1968 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

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1968 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coachCharley Winner
Home fieldBusch Memorial Stadium
Results
Record9–4–1
Division place2nd Century
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1968 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 49th season the team was in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved on their previous output of 6–7–1, winning nine games.[1] Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 20th consecutive season.

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

Main article: 1968 NFL draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 13 MacArthur Lane Running Back Utah State
2 40 Fred Hyatt Wide receiver Auburn
2 42 Bob Atkins Defensive Back Grambling
4 87 Don Fitzgerald Running Back Kent State
4 96 Joe Schmiesing Linebacker New Mexico State
5 123 Rocky Rosema Linebacker Michigan

Roster[]

1968 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Quarterbacks
  • 17 Jim Hart
  • 12 Charley Johnson

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Reserve Lists

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 16 Los Angeles Rams L 13–24 0–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 49,757
2 September 22 at San Francisco 49ers L 17–35 0–2 Kezar Stadium 27,557
3 September 29 at New Orleans Saints W 21–20 1–2 Tulane Stadium 79,021
4 October 6 Dallas Cowboys L 10–27 1–3 Busch Memorial Stadium 48,296
5 October 13 at Cleveland Browns W 27–21 2–3 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 79,349
6 October 20 Washington Redskins W 41–14 3–3 Busch Memorial Stadium 46,456
7 October 27 New Orleans Saints W 31–17 4–3 Busch Memorial Stadium 45,476
8 November 3 at Philadelphia Eagles W 45–17 5–3 Franklin Field 59,208
9 November 10 Pittsburgh Steelers T 28–28 5–3–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 45,432
10 November 17 at Baltimore Colts L 0–27 5–4–1 Memorial Stadium 60,238
11 November 24 Atlanta Falcons W 17–12 6–4–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 43,246
12 December 1 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 20–10 7–4–1 Pitt Stadium 22,682
13 December 8 at New York Giants W 28–21 8–4–1 Yankee Stadium 62,709
14 December 14 Cleveland Browns W 27–16 9–4–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 39,746

Notes: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings[]

NFL Century
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 W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Cleveland Browns 10 4 0 .714 4–2 7–3 394 273 L1
St. Louis Cardinals 9 4 1 .692 5–0–1 8–1–1 325 289 W4
New Orleans Saints 4 9 1 .308 2–4 3–7 246 327 W1
Pittsburgh Steelers 2 11 1 .154 0–5–1 1–8–1 244 397 L5

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References[]

  1. ^ 1968 St. Louis Cardinals

External links[]

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