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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.
Coached by Jim Hanifan (8-7-1)
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1983 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 | 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 |
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| C | Randy Clark | 26 | 3 | 13 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 215th pick / 1980 |
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| 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 |
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| MLB | Kurt Allerman | 28 | 6 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 78th pick / 1977 |
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| RLB | Charles Baker | 26 | 3 | 16 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 81st pick / 1980 |
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| 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 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Dave Ahrens | 25 | LB | 16 | 5 | 238 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 12/5/1958 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 143rd pick / 1981 |
| Kurt Allerman | 28 | LB | 16 | 8 | 222 | 6-3 | Penn State | 8/30/1955 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 78th pick / 1977 |
| Ottis Anderson | 26 | RB | 15 | 15 | 220 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 1/19/1957 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1979 |
| Dan Audick | 29 | T-G | 12 | 1 | 252 | 6-3 | Hawaii | 11/15/1954 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 106th pick / 1977 |
| Al Baker | 27 | DE | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-6 | Colorado State | 12/9/1956 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 40th pick / 1978 |
| Charles Baker | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 226 | 6-2 | New Mexico | 9/26/1957 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 81st pick / 1980 |
| Steve Bird | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 171 | 5-11 | Eastern Kentucky | 10/20/1960 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 130th pick / 1983 |
| Carl Birdsong* | 24 | P | 16 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | Southwest Oklahoma State | 1/1/1959 | 2 | |
| Joe Bostic | 26 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-3 | Clemson | 4/20/1957 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1979 |
| Rush Brown | 29 | DT-NT-DE | 6 | 1 | 257 | 6-2 | Ball State | 6/27/1954 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 255th pick / 1980 |
| Randy Clark | 26 | C-T-G | 14 | 13 | 260 | 6-3 | Northern Illinois | 7/27/1957 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 215th pick / 1980 |
| Paul Davis | 25 | LB | 6 | 0 | 221 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 7/10/1958 | 2 | |
| Dan Dierdorf | 34 | T-G-C | 7 | 4 | 275 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/29/1949 | 12 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1971 |
| Mark Duda | 22 | DT | 14 | 6 | 273 | 6-3 | Maryland | 2/4/1961 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 96th pick / 1983 |
| Jim Eliopulos | 24 | LB | 4 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Westminster (MO),Wyoming | 4/18/1959 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 81st pick / 1982 |
| Earl Ferrell | 25 | RB | 16 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | East Tennessee State | 3/27/1958 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 125th pick / 1982 |
| David Galloway | 24 | DT-DE-NT | 16 | 13 | 277 | 6-3 | Florida | 2/16/1959 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1982 |
| Roy Green*+ | 26 | WR-DB | 16 | 15 | 195 | 6-0 | Henderson State | 6/30/1957 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1979 |
| Curtis Greer | 26 | DE | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-4 | Michigan | 11/10/1957 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 6th pick / 1980 |
| Jeff Griffin | 25 | DB | 3 | 3 | 185 | 6-0 | Utah | 7/19/1958 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 61st pick / 1981 |
| Elois Grooms | 30 | DE-DT | 11 | 11 | 249 | 6-4 | Tennessee Tech | 5/20/1953 | 8 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1975 |
| Willard Harrell | 31 | RB | 14 | 0 | 162 | 5-8 | Pacific | 9/16/1952 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 58th pick / 1975 |
| Bob Harris | 23 | LB-DB | 8 | 8 | 219 | 6-2 | Auburn | 11/11/1960 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 211th pick / 1983 |
| Jim Hart | 39 | QB | 5 | 3 | 215 | 6-1 | Southern Illinois | 4/29/1944 | 17 | |
| Victor Heflin | 23 | DB | 8 | 0 | 184 | 6-0 | Delaware State | 7/7/1960 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 6th / 143rd pick / 1983 |
