1990 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL) |
| 5th place • National Football Conference • Eastern Division • 5-11-0 .313 |
| Head Coach: Joe Bugel |
| Ted Cottrell | Defensive Line |
| Bobby Hammond | Running Backs |
| Jim Johnson | Defensive Secondary |
| Tom Lovat | Offensive Line |
| Mike Murphy | Defensive Assistant-Quality Control |
| Joe Pascale | Defensive Coordinator |
| Ted Plumb | Receivers |
| Jerry Rhome | Offensive Coordinator |
| Jimmy Robinson | Wide Receivers |
| Pete Rodriguez | Special Teams |
| Bob Rogucki | Strength and Conditioning |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/11/1990 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 9-34 | L | Tempe, AZ | Sun Devil Stadium | 31316 | |
| Sat | 8/18/1990 | H | Chicago Bears | 9-17 | L | Tempe, AZ | Sun Devil Stadium | 42016 | |
| Sat | 8/25/1990 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-27 | L | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 44134 | |
| Fri | 8/31/1990 | A | Denver Broncos | 14-25 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 71082 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1990 | A | Washington Redskins | 0-31 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 52649 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1990 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 23-21 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 64396 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1990 | A | New Orleans Saints | 7-28 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 61110 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1990 | H | Washington Redskins | 10-38 | L | Tempe, AZ | Sun Devil Stadium | 49303 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1990 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 20-3 | W | Tempe, AZ | Sun Devil Stadium | 45235 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1990 | A | New York Giants | 19-20 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 76518 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1990 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-31 | L | Tempe, AZ | Sun Devil Stadium | 71233 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1990 | A | Miami Dolphins | 3-23 | L | Miami-Dade County, FL | Joe Robbie Stadium | 54924 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1990 | A | Buffalo Bills | 14-45 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 74904 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1990 | H | Green Bay Packers | 21-24 | L | Tempe, AZ | Sun Devil Stadium | 46878 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1990 | H | New England Patriots | 34-14 | W | Tempe, AZ | Sun Devil Stadium | 30110 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1990 | H | Indianapolis Colts | 20-17 | W | Tempe, AZ | Sun Devil Stadium | 31885 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1990 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 24-13 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 36222 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1990 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 10-41 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 60190 | |
| Sun | 12/23/1990 | H | New York Giants | 21-24 | L | Tempe, AZ | Sun Devil Stadium | 41212 | |
| Sat | 12/29/1990 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-23 | L | Tempe, AZ | Sun Devil Stadium | 31796 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| David Bavaro | 59 | LB | 6-0 | 235 | 23 | Syracuse | 14 | 0 |
| Anthony Bell | 55 | LOLB | 6-3 | 231 | 26 | Michigan State | 16 | 16 |
| Stanley Blair | 25 | CB | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | Oklahoma State; Southeastern Oklahoma State | 5 | 0 |
| David Braxton | 54 | LB | 6-1 | 231 | 25 | Wake Forest | 11 | 0 |
| Rich Camarillo | 16 | P | 5-11 | 188 | 31 | Cerritos JC; Washington | 16 | 0 |
| Larry Centers | 37 | RB | 6-0 | 225 | 22 | Stephen F. Austin State | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Chapura | 95 | DT | 6-3 | 280 | 36 | Missouri | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Clasby | 79 | LDT | 6-5 | 260 | 30 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 |
| Al Del Greco | 17 | K | 5-10 | 200 | 28 | Auburn | 16 | 0 |
| Tracey Eaton | 21 | S | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Portland State | 11 | 0 |
| Terrence Flagler | 32 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Clemson | 13 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 81 | WR | 6-0 | 195 | 33 | Henderson State | 16 | 16 |
| Carl Hairston | 98 | LDT | 6-3 | 267 | 38 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 16 | 3 |
| Ken Harvey | 56 | ROLB | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Laney JC; California | 16 | 16 |
| Eric Hill | 58 | LILB-MLB | 6-2 | 260 | 24 | Louisiana State | 16 | 16 |
| Don Holmes | 83 | WR | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | Colorado; Gavilan JC; Colorado; Colorado Mesa | 6 | 0 |
| John Jackson | 80 | WR | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | Southern California | 9 | 0 |
| Garth Jax | 53 | RILB | 6-2 | 229 | 27 | Florida State | 16 | 12 |
| Johnny Johnson | 39 | RB | 6-3 | 220 | 22 | San Jose State | 14 | 14 |
| Ernie Jones | 86 | WR | 5-11 | 193 | 26 | Indiana | 15 | 8 |
