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1984 St. Louis Cardinals

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 423 points (26.4/g), 4th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 345 points (21.6/g), 17th.
 Differential of 78 points (4.9/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 9.9-6.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 17th.

Coached by Jim Hanifan (9-7-0)

1984 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 2 box L 0-1 @ Green Bay Packers 23 24 19 417 260 157 1 21 266 164 102 1
2 Sun September 9 box W 1-1 Buffalo Bills 37 7 28 486 265 221 9 171 117 54 3
3 Sun September 16 box W 2-1 @ Indianapolis Colts 34 33 19 397 265 132 3 22 399 210 189 3
4 Sun September 23 box L 2-2 @ New Orleans Saints 24 34 22 337 224 113 3 25 450 298 152 2
5 Sun September 30 box L 2-3 Miami Dolphins 28 36 24 445 308 137 1 26 552 420 132
6 Sun October 7 box W 3-3 @ Dallas Cowboys 31 20 23 477 325 152 19 298 177 121 3
7 Sun October 14 box W 4-3 Chicago Bears 38 21 23 354 230 124 1 20 370 192 178 3
8 Sun October 21 box W 5-3 Washington Redskins 26 24 22 456 336 120 2 21 296 193 103 1
9 Sun October 28 box W 6-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 34 14 23 427 271 156 1 15 337 290 47 4
10 Sun November 4 box L 6-4 Los Angeles Rams 13 16 20 362 293 69 4 11 261 60 201 1
11 Sun November 11 box L 6-5 Dallas Cowboys 17 24 25 435 357 78 6 16 250 134 116 2
12 Sun November 18 box L 6-6 @ New York Giants 10 16 20 336 203 133 6 14 267 165 102 2
13 Sun November 25 box W 7-6 Philadelphia Eagles 17 16 12 219 100 119 3 17 291 196 95 2
14 Sun December 2 box W 8-6 @ New England Patriots 33 10 20 305 85 220 1 14 223 136 87 3
15 Sun December 9 box W 9-6 New York Giants 31 21 22 405 291 114 2 20 307 159 148 2
16 Sun December 16 box L 9-7 @ Washington Redskins 27 29 23 487 444 43 2 22 356 260 96 1

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 423 6345 1103 5.8 345 347 566 4257 28 16 6.9 200 488 2088 21 4.3 129 36 20 16
Team Defense 345 5094 991 5.1 292 251 494 3171 26 21 5.8 157 442 1923 11 4.4 108 33 12 27
Lg Rank Offense 4 3 4 7 3 5 6 3 16 9 2 7 12 25
Lg Rank Defense 17 8 6 10 9 22 10 13 5 14 8 22 18 20

Passing

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No. Age Pos G GS QBrec 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%
15 Neil Lomax* 25 QB 16 16 9-7-0 345 560 61.6 4614 28 5.0 16 2.9 83 8.2 8.0 13.4 288.4 92.5 49 377 7.0 6.7 8.0
14 Rick McIvor 24 4 0 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
30 Stump Mitchell 25 RET 16 1 1 1 100.0 20 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 20.0 20.0 20.0 1.3 118.7 0 0 20.0 20.0 0.0
23 Benny Perrin 25 FS 16 16 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 79.2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.9 16 9-7-0 347 566 61.3 4634 28 4.9 16 2.8 83 8.2 7.9 13.4 289.6 92.0 49 377 6.9 6.7 8.0
Opp Total 16 251 494 50.8 3574 26 5.3 21 4.3 7.2 6.4 14.2 223.4 74.4 55 403 5.8 5.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
32 Ottis Anderson 27 RB 15 15 289 1174 6 24 4.1 78.3 19.3 70 611 8.7 2 57 4.7 40.7 1785 8 8
30 Stump Mitchell 25 RET 16 1 81 434 9 39 5.4 27.1 5.1 26 318 12.2 2 44 1.6 19.9 752 11 6
31 Earl Ferrell 26 FB 16 9 44 203 1 25 4.6 12.7 2.8 26 218 8.4 1 21 1.6 13.6 421 2 3
15 Neil Lomax* 25 QB 16 16 35 184 3 20 5.3 11.5 2.2 184 3 11
40 Randy Love 28 16 1 25 90 1 13 3.6 5.6 1.6 7 33 4.7 1 16 0.4 2.1 123 2 1
39 Willard Harrell 32 16 0 6 7 1 4 1.2 0.4 0.4 14 106 7.6 0 15 0.9 6.6 113 1 0
36 Perry Harrington 26 6 0 3 6 0 5 2.0 1.0 0.5 6 0 0
14 Rick McIvor 24 4 0 3 5 0 6 1.7 1.3 0.8 5 0 0
81 Roy Green*+ 27 WR 16 16 1 -10 0 -10 -10.0 -0.6 0.1 78 1555 19.9 12 83 4.9 97.2 1545 12 1
80 Doug Marsh 26 TE 16 16 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 -0.3 0.1 39 608 15.6 5 47 2.4 38.0 603 5 0
83 Pat Tilley 31 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 52 758 14.6 5 42 3.3 47.4 758 5 1
89 Greg LaFleur 26 te 16 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 198 11.6 0 23 1.1 12.4 198 0 0
85 Danny Pittman 26 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 145 14.5 0 50 1.0 14.5 145 0 1
47 Cedric Mack 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 61 12.2 0 22 0.4 5.1 61 0 0
84 John Goode 22 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 23 7.7 0 10 0.2 1.4 23 0 0
Team Total 25.9 16 488 2088 21 39 4.3 130.5 30.5 347 4634 13.4 28 83 21.7 289.6 6722 49 32
Opp Total 16 442 1923 11 4.4 120.2 27.6 251 3171 12.6 26 15.7 198.2 5094 37 20

