The 1982 St. Louis Cardinals seasonNational Football League and the 23rd season in St. Louis. It was the Cardinals first postseason appearance since 1975, and their last before the team's 1988 move to Arizona, as well as the last NFL postseason appearance for any St. Louis franchise until the Rams ' Super Bowl championship season of 1999 . The '82 Football Cardinals were 5–4 during the regular-season.
Offseason [ edit ] NFL Draft [ edit ] Main article:
1982 NFL Draft
Round
Pick
Player
Position
School/Club Team
Personnel [ edit ]
1982 St. Louis Cardinals staff
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Special Teams – Chuck Banker
Strength and conditioning
Flexibility and Strength – Don Brown
Regular season [ edit ] Schedule [ edit ]
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Attendance
1
September 12, 1982
at New Orleans Saints
W 21–7
58,673
2
September 19, 1982
Dallas Cowboys L 24–7
50,705
3
November 21, 1982
San Francisco 49ers L 31–20
38,064
4
November 28, 1982
at Atlanta Falcons
W 23–20
33,411
5
December 5, 1982
at Philadelphia Eagles
W 23–20
63,622
6
December 12, 1982
Washington Redskins L 12–7
35,308
7
December 19, 1982
at Chicago Bears
W 10–7
43,270
8
December 26, 1982
New York Giants W 24–21
39,824
9
January 2, 1983
at Washington Redskins
L 28–0
55,045
1
2
3
4
Total
• 49ers
3
7
7
14
31
Cardinals
0
7
6
7
20
Date: November 21Location: Busch Stadium Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 38,064Game weather: 53°F; wind 10Referee: Tom Dooley
Scoring summary
Q1
SF Wersching 36 yard field goalSF 3–0
Q2
SF Moore 1 yard run (Wersching kick)SF 10–0
Q2
STL Green 17 yard pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick)SF 10–7
Q3
STL O'Donoghue 30 yard field goal
Tie 10–10
Q3
STL O'Donoghue 32 yard field goal
STL 13–10
Q3
SF Francis 6 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick)SF 17–13
Q4
SF Clark 33 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick)SF 24–13
Q4
SF Cooper 17 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick)SF 31–13
Q4
STL Anderson 2 yard run (O'Donoghue kick)SF 31–20
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Playoffs [ edit ]
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Attendance
Wildcard
January 8, 1983
at Green Bay Packers
L 41–16
54,282
NFC: Green Bay Packers 41, St. Louis Cardinals 16 [ edit ]
Game information
Scoring
STL – field goal O'Donoghue 18 STL 3–0
GB – Jefferson 60 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GB 7–3
GB – Lofton 20 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GB 14–3
GB – Ivery 2 run (Stenerud kick) GB 21–3
GB – Ivery 4 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GB 28–3
STL – Tilley 5 pass from Lomax (kick blocked) GB 28–9
GB – field goal Stenerud 46 GB 31–9
GB – Jefferson 7 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GB 38–9
GB – field goal Stenerud 34 GB 41–9
STL – Shumann 18 pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick) GB 41–16
Standings [ edit ] Awards and records [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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