1968 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

1968 St. Louis Cardinals season
1968 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coach	Charley Winner
Home field	Busch Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	9–4–1
Division place	2nd Century
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1967; Cardinals seasons; 1969 →;

The 1968 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 49th season the team was in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved on their previous output of 6–7–1, winning nine games.^[1] Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 20th consecutive season.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	13	MacArthur Lane	Running Back	Utah State
2	40	Fred Hyatt	Wide receiver	Auburn
2	42	Bob Atkins	Defensive Back	Grambling
4	87	Don Fitzgerald	Running Back	Kent State
4	96	Joe Schmiesing	Linebacker	New Mexico State
5	123	Rocky Rosema	Linebacker	Michigan

Roster

1968 St. Louis Cardinals roster

Quarterbacks

17 Jim Hart

12 Charley Johnson

Running backs

33 Willis Crenshaw

39 Cid Edwards FB

36 MacArthur Lane

23 Johnny Roland

27 Roy Shivers

Wide receivers

40 Bobby Joe Conrad

31 Jerry Daanen

88 Fred Hyatt

47 Bobby Lee

80 Dave Williams

Tight ends

83 Chuck Logan

81 Jackie Smith

Offensive linemen

61 Bob DeMarco C

69 Bob Duncum T

55 Irv Goode G

64 Ken Gray G

51 Dick Kasperek C

73 Ernie McMillan T

74 Bob Reynolds T

66 Rick Sortun G

54 Ted Wheeler G

Defensive linemen

83 Don Brumm DE

74 Fred Heron DT

89 Dave Long DT

75 Bob Rowe DT

82 Joe Schmiesing DE

79 Chuck Walker DE

Linebackers

59 Ernie Clark

60 Dave Meggyesy

53 Jamie Rivers

34 Rocky Rosema

67 Larry Stallings

57 Mike Strofolino

Defensive backs

48 Bob Atkins CB

20 Mike Barnes

29 Brady Keys CB

42 Lonnie Sanders

43 Mack Sauls

21 Jerry Stovall S

45 Bobby Williams

8 Larry Wilson S

Special teams

25 Jim Bakken K

26 Chuck Latourette P

Reserve lists

Practice squad

rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 16	Los Angeles Rams	L 13–24	0–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	49,757
2	September 22	at San Francisco 49ers	L 17–35	0–2	Kezar Stadium	27,557
3	September 29	at New Orleans Saints	W 21–20	1–2	Tulane Stadium	79,021
4	October 6	Dallas Cowboys	L 10–27	1–3	Busch Memorial Stadium	48,296
5	October 13	at Cleveland Browns	W 27–21	2–3	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	79,349
6	October 20	Washington Redskins	W 41–14	3–3	Busch Memorial Stadium	46,456
7	October 27	New Orleans Saints	W 31–17	4–3	Busch Memorial Stadium	45,476
8	November 3	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 45–17	5–3	Franklin Field	59,208
9	November 10	Pittsburgh Steelers	T 28–28	5–3–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	45,432
10	November 17	at Baltimore Colts	L 0–27	5–4–1	Memorial Stadium	60,238
11	November 24	Atlanta Falcons	W 17–12	6–4–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	43,246
12	December 1	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 20–10	7–4–1	Pitt Stadium	22,682
13	December 8	at New York Giants	W 28–21	8–4–1	Yankee Stadium	62,709
14	December 14	Cleveland Browns	W 27–16	9–4–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	39,746
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Century
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	10	4	0	.714	4–2	7–3	394	273	L1
St. Louis Cardinals	9	4	1	.692	5–0–1	8–1–1	325	289	W4
New Orleans Saints	4	9	1	.308	2–4	3–7	246	327	W1
Pittsburgh Steelers	2	11	1	.154	0–5–1	1–8–1	244	397	L5

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

^ 1968 St. Louis Cardinals

External links

1968 St. Louis Cardinals at Pro-Football-Reference.com

[1] 1968 St. Louis Cardinals

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