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The 1978 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 59th year with the National Football League and the 19th season in St. Louis.The controversial recruitment of 62-year-old former Oklahoma Sooners coach Bud Wilkinson was a failure, as the team, already affected by becoming the first opponent team to lose visiting the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers (in December 1977), failed to maintain the ...
The 1978 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 97th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 87th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 69–93 during the season and finished fifth in the National League East , 21 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies .
St. Louis Cardinals: 6 10 0 .375 3–5 6–6 248 296 W1 New York Giants: 6 10 0 .375 2–6 5–9 264 298 L1 See also. Template:1978 AFC East standings;
The NFL did not use a fixed-bracket playoff system. The three division winners were seeded 1–3 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and received a first-round bye while the wild card teams were seeded 4 and 5, and played in the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, with the 4 seed hosting.
The 1978 NFL season was the 59th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded the regular season from a 14-game schedule to 16 games, which it remained in place until 2021 when it was increased to 17 games. Furthermore, the playoff format was expanded from 8 teams to 10 teams by adding another wild card from each conference.
Denver was the last of the old AFL teams to make it to the playoffs. Denver was the first team to win a conference championship in their first playoff appearance. The only team to accomplish that feat since was the 2000 Baltimore Ravens , who are officially considered a quasi-expansion team even though they inherited their original roster from ...
1978 Dallas Cowboys ... St. Louis Cardinals: W 21–12 3–1 Texas Stadium: 62,760 Recap: 5: October 2: ... Both teams entered the playoffs with a 12-4 regular season ...
In 1978, the NFL expanded its playoffs pool from 8 to 10 teams, requiring the addition of another round of playoffs. From 1978 to 1989, this round featured one game per conference between the two wild-card (non-division winners) and thus the name "Wild Card" round.