1968 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)

2nd place Eastern Conference Century Division 9-4-1 .692

Red Cochran	Offensive Backs
Chuck Drulis	Defense
Harry Gilmer	Quarterbacks/Passing Offense
Red Miller	Offensive Line/Rushing Offense
Ken Shipp	Receivers
Don Shroyer	Linebackers
Dick Voris	Defensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/9/1968	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	24-7	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	26811
Sat	8/17/1968	A	Kansas City Chiefs	10-13	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	47462
Sun	8/25/1968	A	New York Giants	18-10	W	New Haven, CT	Yale Bowl	53776
Sun	9/1/1968	H	Minnesota Vikings	31-28	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	25233
Fri	9/6/1968	A	Chicago Bears	17-19	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	59681
Mon	9/16/1968	H	Los Angeles Rams	13-24	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	49757
Sun	9/22/1968	A	San Francisco 49ers	17-35	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	27557
Sun	9/29/1968	A	New Orleans Saints	21-20	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	79021
Sun	10/6/1968	H	Dallas Cowboys	10-27	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	48296
Sun	10/13/1968	A	Cleveland Browns	27-21	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	79349
Sun	10/20/1968	H	Washington Redskins	41-14	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	46456
Sun	10/27/1968	H	New Orleans Saints	31-17	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	45476
Sun	11/3/1968	A	Philadelphia Eagles	45-17	W	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Field	59208
Sun	11/10/1968	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	28-28	T	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	45432
Sun	11/17/1968	A	Baltimore Colts	0-27	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60238
Sun	11/24/1968	H	Atlanta Falcons	17-12	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	43246
Sun	12/1/1968	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	20-10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	22682
Sun	12/8/1968	A	New York Giants	28-21	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62907
Sat	12/14/1968	H	Cleveland Browns	27-16	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	48174

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
48	Bob Atkins	LCB	6-3	211	22	Grambling State	14	12
25	Jim Bakken	K	6-0	199	28	Wisconsin	14	0
20	Mike Barnes	LS	6-3	205	24	Murray State JC; Texas-Arlington	14	9
86	Don Brumm	LDE	6-3	243	27	Purdue	14	14
59	Ernie Clark	LLB	6-1	222	31	Michigan State	14	5
40	Bobby Joe Conrad	FL	6-0	194	33	Texas A&M	14	14
33	Willis Crenshaw	FB	6-2	228	27	Kansas State	14	14
31	Jerry Daanen	SE	6-0	190	24	Miami (Florida)	14	2
61	Bob DeMarco	C	6-3	243	30	Indiana; Dayton	14	14
69	Bobby Duncum	OT	6-3	250	24	West Texas A&M	4	0
39	Cid Edwards	RB	6-2	230	25	Tennessee State	14	0
55	Irv Goode	LOG	6-5	255	28	Kentucky	14	14
64	Ken Gray	ROG	6-2	245	32	Howard Payne	14	14
17	Jim Hart	QB	6-2	202	24	Southern Illinois	13	12
74	Fred Heron	LDT	6-4	255	24	San Jose State	14	14
88	Freddie Hyatt	FL	6-3	205	22	Auburn	1	0
12	Charley Johnson	QB	6-0	191	30	Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State	7	2
51	Dick Kasperek	C	6-3	242	25	Iowa State	14	0
29	Brady Keys	RCB	6-0	189	31	East Los Angeles JC; Colorado State	7	5
36	MacArthur Lane	RB	6-0	220	26	Merritt JC; Utah State	14	0
26	Chuck Latourette	LS-RS-P	6-0	190	23	Rice	14	1
47	Bobby Lee	SE	6-3	200	23	Minnesota	2	0
83	Chuck Logan	TE	6-4	215	25	Northwestern	14	0
89	Dave Long	RDE	6-4	245	24	Iowa	14	3
73	Ernie McMillan	ROT	6-6	258	30	Illinois	14	14
60	Dave Meggyesy	RLB	6-1	221	27	Syracuse	12	12
71	Bob Reynolds	LOT	6-6	264	29	Bowling Green State	14	14
53	Jamie Rivers	MLB	6-2	238	23	Bowling Green State	9	9
23	Johnny Roland	HB	6-2	213	25	Missouri	14	14
34	Rocky Rosema	RLB	6-2	230	22	Michigan	12	0
75	Bob Rowe	RDT	6-4	258	23	Western Michigan	14	11
42	Lonnie Sanders	RCB-LCB	6-3	206	27	Michigan State	13	11
43	Mac Sauls	S	6-0	185	23	Texas State	6	0
82	Joe Schmiesing	LDE	6-4	248	23	Minnesota; North Dakota State Science JC; New Mexico State	14	0
27	Roy Shivers	FB	6-0	200	26	Oakland JC; Utah State	14	0
81	Jackie Smith	TE	6-4	225	28	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	14	14
66	Rick Sortun	OG	6-2	234	26	Washington	14	0
67	Larry Stallings	LLB-RLB	6-2	230	27	Georgia Tech	14	12
21	Jerry Stovall	LS	6-2	201	27	Louisiana State	4	4
57	Mike Strofolino	MLB	6-2	223	24	Villanova	14	5
79	Chuck Walker	RDE-RDT	6-2	249	27	Duke	14	14
54	Ted Wheeler	ROG	6-3	240	23	West Texas A&M	5	0
63	Clyde Williams	LOT	6-2	252	28	Southern University	10	0
80	Dave Williams	SE	6-2	205	23	Washington	12	12
8	Larry Wilson	RS	6-0	190	30	Utah	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	13	MacArthur Lane	RB	Utah State
2	40	Freddie Hyatt	FL	Auburn
2	42	Bob Atkins	DB	Grambling State
4	87	Don Fitzgerald	RB	Kent State
4	96	Joe Schmiesing	LB	New Mexico State
5	123	Rocky Rosema	LB	Michigan
6	151	Frank Lane	LB	Stephen F. Austin State
7	177	Butch Henry	FL	Wake Forest
8	205	Jerry Daanen	FL	Miami (Florida)
9	231	Billy Sinkule	DE	Central Michigan
10	259	Tom Busch	FL-K	Iowa State
11	285	Larry Slagle	G	UCLA
12	313	Vern Emerson	T	Minnesota-Duluth
13	339	Mac Sauls	DB	Texas State
14	367	Vic Bender	C	Louisiana-Monroe
15	393	Dave Lovich	DE	Northwestern State (Louisiana)
16	421	Dan Lankas	LB	Kansas State
17	447	Bobby Lee	FL	Minnesota

