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Arizona Cardinals Franchise Encyclopedia

Regular Season Record (all-time) : 483-680-39
Playoff Record (all-time) : 6-7 (Last appearance after 2009 season)
 Super Bowls Won: 0 out of 1 appearance
 Championships Won: 2
Passing Leader (all-time): Jim Hart - 34,639 yards
Rushing Leader (all-time): Ottis Anderson - 7,999 yards
Receiving Leader (all-time): Roy Green - 8,496 yards
Winningest Coach (all-time): Don Coryell - 42 wins

Playoff Log / Head-to-Head Records / All Arizona Cardinals Draftees / Year-by-Year Starting Lineups / All-Pros and Pro Bowlers

All-time franchise leaderboards

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Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks

Glossary · * indicate playoff appearances
Top Players Off Rank Def Rank Overall Rank Simple Rating System
Year Lg Tm W L T Pts PtsO PtDif Coaches Passing Rushing Receiving Pts Yds Pts Yds T/G Pts± Yds± out of MoV SoS SRS OSRS DSRS
2009 NFL Arizona Cardinals* 10 6 0 375 325 50 Whisenhunt Warner Wells Fitzgerald 11 14 14 20 24 12 17 32 3.1 -3.4 -0.3 0.1 -0.4
2008 NFL Arizona Cardinals* 9 7 0 427 426 1 Whisenhunt Warner James Fitzgerald 3 4 28 19 17 18 11 32 0.1 -1.9 -1.9 4.1 -6.0
2007 NFL Arizona Cardinals 8 8 0 404 399 5 Whisenhunt Warner James Fitzgerald 7 12 27 17 22 15 13 32 0.3 -4.3 -3.9 1.9 -5.9
2006 NFL Arizona Cardinals 5 11 0 314 389 -75 Green Leinart James Boldin 19 18 29 29 12 25 25 32 -4.7 -2.2 -6.9 -2.6 -4.3
2005 NFL Arizona Cardinals 5 11 0 311 387 -76 Green Warner Shipp Fitzgerald 17 8 26 8 30 23 3 32 -4.8 -0.2 -5.0 -2.0 -3.0
2004 NFL Arizona Cardinals 6 10 0 284 322 -38 Green McCown Smith Fitzgerald 26 27 12 12 18 21 26 32 -2.4 -2.5 -4.9 -5.0 0.2
2003 NFL Arizona Cardinals 4 12 0 225 452 -227 McGinnis Blake Shipp Boldin 32 27 32 26 30 32 28 32 -14.2 1.6 -12.6 -6.3 -6.2
2002 NFL Arizona Cardinals 5 11 0 262 417 -155 McGinnis Plummer Shipp Boston 29 27 29 29 27 31 30 32 -9.7 -0.2 -9.9 -5.4 -4.5
2001 NFL Arizona Cardinals 7 9 0 295 343 -48 McGinnis Plummer Pittman Boston 20 18 22 28 18 21 29 31 -3.0 -1.2 -4.2 -1.5 -2.6
2000 NFL Arizona Cardinals 3 13 0 210 443 -233 Tobin,McGinnis Plummer Pittman Boston 29 24 30 30 30 30 27 31 -14.6 -0.7 -15.2 -7.2 -8.1
1999 NFL Arizona Cardinals 6 10 0 245 382 -137 Tobin Plummer Murrell Sanders 30 29 27 22 30 27 29 31 -8.6 -0.2 -8.8 -5.5 -3.2
1998 NFL Arizona Cardinals* 9 7 0 325 378 -53 Tobin Plummer Murrell Sanders 15 13 24 21 11 18 17 30 -3.3 -4.1 -7.4 -1.6 -5.8
1997 NFL Arizona Cardinals 4 12 0 283 379 -96 Tobin Plummer McElroy Moore 25 24 25 27 29 27 29 30 -6.0 -0.4 -6.4 -2.6 -3.8
1996 NFL Arizona Cardinals 7 9 0 300 397 -97 Tobin Esiason Johnson Moore 22 13 26 21 26 26 17 30 -6.1 -1.4 -7.5 -1.7 -5.8
1995 NFL Arizona Cardinals 4 12 0 275 422 -147 Ryan Krieg Hearst Centers 27 24 30 26 16 29 27 30 -9.2 1.7 -7.5 -3.5 -4.0
1994 NFL Arizona Cardinals 8 8 0 235 267 -32 Ryan Beuerlein Moore Clark 27 25 4 3 8 17 10 28 -2.0 -0.3 -2.3 -5.6 3.3
