Английская Википедия:1998 Arizona Cardinals season
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The Шаблон:Nfly Arizona Cardinals season was the franchise's 100th season, 79th season in the National Football League 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.
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 Шаблон:Nfly season. The Cardinals defeated the St. Louis Rams 20-17. Prior to the Шаблон:Nfly 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 Шаблон:Nfly season.
Offseason
NFL Draft
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Undrafted free agents
| Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|
| Cory Sauter | Quarterback | Minnesota |
Personnel
Staff
Roster
Regular season
Schedule
| style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Week | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Date | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Opponent | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Result | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Record | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Venue | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| TV | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| 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. | |||||||
Standings
Шаблон:1998 NFC East standings
Playoffs
NFC Wildcard Game
Шаблон:Americanfootballbox Quarterback Jake Plummer passed for 213 yards and two touchdowns as he led the Cardinals to their first playoff victory since 1947.[3]
NFC Divisional Playoff
Awards and records
- Kwamie Lassiter, NFC Leader in Interceptions, 8 [4]
- Kwamie Lassiter, Tied NFL Record, Most Interceptions in One Game, 4 (Achieved on December 27) [5]
- Frank Sanders, Led NFC in Receptions, 89 [6]
References
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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.”
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Arizona Cardinals (1988–Present)
- ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 452
- ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 94
- ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 451
