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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

2002 Arizona CardinalsW2002 Arizona Cardinals↗

NFL · NFC West · 5–11 (.312) · 4th in division · PF 262 · PA 417 · Coach Dave McGinnis

◀ 2001 2003 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 2972Jake Plummer
2. 66Josh McCown

Rushing (yds)

1. 834Marcel Shipp
2. 511Thomas Jones
3. 283Jake Plummer

Receiving (yds)

1. 512David Boston
2. 413Marcel Shipp
3. 400Frank Sanders

Sacks

1. 3.5Kyle Vanden Bosch
2. 3Raynoch Thompson
3. 3Fred Wakefield

Interceptions

1. 4Adrian Wilson
2. 3David Barrett
3. 2Kwamie Lassiter

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1003	1038
EPA per play	-0.11	+0.08
Pass EPA per play	-0.13	+0.15
Rush EPA per play	-0.08	-0.00
Success rate	37.6%	44.9%
Pass rate	58.8%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 42.2%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2002-09-08	1	@ Washington Redskins	L 23–31	0–1	FedExField
2002-09-15	2	@ Seattle Seahawks	W 24–13	1–1	Seahawks Stadium
2002-09-22	3	vs San Diego Chargers	L 15–23	1–2	Sun Devil Stadium
2002-09-29	4	vs New York Giants	W 21–7	2–2	Sun Devil Stadium
2002-10-06	5	@ Carolina Panthers	W 16–13	3–2	Ericsson Stadium
2002-10-20	7	vs Dallas Cowboys	W 9–6 OT	4–2	Sun Devil Stadium
2002-10-27	8	@ San Francisco 49ers	L 28–38	4–3	3Com Park
2002-11-03	9	vs St. Louis Rams	L 14–27	4–4	Sun Devil Stadium
2002-11-10	10	vs Seattle Seahawks	L 6–27	4–5	Sun Devil Stadium
2002-11-17	11	@ Philadelphia Eagles	L 14–38	4–6	Veterans Stadium
2002-11-24	12	vs Oakland Raiders	L 20–41	4–7	Sun Devil Stadium
2002-12-01	13	@ Kansas City Chiefs	L 0–49	4–8	Arrowhead Stadium
2002-12-08	14	vs Detroit Lions	W 23–20 OT	5–8	Sun Devil Stadium
2002-12-15	15	@ St. Louis Rams	L 28–30	5–9	Edward Jones Dome
2002-12-21	16	vs San Francisco 49ers	L 14–17	5–10	Sun Devil Stadium
2002-12-29	17	@ Denver Broncos	L 7–37	5–11	Invesco Field at Mile High

