2013 Arizona Cardinals season

The 2013 season was the Arizona Cardinals' 94th in the National Football League, their 26th in Arizona and their first under head coach Bruce Arians. The team finished with a 10–6 record, which was the second time in 37 years that the team finished with at least 10 wins. The Cardinals doubled their win total from 2012, and were in playoff contention heading into the Week 17 regular season finale, but missed the playoffs for a fourth consecutive season.

2013 draft class

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	7	Jonathan Cooper	G	North Carolina
2	45	Kevin Minter	LB	LSU
3	69	Tyrann Mathieu	CB/S	LSU
4	103	Alex Okafor	LB/DE	Texas
4	116	Earl Watford	G	James Madison
5	140	Stepfan Taylor	RB	Stanford
6	174	Ryan Swope	WR	Texas A&M
6	187	Andre Ellington	RB	Clemson
7	219	D. C. Jefferson	TE	Rutgers

Regular season

Game summaries

Week 8: vs. Atlanta Falcons

Week 15: at Tennessee Titans

With the win, the Cardinals were the only NFC West team to defeat all of their AFC South opponents.

Week 17: vs. San Francisco 49ers

The Cardinals finished their regular season at home against the 49ers in hopes of making the playoffs needing not only a win over the 49ers, but also a long shot upset by the [2013 Tampa Bay 2013 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|Buccaneers season|Buccaneers] over the [2013 New Orleans 2013 New Orleans Saints season|Saints season|Saints]. After being behind 17–7 at halftime, the Cardinals came back to tie the game but were beaten by their division rivals on a game-winning field goal and finished in 3rd place, barely missing out as they needed to beat the 49ers to win the NFC's last playoff spot. However, even if they had won, they would not have qualified for the playoffs, since the Saints easily defeated the Buccaneers 42–17. They would finish their season 10–6, becoming the league's only team with a winning record to not make the playoffs.