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1980 St. Louis Cardinals
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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 4th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 299 points (18.7/g), 19th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 350 points (21.9/g), 21st.
Differential of -51 points (-3.2/g), 20th.
Expected W-L: 6.5-9.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 17th.
Coached by Jim Hanifan (5-11-0)
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1980 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 | 36 | 14 | 15 | 228 for 425, 2,946 yards, 16 td, 20 int, & 9 rushes for 11 yards and 0 td | |
| RB | Ottis Anderson* | 23 | 1 | 16 | 301 rushes for 1,352 yards, 9 td, & 36 catches for 308 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1979 |
| FB | Wayne Morris | 26 | 4 | 16 | 117 rushes for 456 yards, 6 td, & 15 catches for 110 yards and 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 141st pick / 1976 |
| WR | Mel Gray | 32 | 9 | 16 | 40 catches for 709 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for -3 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 147th pick / 1971 |
| WR | Pat Tilley* | 27 | 4 | 14 | 68 catches for 966 yards, 6 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 114th pick / 1976 |
| TE | Doug Marsh | 22 | Rook | 16 | 22 catches for 269 yards, 4 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1980 |
| LT | George Collins | 25 | 2 | 9 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 96th pick / 1978 |
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| LT | Brad Oates | 27 | 4 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1976 |
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| LG | Barney Cotton | 24 | 1 | 9 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 59th pick / 1979 |
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| LG | Joe Bostic | 23 | 1 | 15 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1979 |
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| C | Tom Brahaney | 29 | 7 | 16 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 109th pick / 1973 |
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| RG | Joe Bostic | 23 | 1 | 15 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1979 |
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| RG | Tom Banks | 32 | 9 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 189th pick / 1970 |
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| RT | Dan Dierdorf* | 31 | 9 | 16 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Pollard | 32 | 9 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 11th / 262nd pick / 1971 |
| NT | Rush Brown | 26 | Rook | 10 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 255th pick / 1980 |
| RDE | Ron Yankowski | 34 | 9 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 199th pick / 1971 |
| LOLB | Steve Neils | 29 | 6 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 111th pick / 1974 |
| LILB | Eric D. Williams | 25 | 3 | 12 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 216th pick / 1977 |
| LILB | Calvin Favron | 23 | 1 | 7 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 46th pick / 1979 |
| RILB | Tim Kearney | 30 | 8 | 12 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 83rd pick / 1972 |
| ROLB | Mark Arneson | 31 | 8 | 15 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1972 |
| LCB | Carl Allen | 25 | 3 | 10 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 11th / 299th pick / 1977 |
| RCB | Roger Wehrli | 33 | 11 | 16 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| SS | Lee Nelson | 26 | 4 | 10 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 15th / 420th pick / 1976 |
| SS | Ken Greene | 24 | 2 | 8 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1978 |
| FS | Ken Stone | 30 | 7 | 9 | 5 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 10th / 245th pick / 1973 |
| FS | Roy Green | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1979 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Neil O'Donoghue | 27 | 3 | 0 | 11 of 15 field goals & 18 of 18 extra points | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 127th pick / 1977 |
| P | Larry Swider | 25 | 1 | 0 | 99 punts for a 41.5 average, 1 blocked | Denver Broncos / 7th / 185th pick / 1977 |
| PR | Mark R. Bell | 23 | Rook | 0 | 21 punt returns for a 9.3 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 130th pick / 1979 |
