| 1996 Arizona Cardinals season | |
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| Head coach | Vince Tobin |
| Home field | Sun Devil Stadium |
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| Record | 7-9 |
| Division Place | 4th NFC East |
| Playoff finish | did not qualify |
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| Previous season | Next season |
| 1995 | 1997 |
The 1996 Arizona Cardinals season was the 77th season the team was in the league and 9th in Arizona. The team improved upon their previous output of 4-12, winning seven games.[1] Despite the improvement, the Cardinals failed to qualify to the playoffs for the fourteenth consecutive season.
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| 1 | September 1, 1996 | at Indianapolis Colts | L 20-13 |
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| 2 | September 8, 1996 | Miami Dolphins | L 38-10 |
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| 3 | September 15, 1996 | at New England Patriots | L 31-0 |
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| 4 | September 22, 1996 | at New Orleans Saints | W 28-14 |
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| 5 | September 29, 1996 | St. Louis Rams | W 31-28 (OT) | First meeting with Rams since move to St. Louis |
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| 7 | October 13, 1996 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 17-3 |
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| 8 | October 20, 1996 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 13-9 |
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| 9 | October 27, 1996 | New York Jets | L 31-21 | Only win of the season for the Jets |
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| 10 | November 3, 1996 | at New York Giants | L 16-8 |
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| 11 | November 10, 1996 | at Washington Redskins | W 37-34 | Boomer Esiason broke 500 yards passing in the game |
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| 12 | November 17, 1996 | New York Giants | W 31-23 |
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| 13 | November 24, 1996 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 36-30 |
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| 14 | December 1, 1996 | at Minnesota Vikings | L 41-17 |
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| 15 | December 8, 1996 | Dallas Cowboys | L 10-6 |
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| 16 | December 15, 1996 | Washington Redskins | W 27-26 |
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| 17 | December 22, 1996 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 29-19 |
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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | |
| Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 286 | 250 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 363 | 341 |
| Washington Redskins | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 364 | 312 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 300 | 397 |
| New York Giants | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 242 | 297 |
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