1982 St. Louis Cardinals season
OwnerBill Bidwill
Head coachJim Hanifan
Home fieldBusch Stadium
Results
Record5–4
Division place6th NFC
Playoff finishLost Wild Card Playoffs
(at Packers) 16–41
Pro BowlersNone
The Cardinals playing against the Packers in the 1982 NFC First Round Playoff game.

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.

In the postseason the Cardinals faced the Green Bay Packers and were trounced 41–16. This season would be the last season the Cardinals made the playoffs until 1998, when the team was far into its current tenure in Arizona.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1982 NFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team

Personnel

Staff

1982 St. Louis Cardinals staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – Chuck Banker

Strength and conditioning

  • Flexibility and Strength – Don Brown

Roster

1982 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 12 at New Orleans Saints W 21–7 1–0 Louisiana Superdome 58,673
2 September 19 Dallas Cowboys L 7–24 1–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 50,705
– Players' strike
3 November 21 San Francisco 49ers L 20–31 1–2 Busch Memorial Stadium 38,064
4 November 28 at Atlanta Falcons W 23–20 2–2 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 33,411
5 December 5 at Philadelphia Eagles W 23–20 3–2 Veterans Stadium 63,622
6 December 12 Washington Redskins L 7–12 3–3 Busch Memorial Stadium 35,308
7 December 19 at Chicago Bears W 10–7 4–3 Soldier Field 43,270
8 December 26 New York Giants W 24–21 5–3 Busch Memorial Stadium 39,824
9 January 2, 1983 at Washington Redskins L 0–28 5–4 RFK Stadium 55,045
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Week 3

1 234Total
• 49ers 3 7714 31
Cardinals 0 767 20
  • Date: November 21
  • Location: Busch Stadium
  • Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 38,064
  • Game weather: 53 °F (11.7 °C); wind 10 miles per hour (16 km/h; 8.7 kn)
  • Referee: Tom Dooley
Scoring summary
Q1SFWersching 36 yard field goalSF 3–0
Q2SFMoore 1 yard run (Wersching kick)SF 10–0
Q2STLGreen 17 yard pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick)SF 10–7
Q3STLO'Donoghue 30 yard field goalTie 10–10
Q3STLO'Donoghue 32 yard field goalSTL 13–10
Q3SFFrancis 6 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick)SF 17–13
Q4SFClark 33 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick)SF 24–13
Q4SFCooper 17 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick)SF 31–13
Q4STLAnderson 2 yard run (O'Donoghue kick)SF 31–20

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Playoffs

Main article: 1982–83 NFL playoffs
Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Attendance
Wildcard January 8, 1983 at Green Bay Packers (3) L 16–41 0–1 Lambeau Field 54,282

NFC: Green Bay Packers 41, St. Louis Cardinals 16

Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cardinals 3 6 0716
Packers 7 21 10341

at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Game information
  • Scoring
    • STL – field goal O'Donoghue 18 STL 3–0
    • GB – Jefferson 60 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GB 7–3
    • GB – Lofton 20 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GB 14–3
    • GB – Ivery 2 run (Stenerud kick) GB 21–3
    • GB – Ivery 4 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GB 28–3
    • STL – Tilley 5 pass from Lomax (kick blocked) GB 28–9
    • GB – field goal Stenerud 46 GB 31–9
    • GB – Jefferson 7 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GB 38–9
    • GB – field goal Stenerud 34 GB 41–9
    • STL – Shumann 18 pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick) GB 41–16

Standings

NFC East
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
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

References

  1. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-May-22.
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