1979 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Bud Wilkinson (3-10)
Coach: Larry Wilson (2-1)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1979 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1979 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.

The Cardinals racked up 307 points, but the defense conceded 358. Ottis Anderson piled up yardage, accumulating a 1,605 yards for St. Louis.

Jim Hart threw for 2,218 yards. Pat Tilley grabbed 57 passes for 938 yards.

Ken Stone seized 6 opponent throws.

Bud Wilkinson and Larry Wilson coached the team. The 1979 St. Louis Cardinals lost in the Super Bowl.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jim Hart	378	194	51.3	2218	5.9	9	2.4	20	5.3	51	25	183	55.2
Steve Pisarkiewicz	109	52	47.7	621	5.7	3	2.8	4	3.7	78	14	85	59.5
Steve Little	3	2	66.7	31	10.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	0	0	100.7
Willard Harrell	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Ottis Anderson	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	492	248	50.4	2870	5.8	12	2.4	24	4.9	78	39	268

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ottis Anderson	331	1605	4.8	76	8
Wayne Morris	106	387	3.7	16	8
Theotis Brown	73	318	4.4	30	7
Willard Harrell	19	100	5.3	19	0
Rod Phillips	3	50	16.7	17	1
Thomas Lott	11	50	4.5	13	0
Mel Gray	4	41	10.2	38	0
Steve Pisarkiewicz	11	20	1.8	12	0
Jim Hart	6	11	1.8	12	0
Steve Little	2	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	566	2582	4.6	76	24

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Pat Tilley	57	938	16.5	51	6
Ottis Anderson	41	308	7.5	28	2
Wayne Morris	35	237	6.8	20	1
Mel Gray	25	447	17.9	78	1
Theotis Brown	25	191	7.6	19	0
Dave Stief	22	324	14.7	32	0
Gary Parris	14	174	12.4	39	0
Jimmy Childs	8	93	11.6	22	0
Richard Osborne	7	37	5.3	10	0
Al Chandler	5	49	9.8	28	2
Willard Harrell	3	33	11.0	15	0
Bill Murrell	2	20	10.0	14	0
Thomas Lott	2	8	4.0	5	0
Roy Green	1	15	15.0	15	0
Jim Hart	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Totals	248	2870	11.6	78	12

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Steve Little	32	24	75.0	19	10	52.6	54
Mike Wood	7	6	85.7	7	2	28.6	12
Gary Parris	1	1	100.0				1
Totals	40	31	77.5	26	12	46.2	67

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Steve Little	79	3060	38.7	63
Totals	79	3060	38.7	63

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Willard Harrell	32	205	6.4	68
Lee Nelson	4	88	22.0	77
Roy Green	8	42	5.2	14
Thomas Lott	4	33	8.2	13
Totals	48	368	7.7	77

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Roy Green	41	1005	24.5	106	1
Willard Harrell	22	497	22.6	53	0
John Barefield	3	62	20.7	23	0
Thomas Lott	1	19	19.0	19	0
Kurt Allerman	2	16	8.0	10	0
Calvin Favron	1	10	10.0	10	0
Chris Garlich	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	71	1609	22.7	106	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ken Stone	6	70	11.7	30	0
Carl Allen	5	126	25.2	78	0
Ken Greene	3	37	12.3	21	0
Roger Wehrli	2	8	4.0	9	1
Eric Williams	1	25	25.0	25	0
Perry Smith	1	22	22.0	22	0
Totals	18	288	16.0	78	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Ken Stone		0	0	3	20	0
Willard Harrell			5	3	0	0
Theotis Brown			3	2	0
Kurt Allerman			0	2	0	0
Mark Arneson			0	2	29	1
Roy Green			4	2	0
Roger Wehrli		0	1	2	21
Steve Neils			0	2	72	1
Charles Davis			0	2	0	0
Eric Williams		0	0	2	0	0
Keith Wortman			0	2	0	0
Steve Pisarkiewicz			5	2	-1	0
Steve Little			0	1	0
Jim Hart			5	1	-7	0
Sean Clancy			0	1	0	0
Ottis Anderson			10	1	0
Tim Kearney			0	1	0	0
Bob Young			0	1	0	0
Carl Allen		0	0	1	0	0
Lee Nelson			0	1	0	0
Ron Yankowski			0	1	0	0
George Collins			0	1	0	0
Thomas Lott			2	1	0	0
Wayne Morris			2	1	0
Dave Stief			2	0	0	0
Tom Banks			1	0	-34	0
Mel Gray			1	0	0
Tom Brahaney			1	0	-40	0
Totals	0	0	42	38	60	2

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Ottis Anderson	8	2							0	0	0			60
Steve Little	0								10	24	0			54
Wayne Morris	8	1							0	0	0			54
Theotis Brown	7	0							0	0	0			42
Pat Tilley		6							0	0	0			36
Mike Wood									2	6	0			12
Al Chandler		2							0	0	0			12
Steve Neils							1		0	0	0			6
Mel Gray	0	1							0	0	0			6
Mark Arneson							1		0	0	0			6
Roger Wehrli						1			0	0	0			6
Rod Phillips	1								0	0	0			6
Roy Green		0	0	1					0	0	0			6
Gary Parris		0							0	1	0			1
Totals	24	12	0	1	0	1	2	0	12	31	0	0	0	307