1981 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

St. Louis Cardinals
1981 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coach	Jim Hanifan
Owner	Bill Bidwill
Home field	Busch Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	5th NFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	none

The 1981 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 62nd season the franchise was in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 5–11, winning seven games.[1] Despite the improvement the team failed – for the sixth consecutive season – to reach the playoffs.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Personnel

Staff

**1981 St. Louis Cardinals staff**

	Front office President – Bill Bidwill Vice President of Operations – Joe Sullivan Director of Pro Personnel – Larry Wilson Director of Player Personnel – George Boone Head coaches Head Coach – Jim Hanifan Special Assistant to the Head Coach – Leon McLaughlin Offensive coaches Quarterbacks – Harry Gilmer Offensive Backfield – Dick Jamieson Receivers – Emmitt Thomas Offensive Line – Tom Lovat			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Tom Bettis Defensive Line – Rudy Feldman Defensive Secondary – Bill Atkins Special teams coaches Special Teams – Chuck Banker Strength and conditioning Flexibility and Strength – Don Brown

Roster

**1981 St. Louis Cardinals roster**

	Quarterbacks 17 Jim Hart 16 Rusty Lisch 15 Neil Lomax Running backs 32 Ottis Anderson 33 Theotis Brown FB 39 Willard Harrell 40 Randy Love 30 Stump Mitchell 24 Wayne Morris FB Wide receivers 81 Mark Bell 86 Ralph Clayton 25 Mike Fisher 85 Mel Gray 25 Roy Green 84 Dave Stief 83 Pat Tilley Tight ends 80 Chris Combs 89 Greg LaFleur 87 Doug Marsh		Offensive linemen 71 Joe Bostic G 51 Tom Brahaney C 64 Randy Clark C 66 George Collins T 60 Barney Cotton G 72 Dan Dierdorf T 70 Art Plunkett T 68 Terry Stieve G Defensive linemen 67 Bill Acker DT 69 Rush Brown DT 63 Kirby Criswell DE 73 Mike Dawson DT 75 Curtis Greer DE 76 Stafford Mays DT 82 Bob Pollard DE		Linebackers 58 Dave Ahrens 52 Charles Baker 59 Calvin Favron 50 Doak Ford 57 John Gillen 54 E. J. Junior 55 Eric Williams Defensive backs 27 Carl Allen CB 43 Steve Carpenter 44 Tim Collier CB 37 Ken Greene SS 35 Jeff Griffin CB 38 Lee Nelson FS 48 Don Schwartz 22 Roger Wehrli CB Special teams 11 Neil O'Donoghue K 18 Carl Birdsong P		Reserve lists Practice squad Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	TV Time(CT)	TV Announcers	Attendance
1	September 6, 1981	Miami Dolphins	L 20–7	NBC 12:00pm	Jay Randolph & Jim Turner	50,351
2	September 13, 1981	at Dallas Cowboys	L 30–17	CBS 3:00pm	Frank Glieber & Roger Staubach	63,602
3	September 20, 1981	Washington Redskins	W 40–30	CBS 12:00pm	Frank Glieber & Roger Staubach	47,592
4	September 27, 1981	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 20–10	CBS 3:00pm	Frank Glieber & Roger Staubach	65,850
5	October 4, 1981	Dallas Cowboys	W 20–17	CBS 12:00pm	Pat Summerall & John Madden	49,477
6	October 11, 1981	at New York Giants	L 34–14	CBS 3:00pm	Tom Brookshier & Roger Staubach	67,128
7	October 18, 1981	at Atlanta Falcons	L 41–20	CBS 12:00pm	Gary Bender & Fred Dryer	51,458
8	October 25, 1981	Minnesota Vikings	W 30–17	CBS 12:00pm	Lindsey Nelson & George Allen	48,039
9	November 1, 1981	at Washington Redskins	L 42–21	CBS 3:00pm	Lindsey Nelson & George Allen	50,643
10	November 8, 1981	Philadelphia Eagles	L 52–10	CBS 12:00pm	Vin Scully & Hank Stram	48,421
11	November 15, 1981	Buffalo Bills	W 24–0	NBC 12:00pm	Phil Stone & Gene Washington	46,214
12	November 22, 1981	at Baltimore Colts	W 35–24	CBS 12:00pm	Jim Kelly & John Dockery	24,784
13	November 29, 1981	at New England Patriots	W 27–20	CBS 12:00pm	Jim Kelly & John Dockery	39,946
14	December 6, 1981	New Orleans Saints	W 30–3	CBS 12:00pm	Frank Glieber & Jim Hill	46,923
15	December 13, 1981	New York Giants	L 20–10	CBS 12:00pm	Tom Brookshier & Roger Staubach	47,358
16	December 20, 1981	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 38–0	CBS 12:00pm	Tom Brookshier & Roger Staubach	56,656

Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Dallas Cowboys⁽²⁾	12	4	0	.750	6–2	8–4	367	277	L1
Philadelphia Eagles⁽⁴⁾	10	6	0	.625	4–4	7–5	368	221	W1
New York Giants⁽⁵⁾	9	7	0	.563	5–3	8–6	295	257	W3
Washington Redskins	8	8	0	.500	3–5	6–6	347	349	W3
St. Louis Cardinals	7	9	0	.438	2–6	4–8	315	408	L2

References

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