Team Summary [+]
1979 St. Louis Cardinals
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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 5th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 307 points (19.2/g), 17th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 358 points (22.4/g), 21st.
Differential of -51 points (-3.2/g), 20th.
Expected W-L: 6.6-9.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.5/g), 21st.
Simple Rating System: Total -2.7, Offense: -0.7, Defense: -2.0, SoS: 0.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by Larry Wilson(2-1-0) and Bud Wilkinson(3-10-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Tom Bettis
Training Camp: Lindenwoods Colleges (St. Charles, Missouri)
Players[+]
- Pos · # · College
- Carl Allen
LCB · #27 · Southern Mississippi
- Kurt Allerman
RILB · #50 · Penn State
- Ottis Anderson
RB · #32 · Miami (FL)
- Mark Arneson
ROLB · #57 · Arizona
- Tom Banks
C · #54 · Auburn
- John Barefield
lb · #58 · Texas A&M-Kingsville
- Joe Bostic
RT · #71 · Clemson
- Tom Brahaney
c · #51 · Oklahoma
- Chuck Brown
c · #61 · Houston
- Theotis Brown
rb · #33 · UCLA
- Al Chandler
te · #87 · Oklahoma
- Jimmy Childs
wr · #86 · Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
- Sean Clancy
lb · #52 · Amherst
- George Collins
t · #66 · Georgia
- Charles Davis
NT · #76 · TCU
- Mike Dawson
RDE · #73 · Arizona
- Dan Dierdorf
rt · #72 · Michigan
- Calvin Favron
rolb · #59 · Southeastern Louisiana
- Chris Garlich
lb · #61 · Missouri
- Mel Gray
WR · #85 · Fort Scott CC; Missouri
- Roy Green
KR · #25 · Henderson State
- Ken Greene
SS · #37 · Washington State
- Willard Harrell
PR · #39 · Pacific
- Jim Hart
QB · #17 · Southern Illinois
- Steve Henry
db · #48 · Emporia State
- Tim Kearney
lilb · #56 · Northern Michigan
- Steve Little
P/K · #12 · Arkansas
- Thomas Lott
rb · #26 · Oklahoma
- Randy Love
rb · #40 · Houston
- Wayne Morris
FB · #24 · SMU
- Bill Murrell
te · #80 · Winston-Salem State
- Steve Neils
LILB · #53 · Minnesota
- Lee Nelson
ss · #38 · Pensacola J.C.; Florida State
- Brad Oates
t · #65 · Duke; Brigham Young
- Richard Osborne
te · #87 · Texas A&M
- Gary Parris
TE · #89 · Florida State
- Rod Phillips
rb · #36 · Cincinnati; Jackson State
- Steve Pisarkiewicz
qb · #15 · Missouri
- Bob Pollard
LDE · #82 · Texas Southern; Weber State
- Jim Ramey
de · #79 · Kentucky
- Bob Rozier
de · #75 · Grays Harbor J.C.; California
- Keith Simons
rdt · #70 · Minnesota
- Perry Smith
db · #45 · Mesa; Colorado State
- Dave Stief
wr · #84 · Portland State
- Terry Stieve
RG · #68 · Wisconsin
- Ken Stone
FS · #23 · Vanderbilt
- Pat Tilley
WR · #83 · Louisiana Tech
- Roger Wehrli
RCB · #22 · Missouri
- Eric D. Williams
LOLB · #55 · USC
- Mike Wood
k · #19 · Southeast Missouri State
- Keith Wortman
LT · #62 · Rio Hondo J.C.; Nebraska
- Ron Yankowski
rde · #78 · Kansas State
- Bob Young
LG · #64 · Texas; Texas State; Howard Payne
- John Zook
rde · #63 · Kansas
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