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1985 St. Louis Cardinals

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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 5th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 278 points (17.4/g), 27th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 414 points (25.9/g), 24th.
 Differential of -136 points (-8.5/g), 25th.
 Expected W-L: 4.5-11.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.4/g), 22nd.

Coached by Jim Hanifan (5-11-0)

1985 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 8 box W 1-0 @ Cleveland Browns 27 24 15 286 186 100 19 357 181 176 3
2 Sun September 15 box W 2-0 Cincinnati Bengals 41 27 27 447 237 210 2 20 370 254 116 2
3 Sun September 22 box L 2-1 @ New York Giants 17 27 18 289 206 83 3 19 318 163 155 1
4 Sun September 29 box W 3-1 Green Bay Packers 43 28 24 397 233 164 1 24 454 238 216 3
5 Mon October 7 box L 3-2 @ Washington Redskins 10 27 17 310 215 95 6 17 305 67 238 2
6 Sun October 13 box L 3-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 7 30 12 268 187 81 2 18 354 243 111
7 Sun October 20 box L 3-4 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 10 23 22 286 160 126 3 15 326 184 142 1
8 Sun October 27 box L 3-5 Houston Oilers 10 20 22 427 240 187 1 13 229 171 58 2
9 Mon November 4 box W 4-5 Dallas Cowboys 21 10 19 286 237 49 18 248 159 89 3
10 Sun November 10 box L 4-6 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 16 17 279 184 95 3 16 306 182 124 2
11 Sun November 17 box L 4-7 Philadelphia Eagles 14 24 20 384 147 237 21 283 107 176 1
12 Sun November 24 box L 4-8 New York Giants 3 34 13 221 181 40 5 20 313 152 161 2
13 Thu November 28 box L 4-9 @ Dallas Cowboys 17 35 24 365 281 84 3 23 393 277 116 1
14 Sun December 8 box W 5-9 New Orleans Saints 28 16 24 383 197 186 21 287 216 71 2
15 Sun December 15 box L 5-10 @ Los Angeles Rams 14 46 14 213 131 82 3 22 425 217 208
16 Sat December 21 box L 5-11 Washington Redskins 16 27 13 245 90 155 2 28 413 192 221 2

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 278 5086 1016 5.0 301 296 534 3112 19 18 5.2 171 417 1974 14 4.7 108 34 16 22
Team Defense 414 5381 1045 5.1 513 253 461 3003 34 13 6.1 169 552 2378 11 4.3 314 27 14 30
Lg Rank Offense 27 17 15 9 18 18 7 25 26 15 17 2 6 11
Lg Rank Defense 24 15 18 1 8 28 28 18 25 24 8 21 27 19

Passing

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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%
Neil Lomax 26 QB 16 16 5-11-0 265 471 56.3 3214 18 3.8 12 2.5 47 6.8 6.1 12.1 200.9 79.5 61 442 5.2 4.5 11.5
Scott Brunner 28 16 0 30 60 50.0 336 1 1.7 6 10.0 40 5.6 1.3 11.2 21.0 33.1 4 27 4.8 0.8 6.3
Stump Mitchell 26 rb 16 8 1 2 50.0 31 0 0.0 0 0.0 31 15.5 15.5 31.0 1.9 95.8 0 0 15.5 15.5 0.0
Carl Birdsong 26 P 16 0 0 1 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
Team Total 26.3 16 5-11-0 296 534 55.4 3581 19 3.6 18 3.4 47 6.7 5.5 12.1 223.8 74.0 65 469 5.2 4.2 10.9
Opp Total 16 253 461 54.9 3003 34 7.4 13 2.8 6.5 6.0 11.9 187.7 87.8 32 254 6.1 5.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Stump Mitchell 26 rb 16 8 183 1006 7 64 5.5 62.9 11.4 47 502 10.7 3 46 2.9 31.4 1508 10 6
Ottis Anderson 28 RB 9 8 117 479 4 38 4.1 53.2 13.0 23 225 9.8 0 43 2.6 25.0 704 4 3
Earl Ferrell 27 FB 11 9 46 208 2 30 4.5 18.9 4.2 25 277 11.1 2 30 2.3 25.2 485 4 2
Neil Lomax 26 QB 16 16 32 125 0 23 3.9 7.8 2.0 125 0 10
Ron Wolfley 23 16 2 24 64 0 11 2.7 4.0 1.5 2 18 9.0 0 17 0.1 1.1 82 0 1
Perry Harrington 27 11 0 7 42 1 22 6.0 3.8 0.6 42 1 1
J.T. Smith 30 RET 14 4 3 36 0 30 12.0 2.6 0.2 43 581 13.5 1 34 3.1 41.5 617 1 3
Scott Brunner 28 16 0 3 8 0 8 2.7 0.5 0.2 8 0 3
Roy Green 28 WR 13 13 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 50 693 13.9 5 47 3.8 53.3 695 5 2
Randy Love 29 12 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 2 4 2.0 0 3 0.2 0.3 8 0 0
Pat Tilley 32 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 49 726 14.8 6 46 3.1 45.4 726 6 0
Doug Marsh 27 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 37 355 9.6 1 23 2.3 22.2 355 1 0
Greg LaFleur 27 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 119 13.2 0 24 0.6 7.4 119 0 0
Clyde Duncan 24 RET 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 39 9.8 1 14 0.4 3.5 39 1 3
Earnest Gray 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 22 7.3 0 12 0.6 4.4 22 0 0
Cedric Mack 25 LCB 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 16 16.0 0 16 0.1 1.0 16 0 0
Jay Novacek 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.3 4 0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 417 1974 14 64 4.7 123.4 26.1 296 3581 12.1 19 47 18.5 223.8 5555 33 38
Opp Total 16 552 2378 11 4.3 148.6 34.5 253 3003 11.9 34 15.8 187.7 5381 45 28

