1998 Arizona Cardinals

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2nd Place in the NFC Eastern Division

1998 Record: 9-7 (Reg. Season), 1-1 (Playoffs)

Head Coach: VInce Tobin

Points Scored: 325 (15th out of 30 NFL teams)

Points Allowed: 378 (tied for 25th out of 30 NFL teams)

Home Stadium: Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, AZ.

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                                       1998 Results

                                     Regular Season

            Date             Opponent                         Result

       9/  6/98             at Dallas                           L  10-38

       9/13/98             at Seattle                          L  14-33

       9/20/98             Philadelphia                      W 17-  3

       9/27/98             at St. Louis                       W 20-17

     10/  4/98             Oakland                            L  20-23

     10/11/98             Chicago                            W 20-  7

     10/18/98             at N.Y. Giants                    L   7-34

     10/25/98             Bye Week

     11/  1/98             at Detroit                          W 17-15

     11/  8/98             Washington                       W 29-27

     11/15/98              Dallas                                L 28-35

     11/22/98              at Washington                  W 45-42

     11/29/98              at Kansas City                   L 24-34

     12/  6/98              N.Y. Giants                       L 19-23

     12/13/98              at Philadelphia                  W 20-17 (OT)

     12/20/98              New Orleans                     W 19-17

     12/27/98              San Diego                         W 16-13

                                          Playoffs

Round                                Opponent                              Result

NFC Wildcard                     at Dallas                                W 20-  7

NFC Div. Playoff                 at Minnesota                          L  21-41

Quarterback Jake Plummer showed signs of maturity in his second NFL season as he finished 9th in the NFL with a 59.2% completion rate in 1998, while leading the Cards to their first playoff appearance since 1975.

Cornerback Aeneas Williams was selected to his 5th consecutive Pro Bowl after ammassing 70 tackles, intercepting one pass, and registering 1 sack in 1998.

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1998 Arizona Cardinals Depth Chart / Roster:

Note: Team not in game - use 1975 Cardinals team as template

      # Player                               Ht   Wt Age Exp College                   Face Shape Hair           Equipment

Quarterbacks

1. 16 Jake Plummer                 6-2   197 23   1 Arizona St.                     91   3 l. brn buzz      3 bar, wt wristbands, left wt elbowpad (turf)

2. 17 Dave Brown                     6-5   230 28   6 Duke                              49   2 blk crop           3 bar, eye paint, right qb wristband, left wt wristband

3. 15 Stoney Case                    6-3   201 26   3 New Mexico                   57 11 brn crop          3 bar qb. right wt elbowpad, wt wristbands

Halfbacks

1. n/a (switch position to WR - use as Metcalf)

1. 87 Johnny McWilliams         6-4   271 26   2 USC            med skin        2   7 blk fade         3 bar qb, tc gloves, wt sleeves, wt gloves (turf)

2. 29 Adrian Murrell                 5-11 214 28   5 West Virginia dk skin     212   9 blk fade         3 bar rb, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, bk gloves, tc shoes, left wt elbowpad (turf), wt gloves (turf)

3. n/a (switch position to WR - use as Brock)

#  24 Mario Bates                     6-1   217 25   4 Arizona St.                     22   8 blk fade         3 bar qb, wt nasal strip, tc mouthpiece, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf), tc gloves (turf)

#  32 Michael Pittman              6-0   214 23   R Fresno State                  39   6 blk bald (2)    left band1 tattoo, right patch6 tattoo, 2 bar rb, wt nasal strip, wt mouthpiece, wt wristbands, tc gloves, wt ankles taped, wt elbowbands (turf)

Fullbacks

1. 37 Larry Centers                   6-0   225 30   8 S.F. Austin    dk skin          5   6 blk bald         2 bar rb, eye paint, wt mouthpiece, left wt elbowband, bk gloves, wt wristbands (turf), wt gloves (turf)

2. n/a (switch position to TE - use as Hayes)

3. n/a (switch position to TE - use as Hardy)

Wide Receivers

1. 85 Rob Moore                      6-3   203 30   7 Syracuse                           2   4 blk fade         2 bar, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt sleeves

2. n/a (switch position to HB - use as Bates)

3. 81 Frank Sanders                 6-2   197 25   3 Auburn                          189   4 blk buzz         3 bar, tc mouthpiece, bk gloves, wt sleeves, tc gloves (turf)

