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1979 St. Louis Cardinals Stats

The following are the final regular season statistics for the 1979 St. Louis Cardinals.

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Jim HartJ. Hart	378	194	51.3	2,218	5.9	9	2.4	20	5.3	51t	25	183	55.2
Steve PisarkiewiczS. Pisarkiewicz	109	52	47.7	621	5.7	3	2.8	4	3.7	78t	14	85	59.5
Steve LittleS. Little	3	2	66.7	31	10.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	0	0	100.7
Ottis AndersonO. Anderson	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Willard HarrellW. Harrell	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
St. Louis	492	248	50.4	2,870	5.8	12	2.4	24	4.9	78t	39	268	56.2
Opponents	478	258	54.0	3,067	6.4	22	4.6	18	3.8	46	28	194	73.4

Rushing

Player	Gms	Att	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Ottis AndersonO. Anderson	16	331	1,605	4.85	100.3	76t	8
Wayne MorrisW. Morris	15	106	387	3.65	25.8	16	8
Theotis BrownT. Brown	16	73	318	4.36	19.9	30t	7
Willard HarrellW. Harrell	14	19	100	5.26	7.1	19	0
Thomas LottT. Lott	10	11	50	4.55	5.0	13	0
Rod PhillipsR. Phillips	11	3	50	16.67	4.5	17	1
Mel GrayM. Gray	13	4	41	10.25	3.2	38	0
Steve PisarkiewiczS. Pisarkiewicz	6	11	20	1.82	3.3	12	0
Jim HartJ. Hart	14	6	11	1.83	0.8	12	0
Steve LittleS. Little	16	2	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
St. Louis	16	566	2,582	4.56	161.4	76t	24
Opponents	16	567	2,204	3.89	137.8	52t	18

Receiving

Player	Gms	Rec	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Pat TilleyP. Tilley	16	57	938	16.46	58.6	51t	6
Ottis AndersonO. Anderson	16	41	308	7.51	19.2	28	2
Wayne MorrisW. Morris	15	35	237	6.77	15.8	20	1
Theotis BrownT. Brown	16	25	191	7.64	11.9	19	0
Mel GrayM. Gray	13	25	447	17.88	34.4	78t	1
Dave StiefD. Stief	16	22	324	14.73	20.2	32	0
Gary ParrisG. Parris	9	14	174	12.43	19.3	39	0
Jimmy ChildsJ. Childs	13	8	93	11.62	7.2	22	0
Richard OsborneR. Osborne	7	7	37	5.29	5.3	10	0
Al ChandlerA. Chandler	8	5	49	9.80	6.1	28t	2
Willard HarrellW. Harrell	14	3	33	11.00	2.4	15	0
Thomas LottT. Lott	10	2	8	4.00	0.8	5	0
Bill MurrellB. Murrell	12	2	20	10.00	1.7	14	0
Roy GreenR. Green	16	1	15	15.00	0.9	15	0
Jim HartJ. Hart	14	1	-4	-4.00	-0.3	-4	0
St. Louis	16	248	2,870	11.57	179.4	78t	12
Opponents	16	258	3,067	11.89	191.7	46	22

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Roy GreenR. Green	41	1,005	24.51	0	106t	1
Willard HarrellW. Harrell	22	497	22.59	0	53	0
John BarefieldJ. Barefield	3	62	20.67	0	23	0
Thomas LottT. Lott	1	19	19.00	0	19	0
Kurt AllermanK. Allerman	2	16	8.00	0	10	0
Calvin FavronC. Favron	1	10	10.00	0	10	0
Chris GarlichC. Garlich	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
St. Louis	71	1,609	22.66	0	106t	1
Opponents	57	1,332	23.37	0	83t	1

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Willard HarrellW. Harrell	32	205	6.41	12	68	0
Lee NelsonL. Nelson	4	88	22.00	0	77	0
Roy GreenR. Green	8	42	5.25	3	14	0
Thomas LottT. Lott	4	33	8.25	3	13	0
St. Louis	48	368	7.67	18	77	0
Opponents	45	378	8.40	7	42	0

Punting

	Punting								Opponent Returns
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds	TD
Steve LittleS. Little	79	3,060	38.7	63	6	17	2	31.6	45	378	--
St. Louis	79	3,060	38.7	63	6	17	2	31.6	45	378	--
Opponents	90	3,530	39.2	59	8	21	0	33.4	48	368	--

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
Steve LittleS. Little	24/32	10/19	0/0	5/5	1/3	3/10	1/1	51	54
Mike WoodM. Wood	6/7	2/7	0/0	2/2	0/2	0/2	0/1	27	12
St. Louis	30/39	12/26	0/0	7/7	1/5	3/12	1/2	51	66
Opponents	41/42	19/31	0/0	7/9	5/8	3/6	4/8	51	98

Defense

	Interceptions					Sacks
Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack	YdsL
Carl AllenC. Allen	5	126	25.20	78	0	--	--
Ken GreeneK. Greene	3	37	12.33	21	0	--	--
Perry SmithP. Smith	1	22	22.00	22	0	--	--
Ken StoneK. Stone	6	70	11.67	30	0	--	--
Roger WehrliR. Wehrli	2	8	4.00	9t	1	--	--
Eric WilliamsE. Williams	1	25	25.00	25	0	--	--
St. Louis	18	288	16.00	78	1	--	--
Opponents	24	301	12.54	38	1	--	--

Scoring

	Touchdowns										Kicking		Misc
Player	Tot	R	P	KR	PR	IR	FR	BK	BP	FGR	PAT	FG	Conv	Saf	Pts
Ottis AndersonO. Anderson	10	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	60
Steve LittleS. Little	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24/32	10/19	0	0	54
Wayne MorrisW. Morris	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	54
Theotis BrownT. Brown	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	42
Pat TilleyP. Tilley	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	36
Al ChandlerA. Chandler	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Mike WoodM. Wood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6/7	2/7	0	0	12
Mark ArnesonM. Arneson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Mel GrayM. Gray	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Roy GreenR. Green	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Steve NeilsS. Neils	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Rod PhillipsR. Phillips	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Roger WehrliR. Wehrli	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Gary ParrisG. Parris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	1	0	1
Jim HartJ. Hart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
Steve PisarkiewiczS. Pisarkiewicz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
St. Louis	40	24	12	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	30/39	12/26	1	0	307

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