1961 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Ray Prochaska (2-0)
Coach: Pop Ivy (5-7)
Coach: Ray Willsey (2-0)
Coach: Chuck Drulis (2-0)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1961 St. Louis Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 7-7
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Ray Prochaska (2-0)
Coach: Pop Ivy (5-7)
Coach: Ray Willsey (2-0)
Coach: Chuck Drulis (2-0)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1961 St. Louis Cardinals Results
The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1961 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.
The Cardinals ran up 279 points, and the defense conceded 267. Sam Etcheverry passed for 1,275 yards. Sonny Randle grabbed 44 passes for 591 yards. Bobby Conrad contributed to the receiving game, too.
Prentice Gautt carried the ball for a team-best 523 yards for St. Louis.
Jerry Norton picked off 7 opponent throws.
Ray Prochaska, Pop Ivy, Ray Willsey and Chuck Drulis coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Sam Etcheverry | 196 | 96 | 49.0 | 1275 | 6.5 | 14 | 7.1 | 11 | 5.6 | 78 | 70.4 | Ralph Guglielmi | 116 | 56 | 48.3 | 927 | 8.0 | 5 | 4.3 | 8 | 6.9 | 80 | 61.2 | Prentice Gautt | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 100 | 9.1 | 1 | 9.1 | 1 | 9.1 | 22 | 77.8 | John Crow | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 76 | 5.4 | 1 | 7.1 | 1 | 7.1 | 32 | 43.8 | Charley Johnson | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 51 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15.4 | 16 | 10.9 | Bobby Conrad | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 87.5 |
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| Totals | 351 | 168 | 47.9 | 2434 | 6.9 | 21 | 6.0 | 23 | 6.6 | 80 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Prentice Gautt | 129 | 523 | 4.1 | 54 | 3 | Frank Mestnik | 95 | 334 | 3.5 | 26 | 1 | John Crow | 48 | 192 | 4.0 | 17 | 1 | Ralph Guglielmi | 22 | 101 | 4.6 | 23 | 1 | Mal Hammack | 18 | 79 | 4.4 | 28 | 1 | Sam Etcheverry | 33 | 73 | 2.2 | 44 | 0 | Taz Anderson | 15 | 39 | 2.6 | 19 | 1 | Hugh McInnis | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 16 | 0 | Bobby Conrad | 20 | 22 | 1.1 | 7 | 0 | Jerry Norton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Charley Johnson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 386 | 1405 | 3.6 | 54 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Sonny Randle | 44 | 591 | 13.4 | 41 | 9 | Bobby Conrad | 30 | 499 | 16.6 | 50 | 2 | Taz Anderson | 22 | 399 | 18.1 | 78 | 2 | John Crow | 20 | 306 | 15.3 | 35 | 3 | Billy Stacy | 12 | 241 | 20.1 | 80 | 1 | Prentice Gautt | 12 | 132 | 11.0 | 45 | 3 | Frank Mestnik | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 15 | 1 | Hugh McInnis | 7 | 107 | 15.3 | 22 | 0 | Mal Hammack | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 | Ken Hall | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 18 | 0 | Pat Fischer | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 168 | 2434 | 14.5 | 80 | 21 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Gerry Perry | 33 | 30 | 90.9 | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 51 | Bobby Conrad | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 37 | 34 | 91.9 | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 55 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Jerry Norton | 85 | 3802 | 44.7 | 78 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 85 | 3802 | 44.7 | 78 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bobby Conrad | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 73 | 1 | Willie West | 11 | 98 | 8.9 | 28 | 0 | Pat Fischer | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 | Billy Stacy | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 | Joe Driskill | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 26 | 236 | 9.1 | 73 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Pat Fischer | 17 | 426 | 25.1 | 53 | 0 | Willie West | 16 | 340 | 21.2 | 40 | 0 | Larry Wilson | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 23 | 0 | Billy Stacy | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 35 | 0 | Bobby Conrad | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | Frank Mestnik | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 18 | 0 | Monte Lee | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Mal Hammack | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Joe Driskill | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 47 | 992 | 21.1 | 53 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jerry Norton | 7 | 136 | 19.4 | 47 | 2 | Billy Stacy | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 39 | 2 | Jimmy Hill | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 35 | 1 | Larry Wilson | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 25 | 0 | Dale Meinert | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 41 | 0 | Willie West | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Bill Koman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Monte Lee | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Joe Robb | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 24 | 459 | 19.1 | 47 | 5 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Sam Etcheverry | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Owens | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Fischer | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Mestnik | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Larry Wilson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | Bill Koman | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Robb | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Norton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Gray | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Frank Fuller | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Ralph Guglielmi | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Prentice Gautt | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Willie West | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Gerry Perry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charley Granger | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Taz Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Redmond | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dale Meinert | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Stacy | 0 | 1 | John Crow | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Conrad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charley Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 39 | 41 | 80 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Sonny Randle | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Gerry Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 51 | Prentice Gautt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | John Crow | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Billy Stacy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Bobby Conrad | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | Taz Anderson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Frank Mestnik | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jerry Norton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jimmy Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ralph Guglielmi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mal Hammack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Willie West | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Larry Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 279 |
