{"id":225,"date":"2021-10-04T10:03:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T14:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/statsblog\/?p=225"},"modified":"2021-10-06T10:16:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T14:16:28","slug":"arizona-cardinals-enjoying-best-start-since-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/statsblog\/arizona-cardinals-enjoying-best-start-since-1974\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Cardinals Enjoying Best Start Since 1974"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona Cardinals head into week 5 of the NFL season as the league&#8217;s lone undefeated team at 4-0.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the club&#8217;s best start since they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/schedule-results\/arizona-cardinals\/1974.php\">began 7-0 as the St. Louis Cardinals<\/a>, eventually finishing 10-4 during the season <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/game\/6966.php\">losing to the Vikings in the first round of the playoffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The team leads the league in both total yards per game (440.5) and points per game (35.0), and they have scored at least 30 points with 400-or-more yards in each game this season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARIZONA CARDINALS BEST STARTS TO A SEASON (Super Bowl Era)<\/strong><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\ttable.tableizer-table {\n\t\tfont-size: 12px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC; \n\t\tfont-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n\t} \n\t.tableizer-table td {\n\t\tpadding: 4px;\n\t\tmargin: 3px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC;\n\t}\n\t.tableizer-table th {\n\t\tbackground-color: #104E8B; \n\t\tfont-weight: bold;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th>YEAR<\/th>\n<th>WIN<\/th>\n<th>LOSS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1966<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1974<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2021<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2014<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2015<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1976<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1970<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2012<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona Cardinals head into week 5 of the NFL season as the league&#8217;s lone undefeated team at 4-0. 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