The ** Arizona Cardinals season** was the franchise's 105th season, 84th season in the National Football League and the 16th in Arizona. The team was unable to improve upon their previous output of 5–11, instead winning only four games, although this was not considered a disaster as before their win over the Packers there was talk the 2003 Cardinals would become the first NFL team to go 0–16. For the fifth consecutive season, the franchise failed to reach the playoffs, and based on point differential had the worst record in the only NFL season where every team won at least four games. This resulted in the Cardinals firing head coach Dave McGinnis and replacing him with Dennis Green. In his NFL debut, Anquan Boldin had 217 receiving yards.

Offseason

Draft

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1: at Detroit Lions

Week 2: vs. Seattle Seahawks

Week 3: vs. Green Bay Packers

Week 4: at St. Louis Rams

Week 5: at Dallas Cowboys

Week 6: vs. Baltimore Ravens

Week 8: vs. San Francisco 49ers

Week 9: vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Week 10: at Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 11: at Cleveland Browns

Week 12: vs. St. Louis Rams

Week 13: at Chicago Bears

Week 14: at San Francisco 49ers

Week 15: vs. Carolina Panthers

Week 16: at Seattle Seahawks

Week 17: vs. Minnesota Vikings

The Cardinals overcame an 11-point deficit late in the fourth quarter to knock the Vikings out of a playoff berth.

Standings

Awards and honors