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1979 St. Louis Cardinals Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-11-0, 5th in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Larry Wilson (2-1-0) and Bud Wilkinson (3-10-0)

Points For: 307 (19.2/g) 17th of 28

Points Against: 358 (22.4/g) 21st of 28

Expected W-L: 6.6-9.4

SRS: -2.75 (19th of 28), SOS: .44

Defensive Coordinator: Tom Bettis

Other Notable Asst.: Harry Gilmer (Quarterbacks)

Stadium: Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium

Principal Owner/de facto General Manager: Bill Bidwill

Director of Operations: Joe Sullivan

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +5000

Training Camp: Lindenwood Colleges (St. Charles, Missouri)

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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	307	5184	1097	4.7	45	21	305	248	492	2602	12	24	4.9	136	566	2582	24	4.6	145	107	954	24
Opp. Stats	358	5077	1073	4.7	37	19	302	258	478	2873	22	18	5.7	149	567	2204	18	3.9	125	92	744	28
Lg Rank Offense	17	10			25	24	12		9	20	27	20	24		11	3	4	2
Lg Rank Defense	21	16			17	7	15		20	16	20	20	12		22	14	15	10

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 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Dallas Cowboys	21	22	17	342	105	237	2	24	455	294	161	1
2	Sun	September 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	New York Giants	27	14	23	348	159	189	4	10	128	88	40	3
3	Sun	September 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	21	24	12	212	106	106	1	25	398	234	164	4
4	Sun	September 23	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3		Washington Redskins	7	17	23	376	281	95	5	11	191	91	100	1
5	Sun	September 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4	@	Los Angeles Rams	0	21	9	231	149	82	3	24	392	206	186	2
6	Sun	October 7	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-4	@	Houston Oilers	24	17	26	447	253	194	4	13	222	165	57	3
7	Sun	October 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5		Philadelphia Eagles	20	24	18	322	191	131	3	19	262	123	139	4
8	Sun	October 21	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6	@	Dallas Cowboys	13	22	18	235	98	137	2	12	319	164	155	3
9	Sun	October 28	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-7		Cleveland Browns	20	38	16	282	173	109	3	27	418	192	226	2
10	Sun	November 4	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-7		Minnesota Vikings	37	7	29	467	142	325	3	23	333	263	70	4
11	Sun	November 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-8	@	Washington Redskins	28	30	23	331	184	147	4	22	327	173	154	1
12	Sun	November 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-9	@	Philadelphia Eagles	13	16	12	306	172	134		14	287	130	157
13	Sun	November 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-10	@	Cincinnati Bengals	28	34	26	480	317	163	6	20	342	153	189
14	Sun	December 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-10		San Francisco 49ers	13	10	16	286	75	211	1	16	290	171	119	2
15	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-10		New York Giants	29	20	26	406	174	232	2	15	257	171	86	5
16	Sun	December 16	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-11	@	Chicago Bears	6	42	11	113	23	90	2	27	456	255	201	2

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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	35	QB	14	13	3-10-0	194	378	51.3	2218	9	2.4	20	5.3	51	5.9	3.96	11.4	158.4	55.2	25	183	6.20	5.05	3.26	1	1
2	Steve Pisarkiewicz	26	QB	6	3	2-1-0	52	109	47.7	621	3	2.8	4	3.7	78	5.7	4.60	11.9	103.5	59.5	14	85	11.38	4.36	3.38	1	1
3	Steve Little	23	K	16	0		2	3	66.7	31	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	10.3	10.33	15.5	1.9	100.7	0	0	0.00	10.33	10.33	0	0
4	Ottis Anderson	22	RB	16	16		0	1	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-1,AP OPoY-4,AP ORoY-1
5	Willard Harrell	27	RB	14	0		0	1	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			16	16	5-11-0	248	492	50.4	2602	12	2.4	24	4.9	78	5.8	3.58	11.6	162.6	56.2	39	268	7.34	4.90	3.32	2	2

