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
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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. 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]

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Roster[]

St. Louis Cardinals roster
Quarterbacks 17 Jim Hart 12 Gary Keithley 11 Dennis Shaw Running Backs 30 Gary Hammond 34 Steve Jones 32 Jerry Latin 21 Terry Metcalf 27 Eddie Moss 35 Jim Otis FB Wide Receivers 85 Mel Gray 84 Ike Harris 82 Earl Thomas Tight Ends 88 J. V. Cain 81 Jackie Smith		Offensive Linemen 61 Hank Allison G 54 Tom Banks C 51 Tom Brahaney C 72 Dan Dierdorf T 66 Conrad Dobler G 60 Roger Finnie T 64 Bob Young G 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 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 Jeffrey Harold 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	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[]

Postseason[]

NFC Divisional Playoff[]

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[]

Sources

• Cardinals on Pro Football Reference
• Cardinals on jt-sw.com