1978 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/5/1978	A	Miami Dolphins	7-28	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	46557
Sat	8/12/1978	A	Chicago Bears	26-14	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	52732
Sat	8/19/1978	A	Green Bay Packers	17-23	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	50423
Sat	8/26/1978	A	Kansas City Chiefs	12-7	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	40884
Sun	9/3/1978	A	Chicago Bears	10-17	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	52791
Sun	9/10/1978	H	New England Patriots	6-16	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	48233
Sun	9/17/1978	H	Washington Redskins	10-28	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	49282
Sun	9/24/1978	A	Dallas Cowboys	12-21	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	62760
Sun	10/1/1978	A	Miami Dolphins	10-24	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	43882
Sun	10/8/1978	H	Baltimore Colts	17-30	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	47479
Sun	10/15/1978	H	Dallas Cowboys	21-24	L	OT	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	48991
Sun	10/22/1978	A	New York Jets	10-23	L		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	49244
Sun	10/29/1978	A	Philadelphia Eagles	16-10	W		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	62989
Sun	11/5/1978	H	New York Giants	20-10	W		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	48820
Sun	11/12/1978	A	San Francisco 49ers	16-10	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	33155
Sun	11/19/1978	A	Washington Redskins	27-17	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	52460
Sun	11/26/1978	H	Philadelphia Eagles	10-14	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	39693
Sun	12/3/1978	H	Detroit Lions	21-14	W		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	39200
Sun	12/10/1978	A	New York Giants	0-17	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	52226
Sun	12/17/1978	H	Atlanta Falcons	42-21	W		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	40022

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Carl Allen	27	LCB	6-0	186	23	Southern Mississippi	15	14
Kurt Allerman	50	RILB	6-3	225	23	Penn State	15	9
Warren Anderson	89	WR	6-2	195	23	West Virginia State	2	0
Mark Arneson	57	ROLB	6-2	224	29	Arizona	16	16
Jim Bakken	25	K	6-0	199	38	Wisconsin	16	0
Tom Banks	54	C-LOG	6-1	240	30	Auburn	16	15
John Barefield	58	LB	6-2	224	23	Texas A&M-Kingsville	9	0
Larry Barnes	33	RB	5-11	220	24	Tennessee State	2	0
Bob Bell	79	LDE	6-4	252	30	Cincinnati	15	1
Gordon Bell	20	RB	5-9	180	25	Michigan	6	0
Tom Brahaney	51	C	6-2	247	27	Oklahoma	16	2
Al Chandler	87	TE	6-2	233	28	Oklahoma	11	8
Jimmy Childs	86	WR	6-2	194	22	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	8	1
George Collins	66	OG	6-2	254	23	Georgia	13	0
Charlie Davis	76	NT	6-2	275	27	Texas Christian	1	0
Mike Dawson	83	NT	6-3	262	25	Arizona	16	16
Dan Dierdorf	72	ROT	6-3	280	29	Michigan	16	16
Teddy Farmer	28	RB	5-11	175	25	Mount San Antonio JC; Oregon	2	0
Roger Finnie	60	LOT-ROG	6-3	245	33	Florida A&M	7	7
Randy Gill	59	RILB-LILB	6-2	230	22	Mount Hood JC; San Jose State	7	4
Mel Gray	85	WR	5-9	172	30	Fort Scott CC; Missouri	13	12
Doug Greene	40	SS	6-2	205	22	Lakewood JC; Texas A&M-KIngsville	15	4
Ken Greene	37	SS-FS	6-2	196	22	Washington State	16	12
Willard Harrell	39	HB	5-8	182	26	Pacific	13	2
Jim Hart	17	QB	6-2	202	34	Southern Illinois	15	15
Steve Jones	34	HB	6-0	200	27	Duke	16	9
Tim Kearney	56	RILB-LILB	6-2	226	28	Northern Michigan	15	8
Jerry Latin	32	RB	5-10	186	25	Northern Illinois	2	0
Steve Little	12	P-K	6-0	180	22	Arkansas	11	0
Mark Manges	18	QB	6-2	210	22	Maryland	1	0
Wayne Morris	24	FB-HB	6-0	210	24	Southern Methodist	13	13
Tom Mullen	65	OG-OT	6-3	250	27	Missouri State	7	0
Steve Neils	53	LOLB	6-2	218	27	Minnesota	16	16
Lee Nelson	38	RCB	5-10	185	24	Pensacola JC; Florida State	16	1
Jim Otis	35	FB	6-0	220	30	Ohio State	15	9
Steve Pisarkiewicz	15	QB	6-2	205	25	Missouri	3	1
Bob Pollard	82	LDE	6-3	248	30	Texas Southern; Weber State	15	15
Eason Ramson	80	TE	6-2	225	22	Washington State	15	7
Mike Sensibaugh	20	FS	5-11	191	29	Ohio State	5	4
Willie Shelby	28	RB	5-11	198	25	Alabama	3	0
Keith Simons	70	NT	6-3	254	24	Minnesota	13	0
Perry Smith	45	LCB-RCB	6-0	193	27	Colorado Mesa; Colorado State	16	3
Tommy Southard	41	WR	6-0	185	23	Furman	2	0
Dave Stief	84	WR	6-3	195	22	Coffeyville CC; Portland State	15	3
Terry Stieve	68	ROG-LOG	6-2	263	24	Wisconsin	16	13
Ken Stone	23	FS-SS	6-1	180	28	Vanderbilt	14	11
Jim Thaxton	87	TE	6-2	241	29	Tennessee State	5	0
Pat Tilley	83	WR	5-10	178	25	Louisiana Tech	16	16
Curtis Townsend	59	LB	6-1	229	23	Hutchinson CC; Arkansas	9	0
Roger Wehrli	22	RCB-FS	6-1	195	31	Missouri	16	15
Greg Westbrooks	52	LB	6-2	218	25	Colorado Mesa; Colorado	10	0
Eric Williams	55	LILB	6-2	235	23	Southern California	13	11
Mike Wood	19	P	5-11	199	24	Southeast Missouri State	8	0
Rolly Woolsey	44	S	6-1	182	25	Boise State	2	0
Keith Wortman	62	LOT-ROG	6-2	259	28	Rio Hondo JC; Nebraska	14	13
Ron Yankowski	78	DE	6-5	260	32	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Kansas State	16	0
Bob Young	64	LOG	6-2	269	36	Texas; Texas State; Howard Payne	16	14
John Zook	63	RDE	6-5	240	31	Kansas	16	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	15	Steve Little	K	Arkansas
1	19	Ken Greene	DB	Washington State
2	42	John Barefield	LB	Texas A&M-Kingsville
3	69	Doug Greene	DB	Texas A&M-KIngsville
4	96	George Collins	G	Georgia
4	97	Jimmy Childs	WR	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
5	124	Earl Carr	RB	Florida
6	151	Jack Williams	DE	Bowling Green State
7	181	Dave Stief	WR	Portland State
9	235	Joe Mosley	TE	Central State (Ohio)
10	265	Randy Gill	LB	San Jose State
12	319	Anthony Clay	LB	South Carolina State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	54	110	39	45	0	248
Opponents Totals	53	96	68	76	3	296

