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1996 Arizona Cardinals

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 4th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 300 points (18.8/g), 22nd of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 397 points (24.8/g), 26th.
 Differential of -97 points (-6.1/g), 26th.
 Expected W-L: 5.4-10.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.6/g), 26th.

Coached by Vince Tobin (7-9-0)

1996 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 1 box L 0-1 @ Indianapolis Colts 13 20 20 310 226 84 19 312 238 74 1
2 Sun September 8 box L 0-2 Miami Dolphins 10 38 13 203 176 27 4 26 331 203 128 1
3 Sun September 15 box L 0-3 @ New England Patriots 0 31 9 170 124 46 4 26 384 221 163
4 Sun September 22 box W 1-3 @ New Orleans Saints 28 14 20 432 165 267 2 15 218 142 76 3
5 Sun September 29 box W 2-3 St. Louis Rams 31 28 27 498 348 150 1 10 222 162 60 3
6 Bye Week
7 Sun October 13 box L 2-4 @ Dallas Cowboys 3 17 13 178 120 58 1 22 324 199 125 1
8 Sun October 20 box W 3-4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 9 21 237 133 104 19 313 218 95
9 Sun October 27 box L 3-5 New York Jets 21 31 19 353 246 107 1 27 454 246 208 3
10 Sun November 3 box L 3-6 @ New York Giants 8 16 14 245 216 29 2 17 279 144 135
11 Sun November 10 box W 4-6 @ Washington Redskins 37 34 32 615 507 108 5 25 416 212 204 2
12 Sun November 17 box W 5-6 New York Giants 31 23 20 347 250 97 3 24 331 240 91 4
13 Sun November 24 box W 6-6 Philadelphia Eagles 36 30 27 447 340 107 1 22 359 292 67 2
14 Sun December 1 box L 6-7 @ Minnesota Vikings 17 41 18 280 245 35 3 29 412 263 149
15 Sun December 8 box L 6-8 Dallas Cowboys 6 10 20 347 213 134 4 15 334 254 80 2
16 Sun December 15 box W 7-8 Washington Redskins 27 26 20 299 221 78 2 19 329 249 80 1
17 Sun December 22 box L 7-9 @ Philadelphia Eagles 19 29 15 229 158 71 2 22 343 216 127 2

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 300 5190 1050 4.9 308 336 613 3688 23 21 5.7 214 401 1502 8 3.7 70 35 14 24
Team Defense 397 5361 1062 5.0 554 311 520 3499 21 11 6.4 192 514 1862 18 3.6 337 25 14 25
Lg Rank Offense 22 13 12 3 6 10 23 17 27 25 24 17 25 20
Lg Rank Defense 26 21 28 11 21 13 27 26 27 21 25 10 25 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Boomer Esiason 35 QB 10 8 3-5-0 190 339 56.0 2293 11 3.2 14 4.1 64 6.8 5.2 12.1 229.3 70.6 17 109 6.1 4.7 4.8
Kent Graham 28 qb 10 8 4-4-0 146 274 53.3 1624 12 4.4 7 2.6 69 5.9 5.2 11.1 162.4 75.1 19 120 5.1 4.5 6.5
Team Total 26.9 16 7-9-0 336 613 54.8 3917 23 3.8 21 3.4 69 6.4 5.2 11.7 244.8 72.6 36 229 5.7 4.6 5.5
Opp Total 16 311 520 59.8 3499 21 4.0 11 2.1 6.7 6.2 11.3 218.7 84.6 28 185 6.4 5.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
LeShon Johnson 25 RB 15 8 141 634 3 70 4.5 42.3 9.4 15 176 11.7 1 35 1.0 11.7 810 4 5
Larry Centers* 28 FB 16 14 116 425 2 24 3.7 26.6 7.3 99 766 7.7 7 39 6.2 47.9 1191 9 1
Leeland McElroy 22 rb 16 6 89 305 1 32 3.4 19.1 5.6 5 41 8.2 1 22 0.3 2.6 346 2 3
Kent Graham 28 qb 10 8 21 87 0 19 4.1 8.7 2.1 87 0 5
Boomer Esiason 35 QB 10 8 15 52 1 13 3.5 5.2 1.5 52 1 5
Cedric Smith 28 15 2 14 15 1 3 1.1 1.0 0.9 3 3 1.0 1 2 0.2 0.2 18 2 0
Frank Sanders 23 WR 16 16 2 -4 0 1 -2.0 -0.3 0.1 69 813 11.8 4 34 4.3 50.8 809 4 1
Anthony Edwards 30 16 1 1 -8 0 -8 -8.0 -0.5 0.1 29 311 10.7 1 31 1.8 19.4 303 1 1
Jeff Feagles 30 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
Ronald McKinnon 23 16 0 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 -4 0 0
Rob Moore 28 WR 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 58 1016 17.5 4 69 3.6 63.5 1016 4 0
Pat Carter 30 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 329 12.7 1 36 1.6 20.6 329 1 0
Marcus Dowdell 26 RET 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 318 15.9 2 64 1.3 21.2 318 2 6
Johnny McWilliams 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 80 11.4 1 21 0.6 6.7 80 1 0
Stevie Anderson 26 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 64 16.0 0 19 0.5 8.0 64 0 0
Ryan Terry 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.2 0.0 0 0 1
Team Total 26.9 16 401 1502 8 70 3.7 93.9 25.1 336 3917 11.7 23 69 21.0 244.8 5419 31 29
Opp Total 16 514 1862 18 3.6 116.4 32.1 311 3499 11.3 21 19.4 218.7 5361 39 24