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	47	74	83	121
Opponents Totals	82	60	93	54

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		245	117	107	21	/ %	/ %	66	708
Opponents Totals		238	90	131	17	/ %	/ %	71	728

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Jim Bakken	0	40	40	100.0	15	24	62.5	85
Willis Crenshaw	7	0	0		0	0		42
Roy Shivers	7	0	0		0	0		42
Jim Hart	6	0	0		0	0		36
Dave Williams	6	0	0		0	0		36
Jackie Smith	5	0	0		0	0		30
Bobby Joe Conrad	4	0	0		0	0		24
Johnny Roland	2	0	0		0	0		12
Don Brumm	1	0	0		0	0		6
Cid Edwards	1	0	0		0	0		6
Chuck Latourette	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	40	40	40	100.0	15	24	62.5	325
Opponents Totals	35	34	35	97.1	15	33	45.5	289

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Bakken	15	24	62.5	2/2	7/7	3/6	3/8	0/1
Team Totals	15	24	62.5	5/5	4/7	3/10	1/8	3/2
Opponents Totals	15	33	45.5	2/2	7/7	3/6	3/8	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willis Crenshaw	203	813	4.0	66t	6
Johnny Roland	121	455	3.8	45	2
Cid Edwards	31	214	6.9	42	1
Roy Shivers	44	184	4.2	42t	4
Jackie Smith	12	163	13.6	37	3
MacArthur Lane	23	74	3.2	11	0
Dave Williams	3	47	15.7	43	0
Jim Hart	19	20	1.1	3	6
Chuck Latourette	1	15	15.0	15	0
Larry Wilson	1	12	12.0	12	0
Charley Johnson	5	-1	-0.2	3	0
Team Totals	463	1996	4.3	66t	22
Opponents Totals	423	1558	3.7		10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jim Hart	316	140	44.3	158	2059	6.5	14.7	80t	15	4.7	18	5.7	15	129	1930	58.2
Charley Johnson	67	29	43.3	37	330	4.9	11.4	30	1	1.5	1	1.5	7	64	266	57.4
Chuck Latourette	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	1	9	-9	39.6
Johnny Roland	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	385	169	43.9	196	2389	6.2	14.1	80t	16	4.2	20	5.2	23	202	2187	56.7
Opponents Totals	399	210	52.6	176	3261	8.2	15.5		23	5.8	13	3.3	44	400	2861	85.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jackie Smith	49	789	16.1	65t	2
Dave Williams	43	682	15.9	71t	6
Bobby Joe Conrad	32	449	14.0	80t	4
Willis Crenshaw	23	232	10.1	42	1
Roy Shivers	9	103	11.4	40t	3
Johnny Roland	8	97	12.1	40	0
Jerry Daanen	4	35	8.8	15	0
Cid Edwards	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	169	2389	14.1	80t	16
Opponents Totals	210	3261	15.5		23

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Larry Wilson	4	14	3.5	8
Lonnie Sanders	3	6	2.0	6
Jamie Rivers	2	22	11.0	14
Bob Atkins	2	0	0.0	0
Ernie Clark	1	15	15.0	15
Brady Keys	1	8	8.0	8
Team Totals	13	65	5.0	15
Opponents Totals	20	173	8.7

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Chuck Latourette	65	2701	41.6	55	0	266
Team Totals	65	2701	41.6	55	0	266
Opponents Totals	70	2668	38.1			356

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chuck Latourette	28	11	345	12.3	86t	1
Johnny Roland	3	9	11	3.7	8	0
Larry Wilson	0	1	0			0
Team Totals	31	21	356	11.5	86t	1
Opponents Totals	36		266	7.4		1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chuck Latourette	46	1237	26.9	75	0
Willis Crenshaw	6	104	17.3	25	0
Johnny Roland	3	63	21.0	23	0
Dave Long	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	56	1404	25.1	75	0
Opponents Totals	56	1303	23.3	94	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Bob Atkins	1		0	0	1	20	0
Mike Barnes	0	0	0	2	2	18	0
Don Brumm	0	0	0	1	1	17	1
Bobby Joe Conrad	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Willis Crenshaw	8		5	0	5	0	0
Jim Hart	3		1	0	1	-18	0
MacArthur Lane	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Chuck Latourette	3		1	0	1	0	0
Dave Long	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ernie McMillan	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Johnny Roland	6		2	0	2	0	0
Bob Rowe	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Roy Shivers	1		0	0	0	0	0
Larry Stallings	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Strofolino	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Chuck Walker	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Williams	1		1	0	1	9	0
Team Totals	24	11	13	8	21	46	1
Opponents Totals	19	8	11	11	22		0