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 Roster
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.

The Cardinals netted 248 points, but the defensive squad yielded 296. Jim Hart tossed for 3,121 yards. Pat Tilley grabbed 62 passes for 900 yards. Mel Gray contributed to the receiving game as well.

Jim Otis carried the ball for a team-best 664 yards for St. Louis, while Wayne Morris also contributed to the rushing attack.

Ken Stone seized 9 opponent throws.

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
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
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
Totals	252	3357	13.3	74	16

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Jim Bakken	30	27	90.0	22	11	50.0	60
Totals	30	27	90.0	22	11	50.0	60

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
Totals	51	395	7.7	70	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Willard Harrell	19	389	20.5	32
Willie Shelby	9	211	23.4	31
Gordon Bell	8	177	22.1	27
Jimmy Childs	4	77	19.2	25
Wayne Morris	3	66	22.0	27
Lee Nelson	3	58	19.3	22
Jerry Latin	2	48	24.0	26
Tom Southard	2	47	23.5	26
Rolly Woolsey	1	25	25.0	25
Tim Kearney	1	22	22.0	22
Curtis Townsend	1	13	13.0	13
Greg Westbrooks	1	12	12.0	12
Ken Stone	1	3	3.0	3
Totals	55	1148	20.9	32

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ken Stone	9	139	15.4	33
Carl Allen	6	54	9.0	21
Roger Wehrli	4	3	0.8	3
Perry Smith	3	6	2.0	6
Eric Williams	1	24	24.0	24
Steve Neils	1	18	18.0	18
Tim Kearney	1	8	8.0	8
Lee Nelson	1	-3	-3.0	-3
Totals	26	249	9.6	33

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Steve Neils		0	0	3	8	0
Mark Arneson			0	3	-16	0
Willard Harrell			4	3	0
Perry Smith		0	0	2	42	0
Jim Hart			5	2	-6
Mike Dawson			0	2	0	0
Tim Kearney		0	0	2	0	0
Steve Pisarkiewicz			2	1	-14	0
Steve Little			1	1	0	0
Bob Young			0	1	0	0
Curtis Townsend			0	1	0	0
Mike Sensibaugh			0	1	2	0
Roger Finnie			0	1	0	0
Gordon Bell			3	1	0	0
Jim Bakken			0	1	0
Eason Ramson			0	1	0
Kurt Allerman			0	1	13	0
Ken Stone		0	0	1	0	0
Dave Stief			0	1	0
Dan Dierdorf			0	1	10	0
Steve Jones			5	0	0
Pat Tilley			1	0	0
Jerry Latin			1	0	0	0
Tom Brahaney			1	0	-29	0
Wayne Morris			1	0	0
Jim Otis			4	0	0
Totals	0	0	28	30	10	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
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