| KR | Roy Green | 23 | 1 | 6 | 32 kick returns for a 23.3 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1979 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bill Acker | 24 | NT | 16 | 4 | 255 | 6-3 | Texas | 11/7/1956 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 142nd pick / 1980 |
| Carl Allen | 25 | DB | 16 | 10 | 185 | 6-0 | Southern Miss | 12/21/1955 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 11th / 299th pick / 1977 |
| Ottis Anderson* | 23 | RB | 16 | 16 | 220 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 1/19/1957 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1979 |
| Mark Arneson | 31 | LB | 16 | 15 | 220 | 6-2 | Arizona | 9/9/1949 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1972 |
| Charles Baker | 23 | LB | 16 | 1 | 226 | 6-2 | New Mexico | 9/26/1957 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 81st pick / 1980 |
| Tom Banks | 32 | C-G | 6 | 6 | 245 | 6-1 | Auburn | 8/20/1948 | 9 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 189th pick / 1970 |
| John Barefield | 25 | LB | 6 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 3/23/1955 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1978 |
| Mark R. Bell | 23 | WR | 11 | 0 | 175 | 5-9 | Colorado State | 6/14/1957 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 130th pick / 1979 |
| Joe Bostic | 23 | G-T | 16 | 15 | 265 | 6-3 | Clemson | 4/20/1957 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1979 |
| Tom Brahaney | 29 | C | 16 | 16 | 245 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 10/23/1951 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 109th pick / 1973 |
| Jon Brooks | 23 | LB | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Clemson | 6/22/1957 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 92nd pick / 1979 |
| Rush Brown | 26 | DT-NT-DE | 16 | 10 | 257 | 6-2 | Ball State | 6/27/1954 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 255th pick / 1980 |
| Theotis Brown | 23 | RB | 16 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | UCLA | 4/20/1957 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 35th pick / 1979 |
| Randy Clark | 23 | C-T-G | 8 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Northern Illinois | 7/27/1957 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 8th / 215th pick / 1980 |
| Ron Coder | 26 | G-T | 11 | 2 | 250 | 6-4 | Penn State | 5/24/1954 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 70th pick / 1976 |
| Tim Collier | 26 | DB | 12 | 4 | 172 | 6-0 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 5/31/1954 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 9th / 249th pick / 1976 |
| George Collins | 25 | T-G | 16 | 9 | 257 | 6-2 | Georgia | 12/9/1955 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 96th pick / 1978 |
| Chris Combs | 22 | TE-T | 16 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | New Mexico | 3/17/1958 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 4th / 106th pick / 1980 |
| Barney Cotton | 24 | G | 16 | 9 | 264 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 9/30/1956 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 59th pick / 1979 |
| Kirby Criswell | 23 | LB-DE | 4 | 0 | 238 | 6-5 | Kansas | 8/31/1957 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 31st pick / 1980 |
| Mike Dawson | 27 | DT-NT-DE | 4 | 4 | 270 | 6-4 | Arizona | 10/16/1953 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 22nd pick / 1976 |
| Dan Dierdorf* | 31 | T-G-C | 16 | 16 | 275 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/29/1949 | 9 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
| Calvin Favron | 23 | LB | 16 | 7 | 225 | 6-1 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7/3/1957 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 46th pick / 1979 |
| Mark Goodspeed | 24 | T | 3 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 12/1/1956 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 239th pick / 1980 |
| Mel Gray | 32 | WR | 16 | 16 | 175 | 5-9 | Missouri | 9/28/1948 | 9 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 147th pick / 1971 |
| Roy Green | 23 | WR-DB | 15 | 6 | 195 | 6-0 | Henderson State | 6/30/1957 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1979 |
| Ken Greene | 24 | DB | 12 | 8 | 203 | 6-3 | Washington State | 5/8/1956 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1978 |