Roster (69)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
12	Josh McCown	QB	6-4	218	Sam Houston State; SMU	0	ACT
15	Preston Parsons	QB	6-4	235	Northern Arizona	0	ACT
16	Jake Plummer	QB	6-2	212	Arizona State	5	ACT
34	Joel Makovicka	FB	5-11	251	Nebraska	3	ACT
39	Dennis McKinley	FB	6-2	247	Mississippi State	3	ACT
20	Damien Anderson	RB	5-11	202	Northwestern	0	ACT
25	Travis Prentice	RB	5-11	221	Miami (Ohio)	2	ACT
26	Thomas Jones	RB	5-10	212	Virginia	2	RES
31	Marcel Shipp	RB	5-11	224	UMass Amherst	1	ACT
11	Kevin Kasper	WR	6-1	202	Iowa	1	ACT
18	Jake Soliday	WR	6-1	193	Northern Iowa	0	ACT
19	Nate Poole	WR	6-2	204	Marshall	1	ACT
81	Frank Sanders	WR	6-2	207	Auburn	7	RES
82	MarTay Jenkins	WR	6-0	206	Nebraska-Omaha; North Iowa Area Community College	3	RES
83	Jason McAddley	WR	6-2	200	Alabama	0	ACT
84	Arnold Jackson	WR	5-8	173	Louisville	1	ACT
86	Bryan Gilmore	WR	6-0	200	Midwestern State	2	RES
89	David Boston	WR	6-2	228	Ohio State	3	RES
80	Mike Banks	TE	6-4	260	Iowa State	0	ACT
85	Freddie Jones	TE	6-4	265	North Carolina	5	ACT
87	Steve Bush	TE	6-3	267	Arizona State	5	ACT
48	Nathan Hodel	C	6-2	238	Illinois	1	ACT
50	Jason Starkey	C	6-4	282	Marshall	2	ACT
60	Mike Gruttadauria	C	6-3	280	UCF	7	RES
64	Steven Grace	C	6-3	296	Arizona	0	ACT
21	Renaldo Hill	CB	5-11	205	Michigan State	1	ACT
22	Duane Starks	CB	5-10	175	Miami; Holmes County JC	4	ACT
23	Coby Rhinehart	CB	5-11	191	SMU	3	ACT
36	David Barrett	CB	5-10	195	Arkansas	2	ACT
27	Nijrell Eason	DB	6-1	202	Arizona State; Los Angeles City College	1	ACT
29	Quentin Harris	DB	6-1	213	Syracuse	0	ACT
93	Kyle Vanden Bosch	DE	6-4	278	Nebraska	1	ACT
95	Tom Burke	DE	6-3	275	Wisconsin	3	RES
96	Dennis Johnson	DE	6-5	276	Kentucky	0	ACT
97	Fred Wakefield	DE	6-7	295	Illinois	1	ACT
72	Nate Dwyer	DT	6-3	316	Kansas	0	ACT
79	Mario Fatafehi	DT	6-2	300	Kansas State; Snow	1	ACT
91	Wendell Bryant	DT	6-5	306	Wisconsin	0	ACT
92	Barron Tanner	DT	6-3	347	Oklahoma	5	ACT
94	Marcus Bell	DT	6-2	325	Memphis	1	ACT
98	Russell Davis	DT	6-4	306	North Carolina	3	ACT
42	Kwamie Lassiter	FS	6-0	207	Kansas; Butler County JC	7	ACT
44	Michael Stone	FS	6-0	207	Memphis; Central State University, Oh	1	ACT
66	Pete Kendall	G	6-6	286	Boston College	6	RES
67	Chris Dishman	G	6-3	375	Nebraska	5	ACT
68	Tony Wragge	G	6-4	310	New Mexico State	0	ACT
71	Teag Whiting	G	6-3	320	BYU; Ricks College	0	ACT
73	Raleigh Roundtree	G	6-5	330	South Carolina State	5	ACT
6	Tim Duncan	K	6-2	209	Oklahoma; Kentucky State University	0	ACT
7	Bill Gramatica	K	5-10	192	University of South Florida	1	ACT
54	Trev Faulk	LB	6-3	254	LSU	0	ACT
53	Michael Young	MLB	6-2	223	Illinois	1	ACT
57	Ronald McKinnon	MLB	6-0	246	North Alabama	6	ACT
58	Johnny Rutledge	MLB	6-3	239	Florida	3	ACT
51	Greg Jones	OLB	6-4	248	Colorado	5	ACT
52	Levar Fisher	OLB	6-2	240	N.C. State	0	RES
55	Raynoch Thompson	OLB	6-3	228	Tennessee	2	ACT
56	LeVar Woods	OLB	6-2	241	Iowa	1	ACT
59	Rob Fredrickson	OLB	6-4	239	Michigan State	8	RES
10	Scott Player	P	6-1	206	Florida State; Flagler College; Florida CC at Jacksonville	6	ACT
24	Adrian Wilson	SS	6-3	230	N.C. State	1	ACT
41	Justin Lucas	SS	5-10	196	Abilene Christian; Texas A&M	3	ACT
47	Don Morgan	SS	5-11	202	Nevada	3	CUT
61	Jarvis Borum	T	6-7	340	N.C. State	1	CUT
65	Anthony Clement	T	6-8	320	Louisiana-Lafayette	4	RES
70	L.J. Shelton	T	6-6	345	Eastern Michigan	3	ACT
74	John Fina	T	6-5	300	Arizona	10	RES
75	Leonard Davis	T	6-6	355	Texas	1	RES
78	Kendrick Rogers	T	6-5	311	Alabama A&M	1	ACT

Depth chart, week 21

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Mike Gruttadauria	Jason Starkey
FB	Joel Makovicka	Dennis McKinley
LG	Pete Kendall	Raleigh Roundtree
LT	L.J. Shelton	John Fina
QB	Jake Plummer	Josh McCown
RB	Thomas Jones	Marcel Shipp
RG	Chris Dishman	Raleigh Roundtree
RT	Leonard Davis	Anthony Clement
TE	Freddie Jones	Steve Bush
WR	Frank Sanders	Jason McAddley	Jake Soliday

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Kwamie Lassiter	Michael Stone
LCB	Duane Starks	Renaldo Hill
LDE	Fred Wakefield	Tom Burke
LDT	Russell Davis	Wendell Bryant
LLB	Raynoch Thompson	Levar Fisher
MLB	Ronald McKinnon	Johnny Rutledge
RCB	David Barrett	Coby Rhinehart
RDE	Kyle Vanden Bosch	Wendell Bryant
RDT	Barron Tanner	Marcus Bell
RLB	Rob Fredrickson	LeVar Woods
SS	Adrian Wilson	Justin Lucas

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Scott Player	Josh McCown
K	Bill Gramatica
KR	Damien Anderson	Marcel Shipp
LS	Nathan Hodel	Steve Bush
P	Scott Player
PR	Arnold Jackson	Duane Starks

Biggest contracts on the books in 2002

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Josh McCown	QB	2002	3	$1.4M	$462,667	$483,000	0.7%

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