1987 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
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 StatisticsTeam 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.
St. Louis scored 362 points, while 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 the Cardinals.
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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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | Steve Alvord | RDT | October 2, 1964 | 6'4" | 272 | Washington | Bellingham, WA USA | 12 | 6 |
| 20 | Dwayne Anderson | DB | December 7, 1961 | 6'0" | 205 | SMU | St. Louis, MD USA | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Terrence Anthony | DB | January 17, 1965 | 5'10" | 183 | Iowa St. | East St. Louis, IL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | Robert Awalt | TE | April 9, 1964 | 6'5" | 258 | Nevada-Reno | Landsthul, Germany | 12 | 9 |
| 52 | Charles Baker | LB | September 26, 1957 | 6'2" | 226 | New Mexico | Mount Pleasant, TX USA | 14 | 3 |
| 55 | Anthony Bell | LLB | July 2, 1964 | 6'3" | 235 | Michigan St. | Miami, FL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 64 | Joe Bock | C | July 21, 1959 | 6'4" | 256 | Virginia | Rochester, NY USA | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Ron Bohm | DT | September 3, 1964 | 6'3" | 250 | Illinois | Princeton, IL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 71 | Joe Bostic | G | April 20, 1957 | 6'3" | 265 | Clemson | Greensboro, NC USA | 9 | 4 |
| 62 | Ray Brown | G | December 12, 1962 | 6'5" | 318 | Memphis | Marion, AR USA | 7 | 3 |
| 82 | Ron Brown | WR | January 11, 1963 | 5'10" | 186 | Colorado | Queens, NY USA | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | Tony Buford | LB | April 21, 1964 | 6'2" | 222 | Tulsa | St. Louis, MO USA | 2 | 1 |
| 72 | Anthony Burke | DT | September 2, 1964 | 6'3" | 262 | Minnesota | Kankakee, IL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 69 | Victor Burnett | DE | October 5, 1962 | 6'5" | 250 | Texas Tech | Los Angeles, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | Carl Carter | LCB | March 7, 1964 | 5'11" | 180 | Texas Tech | Fort Worth, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | Jimmie Carter | LB | July 26, 1961 | 6'1" | 220 | New Mexico | Weimar, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Greg Cater | P | April 17, 1957 | 6'0" | 191 | Tenn-Chattanooga | La Grange, GA USA | 9 | 0 |
| 74 | Gene Chilton | C-T | March 27, 1964 | 6'3" | 281 | Texas | Houston, TX USA | 11 | 0 |
| 79 | Bob Clasby | LDT | September 28, 1960 | 6'5" | 260 | Notre Dame | Detroit, MI USA | 12 | 12 |
| 84 | Clarence Collins | WR | February 1, 1962 | 6'1" | 180 | Illinois St. | St. Louis, MO USA | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Travis Curtis | DB | September 27, 1965 | 5'10" | 180 | West Virginia | Washington, DC USA | 12 | 1 |
| 53 | Wayne Davis | LB | March 10, 1964 | 6'1" | 213 | Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL USA | 12 | 1 |
| 17 | Al Del Greco | K | March 2, 1962 | 5'10" | 200 | Auburn | Providence, RI USA | 3 | 0 |
| 73 | Mark Duda | DT | February 4, 1961 | 6'3" | 273 | Maryland | Wilkes-Barre, PA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 79 | Gary Dulin | DE | January 20, 1957 | 6'4" | 275 | Ohio St. | Madisonville, KY USA | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | Earl Ferrell | FB | March 27, 1958 | 6'0" | 225 | East Tennessee St. | Halifax, VA USA | 11 | 11 |