| Tim Jorden | 85 | HBK | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Indiana | 16 | 11 |
| Kani Kauahi | 57 | C-DT | 6-2 | 274 | 31 | Arizona State; Hawaii | 15 | 0 |
| Derek Kennard | 70 | LOG | 6-3 | 290 | 28 | Nevada-Reno | 16 | 16 |
| Bill Lewis | 51 | C | 6-7 | 282 | 27 | Nebraska | 16 | 16 |
| Dave Little | 30 | RB | 6-2 | 235 | 29 | Kings River JC; Middle Tennessee State | 11 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Lynch | 29 | CB | 5-11 | 210 | 27 | Chabot JC; Sacramento State | 16 | 0 |
| Cedric Mack | 47 | LCB | 5-11 | 192 | 30 | Baylor | 16 | 16 |
| Dexter Manley | 92 | DE | 6-3 | 257 | 32 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 0 |
| Tim McDonald | 46 | SS | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
| Freddie Joe Nunn | 78 | LDE | 6-4 | 244 | 28 | Mississippi | 16 | 16 |
| Eldonta Osborne | 90 | LB | 6-0 | 226 | 23 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 0 |
| Ricky Proehl | 87 | WR | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Wake Forest | 16 | 2 |
| Walter Reeves | 98 | TE | 6-3 | 258 | 25 | Auburn | 16 | 16 |
| Elston Ridgle | 74 | DE | 6-5 | 269 | 27 | Northern Arizona; Nevada-Reno | 10 | 0 |
| Tootie Robbins | 63 | ROT | 6-5 | 306 | 32 | East Carolina | 16 | 16 |
| Jeroy Robinson | 50 | LB | 6-1 | 240 | 22 | Texas A&M | 3 | 0 |
| Timm Rosenbach | 3 | QB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Washington State | 16 | 16 |
| Rod Saddler | 72 | RDE | 6-5 | 276 | 25 | Texas A&M | 16 | 15 |
| Luis Sharpe | 67 | LOT | 6-4 | 255 | 30 | UCLA | 16 | 16 |
| Vai Sikahema | 36 | RB | 5-9 | 193 | 28 | Brigham Young | 16 | 0 |
| Dennis Smith | 35 | TE | 6-0 | 230 | 23 | Utah | 4 | 0 |
| J.T. Smith | 84 | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 35 | North Texas | 13 | 8 |
| Lance Smith | 68 | ROG | 6-2 | 271 | 27 | Louisiana State | 16 | 16 |
| Vernice Smith | 69 | OT | 6-3 | 300 | 25 | Florida A&M | 11 | 0 |
| Jay Taylor | 27 | RCB | 5-9 | 174 | 23 | Grossmont JC; San Jose State | 16 | 16 |
| Anthony Thompson | 34 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Indiana | 13 | 3 |
| Tom Tupa | 19 | QB | 6-4 | 224 | 24 | Ohio State | 15 | 0 |
| Marcus Turner | 23 | CB | 6-0 | 188 | 24 | UCLA | 16 | 1 |
| Jim Wahler | 66 | NT-RDT | 6-3 | 267 | 24 | UCLA | 16 | 16 |
| Chris Washington | 52 | LB | 6-4 | 230 | 28 | Iowa State | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Wolf | 68 | OT | 6-6 | 296 | 24 | Boston College | 15 | 0 |
| Ron Wolfley | 24 | HBK | 6-0 | 226 | 28 | West Virginia | 13 | 2 |
| Lonnie Young | 43 | FS | 6-1 | 187 | 27 | Michigan State | 16 | 16 |
| Mike Zordich | 38 | S | 6-1 | 208 | 27 | Penn State | 16 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 31 | Anthony Thompson | RB | Indiana |
| 3 | 58 | Ricky Proehl | WR | Wake Forest |
| 4 | 85 | Travis Davis | DT | Michigan State |
| 5 | 115 | Larry Centers | RB | Stephen F. Austin State |
| 6 | 142 | Tyrone Shavers | WR | Lamar |
| 7 | 169 | Johnny Johnson | RB | San Jose State |
| 8 | 199 | Mickey Washington | DB | Texas A&M |
| 9 | 225 | David Bavaro | LB | Syracuse |
| 10 | 252 | Dave Elle | TE | South Dakota |
| 11 | 282 | Dempsey Norman | WR | St. Francis (Illinois) |
| 12 | 308 | Donnie Riley | RB | Central Michigan |
| 12 | 330 | Ken McMichel | DB | Oklahoma |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 27 | 81 | 65 | 95 | 268 |
| Opponents Totals | 88 | 113 | 79 | 116 | 396 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 28:38 | 270 | 115 | 135 | 20 | 77/194 39.7% | 7/16 43.8% | 96 | 883 |
| Opponents Totals | 31:22 | 306 | 140 | 146 | 20 | 90/198 45.5% | 8/16 50.0% | 96 | 834 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Del Greco | 0 | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 0 | 82 |
| Johnny Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Roy Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ernie Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ricky Proehl | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Anthony Thompson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Timm Rosenbach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Terrence Flagler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| J.T. Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Marcus Turner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Luis Sharpe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 0 | 268 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 48 | 50 | 96.0 | 16 | 20 | 80.0 | 0 | 396 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Del Greco | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 2 | 50 | 1/1 | 4/4 | 7/10 | 3/6 | 2/6 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 2 | 50 | 1/1 | 4/4 | 7/10 | 3/6 | 2/6 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 20 | 80.0 | 2/2 | 7/7 | 3/3 | 4/6 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Johnson | 234 | 926 | 4.0 | 41 | 5 |
| Timm Rosenbach | 86 | 470 | 5.5 | 25 | 3 |
| Anthony Thompson | 106 | 390 | 3.7 | 40 | 4 |
| Terrence Flagler | 13 | 85 | 6.5 | 29t | 1 |
