1961 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log

Record: 7-7-0, 4th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Drulis (2-0-0) (co-coach with Ray Prochaska 2-0-0 and Ray Willsey 2-0-0) and Pop Ivy (5-7-0)

Points For: 279 (19.9/g) 10th of 14

Points Against: 267 (19.1/g) 4th of 14

Expected W-L: 7.4-6.6

SRS: -1.50 (10th of 14), SOS: -2.36

Stadium: Busch Stadium (Sportsman's Park)

Principal Owner: Violet Bidwill Wolfner

Managing Director: Walter Wolfner

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Illinois)

Game Logs

Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 17	boxscore	W		@	New York Giants	21	10	11	24	76	1	0		43	5.0	3.2	45.8	67.4	38	163	4.3	1	0	3	3	3	6	204
2	Sun	September 24	boxscore	L		@	Cleveland Browns	17	20	13	30	90	2	2		47	4.6	3.0	43.3	45.1	26	95	3.7	0	1	1	2	2	5	215
3	Sun	October 1	boxscore	W		@	Philadelphia Eagles	30	27	13	16	145	2	1		27	10.8	9.1	81.3	118.0	35	223	6.4	2	1	1	3	4	5	223
4	Sun	October 8	boxscore	L			New York Giants	9	24	6	22	132	1	4		64	8.9	6.0	27.3	27.7	17	28	1.6	0	0	0	1	1	10	434
5	Sun	October 15	boxscore	L			Philadelphia Eagles	7	20	17	32	121	0	2		19	4.4	3.8	53.1	36.1	28	79	2.8	0	0	1	1	1	6	274
6	Sun	October 22	boxscore	W		@	Washington Redskins	24	0	16	24	155	2	0		29	7.7	6.5	66.7	112.3	27	87	3.2	0	1	2	3	3	6	276
7	Sun	October 29	boxscore	L			Cleveland Browns	10	21	10	24	118	0	1		34	6.3	4.9	41.7	39.9	24	77	3.2	1	1	1	1	1	7	329
8	Sun	November 5	boxscore	W		@	Dallas Cowboys	31	17	6	17	71	1	0		8	4.6	4.2	35.3	68.5	32	122	3.8	1	1	2	4	4	6	286
9	Sun	November 12	boxscore	L			Detroit Lions	14	45	16	33	179	2	3		59	7.2	5.4	48.5	47.4	24	35	1.5	0	0	2	2	2	6	281
10	Sun	November 19	boxscore	L		@	Baltimore Colts	0	16	8	22	49	0	1		50	4.5	2.2	36.4	25.9	20	80	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	9	362
11	Sun	November 26	boxscore	L		@	Pittsburgh Steelers	27	30	14	28	165	2	3		41	7.4	5.9	50.0	52.5	24	59	2.5	0	0	0	3	4	6	270
12	Sun	December 3	boxscore	W			Washington Redskins	38	24	14	26	301	3	3		13	12.1	11.6	53.8	94.1	32	149	4.7	2	1	1	5	5	3	141
13	Sun	December 10	boxscore	W			Dallas Cowboys	31	13	14	30	260	3	3		22	9.4	8.7	46.7	70.8	28	74	2.6	1	1	1	4	4	4	199
14	Sun	December 17	boxscore	W			Pittsburgh Steelers	20	0	10	23	111	2	0		5	5.0	4.8	43.5	87.4	31	134	4.3	0	0	2	2	3	6	303

Opponent Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 17	boxscore	W		@	New York Giants	21	10	12	32	74	0	2		44	3.7	2.3	37.5	19.8	28	83	3.0	0	1	4	1	1	3	38
2	Sun	September 24	boxscore	L		@	Cleveland Browns	17	20	16	32	134	2	3		0	4.2	4.2	50.0	43.0	30	111	3.7	0	2	3	2	2	3	36
3	Sun	October 1	boxscore	W		@	Philadelphia Eagles	30	27	24	36	371	3	2		28	11.1	10.3	66.7	105.2	26	80	3.1	0	2	3	3	3	4	56
4	Sun	October 8	boxscore	L			New York Giants	9	24	16	34	153	1	2		39	5.6	4.5	47.1	45.3	32	71	2.2	1	1	1	3	3	11	534
5	Sun	October 15	boxscore	L			Philadelphia Eagles	7	20	17	32	212	2	0		21	7.3	6.6	53.1	94.8	23	57	2.5	0	2	2	2	2	6	170
6	Sun	October 22	boxscore	W		@	Washington Redskins	24	0	11	29	48	0	2		62	3.8	1.7	37.9	17.5	19	41	2.2	0	0	1	0	0	7	191
7	Sun	October 29	boxscore	L			Cleveland Browns	10	21	5	9	102	1	0		15	13.0	11.3	55.6	132.6	51	224	4.4	2	0	1	3	3	6	170
8	Sun	November 5	boxscore	W		@	Dallas Cowboys	31	17	14	33	238	2	5		0	7.2	7.2	42.4	48.1	33	136	4.1	0	1	2	2	2	4	45
9	Sun	November 12	boxscore	L			Detroit Lions	14	45	13	31	171	3	1		36	6.7	5.5	41.9	78.8	33	201	6.1	3	1	3	6	6	4	73
10	Sun	November 19	boxscore	L		@	Baltimore Colts	0	16	21	37	227	1	0		19	6.6	6.1	56.8	84.0	48	179	3.7	0	3	6	1	1	3	38
11	Sun	November 26	boxscore	L		@	Pittsburgh Steelers	27	30	10	26	187	1	5		0	7.2	7.2	38.5	37.3	49	160	3.3	1	3	5	3	3	3	42
12	Sun	December 3	boxscore	W			Washington Redskins	38	24	10	17	222	2	0		10	13.6	13.1	58.8	142.4	34	140	4.1	1	1	4	3	3	3	38
13	Sun	December 10	boxscore	W			Dallas Cowboys	31	13	6	16	16	0	0		33	3.1	1.0	37.5	45.8	30	110	3.7	1	2	2	1	1	6	137
14	Sun	December 17	boxscore	W			Pittsburgh Steelers	20	0	12	25	155	0	2		27	7.3	6.2	48.0	34.6	41	83	2.0	0	0	1	0	0	4	75