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Don Holmes

Retired

Arizona Cardinals · WR

Don Holmes recorded 60 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 5 rostered seasons with Phoenix Cardinals, PHO, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams.

▶Best highlights

6.9

rec yds/gm

0.0

rush yds/gm

0

playoff games

60

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Don Holmes's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1989
ARIZONACARDINALS
LOS ANGELESRAMS
NOV 19, 1989

Arizona Cardinals vs Los Angeles Rams

Regular Season · Nov 19, 1989

1 rec · 77 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Regular Season
1989
W
ARIZONACARDINALS
WSH
OCT 8, 1989

Arizona Cardinals vs WSH

Regular Season · Oct 8, 1989

3 rec · 63 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Regular Season
1987
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
ARIZONACARDINALS
NOV 8, 1987

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Nov 8, 1987

4 rec · 36 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Regular Season
1987
ARIZONACARDINALS
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
SEP 20, 1987

Arizona Cardinals vs Los Angeles Chargers

Regular Season · Sep 20, 1987

3 rec · 39 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Regular Season
1989
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
ARIZONACARDINALS
OCT 1, 1989

Los Angeles Chargers vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Oct 1, 1989

1 rec · 35 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Don Holmes's indexed NFL box scores.

Career highs: 77 receiving yards · 1 receiving touchdown

Regular Season
1989
ARIZONACARDINALS
LOS ANGELESRAMS
NOV 19, 1989

Arizona Cardinals vs Los Angeles Rams

Regular Season · Nov 19, 1989

1 rec · 77 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Career high: 4 receptions

Regular Season
1987
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
ARIZONACARDINALS
NOV 8, 1987

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Nov 8, 1987

4 rec · 36 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Don Holmes's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1960–1987

01
ARIHOLMES—Don Holmes
ARIHART—Jim Hart
ARIDIERDORF—Dan Dierdorf

The Cardiac Cardinals make drama a habit

Arizona Cardinals · The St. Louis Football Cardinals

St. Louis produced explosive, entertaining contenders in the 1970s but never found the postseason breakthrough needed to secure the franchise's future there.

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Franchise era

1973–1989

02
LARHOLMES—Don Holmes
LARYOUNGBLOOD—Jack Youngblood
LARDICKERSON29Eric Dickerson

Division dominance keeps colliding with a dynasty

Los Angeles Rams · A perennial NFC power

The Rams won seven straight division titles and reached the 1979 Super Bowl, but Dallas, Minnesota and San Francisco repeatedly blocked the path.

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Franchise era

1988–2003

03
ARIHOLMES—Don Holmes
ARIWILLIAMS35Aeneas Williams
ARIPLUMMER16Jake Plummer

A new market waits for a stable winner

Arizona Cardinals · Finding a home in Arizona

The move to the desert brought only one playoff appearance in sixteen seasons, though Williams became an all-time defender and Plummer authored a memorable upset in Dallas.

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Career accomplishments

5 NFL seasons60 career games25 career receptions413 career receiving yards1 career receiving touchdownsJersey: 00 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Oct 5, 1986Most recent: Oct 21, 1990

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history