Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

1975 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Head coach
  
Don Coryell

Home field
  
Busch Memorial Stadium

Division place
  
1st NFC East

Owner
  
Bill Bidwill

Record
  
11–3

Playoff finish
  
Lost NFC Divisional Playoff

The 1975 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 56th year with the National Football League and the 16th season in St. Louis. The club scored 356 points while the defense gave up 276 points. The club appeared in the playoffs for the second consecutive year, by winning the NFC East with a record of eleven wins and three losses. They were not again to appear in the playoffs during a full NFL season until 1998, by which time they had left St. Louis.

Contents

The team was nicknamed the Cardiac Cards, because eight of their games were decided in the final minute of play; the Cardinals went 7–1 in these games.

Awards and records

  • Terry Metcalf, NFL Leader, 2,462 Combined Net Yards

    • Milestones

  • Terry Metcalf, Second Consecutive 2000 Combined Net Yards Season (816 Rush Yards, 378 Pass Receiving Yards, 285 Punt Return Yards, 960 Kick Return Yards)

    • References

    1975 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA