1964 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

American football team season March 2026 the National Football League team the Major League Baseball team 1964 St. Louis Cardinals season August 2023 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) St. Louis Cardinals 1964 9–3–2 2nd NFL Eastern Wally Lemm Busch Stadium (I) Won NFL Playoff Bowl(vs. Packers) 24–17 Cardinals seasons The 1964 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 45th year with the National Football League (NFL) and the fifth season in St. Louis. The Cardinals (9–3–2) were the runner-up in the Eastern Conference, finishing a half game behind the Cleveland Browns (10–3–1), who won the NFL championship game on December 27. The Cardinals tied the Browns in Cleveland in September and defeated them in St. Louis in December. As the conference runner-up, the Cardinals played the Green Bay Packers of the Western Conference in the third place Playoff Bowl in Miami, Florida. Held on January 3 at the Orange Bowl, St. Louis won in an upset, 24–17.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hXhQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XREEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7314%2C681209 Milwaukee Sentinel Lea Bud Bud Lea Cards blunt Packers' rally, 24-17 January 4, 1965 2, part 2 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RU0aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jycEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6801%2C1524607 Milwaukee Journal Johnson Chuck Packers season ends as it began; Cardinals win in an exhibition January 4, 1965 8, part 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GwBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-eIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5111%2C627288 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press 'Peanuts' leads Cards to victory January 4, 1965 3B It was the Cardinals' only postseason appearance between 1948 and 1974. Offseason NFL draft 1964 NFL draft Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 12, 1964 at Dallas Cowboys W 16–6 1–0 Cotton Bowl 36,605 2 September 20 at Cleveland Browns T 33–33 1–0–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 76,954 3 September 27 at San Francisco 49ers W 23–13 2–0–1 Kezar Stadium 30,969 4 October 4 at Washington Redskins W 23–17 3–0–1 D.C. Stadium 49,219 5 October 12, 1964 at Baltimore Colts^ L 27–47 3–1–1 Memorial Stadium 60,213 6 October 18 Washington Redskins W 38–24 4–1–1 Busch Stadium 23,748 7 October 25 Dallas Cowboys L 13–31 4–2–1 Busch Stadium 28,253 8 November 1 at New York Giants L 17–34 4–3–1 Yankee Stadium 63,072 9 November 8 Pittsburgh Steelers W 34–30 5–3–1 Busch Stadium 28,245 10 November 15 New York Giants T 10–10 5–3–2 Busch Stadium 29,608 11 November 22 at Philadelphia Eagles W 38–13 6–3–2 Franklin Field 60,671 12 November 29 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 21–20 7–3–2 Pitt Stadium 27,807 13 December 6 Cleveland Browns W 28–19 8–3–2 Busch Stadium 31,585 14 December 13 Philadelphia Eagles W 36–34 9–3–2 Busch Stadium 24,636 Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. ^ The game with the Baltimore Colts on October 12 was originally scheduled for St. Louis,  but was moved to Baltimore due to the baseball Cardinals' participation in the World Series. Game summaries Week 2: at Cleveland Browns text-align:center; St. Louis Cardinals text-align:center; autocollapse St. Louis Cardinals 33, Cleveland Browns 33 September 20 12:30 p.m. CDT Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio 76,954 67 F, relative humidity 87%, wind 7 mph on Tom Bell CBS Jack Drees (STL) (second half) and Ken Coleman (CLE) (first half) (play-by-play), Bill Fischer (STL) (second half) and Warren Lahr (CLE) (first half) (color commentators) Cardinals 10 3 10 10 Browns 6 10 7 10 Pro-Football-Reference.com First Quarter STL - John David