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.
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 |
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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 | 0 | Perry Smith | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | Jim Hart | 5 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 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 | 0 | Eason Ramson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kurt Allerman | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Ken Stone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Stief | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Dierdorf | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Steve Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Tilley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Latin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Brahaney | 1 | 0 | -29 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Otis | 4 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 60 | Jim Otis | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Al Chandler | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Dave Stief | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Pat Tilley | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Wayne Morris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Mel Gray | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Steve Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Hart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Thaxton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | Eason Ramson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Willard Harrell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jimmy Childs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 14 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 248 |
