The 1991 Phoenix Cardinals season was the 72nd season the team was in the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to improve on their previous output of 5–11, winning only four games. After beginning the season 2–0, the Cardinals suffered a tough schedule and lost their last eight matches to finish 4–12.[1] This was the ninth consecutive season the Cardinals failed to qualify to the playoffs.
1991 Phoenix Cardinals season | |
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Owner | Bill Bidwill |
General manager | Larry Wilson |
Head coach | Joe Bugel |
Home field | Sun Devil Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 4–12 |
Division place | 5th NFC East |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Pro Bowlers | SS Tim McDonald P Rich Camarillo |
The Cardinals’ 196 points scored is the lowest total in franchise history for a 16-game season.[2]
1991 Phoenix Cardinals draft | |||||
Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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1 | 6 | Eric Swann * | Defensive tackle | Wake Technical CC | |
2 | 32 | Mike Jones | Defensive end | North Carolina State | |
3 | 59 | Aeneas Williams * † | Cornerback | Southern | |
4 | 86 | Dexter Davis | Cornerback | Clemson | |
5 | 117 | Vince Hammond | Defensive tackle | Clemson | |
6 | 144 | Eduardo Vega | Offensive tackle | Memphis | |
7 | 171 | Ivory Lee Brown | Running back | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | |
8 | 198 | Greg Amsler | Running back | Tennessee | |
8 | 204 | Jerry Evans | Tight end | Toledo | |
8 | 209 | Scott Evans | Defensive end | Oklahoma | |
10 | 255 | Herbie Anderson | Defensive back | Texas A&I | |
11 | 282 | Nathan LaDuke | Defensive back | Arizona State | |
12 | 309 | Jeff Bridewell | Quarterback | UC Davis | |
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career |
Player | Position | College |
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Donn Grimm | Linebacker | Notre Dame |
Front office
Head coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reserve lists
47 active, 5 inactive, 4 practice squad
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Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
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1 | August 3 | at Seattle Seahawks | W 31–13 | 1–0 | Kingdome | 49,448 |
2 | August 11 | at Chicago Bears | W 12–10 | 2–0 | Soldier Field | 55,513 |
3 | August 17 | New England Patriots | W 46–0 | 3–0 | Sun Devil Stadium | 51,070 |
4 | August 23 | Denver Broncos | W 34–10 | 4–0 | Sun Devil Stadium | 38,372 |
The 1991 Cardinals suffered from a very tough schedule playing in a powerful NFC East that provided the first four Super Bowl winners of the 1990s, and seven of ten between 1986 and 1995. Football statistics site Football Outsiders calculated that the 1991 Cardinals played the second-toughest schedule[note 1] based on strength of opponent of any NFL team between 1989 and 2013,[5] although Pro Football Reference argues that the 1991 Cardinals suffered the ninth toughest non-strike schedule since 1971.[note 2] The Cardinals played just two games against opponents with losing records – both amongst their first five games and both won – whilst ten opponents including all their last five finished 10–6 or better.
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap |
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1 | September 1 | at Los Angeles Rams | W 24–14 | 1–0 | Anaheim Stadium | 47,069 | Recap |
2 | September 8 | at Philadelphia Eagles | W 26–10 | 2–0 | Veterans Stadium | 63,818 | Recap |
3 | September 15 | at Washington Redskins | L 0–34 | 2–1 | RFK Stadium | 54,662 | Recap |
4 | September 22 | Dallas Cowboys | L 9–17 | 2–2 | Sun Devil Stadium | 68,814 | Recap |
5 | September 29 | New England Patriots | W 24–10 | 3–2 | Sun Devil Stadium | 26,043 | Recap |
6 | October 6 | at New York Giants | L 9–20 | 3–3 | Giants Stadium | 75,891 | Recap |
7 | October 13 | at Minnesota Vikings | L 7–34 | 3–4 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | 51,209 | Recap |
8 | October 20 | Atlanta Falcons | W 16–10 | 4–4 | Sun Devil Stadium | 29,804 | Recap |
9 | October 27 | Minnesota Vikings | L 0–28 | 4–5 | Sun Devil Stadium | 45,447 | Recap |
10 | November 3 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 7–27 | 4–6 | Texas Stadium | 61,190 | Recap |
11 | November 10 | New York Giants | L 14–21 | 4–7 | Sun Devil Stadium | 50,048 | Recap |
12 | November 17 | at San Francisco 49ers | L 10–14 | 4–8 | Candlestick Park | 50,180 | Recap |
13 | November 24 | Philadelphia Eagles | L 14–34 | 4–9 | Sun Devil Stadium | 37,307 | Recap |
14 | Bye | ||||||
15 | December 8 | Washington Redskins | L 14–20 | 4–10 | Sun Devil Stadium | 48,373 | Recap |
16 | December 15 | at Denver Broncos | L 19–24 | 4–11 | Mile High Stadium | 74,098 | Recap |
17 | December 22 | New Orleans Saints | L 3–27 | 4–12 | Sun Devil Stadium | 30,928 | Recap |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cardinals | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
Rams | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cardinals | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 26 |
Eagles | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Redskins | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, District of Columbia
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cowboys | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
Cardinals | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Patriots | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
Cardinals | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cardinals | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
Giants | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Vikings | 7 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Falcons | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Cardinals | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Vikings | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Cowboys | 10 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
at Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Giants | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
49ers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 20 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
Cardinals | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
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Redskins | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 20 |
Cardinals | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cardinals | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
Broncos | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado
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Saints | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
Cardinals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
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NFC East | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
(1) Washington Redskins | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 6–2 | 10–2 | 485 | 224 | L1 |
(5) Dallas Cowboys | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 5–3 | 8–4 | 342 | 310 | W5 |
Philadelphia Eagles | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 5–3 | 6–6 | 285 | 244 | W1 |
New York Giants | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 3–5 | 5–7 | 281 | 297 | W1 |
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