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	Ottis Anderson	22	RB	16	16	331	1605	8	76	4.8	100.3	20.7	41	308	7.5	2	28	2.6	19.3	372	5.1	1913	10	10	PB,AP-1,AP OPoY-4,AP ORoY-1
2	Pat Tilley	26	WR	16	15	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	57	938	16.5	6	51	3.6	58.6	57	16.5	938	6	0
3	Wayne Morris	25	FB	15	15	106	387	8	16	3.7	25.8	7.1	35	237	6.8	1	20	2.3	15.8	141	4.4	624	9	2
4	Theotis Brown	22	RB	16	1	73	318	7	30	4.4	19.9	4.6	25	191	7.6	0	19	1.6	11.9	98	5.2	509	7	3
5	Mel Gray	31	WR	13	13	4	41	0	38	10.3	3.2	0.3	25	447	17.9	1	78	1.9	34.4	29	16.8	488	1	1
6	Dave Stief	23	WR	16	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	22	324	14.7	0	32	1.4	20.3	22	14.7	324	0	2
7	Gary Parris	29	TE	9	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	174	12.4	0	39	1.6	19.3	14	12.4	174	0	0
8	Willard Harrell	27	RB	14	0	19	100	0	19	5.3	7.1	1.4	3	33	11.0	0	15	0.2	2.4	22	6.0	133	0	5
9	Jimmy Childs	23	WR	13	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	93	11.6	0	22	0.6	7.2	8	11.6	93	0	0
10	Thomas Lott	22	RB	10	0	11	50	0	13	4.5	5.0	1.1	2	8	4.0	0	5	0.2	0.8	13	4.5	58	0	2
11	Rod Phillips	27	RB	11	0	3	50	1	17	16.7	4.5	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	16.7	50	1	0
12	Al Chandler	29	TE	8	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	49	9.8	2	28	0.6	6.1	5	9.8	49	2	0
13	Richard Osborne	26	TE	7	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	37	5.3	0	10	1.0	5.3	7	5.3	37	0	0
14	Bill Murrell	23	TE	12	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	20	10.0	0	14	0.2	1.7	2	10.0	20	0	0
15	Steve Pisarkiewicz	26	QB	6	3	11	20	0	12	1.8	3.3	1.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	1.8	20	0	5
16	Roy Green	22	SS	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	15	15.0	0	15	0.1	0.9	1	15.0	15	0	4
17	Jim Hart	35	QB	14	13	6	11	0	12	1.8	0.8	0.4	1	-4	-4.0	0	-4	0.1	-0.3	7	1.0	7	0	5
18	Steve Little	23	K	16	0	2	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	566	2582	24	76	4.6	161.4	35.4	248	2870	11.6	12	78	15.5	179.4	814	6.7	5452	36	42

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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	Ottis Anderson	22	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP OPoY-4,AP ORoY-1
2	Charles Davis	28	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	Ken Greene	23	SS	16	16	3	37	0	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Bob Pollard	31	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	0
5	Ken Stone	29	FS	16	16	6	70	0	30	0	3	20	0	0.0	0
6	Roger Wehrli	32	RCB	16	16	2	8	1	9	1	2	21	0	0.0	0	PB
7	Eric Williams	24	LOLB	16	16	1	25	0	25	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
8	Mike Dawson	26	RDE	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
9	Wayne Morris	25	FB	15	15	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Tom Banks	31	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	-34	0	0.0	0
11	Mel Gray	31	WR	13	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Jim Hart	35	QB	14	13	0	0	0	0	5	1	-7	0	0.0	0
13	Keith Wortman	29	LT	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Bob Young	37	LG	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
15	Carl Allen	24	LCB	15	12	5	126	0	78	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Kurt Allerman	24	RILB	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
17	Mark Arneson	30	ROLB	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	29	1	4.0	0
18	Steve Neils	28	LILB	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	72	1	3.0	0
19	Calvin Favron	22	ROLB	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
20	Tim Kearney	29	LILB	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
21	Tom Brahaney	28	C	16	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	-40	0	0.0	0
22	Perry Smith	28	DB	16	4	1	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Dave Stief	23	WR	16	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	George Collins	24	T	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Steve Pisarkiewicz	26	QB	6	3	0	0	0	0	5	2	-1	0	0.0	0
26	Theotis Brown	22	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
27	John Zook	32	DE	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
28	Sean Clancy	23	LB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Roy Green	22	SS	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
30	Willard Harrell	27	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0.0	0
31	Steve Little	23	K	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Thomas Lott	22	RB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
33	Lee Nelson	25	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
34	Ron Yankowski	33	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	18	0	1		42	21	60	2	28	0

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