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1982 St. Louis Cardinals
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Record: 5-4-0, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 135 points (15.0/g), 25th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 170 points (18.9/g), 12th.
Differential of -35 points (-3.9/g), 23rd.
Expected W-L: 3.3-5.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 16th.
Coached by Jim Hanifan (5-4-0)
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1982 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 | Neil Lomax | 23 | 1 | 9 | 109 for 205, 1,367 yards, 5 td, 6 int, & 28 rushes for 119 yards and 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1981 |
| RB | Ottis Anderson | 25 | 3 | 8 | 145 rushes for 587 yards, 3 td, & 14 catches for 106 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1979 |
| FB | Wayne Morris | 28 | 6 | 8 | 84 rushes for 274 yards, 4 td, & 3 catches for 8 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 141st pick / 1976 |
| WR | Roy Green | 25 | 3 | 9 | 32 catches for 453 yards, 3 td, & 6 rushes for 8 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Pat Tilley | 29 | 6 | 8 | 36 catches for 465 yards, 2 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 114th pick / 1976 |
| TE | Doug Marsh | 24 | 2 | 8 | 6 catches for 94 yards, 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1980 |
| LT | Luis Sharpe | 22 | Rook | 9 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1982 |
| LG | Terry Stieve | 28 | 6 | 9 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 160th pick / 1976 |
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| C | Dan Dierdorf | 33 | 11 | 9 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
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| RG | Joe Bostic | 25 | 3 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1979 |
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| RT | Tootie Robbins | 24 | Rook | 9 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 90th pick / 1982 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Elois Grooms | 29 | 7 | 9 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1975 |
| LDT | Mike Dawson | 29 | 6 | 9 | 3.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 22nd pick / 1976 |
| RDT | Rush Brown | 28 | 2 | 9 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 255th pick / 1980 |
| RDE | Curtis Greer | 25 | 2 | 9 | 7.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 6th pick / 1980 |
| LLB | E.J. Junior | 23 | 1 | 9 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1981 |
| MLB | Dave Ahrens | 24 | 1 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 143rd pick / 1981 |
| RLB | Charles Baker | 25 | 2 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 81st pick / 1980 |
| LCB | Jeff Griffin | 24 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 61st pick / 1981 |
| RCB | Carl Allen | 27 | 5 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 11th / 299th pick / 1977 |
| SS | Lee Nelson | 28 | 6 | 7 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 15th / 420th pick / 1976 |
| FS | Benny Perrin | 23 | Rook | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 65th pick / 1982 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Neil O'Donoghue | 29 | 5 | 0 | 8 of 13 field goals & 15 of 16 extra points | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 127th pick / 1977 |
| P | Carl Birdsong | 23 | 1 | 0 | 54 punts for a 43.8 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Stump Mitchell | 23 | 1 | 1 | 27 punt returns for a 6.1 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 226th pick / 1981 |
| KR | Stump Mitchell | 23 | 1 | 1 | 16 kick returns for a 22.8 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 226th pick / 1981 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Dave Ahrens | 24 | LB | 9 | 9 | 238 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 12/5/1958 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 143rd pick / 1981 |
| Carl Allen | 27 | DB | 9 | 9 | 185 | 6-0 | Southern Miss | 12/21/1955 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 11th / 299th pick / 1977 |
| Kurt Allerman | 27 | LB | 9 | 0 | 222 | 6-3 | Penn State | 8/30/1955 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 78th pick / 1977 |
| Ottis Anderson | 25 | RB | 8 | 8 | 220 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 1/19/1957 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1979 |
| Charles Baker | 25 | LB | 9 | 9 | 226 | 6-2 | New Mexico | 9/26/1957 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 81st pick / 1980 |
| Don Bessillieu | 26 | DB | 3 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 5/4/1956 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 134th pick / 1979 |
| Carl Birdsong | 23 | P | 9 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | Southwest Oklahoma State | 1/1/1959 | 1 | |
| Joe Bostic | 25 | G-T | 8 | 8 | 265 | 6-3 | Clemson | 4/20/1957 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1979 |
| Rush Brown | 28 | DT-NT-DE | 9 | 9 | 257 | 6-2 | Ball State | 6/27/1954 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 255th pick / 1980 |
| Randy Clark | 25 | C-T-G | 9 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Northern Illinois | 7/27/1957 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 215th pick / 1980 |
| Tim Collier | 28 | DB | 4 | 0 | 172 | 6-0 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 5/31/1954 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 9th / 249th pick / 1976 |
| George Collins | 27 | T-G | 9 | 1 | 257 | 6-2 | Georgia | 12/9/1955 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 96th pick / 1978 |
| Mike Dawson | 29 | DT-NT-DE | 9 | 9 | 270 | 6-4 | Arizona | 10/16/1953 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 22nd pick / 1976 |
| Dan Dierdorf | 33 | T-G-C | 9 | 9 | 275 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/29/1949 | 11 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
