1972 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

American football team season August 2023 March 2026 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) St. Louis Cardinals 1972 4–9–1 4th NFC East Bob Hollway Bill Bidwill Busch Memorial Stadium Did not qualify None Cardinals seasons The 1972 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 53rd year with the National Football League and thirteenth in St. Louis. On September 2, Bill Bidwill purchased the stock of his brother Charles "Stormy" Bidwill to become sole owner of the Cardinals.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=480fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5NgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5608%2C1068812 Southeast Missorian Cape Girardeau Associated Press Bill Bidwill sole owner of Cards September 12, 1972 8 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, 0-7611-2480-2, p.283 The adopted sons of Charles and Violet Bidwill,http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/02/02/page/71/article/court-rules-for-bidwills Chicago Daily Tribune Howard Robert Court rules for Bidwills February 2, 1963 1, part 4https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ITsaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7CYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2373%2C430376 Milwaukee Journal Associated Press High court rules in favor of sons February 2, 1963 2, part 2 the two had co-owned the team since their mother's death in January 1962.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1962/01/30/page/27/article/mrs-wolfner-cardinals-owner-dies Chicago Daily Tribune Associated Press Mrs. Wolfner, Cardinals' owner, dies January 30, 1962 1, part 3 After starting at 2–2, with wins over 1970 and 1971 playoff participants Baltimore and Minnesota, the Cardinals went 0–7–1, then won their final two games over the Rams and Eagles to finish at 4–9–1 for the second consecutive season and third time in the past four. Second-year head coach Bob Hollway was fired on December 18,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QfYoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x9QEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3218%2C6407799 Southeast Missourian Cape Girardeau Associated Press Cardinals fire football coach December 19, 1972 1 the day after the regular season finale, and succeeded a month later by San Diego State head coach Don Coryell.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nWgqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cFMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4720%2C1056274 Pittsburgh Press UPI Coryell named Cardinal coach January 19, 1973 28https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=odwjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZSkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3816%2C1694910 Milwaukee Journal press dispatches Coryell is named coach of inoffensive Cardinals January 19, 1973 15, part 2 Offseason NFL draft 1972 NFL draft 1972 St. Louis Cardinals 1 4 Bobby Moore Wide receiver Oregon yes yes no Personnel Staff / Coaches 1972 St. Louis Cardinals Principal Owner/de facto General Manager - Bill Bidwill Head Coach – Bob Hollway Offensive Backs - Bill Thornton Assistant Offensive Backs - Paul Lanham Offensive line – Bill Austin Receivers Coach – Lew Carpenter Offensive Assistant - Ed Hughes Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers – Chuck Drulis Defensive Line / Linebackers – Bob Leach Defensive Backs - Larry Wilson Special Teams - Paul Lanham Source:1972 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft https://www.profootballarchives.com/1972nflstl.html 2026-09-03 www.profootballarchives.com Roster 1972 St. Louis Cardinals roster Quarterbacks 15 Gary Cuozzo 17 Jim Hart American football 16 Tim Van Galder y Running backs 44 Donny Anderson P 48 Craig Baynham 38 Leon Burns FB 47 Steve Conley running back y 32 Leo Hayden 23 Johnny Roland 27 Roy Shivers Wide receivers 85 Mel Gray wide receiver 84 Walker Gillette 88 Fred Hyatt 28 Ahmad Rashad y 42 Bob Wicks y Tight ends 83 Jim McFarland 30 Ara Person 81 Jackie Smith Offensive linemen 54 Tom Banks American football C 55 Dave Bradley G 72 Dan Dierdorf T 60 Conrad Dobler y G 65 Chuck Hutchison G 73 Ernie McMillan T 50 Wayne Mulligan C 62 Steve Wright American football, born 1942 T 64 Bob Young offensive lineman G Defensive linemen 89 Tom Beckman y DE 62 Martin Imhof y DE 76 Scott Palmer American football DT 71 John Richardson American football DT 75 Bob Rowe American football DT 78 Ron Yankowski DE Linebackers 57 Mark Arneson y 60 Jim Hargrove linebacker 59 Jeff Lyman y 56 Mike McGill 58 Terry Miller linebacker 67 Larry Stallings 53 Jamie Rivers American football Defensive backs 31 Chuck Beatty S 20 Miller Farr CB 49 Dale Hackbart FS 43 Norm Thompson American football CB 40 Eric Washington defensive back y CB 22 Roger Wehrli SS 8 Larry Wilson American football S Special teams 25 Jim Bakken K Reserve lists Practice squad rookies in italics Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 17 at Baltimore Colts W 10–3 1–0 Memorial Stadium 53,652 2 September 24 at Washington Redskins L 10–24 1–1 RFK Stadium 53,039 3 October 1 Pittsburgh Steelers L 19–25 1–2 Busch Memorial Stadium 49,140 4 October 8 at Minnesota Vikings W 19–17 2–2 Metropolitan Stadium 49,687 5 October 15 Washington Redskins L 3–33 2–3 Busch Memorial Stadium 50,454 6 October 22 at New York Giants L 21–27 2–4 Yankee Stadium 62,756 7 October 29 Chicago Bears L 10–27 2–5 Busch Memorial Stadium 50,464 8 November 5 at Philadelphia Eagles T 6–6 2–5–1 Veterans Stadium 65,720 9 November 12 at Dallas Cowboys L 24–33 2–6–1 Texas Stadium 65,218 10 November 19 New York Giants L 7–13 2–7–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 48,014 11 November 27, 1972 at Miami Dolphins L 10–31 2–8–1 Miami Orange Bowl 80,010 12 December 3 Dallas Cowboys L 6–27 2–9–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 49,787 13 December 10 Los Angeles Rams W 24–14 3–9–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 36,873 14 December 17 Philadelphia Eagles W 24–23 4–9–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 34,872 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. 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