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1975 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Don Coryell (11-3)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1975 St. Louis Cardinals Results
The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
St. Louis racked up 356 points, while the defensive squad yielded 276. Jim Otis carried the ball for a team-best 1,076 yards for the Cardinals, and Terry Metcalf also contributed to the rushing attack.
Jim Hart threw for 2,507 yards. Mel Gray grabbed 48 passes for 926 yards. Terry Metcalf was targeted regularly, too.
Norm Thompson intercepted 7 opponent throws.
Don Coryell coached the team. The 1975 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 | 345 | 182 | 52.8 | 2507 | 7.3 | 19 | 5.5 | 19 | 5.5 | 80 | 6 | 43 | 71.7 |
Dennis Shaw | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 61 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 35.9 |
Terry Metcalf | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 51 | 25.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 135.4 |
Jim Bakken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.0 | ||||
Totals | 355 | 187 | 52.7 | 2619 | 7.4 | 20 | 5.6 | 20 | 5.6 | 80 | 8 | 66 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Otis | 269 | 1076 | 4.0 | 30 | 5 |
Terry Metcalf | 165 | 816 | 4.9 | 52 | 9 |
Steve Jones | 54 | 275 | 5.1 | 23 | 2 |
Jerry Latin | 35 | 165 | 4.7 | 57 | 1 |
Josh Ashton | 10 | 44 | 4.4 | 9 | 0 |
Gary Hammond | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
Eddie Moss | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 |
Jim Hart | 11 | 7 | 0.6 | 6 | 1 |
Mel Gray | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Dennis Shaw | 3 | -12 | -4.0 | -2 | 0 |
Totals | 555 | 2402 | 4.3 | 57 | 19 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mel Gray | 48 | 926 | 19.3 | 74 | 11 |
Terry Metcalf | 43 | 378 | 8.8 | 30 | 2 |
Earl Thomas | 21 | 375 | 17.9 | 80 | 2 |
Steve Jones | 19 | 194 | 10.2 | 21 | 1 |
Ike Harris | 15 | 266 | 17.7 | 36 | 0 |
Jackie Smith | 13 | 246 | 18.9 | 45 | 2 |
J.V. Cain | 12 | 134 | 11.2 | 18 | 1 |
Jim Otis | 12 | 69 | 5.8 | 12 | 1 |
Jerry Latin | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 |
Gary Hammond | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
Totals | 187 | 2619 | 14.0 | 80 | 20 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Bakken | 41 | 40 | 97.6 | 24 | 19 | 79.2 | 97 |
Roger Wehrli | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 42 | 41 | 97.6 | 24 | 19 | 79.2 | 98 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terry Metcalf | 23 | 285 | 12.4 | 69 | 1 |
Gary Hammond | 9 | 70 | 7.8 | 30 | 0 |
Mel Gray | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 27 | 0 |
Roger Wehrli | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 40 | 410 | 10.2 | 69 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terry Metcalf | 35 | 960 | 27.4 | 93 | 1 |
Gary Hammond | 13 | 254 | 19.5 | 29 | 0 |
Jackie Smith | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Eddie Moss | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Tim Gray | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Greg Hartle | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Steve Jones | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Roger Wehrli | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Ken Reaves | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 55 | 1337 | 24.3 | 93 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norm Thompson | 7 | 141 | 20.1 | 61 | 1 |
Roger Wehrli | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 31 | 0 |
Ken Reaves | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
Pete Barnes | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
Clarence Duren | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Council Rudolph | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Mark Arneson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Larry Stallings | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
Totals | 22 | 249 | 11.3 | 61 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roger Wehrli | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
Steve Jones | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |||
Mel Gray | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Terry Metcalf | 8 | 2 | 23 | 0 | |||
Norm Thompson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Hart | 7 | 2 | -11 | 0 | |||
Ken Reaves | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Neils | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pete Barnes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Arneson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Clarence Duren | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Otis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dan Dierdorf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Tolbert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Brahaney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Conrad Dobler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Greg Hartle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Josh Ashton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dennis Shaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Stallings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
J.V. Cain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jerry Latin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 28 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Jim Bakken | 19 | 40 | 0 | 97 | ||||||||||
Terry Metcalf | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||||||
Mel Gray | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
Jim Otis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Steve Jones | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Earl Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Jackie Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Norm Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Jerry Latin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Dwayne Crump | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Eddie Moss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Jim Hart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
J.V. Cain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Roger Wehrli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Totals | 19 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 356 |