4. n/a (switch position to HB - use as Pittman)

5. 82 Ronnie Anderson            5-11 195 23   R N/A              dk skin                                         3 bar, wt wristbands, bk gloves

#  21 Eric Metcalf                     5-10 188 30   9 Texas                           204   4 blk fade         style 3 helmet, 3 bar, wt gloves, wt sleeves

#  89 Fred Brock                        5-10 175 24   1 Southern Miss   md skn  36 10 blk rows          2 bar, wt gloves, wt sleeves

Tight Ends

1. 87 Johnny McWilliams         6-4   271 26   2 USC            med skin        2   7 blk fade         3 bar qb, tc gloves, wt sleeves, wt gloves (turf)

2. 84 Chris Gedney                  6-5   250 29   5 Syracuse      lt skin          52 16 brn crop         3 bar qb, eye paint, wt wristbands, wt sleeves

3. n/a (switch position to WR)

#  48 Jarius Hayes                    6-3   255 25   1 N. Alabama   dk skin                                       3 bar qb, right wt glove, left tc glove, wt sleeves (grass), wt half sleeves (turf)

#  80 Terry Hardy                     6-4   266 22   R Southern Miss.              136 18 blk buzz         3 bar qb, tc gloves, wt sleeves

#  86 Trey Junkin                     6-2   240 37 15 LA. Tech         lt skin        55   7 brn crop         2 bar, wt wristbands, fingers taped, wt elbowpads (turf)

Left Tackles

1. 75 Lomas Brown                  6-4   290 35 13 Florida                            40 14 blk crop          half cage, wt wrist double, wt gloves

2. 65 Anthony Clement            6-7   355 22   R UL Lafayette    dk skin   186 20 blk rows         left band5 tattoo, right patch6 tattoo, half cage, wt wristbands, wt rb gloves

3. 79 Jon Clark                         6-6   345 25   2 Temple                         275 16 blk bald         full cage, wt gloves, wt sleeves

Left Guards

1. 67 Chris Dishman                 6-2   320 24   1 Nebraska                        55 18 blk bald          half cage, tc extended, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt ankles taped, rubber pads (turf)

2. 73 Matt Joyce                      6-7   313 26   3 Richmond         lt skin     77 17 brn crop          full cage, bk extended, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Centers

1. 54 Aaron Graham                6-4   293 25   1 Nebraska                         28 16 blo fade         half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 62 Mike Devlin                     6-2   318 30   5 Iowa                               55 16 brn crop          half cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Right Guards

1. 71 Lester Holmes                 6-4   315 29   5 Jackson St.    dk skin      183 14 blk bald         full cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, rubber pads (turf)

2. 72 Jerome Daniels               6-5   355 24   R Northeastern  dk skin     262 17 blk fade         full cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Right Tackles

1. 64 James Dexter                  6-7   319 25   2 S. Carolina                   110 15 l. brn crop      full cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves, right knee brace

2. 69 Allen DeGraffenreid        6-4   293 24   R Vanderbilt    med skin                                    full cage, bk extended, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Left Defensive Ends

1. 90 Andre Wadsworth            6-4   278 24   R Florida State                111 16 blk fade         full cage, wt wristbands, wt sleeves, bk gloves (grass), wt half sleeves (turf)

2. 78 Carl Simpson                  6-2   292 28   5 Florida State    dk skin  197 14 blk bald         full cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Right Defensive Ends

1. 97 Simeon Rice                   6-5   260 24   2 Illinois                          207   8 blk buzz         full cage, wt elbowbands, qb wristbands, tc gloves, tc shoes, wt gloves (turf)

2. n/a (switch position to DT)

Defensive Tackles

1. 93 Mark Smith                      6-4   290 24   1 Auburn         dk skin      219 14 blk bald (2)    full cage, rubber pads, wt rb gloves, wt sleeves

2. 98 Eric Swann                      6-5   313 28   7 No College                   172   9 blk fade         full cage, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, wt gloves, rubber pads (turf)

3. 91 Rashod Swinger              6-2   290 24   1 Rutgers         dk skin       253 19 blk bald        full cage, rubber pads, wt gloves

#  94 Bernard Wilson                6-3   318 28   5 Tennessee St.  dk skin   156 17 blk fade        full cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk gloves

