1964 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

1964 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coach	Wally Lemm
Home field	Sportsman's Park
Results
Record	9–3–2
Division place	2nd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Won Playoff Bowl (Third place)

The 1964 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 45th year with the National Football League (NFL) and the fifth season in St. Louis.

The Cardinals (9–3–2) were the runner-up in the Eastern Conference, finishing a half game behind the Cleveland Browns (10–3–1), who won the NFL championship game on December 27. The Cardinals tied the Browns in Cleveland in September and defeated them in St. Louis in December.

As the conference runner-up, the Cardinals played the Green Bay Packers of the Western Conference in the third place Playoff Bowl in Miami, Florida. Held on January 3 at the Orange Bowl, St. Louis won in an upset, 24–17.^[1][2][3] It was the Cardinals' only appearance after the regular season between 1948 and 1974.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	September 12	at Dallas Cowboys	W 16–6	1–0–0	36,605
2	September 20	at Cleveland Browns	T 33–33	1–0–1	76,954
3	September 27	at San Francisco 49ers	W 23–13	2–0–1	30,969
4	October 4	at Washington Redskins	W 23–17	3–0–1	49,219
5	October 12	at Baltimore Colts ^	L 47–27	3–1–1	60,213
6	October 18	Washington Redskins	W 38–24	4–1–1	23,748
7	October 25	Dallas Cowboys	L 31–13	4–2–1	28,253
8	November 1	at New York Giants	L 34–17	4–3–1	63,072
9	November 8	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 34–30	5–3–1	28,245
10	November 15	New York Giants	T 10–10	5–3–2	29,608
11	November 22	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 38–13	6–3–2	60,671
12	November 29	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 21–20	7–3–2	27,807
13	December 6	Cleveland Browns	W 28–19	8–3–2	31,585
14	December 13	Philadelphia Eagles	W 36–34	9–3–2	24,636

^ The game with the Baltimore Colts on October 12 was originally scheduled for St. Louis,
  but was moved to Baltimore due to the baseball Cardinals' participation in the World Series.

Game summaries

Week 2: at Cleveland Browns

St. Louis Cardinals 33, Cleveland Browns 33

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	10	3	10	10	33
Browns	6	10	7	10	33

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

• Date: September 20
• Game time: 12:30 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: 67 °F (19 °C), relative humidity 87%, wind 7 mph (11 km/h)
• Game attendance: 76,954
• Referee: Tom Bell
• TV announcers (CBS): Jack Drees (STL) (second half) and Ken Coleman (CLE) (first half) (play-by-play), Bill Fischer (STL) (second half) and Warren Lahr (CLE) (first half) (color commentators)
• Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

First Quarter STL - John David Crow 22 yard pass from Charley Johnson - (Jim Bakken kick) Cardinals 7-0 CLE - Lou Groza 32 yard field goal - Cardinals 7-3 CLE - Lou Groza 12 yard field goal - Cardinals 7-6 STL - Jim Bakken 30 yard field goal - Cardinals 10-6 Second Quarter CLE - Lou Groza 37 yard field goal - Cardinals 10-9 STL - Jim Bakken 51 yard field goal - Cardinals 13-9 CLE - Paul Warfield 40 yard pass from Frank Ryan - (Lou Groza kick) Browns 16-13 Third Quarter STL - Sonny Randle 38 yard pass from Charley Johnson - (Jim Bakken kick) Cardinals 20-16 STL - Jim Bakken 44 yard field goal - Cardinals 23-16 CLE - Gary Collins 7 yard pass from Frank Ryan - (Lou Groza kick) Tied 23-23 Fourth Quarter STL - Sonny Randle 50 yard pass from Charley Johnson - (Jim Bakken kick)Cardinals 30-23 CLE - Lou Groza 25 yard field goal - Cardinals 30-26 CLE - Jim Brown 1 yard rush - (Lou Groza kick) Browns 33-30 STL - Jim Bakken 28 yard field goal - Tied 33-33 Cardinals Browns

Week 13: vs. Cleveland Browns

St. Louis Cardinals 28, Cleveland Browns 19

	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	3	3	3	10	19
Cardinals	0	21	7	0	28

at Busch Stadium I, St. Louis, Missouri

• Date: December 6
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 18 °F (−8 °C), relative humidity 98%, wind 7.8 mph (13 km/h), wind chill 8 °F (−13 °C)
• Game attendance: 31,585
• TV announcers (CBS): Ken Coleman (CLE) (second half) and Jack Drees (STL) (first half) (play-by-play), Warren Lahr (CLE) (second half) and Bill Fischer (STL) (first half) (color commentators)
• Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

First Quarter CLE - Lou Groza 22 yard field goal - Browns 3-0 Second Quarter STL - Joe Childress 46 yard pass from Charley Johnson - (Jim Bakken kick) Cardinals 7-3 STL - Charley Johnson 1 yard run - (Jim Bakken kick) Cardinals 14-3 STL - Bobby Joe Conrad 8 yard pass from Charley Johnson - (Jim Bakken kick) Cardinals 21-3 CLE - Lou Groza 39 yard field goal - Cardinals 21-6 Third Quarter CLE - Lou Groza 17 yard field goal - Cardinals 21-9 STL - Charley Johnson 1 yard run - (Jim Bakken kick) Cardinals 28-9 Fourth Quarter CLE - Lou Groza 36 yard field goal - Cardinals 28-12 CLE - Ernie Green 30 yard pass from Frank Ryan - (Lou Groza kick) Cardinals 28-19 Browns Cardinals

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	10	3	1	.769	9–2–1	415	293	W1
St. Louis Cardinals	9	3	2	.750	8–2–2	357	331	W4
Philadelphia Eagles	6	8	0	.429	6–6	312	313	L1
Washington Redskins	6	8	0	.429	5–7	307	305	L2
Dallas Cowboys	5	8	1	.385	4–7–1	250	289	W1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	9	0	.357	5–7	253	315	L1
New York Giants	2	10	2	.167	2–8–2	241	399	L4

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

Postseason

Playoff Bowl

Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Attendance
January 3, 1965	Green Bay Packers	W, 24–17	Orange Bowl	56,218

Source:^[1][2][3][4]

References

1. Lea, Bud (January 4, 1965). "Cards blunt Packers' rally, 24-17". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 2, part 2.
2. Johnson, Chuck (January 4, 1965). "Packers season ends as it began; Cardinals win in an exhibition". Milwaukee Journal. p. 8, part 2.
3. "'Peanuts' leads Cards to victory". Eugene Register-Guard (Oregon). Associated Press. January 4, 1965. p. 3B.
4. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 369

External links

• 1964 St. Louis Cardinals at Pro-Football-Reference.com