1998_Arizona_Cardinals_season

1998 Arizona Cardinals season
1998 Arizona Cardinals season
Owner	Bill Bidwill
Head coach	Vince Tobin
Home field	Sun Devil Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	2nd NFC East
Playoff finish	Won Wild Card Playoffs; (at Cowboys) 20–7; Lost Divisional Playoffs; (at Vikings) 21–41
Pro Bowlers	DB Aeneas Williams
	← 1997; Cardinals seasons; 1999 →;

1998 Arizona Cardinals season

NFL team season

The 1998 Arizona Cardinals season was the franchise's 100th season, 79th season in the National Football League (NFL) and the 11th in Arizona. The club posted its first winning record since 1984, appeared in the postseason for the first time since 1982, its first postseason appearance in a non-strike season since 1975, and won its first postseason game since 1947 (it was also their first ever playoff win on the road). It was the Cardinals' first playoff appearance in its tenure in Arizona. After shocking the 10–6 Dallas Cowboys in the opening round in which the Cardinals won 20–7, Arizona ended up losing to the 15–1 Minnesota Vikings, 41–21 in the Divisional round. Over the next ten seasons, the Cardinals fell out of contention. They returned to the playoffs following the 2008 season, including a Super Bowl appearance despite a similarly mediocre 9–7 record.

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Statistics site Football Outsiders states that the 1998 Arizona Cardinals are the third-worst team behind the 2004 Rams and 2010 Seahawks to qualify for the NFL playoffs since they began calculating ratings.^[1] Ironically, all three of those teams won their first playoff games, before falling in the divisional round.

The season also marked the Cardinals' first game in St. Louis since re-locating to Arizona after the 1987 season. The Cardinals defeated the St. Louis Rams 20–17. Prior to the 2002 season, the Cardinals would be realigned to the NFC West, thus becoming divisional rivals to the Rams, and from then would play a regular season game in their former city every year until the Rams' return to the Los Angeles metropolitan area after the 2015 season.

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Football Outsiders: Final 2010 DVOA Ratings “The Seahawks do pass the 1998 Cardinals as the second-worst playoff team in DVOA history.”

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1998 Arizona Cardinals draft
1	3	Andre Wadsworth	Defensive end	Florida State
2	33	Corey Chavous *	Defensive back	Vanderbilt
2	36	Anthony Clement	Offensive tackle	Louisiana–Lafayette
4	95	Michael Pittman	Running back	Fresno State
5	125	Terry Hardy	Tight end	Southern Miss
6	158	Zack Walz	Linebacker	Dartmouth
7	193	Phil Savoy	Wide receiver	Colorado
7	209	Jomo Cousins	Defensive end	Florida A&M
7	226	Pat Tillman	Defensive back	Arizona State
7	233	Ron Janes	Running back	Missouri
Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Player	Position	College
Cory Sauter	Quarterback	Minnesota
Cory Wedel	Kicker	Wyoming


	Quarterbacks 17 Dave Brown 15 Stoney Case 16 Jake Plummer Running backs 24 Mario Bates 37 Larry Centers FB 21 Eric Metcalf KR/PR 29 Adrian Murrell 32 Michael Pittman Wide receivers 82 Ronnie Anderson 89 Fred Brock 48 Jarius Hayes FB 85 Rob Moore 81 Frank Sanders Tight ends 84 Chris Gedney 80 Terry Hardy 87 Johnny McWilliams		Offensive linemen 75 Lomas Brown T 79 Jon Clark T 72 Jerome Daniels G 69 Allen DeGraffenreid C/T 62 Mike Devlin C 64 James Dexter T 67 Chris Dishman G 54 Aaron Graham C 71 Lester Holmes G 73 Matt Joyce G/T Defensive linemen 92 Jomo Cousins DE 74 Mike Moten DE 97 Simeon Rice DE 78 Carl Simpson DT 93 Mark Smith DT 91 Rashod Swinger DT 90 Andre Wadsworth DE 94 Bernard Wilson DT		Linebackers 56 Terry Irving OLB 53 Mark Maddox MLB 50 Tony McCombs OLB 57 Ronald McKinnon MLB 95 Jamir Miller OLB 55 Patrick Sapp OLB 52 Zack Walz OLB Defensive backs 28 Tommy Bennett SS 26 J. B. Brown CB 25 Corey Chavous CB 27 Ty Howard CB 22 Tom Knight RCB 42 Kwamie Lassiter FS 44 J. J. McCleskey CB/S 40 Pat Tillman FS 35 Aeneas Williams CB Special teams 13 Chris Jacke K 86 Trey Junkin LS 10 Scott Player P		Reserve lists 12 Chad Carpenter WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 65 Anthony Clement T (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 76 Jerry Drake DT (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 83 Anthony Edwards WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 70 Thomas Guynes G/T (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 6 Joe Nedney K (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 96 Brad Ottis DE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 45 Cedric Smith FB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 98 Eric Swann DT (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Practice squad 31 Rod Brown FB 14 Kevin Drake WR 63 Antonio Fleming G 18 Andy McCullough WR Rookies in italics 53 active, 9 inactive, 4 practice squad

