1966 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

1966 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coach	Charley Winner
Home field	Busch Memorial Stadium
Local radio	KMOX
Results
Record	8–5–1
Division place	4th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1966 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 47th season the team was in the National Football League (NFL), and the seventh in St. Louis. The team moved its home games from the old Busch Stadium to the new Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis, and bettered their 1965 record of 5–9, winning eight games. Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 18th consecutive season.

NFL draft

1966 St. Louis Cardinals draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	8	Carl McAdams	DT	Oklahoma
2	23	Harold Lucas	T	Michigan State
3	43	Dave Long	DE	Iowa
4	58	Gary Snook	QB	Iowa
5	73	Jack Clancy *	SE	Michigan
6	88	Tim Van Galder	QB	Iowa State	later played for the Cardinals from 1967, 1971–72
7	102	Charley Arkwright	T	Georgia
8	121	Dan Goich	DT	California
9	135	Charlie Bryant	RB	Allen
10	149	Mike Ringer	HB	Oklahoma
11	163	Bobby Williams	DB	Central State (OK)
12	177	Rickey Johnson	T	Clemson
13	196	Jim Brown	G	Nebraska
14	210	LaVerle Pratt	LB	Idaho
15	224	Darryl Alleman	E	Wyoming
16	238	Dick Kasperek	C	Iowa State
17	252	Benny Russell	QB	Louisville
18	271	Willie Jones	DT	Kansas State
19	285	Tony Golmont	DB	NC State
20	299	Tom Gallagher	DE	Indiana
Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Roster

1966 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Quarterbacks 12 Charley Johnson 7 Jim Hart Running Backs 33 Willis Crenshaw 23 Johnny Roland 38 Bill Triplett Wide Receivers 88 Sonny Randle 40 Bobby Joe Conrad Tight Ends 28 Ray Ogden 81 Jackie Smith	Offensive Linemen 64 Ken Gray G 61 Bob DeMarco C 73 Ernie McMillan T 74 Bob Reynolds T 66 Rick Sortun G Defensive Linemen 83 Don Brumm DE 74 Fred Heron DT 89 Dave Long DT 82 Mike Melinkovich DE 84 Joe Robb DE 79 Chuck Walker DT	Linebackers 34 Bill Koman 60 Dave Meggyesy 62 Dale Meinert 67 Larry Stallings 57 Mike Strofolino Defensive Backs 37 Pat Fischer CB 21 Jerry Stovall S 45 Bobby Williams 8 Larry Wilson S 42 Abe Woodson CB Special Teams 25 Jim Bakken K	Reserve Lists Practice Squad Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 11	Philadelphia Eagles	W 16–13	1–0	Busch Memorial Stadium	39,065	Recap
2	September 18	Washington Redskins	W 23–7	2–0	Busch Memorial Stadium	40,198	Recap
3	September 25	at Cleveland Browns	W 34–28	3–0	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	74,814	Recap
4	October 2	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 41–10	4–0	Franklin Field	59,305	Recap
5	October 9	New York Giants	W 24–19	5–0	Busch Memorial Stadium	43,893	Recap
6	October 16	Dallas Cowboys	T 10–10	5–0–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	50,673	Recap
7	October 23	at Washington Redskins	L 20–26	5–1–1	D.C. Stadium	50,154	Recap
8	October 31	Chicago Bears	W 24–17	6–1–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	49,516	Recap
9	November 6	at New York Giants	W 20–17	7–1–1	Yankee Stadium	62,967	Recap
10	November 13	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 9–30	7–2–1	Pitt Stadium	28,552	Recap
11	Bye
12	November 27	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 6–3	8–2–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	46,099	Recap
13	December 4	at Dallas Cowboys	L 31–34	8–3–1	Cotton Bowl	76,965	Recap
14	December 11	at Atlanta Falcons	L 10–16	8–4–1	Atlanta Stadium	57,169	Recap
15	December 17	Cleveland Browns	L 10–38	8–5–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	47,721	Recap

Notes: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

• A bye week was necessary in 1966, as the league expanded to an odd-number (15) of teams (Atlanta); one team was idle each week.

Game summaries

Week 1

1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 3 7 0 3 13 • Cardinals 0 3 3 10 16 Date: September 11 Location: Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis, MO Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C); wind 5 mph (8 km/h)

Scoring summary Q1 PHI Baker 23 yard field goal PHI 3–0 Q2 STL Bakken 9 yard field goal Tie 3–3 Q2 PHI Brown 23 yard run (Baker kick) PHI 10–3 Q3 STL Bakken 47 yard field goal PHI 10–6 Q4 STL Johnson 1 yard run (Bakken kick) STL 13–10 Q4 PHI Baker 33 yard field goal Tie 13–13 Q4 STL Bakken 27 yard field goal STL 16–13

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Dallas Cowboys	10	3	1	.769	9–3–1	445	239	W1
Philadelphia Eagles	9	5	0	.643	8–5	326	340	W4
Cleveland Browns	9	5	0	.643	9–4	403	259	W1
St. Louis Cardinals	8	5	1	.615	7–5–1	264	265	L3
Washington Redskins	7	7	0	.500	7–6	351	355	L1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	8	1	.385	4–8–1	316	347	W2
Atlanta Falcons	3	11	0	.214	2–5	204	437	L1
New York Giants	1	12	1	.077	1–11–1	263	501	L8

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

External links

• 1966 St. Louis Cardinals at Pro-Football-Reference.com