1980 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

American football team season August 2023 March 2026 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) St. Louis Cardinals 1980 5–11 4th NFC East Jim Hanifan Bill Bidwill Busch Memorial Stadium Did not qualify T Dan DierdorfRB Ottis AndersonWR Pat Tilley Cardinals seasons The 1980 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 61st season the team was in the league. The team matched their previous output of 5–11.1980 St. Louis Cardinals The team failed to reach the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. After the season, Jon Brooks retired. Offseason NFL draft 1980 NFL draft 1980 St. Louis Cardinals 1 6 Curtis Greer Defensive end Michigan yes 2 33 Doug Marsh Tight end Michigan yes 3 60 John Sinnott Tackle Brown 3 81 Charles Baker Linebacker New Mexico yes 4 89 Rusty Lisch Quarterback Notre Dame yes 6 142 Bill Acker Nose tackle Texas yes 7 171 Ben Apuna Linebacker Arizona State 8 198 Dupree Branch Defensive back Colorado State 8 211 Grant Hudson Defensive tackle Virginia 9 225 Stafford Mays Defensive end Washington yes 10 255 Rush Brown Defensive tackle Ball State yes 11 282 Delrick Brown Defensive back Houston 12 309 Tyron Gray Wide receiver Washington State no nohttps://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/crd/1980_draft.htm 1980 St. Louis Cardinals Draftees Pro Football Reference May 14, 2022 Personnel Staff 1980 St. Louis Cardinals President – Bill Bidwill Vice President of Operations – Joe Sullivan Director of Pro Personnel – Larry Wilson Director of Player Personnel – George Boone Head Coach – Jim Hanifan Special Assistant to the Head Coach – Leon McLaughlin Quarterbacks/Receivers – Harry Gilmer Offensive Backfield – Dick Jamieson Offensive Line – Tom Lovat Offensive Line – Duane Putnam Defensive Coordinator – Tom Bettis Defensive Line – Rudy Feldman Defensive Secondary – Bill Atkins Special Teams – Chuck Banker Flexibility and Strength – Don Brown Roster 1980 St. Louis Cardinals 17 Jim Hart American football 16 Rusty Lisch y 14 Mike Loyd 32 Ottis Anderson 33 Theotis Brown 39 Willard Harrell 40 Randy Love 24 Wayne Morris American football 36 Rod Phillips American football 85 Mel Gray wide receiver 46 Jeff Lee American football 21 Dave Stief 80 Chris Combs tight end y 87 Doug Marsh y 89 Gary Parris 71 Joe Bostic G 51 Tom Brahaney C 64 Randy Clark American football y C/G 61 Ron Coder G 66 George Collins American football T 60 Barney Cotton G 72 Dan Dierdorf T 70 Mark Goodspeed y T 67 Bill Acker y NT 69 Rush Brown y NT 63 Kirby Criswell y DE 74 Oudious Lee y NT 76 Stafford Mays y DE 82 Bob Pollard DE 57 Mark Arneson OLB 52 Charles Baker American football y OLB 65 Jon Brooks American football OLB 59 Calvin Favron ILB 50 Jeff McIntyre ILB 53 Steve Neils OLB 58 Tom Seabron OLB 27 Carl Allen cornerback CB 44 Tim Collier CB 37 Ken Greene FS 38 Lee Nelson American football SS 23 Ken Stone American football FS 22 Roger Wehrli CB 11 Neil O'Donoghue K 10 Larry Swider P -- John Barefield LB IR 81 Mark Bell wide receiver WR IR 73 Mike Dawson defensive end NT IR 25 Roy Green S IR 75 Curtis Greer y DE IR 56 Tim Kearney American football LB IR 68 Terry Stieve G IR 83 Pat Tilley WR IR 55 Eric Williams linebacker LB IR 62 Keith Wortman T IR 78 Ron Yankowski DE IR Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 7 New York Giants L 35–41 0–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 49,122 2 September 14 at San Francisco 49ers L 21–24 0–2 Candlestick Park 49,999 3 September 21 at Detroit Lions L 7–20 0–3 Pontiac Silverdome 80,027 4 September 28 Philadelphia Eagles W 24–14 1–3 Busch Memorial Stadium 49,079 5 October 5 at New Orleans Saints W 40–7 2–3 Louisiana Superdome 45,388 6 October 12 Los Angeles Rams L 13–21 2–4 Busch Memorial Stadium 50,230 7 October 19 at Washington Redskins L 0–23 2–5 RFK Stadium 51,060 8 October 26 at Baltimore Colts W 17–10 3–5 Memorial Stadium 33,506 9 November 2 Dallas Cowboys L 24–27 3–6 Busch Memorial Stadium 50,701 10 November 9 Atlanta Falcons L 27–33 3–7 Busch Memorial Stadium 48,662 11 November 16 at Dallas Cowboys L 21–31 3–8 Texas Stadium 52,567 12 November 23 Kansas City Chiefs L 13–21 3–9 Busch Memorial Stadium 42,871 13 November 30 at New York Giants W 23–7 4–9 Giants Stadium 65,852 14 December 7 Detroit Lions W 24–23 5–9 Busch Memorial Stadium 46,966 15 December 14 at Philadelphia Eagles L 3–17 5–10 Veterans Stadium 68,969 16 December 21 Washington Redskins L 7–31 5–11 Busch Memorial Stadium 35,942 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Standings References Category:Arizona Cardinals seasons St. Louis Cardinals