1985 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Jim Hanifan (5-11)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1985 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1985 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1985 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 labored to change the scoreboard with just 278 points, while the defensive squad surrendered 414. Neil Lomax led the charge, slinging for 3,214 yards. Roy Green grabbed 50 passes, while Pat Tilley accumulated 726 receiving yards, while J.T. Smith and Stump Mitchell were targeted regularly as well.

Stump Mitchell carried the ball for a team-best 1,006 yards for the Cardinals.

E.J. Junior picked off 5 opponent throws. Curtis Greer sacked quarterbacks 7 times.

Jim Hanifan coached the team. The 1985 St. Louis Cardinals lost in the Conference Championship.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Neil Lomax	471	265	56.3	3214	6.8	18	3.8	12	2.5	47	61	442	79.5
Scott Brunner	60	30	50.0	336	5.6	1	1.7	6	10.0	40	4	27	33.1
Stump Mitchell	2	1	50.0	31	15.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	31	0	0	95.8
Carl Birdsong	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	534	296	55.4	3581	6.7	19	3.6	18	3.4	47	65	469

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Stump Mitchell	183	1006	5.5	64	7
Ottis Anderson	117	479	4.1	38	4
Earl Ferrell	46	208	4.5	30	2
Neil Lomax	32	125	3.9	23	0
Ron Wolfley	24	64	2.7	11	0
Perry Harrington	7	42	6.0	22	1
J.T. Smith	3	36	12.0	30	0
Scott Brunner	3	8	2.7	8	0
Randy Love	1	4	4.0	4	0
Roy Green	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	417	1974	4.7	64	14

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Roy Green	50	693	13.9	47	5
Pat Tilley	49	726	14.8	46	6
Stump Mitchell	47	502	10.7	46	3
J.T. Smith	43	581	13.5	34	1
Doug Marsh	37	355	9.6	23	1
Earl Ferrell	25	277	11.1	30	2
Ottis Anderson	23	225	9.8	43	0
Greg LaFleur	9	119	13.2	24	0
Clyde Duncan	4	39	9.8	14	1
Earnest Gray	3	22	7.3	12	0
Ron Wolfley	2	18	9.0	17	0
Randy Love	2	4	2.0	3	0
Cedric Mack	1	16	16.0	16	0
Jay Novacek	1	4	4.0	4	0
Totals	296	3581	12.1	47	19

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Neil O'Donoghue	19	19	100.0	18	10	55.6	49
Novo Bojovic	12	11	91.7	7	3	42.9	20
Jess Atkinson	3	3	100.0	3		0.0	3
Totals	34	33	97.1	28	13	46.4	72

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Carl Birdsong	85	3545	41.7	67
Totals	85	3545	41.7	67

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
J.T. Smith	26	283	10.9	31
Stump Mitchell	11	97	8.8	21
Lee Nelson	2	14	7.0	8
Pat Tilley	1	-1	-1.0	-1
Totals	40	393	9.8	31

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Clyde Duncan	28	550	19.6	34
Stump Mitchell	19	345	18.2	35
Ron Wolfley	13	234	18.0	28
Perry Harrington	4	77	19.2	35
Leonard Smith	5	68	13.6	26
J.T. Smith	4	59	14.8	33
Lee Nelson	3	49	16.3	26
Jay Novacek	1	20	20.0	20
Tony Mumford	1	19	19.0	19
Totals	78	1421	18.2	35

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
E.J. Junior	5	109	21.8	53	0
Lonnie Young	3	0	0.0	0	0
Leonard Smith	2	73	36.5	67	0
Cedric Mack	2	10	5.0	10	0
Lionel Washington	1	48	48.0	48	1
Totals	13	240	18.5	67	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Curtis Greer	7.0
Mark Duda	5.5
Al Baker	4.0
David Galloway	3.5
Freddie Nunn	3.0
Leonard Smith	3.0
E.J. Junior	2.0
Stafford Mays	2.0
Elois Grooms	1.0
Niko Noga	1.0
Totals	32.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Lonnie Young	92	92	0	0	0	1	0	0
Freddie Nunn	84	84	0		0	2	0	0
Neil Lomax					10	4	-1	0
Leonard Smith				0	1	3	0	0
Cedric Mack				0	0	2	0	0
Stump Mitchell					6	2	0
Niko Noga					0	2	0	0
Curtis Greer					0	1	0	0
Carl Birdsong					0	1	0	0
David Galloway					0	1	0	0
Doug Dawson					0	1	0	0
Jeff Griffin					0	1	0	0
Benny Perrin					0	1	0	0
Lance Smith					0	1	0	0
Al Baker					0	1	0	0
Wayne Smith					0	1	0	0
Earl Ferrell					2	1	0
Mark Duda					0	1	0	0
Tootie Robbins					0	1	0	0
Ottis Anderson					3	1	0
Bobby Johnson					0	1	0	0
Clyde Duncan					3	1	0
Scott Brunner					3	0	0	0
Perry Harrington					1	0	0
J.T. Smith					3	0	0
Tony Mumford					1	0	0	0
Carlos Scott					1	0	0	0
Roy Green					2	0	0
Ron Wolfley					1	0	0	0
Lee Nelson					1	0	0	0
Totals	176	176	0	0	38	31	-1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Stump Mitchell	7	3	0	0					0	0	0			60
Neil O'Donoghue									10	19	0			49
Pat Tilley		6	0						0	0	0			36
Roy Green	0	5							0	0	0			30
Earl Ferrell	2	2							0	0	0			24
Ottis Anderson	4	0							0	0	0			24
Novo Bojovic									3	11	0			20
J.T. Smith	0	1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Perry Harrington	1			0					0	0	0			6
Clyde Duncan		1		0					0	0	0			6
Lionel Washington						1			0	0	0			6
Doug Marsh		1							0	0	0			6
Jess Atkinson									0	3	0			3
Totals	14	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	33	0	0	0	276