| Monty Hunter | 24 | DB | 5 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | Salem | 1/21/1959 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 109th pick / 1982 |
| E.J. Junior | 24 | LB | 12 | 11 | 238 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/8/1959 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1981 |
| Greg LaFleur | 25 | TE | 16 | 5 | 236 | 6-4 | LSU | 9/16/1958 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1981 |
| Rusty Lisch | 27 | QB | 4 | 0 | 213 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 12/21/1956 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1980 |
| Neil Lomax | 24 | QB | 13 | 13 | 215 | 6-3 | Portland State | 2/17/1959 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1981 |
| Randy Love | 27 | RB | 16 | 1 | 208 | 6-1 | Houston | 9/30/1956 | 4 | New England Patriots / 8th / 216th pick / 1979 |
| Cedric Mack | 23 | DB | 16 | 5 | 193 | 6-0 | Baylor | 9/14/1960 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 44th pick / 1983 |
| Doug Marsh | 25 | TE | 16 | 16 | 236 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/18/1958 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1980 |
| Stafford Mays | 25 | DE-DT-NT | 16 | 1 | 252 | 6-2 | Washington | 3/13/1958 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 225th pick / 1980 |
| Eddie McGill | 23 | TE | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6-6 | Western Carolina | 7/5/1960 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 259th pick / 1982 |
| Stump Mitchell | 24 | RB | 15 | 1 | 188 | 5-9 | The Citadel | 3/15/1959 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 226th pick / 1981 |
| Wayne Morris | 29 | RB | 15 | 11 | 207 | 6-0 | SMU | 5/3/1954 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 141st pick / 1976 |
| Lee Nelson | 29 | DB | 16 | 16 | 185 | 5-10 | Florida State | 1/30/1954 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 15th / 420th pick / 1976 |
| Neil O'Donoghue | 30 | K | 16 | 0 | 208 | 6-6 | Auburn,St. Bernard | 1/18/1953 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 127th pick / 1977 |
| Chet Parlavecchio | 23 | LB | 9 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Penn State | 2/14/1960 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 152nd pick / 1982 |
| Benny Perrin | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 178 | 6-2 | Alabama | 10/20/1959 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 65th pick / 1982 |
| Danny Pittman | 25 | WR | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 4/3/1958 | 3 | New York Giants / 4th / 90th pick / 1980 |
| Art Plunkett | 24 | T | 16 | 4 | 269 | 6-7 | UNLV | 3/8/1959 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 216th pick / 1981 |
| Tootie Robbins | 25 | T | 13 | 11 | 303 | 6-5 | East Carolina | 6/2/1958 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 90th pick / 1982 |
| George Schmitt | 22 | DB | 16 | 0 | 193 | 5-11 | Delaware | 3/6/1961 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 157th pick / 1983 |
| Carlos Scott | 23 | C-T | 13 | 1 | 295 | 6-4 | Texas-El Paso | 7/2/1960 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 184th pick / 1983 |
| Craig Shaffer | 24 | LB | 9 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Indiana State | 3/31/1959 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 150th pick / 1982 |
| Luis Sharpe | 23 | T | 16 | 16 | 275 | 6-5 | UCLA | 6/16/1960 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1982 |
| Mike Shumann | 28 | WR | 16 | 0 | 178 | 6-1 | Florida State | 10/13/1955 | 5 | |
| Leonard Smith | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | McNeese State | 9/2/1960 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1983 |
| Wayne Smith | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 171 | 6-0 | Purdue,Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 5/9/1957 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 278th pick / 1980 |
| Terry Stieve | 29 | G | 16 | 16 | 256 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 3/10/1954 | 7 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 160th pick / 1976 |
| Ken Thompson | 25 | WR | 5 | 0 | 178 | 6-1 | Utah State,West Texas A&M | 12/6/1958 | 1 | |
| Pat Tilley | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 178 | 5-10 | Louisiana Tech | 2/15/1953 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 114th pick / 1976 |
| Lionel Washington | 23 | DB | 16 | 8 | 185 | 6-0 | Tulane | 10/21/1960 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 103rd pick / 1983 |
| Bill Whitaker | 24 | DB | 7 | 0 | 182 | 6-0 | Missouri | 11/18/1959 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 172nd pick / 1981 |
| 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 |