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		281	103	158	20	111/255 43.5%	/ %	106	890
Opponents Totals		286	131	131	24	79/226 35.0%	/ %	96	809

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jim Bakken	0	27	30	90.0	11	22	50.0	0	60
Jim Otis	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Al Chandler	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Dave Stief	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Pat Tilley	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Mel Gray	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jim Hart	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Steve Jones	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Wayne Morris	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jim Thaxton	1	0	0		0	0		1	8
Jimmy Childs	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Willard Harrell	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Eason Ramson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	31	27	31	87.1	11	22	50.0	1	248
Opponents Totals	37	35	37	94.6	13	18	72.2	0	296

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Bakken	11	22	50.0	1	45	0/0	4/5	4/7	3/10	0/0
Team Totals	11	22	50.0	1	45	0/0	4/5	4/7	3/10	0/0
Opponents Totals	13	18	72.2			0/0	4/4	5/7	3/5	1/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Otis	197	664	3.4	17	8
Wayne Morris	174	631	3.6	27	1
Steve Jones	105	392	3.7	17	2
Willard Harrell	35	134	3.8	15	0
Mel Gray	5	51	10.2	27t	1
Pat Tilley	1	32	32.0	32	0
Gordon Bell	7	23	3.3	9	0
Jim Hart	11	11	1.0	9t	2
Eason Ramson	2	8	4.0	5	0
Jerry Latin	6	8	1.3	6	0
Willie Shelby	2	5	2.5	4	0
Teddy Farmer	1	4	4.0	4	0
Steve Little	1	0	0.0	0	0
Roger Wehrli	1	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Pisarkiewicz	5	-1	-0.2	2	0
Dave Stief	1	-8	-8.0	-8	0
Team Totals	554	1954	3.5	32	14
Opponents Totals	588	2396	4.1	73	15

