1986 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-11-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Lost Wild Card
Coach: Gene Stallings (4-11-1)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1986 St. Louis Cardinals StatisticsTeam Record: 4-11-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Lost Wild Card
Coach: Gene Stallings (4-11-1)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1986 St. Louis Cardinals Results
The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1986 season with a record of 4 wins and 11 losses and 1 ties, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
St. Louis struggled to score 218 points, worst in the circuit, while the defensive squad allowed 351. Neil Lomax passed for 2,583 yards. J.T. Smith grabbed 80 passes for 1,014 yards.
Stump Mitchell carried the ball for a team-best 800 yards for the Cardinals.
Cedric Mack picked off 4 opponent throws. Al Baker topped the defensive unit with 10.5 quarterback sacks.
Gene Stallings coached the team. The 1986 St. Louis Cardinals lost in the Wild Card.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Ottis Anderson | RB | January 19, 1957 | 6'2" | 220 | Miami (FL) | West Palm Beach, FL USA | 4 | 3 |
| 17 | Evan Arapostathis | P | October 30, 1963 | 5'9" | 160 | Grossmont College (CA) | San Diego, CA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | Kent Austin | QB | June 25, 1963 | 6'1" | 195 | Mississippi | Natick, MA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 52 | Charles Baker | ROLB | September 26, 1957 | 6'2" | 226 | New Mexico | Mount Pleasant, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
| 60 | Al Baker | RDE | December 9, 1956 | 6'6" | 265 | Colorado St. | Jacksonville, FL USA | 16 | 13 |
| 55 | Anthony Bell | LB | July 2, 1964 | 6'3" | 235 | Michigan St. | Miami, FL USA | 16 | 1 |
| 89 | Cap Boso | TE | September 10, 1963 | 6'4" | 232 | Illinois | Kansas City, MO USA | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Joe Bostic | RG | April 20, 1957 | 6'3" | 265 | Clemson | Greensboro, NC USA | 13 | 13 |
| 62 | Ray Brown | G | December 12, 1962 | 6'5" | 318 | Memphis | Marion, AR USA | 11 | 4 |
| 41 | Carl Carter | DB | March 7, 1964 | 5'11" | 180 | Texas Tech | Fort Worth, TX USA | 14 | 4 |
| 14 | Greg Cater | P | April 17, 1957 | 6'0" | 191 | Tenn-Chattanooga | La Grange, GA USA | 11 | 0 |
| 58 | Gene Chilton | C | March 27, 1964 | 6'3" | 281 | Texas | Houston, TX USA | 16 | 7 |
| 64 | Randy Clark | C | July 27, 1957 | 6'3" | 260 | Northern Illinois | Chicago, IL USA | 12 | 10 |
| 79 | Bob Clasby | LDE | September 28, 1960 | 6'5" | 260 | Notre Dame | Detroit, MI USA | 16 | 10 |
| 66 | Doug Dawson | G | December 27, 1961 | 6'3" | 238 | Texas | Houston, TX USA | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | Rick DiBernardo | LB | June 12, 1964 | 6'3" | 230 | Notre Dame | Redondo Beach, CA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 73 | Mark Duda | DT | February 4, 1961 | 6'3" | 273 | Maryland | Wilkes-Barre, PA USA | 14 | 3 |
| 94 | Gary Dulin | DE | January 20, 1957 | 6'4" | 275 | Ohio St. | Madisonville, KY USA | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | Earl Ferrell | FB | March 27, 1958 | 6'0" | 225 | East Tennessee St. | Halifax, VA USA | 16 | 15 |
| 86 | Chas Fox | WR | October 3, 1963 | 5'11" | 180 | Furman | Lafayette, IN USA | 4 | 3 |
| 65 | David Galloway | NT | February 16, 1959 | 6'3" | 277 | Florida | Tampa, FL USA | 14 | 13 |
| 81 | Roy Green | WR | June 30, 1957 | 6'0" | 195 | Henderson St. | Magnolia, AR USA | 11 | 10 |
| 29 | Scott Holman | WR | September 27, 1962 | 6'2" | 195 | Oregon | Portland, OR USA | 3 | 1 |
