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1998 Arizona Cardinals
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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 325 points (20.3/g), 15th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 378 points (23.6/g), 24th.
Differential of -53 points (-3.3/g), 18th.
Expected W-L: 6.6-9.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 11th.
Coached by Vince Tobin (9-7-0)
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1998 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Jake Plummer | 24 | 1 | 16 | 324 for 547, 3,737 yards, 17 td, 20 int, & 51 rushes for 217 yards and 4 td | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1997 |
| RB | Adrian Murrell | 28 | 5 | 14 | 274 rushes for 1,042 yards, 8 td, & 18 catches for 169 yards and 2 td | New York Jets / 5th / 120th pick / 1993 |
| FB | Larry Centers | 30 | 8 | 12 | 31 rushes for 110 yards, 0 td, & 69 catches for 559 yards and 2 td | Phoenix Cardinals / 5th / 115th pick / 1990 |
| WR | Rob Moore | 30 | 8 | 16 | 67 catches for 982 yards, 5 td | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1990 Supp |
| WR | Frank Sanders | 25 | 3 | 16 | 89 catches for 1,145 yards, 3 td, & 4 rushes for 0 yards and 0 td | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 47th pick / 1995 |
| TE | Johnny McWilliams | 26 | 2 | 15 | 26 catches for 284 yards, 4 td | Arizona Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1996 |
| LT | Lomas Brown | 35 | 13 | 16 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1985 |
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| LG | Chris Dishman | 24 | 1 | 11 | 1 fumble recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 106th pick / 1997 |
| LG | Jerome Daniels | 24 | Rook | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 121st pick / 1997 |
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| C | Aaron Graham | 25 | 2 | 13 | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 112th pick / 1996 |
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| RG | Lester Holmes | 29 | 5 | 16 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 19th pick / 1993 |
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| RT | James Dexter | 25 | 2 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 5th / 137th pick / 1996 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Andre Wadsworth | 24 | Rook | 15 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1998 |
| LDT | Rashod Swinger | 24 | 1 | 11 | ||
| LDT | Eric Swann | 28 | 7 | 5 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Phoenix Cardinals / 1st / 6th pick / 1991 |
| RDT | Mark Smith | 24 | 1 | 13 | 9.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 7th / 212th pick / 1997 |
| RDE | Simeon Rice | 24 | 2 | 16 | 10.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1996 |
| LLB | Jamir Miller | 25 | 4 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 10th pick / 1994 |
| MLB | Ronald McKinnon | 25 | 2 | 13 | 2.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | Tony McCombs | 24 | 1 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 6th / 188th pick / 1997 |
| LCB | Aeneas Williams* | 30 | 7 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Phoenix Cardinals / 3rd / 59th pick / 1991 |
| RCB | J.B. Brown | 31 | 9 | 6 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 315th pick / 1989 |
| RCB | Corey Chavous | 22 | Rook | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1998 |
| RCB | Tom Knight | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 9th pick / 1997 |
| SS | Tommy Bennett | 25 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Pat Tillman | 22 | Rook | 10 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 7th / 226th pick / 1998 |
| FS | Kwamie Lassiter | 29 | 3 | 6 | 0.0 sacks, 8 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Joe Nedney | 25 | 2 | 0 | 13 of 19 field goals & 30 of 30 extra points | |
