2014 Arizona Cardinals season: Difference between revisions

| playoffs = Lost [[2014–15 NFL playoffs|Wild Card Playoffs]] <br>(at [[2014 Carolina Panthers season|Panthers]]) 27–1616–27

| uniform = File:ArizArizona Cardinals uniformsUniforms 2010-2016.png

The '''{{nfly[[2014 NFL season|2014}} [[Arizona Cardinalsseason]] was the [[List of Arizona Cardinals seasons|season]]''' was the franchise's 95th season in the [[National Football League]] (NFL), thetheir 27th in [[Arizona]] and thetheir second under [[List of Arizona Cardinals head coaches|head coach]] [[Bruce Arians]]. Following an explosive 9–1 start to the regular season, they finished at a disappointing 11–5, achieving their highest win total since [[1975 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season|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 Arizona Cardinals season|2009]], and had a chance to become the first team to try to play the [[Super Bowl XLIX|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 7–8–1 [[2014 Carolina Panthers season|Carolina Panthers]] by a score of, 27–16. The 2014 Cardinals were the sixth team during the Super Bowl-era to qualify for the playoffs in a season in, which their stadium hostedwas the Superfirst Bowl and the firsttime since the [[20001982 TampaSt. BayLouis BuccaneersCardinals (NFL) season|2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers1982]]. Theywhen they were also the first team since the NFL re-alignment in 2002 to do soSt. They were followedLouis bythat the [[2016Cardinals Houston Texans season|2016 Houston Texans]]went one-and the [[2017 Minnesota Vikings season|2017 Minnesota Vikings]]-done.

* Owner/Chairmanchairman – [[Bill Bidwill]]

* President – [[Michael Bidwill]]

*Generalgeneral Managermanager – [[Steve Keim]]

* Vice Presidentpresident of Playerplayer Personnelpersonnel – [[Terry McDonough (American football)|Terry McDonough]]

* Director of Collegecollege Scoutingscouting – [[Dru Grigson]]

* Director of Propro Scoutingscouting – [[Quentin Harris (American football)|Quentin Harris]]

* Head Coachcoach – [[Bruce Arians]]

* Assistant Headhead Coachcoach/Offenseoffense – [[Tom Moore (American football coach, born 1938)|Tom Moore]]

* Offensive Coordinatorcoordinator/Offensiveoffensive Lineline – [[Harold Goodwin (American football)|Harold Goodwin]]

* Quarterbacks – [[Freddie Kitchens]]

* Running Backsbacks – [[Stump Mitchell]]

* Wide Receiversreceivers – [[Darryl Drake]]

* Tight Endsends – [[Rick Christophel]]

* Assistant Tighttight Endsends/Assistantassistant Specialspecial Teamsteams – [[Steve Heiden]]

* Assistant Offensiveoffensive Lineline – [[Larry Zierlein]]

* Offensive Assistantassistant – [[David Diaz-Infante]]

* Offensive Qualityquality Controlcontrol – [[Kevin Garver]]

* Defensive Coordinatorcoordinator – [[Todd Bowles]]

* Defensive Lineline – [[Brentson Buckner]]

* Outside Linebackerslinebackers – [[James Bettcher]]

* Inside Linebackerslinebackers – [[Mike Caldwell (American footballlinebacker)|Mike Caldwell]]

* Defensive Backsbacks – [[Nick Rapone]]

* Cornerbacks – [[Kevin Ross (American football)|Kevin Ross]]

* Defensive Assistantassistant/Assistantassistant Defensivedefensive Backsbacks – [[Ryan Slowik]]

* Pass Rushrush Specialistspecialist – [[Tom Pratt (American football)|Tom Pratt]]

* Special Teamsteams Coordinatorcoordinator – [[Amos Jones]]

* Assistant Specialspecial Teamsteams – [[Tony Blevins|Anthony Blevins]]

* Strength and Conditioningconditioning – [[Buddy Morris]]

* Assistant Strengthstrength and Conditioningconditioning – [[Pete Alosi]]

* Assistant Strengthstrength and Conditioningconditioning – [[Roger Kingdom]]

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{{NFLplayer|19|Ted Ginn, Jr.|RS}}

{{NFLplayer|62|Ted Larsen|C/G}}

{{NFLplayer|71|Anthony Steen|G|rookie=y|d=American football}}

{{NFLplayer|95|Tommy Kelly|DTDE/NT}}

{{NFLplayer|73|Josh Mauro|DE|rookie=y}}

{{NFLplayer|66|Alameda Ta'amu|DTNT}}

{{NFLplayer|92|Dan Williams|d=defensive tackle|DTNT}}

{{NFLplayer|32|Tyrann Mathieu|FS/SS}}

{{NFLplayer|&nbsp;4|Jeff Mathews|QB|rookie=y}}

{{NFLplayer|69|Kelvin Palmer|OTT|rookie=y}}

==Schedule Preseason ==

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===Regular season===

===Postseason=Game summaries==

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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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nfl/cardinals/2014/11/09/defense-carries-cardinals-past-rams-nfl/18775997/ | title=Defense lifts Arizona Cardinals past St. Louis Rams }}</ref>

|time=2:25 p.m&nbsp;pm. MST

|time=2:05 p.m&nbsp;pm. MST/1:05 p.m&nbsp;pm. PST

|time=4:05 p.m&nbsp;pm. EST/2:05 p.m&nbsp;pm. MST

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|time=7:25 p.m&nbsp;pm. CST/6:25 p.m&nbsp;pm. MST

|time=6:30 p.m&nbsp;pm. MST

|time=2:25 p.m&nbsp;pm. MST/1:25 p.m&nbsp;pm. PST

|referee=[[Carl Cheffers]]