1973 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Don Coryell (4-9-1)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1973 St. Louis Cardinals Results
The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1973 season with a record of 4 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Cardinals racked up 286 points, but the leaky defense yielded 365. Jim Hart passed for 2,223 yards. Donny Anderson grabbed 41 passes, while Jackie Smith accumulated 600 receiving yards, while Mel Gray and Terry Metcalf contributed to the receiving game as well.
Donny Anderson carried the ball for a team-best 679 yards for St. Louis, and Terry Metcalf also aided the ground game.
Jim Tolbert and Clarence Duren each picked off 2 opponent throws.
Don Coryell coached the team. The 1973 St. Louis Cardinals lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hart | 320 | 178 | 55.6 | 2223 | 6.9 | 15 | 4.7 | 10 | 3.1 | 69 | 22 | 168 | 80.0 |
| Gary Keithley | 73 | 32 | 43.8 | 369 | 5.1 | 1 | 1.4 | 5 | 6.8 | 80 | 5 | 41 | 35.7 |
| Gary Hammond | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 394 | 210 | 53.3 | 2592 | 6.6 | 16 | 4.1 | 15 | 3.8 | 80 | 27 | 209 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donny Anderson | 167 | 679 | 4.1 | 54 | 10 |
| Terry Metcalf | 148 | 628 | 4.2 | 50 | 2 |
| Jim Otis | 55 | 234 | 4.3 | 19 | 1 |
| Don Shy | 16 | 66 | 4.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Eddie Moss | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Gary Keithley | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Gary Hammond | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 1 | -14 | -14.0 | -14 | 0 |
| Totals | 416 | 1671 | 4.0 | 54 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Smith | 41 | 600 | 14.6 | 42 | 1 |
| Donny Anderson | 41 | 409 | 10.0 | 44 | 3 |
| Terry Metcalf | 37 | 316 | 8.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 30 | 409 | 13.6 | 65 | 3 |
| Mel Gray | 29 | 513 | 17.7 | 80 | 7 |
| Walker Gillette | 20 | 244 | 12.2 | 48 | 1 |
| Gary Hammond | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Don Shy | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Jim Otis | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim McFarland | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Maynard | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 210 | 2592 | 12.3 | 80 | 16 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Keithley | 66 | 2478 | 37.5 | 55 |
| Totals | 66 | 2478 | 37.5 | 55 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Wehrli | 9 | 92 | 10.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Gary Hammond | 11 | 80 | 7.3 | 51 | 0 |
| Norm Thompson | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Willie Belton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 192 | 7.1 | 51 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Shy | 16 | 445 | 27.8 | 97 | 1 |
| Gary Hammond | 12 | 314 | 26.2 | 47 | 0 |
| Terry Metcalf | 4 | 124 | 31.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Leo Hayden | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Willie Belton | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Eddie Moss | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim McFarland | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Chuck Detwiler | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Butz | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Marv Owens | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Roger Wehrli | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 58 | 1369 | 23.6 | 97 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Tolbert | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Clarence Duren | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Mark Arneson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jamie Rivers | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Chuck Detwiler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Stallings | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Wehrli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 10 | 71 | 7.1 | 26 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Arneson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Wehrli | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Mulligan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Tolbert | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Keithley | 5 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Metcalf | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Otis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lee Brooks | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Hammond | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clarence Duren | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Butz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Belton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Moss | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Dorris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim McFarland | 0 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donny Anderson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Staggs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Rowe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Brahaney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Yankowski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Banks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Gray | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Dwayne Crump | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Conrad Dobler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Dierdorf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Detwiler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walker Gillette | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Shy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Hart | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 37 | 39 | 69 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jim Bakken | 23 | 31 | 0 | 100 | ||||||||||
| Donny Anderson | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||||||||
| Mel Gray | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Don Shy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Jackie Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jim Otis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Walker Gillette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jim McFarland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 13 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 286 |