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	TV	Attendance
1	September 6	at Dallas Cowboys	L 10–38	0–1	Texas Stadium	FOX	63,602
2	September 13	at Seattle Seahawks	L 14–33	0–2	Kingdome	FOX	57,678
3	September 20	Philadelphia Eagles	W 17–3	1–2	Sun Devil Stadium	ESPN	39,782
4	September 27	at St. Louis Rams	W 20–17	2–2	Trans World Dome	FOX	55,832
5	October 4	Oakland Raiders	L 20–23	2–3	Sun Devil Stadium	CBS	53,240
6	October 11	Chicago Bears	W 20–7	3–3	Sun Devil Stadium	FOX	50,495
7	October 18	at New York Giants	L 7–34	3–4	Giants Stadium	FOX	70,456
8	Bye
9	November 1	at Detroit Lions	W 17–15	4–4	Pontiac Silverdome	FOX	66,087
10	November 8	Washington Redskins	W 29–27	5–4	Sun Devil Stadium	FOX	45,950
11	November 15	Dallas Cowboys	L 28–35	5–5	Sun Devil Stadium	FOX	71,670
12	November 22	at Washington Redskins	W 45–42	6–5	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium	FOX	63,435
13	November 29	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 24–34	6–6	Arrowhead Stadium	FOX	69,613
14	December 6	New York Giants	L 19–23	6–7	Sun Devil Stadium	FOX	46,128
15	December 13	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 20–17 (OT)	7–7	Veterans Stadium	FOX	62,176
16	December 20	New Orleans Saints	W 19–17	8–7	Sun Devil Stadium	FOX	51,617
17	December 27	San Diego Chargers	W 16–13	9–7	Sun Devil Stadium	CBS	71,670
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	0	7	7	14
Seahawks	10	10	0	13	33

1998_Arizona_Cardinals_season

1998 Arizona Cardinals season

Offseason

NFL Draft

Undrafted free agents

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1: at Dallas Cowboys

Week 2: at Seattle Seahawks

Week 3: vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Week 4: at St. Louis Rams

Week 5: vs. Oakland Raiders

Week 6: vs. Chicago Bears

Week 7: at New York Giants

Week 9: at Detroit Lions

Week 10: vs. Washington Redskins

Week 11: vs. Dallas Cowboys

Week 12: at Washington Redskins

Week 13: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 14: vs. New York Giants

Week 15: at Philadelphia Eagles

Week 16: vs. New Orleans Saints

Week 17: vs. San Diego Chargers

Standings

Postseason

NFC Wild Card Round: at (3) Dallas Cowboys

NFC Divisional Round: at (1) Minnesota Vikings

Awards and records

References

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NFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
⁽³⁾ Dallas Cowboys	10	6	0	.625	381	275	W2
⁽⁶⁾ Arizona Cardinals	9	7	0	.563	325	378	W3
New York Giants	8	8	0	.500	287	309	W4
Washington Redskins	6	10	0	.375	319	421	L1
Philadelphia Eagles	3	13	0	.188	161	344	L3

Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Venue
Wild Card	January 2, 1999	at Dallas Cowboys (3)	W 20–7	1–0	Texas Stadium
Divisional	January 10, 1999	at Minnesota Vikings (1)	L 21–41	1–1	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome