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2001 Arizona Cardinals
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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 295 points (18.4/g), 20th of 31 in the NFL.
Allowed 343 points (21.4/g), 22nd.
Differential of -48 points (-3.0/g), 21st.
Expected W-L: 6.6-9.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 18th.
Simple Rating System: Total -4.2, Offense: -1.5, Defense: -2.6, SoS: -1.2, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Dave McGinnis (7-9-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Rich Olson
Defensive Coordinator: Larry Marmie
Training Camp: Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, Arizona)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Jake Plummer | 27 | 4 | 16 | 304 for 525, 3,653 yards, 18 td, 14 int, & 35 rushes for 163 yards and 0 td | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1997 |
| RB | Michael Pittman | 26 | 3 | 14 | 241 rushes for 846 yards, 5 td, & 42 catches for 264 yards and 0 td | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 95th pick / 1998 |
| FB | Joel Makovicka | 26 | 2 | 14 | 1 rush for 19 yards, 0 td, & 16 catches for 95 yards and 1 td | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 116th pick / 1999 |
| WR | David Boston*+ | 23 | 2 | 16 | 98 catches for 1,598 yards, 8 td, & 5 rushes for 35 yards and 0 td | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1999 |
| WR | Frank Sanders | 28 | 6 | 13 | 41 catches for 618 yards, 2 td | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 47th pick / 1995 |
| TE | Steve Bush | 27 | 4 | 7 | 8 catches for 80 yards, 0 td | |
| TE | Terry Hardy | 25 | 3 | 6 | 11 catches for 79 yards, 2 td | Arizona Cardinals / 5th / 125th pick / 1998 |
| LT | L.J. Shelton | 25 | 2 | 16 | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 21st pick / 1999 | |
| LG | Pete Kendall | 28 | 5 | 11 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 21st pick / 1996 | |
| LG | Chris Dishman | 27 | 4 | 5 | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 106th pick / 1997 | |
| C | Mike Gruttadauria | 29 | 5 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Leonard Davis | 23 | Rook | 16 | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 2001 | |
| RT | Anthony Clement | 25 | 3 | 16 | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 36th pick / 1998 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Fred Wakefield | 23 | Rook | 12 | 2.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LDE | Jabari Issa | 23 | 1 | 5 | Arizona Cardinals / 6th / 176th pick / 2000 | |
| LDT | Russell Davis | 26 | 2 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 48th pick / 1999 |
| RDT | Barron Tanner | 28 | 4 | 16 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 149th pick / 1997 | |
| RDE | Tom Burke | 25 | 2 | 9 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1999 |
| LLB | Raynoch Thompson | 24 | 1 | 14 | 0.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 41st pick / 2000 |
| MLB | Ronald McKinnon | 28 | 5 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | Rob Fredrickson | 30 | 7 | 15 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 22nd pick / 1994 |
| LCB | David Barrett | 24 | 1 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 102nd pick / 2000 |
| LCB | Tom Knight | 27 | 4 | 8 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 9th pick / 1997 |
| RCB | Corey Chavous | 25 | 3 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1998 |
| SS | Pat Tillman | 25 | 3 | 12 | Arizona Cardinals / 7th / 226th pick / 1998 | |
| FS | Kwamie Lassiter | 32 | 6 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 9 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bill Gramatica | 23 | Rook | 0 | 16 of 20 field goals & 25 of 25 extra points | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 98th pick / 2001 |
| P | Scott Player | 32 | 3 | 0 | 67 punts for a 41.5 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Arnold Jackson | 24 | Rook | 1 | 40 punt returns for a 11.5 average and 0 td | |
