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1979 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Larry Wilson (2-1)
Coach: Bud Wilkinson (3-10)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1979 St. Louis Cardinals Results
The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
St. Louis racked up 307 points, while the defense conceded 358. Ottis Anderson piled up yardage, accumulating a 1,605 yards for the Cardinals.
Jim Hart threw for 2,218 yards. Pat Tilley grabbed 57 passes for 938 yards.
Ken Stone seized 6 opponent throws.
Larry Wilson and Bud Wilkinson coached the team. The 1979 St. Louis Cardinals lost in the Super Bowl.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Hart | 378 | 194 | 51.3 | 2218 | 5.9 | 9 | 2.4 | 20 | 5.3 | 51 | 25 | 183 | 55.2 |
Steve Pisarkiewicz | 109 | 52 | 47.7 | 621 | 5.7 | 3 | 2.8 | 4 | 3.7 | 78 | 14 | 85 | 59.5 |
Steve Little | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 100.7 |
Willard Harrell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Ottis Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 492 | 248 | 50.4 | 2870 | 5.8 | 12 | 2.4 | 24 | 4.9 | 78 | 39 | 268 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ottis Anderson | 331 | 1605 | 4.8 | 76 | 8 |
Wayne Morris | 106 | 387 | 3.7 | 16 | 8 |
Theotis Brown | 73 | 318 | 4.4 | 30 | 7 |
Willard Harrell | 19 | 100 | 5.3 | 19 | 0 |
Rod Phillips | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 17 | 1 |
Thomas Lott | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 |
Mel Gray | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 38 | 0 |
Steve Pisarkiewicz | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 12 | 0 |
Jim Hart | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 12 | 0 |
Steve Little | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 566 | 2582 | 4.6 | 76 | 24 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat Tilley | 57 | 938 | 16.5 | 51 | 6 |
Ottis Anderson | 41 | 308 | 7.5 | 28 | 2 |
Wayne Morris | 35 | 237 | 6.8 | 20 | 1 |
Mel Gray | 25 | 447 | 17.9 | 78 | 1 |
Theotis Brown | 25 | 191 | 7.6 | 19 | 0 |
Dave Stief | 22 | 324 | 14.7 | 32 | 0 |
Gary Parris | 14 | 174 | 12.4 | 39 | 0 |
Jimmy Childs | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 22 | 0 |
Richard Osborne | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 |
Al Chandler | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 28 | 2 |
Willard Harrell | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
Bill Murrell | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
Thomas Lott | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
Roy Green | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Jim Hart | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
Totals | 248 | 2870 | 11.6 | 78 | 12 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Little | 32 | 24 | 75.0 | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 54 |
Mike Wood | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 12 |
Gary Parris | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 40 | 31 | 77.5 | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 67 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Little | 79 | 3060 | 38.7 | 63 |
Totals | 79 | 3060 | 38.7 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willard Harrell | 32 | 205 | 6.4 | 68 | 0 |
Lee Nelson | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 77 | 0 |
Roy Green | 8 | 42 | 5.2 | 14 | 0 |
Thomas Lott | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 13 | 0 |
Totals | 48 | 368 | 7.7 | 77 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roy Green | 41 | 1005 | 24.5 | 106 | 1 |
Willard Harrell | 22 | 497 | 22.6 | 53 | 0 |
John Barefield | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 23 | 0 |
Thomas Lott | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Kurt Allerman | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
Calvin Favron | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Chris Garlich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 71 | 1609 | 22.7 | 106 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Stone | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 30 | 0 |
Carl Allen | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 78 | 0 |
Ken Greene | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 21 | 0 |
Roger Wehrli | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 9 | 1 |
Eric Williams | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Perry Smith | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Totals | 18 | 288 | 16.0 | 78 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Stone | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
Willard Harrell | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Theotis Brown | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Kurt Allerman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mark Arneson | 0 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | ||
Roy Green | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Roger Wehrli | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 0 | ||
Steve Neils | 0 | 2 | 72 | 1 | 0 | ||
Charles Davis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eric Williams | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Keith Wortman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Pisarkiewicz | 5 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Little | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Hart | 5 | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sean Clancy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ottis Anderson | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tim Kearney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Young | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Carl Allen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lee Nelson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Yankowski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Collins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Thomas Lott | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wayne Morris | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dave Stief | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Banks | 1 | 0 | -34 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mel Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tom Brahaney | 1 | 0 | -40 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 42 | 38 | 60 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Ottis Anderson | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
Steve Little | 0 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 54 | |||||||||
Wayne Morris | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
Theotis Brown | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
Pat Tilley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
Mike Wood | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
Al Chandler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Steve Neils | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Mel Gray | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Mark Arneson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Roger Wehrli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Rod Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Roy Green | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Gary Parris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
Totals | 24 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 307 |