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1971 St. Louis Cardinals season
1971 St. Louis Cardinals season
Owner	Bidwill brothers; (Charles, Jr. & Bill)
Head coach	Bob Hollway
Home field	Busch Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	4–9–1
Division place	4th NFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	CB Roger Wehrli
	← 1970; Cardinals seasons; 1972 →;

The 1971 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 52nd season the team was in the National Football League and twelfth in St. Louis. Led by first-year head coach Bob Hollway, the Cardinals failed to improve on their previous year's 8–5–1 record, winning only four games.^[1] They failed to reach the playoffs for the 23rd straight season, their previous appearance was in 1948 in the championship game.

This was the last season the team was co-owned by Charles Bidwill, Jr.; he sold his share to his younger brother Bill in September 1972.^[2] The adopted sons of Charles and Violet Bidwill,^[3]^[4] the two had co-owned the team since their mother's death in January 1962.^[5]

Hired in February, Hollway was previously the defensive coordinator of the Minnesota Vikings under head coach Bud Grant.^[6]^[7]

Roster

St. Louis Cardinals roster

Quarterbacks

10 Pete Beathard

17 Jim Hart

Running backs

39 Cid Edwards

36 MacArthur Lane

23 Johnny Roland

27 Roy Shivers

35 Larry Stegent

30 Paul White

Wide receivers

85 Mel Gray

44 John Gilliam

88 Fred Hyatt

80 Dave Williams

Tight ends

83 Jim McFarland

81 Jackie Smith

Offensive linemen

72 Dan Dierdorf T

76 Vern Emerson T

55 Irv Goode G

65 Chuck Hutchison G

73 Ernie McMillan T

50 Wayne Mulligan C

74 Bob Reynolds T

63 Clyde Williams G

Defensive linemen

70 Rolf Krueger DT

75 Bob Rowe DT

82 Joe Schmiesing DE

79 Chuck Walker DE

78 Ron Yankowski DE

Linebackers

60 Jim Hargrove

56 Mike McGill

58 Terry Miller

53 Jamie Rivers

34 Rocky Rosema

67 Larry Stallings

Defensive backs

20 Miller Farr

49 Dale Hackbart

45 George Hoey

46 Tom Longo

21 Jerry Stovall

43 Norm Thompson CB

22 Roger Wehrli

33 Larry Willingham

8 Larry Wilson

Special teams

25 Jim Bakken K

26 Chuck Latourette P

Reserve lists

Practice squad

rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 19	Washington Redskins	L 17–24	0–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	46,805
2	September 27	New York Jets	W 17–10	1–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	50,358
3	October 3	New York Giants	L 20–21	1–2	Busch Memorial Stadium	49,571
4	October 10	at Atlanta Falcons	W 26–9	2–2	Atlanta Stadium	58,850
5	October 17	at Washington Redskins	L 0–20	2–3	RFK Stadium	53,041
6	October 24	San Francisco 49ers	L 14–26	2–4	Busch Memorial Stadium	50,419
7	October 31	at Buffalo Bills	W 28–23	3–4	War Memorial Stadium	40,040
8	November 7	Dallas Cowboys	L 13–16	3–5	Busch Memorial Stadium	50,486
9	November 15	at San Diego Chargers	L 17–20	3–6	San Diego Stadium	46,486
10	November 21	Philadelphia Eagles	L 20–37	3–7	Busch Memorial Stadium	48,658
11	November 28	at New York Giants	W 24–7	4–7	Yankee Stadium	62,878
12	December 5	Green Bay Packers	T 16–16	4–7–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	50,443
13	December 12	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 7–19	4–8–1	Veterans Stadium	65,358
14	December 18	at Dallas Cowboys	L 12–31	4–9–1	Texas Stadium	66,672
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Dallas Cowboys	11	3	0	.786	7–1	8–3	406	222	W7
Washington Redskins	9	4	1	.692	6–1–1	8–2–1	276	190	L1
Philadelphia Eagles	6	7	1	.462	4–3–1	5–5–1	221	302	W3
St. Louis Cardinals	4	9	1	.308	1–7	2–8–1	231	279	L2
New York Giants	4	10	0	.286	1–7	3–8	228	362	L5

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

References

^ 1971 St. Louis Cardinals
^ "Bill Bidwill sole owner of Cards". Southeast Missorian. Cape Girardeau. Associated Press. September 12, 1972. p. 8.
^ Howard, Robert (February 2, 1963). "Court rules for Bidwills". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
^ "High court rules in favor of sons". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. February 2, 1963. p. 2, part 2.
^ "Mrs. Wolfner, Cardinals' owner, dies". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. January 30, 1962. p. 1, part 3.
^ "Bob Hollway to head Cardinals". Southeast Missourian. (Cape Girardeau). Associated Press. February 13, 1971. p. 4.
^ "Cards hire Viking aide". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. February 13, 1971. p. 6.