
1965 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Wally Lemm (5-9)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1965 St. Louis Cardinals Results
The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1965 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.
The Cardinals racked up 296 points, but the defensive squad gave up 309. Charley Johnson threw for 2,439 yards. Bobby Conrad grabbed 58 passes for 909 yards. Sonny Randle contributed to the receiving game, too.
Bill Triplett carried the ball for a team-best 617 yards for St. Louis.
Larry Wilson picked off 6 opponent throws.
Wally Lemm coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charley Johnson | 322 | 155 | 48.1 | 2439 | 7.6 | 18 | 5.6 | 15 | 4.7 | 78 | 73.0 |
Buddy Humphrey | 105 | 58 | 55.2 | 736 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 9 | 8.6 | 53 | 44.8 |
Terry Nofsinger | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 47 | 2.4 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 12 | 43.8 |
Prentice Gautt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 448 | 221 | 49.3 | 3222 | 7.2 | 20 | 4.5 | 25 | 5.6 | 78 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Triplett | 174 | 617 | 3.5 | 59 | 6 |
Willis Crenshaw | 127 | 437 | 3.4 | 27 | 0 |
Bill Thornton | 31 | 188 | 6.1 | 38 | 0 |
Prentice Gautt | 44 | 175 | 4.0 | 20 | 2 |
Joe Childress | 19 | 94 | 4.9 | 13 | 0 |
Charley Johnson | 25 | 60 | 2.4 | 15 | 1 |
Jim Bakken | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
Billy Gambrell | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
Buddy Humphrey | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Terry Nofsinger | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 1 |
Totals | 431 | 1619 | 3.8 | 59 | 10 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Conrad | 58 | 909 | 15.7 | 71 | 5 |
Sonny Randle | 51 | 845 | 16.6 | 72 | 9 |
Jackie Smith | 41 | 648 | 15.8 | 70 | 2 |
Bill Triplett | 26 | 256 | 9.8 | 37 | 1 |
Willis Crenshaw | 23 | 232 | 10.1 | 78 | 1 |
Billy Gambrell | 9 | 171 | 19.0 | 59 | 2 |
Prentice Gautt | 9 | 128 | 14.2 | 54 | 0 |
Joe Childress | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
Bill Thornton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 221 | 3222 | 14.6 | 78 | 20 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jackie Smith | 39 | 1532 | 39.3 | 62 |
Jim Bakken | 26 | 1098 | 42.2 | 56 |
Jerry Stovall | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 43 |
Totals | 67 | 2710 | 40.4 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Silvestri | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
Abe Woodson | 18 | 7 | 0.4 | 13 | 0 |
Jimmy Burson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Gambrell | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Totals | 23 | 27 | 1.2 | 13 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abe Woodson | 27 | 665 | 24.6 | 65 | 0 |
Billy Gambrell | 9 | 216 | 24.0 | 31 | 0 |
Jerry Stovall | 7 | 198 | 28.3 | 66 | 0 |
Carl Silvestri | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 28 | 0 |
Ray Ogden | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 31 | 0 |
Mal Hammack | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 20 | 0 |
Willis Crenshaw | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
Bill Koman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 55 | 1287 | 23.4 | 66 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Wilson | 6 | 153 | 25.5 | 96 | 1 |
Jimmy Burson | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 42 | 0 |
Pat Fischer | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
Jerry Stovall | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 |
Bill Koman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 17 | 328 | 19.3 | 96 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charley Johnson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Don Brumm | 0 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | ||
Larry Stallings | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||
Chuck Walker | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ernie McMillan | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marion Rushing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pat Fischer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Koman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Robb | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Carl Silvestri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Herschel Turner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Monk Bailey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dale Meinert | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
Luke Owens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Melinkovich | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Bakken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Buddy Humphrey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Prentice Gautt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Billy Gambrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Abe Woodson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Triplett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Willis Crenshaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 80 | 2 | 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 | 21 | 33 | 0 | 96 | |||||||||
Sonny Randle | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||||
Bill Triplett | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
Bobby Conrad | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
Billy Gambrell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Prentice Gautt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Jackie Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Larry Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Terry Nofsinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Larry Stallings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Charley Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Don Brumm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Willis Crenshaw | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Totals | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 294 |