1979 St. Louis Cardinals Team Info
League | Coach | Record | Postseason Record | Division Standing | End of Season |
National Football League (NFL) | Bud Wilkinson (3-10) | 5-11 | – | Finished 5th in the NFL’s National Football Conference East Division | Lost Super Bowl |
Roster
Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College |
Carl Allen | DB | December 21, 1955 | 6’0′ | 185 | Southern Miss |
Kurt Allerman | LB | August 30, 1955 | 6’3′ | 222 | Penn St. |
Ottis Anderson | RB | January 19, 1957 | 6’2′ | 220 | Miami (FL) |
Mark Arneson | LB | September 9, 1949 | 6’2′ | 220 | Arizona |
Tom Banks | C-G | August 20, 1948 | 6’1′ | 245 | Auburn |
John Barefield | LB | March 23, 1955 | 6’2′ | 224 | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
Joe Bostic | G-T | April 20, 1957 | 6’3′ | 265 | Clemson |
Tom Brahaney | C | October 23, 1951 | 6’2′ | 245 | Oklahoma |
Chuck Brown | C-G | March 15, 1957 | 6’1′ | 235 | Houston |
Theotis Brown | RB | April 20, 1957 | 6’2′ | 225 | UCLA |
Al Chandler | TE | November 18, 1950 | 6’2′ | 233 | Oklahoma |
Jimmy Childs | WR | August 9, 1956 | 6’2′ | 194 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo |
Sean Clancy | LB | October 22, 1956 | 6’4′ | 218 | Amherst |
George Collins | T-G | December 9, 1955 | 6’2′ | 257 | Georgia |
Charles Davis | DT-NT | November 17, 1951 | 6’1′ | 269 | TCU |
Mike Dawson | DT-NT-DE | October 16, 1953 | 6’4′ | 270 | Arizona |
Dan Dierdorf | T-G-C | June 29, 1949 | 6’3′ | 275 | Michigan |
Calvin Favron | LB | July 3, 1957 | 6’1′ | 225 | SE Louisiana |
Chris Garlich | LB | July 17, 1957 | 6’1′ | 220 | Missouri |
Mel Gray | WR | September 28, 1948 | 5’9′ | 175 | Missouri |
Roy Green | WR-DB | June 30, 1957 | 6’0′ | 195 | Henderson St. |
Ken Greene | DB | May 8, 1956 | 6’3′ | 203 | Washington St. |
Willard Harrell | RB | September 16, 1952 | 5’8′ | 162 | Pacific |
Jim Hart | QB | April 29, 1944 | 6’1′ | 215 | Southern Illinois |
Steve Henry | DB | March 5, 1957 | 6’2′ | 190 | Emporia St. |
Tim Kearney | LB | November 5, 1950 | 6’2′ | 227 | Northern Michigan |
Steve Little | K | February 19, 1956 | 6’0′ | 180 | Arkansas |
Thomas Lott | RB | August 1, 1957 | 5’11’ | 205 | Oklahoma |
Randy Love | RB | September 30, 1956 | 6’1′ | 208 | Houston |
Wayne Morris | RB | May 3, 1954 | 6’0′ | 207 | SMU |
Bill Murrell | TE | June 14, 1956 | 6’3′ | 220 | Winston-Salem St. |
Steve Neils | LB | May 2, 1951 | 6’2′ | 217 | Minnesota |
Lee Nelson | DB | January 30, 1954 | 5’10’ | 185 | Florida St. |
Brad Oates | T-G | September 30, 1953 | 6’6′ | 274 | Duke |
Richard Osborne | TE | October 31, 1953 | 6’3′ | 230 | Texas A&M |
Gary Parris | TE | June 13, 1950 | 6’2′ | 226 | Florida St. |
Rod Phillips | RB | December 23, 1952 | 6’0′ | 220 | Cincinnati |
Steve Pisarkiewicz | QB | November 10, 1953 | 6’2′ | 205 | Missouri |
Bob Pollard | DE-DT | December 30, 1948 | 6’3′ | 250 | Texas Southern |
Jim Ramey | DE | March 9, 1957 | 6’4′ | 261 | Kentucky |
Bob Rozier | DE | July 28, 1955 | 6’3′ | 240 | California |
Keith Simons | DT-NT | April 26, 1954 | 6’3′ | 254 | Minnesota |
Perry Smith | DB | March 29, 1951 | 6’1′ | 195 | Mesa |
Dave Stief | WR-DB | January 29, 1956 | 6’3′ | 195 | Portland St. |
Terry Stieve | G | March 10, 1954 | 6’2′ | 256 | Wisconsin |
Ken Stone | DB-WR | September 14, 1950 | 6’1′ | 179 | Vanderbilt |
Pat Tilley | WR | February 15, 1953 | 5’10’ | 178 | Louisiana Tech |
Roger Wehrli | DB | November 26, 1947 | 6’0′ | 190 | Missouri |
Eric Williams | LB | June 17, 1955 | 6’2′ | 227 | USC |
Mike Wood | K | September 3, 1954 | 5’11’ | 199 | SE Missouri St. |
Keith Wortman | T-G-C | July 20, 1950 | 6’2′ | 260 | Nebraska |
Ron Yankowski | DE | October 23, 1946 | 6’5′ | 244 | Kansas St. |
Bob Young | G-DE-DT | September 3, 1942 | 6’1′ | 270 | Texas |
John Zook | DE | September 24, 1947 | 6’4′ | 243 | Kansas |