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1997 Arizona Cardinals

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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 5th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 283 points (17.7/g), 25th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 379 points (23.7/g), 25th.
 Differential of -96 points (-6.0/g), 27th.
 Expected W-L: 5.3-10.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -22 (-1.4/g), 29th.

Coached by Vince Tobin (4-12-0)

1997 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun August 31 box L 0-1 @ Cincinnati Bengals 21 24 18 323 248 75 2 21 317 230 87 1
2 Sun September 7 box W 1-1 Dallas Cowboys 25 22 21 286 220 66 4 15 327 147 180 1
3 Sun September 14 box L 1-2 @ Washington Redskins 13 19 14 234 116 118 2 17 328 252 76 1
4 Bye Week
5 Sun September 28 box L 1-3 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 18 19 23 364 294 70 3 6 167 113 54 1
6 Sun October 5 box L 1-4 Minnesota Vikings 19 20 22 385 277 108 1 20 353 272 81 3
7 Sun October 12 box L 1-5 New York Giants 13 27 19 235 208 27 5 23 426 187 239 1
8 Sun October 19 box L 1-6 @ Philadelphia Eagles 10 13 15 235 143 92 1 25 407 277 130 4
9 Sun October 26 box L 1-7 Tennessee Oilers 14 41 22 263 157 106 7 15 283 135 148
10 Sun November 2 box W 2-7 Philadelphia Eagles 31 21 17 231 141 90 2 18 360 265 95 4
11 Sun November 9 box L 2-8 @ Dallas Cowboys 6 24 18 274 173 101 1 19 329 204 125 1
12 Sun November 16 box L 2-9 @ New York Giants 10 19 21 399 350 49 3 21 373 172 201
13 Sun November 23 box W 3-9 @ Baltimore Ravens 16 13 15 273 202 71 2 17 314 185 129
14 Sun November 30 box L 3-10 Pittsburgh Steelers 20 26 18 291 243 48 25 342 165 177
15 Sun December 7 box L 3-11 Washington Redskins 28 38 14 358 301 57 3 17 362 223 139 1
16 Sun December 14 box L 3-12 @ New Orleans Saints 10 27 18 265 154 111 4 17 382 252 130 1
17 Sun December 21 box W 4-12 Atlanta Falcons 29 26 20 297 231 66 2 22 356 167 189 1

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 283 4713 1075 4.4 295 317 602 3458 19 22 5.1 186 395 1255 9 3.2 79 42 20 30
Team Defense 379 5426 1049 5.2 298 279 491 3246 23 15 6.2 167 524 2180 13 4.2 112 20 5 19
Lg Rank Offense 25 24 14 2 10 18 25 25 29 30 22 29 28 29
Lg Rank Defense 25 27 20 7 15 18 15 24 29 27 17 21 29 30

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. 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%
16 Jake Plummer 23 QB 10 9 3-6-0 157 296 53.0 2203 15 5.1 15 5.1 70 7.4 6.2 14.0 220.3 73.1 52 291 5.5 4.4 14.9
11 Kent Graham 29 qb 8 6 1-5-0 130 250 52.0 1408 4 1.6 5 2.0 47 5.6 5.1 10.8 176.0 65.9 16 115 4.9 4.3 6.0
15 Stoney Case 25 3 1 0-1-0 29 55 52.7 316 0 0.0 2 3.6 30 5.7 4.1 10.9 105.3 54.8 10 89 3.5 2.1 15.4
81 Frank Sanders 24 WR 16 16 1 1 100.0 26 0 0.0 0 0.0 26 26.0 26.0 26.0 1.6 118.7 0 0 26.0 26.0 0.0
Team Total 26.5 16 4-12-0 317 602 52.7 3953 19 3.2 22 3.7 70 6.6 5.6 12.5 247.1 68.6 78 495 5.1 4.2 11.5
Opp Total 16 279 491 56.8 3461 23 4.7 15 3.1 7.0 6.6 12.4 216.3 81.7 34 215 6.2 5.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
30 Leeland McElroy 23 RB 14 8 135 424 2 18 3.1 30.3 9.6 7 32 4.6 0 17 0.5 2.3 456 2 3
37 Larry Centers 29 FB 15 14 101 276 1 14 2.7 18.4 6.7 54 409 7.6 1 29 3.6 27.3 685 2 1
20 Ronald Moore 27 6 2 57 175 0 16 3.1 29.2 9.5 175 0 0
16 Jake Plummer 23 QB 10 9 39 216 2 31 5.5 21.6 3.9 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.1 0.2 218 2 6
32 LeShon Johnson 26 14 0 23 81 0 11 3.5 5.8 1.6 3 4 1.3 0 7 0.2 0.3 85 0 0
11 Kent Graham 29 qb 8 6 13 23 2 10 1.8 2.9 1.6 23 2 5
33 Kevin Bouie 26 5 0 11 26 0 6 2.4 5.2 2.2 26 0 0
15 Stoney Case 25 3 1 7 8 1 3 1.1 2.7 2.3 8 1 3
45 Cedric Smith 29 16 3 4 5 1 2 1.3 0.3 0.3 2 20 10.0 0 18 0.1 1.3 25 1 0
81 Frank Sanders 24 WR 16 16 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.3 0.1 75 1017 13.6 4 70 4.7 63.6 1022 4 3
84 Chris Gedney 27 16 3 1 15 0 15 15.0 0.9 0.1 23 261 11.3 4 37 1.4 16.3 276 4 1
82 Kevin Williams 26 RET 16 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.1 0.1 20 273 13.7 1 31 1.3 17.1 271 1 3
57 Ronald McKinnon 24 RLB/mlb 16 16 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 3 0 0
98 Eric Swann 27 LDT 13 13 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
85 Rob Moore*+ 29 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 97 1584 16.3 8 47 6.1 99.0 1584 8 0
83 Anthony Edwards 31 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 203 10.2 0 33 1.3 12.7 203 0 0
80 Pat Carter 31 TE 16 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 44 6.3 1 15 0.4 2.8 44 1 0
87 Johnny McWilliams 25 te 16 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 75 10.7 0 15 0.4 4.7 75 0 0
89 Fred Brock 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 29 29.0 0 29 0.5 14.5 29 0 0
Team Total 26.5 16 395 1255 9 31 3.2 78.4 24.7 317 3953 12.5 19 70 19.8 247.1 5208 28 27
Opp Total 16 524 2180 13 4.2 136.3 32.8 279 3246 11.6 23 17.4 202.9 5426 36 16

