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

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. Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 18th consecutive season.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	September 11	Philadelphia Eagles	W 16–13	1–0–0	39,065
2	September 18	Washington Redskins	W 23–7	2–0–0	40,198
3	September 25	at Cleveland Browns	W 34–28	3–0–0	74,814
4	October 2	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 41–10	4–0–0	59,305
5	October 9	New York Giants	W 24–19	5–0–0	43,893
6	October 16	Dallas Cowboys	T 10–10	5–0–1	50,673
7	October 23	at Washington Redskins	L 26–20	5–1–1	50,154
8	October 31	Chicago Bears	W 24–17	6–1–1	49,516
9	November 6	at New York Giants	W 20–17	7–1–1	62,967
10	November 13	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 30–9	7–2–1	28,552
11	November 20	Bye
12	November 27	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 6–3	8–2–1	46,099
13	December 4	at Dallas Cowboys	L 31–17	8–3–1	76,965
14	December 11	at Atlanta Falcons	L 16–10	8–4–1	57,169
15	December 17	Cleveland Browns	L 38–10	8–5–1	47,721

• A bye week was necessary in 1966, as the league expanded to an odd-number (15) of teams (Atlanta); one team was idle each week.

Game summaries

Week 1

1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 3 7 0 3 13 • Cardinals 0 3 3 10 16 Date: September 11 Location: Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis, MO Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C); wind 5 mph (8 km/h)

Scoring summary Q1 PHI Baker 23 yard field goal PHI 3–0 Q2 STL Bakken 9 yard field goal Tie 3–3 Q2 PHI Brown 23 yard run (Baker kick) PHI 10–3 Q3 STL Bakken 47 yard field goal PHI 10–6 Q4 STL Johnson 1 yard run (Bakken kick) STL 13–10 Q4 PHI Baker 33 yard field goal Tie 13–13 Q4 STL Bakken 27 yard field goal STL 16–13

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.

External links

• 1966 St. Louis Cardinals at Pro-Football-Reference.com