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1978 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season
NFL team season
NFL team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| team | St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) |
| teamdisplay | St. Louis Cardinals |
| year | 1978 |
| record | 6–10 |
| division_place | 4th NFC East |
| coach | Bud Wilkinson |
| owner | Bill Bidwill |
| stadium | Busch Memorial Stadium |
| playoffs | Did not qualify |
| pro_bowlers | C Tom Banks |
| G Bob Young | |
| T Dan Dierdorf | |
| shortnavlink | Cardinals seasons |
G Bob Young T Dan Dierdorf The 1978 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 59th year with the National Football League and the 19th season in St. Louis. The controversial recruitment of 62-year-old former Oklahoma Sooners coach Bud Wilkinson was a failure, as the team, already affected by becoming the first opponent team to lose visiting the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers (in December 1977), failed to maintain the standard of the previous four seasons. St. Louis lost its first eight games to be out of the running for the playoffs by midseason, and even a sequence of six wins in eight games failed to move them beyond a tie for last in its division.
The last of the Cardinals’ initial eight consecutive losses was the final time they played the New York Jets until 1996, by which time the franchise was based in Phoenix and provided a notorious Jets’ team with the win needed to avoid the first 0–16 record in NFL history. The reason for this is that before the admission of the Texans in 2002, NFL scheduling formulas for games outside a team's division were much more influenced by table position during the previous season.
Wilkinson was hired in early March, following the release of Don Coryell in February. Wilkinson had last coached at Oklahoma in 1963, and had since been an analyst on college football telecasts.
Offseason
NFL draft
Main article: 1978 NFL draft
Staff
- Owner – Bill Bidwill
- Director of Operations – Joe Sullivan
- Assistant Director of Operations – Larry Wilson
- Head Coach – Bud Wilkinson
- Quarterbacks/Receivers – Harry Gilmer
- Offensive Backfield – Pete Elliott
- Offensive Line – Jim Hanifan
- Special Assistant – Buddy Parker
- Defensive Coordinator – Tom Bettis
- Defensive Line – Rudy Feldman
- Defensive Secondary – Fred Glick
- Special Teams – Jerry Thompson :Source:
Roster
Preseason
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| at Miami Dolphins | L 7–28 | 0–1 | Miami Orange Bowl | 46,557 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| at Chicago Bears | W 26–14 | 1–1 | Soldier Field | 52,732 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| at Green Bay Packers | L 17–23 | 1–2 | Lambeau Field | 50,423 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| at Kansas City Chiefs | W 12–7 | 2–2 | Arrowhead Stadium | 40,884 |
Regular season
Schedule
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| September 3 | at Chicago Bears | L 10–17 | 0–1 | Soldier Field | 52,791 | Recap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 10 | New England Patriots | L 6–16 | 0–2 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 48,233 | Recap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 17 | Washington Redskins | L 10–28 | 0–3 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 49,282 | Recap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 24 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 12–21 | 0–4 | Texas Stadium | 62,760 | Recap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 1 | at Miami Dolphins | L 10–24 | 0–5 | Miami Orange Bowl | 43,882 | Recap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 8 | Baltimore Colts | L 17–30 | 0–6 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 47,479 | Recap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 15 | Dallas Cowboys | L 21–24 (OT) | 0–7 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 48,991 | Recap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 22 | at New York Jets | L 10–23 | 0–8 | Shea Stadium | 49,244 | Recap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 29 | at Philadelphia Eagles | W 16–10 | 1–8 | Veterans Stadium | 62,989 | Recap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| November 5 | New York Giants | W 20–10 | 2–8 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 48,820 | Recap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| November 12 | at San Francisco 49ers | W 16–10 | 3–8 | Candlestick Park | 33,155 | Recap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| November 19 | at Washington Redskins | W 27–17 | 4–8 | RFK Stadium | 52,460 | Recap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| November 26 | Philadelphia Eagles | L 10–14 | 4–9 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 39,693 | Recap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 3 | Detroit Lions | W 21–14 | 5–9 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 39,200 | Recap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 10 | at New York Giants | L 0–17 | 5–10 | Giants Stadium | 52,226 | Recap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 17 | Atlanta Falcons | W 42–21 | 6–10 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 40,022 | Recap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |
Standings
References
References
- [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/tgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=game&year_min=1940&year_max=2012&game_type=R&playoff_round=&game_num_min=0&game_num_max=99&week_num_min=0&week_num_max=99&game_day_of_week=&game_time=&time_zone=&game_location=&surface=&roof=&game_result=&overtime=&league_id=&team_id=crd&opp_id=nyj&conference_game=&division_game=&tm_is_playoff=&opp_is_playoff=&tm_is_winning=&opp_is_winning=&tm_scored_first=&tm_led=&tm_trailed=&c1stat=&c1comp=gt&c1val=&c2stat=&c2comp=gt&c2val=&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&order_by=game_date&order_by_asc=Y Arizona Cardinals v New York Jets]
- [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/blog/?p=521 History of the NFL's Structure and Formats]
- (March 2, 1978). "Wilkinson named Cardinals' coach". Pittsburgh Press.
- (March 2, 1978). "Big Red names Wilkinson". Southeast Missourian.
- (February 11, 1978). "Coryell won't coach Cards". Eugene Register-Guard.
- (February 12, 1978). "Wanted: 'A talented coach'". Southeast Missourian.
- https://www.profootballarchives.com/1978nflstl.html
- "1978 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)". Pro Football Archives.
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