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
82 Kevin Williams 26 RET 16 0 40 462 0 50 11.6 59 1458 0 63 24.7 2191
33 Kevin Bouie 26 5 0 6 136 0 27 22.7 162
45 Cedric Smith 29 16 3 3 50 0 21 16.7 75
84 Chris Gedney 27 16 3 2 26 0 16 13.0 302
83 Anthony Edwards 31 16 1 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 202
Team Total 26.5 16 41 461 0 50 11.2 70 1696 0 63 24.2 7365
Opp Total 16 40 1 42 945 1 22.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 31 P 16 0 91 4028 62 1 44.3
6 Joe Nedney 24 K 10 0 1 1 3 3 4 4 7 3 2 17 11 64.7% 19 19 100.0%
3 Kevin Butler 35 6 0 4 4 4 2 4 2 12 8 66.7% 10 9 90.0%
Team Total 26.5 16 1 1 7 7 8 6 11 5 2 29 19 65.5% 29 28 96.6% 91 4028 62 1 44.3
Opp Total 16 35 30 85.7% 37 35 94.6% 94 4127 43.9

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
63 Michael Bankston 27 LDE 16 16 2.0 67 28
57 Ronald McKinnon 24 RLB/mlb 16 16 1.0 3 40 0 17 1 0 0 0 0 61 36
95 Jamir Miller 24 LLB 16 16 5.5 1 0 0 0 0 58 33
46 Brent Alexander 26 FS 16 15 1 0 0 0 0 54 22
98 Eric Swann 27 LDT 13 13 7.5 1 1 1 0 0 52 16
35 Aeneas Williams*+ 29 LCB 16 16 6 95 2 42 1 0 0 0 0 49 14
58 Eric Hill 31 MLB 11 10 44 29
43 Matt Darby 29 SS 11 7 0 0 2 0 0 36 28
28 Tommy Bennett 24 ss 13 7 1 0 0 0 41 12
22 Tom Knight 23 RCB 15 14 41 6
97 Simeon Rice 23 RDE 16 15 5.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 33 14
94 Bernard Wilson 27 RDT 16 14 1 66 1 66 33 18
56 Terry Irving 26 rlb 16 6 0 0 1 0 0 28 14
93 Mark Smith 23 16 4 6.0 1 0 0 0 0 26 12
42 Kwamie Lassiter 28 16 1 3.0 1 10 0 10 24 15
52 Mike Caldwell 26 16 0 2.0 1 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 24 5
29 Ty Howard 24 15 2 1.0 24 6
44 J.J. McCleskey 27 13 0 1.0 1 15 0 15 21 4
96 Brad Ottis 25 16 4 16 6
38 Kenny Harris 22 11 0 4 2
91 Rashod Swinger 23 1 0 4 1
90 Mark A. Campbell 25 5 0 4 0
16 Jake Plummer 23 QB 10 9 6 1 -1 0
11 Kent Graham 29 qb 8 6 5 0 0 0
82 Kevin Williams 26 RET 16 0 3 1 0 0
15 Stoney Case 25 3 1 3 0 0 0
30 Leeland McElroy 23 RB 14 8 3 0 0 0
27 Tito Paul 25 1 0 1 1
81 Frank Sanders 24 WR 16 16 3 0 0 0
10 Jeff Feagles 31 P 16 0 1 1 0 0
37 Larry Centers 29 FB 15 14 1 0 0 0
62 Mike Devlin 28 C 15 13 0 1 0 0
83 Anthony Edwards 31 16 1 0 1 0 0
84 Chris Gedney 27 16 3 1 0 0 0
54 Aaron Graham 24 16 4 0 1 0 0
45 Cedric Smith 29 16 3 0 1 0 0
68 Joe Wolf 31 rt 15 9 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.5 16 34.0 15 231 3 66 8 27 12 -1 0 745 322
Opp Total 16 78 16 11

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
6 Joe Nedney 24 K 10 0 19 11 52
85 Rob Moore*+ 29 WR 16 16 8 8 1 50
3 Kevin Butler 35 6 0 9 8 33
81 Frank Sanders 24 WR 16 16 4 4 1 26
84 Chris Gedney 27 16 3 4 4 24
16 Jake Plummer 23 QB 10 9 2 2 1 14
37 Larry Centers 29 FB 15 14 1 1 2 12
11 Kent Graham 29 qb 8 6 2 2 12
30 Leeland McElroy 23 RB 14 8 2 2 12
35 Aeneas Williams*+ 29 LCB 16 16 2 2 12
28 Tommy Bennett 24 ss 13 7 1 1 6
80 Pat Carter 31 TE 16 10 1 1 6
15 Stoney Case 25 3 1 1 1 6
45 Cedric Smith 29 16 3 1 1 6
82 Kevin Williams 26 RET 16 0 1 1 6
94 Bernard Wilson 27 RDT 16 14 1 1 6
Team Total 26.5 16 9 19 3 1 32 3 28 19 283
Opp Total 16 13 23 1 1 1 35 30 379