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2015 IN REVIEW

226 2016 ARIZONA CARDINALS MEDIA GUIDE

WON 13, LOST 39/13/2015 W 31-19 New Orleans Saints

9/20/2015 W 48-23 at Chicago Bears

9/27/2015 W 47-7 San Francisco 49ers

10/4/2015 L 22-24 St. Louis Rams

10/11/2015 W 42-17 at Detroit Lions

10/18/2015 L 13-25 at Pittsburgh Steelers

10/26/2015 W 26-18 Baltimore Ravens

11/1/2015 W 34-20 at Cleveland Browns

11/15/2015 W 39-32 at Seattle Seahawks

11/22/2015 W 34-31 Cincinnati Bengals

11/29/2015 W 19-13 at San Francisco 49ers

12/6/2015 W 27-3 at St. Louis Rams

12/10/2015 W 23-20 Minnesota Vikings

12/20/2015 W 40-17 at Philadelphia Eagles

12/27/2015 W 38-8 Green Bay Packers

1/3/2016 L 6-36 Seattle Seahawks

TEAM Arizona OpponentTotal First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 . . . . . . . . . . 284 Rushing 92 79 Passing 237 177 Penalty 44 28 3rd Down: Made/Att 93/198 75/210 3rd Down Pct. 47.0% 35.7% 4th Down: Made/Att 4/9 8/17 4th Down Pct. 44.4% 47.1%

Possession Avg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32:04 . . . . . . . . . 27:56Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6533 . . . . . . . . . 5147 Avg. Per Game 408.3 321.7 Total Plays 1041 982 Avg. Per Play 6.3 5.2

Net Yards Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1917 . . . . . . . . . 1460 Avg. Per Game 119.8 91.3 Total Rushes 452 373

Net Yards Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4616 . . . . . . . . . 3687 Avg. Per Game 288.5 230.4 Sacked/Yards Lost 27/159 36/270 Gross Yards 4775 3957 Attempts/Completions 562/353 573/343 Completion Pct. 62.8% 59.9% Had Intercepted 13 19

Punts/Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61/42 .2 . . . . . . . 78/46 .9Net Punting Avg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 .4 . . . . . . . . . . 42 .4Penalties/Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94/758 . . . . . . 130/1202Fumbles/Ball Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23/11 . . . . . . . . .31/14Touchdowns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Rushing 16 9 Passing 35 24 Returns 7 1

SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PtsTeam 86 153 142 108 0 489

Opponents 61 100 62 90 0 313

SCORING TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG 2Pt PtsC.Catanzaro 0 0 0 0 53/58 28/31 0 137D.Johnson 13 8 4 1 0/0 0/0 0 78L.Fitzgerald 9 0 9 0 0/0 0/0 0 54J.Brown 7 0 7 0 0/0 0/0 0 42M.Floyd 6 0 6 0 0/0 0/0 0 36D.Fells 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18A.Ellington 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18C.Johnson 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18T.Niklas 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12J.Nelson 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12T.Mathieu 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6D.Bucannon 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6K.Williams 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6T.Jefferson 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6Ja.Brown 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6J.Powers 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6J.Gresham 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6J.Bethel 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6C.Palmer 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6C.Redding 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6F.Rucker 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 2K.Minter 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 2Team 58 16 35 7 53/58 28/31 0 489Opponents 34 9 24 1 27/29 26/27 2 3132-Pt . Conversions: Team 0/0, Opponents: 2/5

SACKS:D.Freeney 8.0, C.Campbell 5.0, M.Golden 4.0, F.Rucker 3.0, D.Bucannon 3.0, T.Jefferson 2.0, A.Okafor 2.0, K.Martin 1.5, R.Gunter 1.0, T.Mathieu 1.0, L.Woodley 1.0, J.Mauro 1.0, E.Stinson 1.0, J.Powers 1.0, K.Minter 0.5 Team: 35.0, Opponents: 27.0

RUSHING No . Yds Avg Long TDC.Johnson 196 814 4.2 62 3D.Johnson 125 581 4.6 47t 8A.Ellington 45 289 6.4 63t 3K.Williams 27 142 5.3 35t 1S.Taylor 17 58 3.4 16 0C.Palmer 25 24 1.0 12 1J.Brown 3 22 7.3 13 0J.Nelson 1 0 0.0 0 0D.Stanton 13 -13 -1.0 -1 0Team 452 1917 4 .2 63t 16Opponents 373 1460 3 .9 52 9

RECEIVING No . Yds Avg Long TDL.Fitzgerald 109 1215 11.1 44 9J.Brown 65 1003 15.4 68 7M.Floyd 52 849 16.3 60t 6D.Johnson 36 457 12.7 55t 4D.Fells 21 311 14.8 48 3J.Gresham 18 223 12.4 22 1A.Ellington 15 148 9.9 32 0J.Nelson 11 299 27.2 64t 2Ja.Brown 11 144 13.1 39 1C.Johnson 6 58 9.7 40 0T.Niklas 4 33 8.3 13 2K.Williams 2 16 8.0 12 0M.Iupati 1 10 10.0 10 0B.Golden 1 5 5.0 5 0S.Taylor 1 4 4.0 4 0Team 353 4775 13 .5 68 35Opponents 343 3957 11 .5 88t 24

PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost RatingC.Palmer 537 342 4671 63.7% 8.7 35 6.5% 11 2.0% 68 25/151 104.6D.Stanton 25 11 104 44.0% 4.2 0 0.0% 2 8.0% 21 2/8 22.8Team 562 353 4775 62 .8% 8 .5 35 6 .2% 13 2 .3% 68 27/159 101 .0Opponents 573 343 3957 59 .9% 6 .9 24 4 .2% 19 3 .3% 88t 36/270 80 .9

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INTERCEPTIONS No . Yds Avg Long TDT.Mathieu 5 92 18.4 33t 1R.Johnson 5 14 2.8 11 0P.Peterson 2 41 20.5 40 0T.Jefferson 2 26 13.0 26t 1J.Bethel 2 21 10.5 21t 1D.Bucannon 1 39 39.0 39t 1C.Redding 1 30 30.0 30 0J.Powers 1 0 0.0 0 0Team 19 263 13 .8 40 4Opponents 13 87 6 .7 40 0

PUNTING No Yds Avg Net TB In Lg BD.Butler 60 2575 42.9 35.4 6 22 58 1Team 61 2575 42 .2 35 .4 6 22 58 1Opponents 78 3658 46 .9 42 .4 3 31 79 0

PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TDP.Peterson 32 17 260 8.1 38 0J.Nelson 4 4 13 3.3 11 0B.Golden 3 1 16 5.3 10 0Team 39 22 289 7 .4 38 0Opponents 25 19 295 11 .8 66 0

KICKOFF RETURNS No . Yds Avg Long TDD.Johnson 22 598 27.2 108t 1K.Williams 8 126 15.8 24 0P.Peterson 2 46 23.0 24 0Team 32 770 24 .1 108t 1Opponents 49 1191 24 .3 58 0

FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+C.Catanzaro 1/1 12/12 9/9 6/7 0/2Team 1/1 12/12 9/9 6/7 0/2Opponents 0/0 3/3 8/8 9/10 6/6

Fumbles Lost: C.Palmer 2, L.Fitzgerald 2, C.Johnson 2, K.Williams 1, A.Ellington 1, Jo.Brown 1, J.Nelson 1, D.Johnson 1 Total: 11

Opponent Fumble Recoveries: J.Powers 2, C.Redding 2, D.Bucannon 2, A.Fua 1, F.Rucker 1, C.Campbell 1, R.Johnson 1, J.Bethel 1, A.Okafor 1, D.Swearinger 1, J.Mauro 1 Total: 14

2015 INDIVIDUAL MILESTONESPresident Michael Bidwill

■ In 2015 the Cardinals won their third division title and fifth postseason game of Bidwill’s tenure as team President. Prior to him taking over as President in 2007, the Cardinals had won just two postseason games in their entire playoff history.

General Manager Steve Keim ■ The Cardinals have more wins during Keim’s first three seasons as GM (34) than in any three-year span in team history. That includes a franchise record 13 wins in 2015.

Head Coach Bruce Arians ■ After leading Arizona to a 13-3 record in 2015, now has a .717 win percentage in 60 games as a head coach in the NFL (34-14 in Arizona). Among head coaches with a minimum of 50 career games, Arians’ .717 percentage ranks fifth all-time.

WR Larry Fitzgerald ■ Named to his ninth career Pro Bowl after estab-lishing a franchise single-season record with 109 receptions in 2015. At 32 years, 97 days old in Week 13 at St. Louis, Fitzgerald became the youngest player in NFL history to reach 1,000 career receptions.

QB Carson Palmer ■ Started all 16 regular season games for the second time in three seasons in Arizona and established franchise single-season records with 4,671 passing yards, 35 TD passes and a 104.6 passer rating. His 11 games with a 100+ passer rating led the NFL in 2015. Named second-team All-Pro (AP) and was voted to the Pro Bowl for the first time since 2006.

RB David Johnson ■ Totaled 1,636 all-purpose yards (581 rushing, 457 receiving, 598 KOR) and a franchise rookie record 13 TDs in 2015. Became just the fourth player in NFL history to post 500+ rushing yards, 400+ receiving yards, 500+ kickoff return yards and 13+ TDs in a season.

WR John Brown ■ Totaled 65 receptions for 1,003 yards and seven TDs in his second NFL season. Combined with Larry Fitzgerald (1,215), it marked just the fifth time in team history the Cardinals had multiple players with 1,000+ receiving yards in a season.

CB Patrick Peterson ■ Named first-team All-Pro for the third time (2nd as a CB) and was selected to his fifth consecutive Pro Bowl (4th as a CB). Joined Hall of Famers Jim Brown, Barry Sanders and Emmitt Smith as the only players in NFL history to be chosen to five Pro Bowls before their 26th birthday.

S Tyrann Mathieu ■ Appeared in 14 games and was named first-team All-Pro after totaling 89 tackles, a team-high 16 passes defensed, 5 INTs (1 TD), 11 tackles for loss and a forced fumble. Named NFC Defensive Player of the Month in November.

S Deone Bucannon ■ In his second season, led the team with 127 total tackles and tied for the team lead with 17 tackles for loss. Added three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, three sacks and an INT he returned 39 yards for a TD playing the dollar linebacker position.

LB Dwight Freeney ■ Despite being signed in the middle of October, went on to lead the team with 8.0 sacks in just 11 regular season games.

DT Calais Campbell ■ Named to the Pro Bowl for the second consecutive season after totaling 68 tackles and 5.0 sacks. With a career-high 2.5 sacks vs. Green Bay in Week 16, moved into fourth place on the franchise all-time sacks list with 48.5.

K Chandler Catanzaro ■ Connected on 28 FGs and 53 PATs in 2015. His 137 total points ranked third in the NFL last season and also rank as the second-highest single-season total in franchise history (140, Neil Rackers - 2005).


