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2009 IN REVIEW2010 ARIZONA CARDINALS MEDIA GUIDE

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WON 10, LOSt 6Date W/L/T Score Site/Opponent9/13 L 16-20 San Francisco 49ers9/20 W 31-17 at Jacksonville Jaguars9/27 L 10-31 Indianapolis Colts10/11 W 28-21 Houston Texans10/18 W 27-3 at Seattle Seahawks10/25 W 24-17 at New York Giants11/1 L 21-34 Carolina Panthers11/8 W 41-21 at Chicago Bears11/15 W 31-20 Seattle Seahawks11/22 W 21-13 at St. Louis Rams11/29 L 17-20 at Tennessee Titans12/6 W 30-17 Minnesota Vikings12/14 L 9-24 at San Francisco 49ers12/20 W 31-24 at Detroit Lions12/27 W 31-10 St. Louis Rams1/3/10 L 7-33 Green Bay Packers1/10/10 W 51-45 (OT) Green Bay Packers1/16/10 L 14-45 New Orleans Saints

tEAM Ariz. Opp.Total First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Rushing 77 81 Passing 215 188 Penalty 25 20 3rd Down: Made/Att 69/190 82/232 3rd Down Pct. 36.3% 35.3% 4th Down: Made/Att 5/9 12/24 4th Down Pct. 55.6% 50.0%Possession Avg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29:52 . . . . . . . . . . 30:08Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5510 . . . . . . . . . . 5543 Avg. Per Game 344.4 346.4 Total Plays 985 1038 Avg. Per Play 5.6 5.3Net Yards Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1494 . . . . . . . . . . 1804 Avg. Per Game 93.4 112.8 Total Rushes 365 402Net Yards Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4016 . . . . . . . . . . 3739 Avg. Per Game 251.0 233.7 Sacked/Yards Lost 26/184 43/259 Gross Yards 4200 3998 Attempts/Completions 594/392 593/346 Completion Pct. 66.0% 58.3% Had Intercepted 18 21Punts/Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86/47.0 . . . . . . . . .84/44.9Net Punting Avg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.6 . . . . . . . . . . .39.4Penalties/Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108/886 . . . . . . . . 104/840Fumbles/Ball Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32/18 . . . . . . . . . . . 20/8Touchdowns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Rushing 16 13 Passing 27 22 Returns 3 3

SCORE By PERIOD Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PtsTeam 76 132 82 85 0 375Opponents 67 101 62 95 0 325

SCORING TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG 2Pt PtsN.Rackers 0 0 0 0 37/38 16/17 0 85L.Fitzgerald 13 0 13 0 0/0 0/0 0 78T.Hightower 8 8 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 48B.Wells 7 7 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 42A.Boldin 5 1 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 30S.Breaston 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18M.Nugent 0 0 0 0 8/8 2/2 0 14L.Stephens-Howling 2 0 1 1 0/0 0/0 0 12B.Patrick 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12J.Wright 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12A.Rolle 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6D.Rodgers-Cromartie 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6E.Doucet 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6A.Becht 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6Team 46 16 27 3 45/46 18/19 0 375Opponents 38 13 22 3 38/38 19/25 0 3252-Pt. Conversions: Team 0/0, Opponents: 0/0

SACkSD.Dockett 7.0, C.Campbell 7.0, B.Berry 6.0, C.Haggans 5.0, C.Okeafor 4.5, A.Branch 2.0, A.Wilson 2.0, K.Iwebema 2.0, W.Davis 2.0, A.Rolle 1.5, B.Robinson 1.0, J.Banks 1.0, K.Dansby 1.0 Team: 42.0, Opponents: 26.0

RUShING No. Yds Avg Long TDB.Wells 176 793 4.5 33 7T.Hightower 143 598 4.2 50 8S.Breaston 2 44 22.0 25 0J.Wright 3 17 5.7 8 0L.Stephens-Howling 6 15 2.5 5 0A.Boldin 3 12 4.0 5t 1K.Warner 21 10 0.5 10 0A.Rolle 1 9 9.0 9 0B.St. Pierre 1 2 2.0 2 0M.Leinart 9 -6 -0.7 1 0Team 365 1494 4.1 50 16Opponents 402 1804 4.5 85t 13

RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TDL.Fitzgerald 97 1092 11.3 34t 13A.Boldin 84 1024 12.2 44 4T.Hightower 63 428 6.8 23 0S.Breaston 55 712 12.9 45 3J.Urban 18 186 10.3 40 0E.Doucet 17 214 12.6 29 1B.Patrick 12 146 12.2 28 2B.Wells 12 143 11.9 25 0L.Stephens-Howling 10 83 8.3 15 1J.Wright 9 53 5.9 10 2A.Becht 7 61 8.7 16 1S.Spach 4 38 9.5 22 0D.Kreider 4 20 5.0 8 0Team 392 4200 10.7 45 27Opponents 346 3998 11.6 72 22

PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost RatingK.Warner 513 339 3753 66.1% 7.3 26 5.1% 14 2.7% 45 24/172 93.2M.Leinart 77 51 435 66.2% 5.6 0 0.0% 3 3.9% 28 2/12 64.6B.St. Pierre 4 2 12 50.0% 3.0 1 25.0% 1 25.0% 9 0/0 56.3Team 594 392 4200 66.0% 7.1 27 4.5% 18 3.0% 45 26/184 89.1Opponents 593 346 3998 58.3% 6.7 22 3.7% 21 3.5% 72 43/259 76.4

2009 team milestonesArizona finished with a 10-6 record and won the NFC West in ■2009, giving them back-to-back division titles for the first time since winning the NFC East in 1974 and ’75.With a 10-6 record, the Cardinals posted their best record since ■the NFL went to a 16-game schedule in 1978. It marked the first time since 1976 that the team has posted 10+ wins in a regular season and it also represents just the sixth time in franchise history that the Cardinals posted double-digit wins in a season.The team posted a 6-2 road record in ’09, the most road wins ■in a single season since 1963 (6). The victory over the Rams in week 11 gave the Cardinals five straight road wins to start a season for the first time since 1948.

The 2009 season marked the first time since 1975 that the ■Cardinals went without back-to-back losses in a single season. The Cardinals were the only team in the NFL to go without losing back-to-back games in ’09. Arizona’s win over Green Bay in the Wild Card Game gave the ■Cardinals postseason victories in back-to-back seasons for the first time in franchise history.The win against the Packers at University of Phoenix Stadium ■improved the Cardinals record to 4-0 all-time at home in postseason play.The Cardinals became just the third team (dating back to 1999) ■to make the postseason after finishing the previous season as the Super Bowl runner-up.

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INtERCEPtIONS No. Yds Avg Long TDD.Rodgers-Cromartie 6 77 12.8 49t 1A.Wilson 5 56 11.2 41 0A.Rolle 4 71 17.8 29 0R.Brown 1 85 85.0 80 0M.Ware 1 18 18.0 18 0M.Adams 1 17 17.0 17 0K.Dansby 1 11 11.0 11 0D.Dockett 1 3 3.0 3 0G.Toler 1 0 0.0 0 0Team 21 338 16.1 80 1Opponents 18 312 17.3 101t 3

PUNtING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg BB.Graham 86 4045 47.0 40.6 3 42 64 0Team 86 4045 47.0 40.6 3 42 64 0Opponents 84 3774 44.9 39.4 8 30 64 0

PUNt REtURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TDS.Breaston 38 11 253 6.7 64 0A.Rolle 6 2 55 9.2 27 0G.Toler 1 0 0 0.0 0 0Team 45 13 308 6.8 64 0Opponents 47 14 493 10.5 62 0

kICkOff REtURNS No. Yds Avg Long TDL.Stephens-Howling 52 1257 24.2 99t 1J.Wright 2 27 13.5 18 0Team 54 1284 23.8 99t 1Opponents 61 1248 20.5 63 0

fIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+N.Rackers 0/0 4/4 6/6 6/7 0/0M.Nugent 1/1 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0Team 1/1 4/4 6/6 7/8 0/0Opponents 0/0 8/8 8/10 1/3 2/4Fumbles Lost: K.Warner 6, T.Hightower 4, B.Wells 2, A.Boldin 2, S.Breaston 1, A.Becht 1, G.Toler 1, L.Stephens-Howling 1 Total: 18Opponent Fumble Recoveries: A.Wilson 2, B.Berry 2, B.Robinson 1, B.McFadden 1, R.Walker 1, L.Stephens-Howling 1 Total: 8

2009 individual milestonesQB Kurt Warner

In week two at Jacksonville, established an NFL single-game record ■for completion percentage (92.3%) after connecting on 24 of 26 pass attempts.Reached 100 passing TDs with the Cardinals, joining Fran Tarkenton ■(Giants and Vikings) as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for 100+ TDs with two teams.In week eight vs. Carolina, surpassed 14,000 passing yards with ■the Cardinals and became the first QB in NFL history to throw for 14,000+ yards for two teams. Threw for 3,753 yards on the season, becoming the first QB in ■franchise history to pass for 3,000+ yards in three consecutive seasons. Also joined Neil Lomax as the only QBs in franchise history with at least three 3,000-yard passing seasons.Threw 26 TD passes on the season, becoming the first QB in franchise ■history to throw for 20+ TDs in three consecutive seasons. In week five against the Texans, reached 50 career 300-yard games ■in just his 113th career game, becoming the fastest quarterback in NFL history to reach 50 300-yard games, shattering the former record held by Dan Marino (176 games). With four 300-yard games in ’09, reached 22 total 300-yard games as a member of the Cardinals, the most in team history. Neil Lomax was the previous record holder, totaling 19 career 300-yard games.

WR Larry FitzgeraldAfter recording 97 receptions for 1,092 yards and an NFL-high 13 ■TD receptions, earned his fourth-career Pro Bowl selection. Became the first Cardinals player since Aeneas Williams (1994-99) to be selected to the Pro Bowl three consecutive seasons.Reached 7,000 career receiving yards in week 15 against the ■Lions. At 26 years, 111 days old, became the youngest person in NFL history to reach the career milestone, surpassing the previous record held by Randy Moss (26 years, 220 days old).Became the first player in franchise history to record 10+ TD ■receptions in three consecutive seasons and joined Randy Moss as the only players in the NFL who have recorded 10+ TD receptions in each of the last three seasons.With 1,092 receiving yards in ’09, marked his fourth career ■1,000-yard season and third in a row, becoming the first player in franchise history to record 1,000+ yards in three consecutive seasons.

WR Anquan BoldinWith 84 receptions in ’09, reached 586 receptions for his career, ■passing Larry Centers (535) to become the franchise all-time leader in receptions.Recorded 1,024 receiving yards on the season, making him the ■first player in franchise history to record five 1,000-yard receiving seasons.His 1,024 receiving yards give him 7,520 receiving yards for his ■career, moving him into third place on the franchise all-time receiving yardage list behind Roy Green (8,497) and Jackie Smith (7,918).

SS Adrian WilsonRecorded two sacks and five INTs in 2009, giving him 20.5 career ■sacks and 23 career INTs. Became just the 10th player in NFL history with 20 sacks and 20 INTs in their career.His five INTs in ’09 marked a new career-high and with 23 career ■INTs, moved into seventh place on the franchise career list, one shy of Kwamie Lassiter (24) who is in sixth place.Voted to his second consecutive Pro Bowl as a starter and third ■overall appearance, becoming the first safety to be selected in consecutive years since Hall of Famer Larry Wilson in 1969-70.

CB Dominique Rodgers-CromartieIn just his second season, and first as a full-time starter, recorded ■a career-high six INTs and 33 passes defensed and became the first Cards cornerback since Aeneas Williams (1999) to be selected to the Pro Bowl. His six INTs led the team and ranked fifth in the NFL.Earned his first-ever NFC Defensive Player of the Week award for his ■performance against Houston in week five, when he stepped in front of a Matt Schaub pass and returned it 49 yards for the game winning TD in the Cards 28-21 victory over the Texans.

DT Darnell DockettLed all NFL defensive tackles with 7.0 sacks in ’09 and for the first ■time in his career, was named a starter in the Pro Bowl (second selection overall).Started all 16 regular season games and both postseason contests ■for the Cardinals, marking the fifth consecutive season he has started all 16 games in a season. Including postseason play, has now started 101 of 102 games in his six NFL seasons and has never missed a contest. Matched his Super Bowl XLIII record when he collected three sacks ■of Tennessee QB Vince Young in week 12.

P Ben GrahamTied the NFL record (Andy Lee, 2007) with 42 punts downed inside ■the 20-yard line in ’09. Dating back to week four, finished off the season with a streak of 72 consecutive punts without allowing a touchback over a span of 13 games, landing 37 punts inside the 20-yard line over that span.Averaged 47.0 yards per punt in ’09, establishing a new franchise ■record and ranking as the third-highest total in the NFL.

RB Beanie WellsWith 793 yards and seven TDs on 176 carries (4.5 avg.) on the season, ■finished second in the NFL in rushing yards among rookies, behind only Denver’s Knowshon Moreno (947). His 4.5 yards per carry average was the second-best among all rookie runners (Shonn Greene, 5.0) and his seven rushing TDs were tied with Moreno for tops among rookie RBs.

RB Tim HightowerFinished the regular season with a team-high eight rushing TDs. ■Combined with his franchise rookie record of 10 rushing TDs in 2008, his 18 rushing TDs tied Ottis Anderson (1980-81) and Ernie Nevers (1929-30) for the franchise record for rushing TDs in consecutive seasons. Caught 63 passes during the regular season, the second-highest ■total in the NFL among RBs (Baltimore’s Ray Rice, 78).

