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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)
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1984 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* | 25 | 3 | 16 | 345 for 560, 4,614 yards, 28 td, 16 int, & 35 rushes for 184 yards and 3 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1981 |
| RB | Ottis Anderson | 27 | 5 | 15 | 289 rushes for 1,174 yards, 6 td, & 70 catches for 611 yards and 2 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1979 |
| FB | Earl Ferrell | 26 | 2 | 9 | 44 rushes for 203 yards, 1 td, & 26 catches for 218 yards and 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 125th pick / 1982 |
| WR | Roy Green*+ | 27 | 5 | 16 | 78 catches for 1,555 yards, 12 td, & 1 rush for -10 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Pat Tilley | 31 | 8 | 16 | 52 catches for 758 yards, 5 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 114th pick / 1976 |
| TE | Doug Marsh | 26 | 4 | 16 | 39 catches for 608 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for -5 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1980 |
| TE | Greg LaFleur | 26 | 3 | 5 | 17 catches for 198 yards, 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1981 |
| LT | Luis Sharpe | 24 | 2 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1982 |
| LG | Terry Stieve | 30 | 8 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 160th pick / 1976 |
| C | Randy Clark | 27 | 4 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 8th / 215th pick / 1980 |
| RG | Joe Bostic | 27 | 5 | 16 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1979 |
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| RT | Tootie Robbins | 26 | 2 | 16 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 90th pick / 1982 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Al Baker | 28 | 6 | 15 | 10.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 40th pick / 1978 |
| LDT | David Galloway | 25 | 2 | 14 | 5.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1982 |
| RDT | Mark Duda | 23 | 1 | 6 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 96th pick / 1983 |
| RDT | Ramsey Dardar | 25 | Rook | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 71st pick / 1983 |
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| RDT | Elois Grooms | 31 | 9 | 6 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1975 |
| RDE | Curtis Greer | 27 | 4 | 16 | 14.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 6th pick / 1980 |
| LLB | Tom Howard | 30 | 7 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 67th pick / 1977 |
| MLB | Kurt Allerman | 29 | 7 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 78th pick / 1977 |
| MLB | E.J. Junior*+ | 25 | 3 | 16 | 9.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1981 |
| RLB | E.J. Junior*+ | 25 | 3 | 16 | 9.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1981 |
| RLB | Charles Baker | 27 | 4 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 81st pick / 1980 |
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| LCB | Lionel Washington | 24 | 1 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 103rd pick / 1983 |
| RCB | Wayne Smith | 27 | 4 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 11th / 278th pick / 1980 |
| SS | Leonard Smith | 24 | 1 | 11 | 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1983 |
| SS | Lee Nelson | 30 | 8 | 6 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 15th / 420th pick / 1976 |
| FS | Benny Perrin | 25 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 65th pick / 1982 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Neil O'Donoghue | 31 | 7 | 0 | 23 of 35 field goals & 48 of 51 extra points | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 127th pick / 1977 |
| P | Carl Birdsong | 25 | 3 | 0 | 67 punts for a 38.7 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | Stump Mitchell | 25 | 3 | 1 | 38 punt returns for a 8.8 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 226th pick / 1981 |
| KR | Stump Mitchell | 25 | 3 | 1 | 35 kick returns for a 23.0 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 | 26 | LB | 16 | 0 | 238 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 12/5/1958 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 143rd pick / 1981 |
| Kurt Allerman | 29 | LB | 16 | 10 | 222 | 6-3 | Penn State | 8/30/1955 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 78th pick / 1977 |
| Ottis Anderson | 27 | RB | 15 | 15 | 220 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 1/19/1957 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1979 |
| Dan Audick | 30 | T-G | 7 | 1 | 252 | 6-3 | Hawaii | 11/15/1954 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 106th pick / 1977 |
| Al Baker | 28 | DE | 15 | 15 | 265 | 6-6 | Colorado State | 12/9/1956 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 40th pick / 1978 |
| Charles Baker | 27 | LB | 9 | 6 | 226 | 6-2 | New Mexico | 9/26/1957 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 81st pick / 1980 |
| Martin Bayless | 22 | DB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 10/11/1962 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 101st pick / 1984 |
| Steve Bird | 24 | WR | 8 | 0 | 171 | 5-11 | Eastern Kentucky | 10/20/1960 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 130th pick / 1983 |
| Carl Birdsong | 25 | P | 16 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | Southwest Oklahoma State | 1/1/1959 | 3 | |
| Joe Bostic | 27 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-3 | Clemson | 4/20/1957 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1979 |
| Randy Clark | 27 | C-T-G | 16 | 16 | 260 | 6-3 | Northern Illinois | 7/27/1957 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 215th pick / 1980 |
| Ramsey Dardar | 25 | DT-G-T | 16 | 6 | 264 | 6-2 | LSU | 10/3/1959 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 71st pick / 1983 |
| Billy Davis | 23 | LB | 1 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Clemson | 12/6/1961 | Rook | |
| Doug Dawson | 23 | G | 15 | 1 | 238 | 6-3 | Texas | 12/27/1961 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 45th pick / 1984 |
| Mark Duda | 23 | DT | 8 | 6 | 273 | 6-3 | Maryland | 2/4/1961 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 96th pick / 1983 |
| Clyde Duncan | 23 | WR | 8 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 2/5/1961 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1984 |