| Ernie Jones | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Vai Sikahema | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Ricky Proehl | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| J.T. Smith | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ron Wolfley | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Tupa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Camarillo | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 452 | 1912 | 4.2 | 41 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 521 | 2318 | 4.4 | 43 | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timm Rosenbach | 437 | 237 | 54.2 | 183 | 3098 | 7.1 | 13.1 | 68t | 16 | 3.7 | 17 | 3.9 | 43 | 285 | 2813 | 72.8 |
| Roy Green | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 118.8 |
| Johnny Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 439 | 238 | 54.2 | 183 | 3118 | 7.1 | 13.1 | 68t | 16 | 3.6 | 18 | 4.1 | 43 | 285 | 2833 | 71.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 402 | 233 | 58.0 | 153 | 3130 | 7.8 | 13.4 | 67t | 29 | 7.2 | 16 | 4.0 | 36 | 232 | 2898 | 90.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Proehl | 56 | 802 | 14.3 | 45t | 4 | 0 | |||
| Roy Green | 53 | 797 | 15.0 | 54 | 4 | ||||
| Ernie Jones | 43 | 724 | 16.8 | 68t | 4 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Johnson | 25 | 241 | 9.6 | 35 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J.T. Smith | 18 | 225 | 12.5 | 45t | 2 | 0 | |||
| Walter Reeves | 18 | 126 | 7.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terrence Flagler | 13 | 130 | 10.0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vai Sikahema | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Thompson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Jorden | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Sharpe | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 238 | 3118 | 13.1 | 68t | 16 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 233 | 3130 | 13.4 | 67t | 29 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim McDonald | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Jay Taylor | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Cedric Mack | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Lonnie Young | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Garth Jax | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Marcus Turner | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 47t | 2 |
| Mike Zordich | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Anthony Bell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 274 | 17.1 | 47t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 201 | 11.2 | 57t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Camarillo | 67 | 2865 | 42.8 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 258 | 2507 | 37.4 |
| Team Totals | 67 | 2865 | 42.8 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 258 | 2507 | 37.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 2747 | 43.6 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 342 | 2285 | 36.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vai Sikahema | 36 | 6 | 306 | 8.5 | 20 | 0 |
| J.T. Smith | 3 | 0 | 34 | 11.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Ricky Proehl | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 7 | 342 | 8.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 11 | 258 | 6.3 | 27 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vai Sikahema | 27 | 0 | 544 | 20.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Larry Centers | 16 | 0 | 272 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Terrence Flagler | 10 | 0 | 167 | 16.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Ricky Proehl | 4 | 0 | 53 | 13.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Garth Jax | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 0 | 1068 | 17.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 1060 | 18.9 | 39 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Ken Harvey | 10.0 | |
| Freddie Joe Nunn | 9.0 | |
| Rod Saddler | 4.0 | |
| Anthony Bell | 3.0 | |
| Garth Jax | 3.0 | |
| Jim Wahler | 2.5 | |
| Eric Hill | 1.5 | |
| Carl Hairston | 1.0 | |
| Cedric Mack | 1.0 | |
| Eldonta Osborne | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 36.0 | 232.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 43.0 | 285.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Camarillo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Centers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Del Greco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Harvey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Johnson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cedric Mack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Tim McDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddie Joe Nunn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Reeves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tootie Robbins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Timm Rosenbach | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rod Saddler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vai Sikahema | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Tupa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 | |
| Marcus Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lonnie Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Zordich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 0 |
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