| 59 | Phil Forney | LB | September 18, 1963 | 6'2" | 230 | East Tennessee St. | Rutherfordton, NC USA | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Jim Gallery | K | September 15, 1961 | 6'1" | 190 | Minnesota | Redwood Falls, MN USA | 13 | 0 |
| 65 | David Galloway | DT | February 16, 1959 | 6'3" | 277 | Florida | Tampa, FL USA | 4 | 3 |
| 76 | Mark Garalczyk | DT | August 12, 1964 | 6'5" | 272 | West. Michigan | Roseville, MI USA | 11 | 3 |
| 10 | Sammy Garza | QB | July 10, 1965 | 6'1" | 184 | Texas-El Paso | Corpus Christi, TX USA | 2 | 1 |
| 37 | Don Goodman | RB | April 23, 1959 | 5'11" | 214 | Cincinnati | Los Angeles, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 81 | Roy Green | WR | June 30, 1957 | 6'0" | 195 | Henderson St. | Magnolia, AR USA | 12 | 12 |
| 75 | Curtis Greer | RDE | November 10, 1957 | 6'4" | 255 | Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 10 | 9 |
| 19 | Shawn Halloran | QB | April 23, 1964 | 6'4" | 217 | Boston Col. | Gardner, MA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 89 | William Harris | TE | February 10, 1965 | 6'4" | 239 | Texas | Houston, TX USA | 10 | 3 |
| 29 | Johnny Holloway | DB | November 8, 1963 | 5'11" | 181 | Northwestern | Galveston, TX USA | 3 | 1 |
| 83 | Don Holmes | WR | April 1, 1961 | 5'10" | 180 | Colorado | Miami, FL USA | 11 | 1 |
| 11 | Greg Horne | P | November 22, 1964 | 6'0" | 188 | Arkansas | Russellville, AR USA | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | Mark Jackson | DB | March 16, 1962 | 5'9" | 180 | Abilene Christian | Amarillo, TX USA | 11 | 4 |
| 50 | Ilia Jarostchuk | LB | August 1, 1964 | 6'3" | 231 | New Hampshire | Utica, NY USA | 12 | 0 |
| 27 | Gregg Johnson | DB | October 20, 1958 | 6'1" | 191 | Oklahoma St. | Houston, TX USA | 8 | 0 |
| 87 | Troy Johnson | WR | October 20, 1962 | 6'1" | 180 | SE Louisiana | New Orleans, LA USA | 14 | 2 |
| 54 | E.J. Junior | RLB | December 8, 1959 | 6'3" | 238 | Alabama | Salisbury, MD USA | 13 | 13 |
| 70 | Derek Kennard | C | September 9, 1962 | 6'3" | 285 | Nevada-Reno | Stockton, CA USA | 12 | 11 |
| 80 | Bob Keseday | TE | January 9, 1965 | 6'4" | 225 | Texas-El Paso | Bayonne, NJ USA | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Neil Lomax | QB | February 17, 1959 | 6'3" | 215 | Portland St. | Portland, OR USA | 12 | 12 |
| 47 | Cedric Mack | RCB | September 14, 1960 | 6'0" | 193 | Baylor | Freeport, TX USA | 10 | 10 |
| 58 | Terence Mack | LB | July 9, 1964 | 6'3" | 240 | Clemson | Winnsboro, NC USA | 5 | 0 |
| 38 | Mark Mathis | DB | August 23, 1965 | 5'9" | 178 | Liberty | Mount Clemens, MI USA | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | Tony Mayes | DB | May 19, 1964 | 6'0" | 200 | Kentucky | Tazewell, TN USA | 3 | 2 |
| 33 | Derrick McAdoo | RB | April 2, 1965 | 5'10" | 198 | Baylor | Pensacola, FL USA | 15 | 2 |
| 86 | Adrian McBride | WR | March 23, 1963 | 6'0" | 195 | Tennessee | Zanesville, OH USA | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | Tim McDonald | DB | January 6, 1965 | 6'2" | 215 | USC | Fresno, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Stump Mitchell | RB | March 15, 1959 | 5'9" | 188 | The Citadel | St. Marys, GA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 68 | Mike Morris | C-G | February 22, 1961 | 6'5" | 276 | Truman St. | Centerville, IA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 57 | Niko Noga | MLB | March 1, 1962 | 6'1" | 234 | Hawaii | , American Samoa | 12 | 12 |
