1968 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 9-4-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Century Division
Coach: Charley Winner (9-4-1)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1968 St. Louis Cardinals Results
The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1968 season with a record of 9 wins and 4 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's Century Division.
The Cardinals chalked up 325 points, and the defense gave up 289. Willis Crenshaw carried the ball for a team-best 813 yards for St. Louis.
Jim Hart threw for 2,059 yards. Jackie Smith grabbed 49 passes for 789 yards. Dave Williams contributed to the receiving game, too.
Larry Wilson picked off 4 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 | Jim Hart | 316 | 140 | 44.3 | 2059 | 6.5 | 15 | 4.7 | 18 | 5.7 | 80 | 58.2 | Charley Johnson | 67 | 29 | 43.3 | 330 | 4.9 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 30 | 57.4 | Chuck Latourette | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Johnny Roland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 385 | 169 | 43.9 | 2389 | 6.2 | 16 | 4.2 | 20 | 5.2 | 80 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Willis Crenshaw | 203 | 813 | 4.0 | 66 | 6 | Johnny Roland | 121 | 455 | 3.8 | 45 | 2 | Cid Edwards | 31 | 214 | 6.9 | 42 | 1 | Roy Shivers | 44 | 184 | 4.2 | 42 | 4 | Jackie Smith | 12 | 163 | 13.6 | 37 | 3 | MacArthur Lane | 23 | 74 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 | Dave Williams | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 43 | 0 | Jim Hart | 19 | 20 | 1.1 | 3 | 6 | Chuck Latourette | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Larry Wilson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Charley Johnson | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 463 | 1996 | 4.3 | 66 | 22 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jackie Smith | 49 | 789 | 16.1 | 65 | 2 | Dave Williams | 43 | 682 | 15.9 | 71 | 6 | Bobby Conrad | 32 | 449 | 14.0 | 80 | 4 | Willis Crenshaw | 23 | 232 | 10.1 | 42 | 1 | Roy Shivers | 9 | 103 | 11.4 | 40 | 3 | Johnny Roland | 8 | 97 | 12.1 | 40 | 0 | Jerry Daanen | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 15 | 0 | Cid Edwards | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 169 | 2389 | 14.1 | 80 | 16 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Chuck Latourette | 65 | 2701 | 41.6 | 55 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 65 | 2701 | 41.6 | 55 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Chuck Latourette | 28 | 345 | 12.3 | 86 | 1 | Johnny Roland | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 31 | 356 | 11.5 | 86 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Chuck Latourette | 46 | 1237 | 26.9 | 75 | 0 | Willis Crenshaw | 6 | 104 | 17.3 | 25 | 0 | Roy Shivers | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 | Dave Long | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 56 | 1404 | 25.1 | 75 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Larry Wilson | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 | Lonnie Sanders | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | Jamie Rivers | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 | Bob Atkins | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Ernie Clark | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Brady Keys | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 13 | 65 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Willis Crenshaw | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Barnes | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Roland | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Atkins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Bob Rowe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Strofolino | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Williams | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Larry Stallings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Walker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Brumm | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | Ernie McMillan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Hart | 3 | 1 | -18 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Latourette | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MacArthur Lane | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Conrad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Long | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roy Shivers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 46 | 1 | 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 | 15 | 40 | 0 | 85 | Roy Shivers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Willis Crenshaw | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Dave Williams | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Jim Hart | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Jackie Smith | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Bobby Conrad | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Johnny Roland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Don Brumm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Cid Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Chuck Latourette | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 22 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 325 |