| P | Scott Player | 29 | Rook | 0 | 81 punts for a 41.7 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | Eric Metcalf | 30 | 9 | 3 | 43 punt returns for a 6.9 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1989 |
| KR | Eric Metcalf | 30 | 9 | 3 | 57 kick returns for a 21.4 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1989 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ronnie Anderson | 24 | WR | 4 | 0 | 189 | 6-1 | Allegheny | 2/27/1974 | Rook | |
| Mario Bates | 25 | RB | 16 | 1 | 217 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 1/16/1973 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 44th pick / 1994 |
| Tommy Bennett | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 219 | 6-2 | UCLA | 2/19/1973 | 2 | |
| Fred Brock | 24 | WR | 12 | 0 | 181 | 5-11 | Southern Miss | 11/15/1974 | 1 | |
| Dave M. Brown | 28 | QB | 1 | 0 | 230 | 6-5 | Duke | 2/25/1970 | 6 | New York Giants / 1st / 1st pick / 1992 Supp |
| J.B. Brown | 31 | DB | 15 | 6 | 193 | 6-0 | Maryland | 1/5/1967 | 9 | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 315th pick / 1989 |
| Lomas Brown | 35 | T | 16 | 16 | 282 | 6-4 | Florida | 3/30/1963 | 13 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1985 |
| Larry Centers | 30 | FB | 16 | 12 | 225 | 6-0 | Stephen F. Austin | 6/1/1968 | 8 | Phoenix Cardinals / 5th / 115th pick / 1990 |
| Corey Chavous | 22 | DB | 16 | 5 | 205 | 6-1 | Vanderbilt | 1/15/1976 | Rook | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1998 |
| Jon Clark | 25 | T | 6 | 0 | 345 | 6-6 | Temple | 4/11/1973 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 187th pick / 1996 |
| Anthony Clement | 22 | T | 1 | 0 | 333 | 6-8 | La-Lafayette | 4/10/1976 | Rook | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 36th pick / 1998 |
| Jerome Daniels | 24 | G-T | 8 | 5 | 350 | 6-5 | Northeastern | 9/13/1974 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 121st pick / 1997 |
| Allen DeGraffenreid | 24 | T | 5 | 0 | 293 | 6-4 | Vanderbilt | 6/3/1974 | Rook | |
| Mike Devlin | 29 | C-G | 15 | 3 | 305 | 6-2 | Iowa | 11/16/1969 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 136th pick / 1993 |
| James Dexter | 25 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 319 | 6-7 | South Carolina | 3/3/1973 | 2 | Arizona Cardinals / 5th / 137th pick / 1996 |
| Chris Dishman | 24 | G-C | 12 | 11 | 339 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 2/27/1974 | 1 | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 106th pick / 1997 |
| Jerry Drake | 29 | DT-DE | 1 | 1 | 310 | 6-5 | Hastings | 7/9/1969 | 3 | |
| Chris Gedney | 28 | TE | 16 | 3 | 258 | 6-5 | Syracuse | 8/9/1970 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 61st pick / 1993 |
| Aaron Graham | 25 | C | 14 | 13 | 301 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 5/22/1973 | 2 | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 112th pick / 1996 |
| Terry Hardy | 22 | TE | 9 | 0 | 266 | 6-4 | Southern Miss | 5/31/1976 | Rook | Arizona Cardinals / 5th / 125th pick / 1998 |
| Jarius Hayes | 25 | TE | 16 | 0 | 266 | 6-3 | North Alabama | 3/27/1973 | 2 | Arizona Cardinals / 7th / 212th pick / 1996 |
| Lester Holmes | 29 | G | 16 | 16 | 315 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 9/27/1969 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 19th pick / 1993 |
| Ty Howard | 25 | DB | 9 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | Ohio State | 11/30/1973 | 1 | Arizona Cardinals / 3rd / 84th pick / 1997 |
| Terry Irving | 27 | LB | 6 | 1 | 230 | 6-2 | McNeese State | 7/3/1971 | 4 | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 115th pick / 1994 |
| Chris Jacke | 32 | K | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Texas-El Paso | 3/12/1966 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 142nd pick / 1989 |
| Matt Joyce | 26 | G-T | 11 | 0 | 300 | 6-7 | Richmond | 3/30/1972 | 3 | |
| Trey Junkin | 37 | TE-LB | 16 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Louisiana Tech | 1/23/1961 | 15 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 93rd pick / 1983 |
