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1987 St. Louis Cardinals
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Record: 7-8-0, Finished 2nd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 362 points (24.1/g), 7th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 368 points (24.5/g), 23rd.
Differential of -6 points (-0.4/g), 14th.
Expected W-L: 7.4-7.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 10th.
Coached by Gene Stallings (7-8-0)
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1987 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* | 28 | 6 | 12 | 275 for 463, 3,387 yards, 24 td, 12 int, & 29 rushes for 107 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1981 |
| RB | Stump Mitchell | 28 | 6 | 12 | 203 rushes for 781 yards, 3 td, & 45 catches for 397 yards and 2 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 226th pick / 1981 |
| FB | Earl Ferrell | 29 | 5 | 11 | 113 rushes for 512 yards, 7 td, & 23 catches for 262 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 125th pick / 1982 |
| WR | Roy Green | 30 | 8 | 12 | 43 catches for 731 yards, 4 td, & 2 rushes for 34 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1979 |
| WR | J.T. Smith | 32 | 9 | 14 | 91 catches for 1,117 yards, 8 td | |
| TE | Robert Awalt | 23 | Rook | 9 | 42 catches for 526 yards, 6 td, & 2 rushes for -9 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1987 |
| LT | Luis Sharpe* | 27 | 5 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1982 |
| LG | Todd Peat | 23 | Rook | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 11th / 285th pick / 1987 |
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| C | Derek Kennard | 25 | 1 | 11 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 45th pick / 1984 Supp |
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| RG | Lance Smith | 24 | 2 | 15 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1985 |
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| RT | Tootie Robbins | 29 | 5 | 14 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 90th pick / 1982 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Freddie Joe Nunn | 25 | 2 | 12 | 11.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 18th pick / 1985 |
| LDT | Bob Clasby | 27 | 1 | 12 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 9th / 236th pick / 1983 |
| RDT | Steve Alvord | 23 | Rook | 6 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1987 |
| RDE | Curtis Greer | 30 | 7 | 9 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 6th pick / 1980 |
| LLB | Anthony Bell | 23 | 1 | 12 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1986 |
| MLB | Niko Noga | 25 | 3 | 12 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1984 |
| RLB | E.J. Junior | 28 | 6 | 13 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1981 |
| LCB | Carl Carter | 23 | 1 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1986 |
| RCB | Cedric Mack | 27 | 4 | 10 | 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 44th pick / 1983 |
| SS | Leonard Smith | 27 | 4 | 15 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1983 |
| FS | Lonnie Young | 24 | 2 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 325th pick / 1985 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Gallery | 26 | Rook | 0 | 9 of 19 field goals & 30 of 31 extra points | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 10th / 254th pick / 1984 |
| P | Greg Cater | 30 | 7 | 0 | 39 punts for a 37.7 average, 1 blocked | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 259th pick / 1980 |
| PR | Vai Sikahema*+ | 25 | 1 | 0 | 44 punt returns for a 12.5 average and 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 254th pick / 1986 |
| KR | Vai Sikahema*+ | 25 | 1 | 0 | 34 kick returns for a 22.4 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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| Steve Alvord | 23 | DT | 12 | 6 | 272 | 6-4 | Washington | 10/2/1964 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1987 |
| Dwayne Anderson | 26 | DB | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | SMU | 12/7/1961 | Rook | |
| Terrence Anthony | 22 | DB | 1 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Iowa State | 1/17/1965 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 236th pick / 1987 |
| Robert Awalt | 23 | TE | 12 | 9 | 258 | 6-5 | Nevada-Reno,San Diego State | 4/9/1964 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1987 |
| Charles Baker | 30 | LB | 14 | 3 | 226 | 6-2 | New Mexico | 9/26/1957 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 81st pick / 1980 |
| Anthony Bell | 23 | LB | 12 | 12 | 235 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 7/2/1964 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1986 |
| Joe Bock | 28 | C | 1 | 0 | 256 | 6-4 | Virginia | 7/21/1959 | Rook | |
| Ron Bohm | 23 | DT | 3 | 3 | 250 | 6-3 | Illinois | 9/3/1964 | Rook | |