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QB QB SPECIAL TEAMS

Name TT UT AT TFL Sacks/Yds INT PD FF FR PRS HITS TT UT AT FF FR BP/K

Karlos Dansby 113 90 23 5 1/4 1 4 1 - 3 2 - - - - - -

Antrel Rolle 90 61 29 1 1.5/9 4 10 1 - 1 5 1 1 - - - -

Adrian Wilson 80 54 26 10 2/17 5 15 1 2 1 3 - - - - - -

Bryant McFadden 78 64 14 1 - - 27 - 1 - - - - - - - -

Clark Haggans 69 51 18 5 5/34 - 2 2 - 16 - 4 2 2 - - -

Gerald Hayes 62 49 13 6 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - -

Darnell Dockett 57 43 14 15 7/54 1 3 - - 3 9 - - - - - -

Calais Campbell 53 36 17 6 7/62 - 5 1 - 2 7 1 1 - - - 2

D. Rodgers-Cromartie 51 49 2 1 - 6 33 3 - - - - - - - - 1

Chike Okeafor 43 34 9 1 4.5/38 - 1 - - 5 - - - - - - -

Michael Adams 32 27 5 - - 1 3 - - - 1 17 12 5 - - -

Gabe Watson 30 22 8 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Bryan Robinson 29 17 12 1 1/7 - 3 - 1 - 1 - - - - - -

Matt Ware 27 21 6 - - 1 1 1 - - - 3 2 1 - - -

Ralph Brown 21 16 5 - - 1 4 - - - - 3 1 2 - - -

Alan Branch 20 15 5 3 2/12 - 2 - - 1 2 - - - - - -

Rashad Johnson 19 12 7 - - - 1 - - - - 4 1 3 - - -

Greg Toler 9 8 1 - - 1 1 - - - - 6 5 1 - 1 -

Will Davis 9 5 4 - 2/8 - - - - 2 - 8 6 2 - - -

Hamza Abdullah 8 7 1 - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - -

Ali Highsmith 8 6 2 2 - - - - - - - 12 4 8 - - -

Bertrand Berry 5 3 2 1 6/30 - - - 2 6 - - - - - - -

Reggie Walker 4 4 - - - - - - - - - 3 3 - - 1 -

Kenny Iwebema 4 4 - 1 2/11 - - - - - 1 6 3 3 - - -

Pago Togafau 3 3 - - - - - - - - - 3 3 - - - -

Monty Beisel 2 2 - - - - - - - - - 6 5 1 - - -

Jason Banks 2 1 1 - 1/6 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Keilen Dykes 1 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - -

L. Stephens-Howling - - - - - - - - - - - 23 17 6 - 1 -

Jason Wright - - - - - - - - - - - 20 9 11 - - -

Sean Morey - - - - - - - - - - - 19 18 1 - - -

Mike Leach - - - - - - - - - - - 12 7 5 - - -

Neil Rackers - - - - - - - - - - - 6 3 3 - - -

Early Doucet - - - - - - - - - - - 5 2 3 - - -

Jerheme Urban - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 - - - -

Ben Graham - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - 1 - -

Ben Patrick - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - -

MISCELLANEOUS:Antrel Rolle: 83-yard return of a Calais Campbell blocked field goal for a TD at Jacksonville, Sept. 20Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie: 49-yard interception return for a TD vs. Houston, Oct. 11LaRod Stephens-Howling: 99-yard kickoff return for a TD at Tennessee, Nov. 29

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Sept. 13, 2009 • CardinalS vS. San FranCiSCo 49erS • SCore: 20-16 (l)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesG. Hayes (7) D. Dockett (1) A. Rolle (1) B. Berry (1)K. Dansby (7) C. Okeafor (1) C. Okeafor (7) B. Berry (1) C. Campbell (7) A. Rolle (1)B. McFadden (7)

Sept. 20, 2009 • CardinalS at JaCkSonville JaguarS • SCore: 31-17 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesA. Wilson (9) K. Dansby (1) D. Rodgers-Cromartie (1) K. Dansby (1) B. Berry (1)A. Rolle (7) C. Haggans (1) C. Haggans (1) A. Wilson (1)K. Dansby (6) B. Berry (1) D. Rodgers-Cromartie (1) D. Dockett (4) A. Wilson (.5) G. Hayes (1)B. McFadden (4) C. Campbell (.5)C. Haggans (4)D. Rodgers-Cromartie (4)

Sept. 27, 2009 • CardinalS vS. indianapoliS ColtS • SCore: 31-10 (l)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesK. Dansby (10) A. Rolle (1) G. Hayes (10) A. Rolle (7) B. McFadden (6) D. Rodgers-Cromartie (5) C. Haggans (5)

oCt. 11, 2009 • CardinalS vS. HouSton texanS • SCore: 28-21 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesB. McFadden (10) D. Rodgers-Cromartie (1) A. Rolle (9) G. Hayes (8) K. Dansby (7) A. Wilson (7) C. Okeafor (6)

oCt. 18, 2009 • CardinalS at Seattle SeaHaWkS • SCore: 27-3 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesD. Dockett (4) C. Campbell (1.5) A. Rolle (1) C. Haggans (1) B. Robinson (1)A. Wilson (3) B. Berry (1) C. Campbell (3) K. Iwebema (1) K. Dansby (3) C. Okeafor (1) C. Haggans (.5)

oCt. 25, 2009 • CardinalS at neW York giantS • SCore: 24-17 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesK. Dansby (10) A. Branch (2) A. Rolle (1) M. Ware (1) A. Wilson (1)A. Rolle (9) C. Campbell (1) A. Wilson (1) B. McFadden (7) D. Rodgers-Cromartie (1) R. Brown (6) C. Haggans (6) D. Dockett (6)

nov. 1, 2009 • CardinalS vS. Carolina pantHerS • SCore: 34-21 (l)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesK. Dansby (10) C. Okeafor (.5) C. Campbell (8) C. Campbell (.5) G. Hayes (6) D. Dockett (6)

nov. 8, 2009 • CardinalS at CHiCago BearS • SCore: 41-21 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesA. Wilson (7) C. Okeafor (1) M. Ware (1)K. Dansby (6) C. Haggans (1) B. McFadden (6) W. Davis (1) D. Rodgers-Cromartie (6) D. Dockett (1)

nov. 15, 2009 • CardinalS vS. Seattle SeaHaWkS • SCore: 31-20 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesA. Rolle (12) C. Haggans (1.5) A. Rolle (1)K. Dansby (9) B. Robinson (1) A. Wilson (1) B. McFadden (9) D. Dockett (1) D. Dockett (6) K. Dansby (.5) C. Haggans (5)

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nov. 22, 2009 • CardinalS at St. louiS ramS • SCore: 21-13 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesK. Dansby (10) D. Dockett (1) A. Wilson (1) C. Campbell (1)M. Adams (9) W. Davis (1) A. Wilson (6) Team Sack (1) A. Rolle (6) C. Haggans (5)

nov. 29, 2009 • CardinalS at tenneSSee titanS • SCore: 20-17 (l)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesA. Wilson (9) D. Dockett (3) D. Rodgers-Cromartie (1) B. McFadden (1)K. Dansby (8) C. Campbell (.5) D. Dockett (6) C. Haggans (.5) A. Rolle (6)

deC. 6, 2009 • CardinalS vS. minneSota vikingS • SCore: 30-17 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesK. Dansby (9) B. Berry (2) M. Adams (1) A. Rolle (6) C. Campbell (1) K. Dansby (1) D. Rodgers-Cromartie (6) A. Wilson (5) C. Haggans (5)

deC. 14, 2009 • CardinalS at San FranCiSCo 49erS • SCore: 24-9 (l)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesA. Wilson (8) C. Campbell (1) A. Wilson (1) K. Dansby (8) D. Dockett (1) C. Haggans (8) G. Watson (7) C. Okeafor (6)

deC. 20, 2009 • CardinalS at detroit lionS • SCore: 31-24 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesC. Okeafor (8) K. Iwebema (1) D. Rodgers-Cromartie (2) C. Haggans (7) C. Haggans (.5) A. Rolle (6) A. Wilson (.5)

deC. 27, 2009 • CardinalS vS. St. louiS ramS • SCore: 31-10 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesK. Dansby (6) A. Wilson (1) D. Rodgers-Cromartie (1) D. Rodgers-Cromartie (1)C. Haggans (6) C. Campbell (1) G. Toler (1) A. Rolle (5) B. Berry(1) A. Wilson (1) A. Wilson (4) C. Okeafor (1)R. Johnson (4)D. Rodgers-Cromartie (4)

Jan. 3, 2010 • CardinalS vS. green BaY paCkerS • SCore: 33-7 (l)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesR. Johnson (9) J. Banks (1) R. Brown (1) H. Abdullah (8) G. Toler (7) M. Adams (6) W. Davis (5)R. Walker (4)

Jan. 10, 2010 • CardinalS vS. green BaY paCkerS (Wild Card plaYoFF) • SCore: 51-45 (W)-otTop Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesA. Rolle (13) B. Berry (2) D. Rodgers-Cromartie (1) K. Dansby (1) A. Branch (1)B. McFadden (7) D. Dockett (1) M. Adams (1) K. Dansby (1)K. Dansby (4) C. Okeafor (1) G. Hayes (4) M. Adams (1)

Jan. 16, 2010 • CardinalS at neW orleanS SaintS (diviSional plaYoFF) • SCore: 45-14 (l)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesK. Dansby (10) G. Toler (9) B. McFadden (7) A. Wilson (6)C. Okeafor (4)M. Beisel (4)

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OffENSEOpponent, Date WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB RBSF, Sep. 13 Boldin Gandy Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Spach Fitzgerald Warner Hightower Steph-Howling WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB TEat Jacksonville, Sep. 20 Boldin Gandy Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Spach Fitzgerald Warner Hightower Becht WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FBIndianapolis, Sep. 27 Boldin Gandy Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Becht Fitzgerald Warner Hightower KreiderHouston, Oct. 11 Boldin Gandy Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Becht Fitzgerald Warner Hightower Kreiderat Seattle, Oct. 18 Boldin Gandy Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Becht Fitzgerald Warner Hightower Kreider WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB WRat N. Y. Giants, Oct. 25 Boldin Gandy Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Patrick Fitzgerald Warner Hightower Breaston WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB TECarolina, Nov. 1 Boldin Gandy Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Patrick Fitzgerald Warner Hightower Bechtat Chicago, Nov. 8 Breaston Gandy Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Patrick Fitzgerald Warner Hightower BechtSeattle, Nov. 15 Boldin Gandy Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Spach Fitzgerald Warner Hightower Bechtat St. Louis, Nov. 22 Boldin Gandy Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Patrick Fitzgerald Warner Hightower Bechtat Tennessee, Nov. 29 Boldin Gandy Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Patrick Fitzgerald Leinart Hightower Becht WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB WRMinnesota, Dec. 6 Boldin Bridges Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Patrick Fitzgerald Warner Hightower Breaston WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB TEat SF, Dec. 14 Boldin Gandy Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Patrick Fitzgerald Warner Hightower Becht WR LT LG C RG RT WR WR QB RB RBat Detroit, Dec. 20 Boldin Bridges Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Breaston Fitzgerald Warner Hightower Steph-Howling WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB WRSt. Louis, Dec. 27 Boldin Bridges Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Spach Fitzgerald Warner Hightower BreastonGreen Bay, Jan. 3 Boldin Bridges Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Spach Fitzgerald Warner Hightower Breaston WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB TEGreen Bay, Jan. 10 Breaston Bridges Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Patrick Fitzgerald Warner Hightower Doucet WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB TEat New Orleans, Jan. 16 Breaston Bridges Wells Sendlein Lutui L. Brown Patrick Fitzgerald Warner Hightower Becht

DEfENSEOpponent, Date DE NT DT ROLB ILB ILB LOLB LCB RCB SS FSSF, Sep. 13 Campbell Robinson Dockett Okeafor Dansby Hayes Haggans R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson Rolleat Jacksonville, Sep. 20 Campbell Robinson Dockett Berry Dansby Hayes Haggans R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson Rolle DE DT DE OLB LB LB DB LCB RCB SS FSIndianapolis, Sep. 27 Campbell Dockett Berry Okeafor Dansby Hayes Brown R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson Rolle DE NT DT ROLB ILB ILB LOLB LCB RCB SS FSHouston, Oct. 11 Campbell Robinson Dockett Okeafor Dansby Hayes Haggans R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson Rolleat Seattle, Oct. 18 Campbell Robinson Dockett Okeafor Dansby Hayes Haggans R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson Rolleat N. Y. Giants, Oct. 25 Campbell Robinson Dockett Okeafor Dansby Hayes Haggans R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson RolleCarolina, Nov. 1 Campbell Robinson Dockett Okeafor Dansby Hayes Haggans R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson Rolleat Chicago, Nov. 8 Campbell Robinson Dockett Okeafor Dansby Highsmith Haggans R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson RolleSeattle, Nov. 15 Campbell Robinson Dockett Berry Dansby Highsmith Haggans R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson Rolleat St. Louis, Nov. 22 Campbell Robinson Dockett Berry Dansby Hayes Haggans R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson Rolleat Tennessee, Nov. 29 Campbell Robinson Dockett Okeafor Dansby Hayes Haggans R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson Rolle DE NT DT ROLB ILB DB DB LCB RCB SS FSMinnesota, Dec. 6 Berry Robinson Dockett Okeafor Dansby Adams Ware R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson Rolle DE NT DT ROLB ILB ILB LOLB LCB RCB SS FSat SF, Dec. 14 Campbell Robinson Dockett Okeafor Dansby Hayes Haggans R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson Rolleat Detroit, Dec. 20 Campbell Robinson Dockett Okeafor Dansby Hayes Haggans R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson RolleSt. Louis, Dec. 27 Campbell Robinson Dockett Okeafor Dansby Hayes Haggans R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson RolleGreen Bay, Jan. 3 Campbell Robinson Dockett Okeafor Dansby Hayes Haggans R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson Johnson DE NT DT ROLB ILB ILB LOLB LCB RCB SS FSGreen Bay, Jan. 10 Branch Robinson Dockett Okeafor Dansby Hayes Haggans R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson Rolleat New Orleans, Jan. 16 Campbell Robinson Dockett Okeafor Dansby Beisel Haggans R-Cromartie McFadden Wilson Rolle

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First Downs 17 22 21 19 21 15 23 27 22 24 15 20 11 21 26 13 317 Rushing 1 7 0 3 4 5 5 8 4 9 5 5 4 7 8 2 77 Passing 13 15 18 15 16 10 15 17 15 14 10 13 6 12 15 11 215 Penalty 3 0 3 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 25

Third Downs 14 9 14 9 16 14 10 14 12 11 12 10 11 12 14 8 190 Converted 4 2 4 2 8 3 4 8 2 6 5 4 4 4 5 4 69 Efficiency 28.6% 22.2% 28.6% 22.2% 50% 21.4% 40% 57.1% 17% 54.5% 42% 40% 36.4% 33.3% 35.7% 50% 36.3%

Fourth Downs 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 Converted 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 Efficiency 0% 100% 50% 0% 0% 0% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 55.6%

Total Net Yards 299 383 323 340 344 288 320 438 462 444 292 398 245 340 407 187 5510 Plays 64 60 70 55 71 60 65 65 68 65 52 57 51 65 72 45 985 Avg./Play 4.7 6.4 4.6 6.2 4.8 4.8 4.9 6.7 6.8 6.8 5.6 7.0 4.8 5.2 5.7 4.2 5.6

Net Yards Rushing 40 118 24 44 62 72 94 182 122 183 75 113 85 122 110 48 1494 Attempts 17 28 12 16 26 22 17 31 30 30 20 25 18 27 32 14 365 Avg./Rush 2.4 4.2 2.0 2.8 2.4 3.3 5.5 5.9 4.1 6.1 3.8 4.5 4.7 4.5 3.4 3.4 4.1 Touchdowns 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 16

Net Yards Passing 259 265 299 296 282 216 226 256 340 261 217 285 160 218 297 139 4016 Sacks 3 0 4 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 4 2 2 0 26 Yards Lost 29 0 40 6 10 15 16 5 0 16 3 0 18 10 16 0 184 Gross Yards 288 265 339 302 292 231 242 261 340 277 220 285 178 228 313 139 4200 Attempts 44 32 54 38 43 36 46 33 38 33 31 32 29 36 38 31 594 Completions 26 27 32 26 34 20 27 22 29 25 21 22 16 22 24 19 392 Pct. 59.1% 84.4% 59.3% 68.4% 79.1% 55.6% 58.7% 66.7% 76.3% 75.8% 67.7% 68.8% 55.2% 61.1% 63.2% 61.2% 66% Touchdowns 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 5 2 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 27 Interceptions 2 0 2 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 18 Yards Per Attempt 5.5 8.3 5.2 7.6 6.3 5.7 4.7 7.5 8.9 7.5 6.8 8.9 4.8 5.7 7.4 4.5 6.5

Kickoffs-EZ-TB 4-3-2 6-4-2 3-2-2 5-4-1 6-4-2 5-3-2 4-2-0 7-3-0 5-4-2 4-1-0 4-0-0 7-1-1 3-0-0 6-0-0 6-0-0 3-1-0 78-32-14

Punting 6 3 6 7 6 8 4 4 7 5 6 3 4 7 6 4 86 Average 54.7 46.3 47.8 50.9 42.5 44.3 52.5 41.5 52.0 40.4 49.7 40.7 43.8 50.3 41.2 47.5 47.0 Net Average 45.2 36.0 42.2 36.6 37.8 40.9 41.3 41.0 43.4 36.6 48.0 40.0 41.5 45.4 28.0 43.5 40.6 Had Blocked 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FG-PAT Had Blocked 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1

Penalties/Yards 12-82 7-58 5-35 7-40 7-76 7-60 5-35 2-15 11-136 6-40 4-25 6-50 11-78 8-65 3-15 7-76 108-886

Fumbles/Lost 1-0 5-2 3-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 2-1 1-0 0-0 2-2 1-0 1-1 7-5 2-2 2-1 1-0 32-18

