2015 Arizona Cardinals season

2015 Arizona Cardinals season
2015 Arizona Cardinals season
Owner	Bill Bidwill
General manager	Steve Keim
Head coach	Bruce Arians
Home field	University of Phoenix Stadium
Results
Record	13–3
Division place	1st NFC West
Playoff finish	Won Divisional Playoffs; (vs. Packers) 26–20 (OT); Lost NFC Championship; (at Panthers) 15–49
Pro Bowlers	7 QB Carson Palmer ; WR Larry Fitzgerald ; G Mike Iupati ; DE Calais Campbell ; CB Patrick Peterson ; FS Tyrann Mathieu ; ST Justin Bethel ;
AP All-Pros	4 CB Patrick Peterson (1st team) ; S Tyrann Mathieu (1st team) ; QB Carson Palmer (2nd team) ; G Mike Iupati (2nd team) ;
Uniform
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The 2015 season was the Arizona Cardinals' 96th in the National Football League (NFL), their 117th overall, their 28th in Arizona, their 10th playing home games at University of Phoenix Stadium and their third under head coach Bruce Arians. The Cardinals clinched their first NFC West title since 2009, in addition to the first 13-win season in franchise history. They also clinched a first round bye for the first time in franchise history.

The second-seeded Cardinals began their playoff run by defeating the fifth-seeded Green Bay Packers 26–20 in overtime in the divisional round, giving quarterback Carson Palmer his first career playoff win. However, they were defeated by top-seeded Carolina Panthers in the NFC championship by a score of 49–15, played in Bank of America Stadium, in Charlotte, North Carolina, with the Cardinals committing seven turnovers, tied for the most turnovers in a conference championship game since the Los Angeles Rams were defeated by the Dallas Cowboys abruptly in the 1978 season by a score of 28–0. The 2015 NFC Championship Game was a rematch of the 2008 NFC Divisional Round, which saw the 9–7 Cardinals upset the Panthers in their home stadium.

Until 2021, this was the last season in which the Cardinals would have a winning season or postseason appearance. The season was covered by the Amazon Original sports docuseries All or Nothing. The Cardinals also played (as of 2024) their last game in St. Louis, which had been home to the Cardinals from 1960 until 1987 and the Rams since 1995, with the latter team becoming the Cardinals' divisional rivals in 2002. The Rams returned to the Los Angeles metropolitan area after the 2015 season.