| Joe Bostic | 30 | G-T | 9 | 4 | 265 | 6-3 | Clemson | 4/20/1957 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1979 |
| Ray Brown | 25 | G-T | 7 | 3 | 318 | 6-5 | Arkansas State,Memphis | 12/12/1962 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1986 |
| Ron W. Brown | 24 | WR | 3 | 0 | 186 | 5-10 | Colorado | 1/11/1963 | Rook | New York Giants / 6th / 139th pick / 1986 |
| Tony Buford | 23 | LB | 2 | 1 | 222 | 6-2 | Tulsa | 4/21/1964 | Rook | |
| Anthony Burke | 23 | DT | 1 | 0 | 262 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 9/2/1964 | Rook | |
| Victor Burnett | 25 | DE | 3 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Fresno State,Texas Tech | 10/5/1962 | Rook | |
| Carl Carter | 23 | DB | 12 | 12 | 180 | 5-11 | Texas Tech | 3/7/1964 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1986 |
| Jimmie Carter | 26 | LB | 1 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | New Mexico | 7/26/1961 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 7th / 178th pick / 1984 |
| Greg Cater | 30 | P | 9 | 0 | 191 | 6-0 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 4/17/1957 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 259th pick / 1980 |
| Gene Chilton | 23 | C-T | 11 | 0 | 281 | 6-3 | Texas | 3/27/1964 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 59th pick / 1986 |
| Bob Clasby | 27 | DT-DE | 12 | 12 | 260 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 9/28/1960 | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 9th / 236th pick / 1983 |
| Clarence Collins | 25 | WR | 1 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Illinois State | 2/1/1962 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1984 Supp |
| Travis Curtis | 22 | DB | 12 | 1 | 180 | 5-10 | West Virginia | 9/27/1965 | Rook | |
| Wayne C. Davis | 23 | LB | 12 | 1 | 213 | 6-1 | Alabama | 3/10/1964 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 229th pick / 1987 |
| Al Del Greco | 25 | K | 3 | 0 | 200 | 5-10 | Auburn | 3/2/1962 | 3 | |
| Mark Duda | 26 | DT | 3 | 3 | 273 | 6-3 | Maryland | 2/4/1961 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 96th pick / 1983 |
| Gary Dulin | 30 | DE-DT | 3 | 3 | 275 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 1/20/1957 | 1 | |
| Earl Ferrell | 29 | RB | 11 | 11 | 225 | 6-0 | East Tennessee State | 3/27/1958 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 125th pick / 1982 |
| Phil Forney | 24 | LB | 3 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | East Tennessee State | 9/18/1963 | Rook | |
| Jim Gallery | 26 | K | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Minnesota | 9/15/1961 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 10th / 254th pick / 1984 |
| David Galloway | 28 | DT-DE-NT | 4 | 3 | 277 | 6-3 | Florida | 2/16/1959 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1982 |
| Mark Garalczyk | 23 | DT-DE | 11 | 3 | 272 | 6-5 | Western Michigan | 8/12/1964 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 146th pick / 1987 |
| Sammy Garza | 22 | QB | 2 | 1 | 184 | 6-1 | Texas-El Paso | 7/10/1965 | Rook | Seattle Seahawks / 8th / 216th pick / 1987 |
| Don Goodman | 28 | RB | 3 | 0 | 214 | 5-11 | Cincinnati | 4/23/1959 | Rook | |
| Roy Green | 30 | WR-DB | 12 | 12 | 195 | 6-0 | Henderson State | 6/30/1957 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 89th pick / 1979 |
| Curtis Greer | 30 | DE | 10 | 9 | 255 | 6-4 | Michigan | 11/10/1957 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 6th pick / 1980 |
| Shawn Halloran | 23 | QB | 3 | 2 | 217 | 6-4 | Boston College | 4/23/1964 | Rook | |
| William Harris | 22 | TE | 10 | 3 | 239 | 6-4 | Bishop,Texas | 2/10/1965 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 195th pick / 1987 |
| Johnny Holloway | 24 | DB | 3 | 1 | 181 | 5-11 | Kansas,Northwestern | 11/8/1963 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 185th pick / 1986 |
| Don Holmes | 26 | WR | 11 | 1 | 180 | 5-10 | Colorado,Mesa | 4/1/1961 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 12th / 318th pick / 1984 |
| Greg Horne | 23 | P | 5 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Arkansas | 11/22/1964 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 139th pick / 1987 |
| Mark D. Jackson | 25 | DB | 11 | 4 | 180 | 5-9 | Abilene Christian | 3/16/1962 | Rook | |
| Ilia Jarostchuk | 23 | LB | 12 | 0 | 231 | 6-3 | New Hampshire | 8/1/1964 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 127th pick / 1987 |
| Gregg Johnson | 29 | DB | 8 | 0 | 191 | 6-1 | Oklahoma State | 10/20/1958 | 6 | |
| Troy Johnson | 25 | WR | 14 | 2 | 180 | 6-1 | Southeastern Louisiana,Southern | 10/20/1962 | 1 | |
| E.J. Junior | 28 | LB | 13 | 13 | 238 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/8/1959 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1981 |
| Derek Kennard | 25 | G-C | 12 | 11 | 285 | 6-3 | Nevada-Reno | 9/9/1962 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 45th pick / 1984 Supp |
