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1974 St. Louis Cardinals Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-4-0, 1st in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Coryell (10-4-0)

Points For: 285 (20.4/g) 9th of 26

Points Against: 218 (15.6/g) 8th of 26

Expected W-L: 9.2-4.8

SRS: 5.83 (7th of 26), SOS: 1.05

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 14-30 vs. Minnesota Vikings

Defensive Coordinator: Ray Willsey

Other Notable Asst.: Jim Champion (Defensive Line), Joe Gibbs (Offensive Backfield) and Jim Hanifan (Offensive Line)

Stadium: Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium

Principal Owner/de facto General Manager: Bill Bidwill

Director of Operations: Joe Sullivan

Offensive Scheme: Air Coryell

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Illinois State (Normal, 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	285	4314	873	4.9	17	9	247	201	391	2358	20	8	5.8	117	466	1956	12	4.2	120	77	645	10
Opp. Stats	218	4251	909	4.7	25	9	249	230	413	2363	11	16	5.3	122	461	1888	15	4.1	108	80	654	19
Lg Rank Offense	9	10			1	2	11		8	7	4	1	12		16	13	16	5
Lg Rank Defense	8	17			22	24	18		23	19	4	19	12		9	15	12	19

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 15	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Philadelphia Eagles	7	3	18	318	192	126	3	20	287	174	113	2
2	Sun	September 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Washington Redskins	17	10	12	224	49	175		21	332	200	132	2
3	Sun	September 29	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		Cleveland Browns	29	7	14	278	107	171		11	248	155	93	1
4	Sun	October 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0	@	San Francisco 49ers	34	9	21	407	184	223	2	12	306	120	186	3
5	Sun	October 13	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0		Dallas Cowboys	31	28	17	374	236	138		24	370	224	146	1
6	Sun	October 20	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-0	@	Houston Oilers	31	27	23	345	134	211	2	21	433	348	85	3
7	Sun	October 27	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-0		Washington Redskins	23	20	15	305	190	115		19	292	176	116	1
8	Sun	November 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	14	17	19	216	82	134		22	278	146	132
9	Mon	November 11	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-2		Minnesota Vikings	24	28	23	436	341	95	3	18	304	126	178	1
10	Sun	November 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-2	@	Philadelphia Eagles	13	3	16	288	100	188	2	13	205	134	71	3
11	Sun	November 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-2	@	New York Giants	23	21	20	341	259	82		20	361	257	104	1
12	Sun	December 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-3		Kansas City Chiefs	13	17	15	252	170	82	3	13	240	84	156	2
13	Sun	December 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-4	@	New Orleans Saints	0	14	12	214	150	64	1	17	315	87	228	1
14	Sun	December 15	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-4		New York Giants	26	14	22	316	164	152	1	18	280	132	148	4
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-5	@	Minnesota Vikings	14	30	17	284	184	100	2	19	365	166	199	2

Passing

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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	Jim Hart	30	QB	14	14	10-4-0	200	388	51.5	2411	20	5.2	8	2.1	80	6.2	6.32	12.1	172.2	79.5	16	134	3.96	5.64	5.74	1	2	PB,AP-2
2	Gary Hammond	25	WR	12	0		1	1	100.0	81	0	0.0	0	0.0	81	81.0	81.00	81.0	6.8	118.7	0	0	0.00	81.00	81.00	0	0
3	Terry Metcalf	23	RB	14	13		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	PB,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-3
	Team Totals			14	14	10-4-0	201	391	51.4	2358	20	5.1	8	2.0	81	6.4	6.13	12.4	168.4	80.0	16	134	3.93	5.79	5.89	1	2

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	Jim Hart	30	QB	1	1	0-1-0	18	40	45.0	200	1	2.5	1	2.5	29	5.0	4.38	11.1	200.0	58.3	2	16	4.76	4.38	3.79	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	18	40	45.0	184	1	2.5	1	2.5	28	5.0	3.98	11.1	184.0	58.3	2	16	4.76	4.38	3.79