1993 NFL Phoenix Cardinals 7 9 0 326 269 57 Bugel Beuerlein Moore Proehl 9 8 7 21 21 8 14 28 3.6 0.4 3.9 1.9 2.1
1992 NFL Phoenix Cardinals 4 12 0 243 332 -89 Bugel Chandler Johnson Hill 24 17 20 24 26 23 19 28 -5.6 2.5 -3.1 -2.9 -0.1
1991 NFL Phoenix Cardinals 4 12 0 196 344 -148 Bugel Tupa Johnson Jones 27 27 22 16 14 24 27 28 -9.3 3.8 -5.4 -4.9 -0.5
1990 NFL Phoenix Cardinals 5 11 0 268 396 -128 Bugel Rosenbach Johnson Proehl 24 18 24 18 22 26 19 28 -8.0 1.3 -6.7 -1.9 -4.8
1989 NFL Phoenix Cardinals 5 11 0 258 377 -119 Stallings,Kuhlmann Hogeboom Ferrell Jones 25 25 20 26 25 25 25 28 -7.4 0.3 -7.1 -4.0 -3.1
1988 NFL Phoenix Cardinals 7 9 0 344 398 -54 Stallings Lomax Ferrell Green 11 4 27 14 22 19 7 28 -3.4 0.2 -3.2 0.5 -3.7
1987 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 7 8 0 362 368 -6 Stallings Lomax Mitchell Smith 7 6 23 25 10 14 15 28 -0.4 -0.7 -1.1 2.1 -3.2
1986 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 4 11 1 218 351 -133 Stallings Lomax Mitchell Smith 28 26 21 4 19 25 20 28 -8.3 0.2 -8.1 -6.5 -1.6
1985 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 5 11 0 278 414 -136 Hanifan Lomax Mitchell Tilley 27 17 24 15 22 25 19 28 -8.5 -1.6 -10.1 -4.5 -5.6
1984 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 9 7 0 423 345 78 Hanifan Lomax Anderson Green 4 3 17 8 17 8 3 28 4.9 0.5 5.4 6.2 -0.9
1983 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 8 7 1 374 428 -54 Hanifan Lomax Anderson Green 9 17 25 6 15 21 15 28 -3.4 2.3 -1.1 2.5 -3.6
1982 NFL St. Louis Cardinals* 5 4 0 135 170 -35 Hanifan Lomax Anderson Tilley 25 23 12 14 16 23 22 28 -3.9 1.2 -2.7 -4.1 1.4
1981 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 7 9 0 315 408 -93 Hanifan Hart Anderson Tilley 18 19 27 23 20 25 24 28 -5.8 1.1 -4.7 0.1 -4.8
1980 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 5 11 0 299 350 -51 Hanifan Hart Anderson Tilley 19 22 21 19 17 20 19 28 -3.2 0.8 -2.4 -1.7 -0.7
1979 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 5 11 0 307 358 -51 Wilkinson,Wilson Hart Anderson Tilley 17 10 21 16 21 20 13 28 -3.2 0.4 -2.7 -0.7 -2.0
1978 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 6 10 0 248 296 -48 Wilkinson Hart Otis Tilley 23 7 15 13 7 23 7 28 -3.0 0.5 -2.5 -2.6 0.0
1977 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 7 7 0 272 287 -15 Coryell Hart Metcalf Gray 11 7 23 24 19 18 15 28 -1.1 -0.3 -1.4 2.6 -4.0
1976 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 10 4 0 309 267 42 Coryell Hart Otis Harris 8 3 16 12 14 12 6 28 3.0 -0.4 2.6 3.5 -1.0
1975 NFL St. Louis Cardinals* 11 3 0 356 276 80 Coryell Hart Otis Gray 7 5 11 18 16 9 10 26 5.7 -2.2 3.5 3.4 0.1
1974 NFL St. Louis Cardinals* 10 4 0 285 218 67 Coryell Hart Metcalf Gray 9 10 8 17 4 7 12 26 4.8 1.0 5.8 2.8 3.0
1973 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 4 9 1 286 365 -79 Coryell Hart Anderson Smith 11 12 23 26 18 19 25 26 -5.6 2.3 -3.3 1.8 -5.1