| Tom Knight | 24 | DB | 8 | 5 | 202 | 6-0 | Iowa | 12/29/1974 | 1 | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 9th pick / 1997 |
| Kwamie Lassiter | 29 | DB | 16 | 6 | 207 | 6-0 | Kansas | 12/3/1969 | 3 | |
| Mark Maddox | 30 | LB | 14 | 3 | 233 | 6-1 | Northern Michigan | 3/23/1968 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 249th pick / 1991 |
| J.J. McCleskey | 28 | DB | 12 | 0 | 180 | 5-8 | Tennessee | 4/10/1970 | 4 | |
| Tony McCombs | 24 | LB | 14 | 13 | 246 | 6-2 | Eastern Kentucky | 8/24/1974 | 1 | Arizona Cardinals / 6th / 188th pick / 1997 |
| Dell McGee | 25 | DB | 3 | 0 | 180 | 5-8 | Auburn | 9/7/1973 | Rook | Arizona Cardinals / 5th / 162nd pick / 1996 |
| Ronald McKinnon | 25 | LB | 13 | 13 | 246 | 6-0 | North Alabama | 9/20/1973 | 2 | |
| Johnny McWilliams | 26 | TE | 16 | 15 | 271 | 6-4 | USC | 12/14/1972 | 2 | Arizona Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 1996 |
| Eric Metcalf | 30 | RB-WR | 16 | 3 | 188 | 5-10 | Texas | 1/23/1968 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1989 |
| Jamir Miller | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 252 | 6-5 | UCLA | 11/19/1973 | 4 | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 10th pick / 1994 |
| Rob Moore | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 203 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 9/27/1968 | 8 | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1990 Supp |
| Mike Moten | 24 | DT | 1 | 0 | 266 | 6-5 | Florida | 3/12/1974 | Rook | |
| Adrian Murrell | 28 | RB | 15 | 14 | 211 | 5-11 | West Virginia | 10/16/1970 | 5 | New York Jets / 5th / 120th pick / 1993 |
| Joe Nedney | 25 | K | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | San Jose State | 3/22/1973 | 2 | |
| Michael Pittman | 23 | RB | 15 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Fresno State | 8/14/1975 | Rook | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 95th pick / 1998 |
| Scott Player | 29 | P | 16 | 0 | 213 | 6-1 | Flager,Florida State | 12/17/1969 | Rook | |
| Jake Plummer | 24 | QB | 16 | 16 | 212 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 12/19/1974 | 1 | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1997 |
| Simeon Rice | 24 | DE | 16 | 16 | 268 | 6-5 | Illinois | 2/24/1974 | 2 | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1996 |
| Frank Sanders | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 215 | 6-2 | Auburn | 2/17/1973 | 3 | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 47th pick / 1995 |
| Patrick Sapp | 25 | LB | 16 | 1 | 258 | 6-4 | Clemson | 5/11/1973 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 50th pick / 1996 |
| Carl Simpson | 28 | DT | 13 | 1 | 292 | 6-2 | Florida State | 4/18/1970 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 35th pick / 1993 |
| Mark Smith | 24 | DT-DE | 14 | 13 | 294 | 6-4 | Auburn | 8/28/1974 | 1 | Arizona Cardinals / 7th / 212th pick / 1997 |
| Eric Swann | 28 | DT-DE | 7 | 5 | 307 | 6-5 | Wake Technical Community College | 8/16/1970 | 7 | Phoenix Cardinals / 1st / 6th pick / 1991 |
| Rashod Swinger | 24 | DT-DE | 16 | 11 | 286 | 6-2 | Rutgers | 11/27/1974 | 1 | |
| Pat Tillman | 22 | DB | 16 | 10 | 204 | 5-11 | Arizona State | 11/6/1976 | Rook | Arizona Cardinals / 7th / 226th pick / 1998 |
| Andre Wadsworth | 24 | DE | 16 | 15 | 278 | 6-4 | Florida State | 10/19/1974 | Rook | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1998 |
| Zack Walz | 22 | LB | 16 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | Dartmouth | 2/13/1976 | Rook | Arizona Cardinals / 6th / 158th pick / 1998 |
| Aeneas Williams* | 30 | DB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 5-11 | Southern | 1/29/1968 | 7 | Phoenix Cardinals / 3rd / 59th pick / 1991 |
| Bernard Wilson | 28 | DT-NT | 16 | 3 | 303 | 6-3 | Tennessee State | 8/17/1970 | 5 | |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 249.8 | 6-2.3 | 3.3 |