| KR | MarTay Jenkins | 26 | 2 | 3 | 49 kick returns for a 22.9 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 193rd pick / 1999 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | David Barrett | 24 | DB | 16 | 9 | 208 | 5-10 | Arkansas | 12/22/1977 | 1 | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 102nd pick / 2000 |
| 94 | Marcus Bell | 22 | DT | 13 | 0 | 339 | 6-2 | Memphis | 6/1/1979 | Rook | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 123rd pick / 2001 |
| 61 | Jarvis Borum | 23 | T | 1 | 0 | 324 | 6-7 | North Carolina St. | 9/16/1978 | Rook | |
| 89 | David Boston*+ | 23 | WR | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-2 | Ohio St. | 8/19/1978 | 2 | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1999 |
| 71 | Andy Bowers | 25 | DE | 1 | 1 | 283 | 6-5 | Utah | 2/22/1976 | Rook | |
| 17 | Dave M. Brown | 31 | QB | 1 | 0 | 230 | 6-5 | Duke | 2/25/1970 | 9 | New York Giants / 1st / 1st pick / 1992 Supp |
| 95 | Tom Burke | 25 | DE | 12 | 9 | 275 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 10/12/1976 | 2 | Arizona Cardinals / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1999 |
| 87 | Steve Bush | 27 | TE | 9 | 7 | 280 | 6-3 | Arizona St. | 7/4/1974 | 4 | |
| 25 | Corey Chavous | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 205 | 6-1 | Vanderbilt | 1/15/1976 | 3 | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1998 |
| 65 | Anthony Clement | 25 | T | 16 | 16 | 333 | 6-8 | La-Lafayette | 4/10/1976 | 3 | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 36th pick / 1998 |
| 75 | Leonard Davis | 23 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 375 | 6-6 | Texas | 9/5/1978 | Rook | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 2001 |
| 98 | Russell Davis | 26 | DT-DE | 16 | 16 | 310 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 3/28/1975 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 48th pick / 1999 |
| 67 | Chris Dishman | 27 | G-C | 16 | 5 | 339 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 2/27/1974 | 4 | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 106th pick / 1997 |
| 79 | Mario Fatafehi | 22 | DT | 7 | 1 | 300 | 6-2 | Kansas St. | 1/27/1979 | Rook | Arizona Cardinals / 5th / 133rd pick / 2001 |
| 59 | Rob Fredrickson | 30 | LB | 15 | 15 | 240 | 6-4 | Michigan St. | 5/13/1971 | 7 | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 22nd pick / 1994 |
| 11 | Bryan Gilmore | 23 | WR | 3 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Midwestern St. | 1/21/1978 | 1 | |
| 7 | Bill Gramatica | 23 | K | 13 | 0 | 189 | 5-10 | Florida St.,South Florida | 7/10/1978 | Rook | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 98th pick / 2001 |
| 60 | Mike Gruttadauria | 29 | C | 15 | 15 | 280 | 6-3 | Central Florida | 12/6/1972 | 5 | |
| 80 | Terry Hardy | 25 | TE | 8 | 6 | 266 | 6-4 | Southern Miss | 5/31/1976 | 3 | Arizona Cardinals / 5th / 125th pick / 1998 |
| 49 | Lawrence Hart | 25 | TE | 1 | 0 | 271 | 6-4 | Southern | 9/19/1976 | Rook | New York Jets / 7th / 195th pick / 1998 |
| 45 | Renaldo Hill | 23 | DB | 14 | 1 | 194 | 5-11 | Michigan St. | 11/12/1978 | Rook | Arizona Cardinals / 7th / 202nd pick / 2001 |
| 72 | Jabari Issa | 23 | DE-DT | 13 | 5 | 302 | 6-5 | Washington | 4/18/1978 | 1 | Arizona Cardinals / 6th / 176th pick / 2000 |
| 84 | Arnold Jackson | 24 | WR | 16 | 1 | 168 | 5-8 | Louisville | 4/9/1977 | Rook | |
| 82 | MarTay Jenkins | 26 | WR | 13 | 3 | 201 | 6-0 | Nebraska-Omaha | 2/28/1975 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 193rd pick / 1999 |
| 26 | Thomas Jones | 23 | RB | 16 | 2 | 220 | 5-10 | Virginia | 8/19/1978 | 1 | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 2000 |
| 86 | Trey Junkin | 40 | TE-LB | 16 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Louisiana Tech | 1/23/1961 | 18 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 93rd pick / 1983 |
| 66 | Pete Kendall | 28 | G-C | 11 | 11 | 279 | 6-5 | Boston Col. | 7/9/1973 | 5 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 21st pick / 1996 |
