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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)
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1986 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 | 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 |
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| LG | Derek Kennard | 24 | Rook | 10 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 45th pick / 1984 Supp |
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| C | Randy Clark | 29 | 6 | 10 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 215th pick / 1980 |
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| C | Gene Chilton | 22 | Rook | 7 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 59th pick / 1986 |
| RG | Joe Bostic | 29 | 7 | 13 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1979 |
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| RT | Lance Smith | 23 | 1 | 13 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1985 |
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| RT | Tootie Robbins | 28 | 4 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 90th pick / 1982 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Clasby | 26 | Rook | 10 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 9th / 236th pick / 1983 |
| LDE | Stafford Mays | 28 | 6 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 225th pick / 1980 |
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| 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 |
| RCB | Wayne Smith | 29 | 6 | 7 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 11th / 278th pick / 1980 |
| 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 | ||||||
| K | John Lee | 22 | Rook | 0 | 8 of 13 field goals & 14 of 17 extra points | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1986 |
| P | Greg Cater | 29 | 6 | 0 | 61 punts for a 37.2 average, 1 blocked | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 259th pick / 1980 |
| PR | Vai Sikahema* | 24 | Rook | 0 | 43 punt returns for a 12.1 average and 2 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 254th pick / 1986 |
| KR | Vai Sikahema* | 24 | Rook | 0 | 37 kick returns for a 22.9 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 254th pick / 1986 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ottis Anderson | 29 | RB | 4 | 3 | 220 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 1/19/1957 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1979 |
| Evan Arapostathis | 23 | P | 5 | 0 | 160 | 5-9 | Eastern Illinois,Grossmont College (CA) | 10/30/1963 | Rook | |
| Kent Austin | 23 | QB | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 6/25/1963 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 312th pick / 1986 |
| Al Baker | 30 | DE | 16 | 13 | 265 | 6-6 | Colorado State | 12/9/1956 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 40th pick / 1978 |
| Charles Baker | 29 | LB | 16 | 16 | 226 | 6-2 | New Mexico | 9/26/1957 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 81st pick / 1980 |
| Anthony Bell | 22 | LB | 16 | 1 | 235 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 7/2/1964 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1986 |
| Cap Boso | 23 | TE | 2 | 0 | 232 | 6-4 | Illinois | 9/10/1963 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 207th pick / 1986 |
| Joe Bostic | 29 | G-T | 13 | 13 | 265 | 6-3 | Clemson | 4/20/1957 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1979 |
| Ray Brown | 24 | G-T | 11 | 4 | 318 | 6-5 | Arkansas State,Memphis | 12/12/1962 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1986 |
| Carl Carter | 22 | DB | 14 | 4 | 180 | 5-11 | Texas Tech | 3/7/1964 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1986 |
| Greg Cater | 29 | P | 11 | 0 | 191 | 6-0 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 4/17/1957 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 259th pick / 1980 |
| Gene Chilton | 22 | C-T | 16 | 7 | 281 | 6-3 | Texas | 3/27/1964 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 59th pick / 1986 |
| Randy Clark | 29 | C-T-G | 12 | 10 | 260 | 6-3 | Northern Illinois | 7/27/1957 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 215th pick / 1980 |
| Bob Clasby | 26 | DT-DE | 16 | 10 | 260 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 9/28/1960 | Rook | Seattle Seahawks / 9th / 236th pick / 1983 |
| Doug Dawson | 25 | G | 1 | 1 | 238 | 6-3 | Texas | 12/27/1961 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 45th pick / 1984 |
| Rick DiBernardo | 22 | LB | 16 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 6/12/1964 | Rook | |
| Mark Duda | 25 | DT | 14 | 3 | 273 | 6-3 | Maryland | 2/4/1961 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 96th pick / 1983 |
| Gary Dulin | 29 | DE-DT | 3 | 3 | 275 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 1/20/1957 | Rook | |
| Earl Ferrell | 28 | RB | 16 | 15 | 225 | 6-0 | East Tennessee State | 3/27/1958 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 125th pick / 1982 |
| Chas Fox | 23 | WR | 4 | 3 | 180 | 5-11 | Furman | 10/3/1963 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 90th pick / 1986 |
