1997 Arizona Cardinals Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-12
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Vince Tobin (4-12)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona

1997 Arizona Cardinals Roster
1997 Arizona Cardinals Results

The Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 4 wins and 12 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.

The Cardinals scored 283 points, but the defense gave up 379. Jake Plummer passed for 2,203 yards, and Kent Graham spent time under center, too. Rob Moore paced the receiving corps, snagging 97 passes for 1,584 yards, while Frank Sanders contributed to the receiving game also.

Leeland McElroy carried the ball for a team-best 424 yards for Arizona.

Aeneas Williams intercepted 6 opponent throws. Eric Swann sacked opposing passers 7.5 times.

Vince Tobin coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jake Plummer	296	157	53.0	2203	7.4	15	5.1	15	5.1	70	52	291	73.1
Kent Graham	250	130	52.0	1408	5.6	4	1.6	5	2.0	47	16	115	65.9
Stoney Case	55	29	52.7	316	5.7	0	0.0	2	3.6	30	10	89	54.8
Frank Sanders	1	1	100.0	26	26.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	26	0	0	118.8
Totals	602	317	52.7	3953	6.6	19	3.2	22	3.7	70	78	495

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Leeland McElroy	135	424	3.1	18	2
Larry Centers	101	276	2.7	14	1
Jake Plummer	39	216	5.5	31	2
Ronald Moore	57	175	3.1	16	0
LeShon Johnson	23	81	3.5	11	0
Kevin Bouie	11	26	2.4	6	0
Kent Graham	13	23	1.8	10	2
Chris Gedney	1	15	15.0	15	0
Stoney Case	7	8	1.1	3	1
Frank Sanders	1	5	5.0	5	0
Cedric Smith	4	5	1.2	2	1
Ronald McKinnon	1	3	3.0	3	0
Eric Swann	1	0	0.0	0	0
Kevin Williams	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Totals	395	1255	3.2	31	9

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rob Moore	97	1584	16.3	47	8
Frank Sanders	75	1017	13.6	70	4
Larry Centers	54	409	7.6	29	1
Chris Gedney	23	261	11.3	37	4
Kevin Williams	20	273	13.6	31	1
Anthony Edwards	20	203	10.2	33	0
Johnny McWilliams	7	75	10.7	15	0
Pat Carter	7	44	6.3	15	1
Leeland McElroy	7	32	4.6	17	0
LeShon Johnson	3	4	1.3	7	0
Cedric Smith	2	20	10.0	18	0
Fred Brock	1	29	29.0	29	0
Jake Plummer	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	317	3953	12.5	70	19

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Joe Nedney	19	19	100.0	17	11	64.7	52
Kevin Butler	10	9	90.0	12	8	66.7	33
Totals	29	28	96.6	29	19	65.5	85

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jeff Feagles	91	4028	44.3	62
Totals	91	4028	44.3	62

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Kevin Williams	40	462	11.6	50
Anthony Edwards	1	-1	-1.0	-1
Totals	41	461	11.2	50

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Kevin Williams	59	1458	24.7	63
Kevin Bouie	6	136	22.7	27
Cedric Smith	3	50	16.7	21
Chris Gedney	2	26	13.0	16
Totals	70	1670	23.9	63

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Aeneas Williams	6	95	15.8	42	2
Ronald McKinnon	3	40	13.3	17	0
Bernard Wilson	1	66	66.0	66	1
J.J. McCleskey	1	15	15.0	15	0
Kwamie Lassiter	1	10	10.0	10	0
Mike Caldwell	1	5	5.0	5	0
Tommy Bennett	1	0	0.0	0	0
Simeon Rice	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	15	231	15.4	66	3

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Eric Swann	7.5
Mark Smith	6.0
Jamir Miller	5.5
Simeon Rice	5.0
Kwamie Lassiter	3.0
Michael Bankston	2.0
Mike Caldwell	2.0
Ty Howard	1.0
J.J. McCleskey	1.0
Ronald McKinnon	1.0
Totals	34.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Michael Bankston	81	67	28
Ronald McKinnon	79	61	36	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jamir Miller	74.5	58	33		0	0	0	0	1
Brent Alexander	65	54	22		0	0	0	0	1
Eric Swann	60	52	16		1	1	0	0	1
Aeneas Williams	56	49	14	0	0	0	0		1
Eric Hill	58.5	44	29
Tommy Bennett	47	41	12	0
Tom Knight	44	41	6
Matt Darby	50	36	28		0	2	0	0	0
Bernard Wilson	42	33	18	0
Simeon Rice	40	33	14	0	0	0	0	0	1
Terry Irving	35	28	14		0	1	0	0	0
Mark Smith	32	26	12		0	0	0	0	1
Kwamie Lassiter	31.5	24	15	0
Ty Howard	27	24	6
Mike Caldwell	26.5	24	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
J.J. McCleskey	23	21	4	0
Brad Ottis	19	16	6
Kenny Harris	5	4	2
Rashod Swinger	4.5	4	1
Mark Campbell	4	4	0
Tito Paul	1.5	1	1
Aaron Graham					0	1	0	0	0
Jake Plummer					6	1	-1		0
Mike Devlin					0	1	0	0	0
Anthony Edwards					0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Feagles					1	1	0	0	0
Kevin Williams					3	1	0		0
Joe Wolf					0	1	0	0	0
Cedric Smith					0	1	0		0
Leeland McElroy					3	0	0		0
Frank Sanders					3	0	0		0
Kent Graham					5	0	0		0
Chris Gedney					1	0	0		0
Stoney Case					3	0	0		0
Larry Centers					1	0	0		0
Totals	906	745	322	0	27	12	-1	0	8

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Joe Nedney									11	19	0			52
Rob Moore		8							0	0	0	1		50
Kevin Butler									8	9	0			33
Frank Sanders	0	4							0	0	0	1		26
Chris Gedney	0	4		0					0	0	0			24
Jake Plummer	2	0							0	0	0	1		14
Kent Graham	2								0	0	0			12
Leeland McElroy	2	0							0	0	0			12
Larry Centers	1	1							0	0	0			12
Aeneas Williams						2			0	0	0			12
Bernard Wilson						1			0	0	0			6
Cedric Smith	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Stoney Case	1								0	0	0			6
Kevin Williams	0	1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Pat Carter		1							0	0	0			6
Tommy Bennett						0		1	0	0	0			6
Totals	9	19	0	0	0	3	0	1	19	28	0	3	0	283