Left Outside Linebackers

1. 95 Jamir Miller                     6-5   266 25   4 UCLA           dk skin        59   9 blk buzz         style 3 helmet, full cage, tc extended, wt elbowbands, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt sleeves, tc shoes

2. 56 Terry Irving                      6-2   236 27   4 McNeese St.  dk skin    254 14 blk fade         full cage, wt elbowbands, wt wristbands, bk gloves

Middle Linebackers

1. 57 Ronald McKinnon           6-0   240 25   2 N. Alabama   dk skin       11 15 blk fade         full cage, right wt wristband, left qb wristband, bk gloves, rubber pads (turf)

2. 53 Mark Maddox                  6-1   233 31   7 N/A                dk skin     161   9 blk buzz         style 3 helmet, half cage, neck roll, wt wristbands, tc gloves, rubber pads (turf), wt gloves (turf)

#  52 Zack Walz                       6-4   228 23   R Dartmouth                      80   4 l. brn fade      left band2 tattoo, right patch3 tattoo, full cage, neck roll, wt elbowbands, wt wristbands, bk gloves (grass), wt rb gloves (turf)

Right Outside Linebackers

1. 50 Tony McCombs               6-2   246 24   1 E. Kentucky                  116   7 blk fade          full cage, bk mouthpiece, rubber pads, wt wristbands, bk gloves, wt sleeves

2. 55 Patrick Sapp                    6-4   258 25   2 Clemson       dk skin      248 14 blk bald         right patch6 tattoo, full cage, wt wristbands, bk gloves, wt sleeves

3. n/a (switch position to MLB)

Cornerbacks

1. 22 Tom Knight                     5-11 196 23   1 Iowa             dk skin      231   6 blk bald         2 bar rb, wt mouthpiece, wt wristbands, bk gloves, wt sleeves, fingers taped (turf)

2. 35 Aeneas Williams              5-11 202 30   7 Southern                      261   7 blk fade         3 bar, wt nasal strip, wt mouthpiece, tc gloves, wt sleeves, wt elbowbands (turf), wt gloves (turf)

3. 26 J.B. Brown                        6-0   191 31   9 Maryland      dk skin       50 14 blk fade         3 bar rb, qb wristbands, tc gloves, wt sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf)

4. 25 Corey Chavous                 6-1   207 22   R Vanderbilt                     43   8 blk crop          2 bar rb, eye paint, wt nasal strip, wt elbowbands, qb wristbands, bk gloves, wt ankles taped, wt elbowpads (turf)

5. 27 Ty Howard                        5-9   186 25   1 Ohio State                  224   2 blk bald          2 bar rb, wt wristbands, bk gloves, wt ankles taped

Free Safeties

1. 42 Kwamie Lassiter              6-0   202 29   3 Kansas                            73   5 blk buzz         3 bar rb, eye paint, tc elbowbands, wt wristbands, tc gloves, wt sleeves, wt elbowbands (turf)

2. 40 Pat Tillman                     5-11 202 22   R Arizona St.     lt skin       97   3 brn long         3 bar rb, wt wristbands, tc gloves (grass), wt rb gloves (turf)

3. n/a (switch position to TE)

Strong Safeties

1. 28 Tommy Bennett              6-0   204 25   2 UCLA                            143   8 blk rows         full cage, tc mouthpiece, rubber pads, wt wristbands, tc gloves, wt sleeves, wt ankles taped, tc shoes, fingers taped (turf)

2. 44 J.J. McClesky                   5-7   177 28   4 Tennessee      dk skin    180   5 blk buzz        3 bar rb, wt wristbands, bk gloves, wt sleeves

Kicker

1.   6 Joe Nedney      (lefty)      6-4   205 25   2 San Jose St.                   87 17 l. brn crop      2 bar (thin), wt wristbands

Punter

1. 10 Scott Player                    6-1   213 28   R Florida State                  90 13 l. brn bald      1 bar, wt sleeves

Players Not Included

#  12 Chad Carpenter   WR      5-11 197 25   R Wash. St.      lt skin                                         3 bar, wt wristbands

#  92 Jomo Cousins      DT       6-4   257 24   R Florida A&M  dk skin

#  76 Jerry Drake           DT       6-4   292 29   3 Hastings        dk skin                                       full cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves

#  71 Thomas Guynes     T       6-5   330 24   1 Michigan      dk skin                                       full cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves

