1996 Arizona Cardinals season

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1996 Arizona Cardinals season
OwnerBill Bidwill
Head coachVince Tobin
Home fieldSun Devil Stadium
Results
Record7–9
Division place4th NFC East
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersFB 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[]

Main article: 1996 NFL Draft
1996 Arizona Cardinals draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 3 Simeon Rice *  Defensive end Illinois
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel[]

Staff[]

1996 Arizona Cardinals staff
Front office
  • President – Bill Bidwill
  • Vice President – Larry Wilson
  • Assistant General Manager – Joe Woolley
  • Assistant to the President – Bob Ferguson
  • Director of Pro Scouting – Keith Kidd
  • Director of College Scouting – Bo Bolinger

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – Al Everest

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Bob Rogucki

Roster[]

1996 Arizona Cardinals final roster
Quarterbacks
  •  7 Boomer Esiason
  • 11 Kent Graham
  •  5 Chad May

Running backs

  • 37 Larry Centers FB
  • 36 Ryan Christopherson FB
  • 32 LeShon Johnson
  • 30 Leeland McElroy
  • 45 Cedric Smith FB

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists
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Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
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[]

  1. ^ 1996 Arizona Cardinals
  2. ^ Arizona Cardinals v New York Jets
  3. ^ History of the NFL’s Structure and Formats
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