The 2014 season was the Arizona Cardinals' 95th in the National Football League (NFL), their 27th in Arizona and their second under head coach Bruce Arians. Following an explosive 9–1 start to the regular season, they finished at 11–5, achieving their highest win total since 1975 when they were still in St. Louis (also their highest total in a 16-game season). The Cardinals clinched their first playoff berth since 2009, and had a chance to become the first team to try to play the Super Bowl on their own home field, University of Phoenix Stadium. However, after season-ending injuries to Carson Palmer and Drew Stanton, they were forced to start third-string quarterback Ryan Lindley in the wild-card round, losing to the Carolina Panthers, 27–16, which was the first time since 1982 when they were in St. Louis that the Cardinals went one-and-done.
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- Note: The Cardinals traded their original first-round selection (No. 20 overall) to the New Orleans Saints in exchange for the Saints' first- (No. 27 overall) and third- (No. 91 overall) round selections.
2014 Arizona Cardinals staff
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- Strength and conditioning – Buddy Morris
- Assistant strength and conditioning – Pete Alosi
- Assistant strength and conditioning – Roger Kingdom
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2014 Arizona Cardinals final roster
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Schedule
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Regular season
Week 1: vs. San Diego Chargers
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Week 2: at New York Giants
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Week 3: vs. San Francisco 49ers
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Week Three: San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
at University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
Week 5: at Denver Broncos
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Week 6: vs. Washington Redskins
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Week Six: Washington Redskins at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
at University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
Week 7: at Oakland Raiders
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Week Seven: Arizona Cardinals at Oakland Raiders – Game summary
at O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California
- Date: October 19
- Game time: 1:25 p.m.
- Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C), sunny
- Game attendance: 52,101
- Referee: Clete Blakeman
- TV announcers (Fox): Dick Stockton, Brady Quinn and Kristina Pink
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Week 8: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
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Week Eight: Philadelphia Eagles at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
at University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
Week 9: at Dallas Cowboys
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Week Nine: Arizona Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys – Game summary
at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
- Date: November 2
- Game time: 12:00 pm. CST/11:00 a.m. MST
- Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C), cloudy (retractable roof open)
- Game attendance: 85,688
- Referee: Craig Wrolstad
- TV announcers (Fox): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Erin Andrews
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Week 10: vs. St. Louis Rams
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Week Ten: St. Louis Rams at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
at University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
- Date: November 9
- Game time: 2:25 pm. MST
- Game weather: Played indoors (retractable roof closed)
- Game attendance: 61,363
- Referee: Ron Torbert
- TV announcers (Fox): Chris Myers, Ronde Barber, Matt Hasselbeck and Jennifer Hale
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Carson Palmer would suffer a season-ending injury on his left-knee. Drew Stanton would take over as quarterback for the rest of the game. Thanks to the efforts of the defense during the fourth quarter, the Cardinals rallied to beat the Rams 31-14.[1]
Week 11: vs. Detroit Lions
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Week Eleven: Detroit Lions at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
at University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
- Date: November 16
- Game time: 2:25 pm. MST
- Game weather: Played indoors (retractable roof closed)
- Game attendance: 62,487
- Referee: Jerome Boger
- TV announcers (Fox): Chris Myers, Ronde Barber and Jennifer Hale
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Week 12: at Seattle Seahawks
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Week Twelve: Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks – Game summary
at CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington
- Date: November 23
- Game time: 2:05 pm. MST/1:05 pm. PST
- Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C), sunny
- Game attendance: 68,327
- Referee: Gene Steratore
- TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch and Pam Oliver
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Week 13: at Atlanta Falcons
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Week Thirteen: Arizona Cardinals at Atlanta Falcons – Game summary
at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
- Date: November 30
- Game time: 4:05 pm. EST/2:05 pm. MST
- Game weather: Played indoors (dome stadium)
- Game attendance: 69,557
- Referee: Terry McAulay
- TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch and Pam Oliver
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Week 14: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
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- ARI – Chandler Catanzaro 33-yard field goal, 7:48. Chiefs 7–6. Drive: 16 plays, 65 yards, 8:07.
- KC – Jamaal Charles 18-yard pass from Alex Smith (Cairo Santos kick), 1:19. Chiefs 14–6. Drive: 11 plays, 66 yards, 6:31.
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- ARI – Chandler Catanzaro 39-yard field goal, 9:07. Chiefs 14–9. Drive: 6 plays, 40 yards, 1:16.
- ARI – Jaron Brown 26-yard pass from Drew Stanton (Drew Stanton-John Carlson pass), 3:32. Cardinals 17–14. Drive: 5 plays, 42 yards, 2:00.
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Week Fourteen: Kansas City Chiefs at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
at University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
Week 15: at St. Louis Rams
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Week 16: vs. Seattle Seahawks
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Week Sixteen: Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
at University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
Week 17: at San Francisco 49ers
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Week Seventeen: Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers – Game summary
at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
- Date: December 28
- Game time: 2:25 pm. MST/1:25 pm. PST
- Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C), sunny
- Game attendance: 70,699
- Referee: Carl Cheffers
- TV announcers (Fox): Thom Brennaman, David Diehl and Laura Okmin
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This would snap the 49ers' 4-game losing streak in Levi's Stadium. With the loss, the Cardinals finished their season to 11-5.
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NFC Wild Card Playoffs: at #4 Carolina Panthers
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- CAR – Graham Gano 47-yard field goal, 11:27. Panthers 3–0. Drive: 7 plays, 19 yards, 2:03.
- CAR – Jonathan Stewart 13-yard run (Graham Gano kick), 5:21. Panthers 10–0. Drive: 8 plays, 57 yards, 3:51.
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- ARI – Darren Fells 1-yard pass from Ryan Lindley (Chandler Catanzaro kick), 14:56. Panthers 10–7. Drive: 6 plays, 30 yards, 2:15.
- ARI – Marion Grice 1-yard run (Chandler Catanzaro kick), 2:50. Cardinals 14–10. Drive: 4 plays, 17 yards, 2:04.
- CAR – Graham Gano 39-yard field goal, 0:15. Cardinals 14–13. Drive: 9 plays, 59 yards, 2:35.
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- CAR – Fozzy Whittaker 39-yard pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick), 5:36. Panthers 20–14. Drive: 1 play, 39 yards, 0:14.
- CAR – Mike Tolbert 1-yard pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick), 4:04. Panthers 27–14. Drive: 3 plays, 3 yard, 1:24.
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The Cardinals' offensive performance was historically bad as the team lost to the 7-8-1 Panthers, by a final score of 27-16, and were eliminated from the postseason. They committed three turnovers (two of them being red zone interceptions), gained only 8 first downs (and only 2 first downs in the second half) and recorded 78 net yards of offense, the fewest yards gained in a playoff game by any team in NFL postseason history. After a 9-1 start, the Cardinals went 2-5 in their final seven games.
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