33 28 30 10 0 1
Opp Total 16 22 34 18

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jim Bakken 38 K 16 0 27 11 60
Jim Otis 30 FB 15 0 8 48
Al Chandler 28 TE 11 0 4 24
Dave Stief 22 15 3 4 24
Pat Tilley 25 WR 16 16 3 18
Mel Gray 30 WR 13 0 1 1 12
Jim Hart 34 QB 15 15 2 12
Steve Jones 27 16 0 2 12
Wayne Morris 24 RB 13 13 1 1 12
Jim Thaxton 29 5 0 1 1 8
Jimmy Childs 22 8 0 1 6
Willard Harrell 26 RET 13 2 1 6
Eason Ramson 22 te 15 7 1 6
Team Total 26.4 16 14 16 1 27 11 1 248
Opp Total 16 15 19 2 35 13 296