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2009 Arizona Cardinals

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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

 Defensive Coordinator: Bill Davis

Training Camp: Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, Arizona)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing Average Drive
Pts Yds Ply Y/P TO FL 1stPy 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD #Dr Sc% TO% Start Time Plays Yds Pts
Team Offense 375 5510 985 5.6 36 18 25 317 392 594 4016 27 18 6.5 215 365 1494 16 4.1 77 199 30.7 17.1 Own 30.2 2:24 5.0 27.6 1.8
Team Defense 325 5543 1038 5.3 29 8 20 289 346 593 3739 22 21 5.9 188 402 1804 13 4.5 81 196 27.6 17.3 Own 28.7 2:28 5.4 28.3 1.5
Lg Rank Offense 11 14 31 32 14 3 12 10 20 12 32 28 12 23 18 3 18 24 29 20 15
Lg Rank Defense 14 20 10 27 10 31 23 14 7 11 8 17 17 25 25 16 23 8 10 13 11

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

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 38 QB 15 15 10-5-0 339 513 66.1 3753 26 5.1 14 2.7 45 7.3 7.1 11.1 250.2 93.2 67.29 24 172 6.67 6.46 4.5 1 2
7 Matt Leinart 26 qb 8 1 0-1-0 51 77 66.2 435 0 0.0 3 3.9 28 5.6 3.9 8.5 54.4 64.6 57.67 2 12 5.35 3.65 2.5
2 Brian St. Pierre 30 1 0 2 4 50.0 12 1 25.0 1 25.0 9 3.0 -3.3 6.0 12.0 56.2 0.17 0 0 3.00 -3.25 0.0
Team Total 27.5 16 10-6-0 392 594 66.0 4200 27 4.5 18 3.0 45 7.1 6.6 10.7 262.5 89.1 26 184 6.48 6.04 4.2 1 2
Opp Total 16 346 593 58.3 3998 22 3.7 21 3.5 6.7 5.89 11.6 249.9 76.4 43 259 5.9 5.1 6.8

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
26 Chris Wells 21 16 0 176 793 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 RB 16 16 143 598 8 50 4.2 37.4 8.9 63 428 6.8 0 23 3.9 26.8 1026 8 5
13 Kurt Warner 38 QB 15 15 21 10 0 10 0.5 0.7 1.4 10 0 11
7 Matt Leinart 26 qb 8 1 9 -6 0 1 -0.7 -0.8 1.1 -6 0 1
36 LaRod Stephens-Howling 22 KR 16 2 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 WR 15 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 16 0 3 17 0 8 5.7 1.1 0.2 9 53 5.9 2 10 0.6 3.3 70 2 0
15 Steve Breaston 26 PR/wr 15 6 2 44 0 25 22.0 2.9 0.1 55 712 12.9 3 45 3.7 47.5 756 3 2
21 Antrel Rolle* 27 FS 15 15 1 9 0 9 9.0 0.6 0.1 9 0 1
2 Brian St. Pierre 30 1 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2.0 1.0 2 0 1
11 Larry Fitzgerald* 26 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 97 1092 11.3 13 34 6.1 68.3 1092 13 0
85 Jerheme Urban 29 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 186 10.3 0 40 1.8 18.6 186 0 0
80 Early Doucet 24 9 0 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 te 9 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 146 12.2 2 28 1.3 16.2 146 2 0
84 Anthony Becht 32 TE 16 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 61 8.7 1 16 0.4 3.8 61 1 1
35 Dan Kreider 32 fb 14 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 20 5.0 0 8 0.3 1.4 20 0 0
83 Stephen Spach 27 te 7 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 38 9.5 0 22 0.6 5.4 38 0 0
Team Total 27.5 16 365 1494 16 50 4.1 93.4 22.8 392 4200 10.7 27 45 24.5 262.5 5694 43 32
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

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
36 LaRod Stephens-Howling 22 KR 16 2 52 1257 1 99 24.2 1355
15 Steve Breaston 26 PR/wr 15 6 38 253 0 64 6.7 1009
21 Antrel Rolle* 27 FS 15 15 6 55 0 27 9.2 64
31 Jason Wright 27 16 0 2 27 0 18 13.5 97
32 Gregory Toler 24 13 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.5 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

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
5 Ben Graham 36 P 16 0 86 4045 64 0 47.0
1 Neil Rackers 33 K 14 0 4 4 6 6 7 6 17 16 94.1% 38 37 97.4%
4 Mike Nugent 27 k 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 2 100.0% 8 8 100.0%
Team Total 27.5 16 1 1 5 5 8 7 11 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 3772 44.9

