1978 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bud Wilkinson (6-10)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1978 St. Louis Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bud Wilkinson (6-10)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1978 St. Louis Cardinals Results
The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1978 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference. Bud Wilkinson 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 | 477 | 240 | 50.3 | 3121 | 6.5 | 16 | 3.4 | 18 | 3.8 | 74 | 20 | 166 | 66.7 | Steve Pisarkiewicz | 29 | 10 | 34.5 | 164 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 10.3 | 40 | 2 | 20 | 14.8 | Dave Stief | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Mike Wood | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
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| Totals | 508 | 252 | 49.6 | 3357 | 6.6 | 16 | 3.1 | 21 | 4.1 | 74 | 22 | 186 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jim Otis | 197 | 664 | 3.4 | 17 | 8 | Wayne Morris | 174 | 631 | 3.6 | 27 | 1 | Steve Jones | 105 | 392 | 3.7 | 17 | 2 | Willard Harrell | 35 | 134 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 | Mel Gray | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 27 | 1 | Pat Tilley | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | Gordon Bell | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 | Jim Hart | 11 | 11 | 1.0 | 9 | 2 | Eason Ramson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | Jerry Latin | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | Willie Shelby | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | Ted Farmer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Steve Little | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Roger Wehrli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Pisarkiewicz | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 2 | 0 | Dave Stief | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
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| Totals | 554 | 1954 | 3.5 | 32 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Pat Tilley | 62 | 900 | 14.5 | 43 | 3 | Mel Gray | 44 | 871 | 19.8 | 74 | 1 | Wayne Morris | 33 | 298 | 9.0 | 33 | 1 | Steve Jones | 27 | 217 | 8.0 | 38 | 0 | Dave Stief | 24 | 477 | 19.9 | 55 | 4 | Eason Ramson | 23 | 238 | 10.3 | 26 | 1 | Al Chandler | 16 | 190 | 11.9 | 47 | 4 | Jim Otis | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 | Jimmy Childs | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 23 | 1 | Jim Thaxton | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 1 | Gordon Bell | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 17 | 0 | Willard Harrell | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | Willie Shelby | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Jerry Latin | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 252 | 3357 | 13.3 | 74 | 16 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Mike Wood | 51 | 1919 | 37.6 | 81 | Steve Little | 46 | 1749 | 38.0 | 54 | Jim Bakken | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 42 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 101 | 3815 | 37.8 | 81 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Willard Harrell | 21 | 196 | 9.3 | 70 | 1 | Gordon Bell | 14 | 101 | 7.2 | 23 | 0 | Willie Shelby | 10 | 88 | 8.8 | 16 | 0 | Pat Tilley | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Rolly Woolsey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Perry Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Southard | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 51 | 395 | 7.7 | 70 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Willard Harrell | 19 | 389 | 20.5 | 32 | 0 | Willie Shelby | 9 | 211 | 23.4 | 31 | 0 | Gordon Bell | 8 | 177 | 22.1 | 27 | 0 | Jimmy Childs | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 25 | 0 | Wayne Morris | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 | Lee Nelson | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 22 | 0 | Jerry Latin | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 26 | 0 | Tom Southard | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 | Rolly Woolsey | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | Tim Kearney | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Curtis Townsend | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Greg Westbrooks | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Ken Stone | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 55 | 1148 | 20.9 | 32 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ken Stone | 9 | 139 | 15.4 | 33 | 0 | Carl Allen | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 21 | 0 | Roger Wehrli | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 | Perry Smith | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | Eric Williams | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | Steve Neils | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | Tim Kearney | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Lee Nelson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 26 | 249 | 9.6 | 33 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Steve Neils | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Mark Arneson | 0 | 3 | -16 | 0 | 0 | Willard Harrell | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Perry Smith | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | Jim Hart | 5 | 2 | -6 | 0 | Mike Dawson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tim Kearney | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Pisarkiewicz | 2 | 1 | -14 | 0 | 0 | Steve Little | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Young | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Curtis Townsend | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Sensibaugh | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Roger Finnie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gordon Bell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Bakken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Eason Ramson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kurt Allerman | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Ken Stone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Stief | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Dan Dierdorf | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Steve Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Tilley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Latin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Brahaney | 1 | 0 | -29 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Otis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 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 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 60 | Jim Otis | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Al Chandler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Dave Stief | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Pat Tilley | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Wayne Morris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Mel Gray | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Steve Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Hart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Thaxton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | Eason Ramson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Willard Harrell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jimmy Childs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 14 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 248 |