| Earl Ferrell | 26 | RB | 16 | 9 | 225 | 6-0 | East Tennessee State | 3/27/1958 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 125th pick / 1982 |
| David Galloway | 25 | DT-DE-NT | 14 | 14 | 277 | 6-3 | Florida | 2/16/1959 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1982 |
| John Goode | 22 | TE | 16 | 1 | 233 | 6-2 | Youngstown State | 11/5/1962 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 136th pick / 1984 |
| Roy Green*+ | 27 | WR-DB | 16 | 16 | 195 | 6-0 | Henderson State | 6/30/1957 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1979 |
| Curtis Greer | 27 | DE | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-4 | Michigan | 11/10/1957 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 6th pick / 1980 |
| Jeff Griffin | 26 | DB | 8 | 1 | 185 | 6-0 | Utah | 7/19/1958 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 61st pick / 1981 |
| Elois Grooms | 31 | DE-DT | 11 | 6 | 249 | 6-4 | Tennessee Tech | 5/20/1953 | 9 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1975 |
| Willard Harrell | 32 | RB | 16 | 0 | 162 | 5-8 | Pacific | 9/16/1952 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 58th pick / 1975 |
| Perry Harrington | 26 | RB | 6 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Jackson State | 3/13/1958 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1980 |
| Bob Harris | 24 | LB-DB | 16 | 3 | 219 | 6-2 | Auburn | 11/11/1960 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 211th pick / 1983 |
| Victor Heflin | 24 | DB | 16 | 0 | 184 | 6-0 | Delaware State | 7/7/1960 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 6th / 143rd pick / 1983 |
| Randy Holloway | 29 | DE | 6 | 1 | 250 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 8/26/1955 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 21st pick / 1978 |
| Tom Howard | 30 | LB | 15 | 13 | 213 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 8/18/1954 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 67th pick / 1977 |
| E.J. Junior*+ | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 238 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/8/1959 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1981 |
| Bill Kay | 24 | DB | 10 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Purdue | 1/10/1960 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 159th pick / 1981 |
| Greg LaFleur | 26 | TE | 16 | 5 | 236 | 6-4 | LSU | 9/16/1958 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1981 |
| Neil Lomax* | 25 | QB | 16 | 16 | 215 | 6-3 | Portland State | 2/17/1959 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1981 |
| Randy Love | 28 | RB | 16 | 1 | 208 | 6-1 | Houston | 9/30/1956 | 5 | New England Patriots / 8th / 216th pick / 1979 |
| Cedric Mack | 24 | DB | 12 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | Baylor | 9/14/1960 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 44th pick / 1983 |
| Doug Marsh | 26 | TE | 16 | 16 | 236 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/18/1958 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1980 |
| Stafford Mays | 26 | DE-DT-NT | 16 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | Washington | 3/13/1958 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 225th pick / 1980 |
| Rick McIvor | 24 | QB | 4 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Texas | 9/26/1960 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 80th pick / 1984 |
| Stump Mitchell | 25 | RB | 16 | 1 | 188 | 5-9 | The Citadel | 3/15/1959 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 226th pick / 1981 |
| Lee Nelson | 30 | DB | 16 | 6 | 185 | 5-10 | Florida State | 1/30/1954 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 15th / 420th pick / 1976 |
| Niko Noga | 22 | LB | 16 | 0 | 234 | 6-1 | Hawaii | 3/1/1962 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1984 |
| Neil O'Donoghue | 31 | K | 16 | 0 | 208 | 6-6 | Auburn,St. Bernard | 1/18/1953 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 127th pick / 1977 |
| Benny Perrin | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 178 | 6-2 | Alabama | 10/20/1959 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 65th pick / 1982 |
| Danny Pittman | 26 | WR | 10 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 4/3/1958 | 4 | New York Giants / 4th / 90th pick / 1980 |
| Art Plunkett | 25 | T | 16 | 0 | 269 | 6-7 | UNLV | 3/8/1959 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 216th pick / 1981 |
| Dan Ralph | 23 | DT | 6 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Colorado,Oregon | 3/9/1961 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 163rd pick / 1984 |
| Tootie Robbins | 26 | T | 16 | 16 | 303 | 6-5 | East Carolina | 6/2/1958 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 90th pick / 1982 |
| Carlos Scott | 24 | C-T | 16 | 0 | 295 | 6-4 | Texas-El Paso | 7/2/1960 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 184th pick / 1983 |
| Craig Shaffer | 25 | LB | 4 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Indiana State | 3/31/1959 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 150th pick / 1982 |
| Luis Sharpe | 24 | T | 16 | 16 | 275 | 6-5 | UCLA | 6/16/1960 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1982 |
| Leonard Smith | 24 | DB | 12 | 11 | 200 | 5-11 | McNeese State | 9/2/1960 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1983 |
| Wayne Smith | 27 | DB | 16 | 15 | 171 | 6-0 | Purdue,Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 5/9/1957 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 278th pick / 1980 |
| Terry Stieve | 30 | G | 14 | 14 | 256 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 3/10/1954 | 8 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 160th pick / 1976 |
| Pat Tilley | 31 | WR | 16 | 16 | 178 | 5-10 | Louisiana Tech | 2/15/1953 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 114th pick / 1976 |
| Quentin Walker | 23 | RB | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Virginia | 8/27/1961 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 185th pick / 1984 |
| Lionel Washington | 24 | DB | 15 | 15 | 185 | 6-0 | Tulane | 10/21/1960 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 103rd pick / 1983 |
| Bill Whitaker | 25 | DB | 7 | 0 | 182 | 6-0 | Missouri | 11/18/1959 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 172nd pick / 1981 |
| Team Total | 25.9 | 16 | 223.4 | 6-1.9 | 3.2 |