1966 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-5-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Charley Winner (8-5-1)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1966 St. Louis Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 8-5-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Charley Winner (8-5-1)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1966 St. Louis Cardinals Results
The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1966 season with a record of 8 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.
The Cardinals chalked up 264 points, and the defensive squad yielded 265. Johnny Roland carried the ball for a team-best 695 yards for St. Louis.
Charley Johnson passed for 1,334 yards. Jackie Smith paced all receivers, grabbing 45 passes for 810 yards. Bobby Conrad contributed to the receiving game, too.
Larry Wilson picked off 10 opponent throws.
Charley Winner coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Charley Johnson | 205 | 103 | 50.2 | 1334 | 6.5 | 10 | 4.9 | 11 | 5.4 | 69 | 65.0 | Terry Nofsinger | 162 | 68 | 42.0 | 799 | 4.9 | 2 | 1.2 | 8 | 4.9 | 49 | 41.2 | Johnny Roland | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 130 | 16.2 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 145.8 | Jim Hart | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 29 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 44.9 |
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| Totals | 386 | 180 | 46.6 | 2292 | 5.9 | 13 | 3.4 | 19 | 4.9 | 69 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Johnny Roland | 192 | 695 | 3.6 | 50 | 5 | Prentice Gautt | 110 | 370 | 3.4 | 23 | 1 | Willis Crenshaw | 94 | 360 | 3.8 | 33 | 0 | Charley Johnson | 20 | 39 | 2.0 | 9 | 2 | Charlie Bryant | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 18 | 0 | Billy Gambrell | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 24 | 0 | Bill Triplett | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 5 | 0 | Terry Nofsinger | 18 | 25 | 1.4 | 12 | 2 | Jerry Stovall | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Jackie Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Roy Shivers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 458 | 1601 | 3.5 | 50 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jackie Smith | 45 | 810 | 18.0 | 69 | 3 | Bobby Conrad | 34 | 388 | 11.4 | 40 | 2 | Billy Gambrell | 24 | 409 | 17.0 | 49 | 5 | Johnny Roland | 21 | 213 | 10.1 | 37 | 0 | Sonny Randle | 17 | 218 | 12.8 | 45 | 2 | Prentice Gautt | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 22 | 1 | Willis Crenshaw | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 19 | 0 | Roy Shivers | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 40 | 0 | Bill Triplett | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 | Rick Sortun | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 180 | 2292 | 12.7 | 69 | 13 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Jackie Smith | 47 | 1781 | 37.9 | 56 | Jim Bakken | 29 | 961 | 33.1 | 49 | Jerry Stovall | 5 | 139 | 27.8 | 35 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 81 | 2881 | 35.6 | 56 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Johnny Roland | 20 | 221 | 11.0 | 86 | 1 | Roy Shivers | 16 | 49 | 3.1 | 31 | 0 | Billy Gambrell | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 46 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 40 | 316 | 7.9 | 86 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Roy Shivers | 27 | 762 | 28.2 | 94 | 1 | Johnny Roland | 15 | 347 | 23.1 | 33 | 0 | Bobby Williams | 7 | 132 | 18.9 | 34 | 0 | Charlie Bryant | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 49 | 0 | Billy Gambrell | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Frank Roy | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | Dave Long | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Mike Melinkovich | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Ray Ogden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 57 | 1348 | 23.6 | 94 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Larry Wilson | 10 | 180 | 18.0 | 91 | 2 | Abe Woodson | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 26 | 0 | Jerry Stovall | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 22 | 1 | Jimmy Burson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 | Pat Fischer | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | Larry Stallings | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 21 | 330 | 15.7 | 91 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Dave O'Brien | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Walker | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Willis Crenshaw | 5 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | Rick Sortun | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Fischer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Nofsinger | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Gray | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Prentice Gautt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Koman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dale Meinert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charley Johnson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Stovall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Joe Robb | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Abe Woodson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Conrad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jackie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Roland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roy Shivers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 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 | 23 | 27 | 0 | 96 | Johnny Roland | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Billy Gambrell | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Jackie Smith | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Bobby Conrad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Terry Nofsinger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Prentice Gautt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Sonny Randle | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Larry Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Charley Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jerry Stovall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Roy Shivers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 |
