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1983 St. Louis Cardinals
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Record: 8-7-1, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 374 points (23.4/g), 9th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 428 points (26.8/g), 25th.
Differential of -54 points (-3.4/g), 21st.
Expected W-L: 6.7-9.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 15th.
Simple Rating System: Total -1.1, Offense: 2.5, Defense: -3.6, SoS: 2.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Jim Hanifan (8-7-1)
Offensive Coordinator: Rod Dowhower
Defensive Coordinator: Tom Bettis
Training Camp: Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, Illinois)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Neil Lomax | 24 | 2 | 13 | 209 for 354, 2,636 yards, 24 td, 11 int, & 27 rushes for 127 yards and 2 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1981 |
| RB | Ottis Anderson | 26 | 4 | 15 | 296 rushes for 1,270 yards, 5 td, & 54 catches for 459 yards and 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1979 |
| FB | Wayne Morris | 29 | 7 | 11 | 75 rushes for 257 yards, 2 td, & 14 catches for 55 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 141st pick / 1976 |
| WR | Roy Green*+ | 26 | 4 | 15 | 78 catches for 1,227 yards, 14 td, & 4 rushes for 49 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Pat Tilley | 30 | 7 | 16 | 44 catches for 690 yards, 5 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 114th pick / 1976 |
| TE | Doug Marsh | 25 | 3 | 16 | 32 catches for 421 yards, 8 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1980 |
| TE | Greg LaFleur | 25 | 2 | 5 | 12 catches for 99 yards, 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1981 |
| LT | Luis Sharpe | 23 | 1 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1982 |
| LG | Terry Stieve | 29 | 7 | 16 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 160th pick / 1976 | |
| C | Randy Clark | 26 | 3 | 13 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 215th pick / 1980 | |
| RG | Joe Bostic | 26 | 4 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1979 |
| RT | Tootie Robbins | 25 | 1 | 11 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 90th pick / 1982 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Al Baker | 27 | 5 | 16 | 13.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 40th pick / 1978 |
| LDT | Elois Grooms | 30 | 8 | 11 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1975 |
| LDT | Mark Duda | 22 | Rook | 6 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 96th pick / 1983 |
| RDT | David Galloway | 24 | 1 | 13 | 12.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1982 |
| RDE | Curtis Greer | 26 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 6th pick / 1980 |
| LLB | Bob Harris | 23 | Rook | 8 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 211th pick / 1983 |
| LLB | E.J. Junior | 24 | 2 | 11 | 7.5 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1981 |
| MLB | E.J. Junior | 24 | 2 | 11 | 7.5 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1981 |
| MLB | Dave Ahrens | 25 | 2 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 143rd pick / 1981 | |
| MLB | Kurt Allerman | 28 | 6 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 78th pick / 1977 | |
| RLB | Charles Baker | 26 | 3 | 16 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 81st pick / 1980 | |
| LCB | Lionel Washington | 23 | Rook | 8 | 0.0 sacks, 8 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 103rd pick / 1983 |
| LCB | Cedric Mack | 23 | Rook | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 44th pick / 1983 |
| RCB | Wayne Smith | 26 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 11th / 278th pick / 1980 |
| SS | Lee Nelson | 29 | 7 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 4 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 15th / 420th pick / 1976 |
| FS | Benny Perrin | 24 | 1 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 65th pick / 1982 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Neil O'Donoghue | 30 | 6 | 0 | 15 of 28 field goals & 45 of 47 extra points | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 127th pick / 1977 |
| P | Carl Birdsong* | 24 | 2 | 0 | 85 punts for a 41.5 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Stump Mitchell | 24 | 2 | 1 | 38 punt returns for a 8.9 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 226th pick / 1981 |
