| 1975 St. Louis Cardinals season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bill Bidwill |
| Head coach | Don Coryell |
| Home field | Busch Memorial Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 11–3 |
| Division place | 1st NFC East |
| Playoff finish | Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Rams) 23–35 |
| Pro Bowlers | C Tom Banks G Conrad Dobler T Dan Dierdorf QB Jim Hart RB Terry Metcalf RB Jim Otis RB Mel Gray CB Roger Wehrli K Jim Bakken |
The 1975 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 56th year with the National Football League and the 16th season in St. Louis. The club scored 356 points while the defense gave up 276 points.[1] The team appeared in the playoffs for the second consecutive year, by winning the NFC East with a record of eleven wins and three losses (the best finish in the Coryell era). They never returned the playoffs during a full NFL season until 1998, by which time they moved from St. Louis to Arizona.
The team was nicknamed the “Cardiac Cards”, because eight of their games were decided in the final minute of play; the Cardinals went 7–1 in these games.[2]
After this season, the Cardinals never reached the top of the NFC East again. They would not again have a division title until 33 years later, after they had moved to Arizona, and later to the NFC West.
- ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 298
- ^ "Hulu.com: 1975 St. Louis Cardinals NFL team highlights". Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2012.