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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2001 Arizona CardinalsW2001 Arizona Cardinals↗

NFL · NFC East · 7–9 (.438) · 4th in division · PF 295 · PA 343 · Coach Dave McGinnis

◀ 2000 2002 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 3653Jake Plummer

Rushing (yds)

1. 846Michael Pittman
2. 380Thomas Jones
3. 163Jake Plummer

Receiving (yds)

1. 1598David Boston
2. 618Frank Sanders
3. 518MarTay Jenkins

Sacks

1. 4Rob Fredrickson
2. 2.5Fred Wakefield
3. 2Tom Burke

Interceptions

1. 9Kwamie Lassiter
2. 2David Barrett
3. 2Adrian Wilson

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	953	1070
EPA per play	-0.03	+0.03
Pass EPA per play	+0.05	+0.09
Rush EPA per play	-0.15	-0.05
Success rate	38.9%	43.2%
Pass rate	58.2%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.05, success rate 40.2%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2001-09-23	2	vs Denver Broncos	L 17–38	0–1	Sun Devil Stadium
2001-09-30	3	vs Atlanta Falcons	L 14–34	0–2	Sun Devil Stadium
2001-10-07	4	@ Philadelphia Eagles	W 21–20	1–2	Veterans Stadium
2001-10-14	5	@ Chicago Bears	L 13–20	1–3	Soldier Field
2001-10-21	6	vs Kansas City Chiefs	W 24–16	2–3	Sun Devil Stadium
2001-10-28	7	@ Dallas Cowboys	L 3–17	2–4	Texas Stadium
2001-11-04	8	vs Philadelphia Eagles	L 7–21	2–5	Sun Devil Stadium
2001-11-11	9	vs New York Giants	L 10–17	2–6	Sun Devil Stadium
2001-11-18	10	vs Detroit Lions	W 45–38	3–6	Sun Devil Stadium
2001-11-25	11	@ San Diego Chargers	W 20–17	4–6	Qualcomm Stadium
2001-12-02	12	@ Oakland Raiders	W 34–31 OT	5–6	Network Associates Coliseum
2001-12-09	13	vs Washington Redskins	L 10–20	5–7	Sun Devil Stadium
2001-12-15	14	@ New York Giants	L 13–17	5–8	Giants Stadium
2001-12-23	15	vs Dallas Cowboys	W 17–10	6–8	Sun Devil Stadium
2001-12-30	16	@ Carolina Panthers	W 30–7	7–8	Ericsson Stadium
2002-01-06	17	@ Washington Redskins	L 17–20	7–9	FedExField

