1966_St._Louis_Cardinals_(NFL)_season Knowpia

1966 St. Louis Cardinals season
1966 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coach	Charley Winner
Home field	Busch Memorial Stadium
Local radio	KMOX
Results
Record	8–5–1
Division place	4th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	RG Ken Gray, LT Bob Reynolds, DE Joe Robb, HB Johnny Roland, TE Jackie Smith, SS Jerry Stovall, DT Chuck Walker, FS Larry Wilson
AP All-Pros	FS Larry Wilson
	← 1965; Cardinals seasons; 1967 →;

The 1966 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 47th season the team was in the National Football League (NFL), and the seventh in St. Louis. The team moved its home games from the old Busch Stadium to the new Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis, and bettered their 1965 record of 5–9, winning eight games.^[1] Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 18th consecutive season.

NFL draft edit

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1966 St. Louis Cardinals draft
1	8	Carl McAdams	DT	Oklahoma
2	23	Harold Lucas	T	Michigan State
3	43	Dave Long	DE	Iowa
4	58	Gary Snook	QB	Iowa
5	73	Jack Clancy *	SE	Michigan
6	88	Tim Van Galder	QB	Iowa State	later played for the Cardinals from 1967, 1971–72
7	102	Charley Arkwright	T	Georgia
8	121	Dan Goich	DT	California
9	135	Charlie Bryant	RB	Allen
10	149	Mike Ringer	HB	Oklahoma
11	163	Bobby Williams	DB	Central State (OK)
12	177	Rickey Johnson	T	Clemson
13	196	Jim Brown	G	Nebraska
14	210	LaVerle Pratt	LB	Idaho
15	224	Darryl Alleman	E	Wyoming
16	238	Dick Kasperek	C	Iowa State
17	252	Benny Russell	QB	Louisville
18	271	Willie Jones	DT	Kansas State
19	285	Tony Golmont	DB	NC State
20	299	Tom Gallagher	DE	Indiana
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Roster edit

1966 St. Louis Cardinals roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

28 Ray Ogden
81 Jackie Smith

Offensive linemen

64 Ken Gray G
61 Bob DeMarco C
73 Ernie McMillan T
74 Bob Reynolds T
66 Rick Sortun G
55 Irv Goode G
51 Dick Kasperek C
52 Dave O'Brien T
68 Frank Roy G
76 John McDowell T

Defensive linemen

83 Don Brumm DE
74 Fred Heron DT
89 Dave Long DE
82 Mike Melinkovich DE
84 Joe Robb DE
79 Chuck Walker DT
72 Sam Silas DT

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

25 Jim Bakken K

Reserve lists

Practice squad

rookies in italics

Regular Season edit

Schedule edit

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 11	Philadelphia Eagles	W 16–13	1–0	Busch Memorial Stadium	39,065	Recap
2	September 18	Washington Redskins	W 23–7	2–0	Busch Memorial Stadium	40,198	Recap
3	September 25	at Cleveland Browns	W 34–28	3–0	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	74,814	Recap
4	October 2	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 41–10	4–0	Franklin Field	59,305	Recap
5	October 9	New York Giants	W 24–19	5–0	Busch Memorial Stadium	43,893	Recap
6	October 16	Dallas Cowboys	T 10–10	5–0–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	50,673	Recap
7	October 23	at Washington Redskins	L 20–26	5–1–1	D.C. Stadium	50,154	Recap
8	October 31	Chicago Bears	W 24–17	6–1–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	49,516	Recap
9	November 6	at New York Giants	W 20–17	7–1–1	Yankee Stadium	62,967	Recap
10	November 13	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 9–30	7–2–1	Pitt Stadium	28,552	Recap
11	Bye
12	November 27	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 6–3	8–2–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	46,099	Recap
13	December 4	at Dallas Cowboys	L 31–34	8–3–1	Cotton Bowl	76,965	Recap
14	December 11	at Atlanta Falcons	L 10–16	8–4–1	Atlanta Stadium	57,169	Recap
15	December 17	Cleveland Browns	L 10–38	8–5–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	47,721	Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries edit

Week 1 edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	7	0	3	13
• Cardinals	0	3	3	10	16

Date: September 11
Location: Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis, MO
Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C); wind 5 mph (8 km/h)

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Week 5 vs New York Giants edit

Week Five: New York Giants (0-3-1) at St. Louis Cardinals (4-0)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	10	3	0	6	19
Cardinals	0	0	7	17	24

at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis

Date: October 9
Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C)
Box Score

Game information

First Quarter

New York – Pete Gogolak 32-yard field goal. Giants 7–0.
New York– Homer Jones 9-yard pass from Earl Morrall (Gogolak kick), Giants 10–0.

Second Quarter

New York – Pete Gogolak 37-yard field goal, Giants 13–0.

Third Quarter

St. Louis – Johnny Roland 2-yard rush (Bakken kick), Giants 13–7.

Fourth Quarter

New York – Pete Gogolak 47-yard field goal, Giants 16–7.
St. Louis – Bobby Joe Conrad 40-yard pass from Johnny Roland (Bakken kick), Giants 16–14.
New York – Pete Gogolak 47-yard field goal, Giants 19–14.
St. Louis – Billy Gambrell 30-yard pass from Charley Johnson (Bakken kick), Cardinals 21–19.
St. Louis – Jim Bakken 36-yard field goal, Cardinals 24–19.

Top Passers

Giants – Earl Morrall: 19/35, 162 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Cardinals – Charley Johnson: 8/17, 139 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

Giants – Ernie Koy Jr.: 22 car, 81 yds,
Cardinals – Johnny Roland: 19 car, 60 yds. 1 TD

Top receivers

Giants – Aaron Thomas: 8 rec, 86 yds.
Cardinals – Jackie Smith: 3 rec, 49 yds.

Week 9 at New York Giants edit

Week Nine: St. Louis Cardinals (6-1-1) at New York Giants (1-5-1)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	3	14	3	20
Giants	0	7	0	10	17

at Yankee Stadium, New York City

Date: November 6
Game weather: 48 °F (9 °C)
Box Score