Touchdowns 1 4 1 4 3 3 3 5 4 3 2 3 1 4 4 1 46 Rushing 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 16 Passing 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 5 2 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 27 Returns 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

PAT/ 2-Point Made/Att. 1-1 4-4 1-1 4-4 3-3 3-3 3-3 5-5 4-4 3-3 2-2 3-3 0-1 4-4 4-4 1-1 45-46 Kicking Made/Att. 1-1 4-4 1-1 4-4 3-3 3-3 3-3 5-5 4-4 3-3 2-2 3-3 0-1 4-4 4-4 1-1 45-46 2-pt Rushing Made/Att. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-pt Passing Made/Att 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Field Goals Made/Att. 3-3 1-2 1-1 0-0 2-2 1-1 0-0 2-2 1-1 0-0 1-1 3-3 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 18-19

Safeties Yielded 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Points Scored 16 31 10 28 27 24 21 41 31 21 17 30 9 31 31 7 375

Time Of Possession 28:23 31:21 28:18 26:35 42:50 29:44 27:02 33:16 31:30 31:38 28:53 28:43 23:15 29:43 34:11 22:33 29:52

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First Downs 13 18 22 23 7 15 13 20 29 16 20 22 18 15 14 24 289 Rushing 1 4 6 5 0 6 10 4 7 4 4 3 9 6 4 8 81 Passing 10 13 15 17 6 8 3 16 17 11 16 19 7 6 10 14 188 Penalty 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 20

Third Downs 18 16 11 13 11 15 16 13 15 16 16 15 16 15 14 12 232 Converted 7 6 3 4 0 4 8 5 6 4 6 5 8 5 6 5 82 Efficiency 38.9% 37.5% 27.3% 30.8% 0% 26.7% 50% 38.5% 40% 25% 37.5% 33.3% 50% 33.3% 42.9% 41.7% 35.3%

Fourth Downs 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 5 4 1 0 2 1 1 24 Converted 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 12 Efficiency 0% 50% 50% 0% 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 40% 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 50%

Total Net Yards 203 367 505 416 128 327 355 417 472 314 532 315 327 282 238 345 5543 Plays 60 67 66 71 46 66 60 63 81 67 70 68 72 60 57 64 1038 Avg./Play 3.4 5.6 7.7 5.9 2.8 5.0 5.9 6.6 5.8 4.7 7.6 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.2 5.4 5.3

Net Yards Rushing 21 92 126 45 14 107 270 70 164 123 163 62 189 161 88 109 1804 Attempts 25 20 31 21 11 26 44 12 24 27 23 20 36 27 21 34 402 Avg./Rush 0.8 4.6 4.1 2.1 1.3 4.1 6.1 5.8 6.8 4.6 7.1 3.1 5.3 6.0 4.2 3.2 4.5 Touchdowns 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 13

Net Yards Passing 182 275 379 371 114 220 85 347 308 191 369 253 138 121 150 236 3739 Sacks 4 4 0 0 5 3 1 4 4 3 4 3 1 2 4 1 43 Yards Lost 27 7 0 0 40 23 5 22 23 24 18 22 6 15 21 6 259 Gross Yards 209 282 379 371 154 243 90 369 331 215 387 275 144 136 171 242 3998 Attempts 31 43 35 50 30 37 15 47 53 37 43 45 35 31 32 29 593 Completions 18 23 24 35 11 19 7 29 27 19 27 30 19 16 20 22 346 Pct. 58.1% 53.5% 68.6% 70% 36.7% 51.4% 46.7% 61.7% 50.9% 51.4% 62.8% 66.7% 54.3% 51.6% 62.5% 75.9% 58.3% Touchdowns 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 22 Interceptions 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 2 3 1 21 Yards Per Attempt 5.2 5.9 10.8 7.4 3.3 5.5 5.3 6.8 5.4 4.8 7.9 5.3 3.8 3.7 4.2 7.9 5.9

Kickoffs-EZ-TB 5-5-2 4-3-2 6-4-2 4-1-0 2-1-1 4-0-0 7-6-3 4-2-1 5-4-3 4-3-0 4-2-0 4-0-0 5-0-0 5-3-1 3-1-1 6-4-1 72-39-17

Punting 8 4 4 5 8 7 6 4 7 4 4 6 5 5 5 2 84 Average 49.1 45.3 42.0 40.0 45.0 34.4 47.0 40.3 42.6 51.3 46.0 52.5 41.2 39.2 49.2 49.0 44.9 Net Average 42.3 45.3 38.8 39.6 37.0 34.3 39.2 36.3 40.0 46.5 41.3 34.0 37.8 38.2 41.8 47.0 39.4 Had Blocked 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FG-PAT Had Blocked 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-0

Penalties/Yards 4-31 8-50 7-69 6-53 6-56 7-30 7-72 9-89 9-113 7-50 6-38 6-50 7-55 7-45 4-20 4-19 104-840

Fumbles/Lost 2-1 4-2 1-0 1-0 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 2-1 2-1 0-0 20-8

Touchdowns 2 2 4 3 0 2 4 3 2 1 2 2 3 3 1 4 38 Rushing 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 13 Passing 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 22 Returns 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3

PAT/ 2-Point Made/Att. 2-2 2-2 4-4 3-3 0-0 2-2 4-4 3-3 2-2 1-1 2-2 2-2 3-3 3-3 1-1 4-4 38-38 Kicking Made/Att. 2-2 2-2 4-4 3-3 0-0 2-2 4-4 3-3 2-2 1-1 2-2 2-2 3-3 3-3 1-1 4-4 38-38 2-pt Rushing Made/Att. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-pt Passing Made/Att 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Field Goals Made/Att. 2-2 1-2 1-2 0-1 1-1 1-1 2-2 0-1 2-2 2-2 2-2 1-1 1-2 1-2 1-1 1-1 19-25

Safeties Awarded 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Points Allowed 20 17 31 21 3 17 34 21 20 13 20 17 24 24 10 33 325

Time Of Possession 31:37 28:39 31:42 33:25 17:10 30:16 32:58 26:44 28:30 28:22 31:07 31:17 36:45 30:17 25:49 37:27 30:08

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Arizona opened the season with a home loss to the 49ers in a game dominated by the defenses and decided late. After spotting San Fran a 13-3 lead, the Cardinals took a 16-13 lead early in the 4th quarter. The 49ers then turned in a 15-play, 80-yard drive and re-claimed the lead on a Frank Gore TD pass from Shaun Hill with 7:26 to go. The Cardinals, who enjoyed a 96-yard edge in total offense, were not able to answer. Defensively they limited SF to 21 rushing yards on 25 attempts (Gore 30 yards on 20 rushes) and forced 3-n-outs on 5 of San Fran’s 6 2nd half drives. The one exception was SF’s lengthy go-ahead TD drive and that was the difference.

On Arizona’s second drive of the game, Kurt Warner’s 3rd-n-18 pass to Jerheme Urban was INT’d by LB Patrick Willis setting the 49ers up at the AZ 36 and leading to a Joe Nedney FG. After a 3-n-out by the Cards offense, Nedey’s 50-yard FG put the Niners up 6-0. On the first play of the next drive, Warner and Urban connected on a 40-yard pass to the SF38 setting up Neil Rackers’ 44-yard FG to make it 6-3 early in the 2nd quarter. Later in the quarter, SF faced a 3rd-n-10 at its own 44 when a 50-yard Hill-to-Isaac Bruce pass took it to the 6. The next snap saw Gore score on a 6-yard run. On the next play from scrimmage, Warner attempted to pass while being dragged down but the pass was INT’d by Nate Clements and the 49ers took over at the AZ34 with 2:13 left in the half. A sack for minus-14 by DT Darnell Dockett backed it up to the 44 and then FS Antrel Rolle hit Hill while passing. The play was originally called an incompletion but after a booth review it was changed to a fumble and Cards recovery at the AZ40 with 1:15 left. RB Tim Hightower, who finished with 12 catches for 121 yards, caught a pair of passes for 27 yards helping AZ move into position for a Rackers FG as the half expired.

Arizona’s best offensive drive of the day came midway thru the 3rd when they moved 69 yards in 7 plays and tied the game on a 5-yard Larry Fitzgerald TD pass from Warner. The Cards then took the lead on their next possession thanks to a 43-yard Rackers FG. However, SF answered with their long go-ahead drive on which they converted four 3rd downs including Gore’s TD mid-way thru the 4th. Arizona was forced to punt on the next drive but was able to down it on the SF2. After stuffing 3 runs for minus-1, they got the ball back at the SF38 with 3:11 left but were backed up by 2 of their 12 penalties and failed to convert on 4th-n-5 from the SF33 just after the 2:00 warning.

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT F49ERS 6 7 0 7 — 20CARDINALS 0 6 7 3 — 16

Needing a road win at Jacksonville to even their record at 1-1, the Cardinals got it thanks to a record-setting - and nearly perfect performance - from Kurt Warner plus another solid effort from the defense (4 sacks, 3 takeways). The week before, the Cardinals offense struggled to find its rhythm in the season opener vs. San Francisco. On a hot and muggy afternoon in Jacksonville, they found it. Warner completed his first 15 passes to tie the club record for consecutive completions (most ever to open a game) and set the NFL’s single-game record for completion percentage (92.3% on 24 of 26 passing). He threw 2 TDs and was not sacked or intercepted before exiting the game late in the 3rd with the Cards up 31-3. A pair of late TDs brought the Jags to within 2 scores but it was as close as they got.

The Cards never trailed after moving 75 yards in 11 plays on the first drive and capped it with a 1-yard Tim Hightower TD run. They caught a break on the play before the TD when TE Anthony Becht recovered a Beanie Wells fumble near the goal line. The Jags and Cards then traded field goals and it was 10-3 when a Jacksonville drive that was set-up by a muffed Cardinal punt stalled at the AZ28. But on the game’s pivotal play, 6-8 DE Calais Campbell blocked the 38-yard Josh Scobee try and Antrel Rolle returned it 83 yards for a TD that made it 17-3. The Jags advanced to the AZ35 late in the 2nd but CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie forced a fumble by WR Troy Williamson and SS Adrian Wilson recovered at the AZ32. Six plays later, Warner hit RB Jason Wright on a 5-yard TD that made it 24-3 at intermission, marking the largest home first-half deficit in Jaguars history.

The Cards missed a 48-yard FG in the 3rd quarter but got the ball back on a David Garrard fumble forced by Karlos Dansby and recovered by Bertrand Berry at the JAX38. That led to a 22-yard Warner-to-Larry Fitzgerald TD pass that made it 31-3. It would be Warner’s last pass as he made way for Matt Leinart before the next AZ drive. Garrard connected with TE Marcedes Lewis on a 25-yard pass late in the 3rd and a 19-yarder to WR Mike Sims-Walker midway thru the 4th that made it 31-17. They had a chance to narrow the gap on the next drive but WR Nate Hughes dropped consecutive passes in the end zone and the Jags turned it over on downs. Their final drive ended when Rodgers-Cromartie INT’d Garrard to seal the victory.

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 10 14 7 0 — 31JAGUARS 3 0 7 7 — 17

Team Qtr. Time Scoring Play Drive Score

49ers 1 5:34 Nedney 37-yard FG 5-17, 2:30 3-0


CARDS 2 14:03 Rackers 44-yard FG 6-52, 2:19 6-3

49ers 2 2:23 Gore 6-yard run (Nedney kick) 7-68, 3:03 13-3


CARDS 3 4:11 Fitzgerald 5-yard pass from Warner (Rackers kick) 7-69, 4:10 13-13


49ers 4 7:26 Gore 3-yard pass from Hill (Nedney kick) 15-80, 7:26 20-16


CARDS 1 8:07 Hightower 1-yard run (Rackers kick) 11-75, 6:53 7-0

Jaguars 1 4:41 Scobee 30-yard FG 7-62, 3:26 7-3


CARDS 2 11:30 Rolle 83-yard return of blocked FG (Rackers kick) -- 17-3

CARDS 2 0:55 Wright 5-yard pass from Warner (Rackers kick) 7-68, 1:18 24-3


Jaguars 3 1:31 Lewis 25-yard pass from Garrard (Scobee kick) 8-64, 3:57 31-10

Jaguars 4 7:11 Sims-Walker 19-yard pass from Garrard (Scobee kick) 14-85, 5:09 31-17

StAtIStICS SF AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-21 . . . . . . . . . . . 17-40Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 . . . . . . . . . . . . .259Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 . . . . . . . . . . . . .299Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-18-0 . . . . . . . . . .44-26-2Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-49.1 . . . . . . . . . . .6-54.7Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31 . . . . . . . . . . . 12-82Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31:37 . . . . . . . . . . . 28:23

Weather: Indoors

RUSHING49ers: Gore 22-30, TD; Norris 1-2; Coffee 1-(-3); Bruce 1-(-8).CARDS: Wells 7-29; Hightower 8-15; Warner 2-(-4).

PASSING49ers: Hill 18-31, 209 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT.CARDS: Warner 26-44, 288 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT.

RECEIVING49ers: V. Davis 5-40; Bruce 4-74; Morgan 3-38; Gore 3-18, TD; Battle 2-22; Walker 1-17.CARDS: Hightower 12-121; Fitzgerald 6-71, TD; Urban 5-74; Boldin 2-19; Kreider 1-3.

StAtIStICS AZ JAXFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28-118 . . . . . . . . . . . 20-92Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 . . . . . . . . . . . . .280Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 . . . . . . . . . . . . .372Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-27-0 . . . . . . . . . . 43-23-1Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46.3 . . . . . . . . . . .4-45.3Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-58 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31:21 . . . . . . . . . . . 28:39

Weather: 83 degrees, 74% humidity, Wind E 8 mph.

RUSHINGCARDS: Hightower 15-72, TD; Wells 7-44; Boldin 1-4; Stephens-Howling 1-2; Warner 1-(-1); Leinart 3-(-3).Jaguars: Jones-Drew 13-66; Garrard 4-27; Jennings 2-1; Owens 1-(-2).

PASSINGCARDS: Warner 24-26, 243 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT; Leinart 3-6, 22 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT.Jaguars: Garrard 23-42, 282 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: Boldin 8-69; Breaston 5-83; Fitzgerald 4-34, TD; Hightower 3-12; Urban 2-25; Stephens-Howling 2-14; Becht 1-16; Spach 1-7; Wright 1-5, TD.Jaguars: Sims-Walker 6-106, TD; Holt 6-65; Jones-Drew 4-17; Lewis 3-62, TD; Williamson 2-24; Hughes 2-8.

49eRs 20, CaRdinals 16SEPTEmBER 13, 2009

UNIV. OF PHOENIX STADIUm – (61,981)

CaRdinals 31, JaGuaRs 17SEPTEmBER 20, 2009

JACKSONVILLE mUNICIPAL STADIUm – (46,520)

2009 Game summaRies

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The Cardinals dropped to 1-2 for the season (0-2 at home) by falling to the Colts in a nationally-televised Sunday night affair. Indy QB Peyton Manning threw 4 TD passes to 4 different receivers and amassed 379 yards through the air. Arizona counterpart Kurt Warner was pressured throughout the night by a ferocious Indy pass rush that sacked him 4 times, including twice by DE Dwight Freeney. Most costly, however, was a pair of Cardinal turnovers inside the Colts 5 that topped the list of missed Arizona opportunities.

Arizona held Indy scoreless in the 1st quarter and forced them to punt on their first 3 drives (including two 3-n-outs). Up 3-0 early in the 2nd thanks to a Neil Rackers FG, the Cards seemed poised to make it 10-0 when they had the ball deep in Colt territory but RB Tim Hightower fumbled and DB Antoine Bethea recovered at the Indy 5. The Colts then scored on their next 3 drives via Manning TD passes while AZ went 3-n-out in between. The TDs to WR Reggie Wayne, TE Dallas Clark, and WR Pierre Garcon put the Colts up 21-3. The Cards were at the doorstep again in the final min-ute of the first half but on 1st-n-goal from the 1, Warner’s pass to Larry Fitzgerald was tipped and INT’d in the end zone by Bethea.