Crow 22 yard pass from Charley Johnson - (Jim Bakken kick) Cardinals 7-0 CLE - Lou Groza 32 yard field goal - Cardinals 7-3 CLE - Lou Groza 12 yard field goal - Cardinals 7-6 STL - Jim Bakken 30 yard field goal - Cardinals 10-6 Second Quarter CLE - Lou Groza 37 yard field goal - Cardinals 10-9 STL - Jim Bakken 51 yard field goal - Cardinals 13-9 CLE - Paul Warfield 40 yard pass from Frank Ryan - (Lou Groza kick) Browns 16-13 Third Quarter STL - Sonny Randle 38 yard pass from Charley Johnson - (Jim Bakken kick) Cardinals 20-16 STL - Jim Bakken 44 yard field goal - Cardinals 23-16 CLE - Gary Collins 7 yard pass from Frank Ryan - (Lou Groza kick) Tied 23-23 Fourth Quarter STL - Sonny Randle 50 yard pass from Charley Johnson - (Jim Bakken kick)Cardinals 30-23 CLE - Lou Groza 25 yard field goal - Cardinals 30-26 CLE - Jim Brown 1 yard rush - (Lou Groza kick) Browns 33-30 STL - Jim Bakken 28 yard field goal - Tied 33-33 Cardinals Browns Week 13: vs. Cleveland Browns text-align:center; St. Louis Cardinals text-align:center; autocollapse St. Louis Cardinals 28, Cleveland Browns 19 December 6 1:00 p.m. CST Busch Stadium I, St. Louis, Missouri 31,585 18 F, relative humidity 98%, wind 7.8 mph 0 on, wind chill 8 F CBS Ken Coleman (CLE) (second half) and Jack Drees (STL) (first half) (play-by-play), Warren Lahr (CLE) (second half) and Bill Fischer (STL) (first half) (color commentators) Browns 3 3 3 10 Cardinals 0 21 7 0 Pro-Football-Reference.com First Quarter CLE - Lou Groza 22 yard field goal - Browns 3-0 Second Quarter STL - Joe Childress 46 yard pass from Charley Johnson - (Jim Bakken kick) Cardinals 7-3 STL - Charley Johnson 1 yard run - (Jim Bakken kick) Cardinals 14-3 STL - Bobby Joe Conrad 8 yard pass from Charley Johnson - (Jim Bakken kick) Cardinals 21-3 CLE - Lou Groza 39 yard field goal - Cardinals 21-6 Third Quarter CLE - Lou Groza 17 yard field goal - Cardinals 21-9 STL - Charley Johnson 1 yard run - (Jim Bakken kick) Cardinals 28-9 Fourth Quarter CLE - Lou Groza 36 yard field goal - Cardinals 28-12 CLE - Ernie Green 30 yard pass from Frank Ryan - (Lou Groza kick) Cardinals 28-19 Browns Cardinals Standings Personnel Staff / Coaches 1964 St. Louis Cardinals Principal Owner/de facto General Manager - Bill Bidwill Partial Owner / Team President - Charles Bidwill Jr. Head Coach – Wally Lemm Offensive Backs / Game Scouting - Charley Trippi Offensive line – Ray Prochaska Receivers Coach – Fran Polsfoot Defensive Coordinator - Chuck Drulis Defensive Backs Coach - Walt Schlinkman Source:https://www.profootballarchives.com/1964nflstl.html Roster 1964 St. Louis Cardinals 11 Buddy Humphrey 12 Charley Johnson 35 Joe Childress 33 Willis Crenshaw y 44 John David Crow 22 Prentice Gautt 23 Bob Paremore 36 Bill Thornton American football 40 Bobby Joe Conrad  3 Billy Gambrell 85 Taz Anderson 81 Jackie Smith 75 Ed Cook American football G/T 61 Bob DeMarco C 55 Irv Goode G/C 64 Ken Gray American football G 73 Ernie McMillan T 71 Bob Reynolds American football, born 1939 T 66 Rick Sortun y G 63 Herschel Turner y T/G 86 Don Brumm DE 74 Ken Kortas y DT/DE 78 Luke Owens DT 65 Tom Redmond DE 84 Joe Robb DE 72 Sam Silas DT 79 Chuck Walker American football y DE/DT 33 Mal Hammack OLB 34 Bill Koman OLB 60 Dave Meggyesy MLB 62 Dale Meinert MLB 52 Marion Rushing OLB 67 Larry Stallings OLB 20 Monk Bailey CB/S 49 Jimmy Burson CB 37 Pat Fischer CB 41 Jimmy Hill American football CB 21 Jerry Stovall SS/P  8 Larry Wilson American football FS 25 Jim Bakken K 88 Sonny Randle WR IR 38 Bill Triplett RB NF-Ill. Postseason Playoff Bowl Playoff Bowl Round Date Opponent Result Venue Attendance Playoff Bowl January 3, 1965 Green Bay Packers W 24–17 Orange Bowl 56,218 Source:NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, 0-7611-2480-2, p. 369 References 2 External links 1964 St. Louis Cardinals at Pro-Football-Reference.com St. Louis Category:Arizona Cardinals seasons