
1998 Arizona Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Vince Tobin (9-7)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
1998 Arizona Cardinals Results
The Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1998 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The Cardinals chalked up 325 points, but the defense conceded 378. Jake Plummer led the charge, passing for 3,737 yards. Frank Sanders snagged 89 passes for 1,145 yards. Larry Centers and Rob Moore provided receiving help also.
Adrian Murrell carried the ball for a team-best 1,042 yards for Arizona.
The larcenous defense manufactured 39 turnovers. Kwamie Lassiter intercepted 8 opponent throws. Simeon Rice topped the defensive unit with 10 quarterback sacks.
Vince Tobin coached the team. The 1998 Arizona Cardinals lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jake Plummer | 547 | 324 | 59.2 | 3737 | 6.8 | 17 | 3.1 | 20 | 3.7 | 57 | 49 | 280 | 75.0 |
Dave Brown | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 61.3 |
Totals | 552 | 326 | 59.1 | 3768 | 6.8 | 17 | 3.1 | 20 | 3.6 | 57 | 50 | 286 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adrian Murrell | 274 | 1042 | 3.8 | 32 | 8 |
Jake Plummer | 51 | 217 | 4.3 | 27 | 4 |
Mario Bates | 60 | 165 | 2.8 | 15 | 6 |
Larry Centers | 31 | 110 | 3.5 | 14 | 0 |
Michael Pittman | 29 | 91 | 3.1 | 11 | 0 |
Dave Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Frank Sanders | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 450 | 1627 | 3.6 | 32 | 18 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Sanders | 89 | 1145 | 12.9 | 42 | 3 |
Larry Centers | 69 | 559 | 8.1 | 54 | 2 |
Rob Moore | 67 | 982 | 14.7 | 57 | 5 |
Eric Metcalf | 31 | 324 | 10.5 | 29 | 0 |
Johnny McWilliams | 26 | 284 | 10.9 | 26 | 4 |
Chris Gedney | 22 | 271 | 12.3 | 32 | 1 |
Adrian Murrell | 18 | 169 | 9.4 | 30 | 2 |
Fred Brock | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
Mario Bates | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Ronnie Anderson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 326 | 3768 | 11.6 | 57 | 17 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Nedney | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 69 |
Chris Jacke | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 36 |
Totals | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 33 | 23 | 69.7 | 105 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Scott Player | 81 | 3378 | 41.7 | 67 |
Totals | 81 | 3378 | 41.7 | 67 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Metcalf | 57 | 1218 | 21.4 | 59 | 0 |
Michael Pittman | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 |
Chris Gedney | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 63 | 1314 | 20.9 | 59 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kwamie Lassiter | 8 | 80 | 10.0 | 29 | 0 |
Ronald McKinnon | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 17 | 0 |
Tommy Bennett | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 70 | 1 |
Corey Chavous | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Aeneas Williams | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Tony McCombs | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
J.J. McCleskey | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 20 | 235 | 11.8 | 70 | 1 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Simeon Rice | 10.0 | 0.0 | |
Mark Smith | 9.0 | 0.0 | |
Andre Wadsworth | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
Eric Swann | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Jamir Miller | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Ronald McKinnon | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Patrick Sapp | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Pat Tillman | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Tom Knight | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Mark Maddox | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Bernard Wilson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Aeneas Williams | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 39.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jamir Miller | 97.5 | 82 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Ronald McKinnon | 80.5 | 66 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Tommy Bennett | 71.5 | 58 | 27 | 0 | |||||
Aeneas Williams | 63.5 | 57 | 13 | 0 | |||||
Mark Smith | 62 | 52 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Pat Tillman | 59.5 | 46 | 27 | ||||||
Andre Wadsworth | 49.5 | 42 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Kwamie Lassiter | 47.5 | 40 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Rashod Swinger | 47 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Simeon Rice | 36.5 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 1 | |
Tony McCombs | 41.5 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Knight | 31.5 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
J.B. Brown | 30.5 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eric Swann | 28.5 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Corey Chavous | 22.5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | |||||
Patrick Sapp | 21.5 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mark Maddox | 16.5 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ty Howard | 14 | 13 | 2 | ||||||
J.J. McCleskey | 11.5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Carl Simpson | 11.5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Bernard Wilson | 10 | 8 | 4 | ||||||
Terry Irving | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
Jerry Drake | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Zack Walz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dell McGee | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Mike Moten | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Jake Plummer | 12 | 3 | -2 | 0 | |||||
James Dexter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Eric Metcalf | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Frank Sanders | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Adrian Murrell | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Fred Brock | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ronnie Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Chris Dishman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Devlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Michael Pittman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Larry Centers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Chris Gedney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 865 | 728 | 274 | 0 | 30 | 32 | 56 | 0 | 16 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Joe Nedney | 13 | 30 | 0 | 69 | ||||||||||
Adrian Murrell | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
Mario Bates | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Chris Jacke | 10 | 6 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||
Rob Moore | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
Johnny McWilliams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Jake Plummer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Frank Sanders | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Larry Centers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Tommy Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Chris Gedney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 321 |