#  39 Van Malone         FS       5-11 186 28   3 Texas           dk skin      258   4 blk bald         3 bar rb, wt wristbands, wt gloves, turf tape (turf)

#  23 Dell McGee         CB       5-8   180 25   R Auburn         dk skin                                       3 bar, wt elbowbands, wt wristbands

#  74 Mike Moten         DT       6-5   266 24   R Florida         dk skin                   blk bald         full cage, bk gloves, wt sleeves, tc gloves (turf)

#  96 Brad Ottis            DT       6-4   280 26   4 Wayne State lt skin                                         left band1 tattoo, full cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Player Ratings      spd-str-awr-agi-acc-jmp-cth-car-btk-tck-tpr-tac-pbk-rbk-kpw-kac-ret-stm-inj-tgh

J. Plummer           71-54-67-70-73-20-52-52-52-16-88-82-26-19-17-17-0-93-92-87

Da. Brown             62-55-71-69-59-36-41-56-44-18-84-78-24-26-64-56-0-79-78-64

S. Case                 67-58-62-77-68-34-53-57-46-23-84-76-25-26-29-22-0-77-78-68

A. Murrell              87-66-80-85-88-76-82-77-80-20-27-22-36-36-23-19-10-85-86-75

M. Bates                87-62-75-84-89-67-82-63-74-24-48-42-35-38-28-24-72-80-77-73

M. Pittman            89-66-56-88-86-73-67-79-78-34-33-23-31-33-28-31-61-84-80-87

Centers                  73-60-82-65-77-85-76-75-70-26-23-19-53-54-18-22-0-92-84-88

R. Moore               89-61-88-92-87-95-88-75-65-22-38-29-31-38-30-23-10-79-81-67

F. Sanders             88-59-84-89-86-90-78-83-71-21-37-35-37-23-22-18-23-80-77-65

E. Metcalf              87-54-79-89-85-85-74-82-61-22-43-37-29-32-27-23-79-78-85-62

F. Brock                  93-51-54-94-91-74-66-83-54-21-25-24-24-25-25-23-10-78-79-57

R. Anderson           86-46-49-88-85-81-73-77-59-15-19-17-29-21-19-17-55-74-72-56

J. McWilliams        75-71-67-75-76-75-67-59-81-24-29-22-57-53-28-22-8-81-83-75

Gedney                  73-71-70-76-72-79-66-57-65-22-38-33-54-52-33-31-8-80-76-64

J. Hayes                 67-74-56-66-71-62-54-55-68-24-34-20-55-65-27-24-8-77-77-73

T. Hardy                 70-73-53-65-67-68-63-50-60-33-20-10-61-58-16-21-8-79-80-85

T. Junkin                61-74-68-66-59-53-55-49-50-66-30-23-75-67-26-22-8-70-70-76

L. Brown                 34-95-94-40-66-29-25-17-21-11-17-18-85-88-35-35-0-60-71-91

J. Clark                   53-89-56-48-79-18-22-39-27-26-29-19-79-86-26-23-0-64-73-76

A. Clement             44-92-53-43-60-18-18-22-33-14-20-33-81-85-15-31-0-59-78-87

C. Dishman             49-88-60-46-60-24-25-21-15-15-17-18-77-87-25-29-0-58-68-83

M. Joyce                 41-89-62-40-50-32-20-31-22-16-24-16-80-79-21-33-0-49-71-87

A. Graham              50-81-70-50-63-27-27-29-16-22-33-20-77-84-28-24-0-65-69-63

M. Devlin                49-87-67-45-69-19-18-54-29-24-31-22-81-75-25-22-0-72-79-74

L. Holmes                54-91-76-51-71-24-25-40-27-26-28-22-88-84-27-21-0-67-83-82

J. Daniels                44-90-54-40-57-20-23-37-29-24-29-18-74-88-26-16-0-66-83-77

J. Dexter 1               58-86-66-55-67-23-22-37-26-24-29-21-84-85-28-24-0-67-76-77

DeGraffenreid          62-83-56-61-71-29-28-55-27-22-27-22-77-81-30-26-0-73-77-76

Wadsworth               66-76-59-62-70-16-32-63-17-82-22-19-30-24-23-26-0-76-69-88