Arizona opened the 2nd half by going no-huddle and found success. They moved 73 yards in 8 plays and capped the drive with a 10-yard Warner TD pass to Anquan Boldin that made it 21-10. The Cards caught a break when the next Indy drive reached the AZ14 but Adam Vinatieri’s 32-yard FG bounced off the left upright. On the next series Fitzgerald beat his man down the left sideline but Warner slightly overthrew him, missing a prime scoring opportunity that would have made it a 4-point game. Indy then capitalized when rookie RB Donald Brown turned a short pass from Manning into a 72-yard completion that set-up a 3-yard Joseph Addai TD reception and a 28-10 lead. The Cardinals would never threaten again and a 26-yard Vinatieri FG in the 4th quarter provided the game’s final points.

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FCOLTS 0 21 7 3 — 31CARDINALS 3 0 7 0 — 10

The Cardinals returned from their bye week and evened their record at 2-2 with a down-to-the-wire home win over the Houston Texans. While the offense provided a large early cushion, it was the defense that stepped up late. The Cards D not only produced the game-winning TD late in the 4th, but followed it with a huge goal-line stand that turned away the Texans on 3 straight plays from the 1-yard line in the game’s final minute.

The first-half was dominated by Arizona. A 1-yard Tim Hightower TD run capped the team’s opening drive and a pair of TD passes from Kurt Warner to Larry Fitzgerald in the final 1:44 of the 1st half gave AZ a 21-0 lead at inter-mission. The Cards also had huge statistical leads in almost every category, including 1st downs (18-5), total yards (297-130) and passing yards (262-92). The Cardinals missed a chance for another score in the 1st quarter when Anquan Boldin turned it over at the HOU 1 on a fumble, but Calais Campbell prevented the Texans from converting the takeaway into points when he blocked Kris Brown’s 35-yard FG try.

That 21-point halftime advantage evaporated when Houston scored TDs on 3 straight possessions in the 3rd and 4th quarters. After Texans WR Andre Johnson tied the game with 6:59 to play on his second TD in as many drives, the Cardinals went 3-n-out and gave the ball back on a punt. Houston took over at its own 11 with 5:52 to play and advanced to its 42 before facing a 3rd-n-8 with 2:30 left. CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie then turned in the game’s decisive play when he stepped in front of a Matt Schaub pass intended for WR Kevin Walter and raced 49 yards down the right sideline for the pick-six. However, the Texans would not go away. Andre Davis returned the ensuing kickoff 63 yards, giving Houston the ball at the AZ40 with 2:30 remaining. Five straight Schaub passes quickly moved it to the 1. But after Chris Brown was stuffed for no gain on 2nd down and Schaub overthrew his open TE in the end zone on 3rd, the game came down to a 4th-n-goal play at the 1. With 0:47 left, the Cards defense secured the win when they stuffed Brown for no gain on a ruling that replay upheld.

Individually, Warner became the fifth player with 50 career 300-yard days and also the 2nd to eclipse 13,000 yards with two different franchises (Fran Tarkenton, MIN & NYG). Also, Boldin moved past Roy Green and into second place on the club’s all-time receptions list. The win gave the Cardinals their first-ever victory against Houston and left the Denver Broncos the only team against whom they have never recorded a victory.

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FTEXANS 0 0 7 14 — 21CARDINALS 7 14 0 7 — 28



Colts 2 9:04 Wayne 20-yard pass from Manning (Vinatieri kick) 11-95, 5:09 7-3

Colts 2 5:49 Clark 10-yard pass from Manning (Vinatieri kick) 6-57, 2:24 14-3

Colts 2 1:52 Garcon 53-yard pass from Manning (Vinatieri kick) 4-68, 1:54 21-3

CARDS 3 10:50 Boldin 10-yard pass from Warner (Rackers kick) 8-73, 4:10 21-10

Colts 3 2:26 Addai 3-yard pass from Manning (Vinatieri kick) 4-80, 2:07 28-10

Colts 4 11:31 Vinatieri 26-yard FG 6-32, 3:22 31-10





Texans 3 3:39 C. Brown 1-yard run (Brown kick) 10-64, 5:54 7-21

Texans 4 12:18 A. Johnson 11-yard pass from Schaub (Brown kick) 8-77, 3:16 14-21

Texans 4 6:59 A. Johnson 17-yard pass from Schaub (Brown kick) 8-66, 4:15 21-21

CARDS 4 2:20 Rodgers-Cromartie 49-yard INT return (Rackers kick) -- 21-28

StAtIStICS IND AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-126 . . . . . . . . . . . 12-24Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 . . . . . . . . . . . . .299Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 . . . . . . . . . . . . .323Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-24-1 . . . . . . . . . . 54-32-2Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42.0 . . . . . . . . . . . 6-47.8Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-69 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31:42 . . . . . . . . . . . 28:18

Weather: Indoors

RUSHINGColts: Addai 13-63; Brown 14-40; Garcon 1-17; Clark 1-7; Manning 2-(-1).CARDS: Hightower 9-22; Wright 1-4; Wells 2-(-2).

PASSINGColts: Manning 24-35, 379, 4 TD, 1 INT.CARDS: Warner 30-52, 332 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT; Leinart 2-2, 7 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT.

RECEIVINGColts: Wayne 7-126, TD; Clark 7-62, TD; Garcon 3-64, TD; Collie 3-47; Addai 3-8, TD; Brown 1-72.CARDS: Breaston 7-94; Fitzgerald 7-76; Boldin 6-83, TD; Hightower 5-39; Urban 2-14; Spach 2-9; Becht 1-11; Stephens-Howling 1-8; Wright 1-5.

StAtIStICS HOU AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21-45 . . . . . . . . . . . 16-44Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 . . . . . . . . . . . . .296Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 . . . . . . . . . . . . .340Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-35-1 . . . . . . . . . .38-26-0Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40.0 . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50.9Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-53 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33:25 . . . . . . . . . . . 26:35

Weather: Indoors

RUSHINGTexans: Slaton 13-39; Schaub 3-5; C. Brown 1-2, TD; Walter 1-(-1).CARDS: Wells 7-24; Hightower 6-17, TD; Boldin 1-3; Warner 2-0.

PASSINGTexans: Schaub 35-50, 371 yds, 2 TD, INT.CARDS: Warner 26-38, 302 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT.

RECEIVINGTexans: A. Johnson 8-101, 2 TD; Daniels 8-94; Slaton 6-59; Walter 4-37; Anderson 3-32; Leach 3-31; Brown 2-9; Dreessen 1-4; J. Jones 1-4.CARDS: Boldin 7-81; Fitzgerald 5-79, 2 TD; Hightower 5-30; Breaston 4-66; Urban 4-41; Becht 1-5.

CaRdinals 28, texans 21OCTOBER 11, 2009


Colts 31, CaRdinals 10SEPTEmBER 27, 2009


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In a pivotal NFC West battle, Arizona headed to hostile Qwest Field to face a Seahawks team that shut-out two of its first three home opponents, including a 41-0 blanking of Jacksonville the week before. But the Cardinals dominated throughout in what Ken Whisenhunt called the team’s most complete effort on both sides of the ball. The convincing 27-3 win moved Arizona into a first-place tie with idle San Francisco atop the NFC West. Offensively, Kurt Warner was again very sharp, completing his first 12 passes en route to a completion percentage of 78 and passer rating of 100.8. Larry Fitzgerald matched a career-best with 13 catches for 100 yards with a TD. Defensively, AZ held Seattle to a franchise-low 14 rushing yards, sacked Matt Hasselbeck 5 times, and held the Seahawks to 3 plays or fewer on 8 of its 12 drives. Of Seattle’s 128 total yards, 42 came on a fake punt in the 2nd quarter that led to Seattle’s only points of the afternoon.

The Cards dominated from the get-go and had a 14-0 lead before the Seattle offense took the field. On the game’s opening drive, AZ went 80 yards in 15 plays and chewed 10:42 off the clock thanks to a solid rushing attack and Warner’s 9-9 passing. The final completion was a 2-yard TD pass to Fitzgerald. On the following kickoff, Neil Rackers pooched it perfectly between Seattle players and Greg Toler recovered it at the SEA23. Three plays later, Tim Hightower ran it in from a yard out to give the visiting Cards a 14-0 lead. On the 3rd play of the ensuing Seattle drive, Clark Haggans sacked Hasselbeck forcing a fumble that Bryan Robinson recovered at the SEA23 and led to a Neil Rackers FG with 13:38 to play in the half. At that point, the Cards led 17-0 and the Seahawks offense had the ball for just 0:43. Midway thru the 2nd quarter, Seattle came up with its biggest play of the game when punter Jon Ryan executed a great fake and threw it down the middle to TE John Carlson for a 42-yard gain to the AZ20. That drive reached the AZ3 but on 3rd down Kenny Iwebema’s sack forced Seattle to settle for an Olindo Mare FG that made it 17-3. The fake punt play would be the only time Seattle ventured into Arizona territory all afternoon.

The Seahawks offense found the going just as tough in the 2nd half. Steve Breaston’s 36-yard punt return to the SEA41 gave the Cards great starting field position and he capped that drive with a leaping 16-yard TD that made it 24-3. On the play, Warner reached 30,000 career passing yards and by doing so in just his 114th career game matched Dan Marino as the fastest player in NFL history to hit the milestone. Late in the 4th quarter, an Antrel Rolle INT off Hasselbeck set-up a 31-yard Rackers FG that accounted for the game’s final points.

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 14 3 7 3 — 27SEAHAWKS 0 3 3 0 — 3

The Cardinals headed east to face the 5-1 Giants in a nationally-televised Sunday night tilt against Pro Bowl QB Eli Manning and the Giants #1 ranked defense. They came away with a huge win fueled by a defense that forced 4 takeaways and re-claimed sole possession of first place in the NFC West. The Cards improved to 3-0 on the road in ’09 and upped their overall mark to 4-2.

In a scoreless 1st quarter, Arizona’s best chance came on the game-opening drive that reached the NY27 but ended on a Tim Hightower fumble. The Cards evened the takeaway battle later in the quarter when CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie made a leaping INT of a deep Manning pass in the end zone. It was an INT by Giant CB Terrell Thomas early in the 2nd quarter that set NY up at the AZ29 and led to a 4-yard Brandon Jacobs TD run. Later in the quarter, rookie RB Beanie Wells scored his first career TD on a 13-yard jaunt that knotted the score at 7. The Giants then got a gift on the next series when Manning went deep down the middle for Mario Manningham but Rodgers-Cromartie was in perfect position and batted the ball away. Unfortunately it caromed right to WR Hakeem Nicks who snatched it out of the air and turned it into a 62-yard TD with 2:09 left in the first half. The Cards responded on the next play from scrimmage when Anquan Boldin’s 44-yard catch took it to the NY19 and set-up a 30-yard Neil Rackers FG that made it 14-10 at intermission.

The tough Cardinal defense was especially so in the second half, allowing just one 1st down in the 3rd quarter and that came by penalty. Arizona’s first offensive drive saw a pair of long Kurt Warner passes to Larry Fitzgerald (26 & 27 yards) set-up a 1-yard Hightower TD that gave the Cards their first lead. Later in the 3rd, DE Calais Campbell tipped a pass that SS Adrian Wilson INT’d and returned to the NY20. That led to a 6-yard Warner TD pass to RB Jason Wright that put AZ up 24-14. With 8:14 to go, the Giants reached the AZ2 and came away with a Lawrence Tynes FG that made it a 7-point game. NY would get the ball back twice more but the Cardinals defense responded to each challenge with huge plays. With 4:48 to play, RB Ahmad Bradshaw raced to the AZ44 but S Matt Ware forced a fumble that Wilson recovered to end the threat. With 1:15 left, the Giants had the ball at the AZ39 when S Antrel Rolle recorded the 3rd INT of the game off Manning when he stepped in front of a pass intended for Steve Smith, thereby sealing the game.

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 0 10 14 0 — 24GIANTS 0 14 0 3 — 17


CARDS 1 4:18 Fitzgerald 2-yard pass from Warner (Rackers kick)

15-80, 10:42 7-0



Seahawks 2 3:57 Mare 28-yard FG 9-59, 4:12 17-3

CARDS 3 2:54 Breaston 16-yard pass from Warner (Rackers kick) 5-41, 2:14 24-3



Giants 2 13:28 Jacobs 4-yard run (Tynes kick) 3-29, 0:38 0-7

CARDS 2 4:18 Wells 13-yard run (Rackers kick) 7-46, 3:09 7-7

Giants 2 2:09 Nicks 62-yard pass from Manning (Tynes kick) 4-75, 2:09 7-14



CARDS 3 2:32 Wright 6-yard pass from Warner (Rackers kick) 3-20, 1:37 24-14

Giants 4 8:14 Tynes 20-yard FG 10-42, 4:57 24-17StAtIStICS AZ SEAFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-62 . . . . . . . . . . . 11-14Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 . . . . . . . . . . . . .128Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-34-1 . . . . . . . . . . 30-11-1Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42.5 . . . . . . . . . . .8-45.0Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-56Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42:50 . . . . . . . . . . . 17:10

Weather: Temp 58 degrees, Humidity 82%, Wind S 4 mph.

RUSHINGCARDS: Hightower 13-32, TD; Wells 12-29, Leinart 1-1.Seahawks: J. Jones 5-5; Forsett 2-4; James 3-3; Hasselbeck 1-2.

PASSINGCARDS: Warner 32-41, 276 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT; Leinart 2-2, 16 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT.Seahawks: Hasselbeck 10-29, 112 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT; Ryan 1-1, 42 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: Fitzgerald 13-100, TD; Breaston 7-77, TD; Boldin 6-54; Hightower 4-26; Urban 2-18; Patrick 1-10; Wells 1-7.Seahawks: Houshmandzadeh 4-34; Carlson 2-55; Burleson 2-40; Branch 2-9; Forsett 1-16.

StAtIStICS AZ NYGFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22-72 . . . . . . . . . . 26-107Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 . . . . . . . . . . . . .220Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 . . . . . . . . . . . . .327Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 . . . . . . . . . . . . .220Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44.3 . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34.4Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-60 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:44 . . . . . . . . . . . 30:16

Weather: Temp 57 degrees, Humidity 43%, Wind WNW 3 mph.

RUSHINGCARDS: Wells 14-67, TD; Hightower 4-9, TD; Stephens-Howling 1-(-1); Warner 3-(-3).Giants: Jacobs 17-76, TD; Bradshaw 12-32; Manning 1-(-1).

PASSINGCARDS: Warner 20-36, 231 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT.Giants: Manning 19-37, 243 yds, 1 TD, 3 INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: Fitzgerald 6-83; Boldin 3-75; Wells 3-10; Patrick 2-4; Hightower 2-11; Breaston 1-23; Becht 1-23; Wright 1-6, TD; Urban 1-1. Giants: Nicks 4-80, TD; Smith 4-69; Manningham 4-47; Boss 3-35; Jacobs 2-11; Hixon 2-6; Bradshaw 1-(-5).

CaRdinals 24, Giants 17OCTOBER 25, 2009

GIANTS STADIUm – (78,299)

CaRdinals 27, seahawks 3OCTOBER 18, 2009

QWEST FIELD – (67,588)

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The Panthers visited Arizona looking to avenge a home loss in the previous year’s Divisional Playoff. They did just that in a near reversal of that contest, forcing 6 turnovers (5 INT, a fumble) while committing none. They also racked up 270 rushing yards against a Cardinal unit that entered the game ranked #1 in the NFL in that category. The victory improved the Panthers to 3-4 and snapped a 3-game win streak for Arizona, who fell to 4-3 but remained in first in the NFC West.

