1966 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

1966 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coach Charley Winner
Home field Busch Memorial Stadium
Results
Record 8–5–1
Division place 4th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish did not qualify
Timeline
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< 1965 1967 >

The 1966 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 47th season the team was in the National Football League (NFL), and the seventh in St. Louis. The team moved its home games from the old Busch Stadium to the new Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis, and bettered their 1965 record of 5–9, winning eight games.[1] Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 18th consecutive season.

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 11, 1966 Philadelphia Eagles W 16–13
39,065
2 September 18, 1966 Washington Redskins W 23–7
40,198
3 September 25, 1966 at Cleveland Browns W 34–28
74,814
4 October 2, 1966 at Philadelphia Eagles W 41–10
59,305
5 October 9, 1966 New York Giants W 24–19
43,893
6 October 16, 1966 Dallas Cowboys T 10–10
50,673
7 October 23, 1966 at Washington Redskins L 26–20
50,154
8 October 31, 1966 Chicago Bears W 24–17
49,516
9 November 6, 1966 at New York Giants W 20–17
62,967
10 November 13, 1966 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 30–9
28,552
11 Bye
12 November 27, 1966 Pittsburgh Steelers W 6–3
46,099
13 December 4, 1966 at Dallas Cowboys L 31–17
76,965
14 December 11, 1966 at Atlanta Falcons L 16–10
57,169
15 December 17, 1966 Cleveland Browns L 38–10
47,721

Game summaries

Week 1


1 234Total
Eagles 3 703 13
• Cardinals 0 3310 16
  • Date: September 11
  • Location: Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis, MO
  • Game weather: 72°F; wind 5

[2]

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Dallas Cowboys 10 3 1 .769 9–3–1 445 239 W1
Philadelphia Eagles 9 5 0 .643 8–5 326 340 W4
Cleveland Browns 9 5 0 .643 9–4 403 259 W1
St. Louis Cardinals 8 5 1 .615 7–5–1 264 265 L3
Washington Redskins 7 7 0 .500 7–6 351 355 L1
Pittsburgh Steelers 5 8 1 .385 4–8–1 316 347 W2
Atlanta Falcons 3 11 0 .214 2–5 204 437 L1
New York Giants 1 12 1 .077 1–11–1 263 501 L8

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

References

  1. ↑ 1966 St. Louis Cardinals
  2. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-15.

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