1964 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

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1964 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coach Wally Lemm
Home field Busch Stadium (I)
Results
Record9–3–2
Division place2nd NFL Eastern
Playoff finishWon 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.

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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

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1September 12at Dallas Cowboys W 16–61–0 Cotton Bowl 36,605
2September 20at Cleveland Browns T 33–331–0–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 76,954
3September 27at San Francisco 49ers W 23–132–0–1 Kezar Stadium 30,969
4October 4at Washington Redskins W 23–173–0–1 D.C. Stadium 49,219
5October 12at Baltimore Colts^L 27–473–1–1 Memorial Stadium 60,213
6October 18 Washington Redskins W 38–244–1–1 Busch Stadium 23,748
7October 25 Dallas Cowboys L 13–314–2–1Busch Stadium28,253
8November 1at New York Giants L 17–344–3–1 Yankee Stadium 63,072
9November 8 Pittsburgh Steelers W 34–305–3–1Busch Stadium28,245
10November 15 New York Giants T 10–105–3–2Busch Stadium29,608
11November 22at Philadelphia Eagles W 38–136–3–2 Franklin Field 60,671
12November 29at Pittsburgh Steelers W 21–207–3–2 Pitt Stadium 27,807
13December 6 Cleveland Browns W 28–198–3–2Busch Stadium31,585
14December 13 Philadelphia Eagles W 36–349–3–2Busch Stadium24,636
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
Period1234Total
Cardinals103101033
Browns61071033

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Game information

Week 13: vs. Cleveland Browns

St. Louis Cardinals 28, Cleveland Browns 19
Period1234Total
Browns3331019
Cardinals0217028

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
WLTPCTCONFPFPASTK
Cleveland Browns 1031.7699–2–1415293W1
St. Louis Cardinals 932.7508–2–2357331W4
Philadelphia Eagles 680.4296–6312313L1
Washington Redskins 680.4295–7307305L2
Dallas Cowboys 581.3854–7–1250289W1
Pittsburgh Steelers 590.3575–7253315L1
New York Giants 2102.1672–8–2241399L4

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

Postseason

Playoff Bowl

RoundDateOpponentResultVenueAttendance
Playoff BowlJanuary 3, 1965 Green Bay Packers W 24–17 Orange Bowl 56,218

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

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References

  1. 1 2 Lea, Bud (January 4, 1965). "Cards blunt Packers' rally, 24-17". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 2, part 2.
  2. 1 2 Johnson, Chuck (January 4, 1965). "Packers season ends as it began; Cardinals win in an exhibition". Milwaukee Journal. p. 8, part 2.
  3. 1 2 "'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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