(Based on coaches film review) QB QB SPECIAL TEAMSName TT UT AT TFL Sacks/Yds INT PD FF FR PRS HITS TT UT AT FF FR BP/K

Deone Bucannon 127 104 23 17 3/18 1 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 - - - -

Kevin Minter 110 85 25 13 .5/7 - 6 1 - 1 5 - - - - - -

Tyrann Mathieu 89 80 9 11 1/9 5 16 1 - 3 1 - - - - - -

Tony Jefferson 75 56 19 4 2/12 2 5 3 - 2 1 4 3 1 - - -

Calais Campbell 68 51 17 17 5/44 - 2 - 1 13 15 - - - - - -

Rashad Johnson 59 46 13 2 - 5 8 - 1 - - 5 3 2 - - -

Frostee Rucker 43 25 18 9 3/26 - - 1 1 12 12 - - - - - -

Jerraud Powers 41 40 1 - 1/0 1 10 - 2 - - 2 2 - - - -

Alex Okafor 39 15 24 1 2/1 - 2 - 1 13 8 - - - - - -

Markus Golden 37 19 18 5 4/45 - - 2 - 16 14 1 1 - - - -

Patrick Peterson 35 34 1 - - 2 10 1 - - - 2 2 - - - -

Rodney Gunter 34 17 17 5 1/10 - - - - 12 2 - - - - - -

Justin Bethel 29 28 1 - - 2 9 - - - - 14 13 1 2 1 -

Josh Mauro 22 14 8 5 1/5 - 1 2 1 10 2 1 - 1 - - -

Ed Stinson 20 14 6 5 1/5 - - - - 4 1 - - - - - -

LaMarr Woodley 15 10 5 4 1/7 - 1 - - 4 2 - - - - - -

Sean Weatherspoon 12 10 2 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - -

Cory Redding 10 4 6 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 1 - - - - - -

Dwight Freeney 9 8 1 4 8/76 - - 3 - 8 7 - - - - - -

Kareem Martin 9 4 5 1 1.5/25 - - 1 - 1 4 2 2 - - - -

D.J. Swearinger 8 6 2 - - - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - -

Red Bryant 5 5 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Chris Clemons 4 3 1 - - - - - - - - 3 3 - - - -

Xavier Williams 4 2 2 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - -

Alani Fua 2 2 - - - - - - - 1 - 5 3 2 - 1 -

Brittan Golden - - - - - - - - - - - 7 7 - - - -

Stepfan Taylor - - - - - - - - - - - 7 6 1 1 - -

Chandler Catanzaro - - - - - - - - - - - 6 6 - - - -

Jaron Brown - - - - - - - - - - - 5 5 - - - -

Troy Niklas - - - - - - - - - - - 4 4 - - - -

Kenny Demens - - - - - - - - - - - 3 2 1 - - -

David Johnson - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 - - - -

Kerwynn Williams - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 1 - - -

J.J. Nelson - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - -

Mike Leach - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - -

Drew Butler - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - -

Cariel Brooks - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - -

MISCELLANEOUS:Jerraud Powers: Seven-yard fumble return for a TD vs. Green Bay, December 27Cory Redding: 36-yard fumble return for a TD vs. Green Bay, December 27Deone Bucannon: 39-yard interception return for a TD @ Philadelphia, December 20Tyrann Mathieu: 33-yard interception return for a TD vs. San Francisco, September 27Justin Bethel: 21-yard interception return for a TD vs. San Francisco, September 27David Johnson: 108-yard kickoff return for a TD @ Chicago, September 20Tony Jefferson: 26-yard interception return for a TD @ Chicago, September 20

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SEPTEMBER 13 ■ CARDINALS VS. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ■ SCORE: 31-19 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesT. Mathieu (8) A. Okafor (2) R. Johnson (1)K. Minter (8)J. Powers (7)D. Bucannon (7)C. Campbell (7)

SEPTEMBER 20 ■ CARDINALS AT CHICAGO BEARS ■ SCORE: 48-23 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesT. Jefferson (8) J. Mauro (1) P. Peterson (1) D. Bucannon (1)D. Bucannon (8) M. Golden (.5) T. Jefferson (1) F. Rucker (1)R. Johnson (7) K. Martin (.5)C. Campbell (6)K. Minter (5)

SEPTEMBER 27 ■ CARDINALS VS. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS ■ SCORE: 47-7 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesK. Minter (8) F. Rucker (1) T. Mathieu (2)D. Bucannon (8) L. Woodley (1) J. Powers (1)R. Johnson (5) J. Bethel (1)T. Mathieu (5)

OCTOBER 4 ■ CARDINALS VS. ST. LOUIS RAMS ■ SCORE: 24-22 (L)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesC. Campbell (11) M. Golden (.5) T. Mathieu (1)D. Bucannon (9) C. Campbell (.5)T. Mathieu (6)F. Rucker (4)K. Minter (4)R. Johnson (4)

OCTOBER 11 ■ CARDINALS AT DETROIT LIONS ■ SCORE: 42-17 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesD. Bucannon (13) J. Powers (1) R. Johnson (2) T. Jefferson (2) R. Johnson (1)T. Jefferson (11) C. Redding (1) J. Mauro (1)K. Minter (8) P. Peterson (1)J. Powers (6)T. Mathieu (6)

OCTOBER 18 ■ CARDINALS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS ■ SCORE: 25-13 (L)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesD. Bucannon (8) C. Campbell (1)T. Mathieu (7)K. Minter (6)M. Golden (6)F. Rucker (5)P. Peterson (5)C. Campbell (5)

OCTOBER 26 ■ CARDINALS VS. BALTIMORE RAVENS ■ SCORE: 26-18 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesD. Bucannon (9) D. Freeney (1) T. Jefferson (1)T. Mathieu (7) T. Mathieu (1)R. Johnson (7) F. Rucker (1)K. Minter (6)T. Jefferson (5)C. Campbell (5)

NOVEMBER 1 ■ CARDINALS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS ■ SCORE: 34-20 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesK. Minter (7) D. Freeney (1) R. Johnson (1) D. Freeney (1) C. Redding (1)T. Jefferson (6)P. Peterson (4)D. Bucannon (4)

NOVEMBER 15 ■ CARDINALS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS ■ SCORE: 39-32 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesD. Bucannon (7) D. Bucannon (1) T. Mathieu (1) K. Minter (1)T. Mathieu (6) Team Sack (1)K. Minter (5)T. Jefferson (4)J. Mauro (4)

2015 DEFENSIVE SUMMARIES


NOVEMBER 22 ■ CARDINALS VS. CINCINNATI BENGALS ■ SCORE: 34-31 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesK. Minter (12) D. Bucannon (1) M. Golden (1) D. Bucannon (1)D. Bucannon (8) M. Golden (1)F. Rucker (7) D. Freeney (1)R. Johnson (5) R. Gunter (1)T. Mathieu (5)

NOVEMBER 29 ■ CARDINALS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS ■ SCORE: 19-13 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesT. Mathieu (13) T. Jefferson (1) T. Mathieu (1) T. Jefferson (1)K. Minter (7) M. Golden (.5)T. Jefferson (5) K. Minter (.5)D. Bucannon (5)R. Johnson (5)

DECEMBER 6 ■ CARDINALS AT ST. LOUIS RAMS ■ SCORE: 27-3 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesP. Peterson (5) R. Johnson (1) P. Peterson (1)E. Stinson (4)K. Minter (4)T. Mathieu (3)R. Johnson (3)J. Bethel (3)D. Bucannon (3)

DECEMBER 10 ■ CARDINALS VS. MINNESOTA VIKINGS ■ SCORE: 23-20 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesT. Mathieu (11) C. Campbell (1) D. Bucannon (1) D. Bucannon (1)D. Bucannon (10) D. Freeney (1) J. Mauro (1) A. Okafor (1)J. Bethel (7) T. Jefferson (1) D. Freeney (1) C. Campbell (1)C. Campbell (6)K. Minter (5)R. Johnson (5)

DECEMBER 20 ■ CARDINALS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES ■ SCORE: 40-17 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesD. Bucannon (11) E. Stinson (1) D. Bucannon (1) M. Golden (1) F. Rucker (1)K. Minter (6) M. Golden (1) T. Mathieu (1) J. Mauro (1) D. Swearinger (1)T. Jefferson (6)T. Mathieu (5)J. Powers (4)M. Golden (4)J. Mauro (4)

DECEMBER 27 ■ CARDINALS VS. GREEN BAY PACKERS ■ SCORE: 38-8 (W)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesK. Minter (10) D. Freeney (3) J. Bethel (1) K. Martin (1) J. Powers (2)J. Bethel (7) C. Campbell (2.5) D. Freeney (1) C. Redding (1)C. Campbell (7) D. Bucannon (1) D. Bucannon (1)T. Jefferson (6) K. Martin (1) D. Swearinger (1)D. Bucannon (6) F. Rucker (1)M. Golden (6) M. Golden (.5)

JANUARY 3, 2016 ■ CARDINALS VS. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS ■ SCORE: 36-6 (L)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesD. Bucannon (11) D. Freeney (1)K. Minter (9)R. Gunter (7)T. Jefferson (7)J. Bethel (5)

JANUARY 16, 2016 ■ CARDINALS VS. GREEN BAY PACKERS (NFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF) ■ SCORE: 26-20 (W)-OTTop Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesT. Jefferson (9) D. Freeney (1) R. Johnson (1)D. Bucannon (9)K. Minter (6)J. Bethel (5)M. Golden (4)R. Johnson (4)

JANUARY 24, 2016 ■ CARDINALS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME) ■ SCORE: 49-15 (L)Top Forced RecoveredTacklers Sacks INTs Fumbles FumblesT. Jefferson (10) E. Stinson (1) P. Peterson (1) K. Minter (9)D. Bucannon (7)M. Golden (7)F. Rucker (5)

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OFFENSEOpponent, Date WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB TENew Orleans, Sep. 13 Jo. Brown Veldheer Larsen Sendlein Cooper Watford Fells Fitzgerald Palmer Ellington Greshamat Chicago, Sep. 20 Jo. Brown Veldheer Larsen Sendlein Cooper Watford Fells Fitzgerald Palmer C. Johnson GreshamSan Francisco, Sep. 27 Jo. Brown Veldheer Larsen Sendlein Cooper Massie Fells Fitzgerald Palmer C. Johnson Gresham

TE LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB TESt. Louis, Oct. 4 Niklas Veldheer Iupati Sendlein Cooper Massie Fells Fitzgerald Palmer C. Johnson Gresham

WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB WRat Detroit, Oct. 11 Jo. Brown Veldheer Iupati Sendlein Cooper Massie Fells Fitzgerald Palmer C. Johnson Floyd

WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB TEat Pittsburgh, Oct. 18 Jo. Brown Veldheer Iupati Sendlein Cooper Massie Fells Fitzgerald Palmer Ellington Gresham

WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FBBaltimore, Oct. 26 Floyd Veldheer Iupati Sendlein Cooper Massie Gresham Fitzgerald Palmer C. Johnson Shipley

WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB TEat Cleveland, Nov. 1 Nelson Veldheer Iupati Sendlein Cooper Massie Niklas Fitzgerald Palmer C. Johnson Greshamat Seattle, Nov. 15 Jo. Brown Veldheer Iupati Sendlein Cooper Massie Fells Fitzgerald Palmer C. Johnson GreshamCincinnati, Nov. 22 Jo. Brown Veldheer Iupati Sendlein Larsen Massie Fells Fitzgerald Palmer C. Johnson Gresham

WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FBat San Fran, Nov. 29 Floyd Veldheer Iupati Sendlein Larsen Massie Gresham Fitzgerald Palmer C. Johnson Shipley

WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB WRat St. Louis, Dec. 6 Jo. Brown Veldheer Iupati Sendlein Larsen Massie Gresham Fitzgerald Palmer D. Johnson Floyd

WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB TEMinnesota, Dec. 10 Nelson Veldheer Iupati Sendlein Larsen Massie Fells Fitzgerald Palmer D. Johnson Niklas

WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB WRat Philadelphia, Dec. 20 Jo. Brown Veldheer Iupati Shipley Larsen Massie Fells Fitzgerald Palmer D. Johnson FloydGreen Bay, Dec. 27 Jo. Brown Veldheer Iupati Sendlein Larsen Massie Fells Fitzgerald Palmer D. Johnson Floyd

WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB TESeattle, Jan. 3 Jo. Brown Veldheer Iupati Sendlein Larsen Massie Fells Fitzgerald Palmer D. Johnson Gresham

WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB WRGreen Bay, Jan. 16 Jo. Brown Veldheer Iupati Sendlein Larsen Massie Fells Fitzgerald Palmer D. Johnson Floyd

WR LT LG C RG RT WR WR QB RB WRat Carolina, Jan. 24 Jo. Brown Veldheer Iupati Sendlein Larsen Massie Ja. Brown Fitzgerald Palmer D. Johnson Floyd

DEFENSEOpponent, Date DT NT DT ILB WILL DB DB LCB RCB SS FSNew Orleans, Sep. 13 Campbell Mauro Rucker Minter Okafor Johnson Jefferson Peterson Powers Bucannon Mathieu

DT NT DT SAM ILB WILL DB LCB RCB SS FSat Chicago, Sep. 20 Campbell Gunter Rucker Woodley Minter Okafor Johnson Peterson Powers Bucannon MathieuSan Francisco, Sep. 27 Campbell Gunter Rucker Woodley Minter Okafor Johnson Peterson Powers Bucannon Mathieu

DT NT DT ILB WILL DB DB LCB RCB SS FSSt. Louis, Oct. 4 Campbell Mauro Rucker Minter Okafor Johnson Jefferson Peterson Powers Bucannon Mathieu

DT NT DT SAM $LB ILB WILL LCB RCB SS FSat Detroit, Oct. 11 Campbell Gunter Rucker Woodley Bucannon Minter Okafor Peterson Powers Johnson Mathieuat Pittsburgh, Oct. 18 Campbell Gunter Rucker Woodley Bucannon Minter Golden Peterson Powers Johnson MathieuBaltimore, Oct. 26 Campbell Gunter Rucker Woodley Bucannon Minter Golden Peterson Powers Johnson Mathieuat Cleveland, Nov. 1 Campbell Gunter Rucker Woodley Bucannon Minter Golden Peterson Bethel Johnson Mathieu

DT NT DT $LB ILB WILL S LCB RCB SS FSat Seattle, Nov. 15 Campbell Mauro Rucker Bucannon Minter Okafor Jefferson Peterson Powers Johnson Mathieu

DT NT DT SAM $LB ILB WILL LCB RCB SS FSCincinnati, Nov. 22 Campbell Gunter Rucker Woodley Bucannon Minter Okafor Peterson Powers Johnson Mathieu

DT NT SAM $LB ILB WILL DB LCB RCB SS FSat San Fran, Nov. 29 Campbell Gunter Martin Bucannon Minter Okafor Jefferson Peterson Powers Johnson Mathieu

DT NT DT SAM $LB ILB WILL LCB RCB SS FSat St. Louis, Dec. 6 Campbell Gunter Stinson Golden Bucannon Minter Okafor Peterson Bethel Johnson MathieuMinnesota, Dec. 10 Campbell Gunter Stinson Golden Bucannon Minter Okafor Peterson Bethel Johnson Mathieu

DT NT SAM $LB ILB WILL DB LCB RCB SS FSat Philadelphia, Dec. 20 Campbell Mauro Rucker Bucannon Minter Okafor Swearinger Peterson Powers Jefferson Mathieu

DT NT DT SAM $LB ILB WILL LCB RCB DB FSGreen Bay, Dec. 27 Campbell Gunter Rucker Golden Bucannon Minter Okafor Peterson Powers Bethel Jefferson

DT DT SAM $LB ILB WILL DB LCB RCB SS FSSeattle, Jan. 3 Campbell Rucker Martin Bucannon Minter Okafor Bethel Peterson Powers Johnson Jefferson

DT NT DT SAM $LB ILB DB LCB RCB SS FSGreen Bay, Jan. 16 Campbell Mauro Rucker Golden Bucannon Minter Bethel Peterson Powers Johnson Jeffersonat Carolina, Jan. 24 Campbell Mauro Rucker Golden Bucannon Minter Bethel Peterson Powers Johnson Jefferson

STARTING LINEUPS


First Downs 25 21 28 26 15 21 21 25 30 21 26 29 22 28 19 16 373 Rushing 7 6 9 7 7 2 5 6 5 2 5 8 6 12 5 0 92

Passing 13 12 15 17 7 18 14 17 20 15 14 18 16 15 13 13 237

Penalty 5 3 4 2 1 1 2 2 5 4 7 3 0 1 1 3 44

Third Downs 10 9 13 11 8 12 12 16 17 11 14 16 13 14 10 12 198 Converted 5 5 6 2 1 5 5 13 8 5 7 7 6 8 5 5 93

Efficiency 50.0% 55.6% 46.2% 18.2% 12.5% 41.7% 41.7% 81.3% 47.1% 45.5% 50.0% 43.8% 46.2% 57.1% 50.0% 41.7% 47.0%

Fourth Downs 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 9 Converted 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4

Efficiency 0% 100% 100% 50.0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 44.4%

Total Net Yards 427 300 446 447 345 469 414 491 451 383 337 524 393 493 381 232 6533 Plays 57 52 70 71 45 66 59 77 83 58 70 79 66 74 56 58 1041

Avg./Play 7.5 5.8 6.4 6.3 7.7 7/1 7.0 6.4 5.4 6.6 4.8 6.6 6.0 6.7 6.8 4.0 6.3

Net Yards Rushing 120 115 139 113 187 55 150 119 117 82 70 175 97 230 121 27 1917 Attempts 25 28 37 21 25 20 28 38 33 25 29 36 29 39 26 13 452

Avg./Rush 4.8 4.1 3.8 5.4 7.5 2.8 5.4 3.1 3.5 3.3 2.4 4.9 3.3 5.9 4.7 2.1 4.2

Touchdowns 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 16

Net Yards Passing 307 185 307 334 158 414 264 372 334 301 267 349 296 263 260 205 4616 Sacks 0 0 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 27

Yards Lost 0 0 4 18 13 7 11 2 29 16 4 13 14 11 9 8 159

Gross Yards 307 185 311 352 171 421 275 374 363 317 271 362 310 274 269 213 4775

Attempts 32 24 32 46 18 45 29 38 47 31 40 41 35 33 28 43 562

Completions 19 17 20 29 12 29 20 23 29 20 24 27 25 20 19 20 353

Pct. 59.4% 70.8% 62.5% 63.0% 66.7% 64.4% 69.0% 60.5% 61.7% 64.5% 60.0% 65.9% 71.4% 60.6% 67.9% 46.5% 62.8%

Touchdowns 3 4 2 1 3 1 2 4 3 4 0 2 2 1 2 1 35

Interceptions 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 13

Yards Per Attempt 9.6 7.7 9.3 6.7 7.9 9.0 8.5 9.5 6.7 9.1 6.5 8.1 8.0 7.5 8.7 4.6 7.8

Kickoffs-EZ-TB 6-5-5 8-8-5 7-7-3 7-7-2 7-6-4 4-3-0 6-6-5 6-5-4 7-4-2 7-6-5 5-3-1 6-5-1 6-6-3 8-4-3 7-6-5 2-2-2 99-83-50

Punting 4 3 4 1 6 3 4 2 3 4 4 6 3 4 4 6 61 Average 39.5 40.3 36.0 44.0 37.8 43.0 36.0 50.0 44.7 46.3 45.8 43.5 44.3 39.0 43.0 47.3 42.2

Net Average 39.0 33.7 21.8 44.0 37.5 33.7 34.0 40.5 44.7 45.0 35.8 33.0 37.7 36.0 43.0 24.2 35.4

Had Blocked 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Penalties/Yards 5-30 8-58 4-24 3-20 9-70 9-111 4-40 5-25 9-66 7-40 7-47 3-25 4-30 1-10 10-119 6-43 94-758

Fumbles/Lost 1-1 1-1 2-0 3-2 0-0 2-1 2-0 4-3 2-2 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-1 0-0 23-11

Touchdowns 4 7 6 1 6 1 3 4 4 4 2 3 2 5 5 1 58 Rushing 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 16

Passing 3 4 2 1 3 1 2 4 3 4 0 2 2 1 2 1 35

Returns 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 7

PAT/ 2-Point Made/Att . 4-4 6-7 6-6 1-1 6-6 1-1 2-3 4-4 4-4 4-4 1-2 3-3 2-2 4-5 5-5 0-1 53-58 Kicking Made/Att. 4-4 6-7 6-6 1-1 6-6 1-1 2-3 4-4 4-4 4-4 1-2 3-3 2-2 4-5 5-5 0-1 53-58

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 . 1-1 0-0 1-1 5-5 0-0 2-3 2-3 2-2 3-3 2-2 2-2 2-2 3-3 2-2 1-1 0-1 28-31

Safeties Awarded 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Points Scored 31 48 47 22 42 13 26 34 39 34 19 27 23 40 38 6 489

Time Of Possession 26:36 30:04 36:32 33:13 23:28 31:09 29:36 34:23 38:52 28:45 37:27 39:47 31:59 37:28 30:16 23:23 32:04

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First Downs 18 18 10 13 29 14 18 16 18 24 17 9 23 19 16 22 284 Rushing 4 8 7 6 3 6 3 1 9 6 3 3 4 4 5 7 79

Passing 12 7 3 7 22 6 14 12 7 14 14 6 17 15 7 14 177

Penalty 2 3 0 0 4 2 1 3 2 4 0 0 2 0 4 1 28

Third Downs 18 12 12 13 17 12 13 16 8 13 9 12 11 12 17 15 210 Converted 7 2 4 5 8 3 5 9 1 5 0 1 6 6 5 8 75

Efficiency 38.9% 16.7% 33.3% 38.5% 47.1% 25.0% 38.5% 56.3% 12.5% 38.5% 0% 8.3% 54.5% 50.0% 29.4% 53.3% 35.7%

Fourth Downs 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 1 17 Converted 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 8

Efficiency 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 100% 100% 50% 50% 0% 0% 67% 100% 47.1%

Total Net Yards 408 335 156 328 436 310 276 254 343 377 368 212 389 424 178 354 5147 Plays 70 62 50 51 89 53 59 61 52 71 55 50 63 63 64 70 983

Avg./Play 5.8 5.4 3.1 6.4 4.9 5.8 4.7 4.2 6.6 5.3 6.7 4.2 6.2 6.7 2.8 5.1 5.2

Net Yards Rushing 54 109 103 164 57 141 55 39 115 99 67 66 72 74 101 145 1460 Attempts 20 28 29 26 18 32 16 20 18 28 17 15 24 20 26 37 374

Avg./Rush 2.7 3.9 3.6 6.3 3.2 4.4 3.4 2.0 6.4 3.5 3.9 4.4 3.0 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.9

Touchdowns 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 9

Net Yards Passing 354 226 53 164 379 169 221 215 228 278 301 146 317 350 77 209 3687 Sacks 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 4 2 0 3 2 9 1 36

Yards Lost 1 15 14 7 0 5 31 8 12 37 17 0 18 11 78 16 270

Gross Yards 355 241 67 171 379 174 252 223 240 315 318 146 335 361 155 225 3957

Attempts 48 32 19 24 70 20 40 40 32 39 36 35 36 41 29 32 573

Completions 30 22 9 16 41 11 26 21 14 22 25 15 25 28 16 22 343

Pct. 62.5% 68.8% 47.4% 66.7% 58.6% 55.0% 65.0% 52.5% 43.8% 56.4% 69.4% 42.9% 69.4% 68.3% 55.2% 68.8% 59.9%

Touchdowns 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 24

Interceptions 1 2 4 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 19

Yards Per Attempt 7.1 6.6 2.5 6.6 5.3 8.0 5.1 5.2 6.7 6.5 7.9 4.2 8.1 8.1 2.0 6.3 6.1

Kickoffs-EZ-TB 6-6-5 5-4-3 3-2-2 5-5-4 4-3-2 7-6-1 4-3-3 4-3-1 8-6-2 6-6-3 3-2-1 2-2-1 5-5-4 4-3-1 2-1-0 8-8-7 76-65-40

