1981 St. Louis Cardinals Team Info
| League | Coach | Record | Postseason Record | Division Standing | End of Season |
| National Football League (NFL) | Jim Hanifan (7-9) | 7-9 | – | Finished 5th in the NFL’s National Football Conference East Division | – |
Roster
| Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College |
| Bill Acker | NT | November 7, 1956 | 6’3′ | 255 | Texas |
| Dave Ahrens | LB | December 5, 1958 | 6’3′ | 238 | Wisconsin |
| Carl Allen | DB | December 21, 1955 | 6’0′ | 185 | Southern Miss |
| Ottis Anderson | RB | January 19, 1957 | 6’2′ | 220 | Miami (FL) |
| Charles Baker | LB | September 26, 1957 | 6’2′ | 226 | New Mexico |
| Mark Bell | WR | June 14, 1957 | 5’9′ | 175 | Colorado St. |
| Carl Birdsong | P | January 1, 1959 | 6’0′ | 192 | SW Oklahoma St. |
| Joe Bostic | G-T | April 20, 1957 | 6’3′ | 265 | Clemson |
| Tom Brahaney | C | October 23, 1951 | 6’2′ | 245 | Oklahoma |
| Rush Brown | DT-NT-DE | June 27, 1954 | 6’2′ | 257 | Ball St. |
| Theotis Brown | RB | April 20, 1957 | 6’2′ | 225 | UCLA |
| Steve Carpenter | DB | January 22, 1958 | 6’2′ | 195 | West. Illinois |
| Randy Clark | C-T-G | July 27, 1957 | 6’3′ | 260 | Northern Illinois |
| Ralph Clayton | WR-FB | September 29, 1958 | 6’3′ | 222 | Michigan |
| Tim Collier | DB | May 31, 1954 | 6’0′ | 172 | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| George Collins | T-G | December 9, 1955 | 6’2′ | 257 | Georgia |
| Chris Combs | TE-T | March 17, 1958 | 6’4′ | 238 | New Mexico |
| Barney Cotton | G | September 30, 1956 | 6’5′ | 264 | Nebraska |
| Kirby Criswell | LB-DE | August 31, 1957 | 6’5′ | 238 | Kansas |
| 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 |
| Doak Field | LB | October 8, 1958 | 6’2′ | 228 | Baylor |
| Mike Fisher | WR | April 22, 1958 | 5’11’ | 172 | Baylor |
| John Floyd | WR | September 10, 1956 | 6’1′ | 195 | La-Monroe |
| John Gillen | LB | November 5, 1958 | 6’3′ | 227 | Illinois |
| 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. |
| Curtis Greer | DE | November 10, 1957 | 6’4′ | 255 | Michigan |
| Jeff Griffin | DB | July 19, 1958 | 6’0′ | 185 | Utah |
| Willard Harrell | RB | September 16, 1952 | 5’8′ | 162 | Pacific |
| Jim Hart | QB | April 29, 1944 | 6’1′ | 215 | Southern Illinois |
| Charles Johnson | DB | May 8, 1956 | 5’10’ | 182 | Grambling St. |
| E.J. Junior | LB | December 8, 1959 | 6’3′ | 238 | Alabama |
| Tim Kearney | LB | November 5, 1950 | 6’2′ | 227 | Northern Michigan |
| Greg LaFleur | TE | September 16, 1958 | 6’4′ | 236 | LSU |
| Rusty Lisch | QB | December 21, 1956 | 6’3′ | 213 | Notre Dame |
| Neil Lomax | QB | February 17, 1959 | 6’3′ | 215 | Portland St. |
| Randy Love | RB | September 30, 1956 | 6’1′ | 208 | Houston |
| Dale Markham | T-DE | July 24, 1957 | 6’8′ | 280 | North Dakota |
| Doug Marsh | TE | June 18, 1958 | 6’3′ | 236 | Michigan |
| Stafford Mays | DE-DT-NT | March 13, 1958 | 6’2′ | 252 | Washington |
| Stump Mitchell | RB | March 15, 1959 | 5’9′ | 188 | The Citadel |
| Wayne Morris | RB | May 3, 1954 | 6’0′ | 207 | SMU |
| Lee Nelson | DB | January 30, 1954 | 5’10’ | 185 | Florida St. |
| Neil O’Donoghue | K | January 18, 1953 | 6’6′ | 208 | St. Bernard |
| Art Plunkett | T | March 8, 1959 | 6’7′ | 269 | UNLV |
| Bob Pollard | DE-DT | December 30, 1948 | 6’3′ | 250 | Texas Southern |
| Bruce Radford | NT-DE | October 5, 1955 | 6’5′ | 257 | Grambling St. |
| Don Schwartz | DB | February 24, 1956 | 6’1′ | 191 | Washington St. |
| Dave Stief | WR-DB | January 29, 1956 | 6’3′ | 195 | Portland St. |
| Terry Stieve | G | March 10, 1954 | 6’2′ | 256 | Wisconsin |
| Pat Tilley | WR | February 15, 1953 | 5’10’ | 178 | Louisiana Tech |
| Ken Times | NT-DT | January 1, 1956 | 6’2′ | 246 | Southern |
| Roger Wehrli | DB | November 26, 1947 | 6’0′ | 190 | Missouri |
| Eric Williams | LB | June 17, 1955 | 6’2′ | 227 | USC |
| Herb Williams | DB | August 30, 1958 | 6’1′ | 190 | Southern |
| Keith Wortman | T-G-C | July 20, 1950 | 6’2′ | 260 | Nebraska |
