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.

Simple Rating System: Total -2.5, Offense: -2.6, Defense: 0.0, SoS: 0.5, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Bud Wilkinson

Defensive Coordinator: Tom Bettis

Training Camp: Lindenwoods Colleges (St. Charles, Missouri)

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Team Stats and Rankings

			Tot Yds & TO			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	286	212	428	2351	19	26	5.1	131	588	2396	15	4.1	131	42	16	24
Lg Rank Offense	23	7			13		2	4	14	12	11		18	25	19	26		7	6
Lg Rank Defense	15	13			16		12	7	18	10	9		18	19	11	20		13	18

Team Games & Schedule

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

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	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%	4QC	GWD
17	Jim Hart	34	QB	15	15	6-9-0	240	477	50.3	3121	16	3.4	18	3.8	74	6.5	5.5	13.0	208.1	66.7	20	166	5.95	4.96	4.0	0	1
15	Steve Pisarkiewicz	25	qb	3	1	0-1-0	10	29	34.5	164	0	0.0	3	10.3	40	5.7	1.0	16.4	54.7	14.8	2	20	4.65	0.29	6.5
84	Dave Stief	22	wr	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	43.00	43.00	0.0
19	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	29.00	29.00	0.0
	Team Total	26.4		16		6-10-0	252	508	49.6	3357	16	3.1	21	4.1	74	6.6	5.4	13.3	209.8	64.2	22	186	5.98	4.80	4.2	0	1
	Opp Total			16			212	428	49.5	2641	19	4.4	26	6.1		6.2	4.32	12.5	165.1	58.6	37	290	5.1	3.4	8.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Rushing							Receiving
No.		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
35	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
24	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
34	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
39	Willard Harrell	26	KR/PR	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
17	Jim Hart	34	QB	15	15	11	11	2	9	1.0	0.7	0.7								11	2	5
20	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
32	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
85	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
15	Steve Pisarkiewicz	25	qb	3	1	5	-1	0	2	-0.2	-0.3	1.7								-1	0	2
80	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
30	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
83	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
84	Dave Stief	22	wr	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
28	Ted Farmer	25		2	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	2.0	0.5								4	0	0
12	Steve Little	22	k	11	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1								0	0	1
22	Roger Wehrli	31	RCB	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1								0	0	0
87	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
86	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
87	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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
39	Willard Harrell	26	KR/PR	13	2	21	196	1	70	9.3	19	389	0	32	20.5	724
20	Gordon Bell	25		6	0	14	101	0	23	7.2	8	177	0	27	22.1	329
30	Willie Shelby	25		3	0	10	88	0	16	8.8	9	211	0	31	23.4	315
86	Jimmy Childs	22		8	0						4	77	0	25	19.3	127
80	Tom Southard	23		2	0	2	-2	0	0	-1.0	2	47	0	26	23.5	45
24	Wayne Morris	24	RB	13	13						3	66	0	27	22.0	995
38	Lee Nelson	24	db	16	1						3	58	0	22	19.3	58
32	Jerry Latin	25		2	0						2	48	0	26	24.0	59
83	Pat Tilley	25	WR	16	16	2	8	0	4	4.0						940
44	Rolly Woolsey	25		2	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	1	25	0	25	25.0	29
56	Tim Kearney	28	LILB	15	0						1	22	0	22	22.0	22
45	Perry Smith	27	db	16	3	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
23	Ken Stone	28	FS	14	0						1	3	0	3	3.0	3
59	Curtis Townsend	23		9	0						1	13	0	13	13.0	13
52	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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
No.		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
25	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
19	Mike Wood	24	P	8	0																	51	1919	81	0	37.6
12	Steve Little	22	k	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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
23	Ken Stone	28	FS	14	0		9	139	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0
39	Willard Harrell	26	KR/PR	13	2							0	4	3	0	0
17	Jim Hart	34	QB	15	15							0	5	2	-6	0
27	Carl Allen	23	LCB	15	14		6	54	0	21	0
34	Steve Jones	27		16	0							0	5	0	0	0
45	Perry Smith	27	db	16	3		3	6	0	6	0	0	0	2	42	0
20	Gordon Bell	25		6	0							0	3	1	0	0
53	Steve Neils	27	LOLB	16	0		1	18	0	18	0	0	0	3	8	0
35	Jim Otis	30	FB	15	0							0	4	0	0	0
22	Roger Wehrli	31	RCB	16	0		4	3	0	3	0
57	Mark Arneson	29	ROLB	16	0							0	0	3	-16	0
56	Tim Kearney	28	LILB	15	0		1	8	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	Steve Pisarkiewicz	25	qb	3	1							0	2	1	-14	0
73	Mike Dawson	25	NT	16	16							0	0	2	0	0
12	Steve Little	22	k	11	0							0	1	1	0	0
50	Kurt Allerman	23	RILB	15	9							0	0	1	13	0
25	Jim Bakken	38	K	16	0							0	0	1	0	0
51	Tom Brahaney	27		16	0							0	1	0	-29	0
72	Dan Dierdorf*+	29	RT	16	0							0	0	1	10	0
60	Roger Finnie	33		7	0							0	0	1	0	0
32	Jerry Latin	25		2	0							0	1	0	0	0
24	Wayne Morris	24	RB	13	13							0	1	0	0	0
38	Lee Nelson	24	db	16	1		1	-3	0	-3	0
80	Eason Ramson	22	te	15	7							0	0	1	0	0
20	Mike Sensibaugh	29		5	0							0	0	1	2	0
84	Dave Stief	22	wr	15	3							0	0	1	0	0
83	Pat Tilley	25	WR	16	16							0	1	0	0	0
59	Curtis Townsend	23		9	0							0	0	1	0	0
55	Eric D. Williams	23	rilb	13	11		1	24	0	24	0
64	Bob Young*	36	LG	16	0							0	0	1	0	0
	Team Total	26.4		16			26	249	0	33	0	0	28	30	10	0			1
	Opp Total			16		22							34	18

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
25	Jim Bakken	38	K	16	0						27	11		60
35	Jim Otis	30	FB	15	0	8				8				48
87	Al Chandler	28	TE	11	0		4			4				24
84	Dave Stief	22	wr	15	3		4			4				24
83	Pat Tilley	25	WR	16	16		3			3				18
85	Mel Gray	30	WR	13	0	1	1			2				12
17	Jim Hart	34	QB	15	15	2				2				12
34	Steve Jones	27		16	0	2				2				12
24	Wayne Morris	24	RB	13	13	1	1			2				12
87	Jim Thaxton	29		5	0		1			1			1	8
86	Jimmy Childs	22		8	0		1			1				6
39	Willard Harrell	26	KR/PR	13	2			1		1				6
80	Eason Ramson	22	te	15	7		1			1				6
	Team Total	26.4		16		14	16	1		31	27	11	1	248
	Opp Total			16		15	19		2		35	13		296

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