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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 (4-11-1)
Offensive Coordinator: Jim Shofner
Training Camp: Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, Illinois)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Neil Lomax | 27 | 5 | 14 | 240 for 421, 2,583 yards, 13 td, 12 int, & 35 rushes for 148 yards and 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1981 |
| RB | Stump Mitchell | 27 | 5 | 13 | 174 rushes for 800 yards, 5 td, & 41 catches for 276 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 226th pick / 1981 |
| FB | Earl Ferrell | 28 | 4 | 15 | 124 rushes for 548 yards, 0 td, & 56 catches for 434 yards and 3 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 125th pick / 1982 |
| WR | Roy Green | 29 | 7 | 10 | 42 catches for 517 yards, 6 td, & 2 rushes for -4 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1979 |
| WR | J.T. Smith | 31 | 8 | 16 | 80 catches for 1,014 yards, 6 td | |
| TE | Doug Marsh | 28 | 6 | 15 | 25 catches for 313 yards, 0 td, & 1 rush for 5 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1980 |
| LT | Luis Sharpe | 26 | 4 | 16 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1982 | |
| LG | Derek Kennard | 24 | Rook | 10 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 45th pick / 1984 Supp | |
| C | Randy Clark | 29 | 6 | 10 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 215th pick / 1980 | |
| RG | Joe Bostic | 29 | 7 | 13 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1979 | |
| RT | Lance Smith | 23 | 1 | 13 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1985 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Clasby | 26 | Rook | 10 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 9th / 236th pick / 1983 |
| NT | David Galloway | 27 | 4 | 13 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1982 |
| RDE | Al Baker | 30 | 8 | 13 | 10.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 40th pick / 1978 |
| LOLB | Freddie Joe Nunn | 24 | 1 | 16 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 18th pick / 1985 |
| LILB | E.J. Junior | 27 | 5 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1981 |
| RILB | Niko Noga | 24 | 2 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1984 |
| ROLB | Charles Baker | 29 | 6 | 16 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 81st pick / 1980 |
| LCB | Lionel Washington | 26 | 3 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 103rd pick / 1983 |
| RCB | Cedric Mack | 26 | 3 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 44th pick / 1983 |
| SS | Leonard Smith | 26 | 3 | 16 | 5.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1983 |
| FS | Lonnie Young | 23 | 1 | 13 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 325th pick / 1985 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| John Lee | 22 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1986 | ||
| Greg Cater | 29 | 6 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 259th pick / 1980 | ||
| Vai Sikahema* | 24 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 254th pick / 1986 | ||
| Vai Sikahema* | 24 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 254th pick / 1986 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Ottis Anderson | 29 | rb | 4 | 3 | 220 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 1/19/1957 | 7 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1979 |
| 17 | Evan Arapostathis | 23 | 5 | 0 | 160 | 5-9 | Grossmont College (CA),East. Illinois | 10/30/1963 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 16 | Kent Austin | 23 | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 6/25/1963 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 312th pick / 1986 | |
| 60 | Al Baker | 30 | RDE | 16 | 13 | 265 | 6-6 | Colorado St. | 12/9/1956 | 8 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 40th pick / 1978 |