The teams traded TDs to open the game. Carolina had an efficient 15-play drive that ended on Jonathan Stewart’s 6-yard TD run. Arizona responded when Kurt Warner’s 14-yard TD pass to RB LaRod Stephens-Howling capped an 81-yard drive that tied the game. On the next play from scrimmage, DeAngelo Williams ran 77 yards to the Cards 7 setting up another Stewart rushing TD. Midway through the 2nd quarter, the Panthers went up 21-7 when Jake Delhomme hit Steve Smith on a pump-n-go down the left sideline that was good for a 50-yard score. The play accounted for more than half of Carolina’s passing total for the day. Five seconds later, DE Julius Peppers snared a 1st down pass that Warner tried to loft over him to Beanie Wells out of the backfield and Peppers returned the INT 13 yards for a TD that made it 28-7 at the half.

Arizona cut the lead to 14 on a 1-yard Warner TD pass to TE Ben Patrick with 6:13 to go in the 3rd. Delhomme left the game later in that quarter with a chest injury suffered on a hit by Darnell Dockett and Chike Okeafor. Down 14 with a full quarter to play, Arizona WR Jerheme Urban hauled in a pass but was separated from the ball by CB Chris Gamble and S Sherrod Martin grabbed it out of the air for another INT. The pick led to a 35-yard John Kasay FG that made it a 17-point margin. The Cards responded with a Tim Hightower TD followed by a 3-n-out from the defense. Arizona found itself at its own 39 with 7:13 to play and down 10. However, Peppers then sacked Warner forcing a fumble that the Panthers recovered and turned into a 31-yard FG that provided the game’s final points.

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FPANTHERS 7 21 0 6 — 34CARDINALS 7 0 7 7 — 21

On an unseasonably warm November afternoon in Chicago, Kurt Warner and the Cardinals offense were even hotter. A week after throwing 5 INTs vs. Carolina, he matched his career-high with 5 scoring strikes. Warner TD passes ended the first four AZ drives and a pair of Neil Rackers FGs gave AZ points on its first 6 straight possessions. Two of the TDs went to Larry Fitzgerald who had 123 yards on 9 catches, stepping up in the absence of fellow wideout Anquan Boldin (inactive/ankle). Behind a solid overall effort from the AZ o-line, Tim Hightower (77 yards) and Beanie Wells (72 yards) helped the Cardinal run game roll up 131 yards in the first half and 182 for the game. With the win, AZ remained a perfect 4-0 on the road in ’09 and upped its overall mark to 5-3.

For the 5th time in 8 games, the Cards scored a TD on their opening drive. This one was an 11-yard Fitzgerald reception that capped an 8-play, 81-yard opening series. A key play was a 23-yard completion to Steve Breaston on 3rd-n-10, the first of 8 straight third down conversions to open the game. Also pivotal was the game’s 4th play when Bears DT Tommie Harris was ejected for slugging AZ guard Deuce Lutui. Chicago did answer Arizona’s opening TD drive with one of its own. A 42-yard Jay Cutler to Devin Hester pass led to the 1st of TE Greg Olson’s 3 TD catches on the day. But with a mix of run and pass, the Cards built a 28-7 lead thanks to Warner TD passes on the next three drives – 6 yards to TE Ben Patrick, 17 to Fitzgerald and 15 to TE Anthony Becht. In the final minute of the first half, Bears kicker Robbie Gould lined up for a 48-yard FG try but Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie deflected it. Antrel Rolle caught the miss 8 yards deep in the end zone and returned it 59 yards to the CHI49 with 0:22 left. It was enough time for Warner to move the team into position for Neil Rackers’ 43-yard FG as the half expired that gave AZ a 31-7 halftime lead.

The lead grew to 34-7 on a 30-yard Rackers FG midway thru the 3rd that provided that quarter’s only points. A 3-yard Olsen TD catch made it 34-14 and on the next AZ series Matt Leinart replaced Warner. However, a pick by CB Zackary Bowman led to another Olsen TD that made it a 13-point game with 9:04 to go and Warner went back in. The Cardinal lead remained 13 when Chicago took over at its own 17 with 6:41 left but on that drive’s 3rd play, S Matt Ware INT’d Cutler and returned it 18 yards to the 17. It set up the game’s final score, Warner’s 4-yard TD to Breaston.

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 14 17 3 7 — 41BEARS 7 0 0 14 — 21


Panthers 1 7:22 Stewart 6-yard run (Kasay kick) 15-74, 7:38 7-0

CARDS 1 0:47 Stephens-Howling 14-yard pass from Warner (Rackers) 11-81, 6:35 7-7

Panthers 2 14:53 Stewart 10-yard run (Kasay kick) 3-87, 0:54 14-7

Panthers 2 7:33 Smith 50-yard pass from Delhomme (Kasay kick) 4-75, 2:02 21-7

Panthers 2 7:28 Peppers 13-yard INT return (Kasay kick) -- 28-7

CARDS 3 6:13 Patrick 1-yard pass from Warner (Rackers kick) 11-67, 6:21 28-14

Panthers 4 11:40 Kasay 35-yard FG 4-3, 2:14 31-14


Panthers 4 2:40 Kasay 31-yard FG 7-18, 4:22 34-21



Bears 1 9:13 Olsen 33-yard pass from Cutler (Gould kick) 6-90, 2:59 7-7

CARDS 1 3:26 Patrick 6-yard pass from Warner (Rackers kick) 9-74, 5:47 14-7


CARDS 2 2:49 Becht 15-yard pass from Warner (Rackers kick) 10-86, 5:01 28-7





CARDS 4 4:30 Breaston 4-yard pass from Warner (Rackers kick) 4-17, 2:11 41-21StAtIStICS

CAR AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44-270 . . . . . . . . . . . 17-94Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 . . . . . . . . . . . . .226Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 . . . . . . . . . . . . .320Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-7-0 . . . . . . . . . .46-27-5Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-47.0 . . . . . . . . . . .4-52.5Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-72 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32:58 . . . . . . . . . . . 27:02

Weather: Indoors

RUSHINGPanthers: Williams 12-158; Stewart 17-87, 2 TDs; Smith 1-17; Delhomme 1-7; Hoover 1-2; Moore 1-(-1).CARDS: Wells 8-47; Hightower 8-39, TD; Warner 1-8.

PASSINGPanthers: Delhomme 7-14, 90 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT; Moore 0-1, 0 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT.CARDS: Warner 27-46, 242 yds, 2 TD, 5 INT.

RECEIVINGPanthers: Smith 3-56, TD; Jarrett 2-22; Barnidge 1-7; King 1-5.CARDS: Hightower 8-57; Fitzgerald 6-66; Breaston 6-57; Boldin 3-23; Patrick 2-18, TD; Stephens-Howling 1-24, TD; Becht 1-7.

StAtIStICS AZ CHIFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-182 . . . . . . . . . . . 12-70Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 . . . . . . . . . . . . .347Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-22-1 . . . . . . . . . . 47-29-1Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41.5 . . . . . . . . . . .4-40.3Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-89Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33:16 . . . . . . . . . . . 26:44Weather: Sunny, 65 degrees, 71% humidity, Winds SSE at 12 mph.RUSHINGCARDS: Hightower 15-77; Wells 13-72; Breaston 1-25; Stephens-Howling 1-5; Warner 1-3.Bears: Forte 5-33; Peterson 2-23; Cutler 3-17; Hester 2-(-3).PASSINGCARDS: Warner 22-31, 261 yds, 5 TD, 0 INT; Leinart 0-1, 0 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT.Bears: Cutler 29-47, 369 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT.RECEIVINGCARDS: Fitzgerald 9-123, 2 TD; Breaston 5-66, TD; Doucet 4-31; Patrick 2-15, TD; Becht 1-15, TD; Hightower 1-11.Bears: Bennett 7-93; Hester 6-94; Forte 6-74; Olsen 5-71, 3 TD; Knox 4-30; Clark 1-7.

CaRdinals 41, BeaRs 21NOVEmBER 8, 2009

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The Cardinals improved to 6-3 and maintained their 2-game division lead with a come-from-behind home win over the Seahawks. After trailing 14-0 in the 1st half, Arizona outscored Seattle 21-3 after intermission. Leading the way was rookie RB Beanie Wells who had 85 rushing yards and a pair of 2nd half TD runs. WR Anquan Boldin returned to the lineup and had 105 yards on 8 catches while Kurt Warner threw for 340 yards and a pair of TDs with no sacks or INTs.

The Cardinals had their first chance for points late in the 1st quarter. After a 46-yard interference call set Arizona up at the SEA8, CB Marcus Trufant had an apparent INT in the end zone. However, the Cards challenged that he did not re-establish in bounds after stepping out and referee Walt Coleman agreed. Two plays later, the Cards went for it on 4th-n-goal at the one but RB Tim Hightower was stopped short. On the next snap, Matt Hasselbeck hit T.J. Houshmandzadeh with a 53-yard pass down the right sideline. Five plays later RB Justin Forsett, who played most of the game in place of an injured Julius Jones, scored on an 11-yard rush to make it 7-0. Midway through the 2nd quarter, Seattle faced a 3rd-n-1 at the AZ31 when Hasselebeck hit TE John Carlson on a play-action pass that went for a TD. The Cards answered quickly as Warner connected with WR Steve Breaston on a 28-yard scoring strike to cut the lead in half. A 32-yard Olindo Mare FG on the next drive upped the Seattle lead to 10 with 1:09 to go in the half. After a touchback, 5 straight Warner completions covered 77 yards to the SEA3. A holding penalty wiped out a Warner-to-Breaston TD pass, but Neil Rackers’ 27-yard FG as the half expired made it 17-10.

The AZ offense moved downfield quickly to open the 2nd half but after reach-ing the SEA4 a Wells personal foul backed it up to the 19. Beanie atoned for the error when he converted a 4th-n-1 run for a 10-yard TD. Early in the 4th, an interference penalty in the end zone gave Seattle the ball at the AZ1 but an AZ defensive stand held them to just a FG. Down 20-17, the Cards responded quickly. A pair of Boldin catches covered 47 yards and led to Wells’ 13-yard TD on a 4-play, 80-yard drive. After a Seattle punt, Wells had a 23-yard catch and 29-yard run that helped set-up an 18-yard Warner TD pass to Larry Fitzgerald. Down 11 with 6:11 to play, Seattle would get the ball back 3 more times but a 3-n-out was followed by INTs from FS Antrel Rolle and SS Adrian Wilson.

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FSEAHAWKS 7 10 0 3 — 20CARDINALS 0 10 7 14 — 31

StAtIStICS SEA AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24-164 . . . . . . . . . . 30-122Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 . . . . . . . . . . . . .340Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 . . . . . . . . . . . . .462Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-27-2 . . . . . . . . . .38-29-0Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42.6 . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52.0Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-113 . . . . . . . . . . .11-136Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:30 . . . . . . . . . . . 31:30

Weather: Indoors

RUSHINGSeahawks: Forsett 17-123, TD; Rankin 3-24; Jones 2-10; Hasselbeck 2-7.CARDS: Wells 16-85, 2 TD; Hightower 10-37; Warner 4-0.

PASSINGSeahawks: Hasselbeck 26-52, 315 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT; Wallace 1-1, 16 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT.CARDS: Warner 29-38, 340 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT.

RECEIVINGSeahawks: Houshmandzadeh 9-165; Forsett 5-26; Branch 4-50; Butler 3-26; Rankin 3-24; Carlson 1-31, TD; Wallace 1-5; Griffith 1-4.CARDS: Boldin 8-105; Fitzgerald 7-73, TD; Hightower 5-21; Breaston 4-79, TD; Wells 2-32; Stephens-Howling 2-22; Doucet 1-8.

CaRdinals 31, seahawks 20NOVEmBER 15, 2009



Seahawks 1 0:20 Forsett 11-yard run (Mare kick) 6-99, 2:32 7-0

Seahawks 2 8:29 Carlson 31-yard pass from Hasselbeck (Mare kick) 5-54, 1:27 14-0








With a 21-13 win in St. Louis, the Cardinals upped their record to 7-3 and extended their division lead to 3 games after losses by the 49ers and Seahawks. The victory was Arizona’s 6th straight against the Rams and gave the Cards a 5-0 road mark for the first time since 1948. Kurt Warner improved his record as a starter at the Edward Jones Dome to 26-4 and had the Cards up 21-3 before exiting late in the 2nd quarter with a head injury. RB Tim Hightower gained a career-best 110 rushing yards while Beanie Wells ran for another 74 yards and a TD. The Cards rolled up 400 yards of offense for the 3rd straight game and had a season-high 183 yards rushing. WR Anquan Boldin topped 100 receiving yards for the 2nd straight week and finished with 103 on 8 catches.

The Rams scored first when they capitalized on a Cardinal turnover. After Wells mishandled a pitch from Warner, St. Louis took over at the AZ25 but the Cards defense held them to just a FG. Arizona would score TDs on 3 straight drives to go up 21-3. A 50-yard Hightower rush set-up a 5-yard Warner TD pass to Boldin. That 87-yard scoring drive was followed by another of 90 yards that ended with an 11-yard scoring pass from Warner to Larry Fitzgerald. After stopping a 4th-n-1 Rams run, the Cards took over on downs and Wells capped a 9-play, 78-yard drive with his 1-yard TD run. Six plays before the score, Warner was injured when he hit his head on the turf after scrambling for a completion. He finished the drive but left the game after the TD. Matt Leinart came on in relief and completed 10 of 14 passes with no INTs or TDs.

The third quarter was scoreless until Rams RB Steven Jackson raced 48 yards to the AZ4 but the Cardinal D again stiffened and allowed just a FG. On the next series, Cards TE Anthony Becht fumbled after a catch and the Rams took over at the AZ44. After converting 3 straight 4th downs that included a 4th-n-11 at the AZ26, Jackson’s 1-yard TD run made it 21-13 with 7:08 left. The next St. Louis drive reached the AZ7 but Marc Bulger’s 4th down pass fell incomplete and the Rams again turned it over on downs. Leinart picked up a key 1st down with a 20-yard completion to Early Doucet on 3rd-n-4 at the AZ13 allowing the Cards to chew up key clock time and the Rams did not seriously threaten again.

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 7 14 0 0 — 21RAMS 3 0 3 7 — 13


Rams 1 12:20 Brown 40-yard FG 4-3, 0:11 0-3





Rams 4 7:08 Jackson 1-yard run (Brown kick) 12-44, 4:47 21-13

StAtIStICS AZ STLFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30-183 . . . . . . . . . . 27-123Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 . . . . . . . . . . . . .191Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 . . . . . . . . . . . . .314Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-25-0 . . . . . . . . . . 37-19-1Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40.4 . . . . . . . . . . .4-51.3Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31:28 . . . . . . . . . . . 28:22

Weather: Indoors

RUSHINGCARDS: Hightower 14-110; Wells 14-74, TD; Warner 1-0; Leinart 1-(-1).Rams: Jackson 24-116, TD; Avery 1-4; Bulger 1-3; Gado 1-0.

PASSINGCARDS: Warner 15-19, 203 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT; Leinart 10-14, 74 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT.Rams: Bulger 19-37, 215 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: Boldin 8-103, TD; Fitzgerald 8-87, TD; Hightower 2-15; Wells 2-11; Patrick 1-27; Doucet 1-20; Wright 1-8; Kreider 1-7; Becht 1-(-1).Rams: Gibson 5-61; Avery 4-65; Amendola 4-61; McMichael 2-17; Jackson 2-0; Bajema 1-6; Martin 1-5.

CaRdinals 21, Rams 13NOVEmBER 22, 2009

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In their first-ever visit to Nashville, the Cardinals suffered a gut-wrenching defeat when Titans QB Vince Young capped an 18-play, 99-yard drive with a 10-yard TD pass to rookie WR Kenny Britt as time expired. The loss snapped a 3-game win streak for the Cards and was their first road defeat of the year after starting 5-0. Tennessee recorded its 5th straight win after opening the season 0-6. The loss overshadowed a gritty effort from QB Matt Leinart who made his first start since October of ’07. Kurt Warner was inactive due to lingering effects of a head injury suffered the week before at St. Louis, ending his consecutive start streak at 41 games.

