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PRESEASON GAME #4
ARIZONA CARDINALS (0-3) at DENVER BRONCOS (2-2)
Thursday, September 2, 2004
6:05 PM (MST) – Invesco Field at Mile High
THIS WEEK’S GAME
The Cardinals will close the preseason with a Thursday night game against the Broncos at Invesco Field at Mile High. Arizona is looking for its first win of the 2004 preseason after coming up just short last Saturday evening against the Raiders at Sun Devil Stadium. The Cards opened the preseason with a 23-6 loss at
Minnesota in week one and fell to the Chargers in week two at Sun Devil Stadium, 38-13. The Broncos kicked off the NFL preseason slate when they faced Washington in the Hall of Fame Game on August 9. They fell to the Redskins 20-17 and lost the following week at Buffalo 16-6. They have come back to win two straight, though, with victories at Seattle (19-3) and last Friday at home over the Texans (31-17). Thursday’s game will be the final tune-up before the regular season begins for both squads 10 days later on September 12. That day the Cardinals will be in St. Louis and the Broncos host the Chiefs in a Sunday night tilt on ESPN.
TELEVISION
Station: KAZ-TV (Ch. 27/Cable 13)
Play-by-Play: Dave Pasch
Color Analyst: John Mistler
Sideline: Jody Jackson
CARDINALS RADIO NETWORK
Flagship: 1060 KDUS (AM)
KSLX 100.7 (FM)
Play-by-Play: Kent Derdivanis
Color Analyst: Ron Wolfley
Sideline: Mike Jurecki
SPANISH RADIO
Play-by-Play: Gabriel Trujillo
Color Analyst: Luis Zendejas
THE SERIES
The Cardinals and Broncos are meeting for the 15th time ever in preseason play and the eighth time in Denver. Overall, Denver leads the preseason series by a 10-4 margin and has one six of the previous
seven preseason contests played in the Mile High City. Additionally, the Broncos have won four straight in the preseason over Arizona with victories in 2002, ’00, ’99, and ’94. The Cards last preseason win over
Denver came in 1993 when Arizona recorded a 34-9 home win. In regular season play, Denver holds a 6-0-1 lead with the Broncos’ most recent win coming in a 37-7 decision at Invesco Field in the 2002 regular season finale (12/29/02). The lone tie in the series took place on 11/4/73 when the teams played to a 17-17 deadlock at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
Based on the NFL schedule rotation in place through 2009, the Cardinals are not scheduled to play in Denver again until 2010 at the earliest. However, the Broncos will visit Arizona during the 2006 regular
season, the Cardinals first in their new stadium.
BROTHERS IN ARMS
Statistically speaking, last Saturday was an excellent night for the McCown brothers. Cardinals QB Josh McCown completed 16 of 23 passes for 187 yards against the Raiders with no touchdowns or interceptions, though an apparent 7-yard scoring pass to Nate Poole was reversed by replay. He also led the team with 35 rushing yards on three carries, including a 16-yarder on the game’s first play. Younger brother Luke, a rookie QB for the Cleveland Browns (fourth round, Louisiana Tech) had an even better night in his
game at Kansas City. With the Browns trailing 19-7 with under 4:00 to play, he led Cleveland on a pair of scoring drives that he ended with TD passes. The second was quite dramatic as his 34-yard scoring pass as time expired gave the Browns a 21-10 win and was reminiscent of Josh’s pass to Poole in the 2003 season finale vs. Minnesota. Including the McCowns, there are now a record five sets of brothers playing quarterback in the NFL, eclipsing the previous benchmark of three established in 2002. The other four brother pairings presently at the QB position are: Koy (Eagles) and Ty Atlanta) Detmer; Tim (Redskins) and Matt (Seahawks) Hasselbeck; Brock (Colts) and Damon (Chiefs) Huard; and Eli (NY Giants) and Peyton Manning (Colts).
Last weekend, 8 of the 10 brothers saw action at QB (Brock Huard & Koy Detmer did not) and the McCowns’ combined totals of 24-28, 296 yards and 0 INTs topped all others: Mannings (15-24-168-0 TD-4 INT), Hasselbecks (23-37-2 24-1 TD-1 INT). What may be more remarkable is that aside from the five current sets of QB brothers, in the history of the NFL there have been just two other brother tandems at the QB position. Craig (Oilers, 1980) & Terry Bradshaw (Steelers, 1970-1983) and Ed (Decatur Staleys/Chicago Bears, 1920-27) & Joey Sternamen (Bears, 1922-25, 1927-30, also played with Duluth Eskimos, 1923).
