1963 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Wally Lemm (9-5)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1963 St. Louis Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 9-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Wally Lemm (9-5)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1963 St. Louis Cardinals Results
The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1963 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.
St. Louis scored 341 points, while the defensive squad surrendered 283. Charley Johnson led the charge, slinging for 3,280 yards. Bobby Conrad paced pass catchers, grabbing 73 passes, while Sonny Randle accumulated 1,014 receiving yards.
Joe Childress carried the ball for a team-best 701 yards for the Cardinals, while Bill Triplett also buoyed the ground attack.
Pat Fischer picked off 8 opponent throws.
Wally Lemm coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Charley Johnson | 423 | 222 | 52.5 | 3280 | 7.8 | 28 | 6.6 | 21 | 5.0 | 78 | 79.5 | Buddy Humphrey | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 96 | 8.7 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 99.1 | John Crow | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 27 | 9.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 134.7 | Prentice Gautt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 438 | 228 | 52.1 | 3403 | 7.8 | 30 | 6.8 | 21 | 4.8 | 78 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Joe Childress | 174 | 701 | 4.0 | 28 | 2 | Bill Triplett | 134 | 652 | 4.9 | 63 | 5 | Charley Johnson | 41 | 143 | 3.5 | 16 | 1 | Bill Thornton | 19 | 111 | 5.8 | 55 | 1 | Bob Paremore | 36 | 107 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 | Larry Wilson | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 35 | 1 | John Crow | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 | Jerry Stovall | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | Mal Hammack | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 | Prentice Gautt | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | Bobby Conrad | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 423 | 1839 | 4.3 | 63 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bobby Conrad | 73 | 967 | 13.2 | 48 | 10 | Sonny Randle | 51 | 1014 | 19.9 | 68 | 12 | Bill Triplett | 31 | 396 | 12.8 | 38 | 3 | Jackie Smith | 28 | 445 | 15.9 | 55 | 2 | Joe Childress | 25 | 354 | 14.2 | 78 | 2 | Bob Paremore | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 32 | 1 | Taz Anderson | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 16 | 0 | Bill Thornton | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 | Billy Gambrell | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 33 | 0 | Mal Hammack | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Prentice Gautt | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 228 | 3403 | 14.9 | 78 | 30 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Jerry Stovall | 65 | 2647 | 40.7 | 69 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 65 | 2647 | 40.7 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Billy Gambrell | 11 | 111 | 10.1 | 49 | 0 | Pat Fischer | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 | Bob Paremore | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 10 | 0 | Billy Stacy | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Bobby Conrad | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 26 | 166 | 6.4 | 49 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jerry Stovall | 15 | 419 | 27.9 | 55 | 0 | Bob Paremore | 12 | 292 | 24.3 | 39 | 0 | Bill Triplett | 14 | 229 | 16.4 | 27 | 0 | Bill Thornton | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 25 | 0 | Mal Hammack | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 | Irv Goode | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Redmond | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Gray | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 52 | 1070 | 20.6 | 55 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Pat Fischer | 8 | 169 | 21.1 | 53 | 0 | Larry Wilson | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 36 | 0 | Jimmy Hill | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 58 | 1 | John Symank | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 1 | Billy Stacy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Stovall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 18 | 383 | 21.3 | 58 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Charley Johnson | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Childress | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Koman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob DeMarco | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dale Meinert | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Fischer | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Wilson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 0 | Jerry Stovall | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Paremore | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Marion Rushing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Crow | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Gray | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Luke Owens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Gambrell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Cook | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Triplett | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mal Hammack | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Thornton | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Larry Stallings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Brumm | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Garland Boyette | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sonny Randle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jackie Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Conrad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 30 | 52 | 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 | Jim Bakken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 44 | 0 | 77 | Sonny Randle | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | Bobby Conrad | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Bill Triplett | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Joe Childress | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Bob Paremore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jackie Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Larry Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Charley Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bill Thornton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Symank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jimmy Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 341 |
