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2008 Arizona Cardinals

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

2008 NFC Champions

Scored 427 points (26.7/g), 3rd of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 426 points (26.6/g), 28th.
 Differential of 1 points (0.1/g), 18th.
 Expected W-L: 8.0-8.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 17th.

Simple Rating System: Total -1.9, Offense: 4.1, Defense: -6.0, SoS: -1.9, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Ken Whisenhunt

 Offensive Coordinator: Todd Haley
 Defensive Coordinator: Clancy Pendergast

 Other Notable Asst.: Mike Miller (Wide Receivers)

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 427 5852 998 5.9 328 418 630 4674 31 15 7.1 231 340 1178 14 3.5 72 30 15 25
Team Defense 426 5304 993 5.3 312 323 517 3540 36 13 6.5 172 445 1764 13 4.0 117 30 17 23
Lg Rank Offense 3 4 6 2 2 3 16 6 32 32 18 31 24 30
Lg Rank Defense 28 19 22 16 22 32 17 24 19 16 13 11 5 1

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 7 boxscore W 1-0 @ San Francisco 49ers 23 13 18 285 176 109 13 291 183 108 5
2 Sun September 14 boxscore W 2-0 Miami Dolphins 31 10 22 445 364 81 17 236 164 72
3 Sun September 21 boxscore L 2-1 @ Washington Redskins 17 24 19 313 197 116 2 21 323 187 136
4 Sun September 28 boxscore L 2-2 @ New York Jets 35 56 33 468 426 42 7 23 373 284 89 1
5 Sun October 5 boxscore W 3-2 Buffalo Bills 41 17 28 373 250 123 13 287 203 84 4
6 Sun October 12 boxscore W OT 4-2 Dallas Cowboys 30 24 14 276 226 50 3 15 374 301 73 1
7 Bye Week
8 Sun October 26 boxscore L 4-3 @ Carolina Panthers 23 27 25 425 375 50 2 22 351 238 113 1
9 Sun November 2 boxscore W 5-3 @ St. Louis Rams 34 13 24 510 334 176 13 231 170 61 3
10 Mon November 10 boxscore W 6-3 San Francisco 49ers 29 24 21 374 328 46 19 336 217 119 3
11 Sun November 16 boxscore W 7-3 @ Seattle Seahawks 26 20 24 458 382 76 3 18 196 153 43 4
12 Sun November 23 boxscore L 7-4 New York Giants 29 37 27 371 348 23 2 18 321 234 87
13 Thu November 27 boxscore L 7-5 @ Philadelphia Eagles 20 48 12 260 235 25 4 32 437 252 185 1
14 Sun December 7 boxscore W 8-5 St. Louis Rams 34 10 18 335 272 63 1 17 308 223 85 3
15 Sun December 14 boxscore L 8-6 Minnesota Vikings 14 35 16 316 273 43 2 20 396 157 239 1
16 Sun December 21 boxscore L 8-7 @ New England Patriots 7 47 8 186 142 44 2 27 514 331 183
17 Sun December 28 boxscore W 9-7 Seattle Seahawks 34 21 19 457 346 111 2 24 330 243 87 3
Playoffs
WildCard Sat January 3 boxscore W 10-7 Atlanta Falcons 30 24 15 357 271 86 1 20 250 190 60 3
Division Sat January 10 boxscore W 11-7 @ Carolina Panthers 33 13 21 360 215 145 1 16 269 194 75 6
ConfChamp Sun January 18 boxscore W 12-7 Philadelphia Eagles 32 25 21 369 267 102 1 22 454 357 97 3
SuperBowl Sun February 1 boxscore L 12-8 N Pittsburgh Steelers 23 27 23 407 374 33 2 20 292 234 58 1

