1986 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

1986 St. Louis Cardinals season
1986 St. Louis Cardinals season
Owner	Bill Bidwill
Head coach	Gene Stallings
Home field	Busch Stadium
Results
Record	4–11–1
Division place	5th NFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	FB Ron Wolfley; PR Vai Sikahema
	← 1985; Cardinals seasons; 1987 →;

The 1986 St. Louis Cardinals season was the sixty-seventh season for the franchise was in the league, and the 27th and penultimate season in St. Louis. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 5–11, winning only four games.^[1] This was the fourth straight season in which the team did not reach the playoffs.

Personnel[]

Staff[]

**1986 St. Louis Cardinals staff**

	Front office President – Bill Bidwill Director of Pro Personnel – Larry Wilson Director of Player Personnel – George Boone Head coaches Head Coach – Gene Stallings Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Jim Shofner Running Backs – Hank Kuhlmann Receivers – Mal Moore Tight Ends – Pete Hoener Offensive Line – Tom Bresnahan Special Assistant/Quality Control – Leon McLaughlin			Defensive coaches Defensive Line – Jim Johnson Linebackers – Joe Pascale Defensive Backs – Mel Renfro Special teams coaches Special Teams – Marv Braden Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – LeBaron Caruthers

Roster[]

**1986 St. Louis Cardinals roster**

	Quarterbacks 16 Kent Austin 15 Neil Lomax 18 Cliff Stoudt Running backs 30 Stump Mitchell 36 Vai Sikahema 24 Ron Wolfley 31 Earl Ferrell 39 Broderick Sargent 32 Ottis Anderson Wide receivers 81 Roy Green 29 Scott Holman 84 J.T. Smith 86 Eric Swanson 87 Troy Johnson 83 Don Holmes 83 Pat Tilley 86 Tight ends 82 Doug Marsh 85 Jay Novacek 90 89 Greg LaFleur 89 Cap Boso		Offensive linemen 71 Joe Bostic G 62 Ray Brown G 63 Tootie Robbins T 67 Luis Sharpe T 61 Lance Smith G 51 Mike Ruether G 66 Doug Dawson G 64 Randy Clark C 58 Gene Chilton C Defensive linemen 75 Curtis Greer DE 60 Al Baker DE 76 Stafford Mays DE 65 David Galloway NT 73 Mark Duda DT 79 Bob Clasby DE 94 Gary Dulin DE 78 Van Hughes DE		Linebackers 52 Charles Baker 55 Anthony Bell 56 Rich DiBernardo 54 E. J. Junior 57 Niko Noga 53 Freddie Joe Nunn 59 Ron Monaco Defensive backs 47 Cedric Mack CB 45 Leonard Smith SS 23 Dennis Thurman 48 Lionel Washington CB 43 Lonnie Young FS 44 Wayne Smith CB 42 Bobby Johnson 41 Carl Carter Special teams 14 Greg Cater P 17 Evan Arapostathis P 10 John Lee K 11 Eric Schubert K		Reserve lists Practice squad Rookies in italics

Schedule[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 7	Los Angeles Rams	L 10–16	0–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	40,347
2	September 14	at Atlanta Falcons	L 13–33	0–2	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	46,463
3	September 21	at Buffalo Bills	L 10–17	0–3	Rich Stadium	65,762
4	September 29	Dallas Cowboys	L 7–31	0–4	Busch Memorial Stadium	49,077
5	October 5	New York Giants	L 6–13	0–5	Busch Memorial Stadium	40,562
6	October 12	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 30–19	1–5	Tampa Stadium	33,307
7	October 19	at Washington Redskins	L 21–28	1–6	RFK Stadium	53,494
8	October 26	at Dallas Cowboys	L 6–37	1–7	Texas Stadium	60,756
9	November 2	Philadelphia Eagles	W 13–10	2–7	Busch Memorial Stadium	33,051
10	November 9	at San Francisco 49ers	L 17–43	2–8	Candlestick Park	59,172
11	November 16	New Orleans Saints	L 7–16	2–9	Busch Memorial Stadium	32,069
12	November 23	Kansas City Chiefs	W 23–14	3–9	Busch Memorial Stadium	29,680
13	November 30	Washington Redskins	L 17–20	3–10	Busch Memorial Stadium	35,637
14	December 7	at Philadelphia Eagles	T 10–10	3–10–1	Veterans Stadium	50,148
15	December 14	at New York Giants	L 7–27	3–11–1	Giants Stadium	75,261
16	December 21	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 21–17	4–11–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	23,957

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings[]

NFC East
view talk	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants⁽¹⁾	14	2	0	.875	7–1	11–1	371	236	W9
Washington Redskins⁽⁴⁾	12	4	0	.750	5–3	9–3	368	296	W1
Dallas Cowboys	7	9	0	.438	5–3	6–6	346	337	L5
Philadelphia Eagles	5	10	1	.344	1–6–1	3–8–1	256	312	L1
St. Louis Cardinals	4	11	1	.281	1–6–1	3–10–1	218	351	W1

Awards and honors[]

Ron Wolfley, Pro Bowl selection

References[]

^ 1986 St. Louis Cardinals

[1] 1986 St. Louis Cardinals

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