2002 Arizona Cardinals season

2002 Arizona Cardinals season
Head coach	Dave McGinnis
Owner	Bill Bidwill
Home field	Sun Devil Stadium
Results
Record	5–11
Division place	4th NFC West
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 2002 Arizona Cardinals season was the team's 83rd year with the National Football League and the 15th season in Arizona. It was their first season in the NFC West. It was Jake Plummer's final season with the Cardinals as he went to the Denver Broncos in the 2003 off-season.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
12	Arizona Cardinals	Wendell Bryant	Defensive Tackle	Wisconsin

Pat Tillman

In May 2002, eight months after the September 11, 2001, attacks and after completing the fifteen remaining games of the 2001 season which followed the attacks (at a salary of $512,000 per year),^[1] Pat Tillman turned down a contract offer of $3.6 million over three years from the Cardinals to enlist in the U.S. Army.^[2]

Personnel

Staff

2002 Arizona Cardinals staff
	Front office President – Bill Bidwill Vice President – Larry Wilson Vice President and General Counsel – Michael Bidwill General Manager – Bob Ferguson Assistant to the President – Rod Graves Head coaches Head Coach – Dave McGinnis Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Rich Olson Quarterbacks – Geep Chryst Running Backs – Johnny Roland Wide Receivers – Jerry Sullivan Tight Ends – Pete Hoener Offensive Line – George Warhop Assistant Off. Line/Off. Quality Control – Mike Devlin			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Larry Marmie Defensive Line – Joe Greene Linebackers – Jeff FitzGerald Defensive Backs – Kevin Ramsey Special teams coaches Special Teams – Hank Kuhlmann Special Teams Assistant/Def. Quality Control – Stan Kwan Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Bob Rogucki

Roster

2002 Arizona Cardinals final roster
	Quarterbacks 12 Josh McCown 15 Preston Parsons 16 Jake Plummer Running backs 20 Damien Anderson 34 Joel Makovicka FB 39 Dennis McKinley FB 25 Travis Prentice 31 Marcel Shipp Wide receivers 84 Arnold Jackson 11 Kevin Kasper 83 Jason McAddley 19 Nate Poole 18 Jake Soliday Tight ends 80 Mike Banks 87 Steve Bush 85 Freddie Jones		Offensive linemen 67 Chris Dishman G 64 Steven Grace C 78 Kendrick Rogers T 73 Raleigh Roundtree G/T 70 L. J. Shelton T 50 Jason Starkey C 71 Teag Whiting G 68 Tony Wragge G Defensive linemen 94 Marcus Bell DT 91 Wendell Bryant DT 98 Russell Davis DT 72 Nate Dwyer DT 96 Dennis Johnson DE 92 Barron Tanner DT 93 Kyle Vanden Bosch DE 97 Fred Wakefield DE		Linebackers 54 Trev Faulk OLB 51 Greg Jones OLB 57 Ronald McKinnon MLB 58 Johnny Rutledge MLB 55 Raynoch Thompson OLB 56 LeVar Woods OLB 53 Michael Young MLB/OLB Defensive backs 36 David Barrett CB 27 Nijrell Eason DB 29 Quentin Harris DB 21 Renaldo Hill CB 42 Kwamie Lassiter FS 41 Justin Lucas SS 23 Coby Rhinehart CB 22 Duane Starks CB 44 Michael Stone FS 24 Adrian Wilson SS Special teams  6 Tim Duncan K  7 Bill Gramatica K 48 Nathan Hodel LS 10 Scott Player P		Reserve lists 89 David Boston WR (IR) 95 Tom Burke DE (IR) 65 Anthony Clement T (IR) 75 Leonard Davis T (IR) 74 John Fina T (IR) 52 Levar Fisher OLB (IR) 59 Rob Fredrickson OLB (IR) 86 Bryan Gilmore WR (IR) 60 Mike Gruttadauria C (IR) 82 MarTay Jenkins WR (IR) 26 Thomas Jones RB (NF-Inj.) 66 Pete Kendall G (IR) 69 Alton Moore DE (IR) 81 Frank Sanders (American football) WR (IR) 33 Josh Scobey RB (IR) 30 Anthony White RB (NF-Inj.) Practice squad 76 Thomas Moody G 17 Ezekiel Parker WR Rookies in italics 53 Active, 16 Inactive, 2 Practice squad

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 8, 2002	at Washington Redskins	L 31–23	85,140
2	September 15, 2002	at Seattle Seahawks	W 24–13	63,104
3	September 22, 2002	San Diego Chargers	L 23–15	28,980
4	September 29, 2002	New York Giants	W 21–7	30,014
5	October 6, 2002	at Carolina Panthers	W 16–13	72,286
6	Bye
7	October 20, 2002	Dallas Cowboys	W 9–6	59,702
8	October 27, 2002	at San Francisco 49ers	L 38–28	67,173
9	November 3, 2002	St. Louis Rams	L 27–14	47,819
10	November 10, 2002	Seattle Seahawks	L 27–6	29,252
11	November 17, 2002	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 38–14	64,990
12	November 24, 2002	Oakland Raiders	L 41–20	58,814
13	December 1, 2002	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 49–0	77,809
14	December 8, 2002	Detroit Lions	W 23–20	28,640
15	December 15, 2002	at St. Louis Rams	L 30–28	65,939
16	December 21, 2002	San Francisco 49ers	L 17–14	44,051
17	December 29, 2002	at Denver Broncos	L 37–7	75,164

Standings

NFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
^(4) San Francisco 49ers	10	6	0	.625	5–1	8–4	367	351	L1
St. Louis Rams	7	9	0	.438	4–2	5–7	316	369	W1
Seattle Seahawks	7	9	0	.438	2–4	5–7	355	369	W3
Arizona Cardinals	5	11	0	.313	1–5	5–7	262	417	L3

References

1. "Pat Tillman". Salaries Database. USA Today. Retrieved 2006-11-23.
2. "Ex-NFL star Tillman makes 'ultimate sacrifice',Safety, who gave up big salary to join Army, killed in Afghanistan". MSNBC. April 26, 2004. Retrieved 2006-11-23.

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