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Leeland McElroy 22 rb 16 6 54 1148 0 92 21.3 1494
Marcus Dowdell 26 RET 15 0 34 297 0 35 8.7 5 122 0 31 24.4 737
LeShon Johnson 25 RB 15 8 10 198 0 27 19.8 1008
Anthony Edwards 30 16 1 5 46 0 20 9.2 349
Ryan Terry 25 5 0 4 84 0 30 21.0 84
Devon McDonald 27 16 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
Cedric Smith 28 15 2 1 14 0 14 14.0 32
Team Total 26.9 16 39 343 0 35 8.8 75 1582 0 92 21.1 7344
Opp Total 16 37 1 61 1290 1 21.1

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Jeff Feagles 30 P 16 0 76 3328 68 1 43.8
Kevin Butler 34 K 7 0 1 1 6 6 8 5 2 2 17 14 82.4% 19 17 89.5%
Greg Davis 31 9 0 9 7 2 1 3 1 14 9 64.3% 12 12 100.0%
Team Total 26.9 16 1 1 15 13 10 6 5 3 31 23 74.2% 31 29 93.5% 76 3328 68 1 43.8
Opp Total 16 37 30 81.1% 43 41 95.3% 69 3022 43.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Simeon Rice 22 RDE 16 15 12.5 1 0 1 0 0 42 10
Eric Swann* 26 LDT 16 15 5.0 0 0 3 11 0 60 21
Aeneas Williams* 28 LCB 16 16 1.0 6 89 1 65 0 0 1 0 0 65 12
LeShon Johnson 25 RB 15 8 5 2 0 0
Seth Joyner 32 LLB 16 16 5.0 1 10 0 10 1 0 1 0 0 64 22
Marcus Dowdell 26 RET 15 0 6 0 0 0
Boomer Esiason 35 QB 10 8 5 1 -8 0
Kent Graham 28 qb 10 8 5 0 0 0
Leeland McElroy 22 rb 16 6 3 1 0 0
Brent Alexander 25 FS 16 15 2 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 52 29
Ronnie Bradford 26 RCB 15 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 49 15
Larry Centers* 28 FB 16 14 1 1 0 0
Anthony Edwards 30 16 1 1 1 0 0
Jamir Miller 23 RLB 16 16 1.0 0 0 1 26 1 55 37
Frank Sanders 23 WR 16 16 1 1 0 0
Ryan Terry 25 5 0 1 1 0 0
Bernard Wilson 26 RDT 16 16 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 36 20
Joe Wolf 30 RT 16 15 0 2 0 0
Michael Bankston 26 LDE 16 16 0.5 3 0 1 0 0 45 34
Matt Darby 28 SS 15 15 0 0 1 0 0 60 28
Jeff Feagles 30 P 16 0 1 0 -7 0
Terry Hoage 34 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 11 7
Terry Irving 25 16 0 0 0 1 5 0 12 6
Kwamie Lassiter 27 14 0 1 20 0 20 13 3
Brad Ottis 24 11 1 1.0 16 8
Tito Paul 24 16 3 0 0 1 0 0 28 5
Anthony Redmon 25 RG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Ben Smith 29 2 0 1.0 3 0
Team Total 26.9 16 28.0 11 122 1 65 8 29 25 27 1 751 328
Opp Total 16 36 24 10

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Kevin Butler 34 K 7 0 17 14 59
Larry Centers* 28 FB 16 14 2 7 54
Greg Davis 31 9 0 12 9 39
Rob Moore 28 WR 16 15 4 1 26
LeShon Johnson 25 RB 15 8 3 1 24
Frank Sanders 23 WR 16 16 4 24
Marcus Dowdell 26 RET 15 0 2 12
Leeland McElroy 22 rb 16 6 1 1 12
Cedric Smith 28 15 2 1 1 12
Boomer Esiason 35 QB 10 8 1 1 8
Pat Carter 30 TE 16 16 1 6
Anthony Edwards 30 16 1 1 6
Johnny McWilliams 24 12 0 1 6
Jamir Miller 23 RLB 16 16 1 6
Aeneas Williams* 28 LCB 16 16 1 6
Team Total 26.9 16 8 23 1 1 2 29 23 300
Opp Total 16 18 21 1 1 1 41 30 397