[1] The team appeared in the playoffs for the second consecutive year, by winning the NFC East with a record of eleven wins and three losses (the best finish in the Coryell era).
They never returned the playoffs during a full NFL season until 1998, by which time they moved from St. Louis to Arizona.
[2] After this season, the Cardinals never reached the top of the NFC East again.
They would not again have a division title until 33 years later, after they had moved to Arizona, and later to the NFC West.
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