1969 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

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

1969 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coach	Charley Winner
Home stadium	Busch Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	4–9–1
Division place	3rd NFL Century
Playoffs	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	T Bob Reynolds T Ernie McMillan TE Jackie Smith LS Jerry Stovall RS Larry Wilson
← 1968 Cardinals seasons 1970 →

The team failed to improve on their previous output of 9–4–1, winning only four games.^[1] 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.^[2]

Roster

1969 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Quarterbacks 17 Jim Hart 12 Charley Johnson Running backs 33 Willis Crenshaw 39 Cid Edwards 36 MacArthur Lane 23 Johnny Roland 27 Roy Shivers Wide receivers 31 Jerry Daanen 44 John Gilliam 88 Fred Hyatt 80 Dave Williams Tight ends 89 Robert Brown 81 Jackie Smith	Offensive linemen 76 Vern Emerson T 55 Irv Goode G 61 Bob DeMarco C 73 Ernie McMillan T 50 Wayne Mulligan C 74 Bob Reynolds T 66 Rick Sortun G 63 Clyde Williams G/T Defensive linemen 70 Rolf Krueger DE 75 Bob Rowe DT 82 Joe Schmiesing DT 87 Cal Snowden DE 79 Chuck Walker DE	Linebackers 56 Chip Healy MLB 60 Dave Meggyesy OLB 51 Dave Olerich OLB 53 Jamie Rivers MLB 34 Rocky Rosema OLB 67 Larry Stallings OLB Defensive backs 48 Bob Atkins CB 24 Terry Brown SS 21 Jerry Stovall SS 22 Roger Wehrli CB  8 Larry Wilson FS 41 Nate Wright CB Special teams 25 Jim Bakken K 10 King Hill P	Reserve lists 86 Don Brumm DE (IR) 64 Ken Gray G (IR) 74 Fred Heron DT (IR) 26 Chuck Latourette P (IR) 42 Lonnie Sanders CB (IR) 11 Jerry Warren K (NF-Inj.) 37 Mike Wilson CB/S (IR) Taxi Squad 18 David Olivo QB 32 Phil Rogers WR 29 Walt Shockley CB rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 21	at Dallas Cowboys	L 3–24	0–1	Cotton Bowl	62,134
2	September 28	Chicago Bears	W 20–17	1–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	50,039
3	October 5	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 27–14	2–1	Pitt Stadium	45,011
4	October 12	at Washington Redskins	L 17–33	2–2	RFK Stadium	50,481
5	October 19	Minnesota Vikings	L 10–27	2–3	Busch Memorial Stadium	49,430
6	October 26	at Cleveland Browns	T 21–21	2–3–1	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	81,186
7	November 2	New Orleans Saints	L 42–51	2–4–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	46,718
8	November 9	New York Giants	W 42–17	3–4–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	49,194
9	November 16	at Detroit Lions	L 0–20	3–5–1	Tiger Stadium	51,749
10	November 23	Philadelphia Eagles	L 30–34	3–6–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	45,512
11	November 30	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 47–10	4–6–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	43,721
12	December 7	at New York Giants	L 6–49	4–7–1	Yankee Stadium	62,973
13	December 14	Cleveland Browns	L 21–27	4–8–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	44,924
14	December 21	at Green Bay Packers	L 28–45	4–9–1	Lambeau Field	50,861
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Century
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	10	3	1	.769	4–1–1	8–1–1	351	300	L1
New York Giants	6	8	0	.429	4–2	4–6	264	298	W3
St. Louis Cardinals	4	9	1	.308	3–2–1	3–6–1	314	389	L3
Pittsburgh Steelers	1	13	0	.071	0–6	0–10	218	404	L13

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