| David Galloway | 27 | DT-DE-NT | 14 | 13 | 277 | 6-3 | Florida | 2/16/1959 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1982 |
| Roy Green | 29 | WR-DB | 11 | 10 | 195 | 6-0 | Henderson State | 6/30/1957 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1979 |
| Scott Holman | 24 | WR | 3 | 1 | 195 | 6-2 | Oregon | 9/27/1962 | Rook | |
| Don Holmes | 25 | WR | 12 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Colorado,Mesa | 4/1/1961 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 12th / 318th pick / 1984 |
| Van Hughes | 26 | DE | 7 | 0 | 280 | 6-3 | Texas State,Texas Tech | 11/14/1960 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 135th pick / 1984 |
| Bobby Johnson | 26 | DB | 3 | 0 | 191 | 6-0 | Texas | 9/1/1960 | 3 | |
| Troy Johnson | 24 | WR | 13 | 2 | 180 | 6-1 | Southeastern Louisiana,Southern | 10/20/1962 | Rook | |
| E.J. Junior | 27 | LB | 13 | 13 | 238 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/8/1959 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1981 |
| Derek Kennard | 24 | G-C | 15 | 10 | 285 | 6-3 | Nevada-Reno | 9/9/1962 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 45th pick / 1984 Supp |
| Greg LaFleur | 28 | TE | 4 | 0 | 236 | 6-4 | LSU | 9/16/1958 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1981 |
| John Lee | 22 | K | 11 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | UCLA | 5/19/1964 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1986 |
| Neil Lomax | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 215 | 6-3 | Portland State | 2/17/1959 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1981 |
| Cedric Mack | 26 | DB | 15 | 9 | 193 | 6-0 | Baylor | 9/14/1960 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 44th pick / 1983 |
| Doug Marsh | 28 | TE | 16 | 15 | 236 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/18/1958 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1980 |
| Stafford Mays | 28 | DE-DT-NT | 16 | 6 | 252 | 6-2 | Washington | 3/13/1958 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 225th pick / 1980 |
| Stump Mitchell | 27 | RB | 15 | 13 | 188 | 5-9 | The Citadel | 3/15/1959 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 226th pick / 1981 |
| Ron Monaco | 116 | LB | 15 | 2 | 225 | 6-1 | Rook | |||
| Niko Noga | 24 | LB | 16 | 16 | 234 | 6-1 | Hawaii | 3/1/1962 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1984 |
| Jay Novacek | 24 | TE | 8 | 0 | 234 | 6-4 | Wyoming | 10/24/1962 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 158th pick / 1985 |
| Freddie Joe Nunn | 24 | DE-LB | 16 | 16 | 262 | 6-5 | Mississippi | 4/9/1962 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 18th pick / 1985 |
| Tootie Robbins | 28 | T | 12 | 5 | 303 | 6-5 | East Carolina | 6/2/1958 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 90th pick / 1982 |
| Mike Ruether | 24 | G-C | 10 | 1 | 279 | 6-4 | Texas | 9/20/1962 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1984 Supp |
| Broderick Sargent | 24 | RB | 16 | 0 | 215 | 5-10 | Baylor | 9/16/1962 | Rook | |
| Eric Schubert | 24 | K | 5 | 0 | 185 | 5-8 | Pittsburgh | 5/28/1962 | 1 | |
| Luis Sharpe | 26 | T | 16 | 16 | 275 | 6-5 | UCLA | 6/16/1960 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1982 |
| Vai Sikahema* | 24 | RB | 16 | 0 | 181 | 5-9 | BYU | 8/29/1962 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 254th pick / 1986 |
| J.T. Smith | 31 | WR | 16 | 16 | 185 | 6-2 | North Texas | 10/29/1955 | 8 | |
| Lance Smith | 23 | G-T | 15 | 13 | 283 | 6-3 | LSU | 1/1/1963 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1985 |
| Leonard Smith | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 5-11 | McNeese State | 9/2/1960 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1983 |
| Wayne Smith | 29 | DB | 16 | 7 | 171 | 6-0 | Purdue,Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 5/9/1957 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 278th pick / 1980 |
| Robert Stallings | 22 | TE | 3 | 0 | 250 | 6-6 | Southern Miss | 1/23/1964 | Rook | |
| Cliff Stoudt | 31 | QB | 5 | 2 | 215 | 6-4 | Youngstown State | 3/27/1955 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 121st pick / 1977 |
| Eric Swanson | 23 | WR | 9 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 8/25/1963 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 170th pick / 1986 |
| Dennis Thurman | 30 | DB | 16 | 3 | 176 | 5-11 | USC | 4/13/1956 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 306th pick / 1978 |
| Pat Tilley | 33 | WR | 1 | 1 | 178 | 5-10 | Louisiana Tech | 2/15/1953 | 10 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 114th pick / 1976 |
| Lionel Washington | 26 | DB | 16 | 12 | 185 | 6-0 | Tulane | 10/21/1960 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 103rd pick / 1983 |
| Ron Wolfley* | 24 | RB | 16 | 1 | 225 | 6-0 | West Virginia | 10/14/1962 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 104th pick / 1985 |
| Lonnie Young | 23 | DB | 13 | 13 | 205 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 7/18/1963 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 325th pick / 1985 |
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 225.6 | 6-1.6 | 2.7 |