The Titans took a 6-0 lead with Rob Bironas field goals on each of their first two drives. Late in the 2nd quarter, the Cards cut it to 6-3 when Neil Rackers capped an 11-play, 55-yard drive with a 41-yard FG. Arizona with-stood a Tennessee threat just before halftime when the Titans had the ball at the AZ11 with 0:08 left and one timeout. However, Young let the time tick off while scrambling in the pocket and Darnell Dockett sacked him for the 2nd time on the drive to send the Titans away with no points. Dockett would finish the game with a career-best 3 sacks. The Titans entered the game with an NFL-low 7 sacks allowed and Young had been sacked just once all season but he went down 4 times in this game.

After the teams traded punts to open the 2nd half, Titans RB Chris Johnson ran for an 85-yard TD that made it 13-3. However rookie LaRod Stephens-Howling returned the ensuing kickoff 99 yards for a TD, making it a 3-point game again. On the next AZ drive, Leinart completed 4-5 passes for 61 yards and Tim Hightower scored on a 6-yard TD run to give the Cards a 17-13 lead. In the 2nd half, Leinart was 13-16 passing for 137 yards. With just under 5:00 to play, Young connected with Britt on a 51-yard pass to the AZ24 but Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie forced a fumble that Bryant McFadden recov-ered to kill the threat. A holding call hampered the next Arizona drive and on the punt Ben Graham pinned the Titans at the 1 with 2:37 left. It was Graham’s 5th straight punt inside the 20 and 3rd inside the 5, all of which were downed by Stephens-Howling. On the ensuing drive, the Titans twice faced 4th-n-4 but converted each and ultimately reached the AZ9. After a 1-yard sack and a pair of incompletions, TEN faced a 4th-n-goal at the 10 with 0:06 left when Young and Britt connected on the game-winner.

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 0 3 7 7 — 17TITANS 3 3 7 7 — 20

In a nationally-televised game that was flexed into Sunday night, the Cards faced a formidable opponent in 10-1 Minnesota. The Vikings offense featured all-pros Brett Favre and Adrian Peterson while their 5th-ranked defense led the league in sacks behind NFC sack leader Jared Allen’s 12.5. Arizona more than met the challenge. Favre, who entered the game with 3 INTs all season, threw 2 in the 3rd quarter. Peterson was limited to 19 yards (13 carries) for the 2nd lowest total of his career and the Vikings were held sackless for the first time in 24 games behind inspired offensive line play, highlighted by LT Jeremy Bridges, filling in for starter Mike Gandy. Kurt Warner returned from a one-game absence (head) and was exceptional. He threw 3 first half TDs - 2 to Anquan Boldin, 1 to Larry Fitzgerald - and finished 22 of 32 for 285 yards. The win upped Arizona’s record to 8-4 and extended its division lead to 3 games with 4 to play.

The game didn’t start well for AZ. RB Tim Hightower lost a fumble at the AZ47 on the game’s 2nd play and that ultimately led to a 3-yard Favre TD pass to TE Visanthe Shiancoe. Later in the first, Steve Breaston’s 64-yard punt return to the 2 set-up to a Warner TD pass to Boldin on the next play. While the AZ defense sent the Vikings attack 3-n-out on 3 straight series, the Cards offense was clicking. Midway thru the 2nd, they went up 14-7 when Warner connected with Boldin on a 39-yard TD. Minnesota advanced deep into AZ territory on the next drive but came away with just a FG at the 1:55 mark. That left enough time for Warner to put the Cards back in the end zone. He completed all 5 passes (72 yards) and capped the drive with a 34-yard TD pass to Larry Fitzgerald.

The Vikings got the ball to start the 2nd half and advanced to the AZ45 but LB Karlos Dansby ended the drive with a pick, ending Favre’s NFL-best INT-less streak at 159 attempts. That takeaway led to a 31-yard Rackers FG that put the Cards up 24-10. The defense swarmed on 3 straight plays on the next series. DT Darnell Dockett stopped Peterson for a 5-yard loss, Calais Campbell sacked Favre for a loss of 9, and nickel back Mike Adams picked him off to end the drive. That INT led to another Rackers FG and 27-10 lead. The next two MIN drives ended thanks to 3rd down sacks from DE Bertrand Berry. The Cards then chewed 5:34 off the clock with a 10-play drive that ended on Rackers’ 3rd FG of the game. With 1:20 left, Favre hit Percy Harvin with a 31-yard TD pass but the game was over when the onside kick attempt went out of bounds.

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FVIKINGS 7 3 0 7 — 17CARDINALS 7 14 6 3 — 30


Titans 1 10:33 Bironas 52-yard FG 5-31, 2:52 0-3

Titans 2 13:28 Bironas 24-yard FG 14-89, 8:55 0-6


Titans 3 3:37 C. Johnson 85-yard run (Bironas kick) 2-85, 0:19 3-13

CARDS 3 3:25 Stephens-Howling 99-yard kick return (Rackers) -- 10-13


Titans 4 0:00 Britt 10-yard pass from Young (Bironas kick) 18-99, 2:37 17-20


Vikings 1 9:47 Shiancoe 3-yard pass from Favre (Longwell kick) 10-47, 4:25 7-0



Vikings 2 1:55 Longwell 25-yard FG 10-62, 5:47 10-14





Vikings 4 1:20 Harvin 31-yard pass from Favre (Longwell kick) 9-84, 2:58 17-30StAtIStICS

AZ TENFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-75 . . . . . . . . . . 23-163Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 . . . . . . . . . . . . .369Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 . . . . . . . . . . . . .532Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-21-0 . . . . . . . . . . 43-27-0Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-49.7 . . . . . . . . . . .4-46.0Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-38Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:53 . . . . . . . . . . . 31:07

Weather: Cloudy, 59 degrees, Winds SSW 9 mph.

RUSHINGCARDS: Hightower 11-55, TD; Wells 8-20; Leinart 1-0.Titans: C. Johnson 18-154, TD; Young 4-8; Ringer 1-1.

PASSINGCARDS: Leinart 21-31, 220 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT.Titans: Young 27-43, 387 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: Boldin 5-53; Fitzgerald 4-34; Breaston 4-26; Hightower 3-23; Doucet 1-28; Patrick 1-23; Wells 1-21; Wright 1-10; Kreider 1-2.Titans: Britt 7-128, TD; Scaife 5-68; Hawkins 4-44; Washington 3-68; C. Johnson 3-32; Cook 2-29; Hall 2-10; Crumpler 1-8.

StAtIStICS mIN AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-62 . . . . . . . . . . 25-113Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 . . . . . . . . . . . . .285Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 . . . . . . . . . . . . .398Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-30-2 . . . . . . . . . . 32-22-0Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-52.5 . . . . . . . . . . .3-40.7Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-48 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-50Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31:17 . . . . . . . . . . . 28:43Weather: IndoorsRUSHINGVikings: Harvin 2-22; Taylor 5-21; Peterson 13-19.CARDS: Hightower 6-50; Wells 13-28; Breaston 1-19; Rolle 1-9; Wright 1-8; Warner 3-(-1).PASSINGVikings: Favre 30-45, 275, 2 TD, 2 INT.CARDS: Warner 22-32, 285 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT.RECEIVINGVikings: Rice 7-72; Harvin 6-79, TD; Peterson 6-46; Berrian 5-36; Taylor 4-28; Shiancoe 2-14, TD.CARDS: Fitzgerald 8-143, TD; Boldin 7-98, 2 TD; Doucet 2-15; Hightower 1-8; Breaston 1-8; Patrick 1-7; Wright 1-4; Stephens-Howling 1-2.

CaRdinals 30, vikinGs 17DECEmBER 6, 2009


titans 20, CaRdinals 17NOVEmBER 29, 2009LP FIELD – (69,143)

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Playing on Monday Night Football with a chance to clinch their 2nd straight division title, the Cardinals were done in by 7 turnovers (5 fumbles, 2 INTs), 11 penalties, and 167 rushing yards from 49er RB Frank Gore. The Niners limited the Cards passing attack to 160 net yards, sacked Kurt Warner 4 times and held a 13:30 edge in time of possession. It all added up to a 24-9 road loss that dropped Arizona to 8-5. Despite the season sweep, the Cards maintained a 2-game division lead over the 6-7 Niners with 3 to play.

The 1st half was all San Francisco, which capitalized on 5 Arizona turnovers to take a 17-0 lead at intermission. The 1st quarter was scoreless until a Tim Hightower fumble gave the 49ers the ball at the AZ 8 and they cashed in with a 5-yard TD pass from Alex Smith to TE Vernon Davis. On the 2nd play of the next drive, Warner found RB LaRod Stephens-Howling down the middle but the rookie fumbled and the Niners recovered at the AZ25. That turnover led to a 37-yard Joe Nedney FG and a 10-0 lead. Arizona’s next drive went deep into SF territory but Warner threw his first INT in 130 attempts when he was picked off by Dashon Goldston at the SF9. Later in the 2nd quarter, Warner was INT’d again, this time by Tarell Brown at the SF31. On the ensuing drive, Smith tossed a 35-yard TD pass to rookie WR Michael Crabtree with 0:33 to go in the half.

On the opening drive of the 2nd half, the Cards received a scare when Larry Fitzgerald left the game with a knee injury. He was taken to the locker room for x-rays but later returned to action. The Cards got on the scoreboard with 5:46 to go in the 3rd thanks to a 48-yard Neil Rackers FG. The drive’s key play was a 29-yard completion to WR Early Doucet on 3rd-n-5 from midfield. On the next drive, S Adrian Wilson INT’d a Smith pass to set the Cards up at the SF43. Seven plays later, Beanie Wells scored on a 1-yard run on 4th-n-goal. The score was 17-9 after the PAT was blocked. In a one score game, the AZ defense forced a punt on the next series and the Cards took over at their own 11 with 11:45 to play. However, on the first play from scrimmage Wells fumbled it back to the 49ers at the AZ11 and that led to a 2-yard Gore TD that made it 24-9. The Cardinals would not get any closer.

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 0 0 3 6 — 949ERS 10 7 0 7 — 24

StAtIStICS AZ SFFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-85 . . . . . . . . . . 36-189Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 . . . . . . . . . . . . .138Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 . . . . . . . . . . . . .327Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-16-2 . . . . . . . . . . 35-19-2Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43.8 . . . . . . . . . . .5-41.2Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-78 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23:15 . . . . . . . . . . . 36:45

Weather: Clear, Temp 53 degrees, Humidity 83%, no wind.

RUSHINGCARDS: Wells 15-79, TD; Hightower 2-3; Stephens-Howling 1-3.49ers: Gore 25-167, TD; Coffee 6-16; Norris 1-4; A. Smith 4-2.

PASSINGCARDS: Warner 16-29, 178 yds, 0 TD, 2 INT.49ers: A. Smith 19-35, 144 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: Boldin 5-40; Stephens-Howling 3-23; Doucet 2-41; Fitzgerald 2-22; Hightower 2-13; Wells 1-24; Breaston 1-15.49ers: Crabtree 5-67, TD; Davis 3-34, TD; Morgan 3-14; Gore 2-10; Norris 2-6; Hill 1-10; Coffee 1-7; Walker 1-2; A. Smith 1-(-6).

49eRs 24, CaRdinals 9DECEmBER 14, 2009

CANDLESTICK PARK – (69,732)


49ers 1 3:53 Davis 5-yard pass from A. Smith (Nedney kick) 2-8, 0:46 0-7


49ers 2 0:52 Crabtree 35-yard pass from A. Smith (Nedney kick) 7-68, 1:53 0-17


CARDS 4 14:03 Wells 1-yard run (kick blocked) 7-43, 4:20 9-17

49ers 4 9:22 Gore 2-yard run (Nedney kick) 4-16, 2:13 9-24

In week 15 at Detroit, the Cardinals jumped out to a 17-0 halftime lead but the Lions scored 17 straight points in a 5-minute stretch in the 3rd quarter to tie the game. When AZ went up 7 in the 4th, the Lions again tied it later in the quarter. However, rookie RB Beanie Wells delivered a key run in the closing minutes to set-up the game-winning TD. Wells was impressive and finished with 110 yards on 17 carries for his first career 100-yard game. The Cardinals victory combined with a 49ers loss a few hours later at Philadelphia clinched Arizona’s 2nd straight NFC West title.

The teams opened the game by trading punts on the first 4 possessions before Arizona’s special teams created the first takeaway. Dennis Northcutt muffed Ben Graham’s punt and LaRod Stephens-Howling recovered at the DET13. Three plays later, Larry Fitzgerald hauled in a tipped pass from Kurt Warner for a 1-yard TD. Detroit’s next drive ended when Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie INT’d Daunte Culpepper and returned it to DET49. That takeaway led to a 48-yard FG from Mike Nugent, who joined the team earlier in the week while Neil Rackers nursed a groin injury. When Jason Hanson missed a 54-yard FG on the next Lions drive, AZ took over at its own 44. Six plays later, Tim Hightower punched it into the end zone on a 1-yard run that made it 17-0.

Midway thru the 3rd Rodgers-Cromartie notched his 2nd INT of the day and set the Cards up at the DET20 when he picked off Drew Stanton, who had relieved Culpepper at the start of the 2nd half. However, on the next snap Lions S Louis Delmas INT’d Warner in the end zone and returned it 101 yards for a TD. After the Cards went 3-n-out on their next series, RB Maurice Morris ran for a 64-yard TD on the next play from scrimmage to make it 17-14. Another 3-n-out from AZ followed and the Lions took over at their 33. Consecutive personal fouls on DT Bryan Robinson contributed 30 yards to the drive and Jason Hanson’s 37-yard FG tied the score at 17 with 2:04 to play in the 3rd. Arizona’s offense answered with a 75-yard drive that Wells capped with a tackle-breaking 18-yard TD run early in the 4th. The Lions would not go away. Stanton led them on a 58-yard drive that he capped with a 1-yard TD run to tie the game with 3:48 to play. Stephens-Howling then returned the ensuing kickoff 39 yards to the AZ 42-yard line, where the Cards took over with 3:39 to go. A 33-yard Wells run took it to the DET11 and 2 plays later, Warner hit Boldin with a quick toss that he turned into a 5-yard TD run that made it 31-24 with 1:54 left. When the next Lions drive failed to pick up a 1st down, the Cardinals clinched the game and ultimately the division crown.

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 7 10 0 14 — 31LIONS 0 0 17 7 — 24


CARDS 1 1:37 Fitzgerald 1-yard pass from Warner (Nugent kick) 3-13, 1:17 7-0

CARDS 2 13:01 Nugent 48-yard FG 5-19, 2:30 10-0

CARDS 2 3:51 Hightower 1-yard run (Nugent kick) 6-56, 2:31 17-0

Lions 3 7:29 Delmas 101-yard INT return (Hanson kick) -- 17-7

Lions 3 5:10 Morris 64-yard run (Hanson kick) 1-64,0:11 17-14

Lions 3 2:04 Hanson 37-yard FG 5-44, 1:32 17-17

CARDS 4 13:40 Wells 18-yard run (Nugent kick) 8-75, 3:24 24-17

Lions 4 3:48 Stanton 1-yard run (Hanson kick) 8-58, 4:18 24-24

CARDS 4 1:54 Boldin 5-yard run (Nugent kick) 5-58, 1:54 31-24

StAtIStICS AZ DETFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-122 . . . . . . . . . . .27-161Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 . . . . . . . . . . . . .121Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 . . . . . . . . . . . . .282Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-22-1 . . . . . . . . . . 31-16-2Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50.3 . . . . . . . . . . .5-39.2Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-65 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:43 . . . . . . . . . . . 30:17

Weather: Indoors

RUSHINGCARDS: Wells 17-110, TD; Wright 1-5; Hightower 6-4, TD; Boldin 1-5, TD; Warner 2-(-2).Lions: Morris 17-26, TD; Felton 4-12; Stanton 3-10, TD; Brown 2-9; Culpepper 1-4.