| Curtis Greer | 23 | DE | 11 | 2 | 255 | 6-4 | Michigan | 11/10/1957 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 6th pick / 1980 |
| Willard Harrell | 28 | RB | 16 | 0 | 162 | 5-8 | Pacific | 9/16/1952 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 58th pick / 1975 |
| Jim Hart | 36 | QB | 15 | 15 | 215 | 6-1 | Southern Illinois | 4/29/1944 | 14 | |
| Tim Kearney | 30 | LB | 13 | 12 | 227 | 6-2 | Northern Michigan | 11/5/1950 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 83rd pick / 1972 |
| Jeff Lee | 25 | WR | 4 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 5/23/1955 | Rook | |
| Oudious Lee | 24 | NT | 1 | 0 | 253 | 6-1 | Nebraska | 6/14/1956 | Rook | |
| Rusty Lisch | 24 | QB | 2 | 0 | 213 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 12/21/1956 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1980 |
| Steve Little | 24 | K | 6 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Arkansas | 2/19/1956 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 15th pick / 1978 |
| Randy Love | 24 | RB | 16 | 0 | 208 | 6-1 | Houston | 9/30/1956 | 1 | New England Patriots / 8th / 216th pick / 1979 |
| Mike Loyd | 24 | QB | 5 | 1 | 216 | 6-2 | Kansas,Missouri Southern,Tulsa | 5/6/1956 | Rook | |
| Doug Marsh | 22 | TE | 16 | 16 | 236 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/18/1958 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1980 |
| Stafford Mays | 22 | DE-DT-NT | 16 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | Washington | 3/13/1958 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 225th pick / 1980 |
| Jeff McIntyre | 25 | LB | 10 | 2 | 232 | 6-3 | Arizona State | 9/20/1955 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 6th / 148th pick / 1979 |
| Wayne Morris | 26 | RB | 16 | 16 | 207 | 6-0 | SMU | 5/3/1954 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 141st pick / 1976 |
| Steve Neils | 29 | LB | 14 | 14 | 217 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 5/2/1951 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 111th pick / 1974 |
| Lee Nelson | 26 | DB | 16 | 10 | 185 | 5-10 | Florida State | 1/30/1954 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 15th / 420th pick / 1976 |
| Neil O'Donoghue | 27 | K | 10 | 0 | 208 | 6-6 | Auburn,St. Bernard | 1/18/1953 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 127th pick / 1977 |
| Brad Oates | 27 | T-G | 10 | 5 | 274 | 6-6 | BYU,Duke | 9/30/1953 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1976 |
| Gary Parris | 30 | TE | 1 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Florida State | 6/13/1950 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 15th / 372nd pick / 1973 |
| Rod Phillips | 28 | RB | 16 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Cincinnati,Jackson State | 12/23/1952 | 5 | |
| Bob Pollard | 32 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-3 | Texas Southern,Weber State | 12/30/1948 | 9 | New Orleans Saints / 11th / 262nd pick / 1971 |
| Tom Seabron | 23 | LB | 2 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Michigan | 5/24/1957 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 111th pick / 1979 |
| Dave Stief | 24 | WR-DB | 16 | 2 | 195 | 6-3 | Portland State | 1/29/1956 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 181st pick / 1978 |
| Ken Stone | 30 | DB-WR | 16 | 9 | 179 | 6-1 | Vanderbilt | 9/14/1950 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 245th pick / 1973 |
| Larry Swider | 25 | P | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 2/1/1955 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 7th / 185th pick / 1977 |
| Pat Tilley* | 27 | WR | 14 | 14 | 178 | 5-10 | Louisiana Tech | 2/15/1953 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 114th pick / 1976 |
| Roger Wehrli | 33 | DB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 6-0 | Missouri | 11/26/1947 | 11 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| Eric D. Williams | 25 | LB | 12 | 12 | 227 | 6-2 | USC | 6/17/1955 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 216th pick / 1977 |
| Gerard Williams | 28 | DB | 4 | 0 | 184 | 6-1 | Langston | 5/25/1952 | 4 | |
| Keith Wortman | 30 | T-G-C | 2 | 2 | 260 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 7/20/1950 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 242nd pick / 1972 |
| Ron Yankowski | 34 | DE | 14 | 13 | 244 | 6-5 | Kansas State | 10/23/1946 | 9 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 199th pick / 1971 |
| Team Total | 26.2 | 16 | 223.2 | 6-1.9 | 3.3 |