1987 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Gene Stallings (7-8)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1987 St. Louis Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 7-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Gene Stallings (7-8)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1987 St. Louis Cardinals Results
The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 7 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Cardinals scored 362 points, but the defensive squad conceded 368. Neil Lomax led the charge, slinging for 3,387 yards. J.T. Smith paced the receiving corps, grabbing 91 passes for 1,117 yards.
Stump Mitchell carried the ball for a team-best 781 yards for St. Louis.
Travis Curtis intercepted 5 opponent throws. Freddie Nunn topped the defensive unit with 11 quarterback sacks.
Gene Stallings coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Neil Lomax | 463 | 275 | 59.4 | 3387 | 7.3 | 24 | 5.2 | 12 | 2.6 | 57 | 48 | 350 | 88.5 | Shawn Halloran | 42 | 18 | 42.9 | 263 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.4 | 49 | 5 | 34 | 54.0 | Sammy Garza | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 183 | 9.2 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 38 | 1 | 13 | 63.1 | Stump Mitchell | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 53.5 | Cliff Stoudt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 529 | 305 | 57.7 | 3850 | 7.3 | 25 | 4.7 | 15 | 2.8 | 57 | 54 | 397 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Stump Mitchell | 203 | 781 | 3.8 | 42 | 3 | Earl Ferrell | 113 | 512 | 4.5 | 35 | 7 | Derrick McAdoo | 53 | 230 | 4.3 | 17 | 3 | Neil Lomax | 29 | 107 | 3.7 | 19 | 0 | Broderick Sargent | 18 | 90 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 | Ron Wolfley | 26 | 87 | 3.3 | 8 | 1 | Roy Green | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 | Sammy Garza | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 10 | 1 | Troy Johnson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Ron Brown | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Greg Cater | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 11 | 0 | Cliff Stoudt | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | Robert Awalt | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | -1 | 0 | Shawn Halloran | 3 | -9 | -3.0 | 2 | 0 |
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| Totals | 462 | 1873 | 4.1 | 42 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | J.T. Smith | 91 | 1117 | 12.3 | 38 | 8 | Stump Mitchell | 45 | 397 | 8.8 | 39 | 2 | Roy Green | 43 | 731 | 17.0 | 57 | 4 | Robert Awalt | 42 | 526 | 12.5 | 35 | 6 | Earl Ferrell | 23 | 262 | 11.4 | 36 | 0 | Jay Novacek | 20 | 254 | 12.7 | 25 | 3 | Troy Johnson | 15 | 308 | 20.5 | 49 | 2 | Don Holmes | 11 | 132 | 12.0 | 23 | 0 | Ron Wolfley | 8 | 68 | 8.5 | 16 | 0 | Broderick Sargent | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 | Ron Brown | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | Derrick McAdoo | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | William Harris | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
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| Totals | 305 | 3850 | 12.6 | 57 | 25 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Jim Gallery | 31 | 30 | 96.8 | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 57 | Al Del Greco | 9 | 8 | 88.9 | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 20 | Jason Staurovsky | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 9 |
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| Totals | 46 | 44 | 95.7 | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 86 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Greg Cater | 39 | 1470 | 37.7 | 68 | Greg Horne | 24 | 971 | 40.5 | 51 | Mark Royals | 6 | 222 | 37.0 | 46 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 69 | 2663 | 38.6 | 68 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Vai Sikahema | 34 | 761 | 22.4 | 50 | 0 | Derrick McAdoo | 23 | 444 | 19.3 | 30 | 0 | Ron Brown | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | Broderick Sargent | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 27 | 0 | Don Holmes | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | Earl Ferrell | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
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| Totals | 63 | 1317 | 20.9 | 50 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Travis Curtis | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 31 | 0 | Cedric Mack | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Pete Noga | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60 | 1 | E.J. Junior | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | Anthony Bell | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Mark Mathis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Carl Carter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Rod Saddler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Lonnie Young | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 14 | 167 | 11.9 | 60 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Freddie Nunn | 11.0 | 0.0 | Curtis Greer | 6.0 | 0.0 | Bob Clasby | 4.5 | 0.0 | Niko Noga | 3.0 | 0.0 | Rod Saddler | 3.0 | 0.0 | Mark Garalczyk | 2.5 | 0.0 | Leonard Smith | 2.0 | 0.0 | Colin Scotts | 2.0 | 0.0 | E.J. Junior | 2.0 | 0.0 | Steve Alvord | 1.5 | 0.0 | Anthony Bell | 1.0 | 0.0 | Cedric Mack | 1.0 | 0.0 | David Galloway | 1.0 | 0.0 | Gary Dulin | 0.5 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 41.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Lonnie Young | 87 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Freddie Nunn | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | Tim McDonald | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Derrick McAdoo | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Neil Lomax | 7 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | E.J. Junior | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Gregg Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cedric Mack | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Niko Noga | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | Robert Awalt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Holloway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leonard Smith | 0 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | Luis Sharpe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Clasby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl Carter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Jackson | 0 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 0 | Mark Garalczyk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Earl Ferrell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Mayes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stump Mitchell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shawn Halloran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | J.T. Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Broderick Sargent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roy Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jay Novacek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Derek Kennard | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | Sammy Garza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anthony Bell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 140 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 27 | 127 | 4 | 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 Gallery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 57 | J.T. Smith | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Earl Ferrell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Robert Awalt | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Stump Mitchell | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Roy Green | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Derrick McAdoo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Al Del Greco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 20 | Jay Novacek | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Troy Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jason Staurovsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | Sammy Garza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Leonard Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Pete Noga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ron Wolfley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Niko Noga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Vai Sikahema | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mark Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 15 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 362 |