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
30 Stump Mitchell 25 RET 16 1 38 333 0 39 8.8 35 804 0 56 23.0 1889
85 Danny Pittman 26 10 0 4 10 0 5 2.5 14 319 0 43 22.8 474
82 Steve Bird 24 8 0 5 56 0 17 11.2 9 190 0 28 21.1 246
39 Willard Harrell 32 16 0 13 231 0 28 17.8 344
31 Earl Ferrell 26 FB 16 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 421
81 Roy Green*+ 27 WR 16 16 1 18 0 18 18.0 1563
40 Randy Love 28 16 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 124
Team Total 25.9 16 47 399 0 39 8.5 74 1563 0 56 21.1 8684
Opp Total 16 27 0 85 1549 1 18.2

Kicking & Punting

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0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
11 Neil O'Donoghue 31 K 16 0 7 7 9 7 16 8 3 1 35 23 65.7% 51 48 94.1%
18 Carl Birdsong 25 P 16 0 67 2594 59 1 38.7
Team Total 25.9 16 7 7 9 7 16 8 3 1 35 23 65.7% 51 48 94.1% 67 2594 59 1 38.7
Opp Total 16 38 25 65.8% 39 36 92.3% 81 3159 39.0

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
48 Lionel Washington 24 LCB 15 15 5 42 0 18 0 0 1 0 0 67
75 Curtis Greer 27 RDE 16 16 14.0
15 Neil Lomax* 25 QB 16 16 11 2 -5 0
54 E.J. Junior*+ 25 RLB/mlb 16 16 9.5 1 18 0 18
60 Al Baker 28 LDE 15 15 10.0
32 Ottis Anderson 27 RB 15 15 8 1 0 0
30 Stump Mitchell 25 RET 16 1 6 2 0 0
44 Wayne Smith 27 RCB 16 15 4 35 0 23 0 3 12 0
23 Benny Perrin 25 FS 16 16 4 22 0 22 0 2 16 0
65 David Galloway 25 LDT 14 14 5.5
43 Martin Bayless 22 3 0 2
73 Mark Duda 23 RDT 8 6 3.0 0 1 0 0
45 Leonard Smith 24 SS 12 11 1.0 2 31 1 25 0 1 0 0
76 Stafford Mays 26 16 0 3.5
31 Earl Ferrell 26 FB 16 9 3 0 0 0
59 Tom Howard 30 LLB 15 13 2 -4 0 1 0 1 29 1
38 Lee Nelson 30 ss 16 6 3.0
74 Randy Holloway 29 6 1 1.5 0 1 0 0
64 Randy Clark 27 C 16 16 0 2 0 0
35 Jeff Griffin 26 8 1 2 0 0 0
78 Elois Grooms 31 rdt 11 6 2.0
50 Bob Harris 24 16 3 2.0
85 Danny Pittman 26 10 0 1 1 0 0
51 Kurt Allerman 29 MLB 16 10 0 1 2 0
81 Roy Green*+ 27 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
46 Victor Heflin 24 16 0 1 19 0 19
40 Randy Love 28 16 1 1 0 0 0
49 Niko Noga 22 16 0 0 1 0 0
67 Luis Sharpe 24 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
68 Terry Stieve 30 LG 14 14 0 1 2 0
83 Pat Tilley 31 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
Team Total 25.9 16 55.0 21 163 1 25 0 32 22 56 1 69
Opp Total 16 49 20 8

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
11 Neil O'Donoghue 31 K 16 0 48 23 117
81 Roy Green*+ 27 WR 16 16 12 12 72
30 Stump Mitchell 25 RET 16 1 9 2 11 66
32 Ottis Anderson 27 RB 15 15 6 2 8 48
80 Doug Marsh 26 TE 16 16 5 5 30
83 Pat Tilley 31 WR 16 16 5 5 30
15 Neil Lomax* 25 QB 16 16 3 3 18
31 Earl Ferrell 26 FB 16 9 1 1 2 12
40 Randy Love 28 16 1 1 1 2 12
39 Willard Harrell 32 16 0 1 1 6
59 Tom Howard 30 LLB 15 13 1 1 6
45 Leonard Smith 24 SS 12 11 1 1 6
Team Total 25.9 16 21 28 1 1 51 48 23 423
Opp Total 16 11 26 1 36 25 345