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1986 St. Louis Cardinals

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Record: 4-11-1, Finished 5th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 218 points (13.6/g), 28th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 351 points (21.9/g), 21st.
 Differential of -133 points (-8.3/g), 25th.
 Expected W-L: 3.9-12.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.4/g), 19th.

Simple Rating System: Total -8.1, Offense: -6.5, Defense: -1.6, SoS: 0.2, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Gene Stallings

 Offensive Coordinator: Jim Shofner

Training Camp: Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, Illinois)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 218 4503 994 4.5 273 293 516 2716 17 19 4.7 149 419 1787 8 4.3 102 29 10 22
Team Defense 351 4864 1037 4.7 304 215 436 2637 21 10 5.5 149 560 2227 17 4.0 125 22 12 30
Lg Rank Offense 28 26 25 16 22 20 10 27 25 14 25 7 5 2
Lg Rank Defense 21 4 16 1 1 11 27 9 27 25 21 20 27 22

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 boxscore L 0-1 Los Angeles Rams 10 16 14 247 177 70 2 17 269 70 199 2
2 Sun September 14 boxscore L 0-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 13 33 15 265 159 106 1 23 342 152 190
3 Sun September 21 boxscore L 0-3 @ Buffalo Bills 10 17 25 381 259 122 1 10 176 82 94 1
4 Mon September 29 boxscore L 0-4 Dallas Cowboys 7 31 13 225 92 133 4 18 287 180 107 2
5 Sun October 5 boxscore L 0-5 New York Giants 6 13 12 241 158 83 2 8 144 83 61 1
6 Sun October 12 boxscore W 1-5 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 19 23 431 213 218 1 19 347 257 90
7 Sun October 19 boxscore L 1-6 @ Washington Redskins 21 28 20 242 124 118 1 21 354 232 122 3
8 Sun October 26 boxscore L 1-7 @ Dallas Cowboys 6 37 11 200 152 48 1 30 445 268 177 1
9 Sun November 2 boxscore W 2-7 Philadelphia Eagles 13 10 14 190 68 122 1 17 228 133 95
10 Sun November 9 boxscore L 2-8 @ San Francisco 49ers 17 43 22 364 269 95 4 23 460 296 164 1
11 Sun November 16 boxscore L 2-9 New Orleans Saints 7 16 21 282 168 114 3 15 258 76 182
12 Sun November 23 boxscore W 3-9 Kansas City Chiefs 23 14 17 254 162 92 2 20 291 209 82 4
13 Sun November 30 boxscore L 3-10 Washington Redskins 17 20 13 271 123 148 23 353 256 97 1
14 Sun December 7 boxscore T OT 3-10-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 10 10 23 461 356 105 1 25 354 124 230 1
15 Sun December 14 boxscore L 3-11-1 @ New York Giants 7 27 15 184 100 84 2 20 313 62 251 2
16 Sun December 21 boxscore W 4-11-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 17 15 265 136 129 3 15 243 157 86 3

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
15 Neil Lomax 27 QB 14 14 4-9-1 240 421 57.0 2583 13 3.1 12 2.9 48 6.1 5.5 10.8 184.5 73.6 52 381 4.66 4.06 11.0 1 0
18 Cliff Stoudt 31 qb 5 2 0-2-0 52 91 57.1 542 3 3.3 7 7.7 24 6.0 3.2 10.4 108.4 53.5 7 43 5.09 2.49 7.1 1 1
30 Stump Mitchell 27 RB 15 13 1 3 33.3 15 1 33.3 0 0.0 15 5.0 11.7 15.0 1.0 90.3 0 0 5.00 11.67 0.0
17 Evan Arapostathis 23 p 5 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Team Total 25.4 16 4-11-1 293 516 56.8 3140 17 3.3 19 3.7 48 6.1 5.1 10.7 196.3 70.4 59 424 4.72 3.83 10.3 2 1
Opp Total 16 215 436 49.3 2992 21 4.8 10 2.3 6.9 6.79 13.9 187.0 78.3 41 355 5.5 5.5 8.6

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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
30 Stump Mitchell 27 RB 15 13 174 800 5 44 4.6 53.3 11.6 41 276 6.7 0 24 2.7 18.4 1076 5 4
31 Earl Ferrell 28 FB 16 15 124 548 0 25 4.4 34.3 7.8 56 434 7.8 3 30 3.5 27.1 982 3 6
32 Ottis Anderson 29 rb 4 3 51 156 2 14 3.1 39.0 12.8 10 91 9.1 0 19 2.5 22.8 247 2 2
15 Neil Lomax 27 QB 14 14 35 148 1 18 4.2 10.6 2.5 148 1 7
36 Vai Sikahema* 24 KR/PR 16 0 16 62 0 23 3.9 3.9 1.0 10 99 9.9 1 27 0.6 6.2 161 1 2
24 Ron Wolfley* 24 rb 16 1 8 19 0 8 2.4 1.2 0.5 2 32 16.0 0 28 0.1 2.0 51 0 0
18 Cliff Stoudt 31 qb 5 2 7 53 0 17 7.6 10.6 1.4 53 0 1
81 Roy Green 29 WR 11 10 2 -4 0 1 -2.0 -0.4 0.2 42 517 12.3 6 48 3.8 47.0 513 6 1
82 Doug Marsh 28 TE 16 15 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.3 0.1 25 313 12.5 0 27 1.6 19.6 318 0 0
16 Kent Austin 23 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
84 J.T. Smith 31 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 80 1014 12.7 6 45 5.0 63.4 1014 6 1
87 Troy Johnson 24 wr 13 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 203 14.5 0 39 1.1 15.6 203 0 0
86 Chas Fox 23 wr 4 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 59 11.8 1 38 1.3 14.8 59 1 0
29 Scott Holman 24 wr 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 41 13.7 0 18 1.0 13.7 41 0 0
83 Pat Tilley 33 wr 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 51 17.0 0 18 3.0 51.0 51 0 0
85 Jay Novacek 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.1 0.3 2 0 0
39 Broderick Sargent 24 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.5 8 0 0
Team Total 25.4 16 419 1787 8 44 4.3 111.7 26.2 293 3140 10.7 17 48 18.3 196.3 4927 25 25
Opp Total 16 560 2227 17 4.0 139.2 35.0 215 2637 12.3 21 13.4 164.8 4864 38 40

