1983 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
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 StatisticsTeam 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 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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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | Dave Ahrens | MLB | December 5, 1958 | 6'3" | 238 | Wisconsin | Cedar Falls, IA USA | 16 | 5 |
| 51 | Kurt Allerman | MLB | August 30, 1955 | 6'3" | 222 | Penn St. | Glen Ridge, NJ USA | 16 | 8 |
| 32 | Ottis Anderson | RB | January 19, 1957 | 6'2" | 220 | Miami (FL) | West Palm Beach, FL USA | 15 | 15 |
| 61 | Dan Audick | T | November 15, 1954 | 6'3" | 252 | Hawaii | San Bernardino, CA USA | 12 | 1 |
| 52 | Charles Baker | RLB | September 26, 1957 | 6'2" | 226 | New Mexico | Mount Pleasant, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
| 60 | Al Baker | LDE | December 9, 1956 | 6'6" | 265 | Colorado St. | Jacksonville, FL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 82 | Steve Bird | WR | October 20, 1960 | 5'11" | 171 | East. Kentucky | Indianapolis, IN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 18 | Carl Birdsong | P | January 1, 1959 | 6'0" | 192 | SW Oklahoma St. | Kaufman, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
| 71 | Joe Bostic | RG | April 20, 1957 | 6'3" | 265 | Clemson | Greensboro, NC USA | 14 | 14 |
| 69 | Rush Brown | DT | June 27, 1954 | 6'2" | 257 | Ball St. | Laurinburg, NC USA | 6 | 1 |
| 64 | Randy Clark | C | July 27, 1957 | 6'3" | 260 | Northern Illinois | Chicago, IL USA | 14 | 13 |
| 59 | Paul Davis | LB | July 10, 1958 | 6'2" | 221 | North Carolina | Appalachia, VA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 72 | Dan Dierdorf | T | June 29, 1949 | 6'3" | 275 | Michigan | Canton, OH USA | 7 | 4 |
| 73 | Mark Duda | LDT | February 4, 1961 | 6'3" | 273 | Maryland | Wilkes-Barre, PA USA | 14 | 6 |
| 57 | Jim Eliopulos | LB | April 18, 1959 | 6'2" | 230 | Westminster (MO) | Dearborn, MI USA | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | Earl Ferrell | RB | March 27, 1958 | 6'0" | 225 | East Tennessee St. | Halifax, VA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 65 | David Galloway | RDT | February 16, 1959 | 6'3" | 277 | Florida | Tampa, FL USA | 16 | 13 |
| 81 | Roy Green | WR | June 30, 1957 | 6'0" | 195 | Henderson St. | Magnolia, AR USA | 16 | 15 |
| 75 | Curtis Greer | RDE | November 10, 1957 | 6'4" | 255 | Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 16 | 16 |
| 35 | Jeff Griffin | DB | July 19, 1958 | 6'0" | 185 | Utah | Carson, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 78 | Elois Grooms | LDT | May 20, 1953 | 6'4" | 249 | Tennessee Tech | Tompkinsville, KY USA | 11 | 11 |
| 39 | Willard Harrell | RB | September 16, 1952 | 5'8" | 162 | Pacific | Stockton, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 50 | Bob Harris | LLB | November 11, 1960 | 6'2" | 219 | Auburn | Everett, WA USA | 8 | 8 |
| 17 | Jim Hart | QB | April 29, 1944 | 6'1" | 215 | Southern Illinois | Evanston, IL USA | 5 | 3 |
| 46 | Victor Heflin | DB | July 7, 1960 | 6'0" | 184 | Delaware St. | Springfield, MA USA | 8 | 0 |
| 34 | Monty Hunter | DB | January 21, 1959 | 6'0" | 202 | Salem | Dover, OH USA | 5 | 0 |
