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1969 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

{{short description|NFL team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NFL team season

| team = St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)

| teamdisplay = St. Louis Cardinals

| year = 1969

| record = 4–9–1

| division_place = 3rd NFL Century

| coach = Charley Winner

| stadium = Busch Memorial Stadium

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| pro_bowlers = T Bob Reynolds
T Ernie McMillan
TE Jackie Smith
LS Jerry Stovall
RS Larry Wilson

| shortnavlink = Cardinals seasons

}}

The 1969 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 50th season the team was in the National Football League (NFL).

The team failed to improve on their previous output of 9–4–1, winning only four games.[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/crd/1969.htm 1969 St. Louis Cardinals] They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 21st consecutive season.

Despite the presence of future Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees Larry Wilson and Roger Wehrli, as well former All-Pro Jerry Stovall, the Cardinals’ defense allowed 38 passing touchdowns, the second-highest total in pro football history.Only the AFL's 1963 Broncos allowed more (40)

Roster

class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;"
colspan="9" style="background-color: #870619; color: white; text-align: center;"|1969 St. Louis Cardinals roster
style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Quarterbacks

{{NFLplayer|17|Jim Hart|d=American football}}

{{NFLplayer|12|Charley Johnson}}

Running backs

{{NFLplayer|33|Willis Crenshaw}}

{{NFLplayer|39|Cid Edwards|FB}}{{NFLplayer|36|MacArthur Lane}}

{{NFLplayer|23|Johnny Roland}}

{{NFLplayer|27|Roy Shivers}}

Wide receivers

{{NFLplayer|31|Jerry Daanen}}

{{NFLplayer|44|John Gilliam}}

{{NFLplayer|88|Fred Hyatt}}

{{NFLplayer|80|Dave Williams|d=wide receiver}}

Tight ends

{{NFLplayer|81|Jackie Smith}}

| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" |Offensive linemen

{{NFLplayer|76|Vern Emerson|rookie=y|T}}

{{NFLplayer|55|Irv Goode|G}}

{{NFLplayer|64|Ken Gray|d=American football|G}}

{{NFLplayer|61|Bob DeMarco|C}}

{{NFLplayer|73|Ernie McMillan|T}}

{{NFLplayer|50|Wayne Mulligan|rookie=y|C}}

{{NFLplayer|74|Bob Reynolds|d=American football, born 1939|T}}

{{NFLplayer|66|Rick Sortun|G}}

Defensive linemen

{{NFLplayer|86|Don Brumm|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|74|Fred Heron|DT}}

{{NFLplayer|70|Rolf Krueger|rookie=y|DT}}

{{NFLplayer|75|Bob Rowe|d=American football|DT}}

{{NFLplayer|82|Joe Schmiesing|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|87|Cal Snowden|rookie=y|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|79|Chuck Walker|d=American football|DE}}

| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Linebackers

{{NFLplayer|56|Chip Healy|rookie=y}}

{{NFLplayer|60|Dave Meggyesy}}

{{NFLplayer|53|Jamie Rivers|d=American football}}

{{NFLplayer|34|Rocky Rosema}}

{{NFLplayer|67|Larry Stallings}}

Defensive backs

{{NFLplayer|48|Bob Atkins|d=American football|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|24|Terry Brown|d=American football|rookie=y}}

{{NFLplayer|21|Jerry Stovall|S}}

{{NFLplayer|22|Roger Wehrli|rookie=y|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|8|Larry Wilson|d=American football|S}}

{{NFLplayer|41|Nate Wright|rookie=y|CB}}

Special teams

{{NFLplayer|25|Jim Bakken|K}}

{{NFLplayer|10|King Hill|P}}

| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Reserve lists

Practice squad

rookies in italics

Schedule

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|St. Louis Cardinals|year=1969|border=2}}"| Week

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|St. Louis Cardinals|year=1969|border=2}}"| Date

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|St. Louis Cardinals|year=1969|border=2}}"| Opponent

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|St. Louis Cardinals|year=1969|border=2}}"| Result

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|St. Louis Cardinals|year=1969|border=2}}"| Record

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|St. Louis Cardinals|year=1969|border=2}}"| Venue

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|St. Louis Cardinals|year=1969|border=2}}"| Attendance

style="background:#fcc"

! 1

| September 21

| at Dallas Cowboys

| L 3–24

| 0–1

| Cotton Bowl

| 62,134

style="background:#cfc"

! 2

| September 28

| Chicago Bears

| W 20–17

| 1–1

| Busch Memorial Stadium

| 50,039

style="background:#cfc"

! 3

| October 5

| at Pittsburgh Steelers

| W 27–14

| 2–1

| Pitt Stadium

| 45,011

style="background:#fcc"

! 4

| October 12

| at Washington Redskins

| L 17–33

| 2–2

| RFK Stadium

| 50,481

style="background:#fcc"

! 5

| October 19

| Minnesota Vikings

| L 10–27

| 2–3

| Busch Memorial Stadium

| 49,430

style="background:#ffc"

! 6

| October 26

| at Cleveland Browns

| T 21–21

| 2–3–1

| Cleveland Municipal Stadium

| 81,186

style="background:#fcc"

! 7

| November 2

| New Orleans Saints

| L 42–51

| 2–4–1

| Busch Memorial Stadium

| 46,718

style="background:#cfc"

! 8

| November 9

| New York Giants

| W 42–17

| 3–4–1

| Busch Memorial Stadium

| 49,194

style="background:#fcc"

! 9

| November 16

| at Detroit Lions

| L 0–20

| 3–5–1

| Tiger Stadium

| 51,749

style="background:#fcc"

! 10

| November 23

| Philadelphia Eagles

| L 30–34

| 3–6–1

| Busch Memorial Stadium

| 45,512

style="background:#cfc"

! 11

| November 30

| Pittsburgh Steelers

| W 47–10

| 4–6–1

| Busch Memorial Stadium

| 43,721

style="background:#fcc"

! 12

| December 7

| at New York Giants

| L 6–49

| 4–7–1

| Yankee Stadium

| 62,973

style="background:#fcc"

! 13

| December 14

| Cleveland Browns

| L 21–27

| 4–8–1

| Busch Memorial Stadium

| 44,924

style="background:#fcc"

! 14

| December 21

| at Green Bay Packers

| L 28–45

| 4–9–1

| Lambeau Field

| 50,861

style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|St. Louis Cardinals|year=1969|border=2}}"

|colspan="8"| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

{{1969 NFL Century standings}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{Arizona Cardinals}}

{{Arizona Cardinals seasons}}

{{1969 NFL season by team}}

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