1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

The 1982 St. Louis Cardinals season was the franchise’s 63rd year with the National Football League and the 23rd season in St. Louis. It was the Cardinals first postseason appearance since 1975, and their last before the team’s 1988 move to Arizona, as well as the last NFL postseason appearance for any St. Louis franchise until the Rams’ Super Bowl championship season of 1999. The 1982 Football Cardinals were 5–4 during the regular-season.

1982 St. Louis Cardinals season
Owner	Bill Bidwill
Head coach	Jim Hanifan
Home field	Busch Stadium
Results
Record	5–4
Division place	6th NFC
Playoff finish	Lost First Round (at Packers) 16–41
Pro Bowlers	None

The Cardinals playing against the Packers in the 1982 NFC First Round Playoff game.

This season would be the last season the Cardinals made the playoffs until 1998, when the team was far into its current tenure in Arizona.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Personnel

Staff

1982 St. Louis Cardinals staff

	Front office President – Bill Bidwill Director of Pro Personnel – Larry Wilson Director of Player Personnel – George Boone Head coaches Head Coach – Jim Hanifan Special Assistant to the Head Coach – Leon McLaughlin Offensive coaches Quarterbacks – Harry Gilmer Offensive Backfield – Dick Jamieson Receivers – Emmitt Thomas Offensive Line – Tom Lovat			Defensive coaches Assistant Head Coach/Defense – Floyd Peters Defensive Coordinator – Tom Bettis Linebackers – Rudy Feldman Special teams coaches Special Teams – Chuck Banker Strength and conditioning Flexibility and Strength – Don Brown

Roster

1982 St. Louis Cardinals roster

	Quarterbacks 17 Jim Hart 16 Rusty Lisch 15 Neil Lomax Running backs 32 Ottis Anderson 39 Willard Harrell 40 Randy Love 30 Stump Mitchell 24 Wayne Morris FB Wide receivers 85 Mel Gray 81 Roy Green 84 Mike Shumann 21 Dave Stief 86 Ken Thompson 83 Pat Tilley Tight ends 89 Greg LaFleur 87 Doug Marsh 87 Eddie McGill		Offensive linemen 71 Joe Bostic G 64 Randy Clark C 72 Dan Dierdorf C 66 George Collins T 70 Art Plunkett T 63 Tootie Robbins T 67 Luis Sharpe T 68 Terry Stieve G Defensive linemen 69 Rush Brown DT 73 Mike Dawson DT 65 David Galloway DE 75 Curtis Greer DE 76 Stafford Mays DT 82 Bob Pollard DE		Linebackers 58 Dave Ahrens 51 Kurt Allerman 52 Charles Baker 59 Calvin Favron 57 John Gillen 54 E. J. Junior 50 Craig Puki 53 Craig Shaffer Defensive backs 27 Carl Allen CB 46 Don Bessillieu 44 Tim Collier CB 37 Ken Greene SS 35 Jeff Griffin CB 38 Lee Nelson SS 23 Benny Perrin FS 22 Roger Wehrli CB Special teams 18 Carl Birdsong P 11 Neil O'Donoghue K		Reserve lists Practice squad Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 12, 1982	at New Orleans Saints	W 21–7	58,673
2	September 19, 1982	Dallas Cowboys	L 24–7	50,705
Players' strike
3	November 21, 1982	San Francisco 49ers	L 31–20	38,064
4	November 28, 1982	at Atlanta Falcons	W 23–20	33,411
5	December 5, 1982	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 23–20	63,622
6	December 12, 1982	Washington Redskins	L 12–7	35,308
7	December 19, 1982	at Chicago Bears	W 10–7	43,270
8	December 26, 1982	New York Giants	W 24–21	39,824
9	January 2, 1983	at Washington Redskins	L 28–0	55,045

Week 3

1 2 3 4 Total • 49ers 3 7 7 14 31 Cardinals 0 7 6 7 20 Date: November 21 Location: Busch Stadium Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 38,064 Game weather: 53 °F (11.7 °C); wind 10 miles per hour (16 km/h; 8.7 kn) Referee: Tom Dooley

Scoring summary Q1 SF Wersching 36 yard field goal SF 3–0 Q2 SF Moore 1 yard run (Wersching kick) SF 10–0 Q2 STL Green 17 yard pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick) SF 10–7 Q3 STL O'Donoghue 30 yard field goal Tie 10–10 Q3 STL O'Donoghue 32 yard field goal STL 13–10 Q3 SF Francis 6 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick) SF 17–13 Q4 SF Clark 33 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick) SF 24–13 Q4 SF Cooper 17 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick) SF 31–13 Q4 STL Anderson 2 yard run (O'Donoghue kick) SF 31–20

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Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Wildcard	January 8, 1983	at Green Bay Packers	L 41–16	54,282

NFC: Green Bay Packers 41, St. Louis Cardinals 16

Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	3	6	0	7	16
Packers	7	21	10	3	41

at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

• Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST/11:30 a.m. CST
• Game weather: 26 °F (−3.3 °C), overcast
• Game attendance: 54,282
• Referee: Fred Wyant
• TV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan and Johnny Morris

Game information

Scoring STL – field goal O'Donoghue 18 STL 3–0 GB – Jefferson 60 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GB 7–3 GB – Lofton 20 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GB 14–3 GB – Ivery 2 run (Stenerud kick) GB 21–3 GB – Ivery 4 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GB 28–3 STL – Tilley 5 pass from Lomax (kick blocked) GB 28–9 GB – field goal Stenerud 46 GB 31–9 GB – Jefferson 7 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GB 38–9 GB – field goal Stenerud 34 GB 41–9 STL – Shumann 18 pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick) GB 41–16

Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Washington Redskins^(1)	8	1	0	.889	6–1	8–1	190	128	W4
Dallas Cowboys^(2)	6	3	0	.667	2–1	4–2	226	145	L2
St. Louis Cardinals^(6)	5	4	0	.556	3–1	5–4	135	170	L1
New York Giants	4	5	0	.444	2–3	3–5	164	160	W1
Philadelphia Eagles	3	6	0	.333	1–5	1–5	191	195	L1

National Football Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Washington Redskins^(1)	8	1	0	.889	190	128	W4
Dallas Cowboys^(2)	6	3	0	.667	226	145	L2
Green Bay Packers^(3)	5	3	1	.611	226	169	L1
Minnesota Vikings^(4)	5	4	0	.556	187	198	W1
Atlanta Falcons^(5)	5	4	0	.556	183	199	L2
St. Louis Cardinals^(6)	5	4	0	.556	135	170	L1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers^(7)	5	4	0	.556	158	178	W3
Detroit Lions^(8)	4	5	0	.444	181	176	W1
New Orleans Saints	4	5	0	.444	129	160	W1
New York Giants	4	5	0	.444	164	160	W1
San Francisco 49ers	3	6	0	.333	209	206	L1
Chicago Bears	3	6	0	.333	141	174	L1
Philadelphia Eagles	3	6	0	.333	191	195	L1
Los Angeles Rams	2	7	0	.222	200	250	W1

Awards and records

• Luis Sharpe, NFL All-Rookie team

References

1. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

• Cardinals on Pro Football Reference
• Cardinals on jt-sw.com