1968 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

1968 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coach	Charley Winner
Home field	Busch Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	9–4–1
Division place	2nd Century
Playoff finish	did not qualify

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. Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 20th consecutive season.

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.

External links

• 1968 St. Louis Cardinals at Pro-Football-Reference.com