| KR | Stump Mitchell | 24 | 2 | 1 | 36 kick returns for a 21.6 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 226th pick / 1981 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | Dave Ahrens | 25 | LB | 16 | 5 | 238 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 12/5/1958 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 143rd pick / 1981 |
| 51 | Kurt Allerman | 28 | LB | 16 | 8 | 222 | 6-3 | Penn St. | 8/30/1955 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 78th pick / 1977 |
| 32 | Ottis Anderson | 26 | RB | 15 | 15 | 220 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 1/19/1957 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1979 |
| 61 | Dan Audick | 29 | T-G | 12 | 1 | 252 | 6-3 | Hawaii | 11/15/1954 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 106th pick / 1977 |
| 60 | Al Baker | 27 | DE | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-6 | Colorado St. | 12/9/1956 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 40th pick / 1978 |
| 52 | Charles Baker | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 226 | 6-2 | New Mexico | 9/26/1957 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 81st pick / 1980 |
| 82 | Steve Bird | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 171 | 5-11 | East. Kentucky | 10/20/1960 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 130th pick / 1983 |
| 18 | Carl Birdsong* | 24 | P | 16 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | SW Oklahoma St. | 1/1/1959 | 2 | |
| 71 | Joe Bostic | 26 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-3 | Clemson | 4/20/1957 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1979 |
| 69 | Rush Brown | 29 | DT-NT-DE | 6 | 1 | 257 | 6-2 | Ball St. | 6/27/1954 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 255th pick / 1980 |
| 64 | Randy Clark | 26 | C-T-G | 14 | 13 | 260 | 6-3 | Northern Illinois | 7/27/1957 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 215th pick / 1980 |
| 59 | Paul Davis | 25 | LB | 6 | 0 | 221 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 7/10/1958 | 2 | |
| 72 | Dan Dierdorf | 34 | T-G-C | 7 | 4 | 275 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/29/1949 | 12 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
| 73 | Mark Duda | 22 | DT | 14 | 6 | 273 | 6-3 | Maryland | 2/4/1961 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 96th pick / 1983 |
| 57 | Jim Eliopulos | 24 | LB | 4 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Westminster (MO),Wyoming | 4/18/1959 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 81st pick / 1982 |
| 31 | Earl Ferrell | 25 | RB | 16 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | East Tennessee St. | 3/27/1958 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 125th pick / 1982 |
| 65 | David Galloway | 24 | DT-DE-NT | 16 | 13 | 277 | 6-3 | Florida | 2/16/1959 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1982 |
| 81 | Roy Green*+ | 26 | WR-DB | 16 | 15 | 195 | 6-0 | Henderson St. | 6/30/1957 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1979 |
| 75 | Curtis Greer | 26 | DE | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-4 | Michigan | 11/10/1957 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 6th pick / 1980 |
| 35 | Jeff Griffin | 25 | DB | 3 | 3 | 185 | 6-0 | Utah | 7/19/1958 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 61st pick / 1981 |
| 78 | Elois Grooms | 30 | DE-DT | 11 | 11 | 249 | 6-4 | Tennessee Tech | 5/20/1953 | 8 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1975 |
| 39 | Willard Harrell | 31 | RB | 14 | 0 | 162 | 5-8 | Pacific | 9/16/1952 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 58th pick / 1975 |
| 50 | Bob Harris | 23 | LB-DB | 8 | 8 | 219 | 6-2 | Auburn | 11/11/1960 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 211th pick / 1983 |
| 17 | Jim Hart | 39 | QB | 5 | 3 | 215 | 6-1 | Southern Illinois | 4/29/1944 | 17 | |
| 46 | Victor Heflin | 23 | DB | 8 | 0 | 184 | 6-0 | Delaware St. | 7/7/1960 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 6th / 143rd pick / 1983 |
| 34 | Monty Hunter | 24 | DB | 5 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | Salem | 1/21/1959 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 109th pick / 1982 |
| 54 | E.J. Junior | 24 | LB | 12 | 11 | 238 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/8/1959 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1981 |
| 89 | Greg LaFleur | 25 | TE | 16 | 5 | 236 | 6-4 | LSU | 9/16/1958 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1981 |
