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.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1968 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	13	MacArthur Lane	Running Back	Utah State
2	40	Fred Hyatt	Wide receiver	Auburn
2	42	Bob Atkins	Defensive Back	Grambling
4	87	Don Fitzgerald	Running Back	Kent State
4	96	Joe Schmiesing	Linebacker	New Mexico State
5	123	Rocky Rosema	Linebacker	Michigan

Roster

1968 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Quarterbacks 17 Jim Hart 12 Charley Johnson Running backs 33 Willis Crenshaw 39 Cid Edwards FB 36 MacArthur Lane 23 Johnny Roland 27 Roy Shivers Wide receivers 40 Bobby Joe Conrad 31 Jerry Daanen 88 Fred Hyatt 47 Bobby Lee 80 Dave Williams Tight ends 83 Chuck Logan 81 Jackie Smith	Offensive linemen 61 Bob DeMarco C 69 Bob Duncum T 55 Irv Goode G 64 Ken Gray G 51 Dick Kasperek C 73 Ernie McMillan T 74 Bob Reynolds T 66 Rick Sortun G 54 Ted Wheeler G Defensive linemen 83 Don Brumm DE 74 Fred Heron DT 89 Dave Long DT 75 Bob Rowe DT 82 Joe Schmiesing DE 79 Chuck Walker DE	Linebackers 59 Ernie Clark 60 Dave Meggyesy 53 Jamie Rivers 34 Rocky Rosema 67 Larry Stallings 57 Mike Strofolino Defensive backs 48 Bob Atkins CB 20 Mike Barnes 29 Brady Keys CB 42 Lonnie Sanders 43 Mack Sauls 21 Jerry Stovall S 45 Bobby Williams  8 Larry Wilson S Special teams 25 Jim Bakken K 26 Chuck Latourette P	Reserve lists Practice squad rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 16	Los Angeles Rams	L 13–24	0–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	49,757
2	September 22	at San Francisco 49ers	L 17–35	0–2	Kezar Stadium	27,557
3	September 29	at New Orleans Saints	W 21–20	1–2	Tulane Stadium	79,021
4	October 6	Dallas Cowboys	L 10–27	1–3	Busch Memorial Stadium	48,296
5	October 13	at Cleveland Browns	W 27–21	2–3	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	79,349
6	October 20	Washington Redskins	W 41–14	3–3	Busch Memorial Stadium	46,456
7	October 27	New Orleans Saints	W 31–17	4–3	Busch Memorial Stadium	45,476
8	November 3	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 45–17	5–3	Franklin Field	59,208
9	November 10	Pittsburgh Steelers	T 28–28	5–3–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	45,432
10	November 17	at Baltimore Colts	L 0–27	5–4–1	Memorial Stadium	60,238
11	November 24	Atlanta Falcons	W 17–12	6–4–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	43,246
12	December 1	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 20–10	7–4–1	Pitt Stadium	22,682
13	December 8	at New York Giants	W 28–21	8–4–1	Yankee Stadium	62,709
14	December 14	Cleveland Browns	W 27–16	9–4–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	39,746
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

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