Punting 4 5 6 7 4 5 6 6 5 5 4 8 2 3 6 2 78 Average 42.8 45.8 47.2 49.7 43.0 47.6 45.3 49.8 40.8 48.6 41.5 54.5 45.5 49.0 44.7 45.5 46.9

Net Average 39.0 40.6 44.8 45.1 39.0 39.0 42.2 41.5 35.0 44.0 37.8 48.3 43.5 47.0 43.2 46.5 42.4

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 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

Penalties/Yards 7-73 14-170 6-45 7-66 9-85 6-48 9-64 7-35 14-131 10-108 13-81 7-104 3-25 5-38 7-59 6-70 130-1202

Fumbles/Lost 0-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 3-2 0-0 1-1 3-1 2-0 3-1 2-1 1-0 3-3 2-2 5-3 0-0 30-14

Touchdowns 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 1 0 2 2 1 4 34 Rushing 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 9

Passing 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 24

Returns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

PAT/ 2-Point Made/Att . 1-1 2-2 1-1 3-3 2-2 1-2 2-2 2-3 2-4 4-4 1-1 0-0 2-2 2-2 1-1 3-4 29-34 Kicking Made/Att. 1-1 2-2 1-1 3-3 2-2 1-1 1-1 2-3 2-2 4-4 1-1 0-0 2-2 2-2 0-0 3-4 27-29

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 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-5

Field Goals Made/Att . 4-4 3-3 0-0 1-1 1-1 4-4 1-1 0-0 2-2 1-1 2-2 1-1 2-2 1-1 0-0 3-4 26-27

Safeties Allowed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Points Allowed 19 23 7 24 17 25 18 20 32 31 13 3 20 17 8 36 313

Time Of Possession 33:24 29:56 23:28 26:47 36:32 28:51 30:24 25:37 21:08 31:15 22:33 20:13 28:01 22:32 29:44 36:37 27:56

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In a week 2 match-up in Chicago, the Cardinals erupted for 48 points and moved to 2-0 thanks to dominating efforts in all 3 phases. WR Larry Fitzgerald hauled in a regular-season best 3 TD passes and Carson Palmer threw 4 total. AZ produced 7 total TDs including one in each of their 4 red zone trips. The defense scored its own TD on a Tony Jefferson INT off Jay Cutler that also ended the veteran signal caller’s afternoon late in the 1st half when he was injured on the return.

The AZ scoring began as soon as the game did when rookie RB David Johnson returned the opening kickoff 108 yards for a TD. It was the longest play in franchise history and a yard shy of the NFL record for longest kickoff return. Chicago tied it late in the 1st quarter when Cutler connected on a 48-yard TD to WR Josh Bellamy. AZ answered on its next drive, taking advantage of a 42-yard pass interference penalty that moved it to the 11 and Palmer capitalized with a 6-yard TD to WR Jaron Brown. The Bears then tied it again when rookie RB Jeremy Langford’s 1-yard run capped a 10-play, 70-yard drive. The Cards surged ahead again with an 80-yard TD drive that was also aided by a long DPI penalty (38 yards to the 16). That set up an 8-yard Fitzgerald TD. In all the Bears were flagged 14 times for 170 yards. The game’s pivotal play came with 3 minutes to go before halftime. With Cutler a perfect 8-8 passing, the Bears faced 2nd-n-9 from the CHI21 when Jefferson INT’d a pass at the 26 and ran it in for the TD. AZ was now up 28-14, Cutler was lost for the game with hamstring injury suffered on the return and back-up Jimmy Clausen took over. AZ quickly forced a punt but rookie JJ Nelson muffed the return and CHI recovered at the AZ22. The Cards D held the Bears to a FG but misfortune again struck for AZ on the next play from scrimmage when Palmer’s pass to the flat was tipped and picked by LB Jared Allen. CHI took over at the AZ12 with :54 to go in the 2nd but the Cards again held to just a FG and it was 28-20 at intermission.

On the opening drive of the 3rd Patrick Peterson picked a Clausen pass, turning the ball over to the offense at the CHI32. The takeaway led to a 28-yard Palmer-Fitzgerald hook-up on a flea flicker that made it 35-20. The next AZ offensive series ended with a 13-yard David Johnson TD run that upped the lead to 42-20 with 6:06 to go in the 3rd. A 3rd Robbie Gould FG made it 42-23 after 3 and a 3rd Fitzgerald TD pass from Palmer provided the only points of the final quarter.

The 48 points were the most ever allowed by the Bears at home and most by Cards in a road game in 50 years. David Johnson became first player in NFL history with TDs via run, reception and kickoff return after just two career games.

1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 14 14 14 6 — 48Bears 7 13 3 0 — 23

STATISTICS AZ CHIFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . .5-9 (56) . . . . . . . . .2-12 (17)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28-115 . . . . . . . . . . 28-109Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 . . . . . . . . . . . . .226Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . .335Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-17-1 . . . . . . . . . . 32-22-2Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40.3 . . . . . . . . . . .5-45.8Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-58 . . . . . . . . . . 14-170Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30:04 . . . . . . . . . . . 29:56Weather: Sunny, 70 degrees, Humidity 47%, Winds S 6 MPH.RUSHINGCARDS: CJohnson 20-72; DJohnson 5-42, TD; KWilliams 1-3; Palmer 2-(-2).Bears: Forte 15-61; Cutler 3-24; Langford 6-21, TD; Rodgers 2-8; Clausen 2-(-5).PASSINGCARDS: Palmer 17-24, 185 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT.Bears: Clausen 14-23, 121 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT; Cutler 8-9, 120 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: Fitzgerald 8-112, 3 TD; JoBrown 5-45; JaBrown 2-20, TD; Gresham 1-5; DJohnson 1-3.Bears: Royal 7-42; Bennett 4-48; Forte 4-44; Meredith 3-36; Miller 2-14; Bellamy 1-48, TD; Wilson 1-10.INTERCEPTIONCARDS: Jefferson 1-26, TD; Peterson 1-1.Bears: Allen 1-2.

CARDINALS 48, BEARS 23SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

SOLDIER FIELD – (62,351)

2015 GAME SUMMARIES

STATISTICS NO AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18 (39) . . . . . . . . .5-10 (50)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-54 . . . . . . . . . . 25-120Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 . . . . . . . . . . . . .307Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 . . . . . . . . . . . . .427Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-30-1 . . . . . . . . . . 32-19-0Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42.8 . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39.5Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-73 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33:24 . . . . . . . . . . . 26:36Weather: Indoors

In his first game back after a torn ACL ended his promising 2014 season, QB Carson Palmer picked up where he left off throwing for 3 TDs, no INTs or sacks, and topped 300 passing yards in a 31-19 Cardinals win. With the season-opening victory, Palmer became to 1st Cards QB since Jim Hart in 1974 to win 7 straight games and improved to 14-2 over his last 16 starts. The Saints had reached the red zone 5 times but had to settle for FGs from rookie Zack Hocker on 4 of them as the Cards D surrendered just 1 TD. Larry Fitzgerald led AZ with 6 catches for 87 yards and the team averaged almost 5 yards per rush.

AZ took the opening kickoff 80 yards in 9 plays and got on the scoreboard first when Palmer found WR John Brown in the end zone on 3rd-n-goal from the 10. After a 37-yard Hocker FG, RB Andre Ellington made it 14-3 with a 1-yard TD run at the end of a 5-play, 88-yard drive; the biggest chunk came on a 48-yard completion to TE Darren Fells that moved it to the 18. The Saints responded with their lone TD drive of the day and made it 14-10 when Drew Brees connected with Brandon Coleman on a 12-yard scoring hook-up. That drive was extended when AZ was flagged for 12 men on the field as the Saints were punting and the penalty gave them a fresh set of downs.

On the opening play of the 2nd half, Brees hit WR Willie Snead with a 63-yard pass to the 12 but the Cards D forced them to settle for a 23-yard Hocker FG that made it a 1-point game at 14-13. Later in the quarter the Saints had the ball at the AZ45 but on 3rd-n-7, S Rashad Johnson INT’d Brees pass that led to a 43-yard Chandler Catanzaro FG that made it 17-13 AZ. The lead was trimmed to 1 again after another Saints FG and momentum seemed to be with the Saints. However, Palmer & Co came thru; runs by Ellington & Chris Johnson helped move the chains before Fells hauled in a 17-yard pass from Palmer that gave AZ an 8-point lead. New Orleans, however, would not go away. A 59-yard catch-n-run by Mark Ingram took it to the AZ15 but the D again held the Saints to just a FG. Ahead just 5, the Cards next drive stalled before a Drew Butler punt pinned the Saints at their own 3. The Cards forced a 3-n-out and then took over at their own 43 with 1:49 left and needed just a 1st down or 2 to seal the game. On 2nd-n-8 from the AZ45 and the whole world expecting a run, AZ called for a short pass to RB David Johnson that the rookie hauled in and took 55 yards down the sideline for a game-sealing TD. 1 2 3 4 OT FSaints 3 7 3 6 — 19CARDINALS 7 7 3 14 — 31

RUSHINGSaints: Ingram 9-24; Robinson 8-19; AJohnson 1-4; Cooks 1-4; Brees 1-3.CARDS: Ellington 12-69, TD; CJohnson 10-37; Palmer 3-14.PASSINGSaints: Brees 30-48, 355 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT.CARDS: Palmer 19-32, 307 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT.

RECEIVINGSaints: Ingram 8-98; Robinson 5-51; Cooks 4-49; Coleman 4-41, TD; Colston 3-29; Watson 3-19; AJohnson 2-5; Snead 1-63.CARDS: Fitzgerald 6-87; Fells 4-82, TD; JoBrown 4-46, TD; DJohnson 1-55, TD; Floyd 1-18; JaBrown 1-8; Ellington 1-7; Gresham 1-4.INTERCEPTIONSaints: None.CARDS: R. Johnson 1-10.

CARDINALS 31, SAINTS 19SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

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Team Qtr . Time Scoring Play Drive Score

CARDS 1 9:46 Brown 10-yard pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick) 9-80, 5:14 0-7

Saints 1 3:55 Hocker 37-yard FG 11-61, 5:51 3-7

CARDS 2 11:03 Ellington 1-yard run (Catanzaro kick) 5-88, 3:04 3-14

Saints 2 5:14 Coleman 12-yard pass from Brees (Hocker kick) 12-80, 5:49 10-14


CARDS 3 0:04 Catanzaro 43-yard FG 5-35, 2:11 13-17


CARDS 4 9:48 Fells 17-yard pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick) 5-80, 2:36 16-24


CARDS 4 1:33 DJohnson 55-yard pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick) 2-57, 0:16 19-31


CARDS 1 14:47 DJohnson 108-yard kickoff return (Catanzaro kick) -- 7-0

Bears 1 3:20 Bellamy 48-yard pass from Cutler (Gould kick) 6-89, 3:02 7-7

CARDS 1 1:13 JaBrown 6-yard pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick) 6-65, 2:07 14-7

Bears 2 10:02 Langford 1-yard run (Gould kick) 10-70, 6:11 14-14

CARDS 2 3:51 Fitzgerald 8-yard pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick) 9-80, 6:11 21-14

CARDS 2 2:59 Tony Jefferson 26-yard INT return (Catanzaro kick) -- 28-14

Bears 2 0:59 Gould 40-yard FG 4-0, 0:16 28-17



CARDS 3 6:06 DJohnson 13-yard run (Catanzaro kick) 8-75, 4:23 42-20


CARDS 4 2:42 Fitzgerald 9-yard pass from Palmer (Missed PAT) 9-46, 5:04 48-23

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CARDINALS 47, 49ERS 7SEPTEMBER 27, 2015


RAMS 24, CARDINALS 22SEPTEMBER 27, 2015


A week after their convincing 25-point win at Chicago, the Cardinals returned home to face the Niners and delivered an even more dominating all-around effort with a 47-7 victory. Offensively, they rolled up 446 total yards thanks in part to a 110-yard, 2 TD rushing effort from RB Chris Johnson, who started in place of Andre Ellington. Through the air, Larry Fitzgerald continued his torrid pace and had a pair of TDs among his game-high 9 catches for 134 yards while Carson Palmer threw for 311 yards en route to his 9th straight win as a starter (16th in his last 18).

