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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.

Simple Rating System: Total -7.5, Offense: -1.7, Defense: -5.8, SoS: -1.4, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Vince Tobin

 Offensive Coordinator: Jim Fassel
 Defensive Coordinator: Dave McGinnis

Training Camp: Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, Arizona)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 5.0 337 311 520 3499 21 11 6.4 192 514 1862 18 3.6 120 25 14 25
Lg Rank Offense 22 13 12 3 6 10 23 19 27 25 24 17 25 20
Lg Rank Defense 26 21 28 11 21 13 27 26 27 21 25 10 25 7

Team Games & Schedule

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

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
7 Boomer Esiason 35 QB 10 8 3-5-0 190 339 56.0 2293 11 3.2 14 4.1 64 6.8 5.6 12.1 229.3 70.6 17 109 6.13 4.98 4.8 2 2
11 Kent Graham 28 qb 10 8 4-4-0 146 274 53.3 1624 12 4.4 7 2.6 69 5.9 5.7 11.1 162.4 75.1 19 120 5.13 4.88 6.5 2 2
Team Total 26.9 16 7-9-0 336 613 54.8 3917 23 3.8 21 3.4 69 6.4 5.6 11.7 244.8 72.6 36 229 5.68 4.94 5.5 4 4
Opp Total 16 311 520 59.8 3684 21 4.0 11 2.1 7.1 6.94 11.8 230.3 86.1 28 185 6.4 6.2 5.1

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
32 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
37 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
30 Leeland McElroy 22 KR/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
11 Kent Graham 28 qb 10 8 21 87 0 19 4.1 8.7 2.1 87 0 5
7 Boomer Esiason 35 QB 10 8 15 52 1 13 3.5 5.2 1.5 52 1 5
45 Cedric Smith 28 fb 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
81 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
83 Anthony Edwards 30 wr 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
10 Jeff Feagles 30 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
57 Ronald McKinnon 23 16 0 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 -4 0 0
85 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
80 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
84 Marcus Dowdell 26 PR 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 318 15.9 2 64 1.3 21.2 318 2 6
87 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
82 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
31 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
30 Leeland McElroy 22 KR/rb 16 6 54 1148 0 92 21.3 1494
84 Marcus Dowdell 26 PR 15 0 34 297 0 35 8.7 5 122 0 31 24.4 737
32 LeShon Johnson 25 RB 15 8 10 198 0 27 19.8 1008
83 Anthony Edwards 30 wr 16 1 5 46 0 20 9.2 349
31 Ryan Terry 25 5 0 4 84 0 30 21.0 84
55 Devon McDonald 27 16 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
45 Cedric Smith 28 fb 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
10 Jeff Feagles 30 P 16 0 76 3328 68 1 43.8
3 Kevin Butler 34 K 7 0 1 1 6 6 8 5 2 2 17 14 82.4% 19 17 89.5%
5 Greg Davis 31 k 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
58 Eric Hill 30 MLB 16 16 83 48
59 Seth Joyner 32 LLB 16 16 5.0 1 10 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 64 22
35 Aeneas Williams* 28 LCB 16 16 1.0 6 89 1 65 0 0 0 1 0 0 65 12
43 Matt Darby 28 SS 15 15 0 0 1 0 0 60 28
95 Jamir Miller 23 RLB 16 16 1.0 0 0 1 26 1 55 37
98 Eric Swann* 26 LDT 16 15 5.0 0 0 3 11 0 60 21
46 Brent Alexander 25 FS 16 15 2 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 52 29
63 Michael Bankston 26 LDE 16 16 0.5 3 0 1 0 0 45 34
23 Ronnie Bradford 26 RCB 15 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 49 15
79 Simeon Rice 22 RDE 16 15 12.5 1 0 1 0 0 42 10
94 Bernard Wilson 26 RDT 16 16 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 36 20
27 Tito Paul 24 db 16 3 0 0 1 0 0 28 5
28 Tommy Bennett 23 db 16 1 20 7
96 Brad Ottis 24 de 11 1 1.0 16 8
56 Terry Irving 25 16 0 0 0 1 5 0 12 6
34 Terry Hoage 34 db 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 11 7
42 Kwamie Lassiter 27 14 0 1 20 0 20 0 13 3
92 Eric England 25 de 11 1 10 9
44 D.J. Johnson 30 8 0 11 1
76 Jerry Drake 27 11 0 7 5
57 Ronald McKinnon 23 16 0 6 1
32 LeShon Johnson 25 RB 15 8 0 5 2 0 0
33 Ben Smith 29 2 0 1.0 3 0
84 Marcus Dowdell 26 PR 15 0 0 6 0 0 0
7 Boomer Esiason 35 QB 10 8 0 5 1 -8 0
55 Devon McDonald 27 16 0 3 0
11 Kent Graham 28 qb 10 8 0 5 0 0 0
30 Leeland McElroy 22 KR/rb 16 6 0 3 1 0 0
37 Larry Centers* 28 FB 16 14 0 1 1 0 0
83 Anthony Edwards 30 wr 16 1 0 1 1 0 0
81 Frank Sanders 23 WR 16 16 0 1 1 0 0
31 Ryan Terry 25 5 0 0 1 1 0 0
68 Joe Wolf 30 RT 16 15 0 0 2 0 0
10 Jeff Feagles 30 P 16 0 0 1 0 -7 0
60 Anthony Redmon 25 RG 16 16 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.9 16 28.0 11 122 1 65 0 8 29 25 27 1 751 328
Opp Total 16 36 24 10

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
3 Kevin Butler 34 K 7 0 17 14 59
37 Larry Centers* 28 FB 16 14 2 7 9 54
5 Greg Davis 31 k 9 0 12 9 39
85 Rob Moore 28 WR 16 15 4 4 1 26
32 LeShon Johnson 25 RB 15 8 3 1 4 24
81 Frank Sanders 23 WR 16 16 4 4 24
84 Marcus Dowdell 26 PR 15 0 2 2 12
30 Leeland McElroy 22 KR/rb 16 6 1 1 2 12
45 Cedric Smith 28 fb 15 2 1 1 2 12
7 Boomer Esiason 35 QB 10 8 1 1 1 8
80 Pat Carter 30 TE 16 16 1 1 6
83 Anthony Edwards 30 wr 16 1 1 1 6
87 Johnny McWilliams 24 12 0 1 1 6
95 Jamir Miller 23 RLB 16 16 1 1 6
35 Aeneas Williams* 28 LCB 16 16 1 1 6
Team Total 26.9 16 8 23 1 1 33 2 29 23 300
Opp Total 16 18 21 1 1 1 41 30 397