1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season
1982 St. Louis Cardinals season | |
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Head coach | Jim Hanifan |
Owner | Bill Bidwill |
Home field | Busch Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 5–4 |
Division place | 6th NFC |
Playoff finish | Lost First Round (at Packers) 16–41 |
Pro Bowlers | none |
The 1982 St. Louis Cardinals season was the franchise’s 63rd year with the National Football League and the 23rd season in St. Louis. It was the Cardinals first postseason appearance since 1975, and their last before the team’s 1988 move to Arizona, as well as the last NFL postseason appearance for any St. Louis franchise until the Rams’ Super Bowl championship season of 1999. The 1982 Football Cardinals were 5–4 during the regular-season.
This season would be the last season the Cardinals made the playoffs until 1998.
Offseason
NFL Draft
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Personnel
Staff
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Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Roster
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Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reserve lists
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Regular season
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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1 | September 12, 1982 | at New Orleans Saints | W 21–7 | |
2 | September 19, 1982 | Dallas Cowboys | L 24–7 | |
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3 | November 21, 1982 | San Francisco 49ers | L 31–20 | |
4 | November 28, 1982 | at Atlanta Falcons | W 23–20 | |
5 | December 5, 1982 | at Philadelphia Eagles | W 23–20 | |
6 | December 12, 1982 | Washington Redskins | L 12–7 | |
7 | December 19, 1982 | at Chicago Bears | W 10–7 | |
8 | December 26, 1982 | New York Giants | W 24–21 | |
9 | January 2, 1983 | at Washington Redskins | L 28–0 |
Week 3
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Playoffs
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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Wildcard | January 8, 1983 | at Green Bay Packers | L 41–16 |
NFC: Green Bay Packers 41, St. Louis Cardinals 16
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cardinals | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
Packers | 7 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 41 |
at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST/11:30 a.m. CST
- Game weather: 26 °F (−3.3 °C), overcast
- Game attendance: 54,282
- Referee: Fred Wyant
- TV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan and Johnny Morris
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Standings
NFC East | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
Washington Redskins(1) | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 6–1 | 8–1 | 190 | 128 | W4 |
Dallas Cowboys(2) | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 226 | 145 | L2 |
St. Louis Cardinals(6) | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 3–1 | 5–4 | 135 | 170 | L1 |
New York Giants | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 2–3 | 3–5 | 164 | 160 | W1 |
Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 191 | 195 | L1 |
National Football Conference | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
Washington Redskins(1) | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 190 | 128 | W4 | ||
Dallas Cowboys(2) | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 226 | 145 | L2 | ||
Green Bay Packers(3) | 5 | 3 | 1 | .611 | 226 | 169 | L1 | ||
Minnesota Vikings(4) | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 187 | 198 | W1 | ||
Atlanta Falcons(5) | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 183 | 199 | L2 | ||
St. Louis Cardinals(6) | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 135 | 170 | L1 | ||
Tampa Bay Buccaneers(7) | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 158 | 178 | W3 | ||
Detroit Lions(8) | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 181 | 176 | W1 | ||
New Orleans Saints | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 129 | 160 | W1 | ||
New York Giants | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 164 | 160 | W1 | ||
San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 209 | 206 | L1 | ||
Chicago Bears | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 141 | 174 | L1 | ||
Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 191 | 195 | L1 | ||
Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 200 | 250 | W1 |
Awards and records
- Luis Sharpe, NFL All-Rookie team
References
- ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-May-22.