1972 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 4 9 1 193 303 -110 Hollway Cuozzo Anderson Gillette 23 25 18 25 23 21 24 26 -7.9 2.2 -5.7 -4.5 -1.2
1971 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 4 9 1 231 279 -48 Hollway Hart Lane Gilliam 20 14 15 20 23 17 19 26 -3.4 -0.8 -4.2 -4.0 -0.2
1970 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 8 5 1 325 228 97 Winner Hart Lane Gilliam 4 3 5 10 11 4 5 26 6.9 0.5 7.4 3.8 3.6
1969 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 4 9 1 314 389 -75 Winner Johnson Edwards Gilliam 5 9 14 16 10 12 16 16 -5.4 -1.7 -7.0 0.8 -7.8
1968 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 9 4 1 325 289 36 Winner Hart Crenshaw Smith 4 7 8 12 14 7 10 16 2.6 -0.7 1.8 1.7 0.1
1967 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 6 7 1 333 356 -23 Winner Hart Roland Smith 8 4 12 10 16 10 6 16 -1.6 -0.7 -2.4 1.4 -3.8
1966 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 8 5 1 264 265 -1 Winner Johnson Roland Smith 11 13 6 1 10 6 8 15 -0.1 -2.3 -2.3 -5.7 3.4
1965 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 5 9 0 296 309 -13 Lemm Johnson Triplett Conrad 9 6 7 9 8 8 6 14 -0.9 -6.1 -7.0 -4.6 -2.4
1964 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 9 3 2 357 331 26 Lemm Johnson Crow Conrad 3 2 11 8 6 5 3 14 1.9 -2.8 -1.0 2.3 -3.3
1963 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 9 5 0 341 283 58 Lemm Johnson Childress Randle 4 4 6 5 7 6 4 14 4.1 -0.1 4.0 1.2 2.8
1962 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 4 9 1 287 361 -74 Lemm Johnson Crow Randle 10 3 10 9 14 11 7 14 -5.3 -2.0 -7.3 -3.7 -3.6
1961 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 7 7 0 279 267 12 Ivy,Willsey,Prochaska,Drulis Etcheverry Gautt Randle 10 13 4 5 5 7 12 14 0.9 -2.4 -1.5 -2.6 1.1
1960 NFL St. Louis Cardinals 6 5 1 288 230 58 Ivy Roach Crow Randle 4 2 5 1 8 4 1 13 4.8 0.3 5.2 1.8 3.3
1959 NFL Chicago Cardinals 2 10 0 234 324 -90 Ivy Hill Crow Lewis 10 12 11 10 12 11 11 12 -7.5
1958 NFL Chicago Cardinals 2 9 1 261 356 -95 Ivy Reynolds Matson Lewis 5 6 11 12 12 11 11 12 -7.9
1957 NFL Chicago Cardinals 3 9 0 200 299 -99 Richards McHan Matson Nagler 10 10 11 10 10 12 10 12 -8.3
1956 NFL Chicago Cardinals 7 5 0 240 182 58 Richards McHan Matson Stonesifer 7 8 2 7 1 4 8 12 4.8
1955 NFL Chicago Cardinals 4 7 1 224 252 -28 Richards McHan Matson Stonesifer 9 12 8 7 6 9 12 12 -2.3
1954 NFL Chicago Cardinals 2 10 0 183 347 -164 Stydahar McHan Matson Matson 11 10 11 9 10 11 11 12 -13.7
1953 NFL Chicago Cardinals 1 10 1 190 337 -147 Stydahar Root Trippi Stonesifer 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 -12.3
1952 NFL Chicago Cardinals 4 8 0 172 221 -49 Kuharich Trippi Trippi Stonesifer 12 11 3 6 7 10 8 12 -4.1
1951 NFL Chicago Cardinals 3 9 0 210 287 -77 Lambeau,Isbell,Handler Trippi Trippi Polsfoot 10 5 9 6 6 9 6 12 -6.4