| 52 | Charles Baker | 29 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 226 | 6-2 | New Mexico | 9/26/1957 | 6 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 81st pick / 1980 |
| 55 | Anthony Bell | 22 | lb | 16 | 1 | 235 | 6-3 | Michigan St. | 7/2/1964 | Rook | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1986 |
| 89 | Cap Boso | 23 | 2 | 0 | 232 | 6-4 | Illinois | 9/10/1963 | Rook | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 207th pick / 1986 | |
| 71 | Joe Bostic | 29 | RG | 13 | 13 | 265 | 6-3 | Clemson | 4/20/1957 | 7 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1979 |
| 62 | Ray Brown | 24 | g | 11 | 4 | 318 | 6-5 | Memphis,Arkansas St. | 12/12/1962 | Rook | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1986 |
| 41 | Carl Carter | 22 | db | 14 | 4 | 180 | 5-11 | Texas Tech | 3/7/1964 | Rook | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1986 |
| 14 | Greg Cater | 29 | 11 | 0 | 191 | 6-0 | Tenn-Chattanooga | 4/17/1957 | 6 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 259th pick / 1980 | |
| 58 | Gene Chilton | 22 | c | 16 | 7 | 281 | 6-3 | Texas | 3/27/1964 | Rook | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 59th pick / 1986 |
| 64 | Randy Clark | 29 | C | 12 | 10 | 260 | 6-3 | Northern Illinois | 7/27/1957 | 6 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 215th pick / 1980 |
| 79 | Bob Clasby | 26 | LDE | 16 | 10 | 260 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 9/28/1960 | Rook | 5 | Seattle Seahawks / 9th / 236th pick / 1983 |
| 66 | Doug Dawson | 25 | g | 1 | 1 | 238 | 6-3 | Texas | 12/27/1961 | 2 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 45th pick / 1984 |
| 56 | Rick DiBernardo | 22 | 16 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 6/12/1964 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 73 | Mark Duda | 25 | dt | 14 | 3 | 273 | 6-3 | Maryland | 2/4/1961 | 3 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 96th pick / 1983 |
| 94 | Gary Dulin | 29 | de | 3 | 3 | 275 | 6-4 | Ohio St. | 1/20/1957 | Rook | 1 | |
| 31 | Earl Ferrell | 28 | FB | 16 | 15 | 225 | 6-0 | East Tennessee St. | 3/27/1958 | 4 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 125th pick / 1982 |
| 86 | Chas Fox | 23 | wr | 4 | 3 | 180 | 5-11 | Furman | 10/3/1963 | Rook | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 90th pick / 1986 |
| 65 | David Galloway | 27 | NT | 14 | 13 | 277 | 6-3 | Florida | 2/16/1959 | 4 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1982 |
| 81 | Roy Green | 29 | WR | 11 | 10 | 195 | 6-0 | Henderson St. | 6/30/1957 | 7 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1979 |
| 29 | Scott Holman | 24 | wr | 3 | 1 | 195 | 6-2 | Oregon | 9/27/1962 | Rook | 0 | |
| 83 | Don Holmes | 25 | 12 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Colorado,Mesa | 4/1/1961 | Rook | 0 | Atlanta Falcons / 12th / 318th pick / 1984 | |
| 78 | Van Hughes | 26 | 7 | 0 | 280 | 6-3 | Texas Tech,Texas St. | 11/14/1960 | Rook | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 135th pick / 1984 | |
| 42 | Bobby Johnson | 26 | 3 | 0 | 191 | 6-0 | Texas | 9/1/1960 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 87 | Troy Johnson | 24 | wr | 13 | 2 | 180 | 6-1 | SE Louisiana,Southern | 10/20/1962 | Rook | 2 | |
| 54 | E.J. Junior | 27 | LILB | 13 | 13 | 238 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/8/1959 | 5 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1981 |
| 70 | Derek Kennard | 24 | LG | 15 | 10 | 285 | 6-3 | Nevada-Reno | 9/9/1962 | Rook | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 45th pick / 1984 Supp |
| 89 | Greg LaFleur | 28 | 4 | 0 | 236 | 6-4 | LSU | 9/16/1958 | 5 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1981 | |
| 10 | John Lee | 22 | 11 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | UCLA | 5/19/1964 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1986 | |
| 15 | Neil Lomax | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 215 | 6-3 | Portland St. | 2/17/1959 | 5 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1981 |
