1974 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

1974 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coach Don Coryell
Owner Bill Bidwill
Home field Busch Memorial Stadium
Results
Record 10–4
Division place 1st NFC East
Playoff finish Lost NFC Divisional Playoff

The 1974 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 55th year with the National Football League and the 15th season in St. Louis. The Cardinals scored 285 points while the defense gave up 218 points, en route to the NFC East Championship.[1]

The 10–4 Cardinals qualified for the postseason for the first time since 1948 when the franchise was based in Chicago. It was the Cardinals first winning season since 1970 when the Cardinals went 8–5–1.[1] Although the Cardinals and the Washington Redskins finished with identical 10–4 records, the Cardinals won the NFC East title, because of their two victories over Washington that season.

The Cardinals won their first seven games, and were at least tied for first place from Week One to the end of the regular season.

Offseason

Hall of Fame Game

[2]

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 15, 1974 Philadelphia Eagles W 7–3
40,322
2 September 22, 1974 at Washington Redskins W 17–10
53,888
3 September 29, 1974 Cleveland Browns W 29–7
43,472
4 October 6, 1974 at San Francisco 49ers W 34–9
48,675
5 October 13, 1974 Dallas Cowboys W 31–28
49,885
6 October 20, 1974 at Houston Oilers W 31–27
26,371
7 October 27, 1974 Washington Redskins W 23–20
49,410
8 November 3, 1974 at Dallas Cowboys L 17–14
64,146
9 November 11, 1974 Minnesota Vikings L 28–24
50,183
10 November 17, 1974 at Philadelphia Eagles W 13–3
61,982
11 November 24, 1974 at New York Giants W 23–21
40,615
12 December 1, 1974 Kansas City Chiefs L 17–13
41,863
13 December 8, 1974 at New Orleans Saints L 14–0
57,152
14 December 15, 1974 New York Giants W 26–14
47,414

Game summaries

Week 14

1 234Total
Giants 0 1400 14
• Cardinals 0 0206 26

[3]

Standings

NFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
St. Louis Cardinals 10 4 0 .714 7–1 8–3 285 218 W1
Washington Redskins 10 4 0 .714 5–3 8–3 320 196 W2
Dallas Cowboys 8 6 0 .571 4–4 6–5 297 235 L1
Philadelphia Eagles 7 7 0 .286 3–5 5–6 242 217 W3
New York Giants 2 12 0 .143 1–7 1–10 195 299 L6

Roster

St. Louis Cardinals roster
Quarterbacks

Jim Hart

Dennis Shaw

Running Backs

Donny Anderson

Willie Belton

Reggie Harrison

Steve Jones

Terry Metcalf

Eddie Moss

Jim Otis

Ken Willard

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

 Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

 Reserve Lists

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics

Postseason

NFC Divisional Playoff

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 0 7 0 7 14
Vikings 0 7 16 7 30

at Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, Minnesota

Awards and records

Milestones

References

  1. 1 2 3 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 299
  2. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 369
  3. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com
  4. ↑ 1974 NFL Playoffs – www.football.com
  5. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 451
  6. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 443
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