PASSINGCARDS: Warner 22-36, 228 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT.Lions: Stanton 10-19, 72 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT; Culpepper 6-12, 64 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: Boldin 5-67; Hightower 6-34; Fitzgerald 4-36, TD; Breaston 3-38; Patrick 2-32; Wells 2-13; Kreider 1-8.Lions: Morris 5-36; C. Johnson 3-35; Northcutt 2-30; B. Johnson 2-11; Heller 2-8; Nordin 1-12; Williams 1-5.

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A week after clinching their 2nd straight NFC West title, the Cardinals hosted a 1-13 Rams team that was missing several key players, most notably All-Pro RB Steven Jackson (back). Former Ram Kurt Warner threw for 196 of his 313 yards in the 2nd quarter to help the Cards build a 17-0 halftime lead on their way to an eventual 21-point victory. The win was Arizona’s 7th straight over St. Louis and gave the Cards 10 in a regular season for the first time since 1976. Anquan Boldin caught 8 passes for 116 yards (7-100 in the first half) while Warner’s 2 TD passes gave him 100 as a Cardinal and made him the 2nd player in NFL history to throw 100 with two different teams (Fran Tarkenton). SS Adrian Wilson had both an INT and sack of QB Keith Null and became just the 10th player ever to reach 20+ career sacks (20.5) and 20+ INTs (23).

The game was scoreless after one quarter, but early in the 2nd Warner hit Steve Breaston down the left sideline for Arizona’s longest pass play of the year, a 45-yarder to the Rams 14. Two plays later a 10-yard Warner to Larry Fitzgerald TD pass made it 7-0. The next AZ drive covered 83 yards and Warner capped it with his 100th TD pass as a Cardinal, an 18-yarder to Early Doucet. Just before the half, the Cards reached the STL1 before settling for a 19-yard FG from Mike Nugent who played his 2nd straight game in place of Neil Rackers (groin).

The first series of the 2nd half ended when Warner turned it over to the Rams on a sack/fumble at the AZ35. St. Louis converted the takeaway when Null hit Brandon Gibson in the back of the end zone with a 21-yard TD pass (the play was originally ruled incomplete but overturned after a Rams challenge). The Rams had a chance to further change momentum when they forced a 3-n-out but punter Ben Graham caused a Danny Amendola fumble on the ensuing return and Reggie Walker recovered at the AZ43. On the sub-sequent 9-play drive, Tim Hightower scored on a 2-yard run to put the Cards up 24-7. It was Hightower’s 8th rushing TD of the year and combined with his 10 the year before tied him with Ottis Anderson and Ernie Nevers for the best two-season total in team history. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie’s 6th INT of the year ended the ensuing Rams drive but Josh Brown’s 33-yard FG on the next one made it 24-10 with 8:36 left. With about 3 minutes remaining, Wilson picked Null and returned it to the STL12 and two plays later Beanie Wells scored on a 3-yard run that provided the final margin of victory.

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FRAMS 0 0 7 3 — 10CARDINALS 0 17 7 7 — 31

The Cardinals and Packers faced off in the regular season finale that matched two playoff-bound 10-5 football teams. However, any potential impact the game’s outcome may have had on the NFC postseason picture disappeared when the Vikings defeated the Giants earlier in the day. That not only ended Arizona’s chances of capturing the #2 seed, but also guaranteed that the Packers and Cardinals would meet again in a Wild Card game the following weekend in AZ. As a result, many Cardinals first-stringers saw very little action. That included QB Kurt Warner - who exited after just two drives – and many starting defenders. The Packers handled it differently, with many of their start-ers going deep into the 2nd half. QB Aaron Rodgers completed 21 of 26 passes for 235 yards before leaving the game with 13:00 remaining in the 4th quarter. Despite their attempts to the contrary, the Cardinals did not escape without injuries. Starting CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie left with a knee injury suf-fered on the 3rd snap of the game while WR Anquan Boldin injured his ankle on the opening drive of the 2nd half. DE Calais Campbell injured his thumb.

As for the game itself, Green Bay produced TDs on each of its first two drives, both ending with 1-yard runs. The first one by Ryan Grant capped a 10-play game opening drive. On the 2nd, Rodgers scored from a yard out one play after his 51-yard pass to Jordy Nelson moved it to the 1. A holding penalty in the end zone gave Green Bay a safety early in the 2nd and a 26-yard Mason Crosby field goal on the next series made it 19-0. Packers CB Charles Woodson then intercepted Matt Leinart on the next series and returned it 45 yards for a TD that made it 26-0 at intermission.

On Green Bay’s first drive of the 3rd quarter, Rodgers capped a 14-play, 94-yard drive with his 5-yard TD pass to TE Jermichael Finley. By the end of the quarter it was mostly back-ups in the game. With 3:18 to play and the Packers at the AZ18, back-up QB Matt Flynn was INT’d by Ralph Brown who returned it 80 yards to the GB 3. On the next play, Brian St. Pierre hit Larry Fitzgerald for a TD that made it 33-7.

As for individual milestones, Boldin eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards on the season and became the first played in team history with five 1,000-yard campaigns. Fitzgerald’s TD was his his career-best 13th of the year and he also moved into 3rd place on the franchise’s all-time receptions list passing Roy Green. With 3 punts downed inside the 20, punter Ben Graham tied the NFL’s single-season mark of 42 (Andy Lee, 2007).

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FPACKERS 14 12 7 0 — 33CARDINALS 0 0 0 7 — 7


CARDS 2 12:13 Fitzgerald 10-yard pass from Warner (Nugent kick) 5-80, 2:47 0-7

CARDS 2 6:48 Doucet 18-yard pass from Warner (Nugent kick) 8-83, 3:32 0-14

CARDS 2 0:08 Nugent 19-yard FG 14-82, 4:28 0-17

Rams 3 10:43 Gibson 21-yard pass from Null (Brown kick) 5-35, 2:07 7-17

CARDS 3 4:28 Hightower 2-yard run (Nugent kick) 9-57, 4:58 7-24


CARDS 4 2:44 Wells 3-yard run (Nugent kick) 2-12, 0:15 10-31


Packers 1 8:45 Grant 1-yard run (Crosby kick) 10-69, 6:15 7-0

Packers 1 2:41 Rodgers 1-yard run (Crosby kick) 6-86, 3:19 14-0

Packers 2 12:33 Safety - Holding penalty on Wells in the end zone -- 16-0

Packers 2 6:33 Crosby 26-yard FG 11-53, 6:00 19-0

Packers 2 4:31 Woodson 45-yard INT return (Crosby kick) -- 25-0

Packers 3 4:16 Finley 5-yard pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick) 14-94, 7:31 33-0

CARDS 4 2:59 Fitzgerald 3-yard pass from St. Pierre (Rackers kick) 1-3, 0:05 33-7

StAtIStICS STL AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-88 . . . . . . . . . . .32-110Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 . . . . . . . . . . . . .297Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 . . . . . . . . . . . . .407Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-20-3 . . . . . . . . . .38-24-0Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-49.2 . . . . . . . . . . .6-41.2Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:49 . . . . . . . . . . . 34:11

Weather: Temp 58 degrees, Humidity 19%, Winds WNW 2 mph.

RUSHINGRams: Ogbonnaya 9-45; Darby 11-40; Avery 1-3.CARDS: Wells 17-68, TD; Hightower 10-32, TD; Warner 1-10; Stephens-Howling 1-3; Leinart 3-(-3).

PASSINGRams: Null 20-31, 171 yds, 1 TD, 3 INT; Boller 0-1, 0 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT.CARDS: Warner 24-38, 313 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT.

RECEIVINGRams: Amendola 6-38; Gibson 5-51, TD; Avery 2-24; Bajema 2-19; McMichael 2-12; Ogbonnaya 1-19; Darby 1-6; Martin 1-2. CARDS: Boldin 8-116; Fitzgerald 5-48, TD; Breaston 4-64; Doucet 2-43, TD; Wright 2-14; Hightower 2-3; Wells 1-25.

StAtIStICS GB AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34-109 . . . . . . . . . . . 14-48Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 . . . . . . . . . . . . .139Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 . . . . . . . . . . . . .187Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-22-1 . . . . . . . . . . 31-19-3Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-49.0 . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47.5Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-76Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37:27 . . . . . . . . . . . 22:33

Weather: Indoors

RUSHINGPackers: Grant 11-51, TD; Green 12-42; Jackson 6-17; Rodgers 2-2, TD; Flynn 3-(-3).CARDS: Hightower 6-24; Wells 6-19; Stephens-Howling 1-3; St. Pierre 1-2.

PASSINGPackers: Rodgers 21-26, 235, 1 TD, 0 INT; Flynn 1-3, 7 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT.CARDS: Leinart 13-21, 96 yds, 0 TD, 2 INT; Warner 4-6, 31 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT; St. Pierre 2-4, 12 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT.

RECEIVINGPackers: Driver 6-65; Finley 4-34, TD; Jennings 3-29; Jones 3-17; Jackson 2-29; Lee 2-14; Nelson 1-51; Kuhn 1-4.CARDS: Doucet 4-28; Boldin 3-38; Fitzgerald 3-17, TD; Breaston 3-16; Urban 2-13; Hightower 2-4; Spach 1-22; Wright 1-1.

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It was the highest-scoring playoff game in NFL history and will rank among the best ever. The Cards and Packers combined for 96 points, 13 TDs and 62 first downs - all NFL records. While the offenses were explosive it was the AZ defense that came up with the game-winning score on the first series of OT. CB Michael Adams sacked Aaron Rodgers, forcing a fumble that bounced off Rodgers’ foot to LB Karlos Dansby who returned it for a TD. It was one of three huge plays by Dansby. The Cards jumped out to a 17-0 early lead and led 31-17 early in the 3rd quarter. Green Bay then stormed back behind an inspired effort from Rodgers, tying the game at 38 and again at 45. But while the Packer QB was incredibly good, Kurt Warner was even better and cemented his place among the league’s best postseason passers. He threw for 379 yards and amazingly had more TD passes (5) than incompletions (4). Starting in place of Anquan Boldin (ankle), Steve Breaston had 7 catches for 125 yards and a TD while #3 WR Early Doucet was 6-77-2TDs.

Green Bay entered the game with an NFL-best +24 takeaway ratio but the Cards converted two early Packer turnovers. On the game’s first snap, Dansby deflected a Rodgers pass that Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie INT’d. After Tim Hightower turned it into a TD, Dansby ended the next GB drive with a forced fumble of Donald Driver that Alan Branch recovered. Doucet cashed in on that takeaway with the first of his 2 TD receptions that helped the Cards build a 24-10 lead. A Warner-to-Fitzgerald TD on the opening drive of the 2nd half made it 31-10 but the Pack scored quickly with two Rodgers TD passes and a successful on-side kick in between. A 42-yard Beanie Wells run led to another Fitzgerald TD catch but the Pack answered with a Rodgers scoring pass to James Jones that capped 5 straight TD drives to open the 2nd half. After Arizona’s only punt of the day, GB tied it at 38 on a 1-yard run by FB John Kuhn early in the 4th. Warner responded with an 80-yard drive and put the Cards back ahead with a TD pass to Breaston. With 1:52 left though the Pack tied it again on Rodgers’ 11-yard TD to Spencer Havner. At the end of regulation, Warner marched the Cards into posi-tion to win but Neil Rackers was wide left on a 34-yard FG attempt in the closing seconds. GB won the toss and got the ball first in OT. On the first snap, Rodgers had Greg Jennings open down the middle but overthrew him. Shortly thereafter, they had a 3rd-n-6 play at their own 24 when Adams and Dansby combined on the game-winning play. SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FPACKERS 0 10 14 21 0 45CARDINALS 17 7 14 7 6 51

Six days after out-dueling the Packers in an explosive Wild Card game, the Cardinals saw their season end in New Orleans against the #1 seeded Saints. RB Tim Hightower raced 70 yards for a TD on the game’s first play from scrimmage but after that the Cards faced an uphill battle most of the day. The Saints scored TDs on 5 of their first 6 offensive drives, twice capitalizing on AZ turnovers that gave them short fields. They also took advantage of a depleted Arizona defense that began the game without starting MLB Gerald Hayes (ankle) and in the first quarter lost two more starters – CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (knee) and FS Antrel Rolle (head).

After Hightower’s TD run gave the Cards the early lead, the Saints responded with a 10-play, 70-yard drive that ended with Lydell Hamilton’s 1-yard run. On the next snap, Kurt Warner hit Jerheme Urban on a 28-yard pass down the middle but Urban fumbled it over to the Saints at the AZ37. Drew Brees made the Cards pay 4 plays later when he connected with Jeremy Shockey on a 17-yard scoring pass. The next NO drive saw the Cards lose Rolle & Rodgers-Cromartie and it ended when Reggie Bush reversed field on a 46-yard TD run that made it 21-7. Arizona then made it a one-score game when Warner led a 9-play, 80-yard drive and Beanie Wells scored from 4 yards out. However, the Saints kept their foot on the accelerator. One play after a 26-yard completion to Marques Colston, Brees connected on a 44-yard flea-flicker to Devery Henderson that made it 28-14. On the 2nd play of the ensuing AZ drive, Warner was INT’d by DE Will Smith at the line of scrimmage and then leveled on the return by a clean block from DE Bobby McCray. When Warner headed to the locker room to have his chest examined, Matt Leinart led the Cards into position for a FG but Neil Rackers missed from 51 yards out as the first half expired.

Warner returned to start the 2nd half but the Cards were never able to cut into the Saints lead. A 43-yard Garrett Hartley FG made it 38-14 and later in the 3rd, Bush’s 83-yard punt return TD provided the final dagger.

SCORING SUMMARy 1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 7 7 0 0 — 14SAINTS 21 14 10 0 — 45

CaRdinals 51, PaCkeRs 45 (ot)JANUARY 10, 2010

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nFC wild CaRd Game nFC divisional Pl aYoFF

StAtIStICS GB AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-89 . . . . . . . . . . . .23-156Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-28-1 . . . . . . . . . . . 33-29-0Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26.0Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-56Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:51 . . . . . . . . . . . . .31:27

Weather: Indoors

RUSHINGPackers: Grant 11-64; Rodgers 3-13, TD; Jackson 2-6; Green 3-5; Kuhn 1-1, TD.CARDS: Wells 14-91; Breaston 1-28; Hightower 7-19, TD; Stephens-Howling 1-18.

PASSINGPackers: Rodgers 28-42, 423 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT.CARDS: Warner 29-33, 379 yds, 5 TD, 0 INT.

RECEIVINGPackers: Jennings 8-130, TD; Finley 6-159; Driver 4-43; Jones 3-50, TD; Grant 2-18; Havner 2-16, TD; Nelson 1-11, TD; Jackson 1-(-1); Kuhn 1-(-3).CARDS: Breaston 7-125, TD; Fitzgerald 6-82, 2 TD; Doucet 6-77, 2 TD; Patrick 3-42; Hightower 3-21; Stephens-Howling 3-19; Urban 1-23.

StAtIStICS AZ NOFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-101 . . . . . . . . . . 34-171Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 . . . . . . . . . . . . .247Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-24-1 . . . . . . . . . .32-23-0Sacked by Opp.-YL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43.5 . . . . . . . . . . .4-42.8Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-44Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23:33 . . . . . . . . . . . 36:27

Weather: Indoors

RUSHINGCARDS: Hightower 6-87, TD; Wells 5-7, TD; Stephens-Howling 2-4; Wright 1-3; Warner 1-0.Saints: Bush 5-84, TD; Thomas 13-52; Hamilton 5-23, TD; Bell 6-11; Meachem 1-4; Thomas 1-0; Brees 3-(-3).

