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2009 Arizona Cardinals

Franchise Index: Previous Season

Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 375 points (23.4/g), 11th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 325 points (20.3/g), 14th.
 Differential of 50 points (3.1/g), 12th.
 Expected W-L: 9.3-6.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.4/g), 24th.

Simple Rating System: Total -0.3, Offense: 0.1, Defense: -0.4, SoS: -3.4, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Ken Whisenhunt (10-6-0)

2009 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 September 13 box L 0-1 San Francisco 49ers 16 20 17 299 259 40 2 13 203 182 21 1
2 Sun September 20 box W 1-1 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 31 17 22 383 265 118 2 18 367 275 92 3
3 Sun September 27 box L 1-2 Indianapolis Colts 10 31 21 323 299 24 3 22 505 379 126 1
4 Bye Week
5 Sun October 11 box W 2-2 Houston Texans 28 21 19 340 296 44 1 23 416 371 45 1
6 Sun October 18 box W 3-2 @ Seattle Seahawks 27 3 21 344 282 62 2 7 128 114 14 2
7 Sun October 25 box W 4-2 @ New York Giants 24 17 15 288 216 72 2 15 327 220 107 4
8 Sun November 1 box L 4-3 Carolina Panthers 21 34 23 320 226 94 6 13 355 85 270
9 Sun November 8 box W 5-3 @ Chicago Bears 41 21 27 438 256 182 1 20 417 347 70 1
10 Sun November 15 box W 6-3 Seattle Seahawks 31 20 22 462 340 122 29 472 308 164 2
11 Sun November 22 box W 7-3 @ St. Louis Rams 21 13 24 444 261 183 2 16 314 191 123 1
12 Sun November 29 box L 7-4 @ Tennessee Titans 17 20 15 292 217 75 20 532 369 163 1
13 Sun December 6 box W 8-4 Minnesota Vikings 30 17 20 398 285 113 1 22 315 253 62 2
14 Mon December 14 box L 8-5 @ San Francisco 49ers 9 24 11 245 160 85 7 18 327 138 189 2
15 Sun December 20 box W 9-5 @ Detroit Lions 31 24 21 340 218 122 3 15 282 121 161 3
16 Sun December 27 box W 10-5 St. Louis Rams 31 10 26 407 297 110 1 14 238 150 88 4
17 Sun January 3 box L 10-6 Green Bay Packers 7 33 13 187 139 48 3 24 345 236 109 1
Playoffs
WildCard Sun January 10 box W 11-6 Green Bay Packers 51 45 30 531 375 156 1 32 493 404 89 3
Division Sat January 16 box L 11-7 @ New Orleans Saints 14 45 15 359 258 101 2 27 418 247 171

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 375 5510 985 5.6 317 392 594 4016 27 18 6.5 215 365 1494 16 4.1 77 36 18 25
Team Defense 325 5543 1038 5.3 289 346 593 3739 22 21 5.9 188 402 1804 13 4.5 81 29 8 20
Lg Rank Offense 11 14 14 3 12 10 20 12 32 28 12 23 31 32
Lg Rank Defense 14 20 10 31 23 14 7 11 8 17 17 25 10 27

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%
13 Kurt Warner 38 15 339 513 66.1 3753 26 5.1 14 2.7 45 7.3 7.1 11.1 250.2 93.2 24 172 6.7 6.5 4.5
7 Matt Leinart 26 8 51 77 66.2 435 0 0.0 3 3.9 28 5.6 3.9 8.5 54.4 64.6 2 12 5.4 3.6 2.5
2 Brian St. Pierre 30 1 2 4 50.0 12 1 25.0 1 25.0 9 3.0 -3.3 6.0 12.0 56.2 0 0 3.0 -3.3 0.0
Team Total 29.3 16 392 594 66.0 4200 27 4.5 18 3.0 45 7.1 6.6 10.7 262.5 89.1 26 184 6.5 6.0 4.2
Opp Total 16 346 593 58.3 3998 22 3.7 21 3.5 6.7 5.9 11.6 249.9 76.4 43 259 5.9 5.1

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
26 Chris Wells 21 16 176 793 7 33 4.5 49.6 11.0 12 143 11.9 0 25 0.8 8.9 936 7 4
34 Tim Hightower 23 16 143 598 8 50 4.2 37.4 8.9 63 428 6.8 0 23 3.9 26.8 1026 8 6
13 Kurt Warner 38 15 21 10 0 10 0.5 0.7 1.4 10 0 13
7 Matt Leinart 26 8 9 -6 0 1 -0.7 -0.8 1.1 -6 0 1
36 LaRod Stephens-Howling 22 16 6 15 0 5 2.5 0.9 0.4 10 83 8.3 1 15 0.6 5.2 98 1 1
81 Anquan Boldin 29 15 3 12 1 5 4.0 0.8 0.2 84 1024 12.2 4 44 5.6 68.3 1036 5 3
31 Jason Wright 27 15 3 17 0 8 5.7 1.1 0.2 9 53 5.9 2 10 0.6 3.5 70 2 0
15 Steve Breaston 26 15 2 44 0 25 22.0 2.9 0.1 55 712 12.9 3 45 3.7 47.5 756 3 3
21 Antrel Rolle 27 15 1 9 0 9 9.0 0.6 0.1 9 0 1
2 Brian St. Pierre 30 1 1 2 0 2 2.0 2.0 1.0 2 0 1
11 Larry Fitzgerald* 26 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 97 1092 11.3 13 34 6.1 68.3 1092 13 1
85 Jerheme Urban 29 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 186 10.3 0 40 2.3 23.3 186 0 1
80 Early Doucet 24 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 214 12.6 1 29 1.9 23.8 214 1 0
89 Ben Patrick 25 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 146 12.2 2 28 1.5 18.3 146 2 0
84 Anthony Becht 32 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 61 8.7 1 16 0.9 7.6 61 1 1
35 Dan Kreider 32 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 20 5.0 0 8 1.0 5.0 20 0 0
83 Stephen Spach 27 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 38 9.5 0 22 1.0 9.5 38 0 0
Team Total 29.3 16 365 1494 16 50 4.1 93.4 22.8 392 4200 10.7 27 45 24.5 262.5 5694 43 38
Opp Total 16 402 1804 13 4.5 112.8 25.1 346 3739 10.8 22 21.6 233.7 5543 35 20

