1975 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

1975 St. Louis Cardinals season
Owner	Bill Bidwill
Head coach	Don Coryell
Home field	Busch Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	11–3
Division place	1st NFC East
Playoff finish	Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Rams) 23–35
Pro Bowlers	C Tom Banks G Conrad Dobler T Dan Dierdorf QB Jim Hart RB Terry Metcalf RB Jim Otis RB Mel Gray CB Roger Wehrli K Jim Bakken
← 1974 Cardinals seasons 1976 →

The 1975 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 56th year with the National Football League and the 16th season in St. Louis. The club scored 356 points while the defense gave up 276 points.^[1] The team appeared in the playoffs for the second consecutive year, by winning the NFC East with a record of eleven wins and three losses (the best finish in the Coryell era). They never returned the playoffs during a full NFL season until 1998, by which time they moved from St. Louis to Arizona.

The team was nicknamed the “Cardiac Cards”, because eight of their games were decided in the final minute of play; the Cardinals went 7–1 in these games.^[2]

After this season, the Cardinals never reached the top of the NFC East again. They would not again have a division title until 33 years later, after they had moved to Arizona, and later to the NFC West.

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Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Roster

St. Louis Cardinals roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

88 J. V. Cain
81 Jackie Smith

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

79 Bob Bell DE
70 Leo Brooks DT
76 Charlie Davis DT
75 Bob Rowe DT
74 Council Rudolph DE
78 Ron Yankowski DE

Linebackers

57 Mark Arneson
59 Pete Barnes
50 Greg Hartle
53 Steve Neils
55 Ray White

Defensive backs

26 Dwayne Crump CB
41 Clarence Duren FS
33 Tim Gray SS
36 Ken Reaves SS
43 Norm Thompson CB
45 Jim Tolbert SS
22 Roger Wehrli CB

Special teams

25 Jim Bakken K
80 Jeff West P

Reserve lists

Practice squad

rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 21	Atlanta Falcons	W 23–20	1–0	Busch Memorial Stadium	42,172
2	September 28	at Dallas Cowboys	L 31–37 (OT)	1–1	Texas Stadium	52,417
3	October 5	New York Giants	W 26–14	2–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	44,919
4	October 13	at Washington Redskins	L 17–27	2–2	RFK Stadium	54,693
5	October 19	Philadelphia Eagles	W 31–20	3–2	Busch Memorial Stadium	45,242
6	October 25	at New York Giants	W 20–13	4–2	Shea Stadium	49,598
7	November 2	New England Patriots	W 24–17	5–2	Busch Memorial Stadium	45,907
8	November 9	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 24–23	6–2	Veterans Stadium	60,277
9	November 16	Washington Redskins	W 20–17 (OT)	7–2	Busch Memorial Stadium	49,919
10	November 23	at New York Jets	W 37–6	8–2	Shea Stadium	53,169
11	November 27	Buffalo Bills	L 14–32	8–3	Busch Memorial Stadium	41,899
12	December 7	Dallas Cowboys	W 31–17	9–3	Busch Memorial Stadium	49,701
13	December 14	at Chicago Bears	W 34–20	10–3	Soldier Field	35,052
14	December 21	at Detroit Lions	W 24–13	11–3	Pontiac Municipal Stadium	64,656
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
St. Louis Cardinals⁽³⁾	11	3	0	.786	6–2	9–2	356	276	W3
Dallas Cowboys⁽⁴⁾	10	4	0	.714	6–2	8–3	350	268	W2
Washington Redskins	8	6	0	.571	4–4	7–4	325	276	L2
New York Giants	5	9	0	.357	1–7	3–8	216	306	W2
Philadelphia Eagles	4	10	0	.286	3–5	4–7	225	302	W1

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Atlanta Falcons

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	6	7	0	20
Cardinals	7	6	0	10	23

at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

Date: Sunday, September 21
Game time: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 54 °F (12.2 °C), wind 10 miles per hour (16 km/h; 8.7 kn)
Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

First quarter

STL – Terry Metcalf 39-yard run (Jim Bakken kick) – Cardinals 7–0
ATL – Steve Bartkowski 1-yard run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) – Tied 7–7

Second quarter

STL – Jim Bakken 22-yard field goal – Cardinals 10–7
ATL – Dave Hampton 6-yard run (kick failed) – Falcons 13–10
STL – Jim Bakken 39-yard field goal – Tied 13–13

Third quarter

ATL – Dave Hampton 1-yard run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) – Falcons 20–13

Fourth quarter

STL – Earl Thomas 8-yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) – Tied 20–20
STL – Jim Bakken 25-yard field goal – Cardinals 23–20

Falcons

Steve Bartkowski
8/16, 81 Yds, INT
Dave Hampton
23 Rush, 135 Yds, 2 TD
Woody Thompson
3 Rec, 29 Yds

Cardinals

Jim Hart
12/23, 150 Yds, TD, 2 INT
Terry Metcalf
20 Rush, 99 Yds, TD
Mel Gray
3 Rec, 65 Yds

Postseason

NFC Divisional Playoff

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	9	7	7	23
Rams	14	14	0	7	35

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

Game attendance: 72,650
TV: CBS

Awards and records

Terry Metcalf, NFL Leader, 2,462 Combined Net Yards ^[3]

Milestones

Terry Metcalf, Second Consecutive 2000 Combined Net Yards Season (816 Rush Yards, 378 Pass Receiving Yards, 285 Punt Return Yards, 960 Kick Return Yards, 23 fumble return yards) ^[3]

References

^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 298
^ "Hulu.com: 1975 St. Louis Cardinals NFL team highlights". Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
^ ^a ^b NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 443

Sources

v t e Arizona Cardinals
Founded in 1898 Played in Chicago (1920–1959), St. Louis (1960–1987), and formerly the Phoenix Cardinals (1988–1993) Based in Glendale, Arizona Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona
Franchise	History in Chicago in St. Louis Seasons Head coaches Players Quarterbacks First-round draft picks
Stadiums	Normal Park Comiskey Park Wrigley Field Forbes Field Soldier Field Busch Stadium Busch Memorial Stadium Mountain America Stadium State Farm Stadium
Culture	Chris O'Brien Charles Bidwill Bill Bidwill Red Sea Big Red (mascot) Jerry Maguire
Lore	1925 Chicago Cardinals–Milwaukee Badgers scandal 1925 NFL Championship controversy Card-Pitt Million Dollar Backfield Chicago Cardinals–Toronto Argonauts exhibition game Fútbol Americano 2006 game vs. Chicago Bears Hail Murray
Rivalries	Chicago Bears Kansas City Chiefs (former) Los Angeles Rams San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks
Division championships (7)	1947 1948 1974 1975 2008 2009 2015
Conference championships (1)	2008
League championships (2)	1925 1947
Retired numbers	8 40 77 88 99
Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: National Football Conference Division: West Division
Category

v t e Arizona Cardinals seasons
Played in Chicago (1920–1959), St. Louis (1960–1987), and formerly the Phoenix Cardinals (1988–1993)
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Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

1975 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets			Washington

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