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	Terry Metcalf	23	RB	14	13	152	718	6	75	4.7	51.3	10.9	50	377	7.5	1	22	3.6	26.9	202	5.4	1095	7	14	PB,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-3
2	Jim Otis	26	FB	14	12	158	664	1	23	4.2	47.4	11.3	19	109	5.7	0	13	1.4	7.8	177	4.4	773	1	2
3	Mel Gray	26	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	39	770	19.7	6	80	2.8	55.0	39	19.7	770	6	0	PB
4	Earl Thomas	26	WR	14	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	34	513	15.1	5	52	2.4	36.6	34	15.1	513	5	0
5	Donny Anderson	31	RB	14	1	90	316	3	16	3.5	22.6	6.4	15	116	7.7	3	25	1.1	8.3	105	4.1	432	6	2
6	Jackie Smith	34	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	25	413	16.5	3	81	1.8	29.5	25	16.5	413	3	1
7	Ken Willard	31	RB	7	2	40	175	0	12	4.4	25.0	5.7	4	28	7.0	1	17	0.6	4.0	44	4.6	203	1	0
8	J.V. Cain	23	WR	14	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	152	11.7	1	40	0.9	10.9	13	11.7	152	1	0
9	Willie Belton	26	RB	5	0	12	49	0	10	4.1	9.8	2.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	12	4.1	49	0	1
10	Jim Hart	30	QB	14	14	10	21	2	16	2.1	1.5	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	2.1	21	2	5	PB,AP-2
11	Gary Hammond	25	WR	12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	14	7.0	0	9	0.2	1.2	2	7.0	14	0	0
12	Eddie Moss	26	RB	11	0	4	13	0	5	3.3	1.2	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	3.3	13	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	466	1956	12	75	4.2	139.7	33.3	201	2492	12.4	20	81	14.4	178.0	667	6.7	4448	32	27

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	Terry Metcalf	23	RB	1	1	15	55	1	13	3.7	55.0	15.0	4	43	10.8	0	29	4.0	43.0	19	5.2	98	1	2
2	Mel Gray	26	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	77	15.4	0	29	5.0	77.0	5	15.4	77	0	0
3	Earl Thomas	26	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	64	10.7	1	14	6.0	64.0	6	10.7	64	1	0
4	Jim Otis	26	FB	1	1	8	35	0	12	4.4	35.0	8.0	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	1.0	-1.0	9	3.8	34	0	0
5	Gary Hammond	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	10	10.0	0	10	1.0	10.0	1	10.0	10	0	0
6	Jim Hart	30	QB	1	1	1	10	0	10	10.0	10.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	10.0	10	0	0
7	Jackie Smith	34	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	1.0	7.0	1	7.0	7	0	0
8	Ken Willard	31	RB	1	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	25	100	1	16	4.0	100.0	25.0	18	200	11.1	1	29	18.0	200.0	43	7.0	300	2	2

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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	Pete Barnes	29	RLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
2	Conrad Dobler	24	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	Clarence Duren	24	FS	14	14	2	29	0	20	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
4	Jim Hart	30	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	5	1	-3	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
5	Bob Rowe	29	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.0	0
6	Council Rudolph	24	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0
7	Jackie Smith	34	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Larry Stallings	33	LLB	14	14	2	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Roger Wehrli	27	RCB	14	14	2	54	1	53	1	1	7	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
10	Ron Yankowski	28	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	71	1	5.0	0
11	Tom Brahaney	23	C	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
12	Lee Brooks	27	LDT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
13	Terry Metcalf	23	RB	14	13	0	0	0	0	14	7	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-3
14	Jim Otis	26	FB	14	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Norm Thompson	29	LCB	12	12	6	190	1	56	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Ernie McMillan	36	LT	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Jim Tolbert	30	SS	14	10	2	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Roger Finnie	29	LG	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Ken Reaves	30	SS	6	6	1	54	0	54	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Greg Hartle	23	LB	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Donny Anderson	31	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Bob Bell	26	DT	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	0
23	Willie Belton	26	RB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bob Crum	23	DE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Dwayne Crump	24	DB	14	0	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Steve George	23	DT	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Jack LeVeck	24	LB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	16	0	2		27	18	75	1	35	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Mark Arneson	25	MLB	1	1	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Terry Metcalf	23	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Jim Otis	26	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Roger Wehrli	27	RCB	1	1	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1						2	0	0	0	1		0

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