The Detmer brothers accomplished a unique feat back in 1997 when they both played quarterback for the same team – the Philadelphia Eagles - during Koy’s rookie season. Two seasons later both Koy and Ty became the first set of brothers to ever throw touchdown passes on the same day (December 19, 1999). The Hasselbeck brothers accomplished the same feat last season on November 23, 2003. The Huards were the first pair of brothers to ever start at quarterback in the NFL on the same weekend back in 2000, when
Damon filled in for an injured Jay Fiedler in Miami and Brock started in place of an ailing Jon Kitna. The Hasselbecks also duplicated that feat last November.
LAST WEEK
Raiders 17, CARDINALS 16
August 28, 2004 – Sun Devil Stadium – (35,070)
The Cardinals turned in their best performance of the 2004 preseason but fell by a point to the Raiders when time ran out on a fourth-quarter comeback attempt. Arizona’s starting units played well into the third quarter and the #1 offense scored its first touchdown of the preseason on a Josh Scobey 2-yard run in the third. It appeared the initial TD came two plays
earlier but a Josh McCown to Nate Poole pass that was initially ruled a TD was reversed by replay.
Arizona’s starting defense held Raiders quarterback Rich Gannon to only 89 passing yards while McCown completed 16-of-23 passes despite being without the services of wide receivers Anquan Boldin, Bryant Johnson or Larry Fitzgerald, who all missed the game due to injury. McCown was also the leading rusher with 35 yards in three attempts. Arizona scored first on a 26-yard Neil Rackers field goal after the Cardinals marched 68 yards downfield while using 8:06 on their first drive of the game. The Cardinals held the ball for 19:07 in the first half compared to Oakland’s 10:53.
Kerry Collins connected with Doug Gabriel on a 15-yard pass and then a 45-yard touchdown pass to give the Raiders their first touchdown of the evening, capping off a three play, 60-yard drive which took only 42 seconds to complete.
The Raiders would strike again early in the fourth quarter. After recovering a McCown fumble on the Arizona 20-yard line late in the third quarter, Oakland’s Justin Fargas rushed on four consecutive plays, which led to a one-yard touchdown run four seconds into the fourth. Arizona used the ensuing drive to go 63 yards in 10 plays, however had to settle for a 31-
yard field goal after being unable to find the end zone on three attempts from the Oakland 10. The game ended after the Cardinals committed a false start at the Oakland 36 with :17 left resulting in a :10 run-off that denied the team enough time to attempt a long game-winning FG attempt.
CARDS-BRONCOS CONNECTIONS
• Denver QB Jake Plummer was a second round pick of the Cardinals in 1997 and played for the team from 1997-2002. His 17,622 passing yards ranks third in team history, his 1,540 completions second, and 90 TD passes fourth. Plummer played in college at Arizona State, where he was a four year starter (1993-1996) leading the Sun Devils to an undefeated season in 1996 and a Rose Bowl appearance. He also finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting in ‘96.
• Cardinals DE Bertrand Berry spent the last three seasons (2001-03) with the Broncos before signing as an unrestricted free agent with Arizona on 3/6/04. In three seasons with the Broncos, he played in 46 games (17 starts) and recorded 20 sacks including 11.5 last year.
• Arizona WR Kevin Kasper was drafted by Denver in the 6th round of the 2001 draft and played in 14 games (4 starts) for the Broncos in 2001 and ’02. In that time he caught 8 passes for 84 yards.
• Denver RB Garrison Hearst was the Cardinals first round selection in the 1993 draft. He was the Cardinals leading rusher during the 1995 season with 1,070 yards on 284 carries, also earning the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award coming back from a knee injury.
• Cardinals LB coach Frank Bush was an assistant with the Broncos from 1995-2003 overseeing Linebackers & Special Teams.
• Arizona defensive line coach Deek Pollard was the secondary coach for the USFL’s Denver Gold in 1983.
• Cardinals CB Dyshod Carter hails from Denver and was an all-state RB at Jefferson High before moving on to Kansas State.
• Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan was the backfield coach at Northern Arizona in 1977.
• Denver special teams coach Ronnie Bradford played one season for the Cardinals (1996) and started 11 games at cornerback.
• Broncos assistant strength coach Cedric Smith spent the 1998 season with the Cardinals. He also was a three-year starting fullback at Florida where he cleared paths for Emmitt Smith.
• Denver LB Johnny Rutledge was a second round pick (61st overall) by the Cardinals in the 1999 NFL Draft.
Playing four seasons (1999-2002) for the Cardinals, Rutledge appeared in 40 games (four starts) with 42 tackles,
1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery.
• Denver defensive tackle Mario Fatafehi was a fifth-round selection (133rd overall) of the Cardinals 2001 draft. He appeared in seven of 10 games in 2001 before a broken bone in his right hand forced him to go on to injured reserve.