| Bob Keseday | 22 | TE | 3 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Texas-El Paso | 1/9/1965 | Rook | |
| Neil Lomax* | 28 | QB | 12 | 12 | 215 | 6-3 | Portland State | 2/17/1959 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1981 |
| Cedric Mack | 27 | DB | 10 | 10 | 193 | 6-0 | Baylor | 9/14/1960 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 44th pick / 1983 |
| Terence Mack | 23 | LB | 5 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Clemson | 7/9/1964 | Rook | |
| Mark Mathis | 22 | DB | 2 | 1 | 178 | 5-9 | Liberty | 8/23/1965 | Rook | |
| Tony Mayes | 23 | DB | 3 | 2 | 200 | 6-0 | Kentucky | 5/19/1964 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 137th pick / 1987 |
| Derrick McAdoo | 22 | RB | 15 | 2 | 198 | 5-10 | Baylor | 4/2/1965 | Rook | |
| Adrian McBride | 24 | WR | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Missouri,Tennessee | 3/23/1963 | Rook | |
| Tim McDonald | 22 | DB | 3 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | USC | 1/6/1965 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 34th pick / 1987 |
| Stump Mitchell | 28 | RB | 12 | 12 | 188 | 5-9 | The Citadel | 3/15/1959 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 226th pick / 1981 |
| Mike Morris | 26 | C-G | 14 | 0 | 276 | 6-5 | Truman State | 2/22/1961 | Rook | |
| Niko Noga | 25 | LB | 12 | 12 | 234 | 6-1 | Hawaii | 3/1/1962 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1984 |
| Pete Noga | 23 | LB | 3 | 3 | 212 | 6-0 | Hawaii | 6/24/1964 | Rook | |
| Jay Novacek | 25 | TE | 7 | 4 | 234 | 6-4 | Wyoming | 10/24/1962 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 158th pick / 1985 |
| Freddie Joe Nunn | 25 | DE-LB | 12 | 12 | 262 | 6-5 | Mississippi | 4/9/1962 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 18th pick / 1985 |
| Jeff Paine | 26 | LB | 1 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 8/19/1961 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 134th pick / 1984 |
| Ron Pasquale | 23 | G | 1 | 0 | 266 | 6-2 | Akron | 2/28/1964 | Rook | |
| Todd Peat | 23 | G | 12 | 8 | 300 | 6-2 | Northern Illinois | 5/20/1964 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 11th / 285th pick / 1987 |
| Victor Perry | 23 | T | 1 | 0 | 278 | 6-5 | Georgia | 2/26/1964 | Rook | |
| John Preston | 25 | DB | 5 | 0 | 207 | 6-0 | Central Oklahoma,TCU | 8/28/1962 | Rook | |
| Keith Radecic | 24 | C | 3 | 3 | 260 | 6-1 | Penn State | 12/24/1963 | Rook | |
| Tootie Robbins | 29 | T | 14 | 14 | 303 | 6-5 | East Carolina | 6/2/1958 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 90th pick / 1982 |
| Mark Royals | 22 | P | 1 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Appalachian State,Chowan | 6/22/1965 | Rook | |
| Mike Ruether | 25 | G-C | 12 | 1 | 279 | 6-4 | Texas | 9/20/1962 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1984 Supp |
| Rod Saddler | 22 | DT-DE | 12 | 3 | 276 | 6-5 | Texas A&M | 9/26/1965 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 90th pick / 1987 |
| Broderick Sargent | 25 | RB | 15 | 1 | 215 | 5-10 | Baylor | 9/16/1962 | 1 | |
| Ed Scott | 26 | DB | 3 | 0 | 182 | 5-10 | Grambling State | 2/15/1961 | Rook | |
| Colin Scotts | 24 | DT | 7 | 3 | 263 | 6-5 | Hawaii | 4/26/1963 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 70th pick / 1987 |
| Luis Sharpe* | 27 | T | 12 | 12 | 275 | 6-5 | UCLA | 6/16/1960 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1982 |
| Vai Sikahema*+ | 25 | RB | 15 | 0 | 181 | 5-9 | BYU | 8/29/1962 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 254th pick / 1986 |
| Ken Sims | 24 | DB | 3 | 2 | 177 | 5-9 | Iowa | 11/9/1963 | Rook | |
| J.T. Smith | 32 | WR | 15 | 14 | 185 | 6-2 | North Texas | 10/29/1955 | 9 | |
| Lance Smith | 24 | G-T | 15 | 15 | 283 | 6-3 | LSU | 1/1/1963 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1985 |
| Leonard Smith | 27 | DB | 15 | 15 | 200 | 5-11 | McNeese State | 9/2/1960 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1983 |
| Jason Staurovsky | 24 | K | 2 | 0 | 167 | 5-9 | Tulsa | 3/23/1963 | Rook | |
| Cliff Stoudt | 32 | QB | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Youngstown State | 3/27/1955 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 121st pick / 1977 |
| Charles Vatterott | 23 | G-T | 2 | 1 | 263 | 6-4 | Texas State | 1/31/1964 | Rook | |
| Tom Welter | 23 | T-G | 3 | 3 | 280 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 2/24/1964 | Rook | |
| Ron Wolfley* | 25 | RB | 12 | 4 | 225 | 6-0 | West Virginia | 10/14/1962 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 104th pick / 1985 |
| Charles Wright | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 178 | 5-9 | Tulsa | 4/5/1964 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 257th pick / 1987 |
| Lonnie Young | 24 | DB | 12 | 12 | 205 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 7/18/1963 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 325th pick / 1985 |
| Team Total | 25.1 | 15 | 227.6 | 6-1.6 | 1.6 |