Perhaps more impressive was the play of an AZ defense that opened the game with a pair of INT touchdowns 2 minutes apart from DBs Justin Bethel and Tyrann Mathieu, respectively. The pick sixes were 2 of the 4 INTs thrown by Colin Kaepernick in his first 4 pass attempts. In all, the D held San Fran to 53 net passing yards and just 156 overall while allowing the 49ers to cross midfield just once all game, after a punt return to the Arizona 19-yard line.

After the INT returns put AZ up 14-0 early, the next two Cards drives went 81 yards and ended on Johnson TD runs that made it 28-0 midway thru the 2nd. San Fran’s lone score of the day came after Jarryd Hayne’s 37-yard punt return to the AZ19 set-up a 12-yard Kaepernick TD run that made it 28-7. A rare Palmer INT gave San Fran an opportunity for more points but Mathieu’s 2nd INT of the day gave AZ the ball back at the SF25 with :30 let in the 1st half. It led to a 22-yard Chandler Catanzaro FG that gave the Cards a 31-7 lead at intermission.

On the 1st play of the 2nd half CB Jerraud Powers picked off Kaepernick and 4 plays later Palmer and Fitzgerald connected on a 4-yard TD pass. Later in the 3rd, Bethel downed a Drew Butler punt inside the 1 and on the next snap LB Kevin Minter tackled RB Carlos Hyde in the end zone for a safety that made it 40-7. The only further scoring came on a long drive (13 plays, 79 yards, 7:42) in the 4th that also ended on a Palmer-to-Fitzgerald TD hook-up.

The victory improved the Cards to 3-0 for the 3rd time in 4 years and gave them a 2-game lead in the NFC West. The 47-point explosion gave AZ a fran-chise record 126 after 3 games, 4th most in NFL history after 3. The 40-point margin of victory was the team’s largest since 1970. The Cards scored 45+ points in consecutive games for just the third time in team history and the first time since 1962. 1 2 3 4 OT F49ers 0 7 0 0 — 7CARDINALS 14 17 9 7 — 47

The Cardinals experienced defeat for the first time in 2015 and fell to 3-1 following a 2-point home loss to the Rams. It was a typically tough and phys-ical NFC West match-up that came down to a couple key plays and it was the Rams who made more of them. Arizona outgained St. Louis 447-328 and had twice as many first downs (26-13). While they moved the ball well between the 20’s, the Cards came away with just 4 Chandler Catanzaro FGs on their first 4 red zone trips and committed 3 costly turnovers while the Rams had none. Those 3 takeaways led to 17 St. Louis points that proved to be pivotal.

After not trailing at any point in their first 3 games, the Cards never led in this one. Rookie David Johnson fumbled the opening kickoff and the Rams recovered at the AZ17. Three plays later Nick Foles connected with WR Tavon Austin on a 12-yard scoring pass that gave STL an early 7-0 lead. Later in the opening quarter, AZ had a 1st-n-goal from the 1 but was forced to settle for a 21-yard FG. The next Cards drive also penetrated the STL red zone on their next drive but they again came away with 3 on a short Catanzaro FG. After the AZ defense forced its 3rd straight 3-n-out, the Cards seemed on the verge of taking the lead. However Carson Palmer’s deep middle throw to John Brown was INT’d in the end zone by Janoris Jenkins. The Rams came up with a Greg Zuerlein FG on the ensuing drive that made it 10-6. Just before halftime AZ moved 56 yards to set-up Catanzaro’s 3rd FG that made it 10-9 at intermission.

Early in the 3rd, Palmer hit Larry Fitzgerald for a 22-yard gain on 3rd-n-2 but the Rams knocked the ball loose and recovered at their own 20. Three straight Todd Gurley runs moved it to the AZ18 where on 3rd-n-5 Foles hit Stedman Bailey for a TD that made it 17-9. The next two AZ drives went deep into STL territory but each again ended on Catanzaro FGs that trimmed the Rams lead to 17-15 with 11:57 to play. On the next drive, a 52-yard Gurley run took it to the AZ16 and ultimately led to another Foles-Austin TD on 3rd down that put STL up 24-15 with 8:16 remaining. The Cards desperately needed to answer and they did. Two plays after Fitzgerald picked up 14 yards on a key 4th-n-4 at the STL33, Palmer lofted a pass down the middle that David Johnson gathered in for a TD that made it a 2-point game with 4:38 left. After sending the Rams 3-n-out, AZ took over at its own 37 with 2:51 remaining. By the 2:00 warning the Cards reached the STL44 before 3 straight incompletions resulted in turning it over on downs with 1:44 to play. They never saw the ball again as Gurley and the Rams ran out the remaining time.

1 2 3 4 OT FRams 7 3 7 7 — 24CARDINALS 3 6 3 10 — 22

STATISTICS SF AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 (23) . . . . . . . . .6-13 (46)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29-103 . . . . . . . . . . .37-139Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . .307Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 . . . . . . . . . . . . .446Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-9-4 . . . . . . . . . . 32-20-1Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-47.2 . . . . . . . . . . .4-36.0Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-45 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23:28 . . . . . . . . . . . 36:32Weather: Indoors

STATISTICS STL AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 (38) . . . . . . . . .2-11 (18)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26-164 . . . . . . . . . . .21-113Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 . . . . . . . . . . . . .334Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 . . . . . . . . . . . . .447Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-16-0 . . . . . . . . . .46-29-1Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49.1 . . . . . . . . . . .1-44.0Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-66 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26:47 . . . . . . . . . . . 33:13Weather: Indoors

RUSHINGNiners: Hyde 15-51; Kaepernick 7-46, TD; Davis 7-6.CARDS: CJohnson 22-110, 2 TD; DJohnson 7-25; Taylor 4-6; Palmer 1-1; Stanton 3-(-3).PASSINGNiners: Kaepernick 9-19, 67 yds, 0 TD, 4 INT.CARDS: Palmer 20-32, 311 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT.

RECEIVINGNiners: Celek 3-29; Boldin 2-16; Hyde 1-10; Patton 1-7; Bell 1-0.CARDS: Fitzgerald 9-134, 2 TD; JoBrown 3-62; DJohnson 3-16; Gresham 2-34; CJohnson 1-40; Fells 1-13; Floyd 1-12. INTERCEPTIONNiners: Acker 1-0.CARDS: Mathieu 2-50, TD; Bethel 1-21, TD; Powers 1-0.

RUSHINGRams: Gurley 19-146; Austin 2-20; Cunningham 2-0; Mason 2-(-1); Foles 1-(-1).CARDS: CJohnson 16-83; DJohnson 3-18; JoBrown 1-13; Palmer 1-(-1).PASSINGRams: Foles 16-24, 171 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT.CARDS: Palmer 29-46, 352 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT.

RECEIVINGRams: Austin 6-96, 2TD; Cook 3-22; Bailey 2-30, TD; Gurley 2-15; Cunningham 2-4; Harkey 1-4.CARDS: Fitzgerald 7-99; JoBrown 7-75; Floyd 5-59; Johnson 4-63, TD; CJohnson 3-11; JaBrown 1-20; Fells 1-17; Gresham 1-8. INTERCEPTIONRams: Jenkins 1-0.CARDS: None.


CARDS 1 11:06 Bethel 21-yard INT return (Catanzaro kick) -- 0-7

CARDS 1 9:03 Mathieu 33-yard INT return (Catanzaro kick) -- 0-14

CARDS 2 14:56 CJohnson 6-yard run (Catanzaro kick) 10-81, 5:58 0-21

CARDS 2 7:49 CJohnson 1-yard run (Catanzaro kick) 9-81, 4:04 0-28

49ers 2 2:03 Kaepernick 12-yard run (Dawson kick) 3-19, 4:04 7-28



CARDS 3 4:18 Hyde tackled by Minter in EZ for safety -- 7-40



Rams 1 13:24 Austin 12-yard pass from Foles (Zuerlein kick) 3-17, 1:29 7-0



Rams 2 3:16 Zuerlein 30-yard FG 7-68, 3:34 10-6


Rams 3 5:44 Bailey 18-yard pass from Foles (Zuerlein kick) 5-58, 2:52 17-9



Rams 4 8:16 Austin 12-yard pass from Foles (Zuerlein kick) 6-80, 3:41 24-15



The Cardinals thoroughly dominated early and reached Steelers territory on 5 of their 6 first half drives. But despite a 279-58 halftime edge in total offensive yards and 233-1 advantage in passing yards, they led just 10-3 at intermission. Missed opportunities, penalties and turnovers proved their undoing as Pittsburgh outscored Arizona 22-3 in the 2nd half. The Steelers did it behind QB Landry Jones who came on in the 3rd quarter to replace Michael Vick (hamstring), who himself was starting in place of injured Ben Roethlisberger (knee). The loss dropped AZ to 4-2 and overshadowed a career-day from WR John Brown who finished with 10 catches for 196 yards.

The Cards opened the scoring on their 2nd offensive series of the game when Carson Palmer’s 3-yard pass to WR Michael Floyd made it 7-0. They were near midfield on the next drive when Palmer’s pass deflected off TE Jermaine Gresham and was INT’d by LB Lawrence Timmons. Still up 7-0, AZ had another opportunity when Larry Fitzgerald’s 44-yard catch-n-run took it to the PIT34 but they came away pointless when Chandler Catanzaro missed a 47-yard FG try. The Steelers took advantage of that field position and got on the board via Chris Boswell’s 47-yard FG. Late in the 1st half, AZ moved to the PIT13. On 3rd-n-9 from the 13, officials missed a defensive pass interference in the end zone vs. Floyd 2 plays after negating a Floyd TD with a questionable offensive interference call against him. Instead AZ had to settle for Catanzaro’s 31-yard FG that made it 10-3 at the half.

The Steelers opened the 3rd quarter with a 48-yard Boswell FG to make it 10-6. On the 2nd play of the ensuing drive, John Brown fumbled on a reception and Pittsburgh recovered at the AZ32. Four plays later Jones and WR Martavis Bryant connected on a 9-yard TD pass that put the Steelers up 12-10 after the 2-point try was unsuccessful. A 51-yard Boswell FG on the next PIT possession made it 15-10 late in the 3rd. AZ answered as John Brown’s 42-completion took it to the Steeler 27 but they gained just 8 more yards and Catanzaro’s 39-yard FG made it 15-13. The Steelers then moved 68 yards in 13 plays and extended the lead to 18-13 on Boswell’s 4th FG, this one a 28-yarder midway thru the 4th. Trailing by 5, the Cards moved to the PIT20 in 8 plays but just before the 2:00 warning, Palmer’s 1st down pass attempt to John Brown was INT’d in the end zone by S Mike Mitchell. The Cards needed a stop to get the ball back but on the 2nd play after the turnover, Bryant caught a short pass and then weaved 88 yards for a score that essentially sealed the game.

1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 7 3 0 3 — 13Steelers 0 3 12 10 — 25

On a day when the other three NFC West teams all lost, the Cardinals improved to 4-1 with a dominating performance at Detroit that extended their division lead to 2 games. They forced 6 Lions turnovers (4 INTs, 2 fumbles) and had none themselves. Safety Rashad Johnson had a hand in 3 of those takeaways (2 INTs, 1 fumble recovery) and the defense as a whole gave the Lions everything they could handle. In just 45 offensive snaps, AZ scored 42 points including a 28-point explosion in the 2nd quarter. Chris Johnson had 103 rushing yards on 11 carries to lead a ground attack that gained 187 yards overall. Carson Palmer had as many TD passes as incomplete passes (3) and the Cards eclipsed the 40-point mark for the 3rd time in 4 games.

