1968 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

The 1968 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 49th season the team was in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved on their previous output of 6–7–1, winning nine games.[1] Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 20th consecutive season.

1968 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coachCharley Winner
Home fieldBusch Memorial Stadium
Results
Record9–4–1
Division place2nd Century
Playoff finishdid not qualify

Offseason

NFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 13 MacArthur Lane Running Back Utah State
2 40 Fred Hyatt Wide receiver Auburn
2 42 Bob Atkins Defensive Back Grambling
4 87 Don Fitzgerald Running Back Kent State
4 96 Joe Schmiesing Linebacker New Mexico State
5 123 Rocky Rosema Linebacker Michigan

Roster
1968 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

  • 47 Bobby Lee

Tight Ends

 Offensive Linemen
  • 54 Ted Wheeler G

Defensive Linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive Backs

  • 20 Mike Barnes

Special Teams

 Reserve Lists

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 16, 1968 Los Angeles Rams L 24–13
49,757
2 September 22, 1968 at San Francisco 49ers L 35–17
27,557
3 September 29, 1968 at New Orleans Saints W 21–20
79,021
4 October 6, 1968 Dallas Cowboys L 27–10
48,296
5 October 13, 1968 at Cleveland Browns W 27–21
79,349
6 October 20, 1968 Washington Redskins W 41–14
46,456
7 October 27, 1968 New Orleans Saints W 31–17
45,476
8 November 3, 1968 at Philadelphia Eagles W 45–17
59,208
9 November 10, 1968 Pittsburgh Steelers T 28–28
45,432
10 November 17, 1968 at Baltimore Colts L 27–0
60,238
11 November 24, 1968 Atlanta Falcons W 17–12
43,246
12 December 1, 1968 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 20–10
22,682
13 December 8, 1968 at New York Giants W 28–21
62,709
14 December 14, 1968 Cleveland Browns W 27–16
39,746

Standings
NFL Century
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Cleveland Browns 10 4 0 .714 4–2 7–3 394 273 L1
St. Louis Cardinals 9 4 1 .692 5–0–1 8–1–1 325 289 W4
New Orleans Saints 4 9 1 .308 2–4 3–7 246 327 W1
Pittsburgh Steelers 2 11 1 .154 0–5–1 1–8–1 244 397 L5

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

References
  1. 1968 St. Louis Cardinals
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