Record 5–11 Playoff finish did not qualify Start date 2005 Owner Bill Bidwill | Division place 3rd NFC West Head coach Dennis Green General manager Rod Graves | |
Home fields Sun Devil Stadium, Estadio Azteca People also search for 2004 Arizona Cardinals season | ||
The 2005 Arizona Cardinals season was the team's 86th in the NFL and 18th Season in Arizona. The team was unable to improve upon their previous season's six wins in 2004, and failed to make the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.
The October 2 game was the first regular season game to be played outside the United States, and was known as NFL Futbol Americano. The game was a Cardinals home game, and the Cardinals defeated their division rivals, the San Francisco 49ers, 31–14. The game was later considered part of the NFL International Series.
The Cardinals, as a team, had a paltry 1,138 rushing yards in 2005, only 71.1 yards per game. Remarkably, the Cardinals only had one 100-yard rushing game, when they ran for 129 yards in the season finale at Indianapolis. Arizona's season total is the fifth-fewest rushing yards by a team in a 16-game season.
The Cardinals passing offense, however, led the league, with 4,437 yards. Kurt Warner's 271.3 passing yards per game were third in the NFL, and his 24.2 pass completions per-game led the league. Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald tied for the league lead in receptions, with 103, edging out his teammate Anquan Boldin, who had 102 (tied for third in the NFL) Fitzgerald's 1,409 yards, and Boldin's 1,402 yards receiving were fourth and fifth in the NFL, respectively, in 2005. Boldin's 100.1 receiving yards per game led the NFL.