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. 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

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