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
13 Kurt Warner* 37 QB 16 16 9-7-0 401 598 67.1 4583 30 5.0 14 2.3 79 7.7 7.6 11.4 286.4 96.9 69.79 26 182 7.05 7.00 4.2 2 2
7 Matt Leinart 25 4 0 15 29 51.7 264 1 3.4 1 3.4 78 9.1 8.2 17.6 66.0 80.2 54.16 2 19 7.90 7.10 6.5
28 J.J. Arrington 25 KR 11 3 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 2.13 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
9 Dirk Johnson 33 P 12 0 1 1 100.0 10 0 0.0 0 0.0 10 10.0 10.0 10.0 0.8 108.3 29.53 0 0 10.00 10.00 0.0
85 Jerheme Urban 28 wr 16 2 1 1 100.0 18 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 18.0 18.0 18.0 1.1 118.7 99.99 0 0 18.00 18.00 0.0
Team Total 27.3 16 9-7-0 418 630 66.3 4875 31 4.9 15 2.4 79 7.7 7.7 11.7 304.7 96.1 28 201 7.10 7.02 4.3 2 2
Opp Total 16 323 517 62.5 3731 36 7.0 13 2.5 7.2 7.48 11.6 233.2 96.9 31 191 6.5 6.7 5.7

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
34 Tim Hightower 22 rb 16 7 143 399 10 30 2.8 24.9 8.9 34 237 7.0 0 26 2.1 14.8 636 10 2
32 Edgerrin James 30 RB 13 7 133 514 3 35 3.9 39.5 10.2 12 85 7.1 0 16 0.9 6.5 599 3 2
28 J.J. Arrington 25 KR 11 3 31 187 1 30 6.0 17.0 2.8 29 255 8.8 1 35 2.6 23.2 442 2 0
13 Kurt Warner* 37 QB 16 16 18 -2 0 11 -0.1 -0.1 1.1 -2 0 11
81 Anquan Boldin* 28 WR 12 11 9 67 0 30 7.4 5.6 0.8 89 1038 11.7 11 79 7.4 86.5 1105 11 4
7 Matt Leinart 25 4 0 4 5 0 8 1.3 1.3 1.0 5 0 2
15 Steve Breaston 25 PR/WR 16 9 2 8 0 4 4.0 0.5 0.1 77 1006 13.1 3 58 4.8 62.9 1014 3 1
11 Larry Fitzgerald*+ 25 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 96 1431 14.9 12 78 6.0 89.4 1431 12 1
85 Jerheme Urban 28 wr 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 448 13.2 4 56 2.1 28.0 448 4 0
80 Early Doucet 23 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 90 6.4 0 12 2.0 12.9 90 0 0
89 Ben Patrick 24 te 10 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 104 9.5 0 19 1.1 10.4 104 0 0
82 Leonard Pope 25 TE 13 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 77 8.6 0 25 0.7 5.9 77 0 0
46 Tim Castille 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 11 2.8 0 5 0.3 0.8 11 0 0
84 Jerame Tuman 32 te 3 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 41 13.7 0 18 1.0 13.7 41 0 0
45 Terrelle Smith 30 fb 15 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 24 12.0 0 18 0.1 1.6 24 0 0
83 Stephen Spach 26 te 9 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 15 7.5 0 8 0.2 1.7 15 0 0
75 Levi Brown 24 RT 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.3 4 0 0
21 Antrel Rolle 26 FS 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.6 9 0 0
Team Total 27.3 16 340 1178 14 35 3.5 73.6 21.3 418 4875 11.7 31 79 26.1 304.7 6053 45 27
Opp Total 16 445 1764 13 4.0 110.3 27.8 323 3540 11.0 36 20.2 221.3 5304 49 26

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
15 Steve Breaston 25 PR/WR 16 9 33 237 0 25 7.2 33 667 0 38 20.2 1918
28 J.J. Arrington 25 KR 11 3 36 923 1 93 25.6 1365
93 Calais Campbell 22 16 0 2 16 0 16 8.0 16
87 Sean Morey* 32 16 0 2 23 0 15 11.5 23
85 Jerheme Urban 28 wr 16 2 2 1 0 1 0.5 449
Team Total 27.3 16 33 237 0 25 7.2 75 1630 1 93 21.7 7920
Opp Total 16 29 1 69 1724 1 25.0

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
1 Neil Rackers 32 K 16 0 9 9 11 9 6 6 2 1 28 25 89.3% 44 44 100.0%
9 Dirk Johnson 33 P 12 0 40 1670 59 0 41.8
5 Ben Graham 35 p 4 0 20 839 59 0 42.0
Team Total 27.3 16 9 9 11 9 6 6 2 1 28 25 89.3% 44 44 100.0% 60 2509 59 0 41.8
Opp Total 16 27 21 77.8% 49 49 100.0% 61 2776 45.5