| 47 | Cedric Mack | 26 | RCB | 15 | 9 | 193 | 6-0 | Baylor | 9/14/1960 | 3 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 44th pick / 1983 |
| 82 | Doug Marsh | 28 | TE | 16 | 15 | 236 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/18/1958 | 6 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1980 |
| 76 | Stafford Mays | 28 | lde | 16 | 6 | 252 | 6-2 | Washington | 3/13/1958 | 6 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 225th pick / 1980 |
| 30 | Stump Mitchell | 27 | RB | 15 | 13 | 188 | 5-9 | The Citadel | 3/15/1959 | 5 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 226th pick / 1981 |
| 91 | Ron Monaco | lb | 15 | 2 | 225 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 0/0/0 | Rook | 2 | ||
| 57 | Niko Noga | 24 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 234 | 6-1 | Hawaii | 3/1/1962 | 2 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1984 |
| 85 | Jay Novacek | 24 | 8 | 0 | 234 | 6-4 | Wyoming | 10/24/1962 | 1 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 158th pick / 1985 | |
| 50 | Freddie Joe Nunn | 24 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 262 | 6-5 | Mississippi | 4/9/1962 | 1 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 18th pick / 1985 |
| 63 | Tootie Robbins | 28 | rt | 12 | 5 | 303 | 6-5 | East Carolina | 6/2/1958 | 4 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 90th pick / 1982 |
| 51 | Mike Ruether | 24 | g | 10 | 1 | 279 | 6-4 | Texas | 9/20/1962 | Rook | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1984 Supp |
| 39 | Broderick Sargent | 24 | 16 | 0 | 215 | 5-10 | Baylor | 9/16/1962 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 11 | Eric Schubert | 24 | 5 | 0 | 185 | 5-8 | Pittsburgh | 5/28/1962 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 67 | Luis Sharpe | 26 | LT | 16 | 16 | 275 | 6-5 | UCLA | 6/16/1960 | 4 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1982 |
| 36 | Vai Sikahema* | 24 | 16 | 0 | 181 | 5-9 | BYU | 8/29/1962 | Rook | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 254th pick / 1986 | |
| 84 | J.T. Smith | 31 | WR | 16 | 16 | 185 | 6-2 | North Texas | 10/29/1955 | 8 | 8 | |
| 61 | Lance Smith | 23 | RT | 15 | 13 | 283 | 6-3 | LSU | 1/1/1963 | 1 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1985 |
| 45 | Leonard Smith | 26 | SS | 16 | 16 | 200 | 5-11 | McNeese St. | 9/2/1960 | 3 | 10 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1983 |
| 44 | Wayne Smith | 29 | rcb | 16 | 7 | 171 | 6-0 | Wisc-LaCrosse,Purdue | 5/9/1957 | 6 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 278th pick / 1980 |
| 90 | Robert Stallings | 22 | 3 | 0 | 250 | 6-6 | Southern Miss | 1/23/1964 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 18 | Cliff Stoudt | 31 | qb | 5 | 2 | 215 | 6-4 | Youngstown St. | 3/27/1955 | 6 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 121st pick / 1977 |
| 86 | Eric Swanson | 23 | 9 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 8/25/1963 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 170th pick / 1986 | |
| 23 | Dennis Thurman | 30 | db | 16 | 3 | 176 | 5-11 | USC | 4/13/1956 | 8 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 306th pick / 1978 |
| 83 | Pat Tilley | 33 | wr | 1 | 1 | 178 | 5-10 | Louisiana Tech | 2/15/1953 | 10 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 114th pick / 1976 |
| 48 | Lionel Washington | 26 | LCB | 16 | 12 | 185 | 6-0 | Tulane | 10/21/1960 | 3 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 103rd pick / 1983 |
| 24 | Ron Wolfley* | 24 | rb | 16 | 1 | 225 | 6-0 | West Virginia | 10/14/1962 | 1 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 104th pick / 1985 |
| 43 | Lonnie Young | 23 | FS | 13 | 13 | 205 | 6-1 | Michigan St. | 7/18/1963 | 1 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 325th pick / 1985 |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 16 | 225.6 | 6-1.6 | 2.7 |