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Stump Mitchell 26 rb 16 8 11 97 0 21 8.8 19 345 0 35 18.2 1950
J.T. Smith 30 RET 14 4 26 283 0 31 10.9 4 59 0 33 14.8 959
Clyde Duncan 24 RET 11 0 28 550 0 34 19.6 589
Ron Wolfley 23 16 2 13 234 0 28 18.0 316
Lee Nelson 31 13 0 2 14 0 8 7.0 3 49 0 26 16.3 63
Leonard Smith 25 SS 16 16 5 68 0 26 13.6 68
Perry Harrington 27 11 0 4 77 0 35 19.3 119
Tony Mumford 22 2 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 19
Jay Novacek 23 16 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 24
Pat Tilley 32 WR 16 16 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 725
Team Total 26.3 16 40 393 0 31 9.8 78 1421 0 35 18.2 7369
Opp Total 16 51 0 56 1150 0 20.5

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Carl Birdsong 26 P 16 0 85 3545 67 2 41.7
Neil O'Donoghue 32 K 8 0 1 1 5 3 6 4 4 2 2 18 10 55.6% 19 19 100.0%
Novo Bojovic 26 6 0 2 1 3 2 2 7 3 42.9% 12 11 91.7%
Jess Atkinson 24 2 0 3 3 0.0% 3 3 100.0%
Team Total 26.3 16 1 1 5 3 8 5 10 4 4 28 13 46.4% 34 33 97.1% 85 3545 67 2 41.7
Opp Total 16 38 28 73.7% 47 46 97.9% 75 3068 40.9

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Neil Lomax 26 QB 16 16 10 4 -1 0
Leonard Smith 25 SS 16 16 3.0 2 73 0 67 1 3 0 0
Curtis Greer 28 RDE 16 15 7.0 0 1 0 0
Stump Mitchell 26 rb 16 8 6 2 0 0
E.J. Junior* 26 MLB 16 16 2.0 5 109 0 53
Mark Duda 24 RDT 16 16 5.5 0 1 0 0
Al Baker 29 LDE 16 16 4.0 0 1 0 0
Freddie Joe Nunn 23 RLB 16 16 3.0 0 0 2 0 0 84
David Galloway 26 LDT 16 16 3.5 0 1 0 0
Ottis Anderson 28 RB 9 8 3 1 0 0
Clyde Duncan 24 RET 11 0 3 1 0 0
Cedric Mack 25 LCB 16 14 2 10 0 10 0 2 0 0
Lonnie Young 22 FS 16 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 92
Scott Brunner 28 16 0 3 0 0 0
Earl Ferrell 27 FB 11 9 2 1 0 0
Niko Noga 23 LLB 16 11 1.0 0 2 0 0
J.T. Smith 30 RET 14 4 3 0 0 0
Roy Green 28 WR 13 13 2 0 0 0
Stafford Mays 27 16 1 2.0
Carl Birdsong 26 P 16 0 0 1 0 0
Doug Dawson 24 LG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Jeff Griffin 27 12 0 0 1 0 0
Elois Grooms 32 5 0 1.0
Perry Harrington 27 11 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Johnson 25 11 0 0 1 0 0
Tony Mumford 22 2 0 1 0 0 0
Lee Nelson 31 13 0 1 0 0 0
Benny Perrin 26 fs 7 6 0 1 0 0
Tootie Robbins 27 RT 12 11 0 1 0 0
Carlos Scott 25 16 0 1 0 0 0
Lance Smith 22 rt 14 5 0 1 0 0
Wayne Smith 28 RCB 16 16 0 1 0 0
Lionel Washington 25 5 2 1 48 1 48
Ron Wolfley 23 16 2 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 32.0 13 240 1 67 0 38 31 -1 0 176
Opp Total 16 65 28 14 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Stump Mitchell 26 rb 16 8 7 3 60
Neil O'Donoghue 32 K 8 0 19 10 49
Pat Tilley 32 WR 16 16 6 36
Roy Green 28 WR 13 13 5 30
Ottis Anderson 28 RB 9 8 4 24
Earl Ferrell 27 FB 11 9 2 2 24
Novo Bojovic 26 6 0 11 3 20
Clyde Duncan 24 RET 11 0 1 6
Perry Harrington 27 11 0 1 6
Doug Marsh 27 TE 16 16 1 6
J.T. Smith 30 RET 14 4 1 6
Lionel Washington 25 5 2 1 6
Jess Atkinson 24 2 0 3 3
Team Total 26.3 16 14 19 1 33 13 276
Opp Total 16 11 34 46 28 1 414