PASSINGCARDS: Warner 17-26, 205 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT; Leinart 7-10, 61 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT.Saints: Brees 23-32, 247 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: Doucet 8-68; Fitzgerald 6-77; Breaston 4-52; Hightower 3-27; Urban 2-34; Becht 1-8.Saints: Colston 6-83, TD; Henderson 4-80, TD; Bush 4-24; Thomas 4-18; Shockey 3-36, TD; Moore 2-6.

Team Qtr. Time Scoring Play Drive ScoreCARDS 1 11:04 Hightower 1-yard run (Rackers kick) 7-40, 3:38 0-7

CARDS 1 9:16 Doucet 15-yard pass from Warner (Rackers kick) 2-22, 0:48 0-14

CARDS 1 0:34 Rackers 23-yard FG 9-54, 5:20 0-17Packers 2 6:52 Rodgers 1-yard run (Crosby kick) 6-52, 4:14 7-17

CARDS 2 2:16 Doucet 15-yard pass from Warner (Rackers kick) 8-79, 4:36 7-24

Packers 2 0:00 Crosby 20-yard FG 8-73, 2:16 10-24


Packers 3 7:20 Jennings 6-yard pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick) 10-80, 3:55 17-31

Packers 3 4:07 Nelson 10-yard pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick) 8-57, 3:13 24-31


Packers 4 14:08 J. Jones 30-yard pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick) 8-80, 3:26 31-38

Packers 4 10:57 Kuhn 1-yard run (Crosby kick) 3-67, 0:56 38-38


Packers 4 1:52 Havner 11-yard pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick) 7-71, 3:03 45-45

CARDS OT 13:42 Dansby 17-yard fumble return -- 45-51



Saints 1 9:17 Hamilton 1-yard run (Hartley kick) 10-72, 5:24 7-7

Saints 1 7:02 Shockey 17-yard pass from Brees (Hartley kick) 4-37, 1:58 7-14

Saints 1 2:31 Bush 46-yard run (Hartley kick) 5-77, 2:54 7-21


Saints 2 6:48 Henderson 44-yard pass from Brees (Hartley kick) 6-83, 2:52 14-28

Saints 2 1:10 Colston 2-yard pass from Brees (Hartley kick) 8-27, 4:38 14-35

Saints 3 8:26 Hartley 43-yard FG 6-39, 2:10 14-38

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Season Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6In NFC West Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2In NFC East Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0In NFC North Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1In NFC South Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1

At Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4On the Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2Outdoors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2Indoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4On Natural Grass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

When won the coin toss . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1When lost coin toss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5When scored first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1When Opp. Scores First . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5In overtime games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0

2009 arizona inStant replaY CHallengeS (4-6)Date Opp Explanation Result9-20 @ Jax Challenge Jax CB Rashean Mathis not down by contact Reversed10-11 vs. Hou Challenge AZ WR Anquan Boldin fumble in first quarter Upheld11-1 vs. Car Challenge AZ WR Larry Fitzgerald pass completion ruling Reversed Challenge AZ QB Kurt Warner fumble ruling Upheld11-8 @ Chi Challenge AZ WR Steve Breaston spot of ball Upheld11-15 vs. Sea Challenge Sea CB Marcus Trufant interception in endzone Reversed Challenge Sea WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh reception Upheld11-29 @ Tenn Challenge AZ WR Early Doucet pass completion and fumble Reversed12-14 @ SF Challenge AZ WR Larry Fitzgerald incomplete pass ruling Upheld12-20 @ Det Challenge Det WR Derrick Williams fumble ruling Upheld

2009 opponent inStant replaY CHallengeS (6-2)Date Opp Explanation Result9-13 vs. SF Challenge SF 12 players on the field ruling in 2nd quarter Reversed10-18 @ Sea Challenge AZ first down ruling in 4th quarter Upheld10-25 @ NYG Challenge AZ RB Tim Hightower down by contact in 1st quarter Reversed12-6 vs. Minn Challenge Min TE Visanthe Shiancoe incomplete pass ruling Reversed12-14 @ SF Challenge AZ DT Darnell Dockett interception Upheld Challenge AZ RB Tim Hightower fumble ruling Reversed12-20 @ Det Challenge AZ too many players on the field ruling Reversed12-27 STL Challenge STL incomplete pass ruling to WR Brandon Gibson Reversed

2009 BOOth INItIAtED REVIEWSDate Opp Explanation Result9-13 vs. SF Challenge SF QB Shaun Hill incomplete pass ruling Reversed10-11 vs. Hou Challenge Hou RB Chris Brown not getting into the endzone Upheld11-22 @ StL Challenge AZ SS Adrian Wilson interception Upheld12-20 @ Det Challenge AZ WR Anquan Boldin breaking the plane ruling Upheld

2009 DEfENSIVE tOUChDOWNSDate Opp Play 10-11 vs. Hou AZ CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie 49-yard interception return11-1 vs. Car Car DE Julius Peppers 13-yard interception return12-20 @ Det Det SS Louis Delmas 101-yard interception return1-3 vs. GB GB CB Charles Woodson 45-yard interception return

2009 REtURN tOUChDOWNSDate Opp Play 9-20 @ Jax AZ S Antrel Rolle returned blocked field goal (C. Campbell) 83-yards11-29 @ Tenn AZ RB LaRod Stephens-Howling 99-yard kickoff return

az tWo-point ConverSion attemptS (0-0)Date Opp Play

ONSIDE kICk AttEMPtS/RECOVERIESDate Opp Play 12-6 vs. Minn Min K Ryan Longwell onside kick attempt out of bounds

In September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 When Cards out-rush opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1In October. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0 When Cards out-pass opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3In November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 While wearing white jersey/white pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2In December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 While wearing white jersey/red pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0

While wearing red jersey/white pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3With roof open at U of P Stadium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 While wearing red jersey/red pants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1With roof closed at U of P Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

When Yielding 20 Points or Less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 When Tied at Halftime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0When Scoring 20 Points or More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1 When Led at the End of 3rd Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0When Led at Halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 When Trailed at the End of 3rd Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-5When Trailed at Halftime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 When Tied at the End of 3rd Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

When Arizona has a 100-yd rusher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 When Arizona had a 300-yard passer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1When opp. has a 100-yd rusher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 When opponent had a 300-yard passer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2When Arizona has a 100-yd receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1When opponent had a 100-yard receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

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WON 1, LOSt 1Date W/L Score Site/Opponent1/10/2010 W (OT) 51-45 Green Bay Packers1/16/2010 L 14-45 at New Orleans Saints

tEAM Ariz. Opp.Total First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Rushing 9 19 Passing 33 32 Penalty 3 8 3rd Down: Made/Att 4/13 12/24 3rd Down Pct. 30.8% 50.0% 4th Down: Made/Att 0/1 2/3 4th Down Pct. 0.0% 66.7%Possession Avg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27:12 . . . . . . . . . . 32:48Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890 . . . . . . . . . . . 911 Avg. Per Game 445.0 455.5 Total Plays 109 133 Avg. Per Play 8.2 6.8Net Yards Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Avg. Per Game 128.5 130.0 Total Rushes 38 54Net Yards Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633 . . . . . . . . . . . 651 Avg. Per Game 316.5 325.5 Sacked/Yards Lost 2/12 5/19 Gross Yards 645 670 Attempts/Completions 69/53 74/51 Completion Pct. 76.8% 68.9% Had Intercepted 1 1Punts/Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/41.0 . . . . . . . . . 5/43.6Net Punting Avg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.4 . . . . . . . . . . .38.4Penalties/Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12/78 . . . . . . . . . 14/120Fumbles/Ball Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/2 . . . . . . . . . . . .3/2Touchdowns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Rushing 3 4 Passing 5 7 Returns 1 1

SCORE By PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PtsTeam 24 14 14 7 6 65Opponents 21 24 24 21 0 90

SCORING TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG 2Pt PtsL.Fitzgerald 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12E.Doucet 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12T.Hightower 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12N.Rackers 0 0 0 0 8/8 1/3 0 11C.Wells 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6K.Dansby 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6S.Breaston 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6Team 9 3 5 1 8/8 1/3 0 65Opponents 12 4 7 1 12/12 2/3 0 902-Pt. Conversions: Team 0/0, Opponents: 0/0Sacks: B.Berry 2.0, M.Adams 1.0, C.Okeafor 1.0, D.Dockett 1.0 Team: 5.0, Opponents: 2.0

RUShING No. Yds Avg Long TDT.Hightower 13 106 8.2 70t 2C.Wells 19 98 5.2 42 1S.Breaston 1 28 28.0 28 0L.Stephens-Howling 3 22 7.3 18 0J.Wright 1 3 3.0 3 0K.Warner 1 0 0.0 0 0Team 38 257 6.8 70t 3Opponents 54 260 4.8 46t 4

RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TDE.Doucet 14 145 10.4 16 2L.Fitzgerald 12 159 13.3 33t 2S.Breaston 11 177 16.1 26 1T.Hightower 6 48 8.0 13 0J.Urban 3 47 15.7 28 0B.Patrick 3 42 14.0 22 0L.Stephens-Howling 3 19 6.3 12 0A.Becht 1 8 8.0 8 0Team 53 645 12.2 33t 5Opponents 51 670 13.1 44t 7

INtERCEPtIONS No. Yds Avg Long TDD.Rodgers-Cromartie 1 -6 -6.0 -6 0Team 1 -6 -6.0 -6 0Opponents 1 5 5.0 5 0

PUNtING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg BB.Graham 7 287 41.0 25.4 0 0 51 0Team 7 287 41.0 25.4 0 0 51 0Opponents 5 218 43.6 38.4 1 1 66 0

PUNt REtURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TDS.Breaston 1 1 6 6.0 6 0Team 1 1 6 6.0 6 0Opponents 3 2 109 36.3 83t 1

kICkOff REtURNS No. Yds Avg Long TDL.Stephens-Howling 9 224 24.9 32 0Team 9 224 24.9 32 0Opponents 8 162 20.3 29 0

fIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+N.Rackers 0/ 0 1/ 1 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1Team 0/ 0 1/ 1 0/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1Opponents 0/ 0 1/ 1 0/ 0 1/ 1 0/ 1

Fumbles Lost: J.Urban 1, L.Fitzgerald 1 Total: 2

Opponent Fumble Recoveries: K.Dansby 1, A.Branch 1 Total: 2

PASSING Att. Comp. Yds. Comp. % Yds./Att. TD TD% Int. Int. % Long Sack/Lost RatingK.Warner 59 46 584 78.0% 9.9 5 8.5% 1 1.7% 33t 2/12 129.1M.Leinart 10 7 61 70.0% 6.1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 16 0/0 85.8Team 69 53 645 76.8% 9.3 5 7.2% 1 1.4% 33t 2/12 123.2Opponents 74 51 670 68.9% 9.1 7 9.5% 1 1.4% 44t 5/19 123.2

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QB QB SPECIAL TEAMSName TT UT AT TFL Sacks/Yds INT PD FF FR PRS HITS TT UT AT FF FR BP/KAntrel Rolle 16 12 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Bryant McFadden 14 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Karlos Dansby 14 12 2 1 - - 2 1 1 - - - - - - - -Adrian Wilson 9 5 4 2 - - 2 - - - 1 - - - - - -Greg Toler 9 5 4 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - -Chike Okeafor 6 6 - 1 1/3 - - - - 1 2 - - - - - -Clark Haggans 5 4 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - -Calais Campbell 5 5 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - -Alan Branch 5 3 2 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - -D. Rodgers-Cromartie 5 5 - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -Gerald Hayes 4 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Gabe Watson 4 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Ralph Brown 4 2 2 - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - -Monty Beisel 4 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Bertrand Berry 3 2 1 2 2/8 - - - - - 2 1 1 - - - -Michael Adams 3 2 1 - 1/7 - 1 1 - - 2 1 1 - - - -Darnell Dockett 3 1 2 - 1/1 - - - - - 2 - - - - - -Hamza Abdullah 2 - 2 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - -Bryan Robinson 1 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - -L. Stephens-Howling - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 - - - -Sean Morey - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 - 1 - -Reggie Walker - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 - - - -Jason Wright - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - -Will Davis - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - -

MISCELLANEOUS:Karlos Dansby: 17-yard fumble return for a touchdown in OT vs. Green Bay, Jan. 10

Postseason deFensive statistiCs

First Downs 30 15 45 Rushing 7 2 9 Passing 21 12 33 Penalty 2 1 3Third Downs 5 8 13 Converted 3 1 4 Efficiency 60% 13% 30.8%Fourth Downs 0 1 1 Converted 0 0 0 Efficiency 0% 0% 0%Total Net Yards 531 359 890 Plays 57 52 109 Avg./Play 9.3 6.9 8.2Net Yards Rushing 156 101 257 Attempts 23 15 38 Avg./Rush 6.8 6.7 6.8 Touchdowns 1 2 3Net Yards Passing 375 258 633 Sacks 1 1 2 Yards Lost 4 8 12 Gross Yards 379 266 645 Attempts 33 36 69 Completions 29 24 53 Pct. 87.9% 66.7% 76.8% Touchdowns 5 0 5 Interceptions 0 1 1 Yards Per Attempt 11.0 7.0 8.9Kickoffs-EZ-TB 9-6-3 3-0-0 12-6-3Punting 1 6 7 Average 26.0 43.5 41.0 Net Average 26.0 25.3 25.4 Had Blocked 0 0 0FG-PAT Had Blocked 0-0 0-0 0-0Penalties/Yards 9-56 3-22 12-78Fumbles/Lost 3-1 3-1 6-2Touchdowns 7 2 9 Rushing 1 2 3 Passing 5 0 5 Returns 1 0 1PAT/ 2-Point Made/Att. 6-6 2-2 8-8 Kicking Made/Att. 6-6 2-2 8-8 2-pt Rushing Made/Att. 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-pt Passing Made/Att 0-0 0-0 0-0Field Goals Made/Att. 1-2 0-1 1-3Safeties Yielded 0 0 0Points Scored 51 14 65Time Of Possession 31:27 23:33 27:12

First Downs 32 27 59 Rushing 9 10 19 Passing 17 15 32 Penalty 6 2 8Third Downs 11 13 24 Converted 5 7 12 Efficiency 45.5% 53.8% 50%Fourth Downs 2 1 3 Converted 2 0 2 Efficiency 100% 0% 66.7%Total Net Yards 493 418 911 Plays 67 66 133 Avg./Play 7.4 6.3 6.8Net Yards Rushing 89 171 260 Attempts 20 34 54 Avg./Rush 4.5 5.0 4.8 Touchdowns 2 2 4Net Yards Passing 404 247 651 Sacks 5 0 5 Yards Lost 19 0 19 Gross Yards 423 247 670 Attempts 42 32 74 Completions 28 23 51 Pct. 66.7% 71.9% 68.9% Touchdowns 4 3 7 Interceptions 1 0 1 Yards Per Attempt 8.6 7.7 8.2Kickoffs-EZ-TB 7-4-2 8-7-3 15-11-5Punting 1 4 5 Average 47.0 42.8 43.6 Net Average 41.0 37.8 38.4 Had Blocked 0 0 0FG-PAT Had Blocked 0-0 0-0 0-0Penalties/Yards 8-76 6-44 14-120Fumbles/Lost 3-2 0-0 3-2Touchdowns 6 6 12 Rushing 2 2 4 Passing 4 3 7 Returns 0 1 1PAT/ 2-Point Made/Att. 6-6 6-6 12-12 Kicking Made/Att. 6-6 6-6 12-12 2-pt Rushing Made/Att. 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-pt Passing Made/Att 0-0 0-0 0-0Field Goals Made/Att. 1-2 1-1 2-3Safeties Yielded 0 0 0Points Scored 45 45 90Time Of Possession 29:51 36:27 32:48

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