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. 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

Undrafted free agents

1998 Undrafted Free Agents of note

Player	Position	College
Cory Sauter	Quarterback	Minnesota

Regular season

Schedule

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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.

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.

Awards and records

• Kwamie Lassiter, NFC Leader in Interceptions, 8
• Kwamie Lassiter, Tied NFL Record, Most Interceptions in One Game, 4 (Achieved on December 27)
• Frank Sanders, Led NFC in Receptions, 89

References

• Cardinals on Pro Football Reference
• Cardinals on jt-sw.com