1983 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-7-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Jim Hanifan (8-7-1)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1983 St. Louis Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 8-7-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Jim Hanifan (8-7-1)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1983 St. Louis Cardinals Results
The St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 8 wins and 7 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Cardinals chalked up 374 points, but the shaky defensive squad conceded 428. Ottis Anderson carried the ball for a team-best 1,270 yards for St. Louis.
Neil Lomax threw for 2,636 yards. Roy Green paced the receiving corps, grabbing 78 passes for 1,227 yards.
The larcenous defense created 48 turnovers. Lionel Washington snatched 8 opponent throws. Curtis Greer topped the defensive unit with 16 quarterback sacks, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 58 sacks.
Jim Hanifan coached the team. The 1983 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Lomax | 354 | 209 | 59.0 | 2636 | 7.4 | 24 | 6.8 | 11 | 3.1 | 71 | 43 | 315 | 92.0 |
| Jim Hart | 91 | 50 | 54.9 | 592 | 6.5 | 4 | 4.4 | 8 | 8.8 | 39 | 13 | 99 | 53.0 |
| Rusty Lisch | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 66 | 5.1 | 1 | 7.7 | 2 | 15.4 | 26 | 3 | 27 | 47.8 |
| Carl Birdsong | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 112.5 |
| Benny Perrin | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 |
| Totals | 460 | 267 | 58.0 | 3309 | 7.2 | 29 | 6.3 | 21 | 4.6 | 71 | 59 | 441 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottis Anderson | 296 | 1270 | 4.3 | 43 | 5 |
| Stump Mitchell | 68 | 373 | 5.5 | 46 | 3 |
| Wayne Morris | 75 | 257 | 3.4 | 17 | 2 |
| Neil Lomax | 27 | 127 | 4.7 | 35 | 2 |
| Randy Love | 35 | 103 | 2.9 | 16 | 2 |
| Earl Ferrell | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 21 | 1 |
| Roy Green | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Luis Sharpe | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rusty Lisch | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Benny Perrin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 525 | 2277 | 4.3 | 46 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Green | 78 | 1227 | 15.7 | 71 | 14 |
| Ottis Anderson | 54 | 459 | 8.5 | 40 | 1 |
| Pat Tilley | 44 | 690 | 15.7 | 71 | 5 |
| Doug Marsh | 32 | 421 | 13.2 | 38 | 8 |
| Wayne Morris | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Greg LaFleur | 12 | 99 | 8.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Mike Shumann | 11 | 154 | 14.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Randy Love | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 16 | 1 |
| Willard Harrell | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Ken Thompson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Danny Pittman | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Eddie McGill | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Ahrens | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 267 | 3309 | 12.4 | 71 | 29 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil O'Donoghue | 47 | 45 | 95.7 | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 90 |
| Totals | 47 | 45 | 95.7 | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 90 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Birdsong | 85 | 3529 | 41.5 | 59 |
| Totals | 85 | 3529 | 41.5 | 59 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stump Mitchell | 38 | 337 | 8.9 | 34 | 0 |
| Steve Bird | 14 | 76 | 5.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Earl Ferrell | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 58 | 461 | 7.9 | 34 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stump Mitchell | 36 | 778 | 21.6 | 66 | 0 |
| Earl Ferrell | 13 | 257 | 19.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Steve Bird | 9 | 194 | 21.6 | 33 | 0 |
| Randy Love | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 26 | 0 |
| George Schmitt | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Leonard Smith | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mark Duda | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Kurt Allerman | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 72 | 1459 | 20.3 | 66 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Washington | 8 | 92 | 11.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Benny Perrin | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 30 | 0 |
| E.J. Junior | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Cedric Mack | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Harris | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Baker | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Wayne Smith | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| David Galloway | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Elois Grooms | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Lee Nelson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 266 | 9.5 | 30 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Greer | 16.0 | 0.0 | |
| Al Baker | 13.0 | 0.0 | |
| David Galloway | 12.0 | 0.0 | |
| E.J. Junior | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
| Stafford Mays | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Lee Nelson | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Elois Grooms | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mark Duda | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Benny Perrin | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Rush Brown | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Bob Harris | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 58.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Washington | 67 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Nelson | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ottis Anderson | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Neil Lomax | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Al Baker | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Duda | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Benny Perrin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Luis Sharpe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Hart | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Stafford Mays | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Curtis Greer | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Bostic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| E.J. Junior | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Galloway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Elois Grooms | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Randy Love | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rush Brown | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Stump Mitchell | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Pat Tilley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Steve Bird | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Schmitt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tootie Robbins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roy Green | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Neil O'Donoghue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Randy Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Earl Ferrell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rusty Lisch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wayne Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Doug Marsh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Greg LaFleur | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 67 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 38 | 122 | 3 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Neil O'Donoghue | 15 | 45 | 0 | 90 | ||||||||||
| Roy Green | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |||||||
| Doug Marsh | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Ottis Anderson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Pat Tilley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Randy Love | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Wayne Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Neil Lomax | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Benny Perrin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Elois Grooms | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Earl Ferrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Lee Nelson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| David Galloway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 15 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 374 |
