1966 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

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.

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

Roster

1966 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Quarterbacks 12 Charley Johnson Running Backs 33 Willis Crenshaw 23 Johnny Roland 38 Bill Triplett Wide Receivers 88 Sonny Randle 40 Bobby Joe Conrad 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 Defensive Linemen 83 Don Brumm DE 74 Fred Heron DT 89 Dave Long DT 82 Mike Melinkovich DE 84 Joe Robb DE 79 Chuck Walker DT	Linebackers 34 Bill Koman 60 Dave Meggyesy 62 Dale Meinert 67 Larry Stallings 57 Mike Strofolino Defensive Backs 37 Pat Fischer CB 21 Jerry Stovall S 45 Bobby Williams 8 Larry Wilson S 42 Abe Woodson CB Special Teams 25 Jim Bakken K	Reserve Lists Practice Squad Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	September 11	Philadelphia Eagles	W 16–13	1–0–0	39,065
2	September 18	Washington Redskins	W 23–7	2–0–0	40,198
3	September 25	at Cleveland Browns	W 34–28	3–0–0	74,814
4	October 2	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 41–10	4–0–0	59,305
5	October 9	New York Giants	W 24–19	5–0–0	43,893
6	October 16	Dallas Cowboys	T 10–10	5–0–1	50,673
7	October 23	at Washington Redskins	L 26–20	5–1–1	50,154
8	October 31	Chicago Bears	W 24–17	6–1–1	49,516
9	November 6	at New York Giants	W 20–17	7–1–1	62,967
10	November 13	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 30–9	7–2–1	28,552
11	November 20	Bye
12	November 27	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 6–3	8–2–1	46,099
13	December 4	at Dallas Cowboys	L 31–17	8–3–1	76,965
14	December 11	at Atlanta Falcons	L 16–10	8–4–1	57,169
15	December 17	Cleveland Browns	L 38–10	8–5–1	47,721

• A bye week was necessary in 1966, as the league expanded to an odd-number (15) of teams (Atlanta); one team was idle each week.

Game summaries

Week 1

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)

Scoring summary Q1 PHI Baker 23 yard field goal PHI 3–0 Q2 STL Bakken 9 yard field goal Tie 3–3 Q2 PHI Brown 23 yard run (Baker kick) PHI 10–3 Q3 STL Bakken 47 yard field goal PHI 10–6 Q4 STL Johnson 1 yard run (Bakken kick) STL 13–10 Q4 PHI Baker 33 yard field goal Tie 13–13 Q4 STL Bakken 27 yard field goal STL 16–13

[2]

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Dallas Cowboys	10	3	1	.769	9–3–1	445	239	W1
Philadelphia Eagles	9	5	0	.643	8–5	326	340	W4
Cleveland Browns	9	5	0	.643	9–4	403	259	W1
St. Louis Cardinals	8	5	1	.615	7–5–1	264	265	L3
Washington Redskins	7	7	0	.500	7–6	351	355	L1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	8	1	.385	4–8–1	316	347	W2
Atlanta Falcons	3	11	0	.214	2–5	204	437	L1
New York Giants	1	12	1	.077	1–11–1	263	501	L8

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

References

1. 1966 St. Louis Cardinals
2. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-15.

External links

• 1966 St. Louis Cardinals at Pro-Football-Reference.com