| 83 | Don Holmes | WR | April 1, 1961 | 5'10" | 180 | Colorado | Miami, FL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 42 | Bobby Johnson | DB | September 1, 1960 | 6'0" | 191 | Texas | La Grange, TX USA | 3 | 0 |
| 87 | Troy Johnson | WR | October 20, 1962 | 6'1" | 180 | SE Louisiana | New Orleans, LA USA | 13 | 2 |
| 54 | E.J. Junior | LILB | December 8, 1959 | 6'3" | 238 | Alabama | Salisbury, MD USA | 13 | 13 |
| 70 | Derek Kennard | LG | September 9, 1962 | 6'3" | 285 | Nevada-Reno | Stockton, CA USA | 15 | 10 |
| 89 | Greg LaFleur | TE | September 16, 1958 | 6'4" | 236 | LSU | Lafayette, LA USA | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | John Lee | K | May 19, 1964 | 5'11" | 182 | UCLA | Seoul, South Korea | 11 | 0 |
| 15 | Neil Lomax | QB | February 17, 1959 | 6'3" | 215 | Portland St. | Portland, OR USA | 14 | 14 |
| 47 | Cedric Mack | RCB | September 14, 1960 | 6'0" | 193 | Baylor | Freeport, TX USA | 15 | 9 |
| 82 | Doug Marsh | TE | June 18, 1958 | 6'3" | 236 | Michigan | Akron, OH USA | 16 | 15 |
| 76 | Stafford Mays | LDE | March 13, 1958 | 6'2" | 252 | Washington | Lawrence, KS USA | 16 | 6 |
| 30 | Stump Mitchell | RB | March 15, 1959 | 5'9" | 188 | The Citadel | St. Marys, GA USA | 15 | 13 |
| 91 | Ron Monaco | LB | May 3, 1963 | 6'1" | 225 | South Carolina | New Haven, CT | 15 | 2 |
| 57 | Niko Noga | RILB | March 1, 1962 | 6'1" | 234 | Hawaii | , American Samoa | 16 | 16 |
| 85 | Jay Novacek | TE | October 24, 1962 | 6'4" | 234 | Wyoming | Martin, SD USA | 8 | 0 |
| 50 | Freddie Nunn | LOLB | April 9, 1962 | 6'5" | 262 | Mississippi | Noxubee County, MS USA | 16 | 16 |
| 63 | Tootie Robbins | RT | June 2, 1958 | 6'5" | 303 | East Carolina | Windsor, NC USA | 12 | 5 |
| 51 | Mike Ruether | G | September 20, 1962 | 6'4" | 279 | Texas | Inglewood, CA USA | 10 | 1 |
| 39 | Broderick Sargent | RB | September 16, 1962 | 5'10" | 215 | Baylor | Waxahachie, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
| 11 | Eric Schubert | K | May 28, 1962 | 5'8" | 185 | Pittsburgh | Abington, PA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 67 | Luis Sharpe | LT | June 16, 1960 | 6'5" | 275 | UCLA | Havana, Cuba | 16 | 16 |
| 36 | Vai Sikahema | KR | August 29, 1962 | 5'9" | 181 | BYU | Nuku'Alofa, Tonga | 16 | 0 |
| 84 | J.T. Smith | WR | October 29, 1955 | 6'2" | 185 | North Texas | Leonard, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
| 61 | Lance Smith | RT | January 1, 1963 | 6'3" | 283 | LSU | New York, NY USA | 15 | 13 |
| 45 | Leonard Smith | SS | September 2, 1960 | 5'11" | 200 | McNeese St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 44 | Wayne Smith | RCB | May 9, 1957 | 6'0" | 171 | Wisc-LaCrosse | Chicago, IL USA | 16 | 7 |
| 90 | Robert Stallings | TE | January 23, 1964 | 6'6" | 250 | Southern Miss | McComb, MS USA | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Cliff Stoudt | QB | March 27, 1955 | 6'4" | 215 | Youngstown St. | Oberlin, OH USA | 5 | 2 |
| 86 | Eric Swanson | WR | August 25, 1963 | 5'11" | 186 | Tennessee | San Bernardino, CA USA | 9 | 0 |
| 23 | Dennis Thurman | DB | April 13, 1956 | 5'11" | 176 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 16 | 3 |
| 83 | Pat Tilley | WR | February 15, 1953 | 5'10" | 178 | Louisiana Tech | Shreveport, LA USA | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | Van Van Hughes | DE | November 14, 1960 | 6'3" | 280 | Texas Tech | Waco, TX USA | 7 | 0 |
| 48 | Lionel Washington | LCB | October 21, 1960 | 6'0" | 185 | Tulane | New Orleans, LA USA | 16 | 12 |
| 24 | Ron Wolfley | RB | October 14, 1962 | 6'0" | 225 | West Virginia | Blasdell, NY USA | 16 | 1 |
| 43 | Lonnie Young | FS | July 18, 1963 | 6'1" | 205 | Michigan St. | Flint, MI USA | 13 | 13 |