| 57 | Pete Noga | LB | June 24, 1964 | 6'0" | 212 | Hawaii | , American Samoa | 3 | 3 |
| 85 | Jay Novacek | TE | October 24, 1962 | 6'4" | 234 | Wyoming | Martin, SD USA | 7 | 4 |
| 78 | Freddie Nunn | LDE | April 9, 1962 | 6'5" | 262 | Mississippi | Noxubee County, MS USA | 12 | 12 |
| 36 | Jeff Paine | LB | August 19, 1961 | 6'2" | 224 | Texas A&M | Garland, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | Ron Pasquale | G | February 28, 1964 | 6'2" | 266 | Akron | Youngstown, OH USA | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | Todd Peat | LG | May 20, 1964 | 6'2" | 300 | Northern Illinois | Champaign, IL USA | 12 | 8 |
| 70 | Victor Perry | T | February 26, 1964 | 6'5" | 278 | Georgia | Fitzgerald, GA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | John Preston | DB | August 28, 1962 | 6'0" | 207 | TCU | Dallas, TX USA | 5 | 0 |
| 51 | Keith Radecic | C | December 24, 1963 | 6'1" | 260 | Penn St. | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 63 | Tootie Robbins | RT | June 2, 1958 | 6'5" | 303 | East Carolina | Windsor, NC USA | 14 | 14 |
| 14 | Mark Royals | P | June 22, 1965 | 6'5" | 225 | Chowan | Hampton, VA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Mike Ruether | G | September 20, 1962 | 6'4" | 279 | Texas | Inglewood, CA USA | 12 | 1 |
| 72 | Rod Saddler | DT | September 26, 1965 | 6'5" | 276 | Texas A&M | Atlanta, GA USA | 12 | 3 |
| 39 | Broderick Sargent | RB | September 16, 1962 | 5'10" | 215 | Baylor | Waxahachie, TX USA | 15 | 1 |
| 23 | Ed Scott | DB | February 15, 1961 | 5'10" | 182 | Grambling St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 69 | Colin Scotts | DT | April 26, 1963 | 6'5" | 263 | Hawaii | Sydney, Australia | 7 | 3 |
| 67 | Luis Sharpe | LT | June 16, 1960 | 6'5" | 275 | UCLA | Havana, Cuba | 12 | 12 |
| 36 | Vai Sikahema | KR | August 29, 1962 | 5'9" | 181 | BYU | Nuku'Alofa, Tonga | 15 | 0 |
| 25 | Ken Sims | DB | November 9, 1963 | 5'9" | 177 | Iowa | East St. Louis, IL USA | 3 | 2 |
| 84 | J.T. Smith | WR | October 29, 1955 | 6'2" | 185 | North Texas | Leonard, TX USA | 15 | 14 |
| 61 | Lance Smith | RG | January 1, 1963 | 6'3" | 283 | LSU | New York, NY USA | 15 | 15 |
| 45 | Leonard Smith | SS | September 2, 1960 | 5'11" | 200 | McNeese St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 15 | 15 |
| 17 | Jason Staurovsky | K | March 23, 1963 | 5'9" | 167 | Tulsa | Tulsa, OK USA | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Cliff Stoudt | QB | March 27, 1955 | 6'4" | 215 | Youngstown St. | Oberlin, OH USA | 12 | 0 |
| 68 | Charles Vatterott | G | January 31, 1964 | 6'4" | 263 | Texas St. | St. Louis, MO USA | 2 | 1 |
| 66 | Tom Welter | T | February 24, 1964 | 6'5" | 280 | Nebraska | Yankton, SD USA | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | Ron Wolfley | RB | October 14, 1962 | 6'0" | 225 | West Virginia | Blasdell, NY USA | 12 | 4 |
| 48 | Charles Wright | DB | April 5, 1964 | 5'9" | 178 | Tulsa | Carthage, MO USA | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | Lonnie Young | FS | July 18, 1963 | 6'1" | 205 | Michigan St. | Flint, MI USA | 12 | 12 |
