1996 Arizona Cardinals Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Vince Tobin (7-9)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona

1996 Arizona Cardinals Roster
1996 Arizona Cardinals Results

The Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.

The Cardinals scored 300 points, but the defense conceded 397. Boomer Esiason passed for 2,293 yards, and Kent Graham spent time under center, too. Larry Centers paced the receiving corps, snagging 99 passes, while Rob Moore accumulated 1,016 receiving yards, while Frank Sanders contributed to the receiving game also.

LeShon Johnson carried the ball for a team-best 634 yards for Arizona.

Aeneas Williams intercepted 6 opponent throws. Simeon Rice topped the defensive unit with 12.5 quarterback sacks.

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
Boomer Esiason	339	190	56.0	2293	6.8	11	3.2	14	4.1	64	17	109	70.6
Kent Graham	274	146	53.3	1624	5.9	12	4.4	7	2.6	69	19	120	75.1
Totals	613	336	54.8	3917	6.4	23	3.8	21	3.4	69	36	229

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
LeShon Johnson	141	634	4.5	70	3
Larry Centers	116	425	3.7	24	2
Leeland McElroy	89	305	3.4	32	1
Kent Graham	21	87	4.1	19	0
Boomer Esiason	15	52	3.5	13	1
Cedric Smith	14	15	1.1	3	1
Jeff Feagles	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ronald McKinnon	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Frank Sanders	2	-4	-2.0	1	0
Anthony Edwards	1	-8	-8.0	-8	0
Totals	401	1502	3.7	70	8

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Larry Centers	99	766	7.7	39	7
Frank Sanders	69	813	11.8	34	4
Rob Moore	58	1016	17.5	69	4
Anthony Edwards	29	311	10.7	31	1
Pat Carter	26	329	12.7	36	1
Marcus Dowdell	20	318	15.9	64	2
LeShon Johnson	15	176	11.7	35	1
Johnny McWilliams	7	80	11.4	21	1
Leeland McElroy	5	41	8.2	22	1
Stevie Anderson	4	64	16.0	19	0
Cedric Smith	3	3	1.0	2	1
Ryan Terry	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	336	3917	11.7	69	23

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Kevin Butler	19	17	89.5	17	14	82.4	59
Greg Davis	12	12	100.0	14	9	64.3	39
Totals	31	29	93.5	31	23	74.2	98

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jeff Feagles	76	3328	43.8	68
Totals	76	3328	43.8	68

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Marcus Dowdell	34	297	8.7	35
Anthony Edwards	5	46	9.2	20
Totals	39	343	8.8	35

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Leeland McElroy	54	1148	21.3	92
LeShon Johnson	10	198	19.8	27
Marcus Dowdell	5	122	24.4	31
Ryan Terry	4	84	21.0	30
Devon McDonald	1	16	16.0	16
Cedric Smith	1	14	14.0	14
Totals	75	1582	21.1	92

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Aeneas Williams	6	89	14.8	65	1
Brent Alexander	2	3	1.5	3	0
Kwamie Lassiter	1	20	20.0	20	0
Seth Joyner	1	10	10.0	10	0
Ronnie Bradford	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	11	122	11.1	65	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Simeon Rice	12.5
Seth Joyner	5.0
Eric Swann	5.0
Jamir Miller	1.0
Brad Ottis	1.0
Ben Smith	1.0
Bernard Wilson	1.0
Aeneas Williams	1.0
Michael Bankston	0.5
Totals	28.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Eric Hill	107	83	48
Aeneas Williams	71	65	12	0	0	1	0		0
Seth Joyner	75	64	22	0	0	1	0	0	1
Matt Darby	74	60	28		0	1	0	0	0
Eric Swann	70.5	60	21		0	3	11	0	0
Jamir Miller	73.5	55	37		0	1	26	1	0
Brent Alexander	66.5	52	29	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ronnie Bradford	56.5	49	15	0	0	1	0	0	0
Michael Bankston	62	45	34		0	1	0	0	3
Simeon Rice	47	42	10		0	1	0	0	1
Bernard Wilson	46	36	20		0	1	0	0	1
Tito Paul	30.5	28	5		0	1	0	0	0
Tommy Bennett	23.5	20	7
Brad Ottis	20	16	8
Kwamie Lassiter	14.5	13	3	0
Terry Irving	15	12	6		0	1	5	0	0
Terry Hoage	14.5	11	7		0	1	0	0	0
D.J. Johnson	11.5	11	1
Eric England	14.5	10	9
Jerry Drake	9.5	7	5
Ronald McKinnon	6.5	6	1
Ben Smith	3	3	0
Devon McDonald	3	3	0
Joe Wolf					0	2	0	0	0
LeShon Johnson					5	2	0		0
Frank Sanders					1	1	0		0
Leeland McElroy					3	1	0		0
Anthony Edwards					1	1	0		0
Ryan Terry					1	1	0	0	0
Boomer Esiason					5	1	-8		0
Larry Centers					1	1	0		0
Anthony Redmon					0	1	0	0	0
Kent Graham					5	0	0	0	0
Marcus Dowdell					6	0	0		0
Jeff Feagles					1	0	-7	0	0
Totals	915	751	328	0	29	25	27	1	8

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Kevin Butler									14	17	0			59
Larry Centers	2	7							0	0	0			54
Greg Davis									9	12	0			39
Rob Moore		4							0	0	0	1		26
LeShon Johnson	3	1		0					0	0	0			24
Frank Sanders	0	4							0	0	0			24
Cedric Smith	1	1		0					0	0	0			12
Marcus Dowdell		2	0	0					0	0	0			12
Leeland McElroy	1	1		0					0	0	0			12
Boomer Esiason	1								0	0	0	1		8
Pat Carter		1							0	0	0			6
Johnny McWilliams		1							0	0	0			6
Jamir Miller							1		0	0	0			6
Aeneas Williams						1			0	0	0			6
Anthony Edwards	0	1	0						0	0	0			6
Totals	8	23	0	0	0	1	1	0	23	29	0	2	0	300