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1972 St. Louis Cardinals Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-9-1, 4th in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bob Hollway (4-9-1)

Points For: 193 (13.8/g) 23rd of 26

Points Against: 303 (21.6/g) 18th of 26

Expected W-L: 3.6-10.4

SRS: -5.68 (21st of 26), SOS: 2.17

Offensive Coordinator: Lew Carpenter

Defensive Coordinator: Chuck Drulis

Other Notable Asst.: Bill Austin (Offensive Line) and Ed Hughes (Offensive Assistant)

Stadium: Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium

Principal Owner/de facto General Manager: Bill Bidwill

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

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

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	193	3267	754	4.3	39	16	181	171	363	2038	11	23	5.2	102	361	1229	9	3.4	68	64	582	11
Opp. Stats	303	4739	935	5.1	27	16	276	221	365	2550	15	11	6.6	138	548	2189	11	4.0	119	68	645	19
Lg Rank Offense	23	25			24	16	26		15	18	20	19	18		25	26	22	26
Lg Rank Defense	18	25			19	8	25		19	25	12	23	22		25	20	7	11

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Baltimore Colts	10	3	5	134	88	46		20	364	247	117	3
2	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Washington Redskins	10	24	16	219	140	79	3	19	272	91	181
3	Sun	October 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	19	25	15	248	190	58	4	20	362	209	153	2
4	Sun	October 8	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2	@	Minnesota Vikings	19	17	12	262	153	109		21	292	113	179	2
5	Sun	October 15	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3		Washington Redskins	3	33	10	151	85	66	4	20	390	230	160	3
6	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	New York Giants	21	27	13	191	108	83	3	16	316	209	107	3
7	Sun	October 29	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5		Chicago Bears	10	27	17	269	119	150	4	15	329	180	149	2
8	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	T		2-5-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	6	6	14	228	82	146	2	17	299	200	99	1
9	Sun	November 12	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	24	33	16	328	274	54	3	23	427	197	230	1
10	Sun	November 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-7-1		New York Giants	7	13	12	207	21	186	2	16	247	97	150
11	Mon	November 27	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-8-1	@	Miami Dolphins	10	31	12	224	173	51	6	24	426	226	200	2
12	Sun	December 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-9-1		Dallas Cowboys	6	27	10	141	89	52	5	18	349	140	209	5
13	Sun	December 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-9-1		Los Angeles Rams	24	14	11	269	192	77	1	29	391	240	151	3
14	Sun	December 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-9-1		Philadelphia Eagles	24	23	18	396	324	72	2	18	275	171	104