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jim Hart	477	240	50.3	219	3121	6.5	13.0	74	16	3.4	18	3.8	20	166	2955	66.7
Steve Pisarkiewicz	29	10	34.5	16	164	5.7	16.4	40	0	0.0	3	10.3	2	20	144	14.8
Dave Stief	1	1	100.0	0	43	43.0	43.0	43	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	43	118.8
Mike Wood	1	1	100.0	0	29	29.0	29.0	29	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	29	118.8
Team Totals	508	252	49.6	235	3357	6.6	13.3	74	16	3.1	21	4.1	22	186	3171	64.2
Opponents Totals	428	212	49.5	190	2641	6.2	12.5	56	19	4.4	26	6.1	37	290	2351	58.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Pat Tilley	62	900	14.5	43	3
Mel Gray	44	871	19.8	74	1			0
Wayne Morris	33	298	9.0	33	1		0
Steve Jones	27	217	8.0	38	0		0
Dave Stief	24	477	19.9	55t	4			0
Eason Ramson	23	238	10.3	26	1		0	0
Al Chandler	16	190	11.9	47	4			0
Jim Otis	8	38	4.8	12	0	0	0
Jimmy Childs	4	50	12.5	23	1		0	0
Jim Thaxton	3	31	10.3	16	1	0	0	0
Gordon Bell	3	28	9.3	17	0	0	0
Willard Harrell	3	5	1.7	2	0	0	0
Willie Shelby	1	11	11.0	11	0	0	0	0
Jerry Latin	1	3	3.0	3	0	0	0
Team Totals	252	3357	13.3	74	16
Opponents Totals	212	2641	12.5	56	19

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ken Stone	9	139	15.4	33	0
Carl Allen	6	54	9.0	21	0
Roger Wehrli	4	3	0.8	3	0
Perry Smith	3	6	2.0	6	0
Eric Williams	1	24	24.0	24	0
Steve Neils	1	18	18.0	18	0
Tim Kearney	1	8	8.0	8	0
Lee Nelson	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	26	249	9.6	33	0
Opponents Totals	21	303	14.4	79t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Steve Little	46	1749	38.0	54	1	5	6	334	1315	28.0
Mike Wood	51	1919	37.6	81	0	3	12	219	1640	32.2
Jim Bakken	4	147	36.8	42	0	0	1	22	125	31.3
Team Totals	102	3815	37.4	81	1	8	19	575	3080	30.2
Opponents Totals	94	3656	38.9	59	1	9	18	395	3081	32.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willard Harrell	21	6	196	9.3	70t	1
Gordon Bell	14	3	101	7.2	23	0
Willie Shelby	10	0	88	8.8	16	0
Pat Tilley	2	0	8	4.0	4	0
Tommy Southard	2	0	-2	-1.0	0	0
Rolly Woolsey	1	0	4	4.0	4	0
Perry Smith	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	51	9	395	7.7	70t	1
Opponents Totals	59	11	575	9.7	37	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willard Harrell	19	389	20.5	32	0
Willie Shelby	9	211	23.4	31	0
Gordon Bell	8	177	22.1	27	0
Jimmy Childs	4	77	19.3	25	0
Wayne Morris	3	66	22.0	27	0
Lee Nelson	3	58	19.3	22	0
Jerry Latin	2	48	24.0	26	0
Tommy Southard	2	47	23.5	26	0
Rolly Woolsey	1	25	25.0	25	0
Tim Kearney	1	22	22.0	22	0
Curtis Townsend	1	13	13.0	13	0
Greg Westbrooks	1	12	12.0	12	0
Ken Stone	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	55	1148	20.9	32	0
Opponents Totals	51	1142	22.4	100t	2

SACKS	NO	YDS
Mike Dawson	9.0
Bob Pollard	6.0
John Zook	5.0
Mark Arneson	4.5
Steve Neils	4.0
Ron Yankowski	1.5
Kurt Allerman	1.0
Bob Bell	1.0
Randy Gill	1.0
Tim Kearney	1.0
Keith Simons	1.0
Curtis Townsend	1.0
Eric Williams	1.0
Team Totals	37.0	290.0
Opponents Totals	22.0	186.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Kurt Allerman	0	0	0	1	1	13
Mark Arneson	0	0	0	3	3	-16
Jim Bakken	0	0	1	0	1	0
Gordon Bell	3		1	0	1	0
Tom Brahaney	1		0	0	0	-29
Mike Dawson	0	0	0	2	2	0
Dan Dierdorf	0	0	1	0	1	10
Roger Finnie	0	0	1	0	1	0
Willard Harrell	4		3	0	3	0
Jim Hart	5		2	0	2	-6
Steve Jones	5		0	0	0	0
Tim Kearney	0	0	0	2	2	0
Jerry Latin	1		0	0	0	0
Steve Little	1		1	0	1	0
Wayne Morris	1		0	0	0	0
Steve Neils	0	0	0	3	3	8
Jim Otis	4		0	0	0	0
Steve Pisarkiewicz	2		1	0	1	-14
Eason Ramson	0	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Sensibaugh	0	0	0	1	1	2
Perry Smith	0	0	0	2	2	42
Dave Stief	0	0	1	0	1	0
Ken Stone	0	0	0	1	1	0
Pat Tilley	1		0	0	0	0
Curtis Townsend	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bob Young	0	0	1	0	1	0
Team Totals	28	14	14	16	30	10
Opponents Totals	34	16	16	14	30

Tom Bettis	Defensive Coordinator
Pete Elliott	Offensive Backs
Rudy Feldman	Defensive Line
Harry Gilmer	Quarterbacks/Receivers
Freddy Glick	Defensive Backs
Jim Hanifan	Offensive Line
Jerry Thompson	Special Teams