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1966 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

NFL team season

Field	Value
team	St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)
teamdisplay	St. Louis Cardinals
year	1966
record	8–5–1
division_place	4th NFL Eastern
coach	Charley Winner
stadium	Busch Memorial Stadium
playoffs	Did not qualify
shortnavlink	Cardinals seasons
AP_All-pros	FS Larry Wilson	pro_bowlers=RG Ken Gray, LT Bob Reynolds, DE Joe Robb, HB Johnny Roland, TE Jackie Smith, SS Jerry Stovall, DT Chuck Walker, FS Larry Wilson

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The 1966 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 47th season the team was in the National Football League (NFL), and the seventh in St. Louis. The team moved its home games from the old Busch Stadium to the new Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis, and bettered their 1965 record of 5–9, winning eight games. Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 18th consecutive season.

NFL draft

Personnel

Staff / Coaches

Principal Owner/de facto General Manager - Bill Bidwill
Partial Owner / Team President - Charles Bidwill Jr.
Head Coach – Charley Winner
Assistant Coach / Talent Scout - Abe Stuber
Quarterbacks Coach - Harry Gilmer
Offensive Backs / Game Scouting - Rick Forzano
Offensive line – Red Miller
Receivers Coach – Fran Polsfoot
Defensive Coordinator - Chuck Drulis
Linebackers Coach – Don Shroyer
Defensive Line – Jim Champion
Defensive Backs - Chuck Drulis

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Roster

1966 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Quarterbacks

Regular season

Schedule

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September 11	Philadelphia Eagles	W 16–13	1–0	Busch Memorial Stadium	39,065	Recap
September 18	Washington Redskins	W 23–7	2–0	Busch Memorial Stadium	40,198	Recap
September 25	at Cleveland Browns	W 34–28	3–0	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	74,814	Recap
October 2	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 41–10	4–0	Franklin Field	59,305	Recap
October 9	New York Giants	W 24–19	5–0	Busch Memorial Stadium	43,893	Recap
October 16	Dallas Cowboys	T 10–10	5–0–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	50,673	Recap
October 23	at Washington Redskins	L 20–26	5–1–1	D.C. Stadium	50,154	Recap
	Chicago Bears	W 24–17	6–1–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	49,516	Recap
November 6	at New York Giants	W 20–17	7–1–1	Yankee Stadium	62,967	Recap
November 13	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 9–30	7–2–1	Pitt Stadium	28,552	Recap
Bye
November 27	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 6–3	8–2–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	46,099	Recap
December 4	at Dallas Cowboys	L 31–34	8–3–1	Cotton Bowl	76,965	Recap
December 11	at Atlanta Falcons	L 10–16	8–4–1	Atlanta Stadium	57,169	Recap
December 17	Cleveland Browns	L 10–38	8–5–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	47,721	Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1

Week 5 vs New York Giants

New York – Pete Gogolak 32-yard field goal. Giants 7–0.
New York– Homer Jones 9-yard pass from Earl Morrall (Gogolak kick), Giants 10–0.

Second Quarter

New York – Pete Gogolak 37-yard field goal, Giants 13–0.

Third Quarter

St. Louis – Johnny Roland 2-yard rush (Bakken kick), Giants 13–7.

Fourth Quarter

New York – Pete Gogolak 47-yard field goal, Giants 16–7.
St. Louis – Bobby Joe Conrad 40-yard pass from Johnny Roland (Bakken kick), Giants 16–14.
New York – Pete Gogolak 47-yard field goal, Giants 19–14.
St. Louis – Billy Gambrell 30-yard pass from Charley Johnson (Bakken kick), Cardinals 21–19.
St. Louis – Jim Bakken 36-yard field goal, Cardinals 24–19.|stats=Top Passers
Giants – Earl Morrall: 19/35, 162 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Cardinals – Charley Johnson: 8/17, 139 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

Giants – Ernie Koy Jr.: 22 car, 81 yds,
Cardinals – Johnny Roland: 19 car, 60 yds. 1 TD

Top receivers

Giants – Aaron Thomas: 8 rec, 86 yds.
Cardinals – Jackie Smith: 3 rec, 49 yds.}}

Week 9 at New York Giants

Second Quarter

St. Louis – Jim Bakken 20-yard field goal, Cardinals 3–0.
New York – Jerry Hillebrand 31-yard interception return (Pete Gogolak kick), Giants 7–3.

Third Quarter

St. Louis – Jackie Smith 69-yard pass from Charley Johnson (Bakken kick), Cardinals 10–7.
St. Louis – Prentice Gautt 8-yard pass from Terry Nofsinger (Bakken kick), Cardinals 17–7.

Fourth Quarter

New York – Pete Gogolak 26-yard field goal, Cardinals 17–10.
St. Louis – Jim Bakken 41-yard field goal, Cardinals 20–10.
New York – Joe Morrison 7-yard pass from Gary Wood (Pete Gogolak kick), Cardinals 20–17.|stats=Top Passers
Cardinals – Charley Johnson: 7/19, 123 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Giants – Gary Wood: 15/33, 216 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

Top rushers

Cardinals – Johnny Roland: 23 car, 76 yds.
Giants – Chuck Mercein: 7 car, 15 yds,

Top receivers

Cardinals – Jackie Smith: 3 rec, 103 yds 1 TD
Giants – Joe Morrison: 5 rec, 95 yds 1 TD.}}

Standings

References

[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/crd/1966.htm 1966 St. Louis Cardinals]
https://www.profootballarchives.com/1966nflstl.html
[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196609110crd.htm Pro-Football-Reference.com]. Retrieved 2014-Sep-15.

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