Roster (64)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
14	Chris Greisen	QB	6-3	219	NW Missouri State University		ACT
16	Jake Plummer	QB	6-2	212	Arizona State		ACT
17	Dave Brown	QB	6-6	230	Duke		ACT
26	Thomas Jones	RB	5-10	212	Virginia		ACT
31	Marcel Shipp	RB	5-11	224	UMass Amherst		ACT
32	Michael Pittman	RB	6-0	225	Fresno State		ACT
34	Joel Makovicka	RB	5-11	251	Nebraska		ACT
39	Dennis McKinley	RB	6-2	247	Mississippi State		ACT
11	Bryan Gilmore	WR	6-0	200	Midwestern State		ACT
81	Frank Sanders	WR	6-2	207	Auburn		ACT
82	MarTay Jenkins	WR	6-0	206	Nebraska-Omaha; North Iowa Area Community College		ACT
84	Arnold Jackson	WR	5-8	173	Louisville		ACT
85	Rob Moore	WR	6-3	204	Syracuse		RES
89	David Boston	WR	6-2	228	Ohio State		ACT
49	Lawrence Hart	TE	6-4	254	Southern		RES
80	Terry Hardy	TE	6-4	271	Southern Mississippi		RES
83	Tywan Mitchell	TE	6-5	250	Minnesota State		ACT
86	Trey Junkin	TE	6-2	245	Louisiana Tech		ACT
87	Steve Bush	TE	6-3	267	Arizona State		ACT
22	Adrian Wilson	DB	6-3	230	N.C. State		ACT
23	Coby Rhinehart	DB	5-11	191	SMU		ACT
24	Tom Knight	DB	6-0	202	Iowa		RES
25	Corey Chavous	DB	6-1	208	Vanderbilt		ACT
36	David Barrett	DB	5-10	195	Arkansas		ACT
40	Pat Tillman	DB	5-11	202	Arizona State		ACT
41	Justin Lucas	DB	5-10	196	Abilene Christian; Texas A&M		ACT
42	Kwamie Lassiter	DB	6-0	207	Kansas; Butler County JC		ACT
44	Michael Stone	DB	6-0	207	Memphis; Central State University, Oh		ACT
45	Renaldo Hill	DB	5-11	205	Michigan State		ACT
71	Andy Bowers	DL	6-5	283	Utah		ACT
72	Jabari Issa	DL	6-5	300	Washington		ACT
78	Mao Tosi	DL	6-6	341	Idaho; Butler County JC		ACT
79	Mario Fatafehi	DL	6-2	300	Kansas State; Snow		RES
92	Barron Tanner	DL	6-3	347	Oklahoma		ACT
93	Kyle Vanden Bosch	DL	6-4	278	Nebraska		RES
94	Marcus Bell	DL	6-2	325	Memphis		ACT
95	Tom Burke	DL	6-3	275	Wisconsin		ACT
97	Fred Wakefield	DL	6-7	295	Illinois		ACT
98	Russell Davis	DL	6-4	306	North Carolina		ACT
51	Johnny Rutledge	LB	6-3	239	Florida		ACT
52	Zack Walz	LB	6-4	225	Dartmouth		ACT
53	Michael Young	LB	6-2	223	Illinois		ACT
54	Sekou Sanyika	LB	6-3	246	California		ACT
55	Raynoch Thompson	LB	6-3	228	Tennessee		ACT
56	LeVar Woods	LB	6-2	241	Iowa		ACT
57	Ronald McKinnon	LB	6-0	246	North Alabama		ACT
58	James Folston	LB	6-3	240	Louisiana-Monroe		RES
59	Rob Fredrickson	LB	6-4	239	Michigan State		ACT
48	Nathan Hodel	OL	6-2	238	Illinois		ACT
50	Jason Starkey	OL	6-4	282	Marshall		ACT
60	Mike Gruttadauria	OL	6-3	280	UCF		ACT
61	Jarvis Borum	OL	6-7	340	N.C. State		ACT
62	Mike Cook	OL	6-4	333	Boston College		ACT
65	Anthony Clement	OL	6-8	320	Louisiana-Lafayette		ACT
66	Pete Kendall	OL	6-6	286	Boston College		RES
67	Chris Dishman	OL	6-3	375	Nebraska		ACT
68	Yusuf Scott	OL	6-3	342	Arizona		ACT
70	L.J. Shelton	OL	6-6	345	Eastern Michigan		ACT
75	Leonard Davis	OL	6-6	355	Texas		ACT
1	Cedric Oglesby	SPEC	5-10	180	South Carolina State		ACT
7	Bill Gramatica	SPEC	5-10	192	University of South Florida		RES
10	Scott Player	SPEC	6-1	206	Florida State; Flagler College; Florida CC at Jacksonville		ACT
12	Chad Stanley	SPEC	6-3	205	Stephen F. Austin State; Kilgore		CUT
15	Cary Blanchard	SPEC	6-1	232	Oklahoma State		RES

Depth chart, week 21

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Mike Gruttadauria	Mike Gruttadauria	Jason Starkey
FB	Joel Makovicka	Joel Makovicka	Dennis McKinley
LG	Chris Dishman	Chris Dishman	Yusuf Scott
LT	L.J. Shelton	L.J. Shelton	Leonard Davis
QB	Jake Plummer	Jake Plummer	Dave Brown
RB	Michael Pittman	Michael Pittman	Thomas Jones
RG	Leonard Davis	Leonard Davis	Yusuf Scott
RT	Anthony Clement	Anthony Clement	Leonard Davis
TE	Steve Bush	Steve Bush	Tywan Mitchell
WR	Frank Sanders	Frank Sanders	David Boston

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Kwamie Lassiter	Kwamie Lassiter	Adrian Wilson
LCB	Tom Knight	Tom Knight	Renaldo Hill
LDE	Fred Wakefield	Fred Wakefield	Jabari Issa
LDT	Russell Davis	Russell Davis	Marcus Bell
MLB	Ronald McKinnon	Ronald McKinnon	Johnny Rutledge
OLB	Rob Fredrickson	Rob Fredrickson	Raynoch Thompson
RCB	Corey Chavous	Corey Chavous	David Barrett
RDE	Tom Burke	Tom Burke	Jabari Issa
RDT	Barron Tanner	Barron Tanner	Mao Tosi
SS	Pat Tillman	Pat Tillman	Justin Lucas

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Scott Player	Scott Player	Dave Brown
K	Cedric Oglesby	Cedric Oglesby
KR	MarTay Jenkins	MarTay Jenkins	Michael Pittman
LS	Trey Junkin	Trey Junkin
P	Scott Player	Scott Player
PR	Arnold Jackson	Arnold Jackson	David Barrett

Biggest contracts on the books in 2001

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Jake Plummer	QB	1998	4	$29.5M	$7.4M	$15.0M	14.1%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.