The 1972 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 53rd year with the National Football League and thirteenth in St. Louis. On September 2, Bill Bidwill purchased the stock of his brother Charles "Stormy" Bidwill to become sole owner of the Cardinals.NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, , p.283 The adopted sons of Charles and Violet Bidwill, the two had co-owned the team since their mother's death in January 1962.
After starting at 2–2, with wins over 1970 and 1971 playoff participants Baltimore and Minnesota, the Cardinals went 0–7–1, then won their final two games over the Rams and Eagles to finish at 4–9–1 for the second consecutive season and third time in the past four.
Second-year head coach Bob Hollway was fired on December 18, the day after the regular season finale, and succeeded a month later by San Diego State head coach Don Coryell.
Offseason NFL draft
Personnel Staff / Coaches
Roster 1972 St. Louis Cardinals roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams Reserve lists
Practice squad
rookies in italics
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 17 at Baltimore Colts W 10–3 1–0 Memorial Stadium 53,652 2 September 24 at Washington Redskins L 10–24 1–1 RFK Stadium 53,039 3 October 1 Pittsburgh Steelers L 19–25 1–2 Busch Memorial Stadium 49,140 4 October 8 at Minnesota Vikings W 19–17 2–2 Metropolitan Stadium 49,687 5 October 15 Washington Redskins L 3–33 2–3 Busch Memorial Stadium 50,454 6 October 22 at New York Giants L 21–27 2–4 Yankee Stadium 62,756 7 October 29 Chicago Bears L 10–27 2–5 Busch Memorial Stadium 50,464 8 November 5 at Philadelphia Eagles T 6–6 2–5–1 Veterans Stadium 65,720 9 November 12 at Dallas Cowboys L 24–33 2–6–1 Texas Stadium 65,218 10 November 19 New York Giants L 7–13 2–7–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 48,014 11 at Miami Dolphins L 10–31 2–8–1 Miami Orange Bowl 80,010 12 December 3 Dallas Cowboys L 6–27 2–9–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 49,787 13 December 10 Los Angeles Rams W 24–14 3–9–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 36,873 14 December 17 Philadelphia Eagles W 24–23 4–9–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 34,872 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Standings
References
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