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1981 St. Louis Cardinals

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 5th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 315 points (19.7/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 408 points (25.5/g), 27th.
 Differential of -93 points (-5.8/g), 25th.
 Expected W-L: 5.6-10.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 20th.

Coached by Jim Hanifan (7-9-0)

1981 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 6 box L 0-1 Miami Dolphins 7 20 14 203 142 61 2 14 292 141 151 3
2 Sun September 13 box L 0-2 @ Dallas Cowboys 17 30 18 404 262 142 2 24 391 210 181 2
3 Sun September 20 box W 1-2 Washington Redskins 40 30 18 315 208 107 24 521 388 133 2
4 Sun September 27 box L 1-3 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 20 18 255 79 176 2 18 321 154 167 1
5 Sun October 4 box W 2-3 Dallas Cowboys 20 17 18 299 184 115 3 17 306 166 140 2
6 Sun October 11 box L 2-4 @ New York Giants 14 34 19 285 184 101 4 27 377 179 198 1
7 Sun October 18 box L 2-5 @ Atlanta Falcons 20 41 22 383 263 120 4 17 394 280 114 2
8 Sun October 25 box W 3-5 Minnesota Vikings 30 17 18 320 182 138 2 22 387 318 69 3
9 Sun November 1 box L 3-6 @ Washington Redskins 21 42 29 449 319 130 4 25 361 201 160 1
10 Sun November 8 box L 3-7 Philadelphia Eagles 10 52 13 239 158 81 5 30 452 255 197 1
11 Sun November 15 box W 4-7 Buffalo Bills 24 0 22 338 80 258 1 17 311 226 85 6
12 Sun November 22 box W 5-7 @ Baltimore Colts 35 24 24 452 211 241 3 22 385 230 155 2
13 Sun November 29 box W 6-7 @ New England Patriots 27 20 25 412 255 157 2 19 353 226 127 2
14 Sun December 6 box W 7-7 New Orleans Saints 30 3 19 290 135 155 1 11 176 59 117 3
15 Sun December 13 box L 7-8 New York Giants 10 20 12 222 130 92 3 16 252 77 175 2
16 Sun December 20 box L 7-9 @ Philadelphia Eagles 0 38 11 211 72 139 6 25 444 185 259 5

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 315 5077 1044 4.9 300 253 477 2864 15 24 5.5 141 519 2213 20 4.3 135 44 20 24
Team Defense 408 5723 1036 5.5 522 282 495 3295 29 21 6.3 171 509 2428 20 4.8 328 38 17 23
Lg Rank Offense 18 19 20 19 22 24 20 23 14 9 6 6 20 17
Lg Rank Defense 27 23 22 10 16 26 13 19 14 25 23 27 15 14

Passing

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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 37 QB 10 9 134 241 55.6 1694 11 4.6 14 5.8 58 7.0 4.9 12.6 169.4 68.7 16 119 6.1 4.1 6.2
Neil Lomax 22 qb 14 7 119 236 50.4 1575 4 1.7 10 4.2 75 6.7 4.9 13.2 112.5 59.9 32 286 4.8 3.3 11.9
Team Total 25.6 16 253 477 53.0 3269 15 3.1 24 5.0 75 6.9 4.9 12.9 204.3 64.4 48 405 5.5 3.7 9.1
Opp Total 16 282 495 57.0 3295 29 5.9 21 4.2 6.7 5.3 11.7 205.9 79.1 32 252 6.3 4.5

Rushing & Receiving

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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
Ottis Anderson 24 RB 16 16 328 1376 9 28 4.2 86.0 20.5 51 387 7.6 0 27 3.2 24.2 1763 9 13
Wayne Morris 27 FB 16 13 109 417 5 14 3.8 26.1 6.8 19 165 8.7 0 21 1.2 10.3 582 5 0
Stump Mitchell 22 RET 16 0 31 175 0 43 5.6 10.9 1.9 6 35 5.8 1 16 0.4 2.2 210 1 3
Neil Lomax 22 qb 14 7 19 104 2 22 5.5 7.4 1.4 104 2 6
Theotis Brown 24 4 3 15 52 2 11 3.5 13.0 3.8 4 60 15.0 0 28 1.0 15.0 112 2 2
Willard Harrell 29 16 0 5 6 1 4 1.2 0.4 0.3 14 131 9.4 1 62 0.9 8.2 137 2 0
Roy Green 24 16 2 3 60 1 44 20.0 3.8 0.2 33 708 21.5 4 60 2.1 44.3 768 5 2
Jim Hart 37 QB 10 9 3 2 0 4 0.7 0.2 0.3 2 0 4
Randy Love 25 16 0 3 11 0 4 3.7 0.7 0.2 11 0 0
Mel Gray 33 WR 12 12 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 27 310 11.5 2 41 2.3 25.8 314 2 0
Dave Stief 25 12 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 0.7 0.1 5 77 15.4 1 29 0.4 6.4 85 1 0
Carl Birdsong 22 P 16 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.1 0.1 -2 0 0
Pat Tilley 28 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 66 1040 15.8 3 75 4.1 65.0 1040 3 1
Greg LaFleur 23 TE 16 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 190 13.6 2 27 0.9 11.9 190 2 0
Doug Marsh 23 4 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 80 13.3 1 20 1.5 20.0 80 1 1
Chris Combs 23 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 54 10.8 0 13 0.3 3.4 54 0 0
John Floyd 25 4 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 32 10.7 0 16 0.8 8.0 32 0 0
Team Total 25.6 16 519 2213 20 44 4.3 138.3 32.4 253 3269 12.9 15 75 15.8 204.3 5482 35 33
Opp Total 16 509 2428 20 4.8 151.8 31.8 282 3295 11.7 29 17.6 205.9 5723 49 35

