1983 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-7-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Jim Hanifan (8-7-1)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1983 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1983 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 8 wins and 7 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.

The Cardinals chalked up 374 points, but the shaky defensive squad conceded 428. Ottis Anderson carried the ball for a team-best 1,270 yards for St. Louis.

Neil Lomax threw for 2,636 yards. Roy Green paced the receiving corps, grabbing 78 passes for 1,227 yards.

The larcenous defense created 48 turnovers. Lionel Washington snatched 8 opponent throws. Curtis Greer topped the defensive unit with 16 quarterback sacks, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 58 sacks.

Jim Hanifan coached the team. The 1983 St. Louis Cardinals lost in the Division Playoff.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Neil Lomax	354	209	59.0	2636	7.4	24	6.8	11	3.1	71	43	315	92.0
Jim Hart	91	50	54.9	592	6.5	4	4.4	8	8.8	39	13	99	53.0
Rusty Lisch	13	6	46.2	66	5.1	1	7.7	2	15.4	26	3	27	47.8
Carl Birdsong	1	1	100.0	11	11.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	0	0	112.5
Benny Perrin	1	1	100.0	4	4.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	0	0	83.3
Totals	460	267	58.0	3309	7.2	29	6.3	21	4.6	71	59	441

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ottis Anderson	296	1270	4.3	43	5
Stump Mitchell	68	373	5.5	46	3
Wayne Morris	75	257	3.4	17	2
Neil Lomax	27	127	4.7	35	2
Randy Love	35	103	2.9	16	2
Earl Ferrell	7	53	7.6	21	1
Roy Green	4	49	12.2	25	0
Willard Harrell	4	13	3.2	8	0
Jim Hart	5	12	2.4	13	0
Luis Sharpe	1	11	11.0	11	0
Rusty Lisch	2	9	4.5	5	0
Benny Perrin	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	525	2277	4.3	46	15

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Roy Green	78	1227	15.7	71	14
Ottis Anderson	54	459	8.5	40	1
Pat Tilley	44	690	15.7	71	5
Doug Marsh	32	421	13.2	38	8
Wayne Morris	14	55	3.9	11	0
Greg LaFleur	12	99	8.2	21	0
Mike Shumann	11	154	14.0	33	0
Stump Mitchell	7	54	7.7	17	0
Randy Love	6	58	9.7	16	1
Willard Harrell	3	25	8.3	13	0
Ken Thompson	2	31	15.5	22	0
Danny Pittman	2	21	10.5	11	0
Eddie McGill	1	11	11.0	11	0
Dave Ahrens	1	4	4.0	4	0
Totals	267	3309	12.4	71	29

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Neil O'Donoghue	47	45	95.7	28	15	53.6	90
Totals	47	45	95.7	28	15	53.6	90

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Carl Birdsong	85	3529	41.5	59
Totals	85	3529	41.5	59

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Stump Mitchell	38	337	8.9	34
Steve Bird	14	76	5.4	16
Willard Harrell	5	31	6.2	11
Earl Ferrell	1	17	17.0	17
Totals	58	461	7.9	34

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Stump Mitchell	36	778	21.6	66
Earl Ferrell	13	257	19.8	28
Steve Bird	9	194	21.6	33
Randy Love	3	71	23.7	23
Willard Harrell	3	62	20.7	26
George Schmitt	4	41	10.2	19
Leonard Smith	1	19	19.0	19
Roy Green	1	14	14.0	14
Mark Duda	1	12	12.0	12
Kurt Allerman	1	11	11.0	11
Totals	72	1459	20.3	66

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Lionel Washington	8	92	11.5	26
Benny Perrin	4	50	12.5	30
E.J. Junior	3	27	9.0	19
Cedric Mack	3	25	8.3	13
Bob Harris	3	10	3.3	10
Al Baker	2	24	12.0	19
Wayne Smith	2	3	1.5	3
David Galloway	1	17	17.0	17
Elois Grooms	1	10	10.0	10
Lee Nelson	1	8	8.0	8
Totals	28	266	9.5	30

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Curtis Greer	16.0
Al Baker	13.0
David Galloway	12.0
E.J. Junior	7.5
Stafford Mays	2.5
Lee Nelson	2.0
Elois Grooms	1.0
Mark Duda	1.0
Benny Perrin	1.0
Rush Brown	1.0
Bob Harris	1.0
Totals	58.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Lionel Washington	67	67	0	0	0	1	0	0
Lee Nelson				0	0	4	36	1
Ottis Anderson					10	3	0
Neil Lomax					9	3	0
Al Baker				0	0	2	0	0
Mark Duda					0	2	0	0
Benny Perrin				0	0	2	32	1
Luis Sharpe					0	2	0	0
Jim Hart					5	2	0	0
Stafford Mays					0	2	0	0
Curtis Greer					0	1	5	0
Joe Bostic					0	1	0	0
E.J. Junior				0	0	1	1	0
Wayne Smith				0	0	1	0	0
David Galloway				0	0	1	0
Elois Grooms				0	0	1	40	1
Randy Love					4	1	0
Rush Brown					0	1	8	0
Stump Mitchell					5	1	0
Pat Tilley					1	1	0
Steve Bird					1	1	0	0
George Schmitt					1	1	0	0
Tootie Robbins					0	1	0	0
Roy Green					3	1	0
Neil O'Donoghue					0	1	0
Willard Harrell					1	0	0	0
Randy Clark					1	0	0	0
Earl Ferrell					2	0	0
Rusty Lisch					1	0	0	0
Wayne Morris					2	0	0
Doug Marsh					1	0	0
Greg LaFleur					3	0	0	0
Totals	67	67	0	0	50	38	122	3

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Neil O'Donoghue									15	45	0			90
Roy Green	0	14		0					0	0	0			84
Doug Marsh		8							0	0	0			48
Ottis Anderson	5	1							0	0	0			36
Pat Tilley		5							0	0	0			30
Stump Mitchell	3	0	0	0					0	0	0			18
Randy Love	2	1		0					0	0	0			18
Wayne Morris	2	0							0	0	0			12
Neil Lomax	2								0	0	0			12
Benny Perrin	0					0	1		0	0	0			6
Elois Grooms						0	1		0	0	0			6
Earl Ferrell	1		0	0					0	0	0			6
Lee Nelson						0	1		0	0	0			6
David Galloway						0			0	0	0		1	2
Totals	15	29	0	0	0	0	3	0	15	45	0	0	1	374