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1978 St. Louis Cardinals Stats

The following are the final regular season statistics for the 1978 St. Louis Cardinals.

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Jim HartJ. Hart	477	240	50.3	3,121	6.5	16	3.4	18	3.8	74	20	166	66.7
Steve PisarkiewiczS. Pisarkiewicz	29	10	34.5	164	5.7	0	0.0	3	10.3	40	2	20	14.8
Dave StiefD. Stief	1	1	100.0	43	43.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	43	0	0	118.8
Mike WoodM. Wood	1	1	100.0	29	29.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	29	0	0	118.8
St. Louis	508	252	49.6	3,357	6.6	16	3.1	21	4.1	74	22	186	64.2
Opponents	428	212	49.5	2,641	6.2	19	4.4	26	6.1	56	37	290	58.6

Rushing

Player	Gms	Att	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Jim OtisJ. Otis	15	197	664	3.37	44.3	17	8
Wayne MorrisW. Morris	13	174	631	3.63	48.5	27	1
Steve JonesS. Jones	16	105	392	3.73	24.5	17	2
Willard HarrellW. Harrell	13	35	134	3.83	10.3	15	0
Mel GrayM. Gray	13	5	51	10.20	3.9	27t	1
Pat TilleyP. Tilley	16	1	32	32.00	2.0	32	0
Gordon BellG. Bell	6	7	23	3.29	3.8	9	0
Jim HartJ. Hart	15	11	11	1.00	0.7	9t	2
Jerry LatinJ. Latin	2	6	8	1.33	4.0	6	0
Eason RamsonE. Ramson	15	2	8	4.00	0.5	5	0
Willie ShelbyW. Shelby	3	2	5	2.50	1.7	4	0
Teddy FarmerT. Farmer	2	1	4	4.00	2.0	4	0
Steve LittleS. Little	11	1	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
Roger WehrliR. Wehrli	16	1	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
Steve PisarkiewiczS. Pisarkiewicz	3	5	-1	-0.20	-0.3	2	0
Dave StiefD. Stief	15	1	-8	-8.00	-0.5	-8	0
St. Louis	16	554	1,954	3.53	122.1	32	14
Opponents	16	588	2,396	4.07	149.8	73	15

Receiving

Player	Gms	Rec	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Pat TilleyP. Tilley	16	62	900	14.52	56.2	43	3
Mel GrayM. Gray	13	44	871	19.80	67.0	74	1
Wayne MorrisW. Morris	13	33	298	9.03	22.9	33	1
Steve JonesS. Jones	16	27	217	8.04	13.6	38	0
Dave StiefD. Stief	15	24	477	19.88	31.8	55t	4
Eason RamsonE. Ramson	15	23	238	10.35	15.9	26	1
Al ChandlerA. Chandler	11	16	190	11.88	17.3	47	4
Jim OtisJ. Otis	15	8	38	4.75	2.5	12	0
Jimmy ChildsJ. Childs	8	4	50	12.50	6.2	23	1
Gordon BellG. Bell	6	3	28	9.33	4.7	17	0
Willard HarrellW. Harrell	13	3	5	1.67	0.4	2	0
Jim ThaxtonJ. Thaxton	5	3	31	10.33	6.2	16	1
Jerry LatinJ. Latin	2	1	3	3.00	1.5	3	0
Willie ShelbyW. Shelby	3	1	11	11.00	3.7	11	0
St. Louis	16	252	3,357	13.32	209.8	74	16
Opponents	16	212	2,641	12.46	165.1	56	19

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Willard HarrellW. Harrell	19	389	20.47	0	32	0
Willie ShelbyW. Shelby	9	211	23.44	0	31	0
Gordon BellG. Bell	8	177	22.12	0	27	0
Jimmy ChildsJ. Childs	4	77	19.25	0	25	0
Wayne MorrisW. Morris	3	66	22.00	0	27	0
Lee NelsonL. Nelson	3	58	19.33	0	22	0
Jerry LatinJ. Latin	2	48	24.00	0	26	0
Tommy SouthardT. Southard	2	47	23.50	0	26	0
Roland WoolseyR. Woolsey	1	25	25.00	0	25	0
Tim KearneyT. Kearney	1	22	22.00	0	22	0
Curtis TownsendC. Townsend	1	13	13.00	0	13	0
Greg WestbrooksG. Westbrooks	1	12	12.00	0	12	0
Ken StoneK. Stone	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
St. Louis	55	1,148	20.87	0	32	0
Opponents	51	1,142	22.39	0	100t	2

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Willard HarrellW. Harrell	21	196	9.33	6	70t	1
Gordon BellG. Bell	14	101	7.21	3	23	0
Willie ShelbyW. Shelby	10	88	8.80	0	16	0
Pat TilleyP. Tilley	2	8	4.00	0	4	0
Roland WoolseyR. Woolsey	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
Perry SmithP. Smith	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
Tommy SouthardT. Southard	2	-2	-1.00	0	0	0
St. Louis	51	395	7.75	9	70t	1
Opponents	59	575	9.75	11	37	0

Punting

	Punting								Opponent Returns
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds	TD
Mike WoodM. Wood	51	1,919	37.6	81	3	12	0	32.2	29	219	--
Steve LittleS. Little	46	1,749	38.0	54	5	6	1	28.0	28	334	--
Jim BakkenJ. Bakken	4	147	36.8	42	0	1	0	31.2	2	22	--
St. Louis	101	3,815	37.8	81	8	19	1	30.2	59	575	--
Opponents	93	3,656	39.3	59	0	0	1	34.7	51	395	--

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
Jim BakkenJ. Bakken	27/30	11/22	0/0	4/5	4/7	3/10	0/0	45	60
St. Louis	27/30	11/22	0/0	4/5	4/7	3/10	0/0	45	60
Opponents	35/37	13/18	0/0	4/4	5/7	3/5	1/2	50	74

Defense

	Interceptions					Sacks
Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack	YdsL
Carl AllenC. Allen	6	54	9.00	21	0	--	--
Tim KearneyT. Kearney	1	8	8.00	8	0	--	--
Steve NeilsS. Neils	1	18	18.00	18	0	--	--
Lee NelsonL. Nelson	1	-3	-3.00	-3	0	--	--
Perry SmithP. Smith	3	6	2.00	6	0	--	--
Ken StoneK. Stone	9	139	15.44	33	0	--	--
Roger WehrliR. Wehrli	4	3	0.75	3	0	--	--
Eric WilliamsE. Williams	1	24	24.00	24	0	--	--
St. Louis	26	249	9.58	33	0	--	--
Opponents	21	303	14.43	79t	1	--	--

Scoring

	Touchdowns										Kicking		Misc
Player	Tot	R	P	KR	PR	IR	FR	BK	BP	FGR	PAT	FG	Conv	Saf	Pts
Jim BakkenJ. Bakken	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27/30	11/22	0	0	60
Jim OtisJ. Otis	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	48
Al ChandlerA. Chandler	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	24
Dave StiefD. Stief	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	24
Pat TilleyP. Tilley	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	18
Mel GrayM. Gray	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Jim HartJ. Hart	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Steve JonesS. Jones	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Wayne MorrisW. Morris	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Jim ThaxtonJ. Thaxton	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	1	8
Jimmy ChildsJ. Childs	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Willard HarrellW. Harrell	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Eason RamsonE. Ramson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
St. Louis	31	14	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	27/30	11/22	0	1	248

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