| 16 | Rusty Lisch | 27 | QB | 4 | 0 | 213 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 12/21/1956 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1980 |
| 15 | Neil Lomax | 24 | QB | 13 | 13 | 215 | 6-3 | Portland St. | 2/17/1959 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1981 |
| 40 | Randy Love | 27 | RB | 16 | 1 | 208 | 6-1 | Houston | 9/30/1956 | 4 | New England Patriots / 8th / 216th pick / 1979 |
| 47 | Cedric Mack | 23 | DB | 16 | 5 | 193 | 6-0 | Baylor | 9/14/1960 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 44th pick / 1983 |
| 80 | Doug Marsh | 25 | TE | 16 | 16 | 236 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/18/1958 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1980 |
| 76 | Stafford Mays | 25 | DE-DT-NT | 16 | 1 | 252 | 6-2 | Washington | 3/13/1958 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 225th pick / 1980 |
| 87 | Eddie McGill | 23 | TE | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6-6 | West. Carolina | 7/5/1960 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 259th pick / 1982 |
| 30 | Stump Mitchell | 24 | RB | 15 | 1 | 188 | 5-9 | The Citadel | 3/15/1959 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 226th pick / 1981 |
| 24 | Wayne Morris | 29 | RB | 15 | 11 | 207 | 6-0 | SMU | 5/3/1954 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 141st pick / 1976 |
| 38 | Lee Nelson | 29 | DB | 16 | 16 | 185 | 5-10 | Florida St. | 1/30/1954 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 15th / 420th pick / 1976 |
| 11 | Neil O'Donoghue | 30 | K | 16 | 0 | 208 | 6-6 | St. Bernard,Auburn | 1/18/1953 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 127th pick / 1977 |
| 57 | Chet Parlavecchio | 23 | LB | 9 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Penn St. | 2/14/1960 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 152nd pick / 1982 |
| 23 | Benny Perrin | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 178 | 6-2 | Alabama | 10/20/1959 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 65th pick / 1982 |
| 85 | Danny Pittman | 25 | WR | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 4/3/1958 | 3 | New York Giants / 4th / 90th pick / 1980 |
| 70 | Art Plunkett | 24 | T | 16 | 4 | 269 | 6-7 | UNLV | 3/8/1959 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 216th pick / 1981 |
| 63 | Tootie Robbins | 25 | T | 13 | 11 | 303 | 6-5 | East Carolina | 6/2/1958 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 90th pick / 1982 |
| 26 | George Schmitt | 22 | DB | 16 | 0 | 193 | 5-11 | Delaware | 3/6/1961 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 157th pick / 1983 |
| 56 | Carlos Scott | 23 | C-T | 13 | 1 | 295 | 6-4 | Texas-El Paso | 7/2/1960 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 184th pick / 1983 |
| 53 | Craig Shaffer | 24 | LB | 9 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Indiana St. | 3/31/1959 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 150th pick / 1982 |
| 67 | Luis Sharpe | 23 | T | 16 | 16 | 275 | 6-5 | UCLA | 6/16/1960 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1982 |
| 84 | Mike Shumann | 28 | WR | 16 | 0 | 178 | 6-1 | Florida St. | 10/13/1955 | 5 | |
| 45 | Leonard Smith | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | McNeese St. | 9/2/1960 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1983 |
| 44 | Wayne Smith | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 171 | 6-0 | Wisc-LaCrosse,Purdue | 5/9/1957 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 278th pick / 1980 |
| 68 | Terry Stieve | 29 | G | 16 | 16 | 256 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 3/10/1954 | 7 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 160th pick / 1976 |
| 86 | Ken Thompson | 25 | WR | 5 | 0 | 178 | 6-1 | West Texas A&M,Utah St. | 12/6/1958 | 1 | |
| 83 | Pat Tilley | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 178 | 5-10 | Louisiana Tech | 2/15/1953 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 114th pick / 1976 |
| 48 | Lionel Washington | 23 | DB | 16 | 8 | 185 | 6-0 | Tulane | 10/21/1960 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 103rd pick / 1983 |
| 55 | Bill Whitaker | 24 | DB | 7 | 0 | 182 | 6-0 | Missouri | 11/18/1959 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 172nd pick / 1981 |
| 85 | Jamie Williams | 23 | TE | 1 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 2/25/1960 | Rook | New York Giants / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1983 |
| Team Total | 25.8 | 16 | 222.5 | 6-1.8 | 3.0 |