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ARIZONA CARDINALS (0-3) at DENVER BRONCOS (2-2)
Thursday, September 2, 2004
6:05 PM (MST) – Invesco Field at Mile High
THIS WEEK’S GAME
The Cardinals will close the preseason with a Thursday night game against the Broncos at Invesco Field at Mile High. Arizona is looking for its first win of the 2004 preseason after coming up just short last Saturday evening against the Raiders at Sun Devil Stadium. The Cards opened the preseason with a 23-6 loss at
Minnesota in week one and fell to the Chargers in week two at Sun Devil Stadium, 38-13. The Broncos kicked off the NFL preseason slate when they faced Washington in the Hall of Fame Game on August 9. They fell to the Redskins 20-17 and lost the following week at Buffalo 16-6. They have come back to win two straight, though, with victories at Seattle (19-3) and last Friday at home over the Texans (31-17). Thursday’s game will be the final tune-up before the regular season begins for both squads 10 days later on September 12. That day the Cardinals will be in St. Louis and the Broncos host the Chiefs in a Sunday night tilt on ESPN.
TELEVISION
Station: KAZ-TV (Ch. 27/Cable 13)
Play-by-Play: Dave Pasch
Color Analyst: John Mistler
Sideline: Jody Jackson
CARDINALS RADIO NETWORK
Flagship: 1060 KDUS (AM)
KSLX 100.7 (FM)
Play-by-Play: Kent Derdivanis
Color Analyst: Ron Wolfley
Sideline: Mike Jurecki
SPANISH RADIO
Play-by-Play: Gabriel Trujillo
Color Analyst: Luis Zendejas
THE SERIES
The Cardinals and Broncos are meeting for the 15th time ever in preseason play and the eighth time in Denver. Overall, Denver leads the preseason series by a 10-4 margin and has one six of the previous
seven preseason contests played in the Mile High City. Additionally, the Broncos have won four straight in the preseason over Arizona with victories in 2002, ’00, ’99, and ’94. The Cards last preseason win over
Denver came in 1993 when Arizona recorded a 34-9 home win. In regular season play, Denver holds a 6-0-1 lead with the Broncos’ most recent win coming in a 37-7 decision at Invesco Field in the 2002 regular season finale (12/29/02). The lone tie in the series took place on 11/4/73 when the teams played to a 17-17 deadlock at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
Based on the NFL schedule rotation in place through 2009, the Cardinals are not scheduled to play in Denver again until 2010 at the earliest. However, the Broncos will visit Arizona during the 2006 regular
season, the Cardinals first in their new stadium.
BROTHERS IN ARMS
Statistically speaking, last Saturday was an excellent night for the McCown brothers. Cardinals QB Josh McCown completed 16 of 23 passes for 187 yards against the Raiders with no touchdowns or interceptions, though an apparent 7-yard scoring pass to Nate Poole was reversed by replay. He also led the team with 35 rushing yards on three carries, including a 16-yarder on the game’s first play. Younger brother Luke, a rookie QB for the Cleveland Browns (fourth round, Louisiana Tech) had an even better night in his
game at Kansas City. With the Browns trailing 19-7 with under 4:00 to play, he led Cleveland on a pair of scoring drives that he ended with TD passes. The second was quite dramatic as his 34-yard scoring pass as time expired gave the Browns a 21-10 win and was reminiscent of Josh’s pass to Poole in the 2003 season finale vs. Minnesota. Including the McCowns, there are now a record five sets of brothers playing quarterback in the NFL, eclipsing the previous benchmark of three established in 2002. The other four brother pairings presently at the QB position are: Koy (Eagles) and Ty Atlanta) Detmer; Tim (Redskins) and Matt (Seahawks) Hasselbeck; Brock (Colts) and Damon (Chiefs) Huard; and Eli (NY Giants) and Peyton Manning (Colts).
Last weekend, 8 of the 10 brothers saw action at QB (Brock Huard & Koy Detmer did not) and the McCowns’ combined totals of 24-28, 296 yards and 0 INTs topped all others: Mannings (15-24-168-0 TD-4 INT), Hasselbecks (23-37-2 24-1 TD-1 INT). What may be more remarkable is that aside from the five current sets of QB brothers, in the history of the NFL there have been just two other brother tandems at the QB position. Craig (Oilers, 1980) & Terry Bradshaw (Steelers, 1970-1983) and Ed (Decatur Staleys/Chicago Bears, 1920-27) & Joey Sternamen (Bears, 1922-25, 1927-30, also played with Duluth Eskimos, 1923).