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
36 Vai Sikahema* 24 KR/PR 16 0 43 522 2 71 12.1 37 847 0 44 22.9 1530
86 Eric Swanson 23 9 0 10 206 0 40 20.6 206
86 Chas Fox 23 wr 4 3 6 161 0 38 26.8 220
30 Stump Mitchell 27 RB 15 13 6 203 0 53 33.8 1279
41 Carl Carter 22 db 14 4 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 21 0 14 10.5 21
31 Earl Ferrell 28 FB 16 15 3 41 0 27 13.7 1023
87 Troy Johnson 24 wr 13 2 3 46 0 25 15.3 249
39 Broderick Sargent 24 16 0 2 27 0 14 13.5 35
83 Don Holmes 25 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
84 J.T. Smith 31 WR 16 16 1 6 0 6 6.0 1020
Team Total 25.4 16 45 528 2 71 11.7 70 1548 0 53 22.1 7003
Opp Total 16 44 0 50 886 0 17.7

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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
14 Greg Cater 29 P 11 0 61 2271 52 1 37.2
17 Evan Arapostathis 23 p 5 0 30 1140 50 0 38.0
10 John Lee 22 K 11 0 3 2 6 5 4 1 13 8 61.5% 17 14 82.4%
11 Eric Schubert 24 k 5 0 2 2 4 5 1 11 3 27.3% 9 9 100.0%
Team Total 25.4 16 5 4 10 5 9 2 24 11 45.8% 26 23 88.5% 91 3411 52 1 37.5
Opp Total 16 32 24 75.0% 40 37 92.5% 83 3511 42.3

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
43 Lonnie Young 23 FS 13 13 1.5 72 0
50 Freddie Joe Nunn 24 LOLB 16 16 7.0 0 0 1 0 0 48 0
15 Neil Lomax 27 QB 14 14 0 7 6 0 0
60 Al Baker 30 RDE 16 13 10.5
65 David Galloway 27 NT 14 13 4.5 0 0 2 0 0
31 Earl Ferrell 28 FB 16 15 0 6 0 0 0
45 Leonard Smith 26 SS 16 16 5.0 1 13 0 13 0
47 Cedric Mack 26 RCB 15 9 4 42 0 24 0 0 0 1 0 0
30 Stump Mitchell 27 RB 15 13 0 4 1 0 0
52 Charles Baker 29 ROLB 16 16 3.5 0 0 1 0 0
55 Anthony Bell 22 lb 16 1 4.0
41 Carl Carter 22 db 14 4 2 12 0 11 0 0 1 1 0 0
79 Bob Clasby 26 LDE 16 10 3.0 0 0 1 0 0
57 Niko Noga 24 RILB 16 16 2.0 0 0 2 0 0
84 J.T. Smith 31 WR 16 16 0 1 3 0 0
48 Lionel Washington 26 LCB 16 12 2 19 0 19 0 0 0 1 0 0
32 Ottis Anderson 29 rb 4 3 0 2 0 0 0
36 Vai Sikahema* 24 KR/PR 16 0 0 2 0 0 0
44 Wayne Smith 29 rcb 16 7 1 35 0 35 0 0 0 1 0 0
58 Gene Chilton 22 c 16 7 0 0 1 0 0
81 Roy Green 29 WR 11 10 0 1 0 0 0
54 E.J. Junior 27 LILB 13 13 0 0 1 0 0
91 Ron Monaco lb 15 2 0 0 1 0 0
18 Cliff Stoudt 31 qb 5 2 0 1 0 0 0
23 Dennis Thurman 30 db 16 3 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.4 16 41.0 10 121 0 35 0 0 25 25 0 0 120 0
Opp Total 16 59 40 28 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
10 John Lee 22 K 11 0 14 8 38
81 Roy Green 29 WR 11 10 6 6 36
84 J.T. Smith 31 WR 16 16 6 6 36
30 Stump Mitchell 27 RB 15 13 5 5 30
31 Earl Ferrell 28 FB 16 15 3 3 18
11 Eric Schubert 24 k 5 0 9 3 18
36 Vai Sikahema* 24 KR/PR 16 0 1 2 3 18
32 Ottis Anderson 29 rb 4 3 2 2 12
86 Chas Fox 23 wr 4 3 1 1 6
15 Neil Lomax 27 QB 14 14 1 1 6
Team Total 25.4 16 8 17 2 27 23 11 218
Opp Total 16 17 21 37 24 1 351