1997 Arizona Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-12
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Vince Tobin (4-12)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
1997 Arizona Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 4-12
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Vince Tobin (4-12)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
1997 Arizona Cardinals Results
The Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 4 wins and 12 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Cardinals scored 283 points, but the defense gave up 379. Jake Plummer passed for 2,203 yards, and Kent Graham spent time under center, too. Rob Moore paced the receiving corps, snagging 97 passes for 1,584 yards, while Frank Sanders contributed to the receiving game also.
Leeland McElroy carried the ball for a team-best 424 yards for Arizona.
Aeneas Williams intercepted 6 opponent throws. Eric Swann sacked opposing passers 7.5 times.
Vince Tobin coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 296 | 157 | 53.0 | 2203 | 7.4 | 15 | 5.1 | 15 | 5.1 | 70 | 52 | 291 | 73.1 |
| Kent Graham | 250 | 130 | 52.0 | 1408 | 5.6 | 4 | 1.6 | 5 | 2.0 | 47 | 16 | 115 | 65.9 |
| Stoney Case | 55 | 29 | 52.7 | 316 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.6 | 30 | 10 | 89 | 54.8 |
| Frank Sanders | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 602 | 317 | 52.7 | 3953 | 6.6 | 19 | 3.2 | 22 | 3.7 | 70 | 78 | 495 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeland McElroy | 135 | 424 | 3.1 | 18 | 2 |
| Larry Centers | 101 | 276 | 2.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Jake Plummer | 39 | 216 | 5.5 | 31 | 2 |
| Ronald Moore | 57 | 175 | 3.1 | 16 | 0 |
| LeShon Johnson | 23 | 81 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Kevin Bouie | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Kent Graham | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 10 | 2 |
| Chris Gedney | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Stoney Case | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 3 | 1 |
| Frank Sanders | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cedric Smith | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 2 | 1 |
| Ronald McKinnon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Eric Swann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 395 | 1255 | 3.2 | 31 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Moore | 97 | 1584 | 16.3 | 47 | 8 |
| Frank Sanders | 75 | 1017 | 13.6 | 70 | 4 |
| Larry Centers | 54 | 409 | 7.6 | 29 | 1 |
| Chris Gedney | 23 | 261 | 11.3 | 37 | 4 |
| Kevin Williams | 20 | 273 | 13.6 | 31 | 1 |
| Anthony Edwards | 20 | 203 | 10.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Johnny McWilliams | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Pat Carter | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 15 | 1 |
| Leeland McElroy | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 17 | 0 |
| LeShon Johnson | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Cedric Smith | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Fred Brock | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Jake Plummer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 317 | 3953 | 12.5 | 70 | 19 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Nedney | 19 | 19 | 100.0 | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 52 |
| Kevin Butler | 10 | 9 | 90.0 | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 33 |
| Totals | 29 | 28 | 96.6 | 29 | 19 | 65.5 | 85 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Feagles | 91 | 4028 | 44.3 | 62 |
| Totals | 91 | 4028 | 44.3 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Williams | 40 | 462 | 11.6 | 50 | 0 |
| Anthony Edwards | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 461 | 11.2 | 50 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Williams | 59 | 1458 | 24.7 | 63 | 0 |
| Kevin Bouie | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Cedric Smith | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Chris Gedney | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 70 | 1670 | 23.9 | 63 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aeneas Williams | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 42 | 2 |
| Ronald McKinnon | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Bernard Wilson | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66 | 1 |
| J.J. McCleskey | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Kwamie Lassiter | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Caldwell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tommy Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simeon Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 231 | 15.4 | 66 | 3 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Swann | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
| Mark Smith | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jamir Miller | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
| Simeon Rice | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kwamie Lassiter | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Michael Bankston | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Caldwell | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Ty Howard | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| J.J. McCleskey | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Ronald McKinnon | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 34.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bankston | 81 | 67 | 28 | ||||||
| Ronald McKinnon | 79 | 61 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jamir Miller | 74.5 | 58 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brent Alexander | 65 | 54 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eric Swann | 60 | 52 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aeneas Williams | 56 | 49 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eric Hill | 58.5 | 44 | 29 | ||||||
| Tommy Bennett | 47 | 41 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Tom Knight | 44 | 41 | 6 | ||||||
| Matt Darby | 50 | 36 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bernard Wilson | 42 | 33 | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Simeon Rice | 40 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Terry Irving | 35 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Smith | 32 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kwamie Lassiter | 31.5 | 24 | 15 | 0 | |||||
| Ty Howard | 27 | 24 | 6 | ||||||
| Mike Caldwell | 26.5 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J.J. McCleskey | 23 | 21 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Brad Ottis | 19 | 16 | 6 | ||||||
| Kenny Harris | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Rashod Swinger | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Mark Campbell | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Tito Paul | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Aaron Graham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jake Plummer | 6 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |||||
| Mike Devlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Anthony Edwards | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff Feagles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kevin Williams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Joe Wolf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cedric Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Leeland McElroy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Frank Sanders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Kent Graham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Chris Gedney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Stoney Case | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Larry Centers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 906 | 745 | 322 | 0 | 27 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 8 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Joe Nedney | 11 | 19 | 0 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Rob Moore | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||
| Kevin Butler | 8 | 9 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Frank Sanders | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | |||||||
| Chris Gedney | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Jake Plummer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |||||||
| Kent Graham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Leeland McElroy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Larry Centers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Aeneas Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Bernard Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Cedric Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Stoney Case | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Kevin Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Pat Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tommy Bennett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 283 |