| 54 | E.J. Junior | LLB | December 8, 1959 | 6'3" | 238 | Alabama | Salisbury, MD USA | 12 | 11 |
| 89 | Greg LaFleur | TE | September 16, 1958 | 6'4" | 236 | LSU | Lafayette, LA USA | 16 | 5 |
| 16 | Rusty Lisch | QB | December 21, 1956 | 6'3" | 213 | Notre Dame | Belleville, IL USA | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Neil Lomax | QB | February 17, 1959 | 6'3" | 215 | Portland St. | Portland, OR USA | 13 | 13 |
| 40 | Randy Love | RB | September 30, 1956 | 6'1" | 208 | Houston | Garland, TX USA | 16 | 1 |
| 47 | Cedric Mack | LCB | September 14, 1960 | 6'0" | 193 | Baylor | Freeport, TX USA | 16 | 5 |
| 80 | Doug Marsh | TE | June 18, 1958 | 6'3" | 236 | Michigan | Akron, OH USA | 16 | 16 |
| 76 | Stafford Mays | DE | March 13, 1958 | 6'2" | 252 | Washington | Lawrence, KS USA | 16 | 1 |
| 87 | Eddie McGill | TE | July 5, 1960 | 6'6" | 225 | West. Carolina | Asheville, NC USA | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Stump Mitchell | KR | March 15, 1959 | 5'9" | 188 | The Citadel | St. Marys, GA USA | 15 | 1 |
| 24 | Wayne Morris | FB | May 3, 1954 | 6'0" | 207 | SMU | Dallas, TX USA | 15 | 11 |
| 38 | Lee Nelson | SS | January 30, 1954 | 5'10" | 185 | Florida St. | Kissimmee, FL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 11 | Neil O'Donoghue | K | January 18, 1953 | 6'6" | 208 | St. Bernard | Dublin, Ireland | 16 | 0 |
| 57 | Chet Parlavecchio | LB | February 14, 1960 | 6'2" | 225 | Penn St. | Newark, NJ USA | 9 | 0 |
| 23 | Benny Perrin | FS | October 20, 1959 | 6'2" | 178 | Alabama | Orange County, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 85 | Danny Pittman | WR | April 3, 1958 | 6'2" | 205 | Wyoming | Memphis, TN USA | 4 | 0 |
| 70 | Art Plunkett | T | March 8, 1959 | 6'7" | 269 | UNLV | Chicago, IL USA | 16 | 4 |
| 63 | Tootie Robbins | RT | June 2, 1958 | 6'5" | 303 | East Carolina | Windsor, NC USA | 13 | 11 |
| 26 | George Schmitt | DB | March 6, 1961 | 5'11" | 193 | Delaware | Bryn Mawr, PA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 56 | Carlos Scott | C | July 2, 1960 | 6'4" | 295 | Texas-El Paso | Hempstead, TX USA | 13 | 1 |
| 53 | Craig Shaffer | LB | March 31, 1959 | 6'0" | 230 | Indiana St. | Terre Haute, IN USA | 9 | 0 |
| 67 | Luis Sharpe | LT | June 16, 1960 | 6'5" | 275 | UCLA | Havana, Cuba | 16 | 16 |
| 84 | Mike Shumann | WR | October 13, 1955 | 6'1" | 178 | Florida St. | Louisville, KY USA | 16 | 0 |
| 45 | Leonard Smith | DB | September 2, 1960 | 5'11" | 200 | McNeese St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 44 | Wayne Smith | RCB | May 9, 1957 | 6'0" | 171 | Wisc-LaCrosse | Chicago, IL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 68 | Terry Stieve | LG | March 10, 1954 | 6'2" | 256 | Wisconsin | Baraboo, WI USA | 16 | 16 |
| 86 | Ken Thompson | WR | December 6, 1958 | 6'1" | 178 | West Texas A&M | Snyder, TX USA | 5 | 0 |
| 83 | Pat Tilley | WR | February 15, 1953 | 5'10" | 178 | Louisiana Tech | Shreveport, LA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 48 | Lionel Washington | LCB | October 21, 1960 | 6'0" | 185 | Tulane | New Orleans, LA USA | 16 | 8 |
| 55 | Bill Whitaker | DB | November 18, 1959 | 6'0" | 182 | Missouri | Kansas City, MO USA | 7 | 0 |
| 85 | Jamie Williams | TE | February 25, 1960 | 6'4" | 240 | Nebraska | Vero Beach, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