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
36 LaRod Stephens-Howling 22 16 52 1257 1 99 24.2 1355
15 Steve Breaston 26 15 38 253 0 64 6.7 1009
21 Antrel Rolle 27 15 6 55 0 27 9.2 64
31 Jason Wright 27 15 2 27 0 18 13.5 97
32 Gregory Toler 24 7 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 29.3 16 45 308 0 64 6.8 54 1284 1 99 23.8 7286
Opp Total 16 47 0 61 1248 0 20.5

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
5 Ben Graham 36 P 16 86 4045 64 0 47.0
1 Neil Rackers 33 K 14 4 4 6 6 7 6 17 16 94.1% 38 37 97.4%
4 Mike Nugent 27 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 100.0% 8 8 100.0%
Team Total 29.3 16 1 1 4 4 6 6 8 7 19 18 94.7% 46 45 97.8% 86 4045 64 0 47.0
Opp Total 16 25 19 76.0% 38 38 100.0% 84 377 4.5

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
58 Karlos Dansby 28 15 1.0 1 11 0 11 5 2 0 1 17 1 101 22
24 Adrian Wilson*+ 30 16 2.0 5 56 0 41 15 1 0 1 11 0 73 15
21 Antrel Rolle 27 15 1.5 4 71 0 29 8 1 1 1 0 0 71 16
25 Bryant McFadden 28 16 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 1 7 0 77 5
53 Clark Haggans 32 16 5.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 59 18
54 Gerald Hayes 29 14 53 13
29 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie* 23 15 6 77 1 49 26 3 0 0 0 0 54 2
90 Darnell Dockett* 28 15 7.0 1 3 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 43 10
56 Chike Okeafor 33 12 4.5 0 0 0 0 1 41 12
93 Calais Campbell 23 16 7.0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 40 11
27 Michael Adams 24 13 1 17 0 17 4 1 0 0 0 0 27 4
98 Gabe Watson 26 11 26 6
97 Bryan Robinson 35 13 1.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 18 11
78 Alan Branch 25 11 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 17 5
22 Matt Ware 27 11 1 18 0 18 1 1 0 1 0 0 19 2
20 Ralph Brown 31 11 1 85 0 80 3 19 2
49 Rashad Johnson 23 8 0 0 0 0 1 17 1
92 Bertrand Berry 34 8 6.0 0 0 2 7 0 11 2
32 Gregory Toler 24 7 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 12 2
59 Will Davis 23 9 2.0 8 3
41 Hamza Abdullah 26 1 8 2
95 Ali Highsmith 24 8 6 4
13 Kurt Warner 38 15 0 13 1 -5 0 1 0
91 Kenny Iwebema 24 7 2.0 4 4
11 Larry Fitzgerald* 26 16 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
34 Tim Hightower 23 16 0 6 1 -6 0 3 0
52 Monty Beisel 31 6 0 0 1 0 0 4 2
81 Anquan Boldin 29 15 0 3 1 0 0 3 0
55 Reggie Walker 109 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
84 Anthony Becht 32 8 0 1 1 0 0 3 0
63 Lyle Sendlein 25 3 4 0
36 LaRod Stephens-Howling 22 16 0 1 1 0 0 1 4
15 Steve Breaston 26 15 0 3 1 0 0 1 0
69 Mike Gandy 30 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0
51 Pago Togafau 25 2 3 0
26 Chris Wells 21 16 4 1 -4 0
79 Jason Banks 24 1 1.0 1 1
87 Sean Morey 33 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
73 Jeremy Bridges 29 2 0 0 3 0 0
80 Early Doucet 24 9 0 2
94 Keilen Dykes 25 1 1 0
89 Ben Patrick 25 8 1 0
2 Brian St. Pierre 30 1 1 1 0 0
31 Jason Wright 27 15 0 2
82 Mike Leach 33 5 0 1
7 Matt Leinart 26 8 1 0 -9 0
85 Jerheme Urban 29 8 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 29.3 16 42.0 21 338 1 80 98 15 38 25 18 1 843 186
Opp Total 16 26 20 12 1

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
1 Neil Rackers 33 K 14 37 16 85
11 Larry Fitzgerald* 26 16 13 13 78
34 Tim Hightower 23 16 8 8 48
26 Chris Wells 21 16 7 7 42
81 Anquan Boldin 29 15 1 4 5 30
15 Steve Breaston 26 15 3 3 18
4 Mike Nugent 27 2 8 2 14
89 Ben Patrick 25 8 2 2 12
36 LaRod Stephens-Howling 22 16 1 1 2 12
31 Jason Wright 27 15 2 2 12
84 Anthony Becht 32 8 1 1 6
58 Karlos Dansby 28 15 1 1 6
80 Early Doucet 24 9 1 1 6
29 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie* 23 15 1 1 6
21 Antrel Rolle 27 15 1 1 6
Team Total 29.3 16 16 27 1 1 1 1 47 45 18 381
Opp Total 16 13 22 38 19 1 325