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The 1979 St. Louis Cardinals season was the franchise's 60th year with the National Football League and its 20th season in St. Louis. Bud Wilkinson would be fired in Week 13 after starting 3–10; Larry Wilson, a Pro Football Hall of Fame safety for the Cardinals from 1960 to 1972, would take over as interim head coach and lead the Cardinals to a 2–1 record to finish the season.
The 1979 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 98th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 88th season in the National League.The Cardinals went 86–76 during the season and finished third in the National League East, 12 games behind the eventual NL pennant and World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates.
Larry Wilson, the Pro Football Hall of Fame safety who starred for the Cardinals for 13 seasons, coached the final three games of the 1979 season, finishing with a 5–11 record. The Cardinals experienced several years of notoriously poor drafts and unfortunate personnel moves in the late 1970s, typified by the first-round selection of kicker ...
St. Louis Cardinals History 1875–1919 1920–1952 1953–1989 1990–present Seasons People Cardinal Nation Award winners Coaches Managers Owners and executives Broadcasters Overview Logos and jerseys Records Cubs rivalry • Royals rivalry World Series Championships: pre-MLB: 1886 · MLB: 1926 · 1931 · 1934 · 1942 · 1944 · 1946 · 1964 · 1967 · 1982 · 2006 · 2011 Grounds Robison ...
Notable players have defined, in part, the Cardinals' success and history. Stan Musial owns the most career batting records with 22. Rogers Hornsby owns the most single-season records with 11. [2] Bob Gibson owns the most career pitching records with 18. Silver King owns the most single-season pitching records with nine. [3]
Card-Pitt regular season record (1944) 186 202 14 St. Louis Cardinals regular season record (1960–1987) 32 64 0 Phoenix Cardinals regular season record (1988–1993) 210 288 2 Arizona Cardinals regular season record (1994–2024) 593 812 41 All-time regular season record (1920–2024) 7 10 — All-time postseason record (1932–2024) 600 822 41
Cardinals 34–9: Candlestick Park (San Francisco) Cardinals 4–3 1976: Cardinals 23–20 (OT) Busch Memorial Stadium (St. Louis) Cardinals 5–3 Cardinals record their first home win against the 49ers. 1978: Cardinals 16–10: Candlestick Park (San Francisco) Cardinals 6–3 1979: Cardinals 13–10: Busch Memorial Stadium (St. Louis ...
It was the longest MNF field goal until Oakland's Sebastian Janikowski hit an altitude-assisted 63-yarder at Denver in 2011, tying the league record as it then stood, and is still the Monday night non-altitude assisted record. In the December 3 Raiders/Saints game, Ken Stabler rallied the Raiders from a 35–14 deficit.