1996 Arizona Cardinals season
1996 Arizona Cardinals season | |
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Owner | Bill Bidwill |
Head coach | Vince Tobin |
Home field | Sun Devil Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 7–9 |
Division place | 4th NFC East |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Pro Bowlers | FB Larry Centers WR Rob Moore CB Aeneas Williams |
The 1996 Arizona Cardinals season was the franchise's 98th season, 77th season in the National Football League and the 9th in Arizona. The team improved upon their previous output of 4–12, winning seven games.[1] Despite this improvement, the Cardinals failed to qualify to the playoffs for the fourteenth consecutive season.
The low point of the season was providing a notorious New York Jets team with its only win in front of fewer than thirty thousand people. This was the first time the Cardinals had opposed the Jets since 1978.[2] The reason for this is that before the admission of the Texans in 2002, NFL scheduling formulas for games outside a team’s division were much more influenced by table position during the previous season.[3]
This was Boomer Esiason's only season with the Cardinals as he would re-sign with the Cincinnati Bengals after this season.
Offseason[]
NFL Draft[]
1996 Arizona Cardinals draft | |||||
Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Simeon Rice * | Defensive end | Illinois | |
Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career |
Personnel[]
Staff[]
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Roster[]
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reserve lists
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Regular season[]
Schedule[]
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | |
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1 | September 1 | at Indianapolis Colts | L 13–20 | 0–1 | RCA Dome | 48,133 | |
2 | September 8 | Miami Dolphins | L 10–38 | 0–2 | Sun Devil Stadium | 55,444 | |
3 | September 15 | at New England Patriots | L 0–31 | 0–3 | Foxboro Stadium | 59,118 | |
4 | September 22 | at New Orleans Saints | W 28–14 | 1–3 | Louisiana Superdome | 34,316 | |
5 | September 29 | St. Louis Rams | W 31–28 (OT) | 2–3 | Sun Devil Stadium | 33,116 | |
6 | Bye | ||||||
7 | October 13 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 3–17 | 3–3 | Texas Stadium | 64,096 | |
7 | October 20 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 13–9 | 4–3 | Sun Devil Stadium | 27,738 | |
9 | October 27 | New York Jets | L 21–31 | 4–4 | Sun Devil Stadium | 28,088 | |
10 | November 3 | at New York Giants | L 8–16 | 4–5 | Giants Stadium | 68,262 | |
11 | November 10 | at Washington Redskins | W 37–34 | 5–5 | RFK Stadium | 51,929 | |
12 | November 17 | New York Giants | W 31–23 | 6–5 | Sun Devil Stadium | 34,924 | |
13 | November 24 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 36–30 | 7–5 | Sun Devil Stadium | 36,175 | |
14 | December 1 | at Minnesota Vikings | L 17–41 | 7–6 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | 45,767 | |
15 | December 8 | Dallas Cowboys | L 6–10 | 7–7 | Sun Devil Stadium | 70,763 | |
16 | December 15 | Washington Redskins | W 27–26 | 8–7 | Sun Devil Stadium | 34,260 | |
17 | December 22 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 19–29 | 8–8 | Veterans Stadium | 63,658 |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Standings[]
NFC East | |||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
(3) Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 286 | 250 | L1 |
(5) Philadelphia Eagles | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 363 | 341 | W2 |
Washington Redskins | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 364 | 312 | W1 |
Arizona Cardinals | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 300 | 397 | L1 |
New York Giants | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 242 | 297 | L2 |
References[]
- Arizona Cardinals seasons
- 1996 National Football League season by team
- 1996 in sports in Arizona