The Cards opened the game with takeaways on the first 2 Detroit pos-sessions. Rashad Johnson picked Matthew Stafford on the opening drive of the game and Tony Jefferson forced an Ameer Abdullah fumble on the second. However, AZ was unable to capitalize on either and it was Detroit that scored first on Theo Riddick’s 6-yard TD pass from Stafford. The Cards answered when David Johnson’s 35-yard kickoff return was followed immediately by a 25-yard Chris Johnson run with a personal foul penalty tacked on. That set-up a 14-yard Palmer TD pass to TE Darren Fells that tied the game. On the next series, the Lions faced a 2nd-n-15 at their own 42 when DE Cory Redding sniffed out a screen pass, INT’d the ball and returned it 30 yards to the 4. On the next play, David Johnson punched it in to put AZ up 14-7. After a Lions punt backed the Cards up to their own 1, Palmer hit John Brown with a 49-yard completion down the right sideline. Chris Johnson’s 40-yard run then took it to the 2 where David Johnson again ran it in. On the ensuing series, Jefferson forced a Golden Tate fumble that Rashad Johnson recovered at the DET22. That led to an 18-yard scoring pass from Palmer to John Brown that gave Arizona TDs on 4 straight possessions and made it 28-7 at the half.

On Detroit’s 1st series of the 2nd half, Patrick Peterson picked off Stafford and returned it 40 yards to the DET32. The INT not only ended the Lions drive but also the afternoon for Stafford who was replaced by Dan Orlovsky thereafter. A 26-yard Larry Fitzgerald catch took it to the 2 and a play later Palmer found him again with a quick scoring slant that made it 35-7. After a Lions FG made it 35-10 with 11:51 left, Drew Stanton came on in relief of Palmer. His 3rd snap was a handoff to Andre Ellington that the RB took 63 yards for a TD. Four plays later, Rashad Johnson notched his 2nd INT of the game, this time off of Orlovsky. A Lions TD with 1:29 remaining made the final score 42-17. 1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 0 28 7 7 — 42Lions 7 0 0 10 — 17

STATISTICS AZ PITFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12 (42) . . . . . . . . .3-12 (25)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-55 . . . . . . . . . . .32-141Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 . . . . . . . . . . . . .169Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469 . . . . . . . . . . . . .310Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-29-2 . . . . . . . . . . 20-11-0Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43.0 . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47.6Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-111 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-48Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31:09 . . . . . . . . . . . 28:51Weather: Partly cloudy, 45 degrees, winds W 12 mph.

STATISTICS AZ DETFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 (13) . . . . . . . . . . 8-17 (47)Total Plays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-187 . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-57Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436Passing (A-C-I). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-12-0 . . . . . . . . . . . 70-41-4Sacked by Opp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Punts-Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43.0Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-85Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23:28 . . . . . . . . . . . . .36:32Weather: Indoors RUSHING

CARDS: CJohnson 14-40; DJohnson 3-9; Ellington 1-7; Palmer 2-(-1).Steelers: Bell 24-88; Vick 5-47; Bryant 1-8; DeWilliams 1-(-1); LJones 1-(-1).PASSINGCARDS: Palmer 29-45, 421 yds, 1TD, 2 INT.Steelers: LJones 8-12, 168 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT; Vick 3-8, 6 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: JoBrown 10-196; Fitzgerald 8-93; Floyd 5-50, TD; Ellington 2-47; Niklas 1-13; Fells 1-9; DJohnson 1-8; CJohnson 1-5.Steelers: Bryant 6-137, 2 TD; ABrown 3-34; Wheaton 1-8; Miller 1-5.INTERCEPTIONCARDS: None.Steelers: Timmons 1-0; Mitchell 1-0.

RUSHINGCARDS: CJohnson 11-103; Ellington 3-63, TD; Taylor 4-19; ; DJohnson 3-6, 2TD; Palmer 1-(-1); Stanton 3-(-3).Lions: Zenner 10-30; Abdullah 6-17; Tate 1-8; Stafford 1-2.PASSINGCARDS: Palmer 11-14, 161 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT; Stanton 1-4, 10 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT.Lions: Orlovsky 21-38, 191 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT; Stafford 20-32, 188 yds, 1 TD, 3 INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: Fitzgerald 5-58, TD; JoBrown 4-73, TD; Fells 2-25, TD; Floyd 1-15.Lions: Riddick 10-53, TD; Tate 8-74; Moore 6-55, TD; CJohnson 5-67; Pettigrew 3-29; Wright 3-12; Fuller 2-56; Jones 1-11; Abdullah 1-9; Zenner 1-7; Burton 1-6.INTERCEPTIONCARDS: RJohnson 2-11; Peterson 1-40; Redding 1-30.Lions: None

STEELERS 25, CARDINALS 13OCTOBER 18, 2015

HEINZ FIELD – (63,846)

CARDINALS 42, LIONS 17OCTOBER 11, 2015

FORD FIELD – (60,816)


Lions 1 2:21 Riddick 6-yard pass from Stafford (Prater kick) 7-82, 3:48 0-7


CARDS 2 10:56 D .Johnson 4-yard run (Catanzaro kick) 1-4, 0:05 14-7


CARDS 2 2:08 Jo .Brown 18-yard pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick) 3-22, 0:47 28-7


Lions 4 11:51 Prater 40-yard FG 10-60, 2:13 35-10


Lions 4 1:29 Moore 13-yard pass from Orlovsky (Prater kick) 15-86, 3:50 42-17


CARDS 1 8:17 Floyd 3-yard pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick) 6-47, 2:56 7-0

Steelers 2 6:06 Boswell 47-yard FG 5-34, 3:12 7-3



Steelers 3 8:45 Bryant 8-yard pass from Jones (pass failed) 4-32, 1:36 10-12




Steelers 4 1:58 Bryant 88-yard pass from Jones (Boswell kick) 2-90, 0:22 13-25

2372015 IN REVIEW

In a Monday night home game, the Cards held on to defeat Baltimore and improve to 5-2. The Ravens entered the game 1-5 but had not played a game decided by more than 6 points and would not go quietly in this one either. RB Chris Johnson rushed for 122 yards; 26 came on a 1st quarter TD run and 62 came on a 3rd quarter run that he kept alive by rolling over a defender. S Tyrann Mathieu’s performance led the defense while a huge play from special teams ace Justin Bethel turned the game late in the 2nd quarter. The Cards did not commit a turnover but took it away twice themselves including a game-saving INT from Tony Jefferson in the closing seconds.

After the Ravens struck first with a 44-yard Justin Tucker FG at the end of their opening series, the Cardinals responded. Back-to-back Carson Palmer passes to TE Jermaine Gresham (21 yards) and WR Michael Floyd (33 yards) quickly moved it to the BAL26 where Chris Johnson took a handoff up the middle, spun from a tackler, bounced to the outside and then into the end zone to make it 7-3. It remained that way until the Ravens capped an 84-yard drive with a 14-yard Justin Forsett TD run that put Baltimore up 10-7 with 3:54 left in the 1st half. The Cards appeared to go 3-n-out but on the Raven return by Jeremy Ross, Cards all-pro special teamer Justin Bethel stripped him and recovered the fumble at the AZ20. Three plays later Palmer hit Floyd with a quick 3-yard slant that gave the Cards a 14-10 lead at the half.

Arizona opened the 3rd quarter with consecutive drives that produced 21-yard Chandler Catanzaro field goals. The first was set-up by a 35-yard completion to the BAL9. The second was aided by another Chris Johnson run; on this one he appeared to be tackled but his knee never hit the ground and he kept going for a 62-yard gain to the BAL8. Up 20-10, the Cards opened the 4th quarter with an 11-play, 79-yard drive that Palmer finished with a 4-yard TD pass to John Brown. Now up 26-10 after the kick failed, AZ was punting back the Baltimore with 4:40 left but the kick was blocked by Ravens CB Asa Jackson and recovered at the AZ1. After a Kyle Juszczyk TD recep-tion and successful 2-point conversion, Arizona’s lead was just 8 with 4:26 remaining. The Cards picked up one 1st down but were forced to punt it back to the Ravens who took over at their own 24 with 1:53 left and no timeouts. In 10 plays, Flacco moved it to the AZ4 with :18 left. An illegal shift penalty pushed it back to the AZ9 and with 6 seconds left, S Tony Jefferson INT’d a Flacco pass in the end zone to seal the game.

1 2 3 4 OT FRavens 3 7 0 8 — 18CARDINALS 7 7 6 6 — 26

In week 8 at Cleveland, the Cardinals dug themselves out of an early hole and overcame 4 turnovers (3 fumbles, 1 INT) to post a 34-20 win that moved them to 6-2 at the season’s midway point. Arizona trailed 20-7 with just under 5 minutes left in the 1st half before scoring 27 straight thereafter. Carson Palmer threw for 374 yards and 4 TDs while RB Chris Johnson & WR Michael Floyd topped 100 yards rushing and receiving, respectively. The offense rolled up 491 total yards and was an eye-popping 13 of 16 on 3rd down (81%). Defensively, the Cards posted a 2nd half shutout while sur-rendering just 5 first downs and 98 total yards (5 rushing) after intermission.

AZ received the game’s opening kickoff and moved 82 yards in 11 plays, capping the drive with an 11-yard Palmer pass to TE Troy Niklas. The key play was a 1-handed 38-yard grab by rookie WR J.J. Nelson who saw his most extensive action to date filling in for injured John Brown (hamstring). After that though, the Browns took advantage of Cardinal mistakes to score 20 unanswered points. A Chris Johnson fumble set up Cleveland’s 1st TD, a 9-yard pass from Josh McCown to WR Brian Hartline that tied it at 7. The AZ offense didn’t cross midfield on its next 3 drives as Palmer barely missed on deep throws to Floyd and Larry Fitzgerald. The Browns meanwhile pro-duced TD drives that McCown ended with short 3rd-n-goal passes to TE Gary Barnidge and another to Hartline. Their 3 straight TD drives put the Browns up 20-7 with 4:56 left in the 2nd quarter. A Chandler Catanzaro FG as the 1st half expired would make it 20-10.

On Arizona’s 4th snap of the 2nd half, Palmer went deep down the right sideline to Floyd who hauled it in for a 60-yard TD to trim the lead to 3. Patrick Peterson’s 38-yard punt return then set AZ up at the CLE48 on the ensuing offensive series. On the next play a 35-yard completion to WR Jaron Brown moved it to the 13 and led to another TD pass to Niklas on 3rd-n-goal from the 1. Up 24-20, the next 2 Cards drives ended with a Palmer INT and Chris Johnson fumble. The latter gave the Browns possession at the AZ28 and a golden opportunity to re-take the lead. But on the 1st play of the 4th quar-ter, S Rashad Johnson made a leaping INT of a McCown pass in the end zone and the Cards never looked back. They controlled the ball for 11:42 of the final 15 minutes. In that time they added a Fitzgerald TD reception, his 7th of the year that ended a 12-play, 80-yard drive and then a late Catanzaro FG. 1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 7 3 14 10 — 34Browns 7 13 0 0 — 20

STATISTICS BAL AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 (38) . . . . . . . . .5-12 (42)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-55 . . . . . . . . . . 28-150Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 . . . . . . . . . . . . .264Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-26-1 . . . . . . . . . .29-20-0Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-45.3 . . . . . . . . . . .4-36.0Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-64 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30:24 . . . . . . . . . . . 29:36Weather: IndoorsRUSHINGRavens: Forsett 12-36, TD; Allen 3-25; Givens 1-(-6).CARDS: CJohnson 18-122, TD; Ellington 5-21; DJohnson 3-5; Palmer 2-2.