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 28 LILB 16 16 1.0 1 11 0 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 89 20
24 Adrian Wilson*+ 30 SS 16 16 2.0 5 56 0 41 13 1 0 2 18 0 63 13
21 Antrel Rolle* 27 FS 15 15 1.5 4 71 0 29 8 1 1 1 0 0 60 11
25 Bryant McFadden 28 LCB 16 16 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 1 7 0 64 5
53 Clark Haggans 32 ROLB 16 14 5.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 55 17
54 Gerald Hayes 29 RILB 14 13 49 13
29 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie* 23 RCB 16 16 6 77 1 49 25 3 0 0 0 0 49 2
90 Darnell Dockett* 28 RDE 16 16 7.0 1 3 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 42 9
93 Calais Campbell 23 LDE 16 15 7.0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 35 11
56 Chike Okeafor 33 LOLB 13 13 4.5 0 0 0 0 1 35 12
27 Michael Adams 24 db 16 1 1 17 0 17 4 25 3
98 Gabe Watson 26 16 0 22 6
97 Bryan Robinson 35 NT 16 15 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 17 11
22 Matt Ware 27 db 11 1 1 18 0 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 2
49 Rashad Johnson 23 db 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 1
78 Alan Branch 25 16 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 14 4
20 Ralph Brown 31 db 16 1 1 85 0 80 3 16 1
92 Bertrand Berry 34 de 15 5 6.0 0 0 2 7 0 9 1
59 Will Davis 23 11 0 2.0 8 3
32 Gregory Toler 24 13 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 1
95 Ali Highsmith 24 lb 14 2 6 4
41 Hamza Abdullah 26 1 0 7 1
91 Kenny Iwebema 24 11 0 2.0 4 4
13 Kurt Warner 38 QB 15 15 0 11 0 -2 0 1 0
11 Larry Fitzgerald* 26 WR 16 16 6 0
34 Tim Hightower 23 RB 16 16 0 5 0 -6 0 3 0
81 Anquan Boldin 29 WR 15 15 0 3 1 0 0 3 0
55 Reggie Walker 23 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
84 Anthony Becht 32 TE 16 10 0 1 1 0 0 3 0
36 LaRod Stephens-Howling 22 KR 16 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 4
52 Monty Beisel 31 6 0 3 0
69 Mike Gandy 30 LT 12 12 0 0 2 0 0 2 0
63 Lyle Sendlein 25 C 16 16 3 0
51 Pago Togafau 25 2 0 3 0
15 Steve Breaston 26 PR/wr 15 6 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
26 Chris Wells 21 16 0 0 4 1 -4 0
79 Jason Banks 24 1 0 1.0 1 1
87 Sean Morey 33 13 0 1 2
73 Jeremy Bridges 29 g 16 4 0 0 2 0 0
80 Early Doucet 24 9 0 0 2
94 Keilen Dykes 25 2 0 1 0
Lance Long 24 1 0 1 0
89 Ben Patrick 25 te 9 7 1 0
2 Brian St. Pierre 30 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
31 Jason Wright 27 16 0 0 2
82 Mike Leach 33 16 0 0 1
7 Matt Leinart 26 qb 8 1 0 1 0 -9 0
Team Total 27.5 16 42.0 21 338 1 80 90 12 32 19 11 0 750 167
Opp Total 16 26 20 12 1

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 33 K 14 0 37 16 85
11 Larry Fitzgerald* 26 WR 16 16 13 13 78
34 Tim Hightower 23 RB 16 16 8 8 48
26 Chris Wells 21 16 0 7 7 42
81 Anquan Boldin 29 WR 15 15 1 4 5 30
15 Steve Breaston 26 PR/wr 15 6 3 3 18
4 Mike Nugent 27 k 2 0 8 2 14
89 Ben Patrick 25 te 9 7 2 2 12
36 LaRod Stephens-Howling 22 KR 16 2 1 1 2 12
31 Jason Wright 27 16 0 2 2 12
84 Anthony Becht 32 TE 16 10 1 1 6
80 Early Doucet 24 9 0 1 1 6
29 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie* 23 RCB 16 16 1 1 6
21 Antrel Rolle* 27 FS 15 15 1 1 6
Team Total 27.5 16 16 27 1 1 1 46 45 18 375
Opp Total 16 13 22 38 19 1 325