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Stump Mitchell 22 RET 16 0 42 445 1 50 10.6 55 1292 0 67 23.5 1947
Roy Green 24 16 2 8 135 0 28 16.9 903
Willard Harrell 29 16 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 7 118 0 29 16.9 263
Randy Love 25 16 0 3 46 0 25 15.3 57
Jeff Griffin 23 LCB 16 9 2 34 0 26 17.0 34
Team Total 25.6 16 43 453 1 50 10.5 75 1625 0 67 21.7 7560
Opp Total 16 37 0 55 1163 0 21.1

Kicking & Punting

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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
Carl Birdsong 22 P 16 0 69 2883 75 0 41.8
Neil O'Donoghue 28 K 16 0 2 2 8 8 6 4 11 5 5 32 19 59.4% 37 36 97.3%
Team Total 25.6 16 2 2 8 8 6 4 11 5 5 32 19 59.4% 37 36 97.3% 69 2883 75 0 41.8
Opp Total 16 26 20 76.9% 50 48 96.0% 69 2850 41.3

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Dave Ahrens 23 MLB 16 10 1 14 1 14
Ottis Anderson 24 RB 16 16 13 3 0 0
Charles Baker 24 rolb 14 8 0 1 0 0
Tom Brahaney 30 C 16 14 0 1 0 0
Theotis Brown 24 4 3 2 1 0 0
Tim Collier 27 rcb 14 6 1 17 0 17
George Collins 26 LT 16 13 0 1 0 0
Mike Dawson 28 LDT/nt 16 16 0 2 0 0
Dan Dierdorf 32 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Calvin Favron 24 lolb 14 7 1 42 0 42 0 1 5 0
Roy Green 24 16 2 3 44 0 29 2 0 0 0
Ken Greene 25 FS 15 15 7 111 0 47 0 1 0 0
Curtis Greer 24 RDE 16 12 0 4 2 0
Jeff Griffin 23 LCB 16 9 1 4 0 4
Willard Harrell 29 16 0 0 1 2 0
Jim Hart 37 QB 10 9 4 0 -9 0
Charles Johnson 25 5 0 1 19 0 19 1 0 0 0
E.J. Junior 22 RLB 16 13 1 5 0 5
Neil Lomax 22 qb 14 7 6 0 0 0
Randy Love 25 16 0 0 2 0 0
Doug Marsh 23 4 3 1 0 0 0
Stafford Mays 23 16 0 0 1 0 0
Stump Mitchell 22 RET 16 0 3 0 0 0
Lee Nelson 27 SS 15 15 0 2 0 0
Neil O'Donoghue 28 K 16 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Pollard 33 LDE 15 15 0 1 0 0
Bruce Radford 26 9 1 0 1 0 0
Pat Tilley 28 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
Roger Wehrli 34 RCB 16 9 4 8 0 6
Eric D. Williams 26 LLB/lilb 15 11 1 17 0 17 0 2 0 0
Team Total 25.6 16 21 281 1 47 33 27 0 0
Opp Total 16 48 35 18

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Neil O'Donoghue 28 K 16 0 36 19 93
Ottis Anderson 24 RB 16 16 9 54
Roy Green 24 16 2 1 4 30
Wayne Morris 27 FB 16 13 5 30
Pat Tilley 28 WR 16 16 3 18
Theotis Brown 24 4 3 2 12
Mel Gray 33 WR 12 12 2 12
Willard Harrell 29 16 0 1 1 12
Greg LaFleur 23 TE 16 11 2 12
Neil Lomax 22 qb 14 7 2 12
Stump Mitchell 22 RET 16 0 1 1 12
Dave Ahrens 23 MLB 16 10 1 6
Doug Marsh 23 4 3 1 6
Dave Stief 25 12 0 1 6
Team Total 25.6 16 20 15 1 1 36 19 315
Opp Total 16 20 29 48 20 408