PASSINGRavens: Flacco 26-40, 252 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT.CARDS: Palmer 20-29, 275 yds, 2TD, 0 INT.

RECEIVINGRavens: SSmith 5-78; Gillmore 5-53; Juszczyk 4-15, TD; Brown 3-22; Forsett 3-8; Boyle 2-20; Givens 1-31; Allen 1-10; Ross 1-9; Aiken 1-6.CARDS: JoBrown 4-65, TD; Gresham 4-62; Floyd 3-59, TD; Fitzgerald 3-39; Ellington 3-28; DJohnson 2-19; JaBrown 1-3.

INTERCEPTIONRavens: None.CARDS: Jefferson 1-0.

STATISTICS AZ CLEFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . 13-16 (81) . . . . . . . . .9-16 (56)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38-119 . . . . . . . . . . . 20-39Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 . . . . . . . . . . . . .254Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-23-1 . . . . . . . . . . 40-21-1Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50.0 . . . . . . . . . . .6-49.8Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34:23 . . . . . . . . . . . 25:37Weather: Clear & sunny, 62 degrees, humidity 58%, winds 21 mph.RUSHINGCARDS: CJohnson 30-109; Palmer 3-6; DJohnson 1-4; Ellington 3-0; Nelson 1-0.Browns: McCown 5-18; Crowell 10-14; Turbin 3-3; DJohnson 1-3; Manziel 1-1.

PASSINGCARDS: Palmer 23-38, 374 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT.Browns: McCown 18-34, 211 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT; Manziel 3-6, 12 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: Fitzgerald 9-84, TD; Floyd 4-106, TD; Nelson 3-70; DJohnson 2-44; Gresham 2-19; Niklas 2-12, 2 TD; JaBrown 1-39.Browns: Barnidge 7-53, TD; Hartline 4-32, 2 TD; Gabriel 4-32; Benjamin 3-26; DJohnson 2-68; Crowell 1-12.

INTERCEPTIONCARDS: RJohnson 1-0.Browns: Gipson 1-0.

CARDINALS 26, RAVENS 18OCTOBER 26, 2015


CARDINALS 34, BROWNS 20OCTOBER 31, 2015

FIRSTENERGY STADIUM – (67,431)


Ravens 1 5:25 Tucker 44-yard FG 8-29, 5:27 3-0

CARDS 1 3:39 C .Johnson 26-yard run (Catanzaro kick) 3-80, 1:26 3-7

Ravens 2 3:54 Forsett 14-yard run (Tucker kick) 8-84, 4:45 10-7




CARDS 4 8:08 JoBrown 4-yard pass from Palmer (kick failed) 11-79, 6:08 10-26

Ravens 4 4:26 Juszczyk 1-yard pass from Flacco (Flacco-Boyle pass) 1-1, 0:05 18-26


CARDS 1 7:59 Niklas 3-yard pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick) 11-82, 7:01 7-0

Browns 1 2:41 Hartline 9-yard pass from McCown (Coons kick) 3-9, 0:55 7-7

Browns 2 14:48 Barnidge 3-yard pass from McCown (Coons kick) 6-66, 2:05 7-14

Browns 2 4:56 Hartline 2-yard pass from McCown (kick wide right) 14-72, 7:32 7-20


Browns 3 11:46 Floyd 60-yard pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick) 4-71, 2:04 17-20

CARDS 3 7:35 Niklas 1-yard pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick) 4-48, 1:50 24-20




In a wild week 10 showdown in Seattle on Sunday Night Football, the Cards jumped out to a big lead but saw it evaporate into the chilly November night. Against the two-time defending NFC champs in their typically hostile environment, Arizona absorbed some shots but shook them off to re-take the lead. The hard-fought 39-31 win moved the Cards to 7-2 and increased their division lead over the Rams and Seahawks to 3 games with 7 to play. Against the NFL’s #2 defense (#2 against the pass), the Cards threw for 363 yards. Both Larry Fitzgerald (10-130) & Michael Floyd (7-113, 2TD) eclipsed the century mark. The game took almost 4 hours thanks in part to 6 replay reviews and 23 total penalties (202 yards) called by referee Clete Blakeman and his crew.

After a scoreless 1st quarter, AZ built a 19-0 l2nd quarter lead thanks to a FG, a safety and a pair of Carson Palmer TD passes to Floyd. Seattle got on the board late in the 2nd quarter with a Will Tukuafu 1-yard scoring plunge but AZ quickly answered. Chandler Catanzaro’s 43-yard FG as the 1st half expired made it 22-7. In a scary moment midway thru the 2nd, guard Mike Iupati was carted off with a neck injury and was taken to a local hospital. He was later released and flew back to AZ with the team.

The two teams traded 3rd quarter FGs to make it 25-10 before Russell Wilson & Doug Baldwin connected on 32-yard TD. While AZ led 25-17 late in the 3rd, momentum was shifting towards the host Seahawks and was fully on their side after a pair of sacks/strips of Palmer led directly to a pair of Seattle TDs within a 2-minute span. The first gave Seattle possession at the AZ at the 3 and Marshawn Lynch punched it in a play later. The 2nd was returned 22 yards for a TD by LB Bobby Wagner. As a result the Seahawks led 25-23 after their two failed 2-point attempts failed and the Cards desperately needed Palmer to engineer a comeback. He did, leading the team on a 10-play, 83-yard drive that ended with a 14-yard TD pass to TE Jermaine Gresham. Up 32-29, the Cards D forced a punt returning it to the offense at its own 20 with 6:02 to play. Filling in for Floyd (hamstring), Jaron Brown had 3 huge catches late including an 8-yard reception on 3rd-n-3 at the 27. With 2:07 left AZ faced a pivotal 3rd-n-4 at the SEA48. That’s when Andre Ellington took a delayed draw handoff and raced down the left sideline for a TD that made it 39-29. Seattle added a FG on the next series but Fitzgerald’s recovery of the ensuing on-side kick.

1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 0 22 3 14 — 39Seahawks 0 7 10 15 — 32

STATISTICS AZ SEAFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17 (47) . . . . . . . . . 1-8 (13)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-117 . . . . . . . . . . 18-115Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 . . . . . . . . . . . . .228Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 . . . . . . . . . . . . .343Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-29-1 . . . . . . . . . . 32-14-1Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44.7 . . . . . . . . . . .5-40.8Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-71 . . . . . . . . . . 14-131Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38:52 . . . . . . . . . . . 21:08Weather: Cloudy, 49 degrees, 63% humidity, wind calm.RUSHINGCARDS: Ellington 5-61, TD; CJohnson 25-58; Palmer 3-(-2).Seahawks: Wilson 6-52; Lynch 8-42, TD; Rawls 2-19; Tukuafu 2-2, TD.PASSINGCARDS: Palmer 29-48, 363 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT.Seahawks: Wilson 14-32, 240 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: Fitzgerald 10-130; Floyd 7-113, 2 TD; JaBrown 3-38; Ellington 3-27; Fells 3-21; Gresham 2-26; DJohnson 1-8.Seahawks: Baldwin 7-134, TD; Graham 3-41; Richardson 1-40; Kearse 1-10; Lynch 1-8; Lockett 1-7.INTERCEPTIONCARDS: Mathieu 1-24.Seahawks: Thomas 1-0.

CARDINALS 34, BENGALS 31NOVEMBER 22, 2015


In their 100th game at University of Phoenix Stadium and 2nd straight on Sunday Night Football, the Cards faced the 8-1 Bengals and their #1 ranked defense. The flexed game certainly proved worthy of the big stage. In a back and forth affair, AZ fell behind early before exploding for 21 unanswered points in the 3rd quarter. Cincy would rally late to tie it but former Bengal Carson Palmer, who bounced back from 2 early INTs, capped his memorable night by moving AZ into position for the game-winning FG in the closing seconds. In the absence of starting WR Michael Floyd, rookie speedster J.J. Nelson stepped up with 4 catches for 142 yards and a 64-yard TD.

On the game’s opening drive the Cards advanced to the CIN46 but a sack backed them up into a 3rd-n-20 and Palmer’s pass to Fitzgerald was INT’d by CB Leon Hall. After a series of punts, AZ took over at its own 37 but on the first play Palmer’s pass down the deep middle was INT’d by FS Reggie Nelson who returned it to the CIN36. On the next play Andy Dalton connected deep down the left sideline on a 42-yard completion to WR AJ Green that took it to the 22. Six plays later Dalton hit TE Tyler Eifert with a TD on 3rd-n-goal from the 3. The Cards responded with a 10-play, 80-yard game-tying TD drive. The biggest play came on a 3rd-n-16 from midfield when Palmer hit Nelson on a 23-yard completion to the 27; 3 plays later Palmer found TE Darren Fells for an 18-yard TD. Cincy responded with its own 80-yard TD drive. Right after the 2:00 warning a screen pass to RB Giovani Bernard went for 41 yards to the AZ2 and set-up a Jeremy Hill TD run that made it 14-7 at the half.

On AZ’s 4th snap of the 3rd, Palmer launched a deep pass that Nelson hauled in for a 64-yard TD to tie the game at 14. After a Cincy 3-n-out, the Cards went up 21-14 thanks to an efficient 8-play, 66-yard drive that ended on Palmer’s 18-yard TD pass to WR John Brown. After another 3-n-out, AZ went up 28-14 with Palmer’s 3rd TD pass of the quarter, a 16-yarder to rookie RB David Johnson. Early in the 4th, Hill’s 1-yard TD run trimmed the lead to 28-21. Midway thru the 4th quarter, the Bengals had the ball when Markus Golden sacked Dalton forcing a fumble that Deone Bucannon recovered at the CIN10. That set up a 24-yard Chandler Catanzaro FG that put AZ up 10 with 6:27 to go. But the Bengals fought back. After another Eifert TD and a 43-yard Mike Nugent FG, the game was tied at 31 with 1:03 left. With no timeouts, AZ took over at its own 16 with :58 remaining. In consecutive plays, Palmer hit Nelson for 19, and Fitzgerald for 18 & 20 to move to the CIN27. Inside of :10 the Cards were preparing to spike it when Cincy NT Domata Peko shouted the snap cadence causing movement by the Cards but officials correctly called unsportsmanlike conduct. The penalty moved it to the 14 and set up Cantanzaro’s game-winner. 1 2 3 4 OT FBengals 7 7 0 17 — 31CARDINALS 0 7 21 6 — 34

STATISTICS CIN AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 (38) . . . . . . . . .5-11 (45)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-99 . . . . . . . . . . . 25-82Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 . . . . . . . . . . . . .301Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 . . . . . . . . . . . . .383Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-22-0 . . . . . . . . . . 31-20-2Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48.6 . . . . . . . . . . .4-46.3Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-108 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31:15 . . . . . . . . . . . 28:45Weather: Clear, 72 degrees, 22% humidity, wind calm.RUSHINGBengals: Hill 13-45, 2 TD; Dalton 8-34; Bernard 6-18; Sanu 1-2.CARDS: CJohnson 18-63; DJohnson 2-9; Jo Brown 2-9; Ellington 2-2; Palmer 1-(-1).PASSINGBengals: Dalton 22-39, 315 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT.CARDS: Palmer 20-31, 317 yds, 4 TD, 2 INT.

RECEIVINGBengals: Bernard 8-128; Green 4-79; Jones 4-60; Eifert 3-22, 2 TD; Sanu 2-19; Burkhead 1-7.CARDS: Fitzgerald 8-90; Nelson 4-142, TD; JoBrown 3-43, TD; DJohnson 2-17, TD; Fells 1-18, TD; Ellington 1-5; CJohnson 1-2.INTERCEPTIONBengals: Nelson 1-23; Hall 1-0.CARDS: None.