1950 NFL Chicago Cardinals 5 7 0 233 287 -54 Lambeau Hardy Harder Shaw 9 8 7 9 7 9 10 13 -4.5
1949 NFL Chicago Cardinals 6 5 1 360 301 59 Parker,Handler Christman Angsman Kutner 2 5 7 8 2 4 7 10 4.9
1948 NFL Chicago Cardinals* 11 1 0 395 226 169 Conzelman Mallouf Trippi Kutner 1 1 3 7 1 3 4 10 14.1
1947 NFL Chicago Cardinals* 9 3 0 306 231 75 Conzelman Christman Angsman Kutner 3 3 3 7 3 2 4 10 6.3
1946 NFL Chicago Cardinals 6 5 0 260 198 62 Conzelman Christman Harder Dewell 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 10 5.6
1945 NFL Chicago Cardinals 1 9 0 98 228 -130 Handler Christman Seno Rucinski 9 8 9 7 9 9 7 10 -13.0
1944 NFL Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers 0 10 0 108 328 -220 Kiesling,Handler Grigas Grigas Bova 8 8 10 10 10 10 9 11 -22.0
1943 NFL Chicago Cardinals 0 10 0 95 238 -143 Handler Cahill Grigas Rucinski 7 7 8 6 8 7 7 10 -14.3
1942 NFL Chicago Cardinals 3 8 0 98 209 -111 Conzelman Schwenk Goldberg Martin 9 6 7 7 8 9 6 10 -10.1
1941 NFL Chicago Cardinals 3 7 1 127 197 -70 Conzelman Mallouf Goldberg Dewell 6 4 7 6 5 6 5 10 -6.4
1940 NFL Chicago Cardinals 2 7 2 139 222 -83 Conzelman McCullough Goldberg Tinsley 6 8 10 6 7 8 8 10 -7.5
1939 NFL Chicago Cardinals 1 10 0 84 254 -170 Nevers Robbins Goldberg Smith 10 10 10 8 9 10 10 10 -15.5
1938 NFL Chicago Cardinals 2 9 0 111 168 -57 Creighton Robbins Robbins Tinsley 9 6 8 5 8 8 6 10 -5.2
1937 NFL Chicago Cardinals 5 5 1 135 165 -30 Creighton Coffee Grosvenor Tinsley 5 6 7 7 3 7 7 10 -2.7
1936 NFL Chicago Cardinals 3 8 1 74 143 -69 Creighton Vaughan Grosvenor Smith 8 5 5 4 2 6 5 9 -5.8
1935 NFL Chicago Cardinals 6 4 2 99 97 2 Creighton Sarboe Russell Smith 6 6 3 3 6 5 6 9 0.2
1934 NFL Chicago Cardinals 5 6 0 80 84 -4 Schissler Sarboe Russell Smith 8 10 3 1 5 7 6 11 -0.4
1933 NFL Chicago Cardinals 1 9 1 52 101 -49 Schissler Lillard Lillard Tipton 9 9 7 6 8 7 8 10 -4.5
1932 NFL Chicago Cardinals 2 6 2 72 114 -42 Chevigny Holmer Holmer Kassel 5 4 7 1 1 6 4 8 -4.2
1931 NFL Chicago Cardinals 5 4 0 120 128 -8 Nevers,Andrews 2 1 10 1 1 5 1 10 -0.9
1930 NFL Chicago Cardinals 5 6 2 128 132 -4 Nevers 6 1 6 1 1 6 1 11 -0.3
1929 NFL Chicago Cardinals 6 6 1 154 83 71 Scanlon 4 1 3 1 1 3 1 12 5.5
1928 NFL Chicago Cardinals 1 5 0 7 107 -100 Gillies 10 1 9 1 1 9 1 10 -16.7
1927 NFL Chicago Cardinals 3 7 1 69 134 -65 Chamberlin 9 1 9 1 1 9 1 12 -5.9
1926 NFL Chicago Cardinals 5 6 1 74 98 -24 Barry 11 1 13 1 1 12 1 22 -2.0
1925 NFL Chicago Cardinals 11 2 1 230 65 165 Barry 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 20 11.8
1924 NFL Chicago Cardinals 5 4 1 90 67 23 Horween 10 1 7 1 1 8 1 19 2.3
1923 NFL Chicago Cardinals 8 4 0 161 56 105 Horween 2 1 7 1 1 2 1 21 8.8
1922 NFL Chicago Cardinals 8 3 0 96 50 46 Driscoll 8 1 5 1 1 7 1 18 4.2
1921 APFA Chicago Cardinals 3 3 2 54 53 1 Driscoll 13 1 6 1 1 11 1 21 0.1
1920 APFA Chicago Cardinals 6 2 2 115 43 72 Driscoll 8 1 4 1 1 8 1 14 7.2

