1977 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Don Coryell (7-7)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1977 St. Louis Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 7-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Don Coryell (7-7)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1977 St. Louis Cardinals Results
The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Cardinals scored 272 points, but the defensive squad conceded 287. Terry Metcalf carried the ball for a team-best 739 yards for St. Louis, and Wayne Morris also aided the ground game.
Jim Hart passed for 2,542 yards. Ike Harris paced the receiving corps, grabbing 40 passes, while Mel Gray accumulated 782 receiving yards. Terry Metcalf contributed to the receiving game, too.
Roger Wehrli picked off 5 opponent throws.
Don Coryell coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Jim Hart | 355 | 186 | 52.4 | 2542 | 7.2 | 13 | 3.7 | 20 | 5.6 | 69 | 13 | 89 | 64.3 | Bill Donckers | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 98.3 | Terry Metcalf | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 27 | 5.4 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 74.6 | Terry Joyce | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
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| Totals | 366 | 195 | 53.3 | 2608 | 7.1 | 14 | 3.8 | 21 | 5.7 | 69 | 15 | 109 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Terry Metcalf | 149 | 739 | 5.0 | 62 | 4 | Wayne Morris | 165 | 661 | 4.0 | 35 | 8 | Jim Otis | 99 | 334 | 3.4 | 25 | 2 | Jerry Latin | 56 | 208 | 3.7 | 17 | 2 | Steve Jones | 24 | 77 | 3.2 | 18 | 3 | Roger Wehrli | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | Jim Hart | 11 | 18 | 1.6 | 13 | 0 | Mel Gray | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | Terry Joyce | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 507 | 2042 | 4.0 | 62 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ike Harris | 40 | 547 | 13.7 | 38 | 3 | Mel Gray | 38 | 782 | 20.6 | 69 | 5 | Terry Metcalf | 34 | 403 | 11.9 | 68 | 2 | J.V. Cain | 25 | 328 | 13.1 | 38 | 2 | Wayne Morris | 24 | 222 | 9.2 | 34 | 1 | Steve Jones | 12 | 66 | 5.5 | 16 | 0 | Jerry Latin | 9 | 89 | 9.9 | 20 | 0 | Pat Tilley | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 31 | 0 | Jackie Smith | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 13 | 1 | Jim Otis | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Ken Stone | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
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| Totals | 195 | 2608 | 13.4 | 69 | 14 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Duane Carrell | 49 | 1757 | 35.9 | 56 | Terry Joyce | 22 | 851 | 38.7 | 58 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 71 | 2608 | 36.7 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Pat Tilley | 13 | 111 | 8.5 | 21 | 0 | Terry Metcalf | 14 | 108 | 7.7 | 23 | 0 | Bill Bradley | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 | Lee Nelson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Jeff Severson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 40 | 300 | 7.5 | 23 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Terry Metcalf | 32 | 772 | 24.1 | 51 | 0 | Steve Jones | 8 | 132 | 16.5 | 25 | 0 | Jerry Latin | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 33 | 0 | Bill Bradley | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 28 | 0 | Lee Nelson | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 36 | 0 | Wayne Morris | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 22 | 0 | Kurt Allerman | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 22 | 0 | Jim Otis | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Keith Wortman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Jackie Smith | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Brad Oates | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Perry Smith | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
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| Totals | 59 | 1271 | 21.5 | 51 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Roger Wehrli | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 41 | 0 | Lee Nelson | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 26 | 0 | Mike Sensibaugh | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 79 | 1 | Mark Arneson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 | Ken Reaves | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 | Carl Allen | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Marv Kellum | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Jeff Severson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 19 | 267 | 14.1 | 79 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Roger Wehrli | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Mark Arneson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Jim Hart | 5 | 3 | -12 | 0 | 0 | Tim Kearney | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Dierdorf | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bob Young | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Latin | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charles Davis | 0 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | Keith Wortman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Metcalf | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Tilley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Robert Giblin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Banks | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Ken Reaves | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Eric Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conrad Dobler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Jim Otis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Morris | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jackie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 31 | 25 | 40 | 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 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 56 | Wayne Morris | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Terry Metcalf | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Mel Gray | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Ike Harris | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Steve Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Jerry Latin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | J.V. Cain | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Otis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Conrad Dobler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Charles Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jackie Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Sensibaugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 272 |
