1984 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) |
| 3rd place National Football Conference Eastern Division 9-7-0 .563 |
| Head Coach: Jim Hanifan |
| Chuck Banker | Special Teams/Defensive Assistant |
| Tom Bettis | Defensive Coordinator |
| Don Brown | Strength and Conditioning |
| Rod Dowhower | Offensive Coordinator |
| Rudy Feldman | Linebackers |
| Dick Jamieson | Offensive Backs |
| Tom Lovat | Offensive Line |
| Leon McLaughlin | Special Assistant |
| Floyd Peters | Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line |
| Emmitt Thomas | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/4/1984 | A | Chicago Bears | 19-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 34399 | |
| Fri | 8/10/1984 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 14-10 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 30223 | |
| Fri | 8/17/1984 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 7-17 | L | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 53772 | |
| Fri | 8/24/1984 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 31-0 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 31210 | |
| Sun | 9/2/1984 | A | Green Bay Packers | 23-24 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 53738 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1984 | H | Buffalo Bills | 37-7 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 35785 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1984 | A | Indianapolis Colts | 34-33 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 60274 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1984 | A | New Orleans Saints | 24-34 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 58723 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1984 | H | Miami Dolphins | 28-36 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 46991 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1984 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 31-20 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 61438 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1984 | H | Chicago Bears | 38-21 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 49554 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1984 | H | Washington Redskins | 26-24 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 50262 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1984 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 34-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 54310 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1984 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 13-16 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 50950 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1984 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 17-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 48721 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1984 | A | New York Giants | 10-16 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 73428 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1984 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-16 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 39858 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1984 | A | New England Patriots | 33-10 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 53558 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1984 | H | New York Giants | 31-21 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 49973 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1984 | A | Washington Redskins | 27-29 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 54299 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 58 | Dave Ahrens | LB | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Wisconsin | 16 | 0 |
| 51 | Kurt Allerman | MLB | 6-3 | 225 | 29 | Penn State | 16 | 10 |
| 32 | Ottis Anderson | RB | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Miami (Florida) | 15 | 15 |
| 61 | Dan Audick | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 30 | Hawaii | 7 | 1 |
| 60 | Bubba Baker | LDE | 6-6 | 275 | 28 | Colorado State | 15 | 15 |
| 52 | Charlie Baker | RLB-LLB | 6-2 | 234 | 27 | New Mexico | 9 | 6 |
| 43 | Martin Bayless | S | 6-2 | 206 | 22 | Bowling Green State | 3 | 0 |
| 82 | Steve Bird | WR | 5-11 | 171 | 24 | Eastern Kentucky | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | Carl Birdsong | P | 6-0 | 192 | 25 | West Texas A&M; Southwestern Oklahoma State | 16 | 0 |
| 71 | Joe Bostic | ROG | 6-3 | 268 | 27 | Clemson | 16 | 16 |
| 64 | Randy Clark | C | 6-3 | 262 | 27 | Northern Illinois | 16 | 16 |
| 62 | Ramsey Dardar | LDT | 6-2 | 264 | 25 | Louisiana State | 16 | 6 |
| 55 | Billy Davis | LB | 6-4 | 200 | 23 | Clemson | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | Doug Dawson | LOG | 6-3 | 288 | 23 | Texas | 15 | 1 |
| 73 | Mark Duda | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 273 | 23 | Maryland | 8 | 6 |
| 86 | Clyde Duncan | WR | 6-1 | 202 | 23 | Tennessee | 8 | 0 |
| 31 | Earl Ferrell | FB | 6-0 | 232 | 26 | East Tennessee State | 16 | 9 |
| 65 | David Galloway | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 279 | 25 | Florida | 14 | 14 |
| 84 | John Goode | TE | 6-2 | 222 | 22 | Youngstown State | 16 | 1 |
| 81 | Roy Green | WR | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Henderson State | 16 | 16 |
| 75 | Curtis Greer | RDE | 6-4 | 258 | 27 | Michigan | 16 | 16 |