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 Karlos Dansby 27 RLB 16 16 4.0 2 47 0 34 5 2 1 3 0 0 94 25
21 Antrel Rolle 26 FS 16 16 1 40 1 40 5 77 11
54 Gerald Hayes 28 MLB 16 14 0.5 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 66 21
24 Adrian Wilson* 29 SS 15 14 2.5 2 37 0 28 5 2 0 0 0 0 59 15
56 Chike Okeafor 32 LLB 16 16 4.5 1 39 0 39 3 1 0 0 0 0 50 10
90 Darnell Dockett 27 RDT 16 16 4.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 24 1 37 12
47 Aaron Francisco 25 db 16 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 38 8
26 Roderick Hood 27 LCB 15 14 1 0 0 0 14 1 0 0 0 0 39 1
29 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie 22 RCB 16 11 4 157 1 99 19 0 1 1 0 0 35 4
94 Antonio Smith 27 LDE 16 10 3.5 2 0 3 16 0 31 10
55 Travis LaBoy 27 RDE 13 12 4.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 25 6
25 Eric Green 26 rcb 13 9 1 1 0 1 6 26 5
92 Bertrand Berry 33 de 14 4 5.0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 15 7
20 Ralph Brown 30 db 16 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 11 0 18 4
93 Calais Campbell 22 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17 5
53 Clark Haggans 31 11 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 17 2
97 Bryan Robinson 34 NT 16 15 1.0 16 4
98 Gabe Watson 25 11 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 15 5
22 Matt Ware 26 db 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 8
52 Monty Beisel 30 16 0 6 5
13 Kurt Warner* 37 QB 16 16 0 11 2 -7 0
78 Alan Branch 24 4 0 5 1
81 Anquan Boldin* 28 WR 12 11 0 4 1 0 0 2 1
34 Tim Hightower 22 rb 16 7 0 2 1 0 0 3 1
27 Michael Adams 23 db 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
85 Jerheme Urban 28 wr 16 2 4 0
15 Steve Breaston 25 PR/WR 16 9 0 1 2 0 0 2 0
69 Mike Gandy 29 LT 16 16 3 0
76 Deuce Lutui 25 RG 16 16 3 0
51 Pago Togafau 24 6 0 1 4
74 Reggie Wells 28 LG 16 16 3 0
11 Larry Fitzgerald*+ 25 WR 16 16 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
63 Lyle Sendlein 24 C 16 16 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
75 Levi Brown 24 RT 16 16 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
91 Kenny Iwebema 23 13 0 1 2
32 Edgerrin James 30 RB 13 7 0 2 1 0 0
28 J.J. Arrington 25 KR 11 3 1 0
46 Tim Castille 24 14 0 0 2
57 Victor Hobson 28 1 0 1 0
7 Matt Leinart 25 4 0 0 2 0 0 0
1 Neil Rackers 32 K 16 0 0 2
45 Terrelle Smith 30 fb 15 6 1 0
83 Stephen Spach 26 te 9 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
87 Sean Morey* 32 16 0 0 1
82 Leonard Pope 25 TE 13 8 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.3 16 31.0 13 321 2 99 76 20 27 29 44 1 727 184
Opp Total 16 28 26 9

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
1 Neil Rackers 32 K 16 0 44 25 119
11 Larry Fitzgerald*+ 25 WR 16 16 12 12 72
81 Anquan Boldin* 28 WR 12 11 11 11 66
34 Tim Hightower 22 rb 16 7 10 10 60
85 Jerheme Urban 28 wr 16 2 4 4 24
32 Edgerrin James 30 RB 13 7 3 3 1 20
28 J.J. Arrington 25 KR 11 3 1 1 1 3 18
15 Steve Breaston 25 PR/WR 16 9 3 3 18
52 Monty Beisel 30 16 0 1 1 6
90 Darnell Dockett 27 RDT 16 16 1 1 6
26 Roderick Hood 27 LCB 15 14 1 1 6
29 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie 22 RCB 16 11 1 1 6
21 Antrel Rolle 26 FS 16 16 1 1 6
Team Total 27.3 16 14 31 1 1 2 2 51 1 44 25 427
Opp Total 16 13 36 1 1 3 49 21 426