1965 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Wally Lemm (5-9)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1965 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1965 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1965 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.

The Cardinals racked up 296 points, but the defensive squad gave up 309. Charley Johnson threw for 2,439 yards. Bobby Conrad grabbed 58 passes for 909 yards. Sonny Randle contributed to the receiving game, too.

Bill Triplett carried the ball for a team-best 617 yards for St. Louis.

Larry Wilson picked off 6 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	322	155	48.1	2439	7.6	18	5.6	15	4.7	78	73.0
Buddy Humphrey	105	58	55.2	736	7.0	1	1.0	9	8.6	53	44.8
Terry Nofsinger	20	8	40.0	47	2.4	1	5.0	1	5.0	12	43.8
Prentice Gautt	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	448	221	49.3	3222	7.2	20	4.5	25	5.6	78

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bill Triplett	174	617	3.5	59	6
Willis Crenshaw	127	437	3.4	27	0
Bill Thornton	31	188	6.1	38	0
Prentice Gautt	44	175	4.0	20	2
Joe Childress	19	94	4.9	13	0
Charley Johnson	25	60	2.4	15	1
Jim Bakken	1	28	28.0	28	0
Billy Gambrell	4	15	3.8	11	0
Buddy Humphrey	2	4	2.0	2	0
Terry Nofsinger	4	1	0.2	2	1
Totals	431	1619	3.8	59	10

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bobby Conrad	58	909	15.7	71	5
Sonny Randle	51	845	16.6	72	9
Jackie Smith	41	648	15.8	70	2
Bill Triplett	26	256	9.8	37	1
Willis Crenshaw	23	232	10.1	78	1
Billy Gambrell	9	171	19.0	59	2
Prentice Gautt	9	128	14.2	54	0
Joe Childress	3	27	9.0	10	0
Bill Thornton	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	221	3222	14.6	78	20

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Jim Bakken	33	33	100.0	31	21	67.7	96
Totals	33	33	100.0	31	21	67.7	96

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jackie Smith	39	1532	39.3	62
Jim Bakken	26	1098	42.2	56
Jerry Stovall	2	80	40.0	43
Totals	67	2710	40.4	62

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Carl Silvestri	3	21	7.0	12
Abe Woodson	18	7	0.4	13
Jimmy Burson	1	0	0.0	0
Billy Gambrell	1	-1	-1.0	-1
Totals	23	27	1.2	13

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Abe Woodson	27	665	24.6	65
Billy Gambrell	9	216	24.0	31
Jerry Stovall	7	198	28.3	66
Carl Silvestri	4	96	24.0	28
Ray Ogden	2	55	27.5	31
Mal Hammack	3	34	11.3	20
Willis Crenshaw	2	23	11.5	12
Bill Koman	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	55	1287	23.4	66

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Larry Wilson	6	153	25.5	96	1
Jimmy Burson	5	113	22.6	42	0
Pat Fischer	3	30	10.0	16	0
Jerry Stovall	2	30	15.0	18	0
Bill Koman	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	17	328	19.3	96	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Charley Johnson			4	3	0	0
Don Brumm			0	3	29	1
Larry Stallings			0	2	17	1
Chuck Walker			0	2	0	0
Ernie McMillan			0	2	4	0
Marion Rushing			0	2	0	0
Pat Fischer		0	0	1	12	0
Bill Koman		0	0	1	0	0
Joe Robb			0	1	0	0
Carl Silvestri			1	1	0	0
Herschel Turner			0	1	0	0
Monk Bailey			0	1	0	0
Dale Meinert			0	1	11	0
Luke Owens			0	1	0	0
Mike Melinkovich			0	1	7	0
Jim Bakken			1	0	0	0
Buddy Humphrey			1	0	0	0
Prentice Gautt			2	0	0	0
Billy Gambrell			1	0	0	0
Abe Woodson			2	0	0	0
Bill Triplett			1	0	0	0
Willis Crenshaw			2	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	15	23	80	2

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
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	21	33	0			96
Sonny Randle	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			54
Bill Triplett	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Bobby Conrad	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Billy Gambrell	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Prentice Gautt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Jackie Smith	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Larry Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Terry Nofsinger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Larry Stallings	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Charley Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Don Brumm	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Willis Crenshaw	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	10	20	0	0	0	1	2	0	21	33	0	0	0	294