| 24 | Tom Knight | 27 | DB | 8 | 8 | 202 | 6-0 | Iowa | 12/29/1974 | 4 | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 9th pick / 1997 |
| 42 | Kwamie Lassiter | 32 | DB | 16 | 16 | 207 | 6-0 | Kansas | 12/3/1969 | 6 | |
| 41 | Justin Lucas | 25 | DB | 13 | 4 | 211 | 5-10 | Texas A&M,Abilene Christian | 7/15/1976 | 2 | |
| 34 | Joel Makovicka | 26 | FB | 16 | 14 | 246 | 5-11 | Nebraska | 10/6/1975 | 2 | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 116th pick / 1999 |
| 39 | Dennis McKinley | 25 | FB | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Mississippi St. | 11/3/1976 | 2 | Arizona Cardinals / 6th / 206th pick / 1999 |
| 57 | Ronald McKinnon | 28 | LB | 16 | 16 | 246 | 6-0 | North Alabama | 9/20/1973 | 5 | |
| 83 | Tywan Mitchell | 26 | WR | 16 | 4 | 245 | 6-5 | Mankato St. | 12/10/1975 | 1 | |
| 1 | Cedric Oglesby | 24 | K | 3 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | South Carolina | 7/26/1977 | Rook | |
| 32 | Michael Pittman | 26 | RB | 15 | 14 | 218 | 6-0 | Fresno St. | 8/14/1975 | 3 | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 95th pick / 1998 |
| 10 | Scott Player | 32 | P | 12 | 0 | 213 | 6-1 | Flager,Florida St. | 12/17/1969 | 3 | |
| 16 | Jake Plummer | 27 | QB | 16 | 16 | 212 | 6-2 | Arizona St. | 12/19/1974 | 4 | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1997 |
| 23 | Coby Rhinehart | 24 | DB | 13 | 0 | 198 | 5-11 | SMU | 2/7/1977 | 2 | Arizona Cardinals / 6th / 190th pick / 1999 |
| 51 | Johnny Rutledge | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 239 | 6-3 | Florida | 1/4/1977 | 2 | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 51st pick / 1999 |
| 81 | Frank Sanders | 28 | WR | 15 | 13 | 215 | 6-2 | Auburn | 2/17/1973 | 6 | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 47th pick / 1995 |
| 54 | Sekou Sanyika | 23 | LB | 16 | 1 | 240 | 6-3 | California | 3/17/1978 | 1 | Arizona Cardinals / 7th / 215th pick / 2000 |
| 68 | Yusuf Scott | 25 | G | 5 | 0 | 348 | 6-3 | Arizona | 11/30/1976 | 2 | Arizona Cardinals / 5th / 168th pick / 1999 |
| 70 | L.J. Shelton | 25 | T | 16 | 16 | 335 | 6-6 | East. Michigan | 3/21/1976 | 2 | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 21st pick / 1999 |
| 31 | Marcel Shipp | 23 | RB | 11 | 0 | 230 | 5-11 | Massachusetts | 8/8/1978 | Rook | |
| 12 | Chad Stanley | 25 | P | 4 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | S.F. Austin | 1/29/1976 | 2 | |
| 50 | Jason Starkey | 24 | C | 14 | 1 | 290 | 6-4 | Marshall | 7/15/1977 | 1 | |
| 44 | Michael Stone | 23 | DB | 7 | 0 | 201 | 6-0 | Central State (OH),Memphis | 2/13/1978 | Rook | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 54th pick / 2001 |
| 92 | Barron Tanner | 28 | DT | 16 | 16 | 360 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 9/14/1973 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 149th pick / 1997 |
| 55 | Raynoch Thompson | 24 | LB | 14 | 14 | 224 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 11/21/1977 | 1 | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 41st pick / 2000 |
| 40 | Pat Tillman | 25 | DB | 12 | 12 | 204 | 5-11 | Arizona St. | 11/6/1976 | 3 | Arizona Cardinals / 7th / 226th pick / 1998 |
| 78 | Mao Tosi | 25 | DT-DE | 11 | 1 | 305 | 6-6 | Idaho | 12/12/1976 | 1 | Arizona Cardinals / 5th / 136th pick / 2000 |
| 93 | Kyle Vanden Bosch | 23 | DE | 3 | 3 | 278 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 11/17/1978 | Rook | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 34th pick / 2001 |
| 97 | Fred Wakefield | 23 | DE-T | 16 | 12 | 288 | 6-7 | Illinois | 9/17/1978 | Rook | |
| 52 | Zack Walz | 25 | LB | 15 | 2 | 228 | 6-4 | Dartmouth | 2/13/1976 | 3 | Arizona Cardinals / 6th / 158th pick / 1998 |
| 22 | Adrian Wilson | 22 | DB | 16 | 0 | 222 | 6-3 | North Carolina St. | 10/12/1979 | Rook | Arizona Cardinals / 3rd / 64th pick / 2001 |
| 56 | LeVar Woods | 23 | LB | 15 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | Iowa | 3/15/1978 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 16 | 252.2 | 6-2.2 | 2.4 |