| Calvin Favron | 25 | LB | 4 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7/3/1957 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 46th pick / 1979 |
| Earl Ferrell | 24 | RB | 9 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | East Tennessee State | 3/27/1958 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 125th pick / 1982 |
| David Galloway | 23 | DT-DE-NT | 5 | 0 | 277 | 6-3 | Florida | 2/16/1959 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1982 |
| John Gillen | 24 | LB | 4 | 0 | 227 | 6-3 | Illinois | 11/5/1958 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 116th pick / 1981 |
| Mel Gray | 34 | WR | 5 | 0 | 175 | 5-9 | Missouri | 9/28/1948 | 11 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 147th pick / 1971 |
| Roy Green | 25 | WR-DB | 9 | 9 | 195 | 6-0 | Henderson State | 6/30/1957 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1979 |
| Ken Greene | 26 | DB | 8 | 0 | 203 | 6-3 | Washington State | 5/8/1956 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1978 |
| Curtis Greer | 25 | DE | 9 | 9 | 255 | 6-4 | Michigan | 11/10/1957 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 6th pick / 1980 |
| Jeff Griffin | 24 | DB | 9 | 8 | 185 | 6-0 | Utah | 7/19/1958 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 61st pick / 1981 |
| Elois Grooms | 29 | DE-DT | 9 | 9 | 249 | 6-4 | Tennessee Tech | 5/20/1953 | 7 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1975 |
| Willard Harrell | 30 | RB | 7 | 0 | 162 | 5-8 | Pacific | 9/16/1952 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 58th pick / 1975 |
| Jim Hart | 38 | QB | 4 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Southern Illinois | 4/29/1944 | 16 | |
| E.J. Junior | 23 | LB | 9 | 9 | 238 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/8/1959 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1981 |
| Greg LaFleur | 24 | TE | 9 | 3 | 236 | 6-4 | LSU | 9/16/1958 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1981 |
| Rusty Lisch | 26 | QB | 8 | 0 | 213 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 12/21/1956 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1980 |
| Neil Lomax | 23 | QB | 9 | 9 | 215 | 6-3 | Portland State | 2/17/1959 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1981 |
| Randy Love | 26 | RB | 9 | 0 | 208 | 6-1 | Houston | 9/30/1956 | 3 | New England Patriots / 8th / 216th pick / 1979 |
| Doug Marsh | 24 | TE | 8 | 8 | 236 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/18/1958 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1980 |
| Stafford Mays | 24 | DE-DT-NT | 8 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | Washington | 3/13/1958 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 225th pick / 1980 |
| Eddie McGill | 22 | TE | 9 | 0 | 225 | 6-6 | Western Carolina | 7/5/1960 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 259th pick / 1982 |
| Stump Mitchell | 23 | RB | 9 | 1 | 188 | 5-9 | The Citadel | 3/15/1959 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 226th pick / 1981 |
| Wayne Morris | 28 | RB | 9 | 8 | 207 | 6-0 | SMU | 5/3/1954 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 141st pick / 1976 |
| Lee Nelson | 28 | DB | 8 | 7 | 185 | 5-10 | Florida State | 1/30/1954 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 15th / 420th pick / 1976 |
| Neil O'Donoghue | 29 | K | 8 | 0 | 208 | 6-6 | Auburn,St. Bernard | 1/18/1953 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 127th pick / 1977 |
| Benny Perrin | 23 | DB | 9 | 9 | 178 | 6-2 | Alabama | 10/20/1959 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 65th pick / 1982 |
| Art Plunkett | 23 | T | 9 | 0 | 269 | 6-7 | UNLV | 3/8/1959 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 216th pick / 1981 |
| Craig Puki | 25 | LB | 7 | 0 | 231 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 1/18/1957 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1980 |
| Tootie Robbins | 24 | T | 9 | 9 | 303 | 6-5 | East Carolina | 6/2/1958 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 90th pick / 1982 |
| Craig Shaffer | 23 | LB | 5 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Indiana State | 3/31/1959 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 150th pick / 1982 |
| Luis Sharpe | 22 | T | 9 | 9 | 275 | 6-5 | UCLA | 6/16/1960 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1982 |
| Mike Shumann | 27 | WR | 6 | 0 | 178 | 6-1 | Florida State | 10/13/1955 | 4 | |
| Wayne Smith | 25 | DB | 1 | 0 | 171 | 6-0 | Purdue,Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 5/9/1957 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 278th pick / 1980 |
| Dave Stief | 26 | WR-DB | 9 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Portland State | 1/29/1956 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 181st pick / 1978 |
| Terry Stieve | 28 | G | 9 | 9 | 256 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 3/10/1954 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 160th pick / 1976 |
| Ken Thompson | 24 | WR | 1 | 0 | 178 | 6-1 | Utah State,West Texas A&M | 12/6/1958 | Rook | |
| Ricky Thompson | 28 | WR | 3 | 0 | 176 | 6-0 | Baylor | 5/15/1954 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 228th pick / 1976 |
| Bruce Thornton | 24 | DE-DT | 6 | 0 | 263 | 6-5 | Illinois | 2/14/1958 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 219th pick / 1979 |
| Pat Tilley | 29 | WR | 9 | 8 | 178 | 5-10 | Louisiana Tech | 2/15/1953 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 114th pick / 1976 |
| Roger Wehrli | 35 | DB | 8 | 1 | 190 | 6-0 | Missouri | 11/26/1947 | 13 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1969 |
| Herb Williams | 24 | DB | 7 | 2 | 190 | 6-1 | Southern | 8/30/1958 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 139th pick / 1980 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 9 | 219.5 | 6-1.7 | 3.4 |