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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.

Coached by Gene Stallings (4-11-1)

1986 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 7 box L 0-1 Los Angeles Rams 10 16 14 247 177 70 2 17 269 70 199 2
2 Sun September 14 box L 0-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 13 33 15 265 159 106 1 23 342 152 190
3 Sun September 21 box L 0-3 @ Buffalo Bills 10 17 25 381 259 122 1 10 176 82 94 1
4 Mon September 29 box L 0-4 Dallas Cowboys 7 31 13 225 92 133 4 18 287 180 107 2
5 Sun October 5 box L 0-5 New York Giants 6 13 12 241 158 83 2 8 144 83 61 1
6 Sun October 12 box W 1-5 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 19 23 431 213 218 1 19 347 257 90
7 Sun October 19 box L 1-6 @ Washington Redskins 21 28 20 242 124 118 1 21 354 232 122 3
8 Sun October 26 box L 1-7 @ Dallas Cowboys 6 37 11 200 152 48 1 30 445 268 177 1
9 Sun November 2 box W 2-7 Philadelphia Eagles 13 10 14 190 68 122 1 17 228 133 95
10 Sun November 9 box L 2-8 @ San Francisco 49ers 17 43 22 364 269 95 4 23 460 296 164 1
11 Sun November 16 box L 2-9 New Orleans Saints 7 16 21 282 168 114 3 15 258 76 182
12 Sun November 23 box W 3-9 Kansas City Chiefs 23 14 17 254 162 92 2 20 291 209 82 4
13 Sun November 30 box L 3-10 Washington Redskins 17 20 13 271 123 148 23 353 256 97 1
14 Sun December 7 box T 3-10-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 10 10 23 461 356 105 1 25 354 124 230 1
15 Sun December 14 box L 3-11-1 @ New York Giants 7 27 15 184 100 84 2 20 313 62 251 2
16 Sun December 21 box W 4-11-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 17 15 265 136 129 3 15 243 157 86 3

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 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 4.7 483 215 436 2637 21 10 5.5 149 560 2227 17 4.0 304 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 12 1 1 11 27 8 27 25 21 20 27 22

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 27 QB 14 14 4-9-1 240 421 57.0 2583 13 3.1 12 2.9 48 6.1 5.2 10.8 184.5 73.6 52 381 4.7 3.8 11.0
Cliff Stoudt 31 5 2 0-2-0 52 91 57.1 542 3 3.3 7 7.7 24 6.0 2.8 10.4 108.4 53.5 7 43 5.1 2.2 7.1
Stump Mitchell 27 RB 15 13 1 3 33.3 15 1 33.3 0 0.0 15 5.0 8.3 15.0 1.0 90.3 0 0 5.0 8.3 0.0
Evan Arapostathis 23 5 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.8 16 4-11-1 293 516 56.8 3140 17 3.3 19 3.7 48 6.1 4.8 10.7 196.3 70.4 59 424 4.7 3.5 10.3
Opp Total 16 215 436 49.3 2637 21 4.8 10 2.3 6.0 5.5 12.3 164.8 74.9 41 355 5.5 4.3

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 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
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
Ottis Anderson 29 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
Neil Lomax 27 QB 14 14 35 148 1 18 4.2 10.6 2.5 148 1 7
Vai Sikahema* 24 RET 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
Ron Wolfley* 24 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
Cliff Stoudt 31 5 2 7 53 0 17 7.6 10.6 1.4 53 0 1
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
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
Kent Austin 23 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
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
Troy Johnson 24 13 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 203 14.5 0 39 1.1 15.6 203 0 0
Chas Fox 23 4 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 59 11.8 1 38 1.3 14.8 59 1 0
Scott Holman 24 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 41 13.7 0 18 1.0 13.7 41 0 0
Pat Tilley 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 51 17.0 0 18 3.0 51.0 51 0 0
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
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 25.8 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

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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
Vai Sikahema* 24 RET 16 0 43 522 2 71 12.1 37 847 0 44 22.9 1530
Eric Swanson 23 9 0 10 206 0 40 20.6 206
Chas Fox 23 4 3 6 161 0 38 26.8 220
Stump Mitchell 27 RB 15 13 6 203 0 53 33.8 1279
Carl Carter 22 14 4 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 21 0 14 10.5 21
Earl Ferrell 28 FB 16 15 3 41 0 27 13.7 1023
Troy Johnson 24 13 2 3 46 0 25 15.3 249
Broderick Sargent 24 16 0 2 27 0 14 13.5 35
Don Holmes 25 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
J.T. Smith 31 WR 16 16 1 6 0 6 6.0 1020
Team Total 25.8 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

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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
Greg Cater 29 P 11 0 61 2271 52 1 37.2
Evan Arapostathis 23 5 0 30 1140 50 0 38.0
John Lee 22 K 11 0 3 2 6 5 4 1 13 8 61.5% 17 14 82.4%
Eric Schubert 24 5 0 2 2 4 5 1 11 3 27.3% 9 9 100.0%
Team Total 25.8 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

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 27 QB 14 14 7 6 0 0
Al Baker 30 RDE 16 13 10.5
Freddie Joe Nunn 24 LOLB 16 16 7.0 0 0 1 0 0 48
David Galloway 27 NT 14 13 4.5 0 2 0 0
Earl Ferrell 28 FB 16 15 6 0 0 0
Leonard Smith 26 SS 16 16 5.0 1 13 0 13
Cedric Mack 26 RCB 15 9 4 42 0 24 0 1 0 0
Stump Mitchell 27 RB 15 13 4 1 0 0
Charles Baker 29 ROLB 16 16 3.5 0 1 0 0
Anthony Bell 22 16 1 4.0
Carl Carter 22 14 4 2 12 0 11 1 1 0 0
Bob Clasby 26 LDE 16 10 3.0 0 1 0 0
Niko Noga 24 RILB 16 16 2.0 0 2 0 0
J.T. Smith 31 WR 16 16 1 3 0 0
Lionel Washington 26 LCB 16 12 2 19 0 19 0 0 1 0 0
Ottis Anderson 29 4 3 2 0 0 0
Vai Sikahema* 24 RET 16 0 2 0 0 0
Wayne Smith 29 rcb 16 7 1 35 0 35 0 1 0 0
Lonnie Young 23 FS 13 13 1.5 72
Gene Chilton 22 c 16 7 0 1 0 0
Roy Green 29 WR 11 10 1 0 0 0
E.J. Junior 27 LILB 13 13 0 1 0 0
Ron Monaco 23 15 2 0 1 0 0
Cliff Stoudt 31 5 2 1 0 0 0
Dennis Thurman 30 16 3 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.8 16 41.0 10 121 0 35 0 25 25 0 0 120
Opp Total 16 59 40 28 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
John Lee 22 K 11 0 14 8 38
Roy Green 29 WR 11 10 6 36
J.T. Smith 31 WR 16 16 6 36
Stump Mitchell 27 RB 15 13 5 30
Earl Ferrell 28 FB 16 15 3 18
Eric Schubert 24 5 0 9 3 18
Vai Sikahema* 24 RET 16 0 1 2 18
Ottis Anderson 29 4 3 2 12
Chas Fox 23 4 3 1 6
Neil Lomax 27 QB 14 14 1 6
Team Total 25.8 16 8 17 2 23 11 218
Opp Total 16 17 21 37 24 1 351