St. Louis Cardinals

5-11-0 • 5th in NFC East •
Logo for the 1979 St. Louis Cardinals

PPG

19.2

17th

OPP PPG

22.4

21st

RUSH YDS/G

161.4

3rd

PASS YDS/G

179.4

19th

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

The St. Louis Cardinals were 5-11 in 1979. They finished 5th in the NFC East and 11th in the NFC.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sun
12/16
 		@
CHI logo CHI
L
6-42
Sun
12/9
 		vs
NYG logo NYG
W
29-20
Sun
12/2
 		vs
SF logo SF
W
13-10
Sun
11/25
 		@
CIN logo CIN
L
28-34
Sun
11/18
 		@
PHI logo PHI
L
13-16

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

2,218

Hart

Hart

RUSH YDS

1,605

Anderson

Anderson

REC YDS

938

Tilley

Tilley

1979 Division Standings

TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles logo Eagles
11 5 0 .688
Cowboys logo Cowboys
11 5 0 .688
Redskins logo Redskins
10 6 0 .625
Giants logo Giants
6 10 0 .375
Cardinals logo Cardinals
5 11 0 .313

1979 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 16 307 5,184 1,097 4.7 2,582 566 4.6 2,870 492 5.8 39 268 305 145 136 24 107 954
Team Rank 17th 10th 5th 17th 3rd 11th 2nd 19th 9th 27th 15th 17th 12th 4th 19th 14th 17th 22nd
Opponent 16 358 5,077 1,073 4.7 2,204 567 3.9 3,067 478 6.4 28 194 302 125 149 28 92 744
Opponent Rank 21st 16th 21st 12th 14th 22nd 10th 14th 20th 6th 25th 4th 15th 14th 16th 20th 25th 24th
Net -51 +107 +24 0.0 +378 -1 +0.7 -197 +14 -0.6 +11 +74 +3 +20 -13 -4 +15 +210
Net Rank 20th 13th 11th 14th 9th 17th 3rd 20th 11th 20th 20th 11th 14th 7th 18th 21st 25th 25th

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