| 35 | Jeff Griffin | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Utah | 8 | 1 |
| 78 | Elois Grooms | RDT-LDT | 6-4 | 250 | 31 | Tennessee Tech | 11 | 6 |
| 39 | Willard Harrell | RB | 5-8 | 182 | 32 | Pacific | 16 | 0 |
| 36 | Perry Harrington | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 26 | Jackson State | 6 | 0 |
| 50 | Bob Harris | RLB | 6-3 | 202 | 24 | Auburn | 16 | 3 |
| 46 | Victor Heflin | CB | 6-0 | 184 | 24 | Delaware State | 16 | 0 |
| 74 | Randy Holloway | LDE | 6-5 | 255 | 29 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 1 |
| 59 | Tom Howard | LLB-RLB | 6-2 | 215 | 30 | Texas Tech | 15 | 13 |
| 54 | E.J. Junior | MLB-RLB-LLB | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Alabama | 16 | 16 |
| 22 | Bill Kay | S | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Purdue | 10 | 0 |
| 89 | Greg LaFleur | TE | 6-4 | 237 | 26 | Louisiana State | 16 | 5 |
| 15 | Neil Lomax | QB | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | Portland State | 16 | 16 |
| 40 | Randy Love | FB | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Houston | 16 | 1 |
| 47 | Cedric Mack | CB | 5-11 | 192 | 24 | Baylor | 12 | 0 |
| 80 | Doug Marsh | TE | 6-3 | 238 | 26 | Michigan | 16 | 16 |
| 76 | Stafford Mays | DE | 6-2 | 251 | 26 | Mount Hood JC; Washington | 16 | 0 |
| 14 | Rick McIvor | QB | 6-4 | 210 | 24 | Texas | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | Stump Mitchell | RB | 5-9 | 188 | 25 | The Citadel | 16 | 1 |
| 38 | Lee Nelson | SS | 5-10 | 185 | 30 | Pensacola JC; Florida State | 16 | 6 |
| 57 | Niko Noga | LB | 6-1 | 235 | 22 | Hawaii | 16 | 0 |
| 11 | Neil O'Donoghue | K | 6-6 | 210 | 31 | St. Bernard; Auburn | 16 | 0 |
| 23 | Benny Perrin | FS | 6-2 | 175 | 25 | Alabama | 16 | 16 |
| 85 | Danny Pittman | WR | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Pasadena CC; Wyoming | 10 | 0 |
| 70 | Art Plunkett | OT | 6-7 | 262 | 25 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 16 | 0 |
| 72 | Dan Ralph | DT | 6-5 | 268 | 23 | Colorado; Oregon | 6 | 0 |
| 63 | Tootie Robbins | ROT | 6-5 | 306 | 26 | East Carolina | 16 | 16 |
| 56 | Carlos Scott | C | 6-4 | 285 | 24 | Texas-El Paso | 16 | 0 |
| 53 | Craig Shaffer | LB | 6-1 | 227 | 25 | Indiana State | 4 | 0 |
| 67 | Luis Sharpe | LOT | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | UCLA | 16 | 16 |
| 45 | Leonard Smith | SS-LCB | 5-11 | 202 | 24 | McNeese State | 12 | 11 |
| 44 | Wayne Smith | RCB | 6-0 | 170 | 27 | Wisconsin-La Crosse; Loop JC; Purdue | 16 | 15 |
| 68 | Terry Stieve | LOG | 6-2 | 263 | 30 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| 83 | Pat Tilley | WR | 5-10 | 178 | 31 | Louisiana Tech | 16 | 16 |
| 33 | Quentin Walker | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Virginia | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | Lionel Washington | LCB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Tulane | 15 | 15 |
| 42 | Bill Whitaker | LB | 6-0 | 182 | 25 | Missouri | 7 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 17 | Clyde Duncan | WR | Tennessee |
| 2 | 45 | Doug Dawson | G | Texas |
| 3 | 80 | Rick McIvor | QB | Texas |
| 4 | 101 | Martin Bayless | DB | Bowling Green State |
| 5 | 129 | Jeff Leiding | LB | Texas |
| 5 | 136 | John Goode | TE | Youngstown State |
| 6 | 157 | Rod Clark | LB | Texas State |
| 7 | 185 | Quentin Walker | RB | Virginia |
| 8 | 201 | Niko Noga | LB | Hawaii |
| 8 | 213 | Bob Paulling | K | Clemson |
| 9 | 241 | John Walker | RB | Texas |
| 10 | 269 | Mark Smythe | DT | Indiana |
| 11 | 296 | Kyle Mackey | QB | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 12 | 325 | Paul Parker | G | Oklahoma |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 72 | 134 | 102 | 115 | |
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 100 | 97 | 71 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 32:43 | 345 | 129 | 200 | 16 | 94/227 41.4% | 9/14 64.3% | 109 | 904 |
| Opponents Totals | 27:17 | 292 | 108 | 157 | 27 | 72/207 34.8% | 1/8 12.5% | 75 | 578 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil O'Donoghue | 0 | 48 | 51 | 94.1 | 23 | 35 | 65.7 | 0 | 117 |
| Roy Green | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Stump Mitchell | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Ottis Anderson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Doug Marsh | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Pat Tilley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Neil Lomax | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Earl Ferrell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Randy Love | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Leonard Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 51 | 48 | 51 | 94.1 | 23 | 35 | 65.7 | 0 | 423 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 36 | 39 | 92.3 | 25 | 38 | 65.8 | 0 | 345 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil O'Donoghue | 23 | 35 | 65.7 | 5 | 52 | 0/0 | 7/7 | 7/9 | 8/16 | 1/3 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 35 | 65.7 | 5 | 52 | 0/0 | 7/7 | 7/9 | 8/16 | 1/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 38 | 65.8 | 1/1 | 8/10 | 13/16 | 2/6 | 1/5 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottis Anderson | 289 | 1174 | 4.1 | 24 | 6 |
| Stump Mitchell | 81 | 434 | 5.4 | 39 | 9 |
| Earl Ferrell | 44 | 203 | 4.6 | 25 | 1 |
| Neil Lomax | 35 | 184 | 5.3 | 20 | 3 |
| Randy Love | 25 | 90 | 3.6 | 13 | 1 |
| Willard Harrell | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 4 | 1 |
| Perry Harrington | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rick McIvor | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Doug Marsh | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 488 | 2088 | 4.3 | 39 | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 442 | 1923 | 4.4 | 73 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Lomax | 560 | 345 | 61.6 | 199 | 4614 | 8.2 | 13.4 | 83t | 28 | 5.0 | 16 | 2.9 | 49 | 377 | 4237 | 92.5 |
| Stump Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 118.8 |
| Benny Perrin | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
| Rick McIvor | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 566 | 347 | 61.3 | 203 | 4634 | 8.2 | 13.4 | 83t | 28 | 4.9 | 16 | 2.8 | 49 | 377 | 4257 | 92.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 494 | 251 | 50.8 | 222 | 3574 | 7.2 | 14.2 | 90t | 26 | 5.3 | 21 | 4.3 | 55 | 403 | 3171 | 74.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Green | 78 | 1555 | 19.9 | 83t | 12 |
| Ottis Anderson | 70 | 611 | 8.7 | 57 | 2 |
| Pat Tilley | 52 | 758 | 14.6 | 42 | 5 |
| Doug Marsh | 39 | 608 | 15.6 | 47 | 5 |
| Stump Mitchell | 26 | 318 | 12.2 | 44t | 2 |
| Earl Ferrell | 26 | 218 | 8.4 | 21 | 1 |
| Greg LaFleur | 17 | 198 | 11.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 14 | 106 | 7.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Danny Pittman | 10 | 145 | 14.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Randy Love | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 16 | 1 |
| Cedric Mack | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 22 | 0 |
| John Goode | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 347 | 4634 | 13.4 | 83t | 28 |
| Opponents Totals | 251 | 3574 | 14.2 | 90t | 26 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Washington | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Wayne Smith | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Benny Perrin | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Leonard Smith | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 25t | 1 |
| Jeff Griffin | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Howard | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Victor Heflin | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| E.J. Junior | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 163 | 7.8 | 25t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 219 | 13.7 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Birdsong | 67 | 2594 | 38.7 | 59 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 239 | 2195 | 32.3 |
| Team Totals | 68 | 2594 | 38.1 | 59 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 239 | 2195 | 32.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 81 | 3157 | 39.0 | 59 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 399 | 2658 | 32.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stump Mitchell | 38 | 3 | 333 | 8.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Steve Bird | 5 | 0 | 56 | 11.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Danny Pittman | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 47 | 5 | 399 | 8.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 13 | 239 | 8.9 | 61 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stump Mitchell | 35 | 0 | 804 | 23.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Danny Pittman | 14 | 0 | 319 | 22.8 | 43 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 13 | 0 | 231 | 17.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Steve Bird | 9 | 0 | 190 | 21.1 | 28 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Randy Love | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Earl Ferrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 74 | 0 | 1563 | 21.1 | 56 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 85 | 0 | 1549 | 18.2 | 96t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Curtis Greer | 14.0 | |
| Bubba Baker | 10.0 | |
| E.J. Junior | 9.5 | |
| David Galloway | 5.5 | |
| Stafford Mays | 3.5 | |
| Mark Duda | 3.0 | |
| Lee Nelson | 3.0 | |
| Elois Grooms | 2.0 | |
| Bob Harris | 2.0 | |
| Leonard Smith | 1.0 | |
| Randy Holloway | 1.5 | |
| Team Totals | 55.0 | 403.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 49.0 | 377.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Allerman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Clark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Duda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Ferrell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Holloway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Howard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
| Neil Lomax | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | |
| Randy Love | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stump Mitchell | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Niko Noga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny Perrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Danny Pittman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Sharpe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Terry Stieve | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Pat Tilley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lionel Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 56 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 1 |
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