The Detmer brothers accomplished a unique feat back in 1997 when they both played quarterback for the same team – the Philadelphia Eagles - during Koy’s rookie season. Two seasons later both Koy and Ty became the first set of brothers to ever throw touchdown passes on the same day (December 19, 1999). The Hasselbeck brothers accomplished the same feat last season on November 23, 2003. The Huards were the first pair of brothers to ever start at quarterback in the NFL on the same weekend back in 2000, when
Damon filled in for an injured Jay Fiedler in Miami and Brock started in place of an ailing Jon Kitna. The Hasselbecks also duplicated that feat last November.
LAST WEEK
Raiders 17, CARDINALS 16
August 28, 2004 – Sun Devil Stadium – (35,070)
The Cardinals turned in their best performance of the 2004 preseason but fell by a point to the Raiders when time ran out on a fourth-quarter comeback attempt. Arizona’s starting units played well into the third quarter and the #1 offense scored its first touchdown of the preseason on a Josh Scobey 2-yard run in the third. It appeared the initial TD came two plays
earlier but a Josh McCown to Nate Poole pass that was initially ruled a TD was reversed by replay.
Arizona’s starting defense held Raiders quarterback Rich Gannon to only 89 passing yards while McCown completed 16-of-23 passes despite being without the services of wide receivers Anquan Boldin, Bryant Johnson or Larry Fitzgerald, who all missed the game due to injury. McCown was also the leading rusher with 35 yards in three attempts. Arizona scored first on a 26-yard Neil Rackers field goal after the Cardinals marched 68 yards downfield while using 8:06 on their first drive of the game. The Cardinals held the ball for 19:07 in the first half compared to Oakland’s 10:53.
Kerry Collins connected with Doug Gabriel on a 15-yard pass and then a 45-yard touchdown pass to give the Raiders their first touchdown of the evening, capping off a three play, 60-yard drive which took only 42 seconds to complete.
The Raiders would strike again early in the fourth quarter. After recovering a McCown fumble on the Arizona 20-yard line late in the third quarter, Oakland’s Justin Fargas rushed on four consecutive plays, which led to a one-yard touchdown run four seconds into the fourth. Arizona used the ensuing drive to go 63 yards in 10 plays, however had to settle for a 31-
yard field goal after being unable to find the end zone on three attempts from the Oakland 10. The game ended after the Cardinals committed a false start at the Oakland 36 with :17 left resulting in a :10 run-off that denied the team enough time to attempt a long game-winning FG attempt.
CARDS-BRONCOS CONNECTIONS
• Denver QB Jake Plummer was a second round pick of the Cardinals in 1997 and played for the team from 1997-2002. His 17,622 passing yards ranks third in team history, his 1,540 completions second, and 90 TD passes fourth. Plummer played in college at Arizona State, where he was a four year starter (1993-1996) leading the Sun Devils to an undefeated season in 1996 and a Rose Bowl appearance. He also finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting in ‘96.
• Cardinals DE Bertrand Berry spent the last three seasons (2001-03) with the Broncos before signing as an unrestricted free agent with Arizona on 3/6/04. In three seasons with the Broncos, he played in 46 games (17 starts) and recorded 20 sacks including 11.5 last year.
• Arizona WR Kevin Kasper was drafted by Denver in the 6th round of the 2001 draft and played in 14 games (4 starts) for the Broncos in 2001 and ’02. In that time he caught 8 passes for 84 yards.
• Denver RB Garrison Hearst was the Cardinals first round selection in the 1993 draft. He was the Cardinals leading rusher during the 1995 season with 1,070 yards on 284 carries, also earning the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award coming back from a knee injury.
• Cardinals LB coach Frank Bush was an assistant with the Broncos from 1995-2003 overseeing Linebackers & Special Teams.
• Arizona defensive line coach Deek Pollard was the secondary coach for the USFL’s Denver Gold in 1983.
• Cardinals CB Dyshod Carter hails from Denver and was an all-state RB at Jefferson High before moving on to Kansas State.
• Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan was the backfield coach at Northern Arizona in 1977.
• Denver special teams coach Ronnie Bradford played one season for the Cardinals (1996) and started 11 games at cornerback.
• Broncos assistant strength coach Cedric Smith spent the 1998 season with the Cardinals. He also was a three-year starting fullback at Florida where he cleared paths for Emmitt Smith.
• Denver LB Johnny Rutledge was a second round pick (61st overall) by the Cardinals in the 1999 NFL Draft.
Playing four seasons (1999-2002) for the Cardinals, Rutledge appeared in 40 games (four starts) with 42 tackles,
1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery.
• Denver defensive tackle Mario Fatafehi was a fifth-round selection (133rd overall) of the Cardinals 2001 draft. He appeared in seven of 10 games in 2001 before a broken bone in his right hand forced him to go on to injured reserve.
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