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Gary Cuozzo	31	QB	8	6	1-5-0	69	158	43.7	897	5	3.2	11	7.0	68	5.7	3.18	13.0	112.1	43.7	13	89	7.60	4.73	2.42	1	1
2	Jim Hart	28	QB	6	3	2-1-0	60	119	50.4	857	5	4.2	5	4.2	98	7.2	6.15	14.3	142.8	70.6	7	56	5.56	6.36	5.37	0	0
3	Tim Van Galder	28	QB	5	5	1-3-1	40	79	50.6	434	1	1.3	7	8.9	71	5.5	1.76	10.9	86.8	34.5	10	76	11.24	4.02	0.71	0	0
4	Donny Anderson	29	RB	14	13		2	3	66.7	71	0	0.0	0	0.0	38	23.7	23.67	35.5	5.1	109.7	0	0	0.00	23.67	23.67	0	0
5	Jackie Smith	32	TE	14	14		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
6	Larry Wilson	34	SS	12	12		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	4-9-1	171	363	47.1	2038	11	3.0	23	6.3	98	6.2	3.37	13.2	145.6	51.0	30	221	7.63	5.19	3.11	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Donny Anderson	29	RB	14	13	153	536	4	19	3.5	38.3	10.9	28	298	10.6	2	56	2.0	21.3	181	4.6	834	6	6
2	Johnny Roland	29	FB	14	9	105	414	2	18	3.9	29.6	7.5	38	321	8.4	2	27	2.7	22.9	143	5.1	735	4	7
3	Walker Gillette	25	WR	14	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	33	550	16.7	2	65	2.4	39.3	33	16.7	550	2	1
4	Ahmad Rashad	23	WR	14	13	9	44	0	15	4.9	3.1	0.6	29	500	17.2	3	98	2.1	35.7	38	14.3	544	3	5
5	Jackie Smith	32	TE	14	14	5	31	0	17	6.2	2.2	0.4	26	407	15.7	2	71	1.9	29.1	31	14.1	438	2	0
6	Leon Burns	30	FB	14	5	26	69	2	9	2.7	4.9	1.9	6	24	4.0	0	12	0.4	1.7	32	2.9	93	2	0
7	Mel Gray	24	WR	7	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	62	20.7	0	33	0.4	8.9	3	20.7	62	0	1
8	Craig Baynham	28	HB	7	0	17	43	0	11	2.5	6.1	2.4	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.1	1.4	18	2.9	53	0	2
9	Fred Hyatt	26	WR	12	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	32	16.0	0	25	0.2	2.7	2	16.0	32	0	0
10	Roy Shivers	31	RB	2	0	5	12	0	9	2.4	6.0	2.5	1	20	20.0	0	20	0.5	10.0	6	5.3	32	0	0
11	Leo Hayden	24	RB	4	0	8	11	1	5	1.4	2.8	2.0	1	17	17.0	0	17	0.3	4.3	9	3.1	28	1	2
12	Tim Van Galder	28	QB	5	5	9	28	0	16	3.1	5.6	1.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	3.1	28	0	3
13	Jim Hart	28	QB	6	3	9	17	0	8	1.9	2.8	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	1.9	17	0	3
14	Tom Woodeshick	31	RB	4	0	5	14	0	6	2.8	3.5	1.3	1	2	2.0	0	2	0.3	0.5	6	2.7	16	0	0
15	Cannonball Butler	29	RB	5	0	6	3	0	5	0.5	0.6	1.2	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.2	1.6	7	1.6	11	0	1
16	Bob Wicks	22	WR	9	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.1	0.9	1	8.0	8	0	0
17	Gary Cuozzo	31	QB	8	6	4	7	0	9	1.8	0.9	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	1.8	7	0	3
	Team Totals			14	14	361	1229	9	19	3.4	87.8	25.8	171	2259	13.2	11	98	12.2	161.4	532	6.6	3488	20	43

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Bob Rowe	27	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.5	0
2	Donny Anderson	29	RB	14	13	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Walker Gillette	25	WR	14	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Ahmad Rashad	23	WR	14	13	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0
5	Larry Stallings	31	LLB	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2.0	0
6	Roger Wehrli	25	FS	14	13	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
7	Don Brumm	31	LDE	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.5	0
8	Miller Farr	29	LCB	13	12	3	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Larry Wilson	34	SS	12	12	3	35	0	24	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
10	Tom Banks	24	C	14	11	0	0	0	0	2	2	-15	0	0.0	0
11	Norm Thompson	27	RCB	12	11	1	5	0	5	0	2	79	1	1.0	0
12	Mark Arneson	23	MLB	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
13	Bob Young	30	RG	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Terry Miller	26	RLB	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
15	Johnny Roland	29	FB	14	9	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Martin Imhof	23	RDE	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
17	John Richardson	27	LDT	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
18	Gary Cuozzo	31	QB	8	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	-4	0	0.0	0
19	Jeff Staggs	28	RLB	8	6	1	7	0	7	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Ron Yankowski	26	RDE	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
21	Leon Burns	30	FB	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Tim Van Galder	28	QB	5	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
23	Larry Willingham	24	DB	11	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.5	0
24	Dale Hackbart	34	DB	14	3	1	22	0	22	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Jim Hart	28	QB	6	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	-5	0	0.0	0
26	Fred Hyatt	26	WR	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Mike McGill	26	LB	4	2	2	28	0	26	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Jamie Rivers	27	LB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
29	Mel Gray	24	WR	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Jim Hargrove	27	LB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Craig Baynham	28	HB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	0.0	0
32	Cannonball Butler	29	RB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
33	Leo Hayden	24	RB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	11	0	0		43	27	61	1	22	0

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