C. Simpson              60-85-73-58-66-17-22-51-26-77-27-20-23-32-27-21-0-76-77-83

S. Rice                     84-74-74-78-94-35-28-58-30-76-33-14-30-29-19-20-0-77-76-85

E. Swann                 67-86-83-77-70-29-31-53-26-83-25-23-25-34-27-22-0-76-68-83

M. Smith                  60-85-74-60-71-17-18-64-36-84-15-16-19-21-19-24-0-80-77-79

Swinger                    62-85-58-59-63-19-17-43-22-82-26-22-25-36-28-23-0-73-79-73

B. Wilson                  56-84-75-53-62-24-27-53-26-76-27-23-24-31-27-22-0-74-79-75

J. Miller                    78-74-81-78-84-56-37-64-33-89-37-28-16-21-22-24-0-88-89-84

Irving                        75-71-72-77-74-41-37-62-27-83-28-23-24-46-27-22-0-75-72-76

R. McKinnon            75-78-79-72-76-55-33-55-32-94-32-35-23-29-19-36-0-85-72-86

M. Maddox               73-75-73-74-75-42-40-50-28-84-28-23-27-48-29-19-0-75-70-74

Walz                         78-75-57-82-77-45-42-57-28-85-26-25-25-47-26-23-0-78-71-77

McCombs                  77-75-61-81-75-45-42-57-26-85-26-24-23-44-26-21-0-77-79-77

P. Sapp                     78-71-63-78-76-43-39-56-28-82-26-23-24-45-29-22-0-77-82-78

A. Williams                96-56-97-95-98-70-48-89-30-65-15-19-22-27-25-26-10-94-95-85

T. Knight                   94-52-63-85-90-55-45-87-27-71-16-21-21-29-20-26-20-82-73-73

C. Chavous                86-57-60-85-87-69-45-86-31-63-17-19-24-46-18-26-66-84-78-69

J.B. Brown                 85-58-87-89-84-61-42-74-24-62-23-21-18-24-24-22-10-77-70-73

T. Howard 2               90-48-63-89-89-54-43-77-26-62-21-21-16-20-22-19-10-82-78-67

K. Lassiter                  84-62-71-86-85-72-52-74-32-71-25-24-22-30-18-20-12-87-81-81

P. Tillman                 85-65-57-89-85-55-44-80-27-90-26-23-26-35-27-23-10-82-85-84

T. Bennett                 84-63-65-85-83-62-45-73-35-81-20-25-19-18-17-29-12-78-79-83

McCleskey                 89-53-67-88-86-60-47-78-26-66-24-22-20-24-22-19-10-83-82-75

Nedney                      47-24-57-42-50-19-20-31-20-18-25-17-23-24-93-82-0-82-65-41

Player                        53-21-58-47-54-28-25-27-19-22-26-22-20-30-88-85-0-88-73-33

Wide Receiver Rob Moore continued to be a solid receiver as he led the Cardinals with 14.7 yards per catch and 5 receiving touchdowns in 1998.  His 982 receiving yards was second on the Cards and 65 receptions were third best on the team.

Adrian Murrell's arrival in the desert was a welcome sight for Cardinal fans as he rushed for over 1,000 yards for his third consecutive season and his 8 rushing TDs were eighth best in the NFL in the 1998 campaign.

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1998 Arizona Cardinals Individual Statistical Leaders:

Passing: Jake Plummer, 3737 yards, 59.2 comp. pct, 17 TDs, 75.0 rating

Rushing: Adrian Murrell, 1042 yards, 8 TDs, 3.8 yards / carry

Receiving: Frank Sanders, 89 rec., 1145 yards, 3 TDs

Touchdowns: Adrian Murrell, 10 (8 rush., 2 rec.)

QB Sacks: Simeon Rice, 10

Tackles: Jamir Miller, 113

Interceptions: Kwamie Lassiter, 8 int., 80 yards, 0 TDs

Points: Joe Nedney, 69 (13 FG's, 30 PAT's)
 

Pat Tillman was a linebacker in college, but was converted to safety in the NFL.  He collected 89 tackles in his rookie campaign of 1998.  Four years later, he would leave the Cardinals to serve our country in Iraq.  He lost his life in 2004 in service to our country.

Wide Receiver Frank Sanders led the Cardinals in receptions (89) and receiving yards (1,145) in 1998.

1998 NFC EAST STANDINGS:

1st Place - Dallas (10-6)

2nd Place - Arizona (9-7)

3rd Place - N.Y. Giants (8-8)

4th Place - Washington (6-10)

5th Place - Philadelphia (3-13)

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