Playoff Game Log

Score
Week Opp Tm Opp
2009 Playoffs
WildCard W Green Bay Packers 51 45
Division L @ New Orleans Saints 14 45
2008 Playoffs
WildCard W Atlanta Falcons 30 24
Division W @ Carolina Panthers 33 13
ConfChamp W Philadelphia Eagles 32 25
SuperBowl L N Pittsburgh Steelers 23 27
1998 Playoffs
WildCard W @ Dallas Cowboys 20 7
Division L @ Minnesota Vikings 21 41
1982 Playoffs
WildCard L @ Green Bay Packers 16 41
1975 Playoffs
Division L @ Los Angeles Rams 23 35
1974 Playoffs
Division L @ Minnesota Vikings 14 30
1948 Playoffs
Championship L @ Philadelphia Eagles 0 7
1947 Playoffs
Championship W Philadelphia Eagles 28 21

Head-to-Head Franchise Records

Score
Opponent W L T W-L% Tm Opp
Atlanta Falcons 14 10 0 .583 531 518
Baltimore Ravens 1 3 0 .250 64 78
Buffalo Bills 4 5 0 .444 203 210
Carolina Panthers 2 7 0 .222 154 212
Chicago Bears 27 57 6 .321 1128 1750
Cincinnati Bengals 4 5 0 .444 221 220
Cleveland Browns 12 33 3 .267 859 1227
Dallas Cowboys 28 55 1 .337 1437 1960
Denver Broncos 0 7 1 .063 86 235
Detroit Lions 24 33 5 .421 956 1141
Green Bay Packers 22 45 4 .328 918 1302
Houston Texans 1 1 0 .500 47 51
Indianapolis Colts 6 8 0 .429 233 308
Jacksonville Jaguars 1 2 0 .333 58 85
Kansas City Chiefs 2 7 1 .222 140 242
Miami Dolphins 2 8 0 .200 153 279
Minnesota Vikings 10 10 0 .500 464 463
New England Patriots 6 6 0 .500 222 238
New Orleans Saints 13 12 0 .520 562 525
New York Giants 42 80 2 .346 2099 2738
New York Jets 2 5 0 .286 130 151
Oakland Raiders 2 5 0 .286 141 174
Philadelphia Eagles 53 54 5 .495 2166 2422
Pittsburgh Steelers 23 31 3 .426 1059 1106
San Diego Chargers 3 8 0 .273 239 264
San Francisco 49ers 16 21 0 .432 780 871
Seattle Seahawks 13 9 0 .591 477 535
St. Louis Rams 30 32 2 .484 1250 1300
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8 8 0 .500 270 278
Tennessee Titans 5 4 0 .556 210 185
Washington Redskins 44 74 2 .373 2223 2687
Defunct Franchises
Akron Indians 3 2 0 .600 39 30
Baltimore Colts 1 0 0 1.000 55 13
Boston Bulldogs 1 1 0 .500 26 28
Boston Yanks 3 0 0 1.000 104 48
Brooklyn Tigers 4 8 0 .333 103 90
Buffalo Bisons 4 0 0 1.000 44 16
Canton Bulldogs 0 3 0 .000 6 34
Chicago Stayms 0 0 1 14 14
Chicago Tigers 1 0 1 1.000 6 3
Cincinnati Celts 1 0 0 1.000 20 0
Cincinnati Reds 3 1 0 .750 37 12
Cleveland Bulldogs 0 1 0 .000 7 32
Cleveland Indians 2 0 0 1.000 35 6
Columbus Tigers 4 0 0 1.000 87 21
Dayton Triangles 6 1 0 .857 86 10
Detroit Heralds 1 0 0 1.000 21 0
Duluth Eskimos 2 0 0 1.000 20 6
Frankford Yellow Jackets 2 4 0 .333 55 79
Hammond Pros 3 2 0 .600 35 16
Kansas City Cowboys 1 1 0 .500 22 14
Lansing Oldsmobile 1 0 0 1.000 14 0
Los Angeles Buccaneers 1 0 0 1.000 15 0
Milwaukee Badgers 5 2 0 .714 136 40
Minneapolis Red Jackets 5 1 1 .833 67 21
Moline Universal Tractors 1 0 0 1.000 33 3
New York Yankees 0 3 0 .000 12 46
New York Yanks 1 0 0 1.000 65 20
Newark Tornadoes 2 0 0 1.000 39 0
Oorang Indians 1 0 0 1.000 22 19
Providence Steam Roller 1 1 0 .500 23 9
Racine Tornadoes 1 1 1 .500 34 20
Rochester Jeffersons 1 0 0 1.000 60 0
Rock Island Independents 1 2 0 .333 14 21
Staten Island Stapletons 0 1 0 .000 7 21