1964 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

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1964 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coachWally Lemm
Home stadiumBusch Stadium (I)
Results
Record9–3–2
Division place2nd NFL Eastern
PlayoffsWon NFL Playoff Bowl
(vs. Packers) 24–17

The 1964 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 45th year with the National Football League (NFL) and the fifth season in St. Louis.

The Cardinals (9–3–2) were the runner-up in the Eastern Conference, finishing a half game behind the Cleveland Browns (10–3–1), who won the NFL championship game on December 27. The Cardinals tied the Browns in Cleveland in September and defeated them in St. Louis in December.

As the conference runner-up, the Cardinals played the Green Bay Packers of the Western Conference in the third place Playoff Bowl in Miami, Florida. Held on January 3 at the Orange Bowl, St. Louis won in an upset, 24–17.[1][2][3] It was the Cardinals' only postseason appearance between 1948 and 1974.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1964 NFL draft

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 12 at Dallas Cowboys W 16–6 1–0 Cotton Bowl 36,605
2 September 20 at Cleveland Browns T 33–33 1–0–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 76,954
3 September 27 at San Francisco 49ers W 23–13 2–0–1 Kezar Stadium 30,969
4 October 4 at Washington Redskins W 23–17 3–0–1 D.C. Stadium 49,219
5 October 12 at Baltimore Colts^ L 27–47 3–1–1 Memorial Stadium 60,213
6 October 18 Washington Redskins W 38–24 4–1–1 Busch Stadium 23,748
7 October 25 Dallas Cowboys L 13–31 4–2–1 Busch Stadium 28,253
8 November 1 at New York Giants L 17–34 4–3–1 Yankee Stadium 63,072
9 November 8 Pittsburgh Steelers W 34–30 5–3–1 Busch Stadium 28,245
10 November 15 New York Giants T 10–10 5–3–2 Busch Stadium 29,608
11 November 22 at Philadelphia Eagles W 38–13 6–3–2 Franklin Field 60,671
12 November 29 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 21–20 7–3–2 Pitt Stadium 27,807
13 December 6 Cleveland Browns W 28–19 8–3–2 Busch Stadium 31,585
14 December 13 Philadelphia Eagles W 36–34 9–3–2 Busch Stadium 24,636
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

^ The game with the Baltimore Colts on October 12 was originally scheduled for St. Louis,
  but was moved to Baltimore due to the baseball Cardinals' participation in the World Series.

Game summaries

Week 2: at Cleveland Browns

St. Louis Cardinals 33, Cleveland Browns 33
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Cardinals 10 3 101033
Browns 6 10 71033

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Game information

Week 13: vs. Cleveland Browns

St. Louis Cardinals 28, Cleveland Browns 19
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Browns 3 3 31019
Cardinals 0 21 7028

at Busch Stadium I, St. Louis, Missouri

  • Date: December 6
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 18 °F (−8 °C), relative humidity 98%, wind 7.8 mph (13 km/h), wind chill 8 °F (−13 °C)
  • Game attendance: 31,585
  • TV announcers (CBS): Ken Coleman (CLE) (second half) and Jack Drees (STL) (first half) (play-by-play), Warren Lahr (CLE) (second half) and Bill Fischer (STL) (first half) (color commentators)
  • Pro-Football-Reference.com
Game information

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Cleveland Browns 10 3 1 .769 9–2–1 415 293 W1
9 3 2 .750 8–2–2 357 331 W4
Philadelphia Eagles 6 8 0 .429 6–6 312 313 L1
Washington Redskins 6 8 0 .429 5–7 307 305 L2
Dallas Cowboys 5 8 1 .385 4–7–1 250 289 W1
Pittsburgh Steelers 5 9 0 .357 5–7 253 315 L1
New York Giants 2 10 2 .167 2–8–2 241 399 L4
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
NFL Western Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Baltimore Colts 12 2 0 .857 10–2 428 225 W1
Green Bay Packers[a] 8 5 1 .615 6–5–1 342 245 T1
Minnesota Vikings 8 5 1 .615 6–5–1 355 296 W3
Detroit Lions 7 5 2 .583 6–4–2 280 260 W2
Los Angeles Rams 5 7 2 .417 3–7–2 283 339 T1
Chicago Bears 5 9 0 .357 5–7 260 379 L2
San Francisco 49ers 4 10 0 .286 3–9 236 330 L1
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
  1. ^ Green Bay was awarded the Playoff Bowl berth from the Western Conference
    by outscoring Minnesota 65–37 in their two meetings.

Postseason

Playoff Bowl

Main article: Playoff Bowl
Round Date Opponent Result Venue Attendance
Playoff Bowl January 3, 1965 Green Bay Packers W 24–17 Orange Bowl 56,218

Source:[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Lea, Bud (January 4, 1965). "Cards blunt Packers' rally, 24-17". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 2, part 2.
  2. ^ a b Johnson, Chuck (January 4, 1965). "Packers season ends as it began; Cardinals win in an exhibition". Milwaukee Journal. p. 8, part 2.
  3. ^ a b "'Peanuts' leads Cards to victory". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. January 4, 1965. p. 3B.
  4. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 369
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