# 1994 Arizona Cardinals season

The 1994 Arizona Cardinals season was the franchise's 75th season with the National Football League (NFL), the seventh season in Arizona and the first season as the "Arizona Cardinals". Buddy Ryan became the 32nd head coach in Cardinals history. After being given a large share of the credit for the success of the Houston Oilers in 1993, Ryan was named head coach of the Arizona Cardinals in 1994. Also named general manager of the Cardinals, Ryan went 8–8 his first year, the Cardinals’ first non-losing season since 1984.
The Cardinals finished the season ranked third in the NFL in total defense, although it allowed only two fewer points in 1994 than they had in 1993. An anemic offense, one which saw three quarterbacks start at least one game, held the team back. Arizona scored 89 points fewer in 1994 than it did in 1993, and it finished with a minus-32-point differential after finishing at plus-57 in 1993.
Arizona lost its first two games by a combined five points, then were shut out 32–0 by the Cleveland Browns. The Cardinals recovered to enter the final week of the season with a shot at the playoffs, but those hopes were ended by a 10–6 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.

## Offseason
### NFL Draft

1994 Arizona Cardinals draft :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | 10 | Jamir Miller * | Linebacker | UCLA |
| 2 | 38 | Chuck Levy | Running back | Arizona |
| 3 | 76 | Rich Braham | Center | West Virginia |
| 3 | 89 | Eric England | Defensive end | Texas A&M |
| 4 | 107 | Perry Carter | Defensive back | Southern Miss |
| 4 | 113 | John Reece | Defensive back | Nebraska |
| 4 | 115 | Terry Irving | Linebacker | McNeese State |
| 5 | 139 | Anthony Redmon | Guard | Auburn |
| 6 | 172 | Terry Samuels | Tight end | Kentucky |
| 7 | 204 | Frank Harvey | Running back | Georgia |
| Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career ||||||

## Regular season
### Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | September 4 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 12–14 | 0–1 | Anaheim Stadium | 32,969 |
| 2 | September 11 | New York Giants | L 17–20 | 0–2 | Sun Devil Stadium | 60,066 |
| 3 | September 18 | at Cleveland Browns | L 0–32 | 0–3 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 62,818 |
| 4 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 5 | October 2 | Minnesota Vikings | W 17–7 | 1–3 | Sun Devil Stadium | 67,950 |
| 6 | October 9 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 3–38 | 1–4 | Texas Stadium | 64,518 |
| 7 | October 16 | at Washington Redskins | W 19–16 (OT) | 2–4 | RFK Stadium | 50,019 |
| 8 | October 23 | Dallas Cowboys | L 21–28 | 2–5 | Sun Devil Stadium | 71,023 |
| 9 | October 30 | Pittsburgh Steelers | W 20–17 (OT) | 3–5 | Sun Devil Stadium | 65,690 |
| 10 | November 6 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 7–17 | 3–6 | Veterans Stadium | 64,952 |
| 11 | November 13 | at New York Giants | W 10–9 | 4–6 | Giants Stadium | 71,719 |
| 12 | November 20 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 12–6 | 5–6 | Sun Devil Stadium | 62,779 |
| 13 | November 27 | Chicago Bears | L 16–19 (OT) | 5–7 | Sun Devil Stadium | 65,922 |
| 14 | December 4 | at Houston Oilers | W 30–12 | 6–7 | Houston Astrodome | 39,821 |
| 15 | December 11 | Washington Redskins | W 17–15 | 7–7 | Sun Devil Stadium | 53,790 |
| 16 | December 18 | Cincinnati Bengals | W 28–7 | 8–7 | Sun Devil Stadium | 50,110 |
| 17 | December 24 | at Atlanta Falcons | L 6–10 | 8–8 | Georgia Dome | 35,311 |
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |||||||

### Game summaries
#### Week 1

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| • Rams | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

#### Week 2

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Giants | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Cardinals | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |

#### Week 3

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • Browns | 0 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 32 |

#### Week 5

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| • Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 |

#### Week 6

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| • Cowboys | 21 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 38 |

#### Week 7

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| • Cardinals | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 19 |
| Redskins | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 |

#### Week 8

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Cowboys | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Cardinals | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |

#### Week 9

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Steelers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| • Cardinals | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 |

#### Week 10

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| • Eagles | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 |

#### Week 11

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Giants | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |

#### Week 12

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| • Cardinals | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |

#### Week 13

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| • Bears | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| Cardinals | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 16 |

#### Week 14

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Cardinals | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 30 |
| Oilers | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
This ninth successive defeat for the Oilers has the unusual distinction of being the most recent NFL game as of 2017 during which both teams scored a safety, and one of only eight since at least 1940.

#### Week 15

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redskins | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| • Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 |

#### Week 16

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| • Cardinals | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |

#### Week 17

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| • Falcons | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |

### Standings

NFC East :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK |
| $^{(2)}$ Dallas Cowboys | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 414 | 248 | L1 |
| New York Giants | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 279 | 305 | W6 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 235 | 267 | L1 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 308 | 308 | L7 |
| Washington Redskins | 3 | 13 | 0 | .188 | 320 | 412 | W1 |

## Awards and records

* Aeneas Williams, NFL Leader, Interceptions (9)