1970 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

The 1970 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 51st season the team was in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 4–9–1, winning eight games.[1] Despite them shutting out three consecutive opponents (and holding a fourth, the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, without a touchdown in a 6–6 draw), they failed to reach the playoffs for the 22nd straight season, thanks to three consecutive losses in December. The Cardinals entered their regular season finale at Washington needing to defeat the Redskins, plus for losses by the Cowboys (to the Oilers) and the Giants (to the Rams), to reach the playoffs. It all became academic after the Cardinals lost 28-27 to the Redskins and the Cowboys mauled the Oilers 52-10 to win the NFC East.

1970 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coachCharley Winner
Home fieldBusch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Results
Record8–5–1
Division place3rd NFC East
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersT Ernie McMillan
TE Jackie Smith
RB MacArthur Lane
LB Larry Stallings
CB Roger Wehrli
FS Larry Wilson

Prior to the season-ending skid, the Cardinals swept the Dallas Cowboys, with the second victory a 38–0 destruction on Monday Night Football at the Cotton Bowl. Dallas did not lose again until it fell to the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl V. The Cardinals swept the Cowboys only one other time, in 1989, (one year after the Cardinals' relocation to Arizona), when Dallas went 1-15 under first-year coach Jimmy Johnson. (The Cardinals and Cowboys have not been division rivals since 2001, as the now-Arizona Cardinals were moved to the NFC West in 2002.)

Offseason

NFL Draft
Main article: 1970 NFL draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 8 Larry Stegent Running Back Texas A&M
2 33 Jim Corringall Linebacker Kent State
2 38 Chuck Hutchison Guard Ohio State
3 58 Charlie Pittman Running Back Penn State

Roster
1970 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

  • 30 Paul White

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

  • 89 Robert Brown
 Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

  • 68 Mike Siwek DT
 Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

 Reserve Lists

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 18, 1970 at Los Angeles Rams L 34–13
63,130
2 September 27, 1970 Washington Redskins W 27–17
44,246
3 October 4, 1970 Dallas Cowboys W 20–7
50,780
4 October 11, 1970 New Orleans Saints W 24–17
45,294
5 October 18, 1970 at Philadelphia Eagles W 35–20
59,002
6 October 25, 1970 at New York Giants L 35–17
62,984
7 November 1, 1970 Houston Oilers W 44–0
47,911
8 November 8, 1970 Boston Patriots W 31–0
46,446
9 November 16, 1970 at Dallas Cowboys W 38–0
69,323
10 November 22, 1970 at Kansas City Chiefs T 6–6
50,711
11 November 29, 1970 Philadelphia Eagles W 23–14
46,581
12 December 6, 1970 at Detroit Lions L 16–3
56,362
13 December 13, 1970 New York Giants L 34–17
50,845
14 December 20, 1970 at Washington Redskins L 28–27
50,415

Standings
NFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Dallas Cowboys 10 4 0 .714 5–3 7–4 299 221 W5
New York Giants 9 5 0 .643 6–2 6–5 301 270 L1
St. Louis Cardinals 8 5 1 .615 5–3 6–5 325 228 L3
Washington Redskins 6 8 0 .429 3–5 4–7 297 314 W2
Philadelphia Eagles 3 10 1 .231 1–7 1–9–1 241 332 W1

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

References
  1. 1970 St. Louis Cardinals
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