The Arizona Cardinals are 11 weeks — 77 days until they take the field in their 2019 season opener against the Detroit Lions. We continue our countdown to the season looking at stats for the day.
Today we look at stats for the No. 77.
Two players had 77 receptions in a season. Larry Centers did it in 1994 and Steve Breaston did in 2008.
Two different kickers — Jim Bakken and Greg Davis — each scored 77 points in a season. Bakken did it in 1963 with 11 field goals and 44 extra points. Davis did it in 1994 with 20 field goals and 17 extra points.
Receiver Rob Moore and Fullback Marshall Goldberg each appeared in 77 games with the Cardinals.
Quarterback Lamar McHan threw 77 interceptions with the Cardinals between 1954-1958.
Three quarterbacks have had a 77-yard pass play. Jim Root did it in 1953, Jim Hart in 1976 and Tom Tupa in 1989.
Quarterback Chris Chandler’s passer rating while with the Cardinals was 77.1.
There have been 19 games since 1950 with a Cardinals player having 77 receiving yards in a game.
| Rece | Rece | Rece | Rece | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Date ▲ |
Opp | Result | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1953-11-29 | @ | CLE | L 16-27 | 1 | 77 | 77.00 | 0 |
| Terry Metcalf | 1973-09-30 | @ | DAL | L 10-45 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 1976-10-25 | @ | WAS | L 10-20 | 4 | 77 | 19.25 | 0 |
| Pat Tilley | 1983-10-09 | WAS | L 14-38 | 3 | 77 | 25.67 | 0 | |
| Don Holmes | 1989-11-19 | @ | RAM | L 14-37 | 1 | 77 | 77.00 | 1 |
| Larry Centers | 1993-12-12 | DET | L 14-21 | 9 | 77 | 8.56 | 0 | |
| Larry Centers | 1995-10-01 | KAN | L 3-24 | 9 | 77 | 8.56 | 0 | |
| Rob Moore | 1995-10-29 | SEA | W 20-14 | 6 | 77 | 12.83 | 1 | |
| Rob Moore | 1998-11-15 | DAL | L 28-35 | 3 | 77 | 25.67 | 1 | |
| Rob Moore | 1999-09-12 | @ | PHI | W 25-24 | 3 | 77 | 25.67 | 1 |
| Bryant Johnson | 2004-12-12 | SFO | L 28-31 | 4 | 77 | 19.25 | 0 | |
| Bryant Johnson | 2005-11-27 | JAX | L 17-24 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 0 | |
| Larry Fitzgerald | 2006-12-17 | DEN | L 20-37 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 0 | |
| Steve Breaston | 2008-10-05 | BUF | W 41-17 | 7 | 77 | 11.00 | 0 | |
| Steve Breaston | 2009-10-18 | @ | SEA | W 27-3 | 7 | 77 | 11.00 | 1 |
| Larry Fitzgerald | 2016-09-18 | TAM | W 40-7 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 1 | |
| Christian Kirk | 2018-10-14 | @ | MIN | L 17-27 | 6 | 77 | 12.83 | 0 |
| Christian Kirk | 2018-11-18 | OAK | L 21-23 | 3 | 77 | 25.67 | 1 | |
| Trent Sherfield | 2018-12-09 | DET | L 3-17 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 0 |
There have been 12 times a player has gained 77 rushing yards in a game.
| Rush | Rush | Rush | Rush | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Date ▲ |
Opp | Result | Att | Yds | Y/A | TD | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1956-10-07 | NYG | W 35-27 | 18 | 77 | 4.28 | 0 | |
| Prentice Gautt | 1961-11-05 | @ | DAL | W 31-17 | 16 | 77 | 4.81 | 0 |
| Prentice Gautt | 1967-09-24 | @ | PIT | W 28-14 | 14 | 77 | 5.50 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 1968-10-20 | WAS | W 41-14 | 14 | 77 | 5.50 | 0 | |
| Johnny Roland | 1972-11-05 | @ | PHI | T 6-6 | 12 | 77 | 6.42 | 0 |
| Terry Metcalf | 1974-10-20 | @ | HOU | W 31-27 | 16 | 77 | 4.81 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson | 1981-10-25 | MIN | W 30-17 | 23 | 77 | 3.35 | 0 | |
| Stump Mitchell | 1984-09-23 | @ | NOR | L 24-34 | 10 | 77 | 7.70 | 2 |
| Adrian Murrell | 1998-11-29 | @ | KAN | L 24-34 | 13 | 77 | 5.92 | 1 |
| Michael Pittman | 2000-11-26 | NYG | L 7-31 | 13 | 77 | 5.92 | 0 | |
| Edgerrin James | 2007-09-30 | PIT | W 21-14 | 21 | 77 | 3.67 | 1 | |
| Tim Hightower | 2009-11-08 | @ | CHI | W 41-21 | 15 | 77 | 5.13 | 0 |
We will be back with stats for No. 76 on Monday.
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