CARDINALS 39, SEAHAWKS 32NOVMEBER 15, 2015

CENTURYLINK FIELD – (69,005)



CARDS 2 12:14 Wilson tackled in EZ by Rucker for safety -- 5-0



Seahawks 2 1:52 Tukuafu 1-yard run (Hauschka kick) 6-80, 2:10 19-7


Seahawks 3 11:18 Hauschka 31-yard FG 9-67, 3:42 22-10


Seahawks 3 4:52 Baldwin 32-yard pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick) 3-69, 1:37 25-17

Seahawks 4 14:44 Lynch 3-yard run (pass failed) 1-3, 0:05 25-23

Seahawks 4 13:00 Wagner 22-yard fumble return (pass failed) -- 25-29

CARDS 4 8:41 Gresham 14-yard pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick) 10-83, 4:15 32-29




Bengals 1 0:22 Eifert 3-yard pass from Dalton (Nugent kick) 7-64, 3:08 7-0


Bengals 2 1:07 Hill 2-yard run (Nugent kick) 14-80, 8:37 14-7

CARDS 3 11:21 Nelson 64-yard pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick) 4-80, 1:41 14-14

CARDS 3 5:32 JoBrown 18-yard pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick) 8-66, 4:45 14-21


Bengals 4 11:26 Hill 1-yard run (Nugent kick) 11-80, 5:00 21-28


Bengals 4 3:44 Eifert 10-yard pass from Dalton (Nugent kick) 8-50, 2:43 28-31

Bengals 4 1:03 Nugent 43-yard FG 8:59, 1:42 31-31


2392015 IN REVIEW

A week after injuries to Chris Johnson and Andre Ellington knocked Arizona’s top 2 RBs from the lineup, rookie David Johnson was forced into duty at St. Louis where he made his 1st career start. He responded with 99 rushing yards on 22 carries and also added a receiving TD. Defensively, the Cards held St. Louis to just 3 points, 9 first downs and 212 total yards. Carson Palmer threw for 356 yards with 2 TDs and no INTs. Larry Fitzgerald became the youngest player in NFL history to record 1,000 catches (11th overall) while also eclipsing 1,000 yards on the season for the 7th time in his career. It all added up to a 24-point win that moved AZ to 10-2 and extended the Cards win streak to 6 games. It also kept their division lead at 3 games with 4 to play.

After winning the toss, the Cardinals took the opening kickoff 80 yards in 10 plays and capped the drive with a 22-yard Palmer TD pass to rookie WR JJ Nelson. A late 2nd quarter Chandler Catanzaro FG made it 10-0 at halftime. Just 2 of St. Louis’ 21 first-half snaps on offense took place in AZ territory and the Cards had a 245-82 halftime edge in total yards of offense. S Rashad Johnson recorded his 5th INT of the season with a 1st quarter pick of Nick Foles.

Early in the 3rd, a 34-yard Todd Gurley run took it to the AZ17. It was the only big play of the afternoon for the dangerous rookie who gained just 7 rushing yards on his 8 other carries combined. This one, however, set up a 35-yard Zach Hocker field goal that made it 10-3. After a mishandled kickoff by Kerwynn Williams went out of bounds at the AZ2, the Cards were backed up to their own goal line in a one-score game. On a pivotal 3rd-n-3 from the 9, Michael Floyd made a leaping reception for 31 yards down the left sideline and on the next play, David Johnson ran 23 yards to the Rams 37. Johnson would end the drive with his 9th TD of the year on a 10-yard TD pass from Palmer. After a Rams 3-n-out, the Cards went up 27-3 when Kerwynn Williams scored his first career TD on a 35-yard run up the middle that capped a 7-play, 81-yard drive. Catanzaro’s 29-yard FG with 4:09 left provided the game’s final points.

The victory gave AZ a road sweep of division opponents and 10+ wins for the third straight season. Bruce Arians became just the 10th person in NFL history to record 10+ wins in each of his first three seasons as a head coach. The loss was St. Louis’ 5th straight and dropped the Rams to 4-8 on the season.

1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 7 3 14 3 — 27Rams 0 0 3 0 — 3

In a typically tough, hard-nosed NFC West battle, the Cardinals recorded their first win in San Francisco since 2008 with a 19-13 victory. It gave AZ its 5th straight win and a 9-2 record that kept their division lead at 3 games with 5 to play. The 49ers entered the game at 3-7 but gave the Cards all they could handle. The game was tied at 13 in the 4th but a late TD drive put the Cardinals ahead and the defense withstood one final 49er threat in the closing minutes to earn victory.

Arizona took a 6-0 lead after a pair of 1st half field goals from Chandler Catanzaro (26 & 41 yards). Each drive was set up by a Cardinals takeaway. The first came when Alani Fua recovered Bruce Ellington’s muffed punt to give the Cards possession at the SF39 midway thru the first. AZ had the ball inside the SF10 but referee Pete Morelli and his crew incorrectly administered a SF penalty causing the Cards to lose a down. The second takeaway came on the next series when FS Tyrann Mathieu intercepted a Blaine Gabbert pass and returned it to the SF42. Mathieu would finish the game with a career-high 13 tackles to go along with the INT. The 49ers halved that lead when Phil Dawson’s 53-yard FG as the 1st half expired made it 6-3.

On the 2nd play after intermission, Carson Palmer connected with John Brown on a 48-yard completion to the SF 23. AZ continued downfield and would have 9 snaps inside the SF3 thanks to 4 defensive penalties, includ-ing 3 pass interference calls. Ultimately rookie RB David Johnson ran it in from a yard out to make it 13-3. San Fran responded with a quick 77-yard drive, the biggest play of which was a 48-yard completion to TE Blake Bell that moved it to the AZ29. The drive ended with Gabbert’s 8-yard TD pass to TE Vance McDonald that made it a 3-point game. Late in the 3rd, Dawson’s 33-yard FG would tie it at 13. With 10:25 left in the game, the Cards took over at their own 15 on what would be the game’s pivotal drive. It began with a holding penalty that quickly backed AZ up to the 8. A 9-yard Jermaine Gresham catch on 3rd-n-8 kept the drive alive but an unnecessary roughness call on AZ soon led to a 3rd-n-19 at the 17. The Cards would pick it up thanks to a foul on the 49ers sideline for interference. AZ then benefitted from a roughing the passer call against DT Quinton Dial on a Palmer sack. With 4:05 left, Palmer launched a 2nd-n-14 pass deep down the middle that rookie WR J.J. Nelson hauled in at the 1. After a run and a false start, the Cards faced 2nd-n-goal at the 8 when Palmer scrambled 8 yards for the go-ahead score. It was just the 8th rushing TD of his career and his first since 2012. The Cards led by just 6 with 2:28 remaining after the PAT hit the upright. The Niners would advance to the AZ30 with 1:30 to play but 2 incompletions and a Tony Jefferson sack led to a 4th-n-20 at the AZ40. The Cards allowed a completion that was short of the line to gain and one first down on the ensuing series sealed the game.

1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 3 3 7 6 — 1949ERS 0 3 10 0 — 13

STATISTICS AZ STLFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16 (44) . . . . . . . . . 1-12 (8)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-175 . . . . . . . . . . . 15-66Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 . . . . . . . . . . . . .146Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 . . . . . . . . . . . . .212Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-27-0 . . . . . . . . . . 35-15-1Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43.5 . . . . . . . . . . .8-54.5Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25 . . . . . . . . . . . 7-104Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39:47 . . . . . . . . . . . 20:13Weather: Indoors

STATISTICS AZ SFFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14 (50) . . . . . . . . . . 0-9 (0)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29-70 . . . . . . . . . . . 17-67Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 . . . . . . . . . . . . .301Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 . . . . . . . . . . . . .383Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-24-0 . . . . . . . . . . 36-25-1Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45.8 . . . . . . . . . . .4-41.5Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47 . . . . . . . . . . . 13-81Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37:27 . . . . . . . . . . . 22:33Weather: Clear & sunny, 54 degrees, 40% humidity, wind WSW 4. RUSHING

CARDS: DJohnson 22-99; KWilliams 6-59, TD; STaylor 5-20; Stanton 3-(-3).Rams: Gurley 9-41; Austin 2-14; Mason 2-13; Foles 2-(-2).PASSINGCARDS: Palmer 26-40, 356 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT; Stanton 1-1, 6 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT.Rams: Foles 15-35, 146 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: Fitzgerald 8-55; Floyd 7-104; JoBrown 6-113; Nelson 2-34, TD; DJohnson 2-21, TD; Fells 1-22; Gresham 1-13.Rams: Cook 3-22; Marquez 3-16; Britt 2-41; Welker 2-15; Mason 2-10; Austin 1-24; Quick 1-14; Harkey 1-4.INTERCEPTIONCARDS: RJohnson 1-(-7).Rams: None.

RUSHINGCARDS: Ellington 5-24; DJohnson 8-21, TD; CJohnson 12-17; Palmer 3-6; Taylor 1-2.49ers: Draughn 15-51; Gabbert 1-11; Patton 1-5.PASSINGCARDS: Palmer 24-40, 271 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT.49ers: Gabbert 25-36, 318 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: Fitzgerald 10-66; JoBrown 5-99; Ellington 3-22; Nelson 2-53; D. Johnson 2-8; Floyd 1-14; Gresham 1-9.49ers: Boldin 8-93; McDonald 6-71, TD; Draughn 5-35; Bell 3-67; TSmith 2-51; Patton 1-1.INTERCEPTIONCARDS: Mathieu 1-15.49ers: None.

CARDINALS 27, RAMS 3DECEMBER 6, 2015

EDWARD JONES DOME – (51,115)

CARDINALS 19, 49ERS 13NOVMEBER 29, 2015

LEVI’S STADIUM – (70,799)




49ers 2 0:00 Dawson 53-yard FG 12-45, 3:42 6-3


49ers 3 7:34 McDonald 8-yard pass from Gabbert (Dawson kick) 6-77, 2:24 13-10

49ers 3 1:28 Dawson 33-yard FG 7-65, 4:10 13-13

CARDS 4 2:28 Palmer 8-yard run (kick failed) 14-85, 7:57 19-13


CARDS 1 10:07 Nelson 22-yard pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick) 10-80, 4:53 7-0


Rams 3 11:30 Hocker 35-yard FG 5-34, 1:12 10-3


CARDS 3 1:30 KWilliams 35-yard TD run (Catanzaro kick) 7-81, 2:48 24-3



CARDINALS 23, VIKINGS 20DECEMBER 10, 2015


In a week 14 Thursday night tilt in Arizona, the Cards & Vikings went down to the wire. A season-long 47-yard Chandler Catanzaro FG gave AZ a 23-20 lead with 83 seconds left but Minnesota wouldn’t go away. With :13 left, the Vikings had moved into position for a 48-yard game-tying FG attempt and faced 3rd-n-10 at the AZ31. But with the game on the line, veteran LB Dwight Freeney executed one of his patented spin moves and got to QB Teddy Bridgewater, forcing a fumble that DT Calais Campbell recovered to seal the game. The victory was the Cardinals’ 7th straight, gave them an 11-2 record and clinched a playoff berth. QB Carson Palmer was again superb complet-ing 25 of 35 passes for 310 yards. His two TD passes gave him 31 on the season and the franchise’s single-season record (Kurt Warner, 30 in 2008). WR Michael Floyd went over the century mark for the second straight game and had a game-high 102 receiving yards with a TD while rookie RB David Johnson gained 92 yards on 19 carries. The Cardinals benefitted from 3 takeaways and committed no turnovers themselves.

Arizona grabbed an early lead by taking the opening kickoff and striking first with a 27-yard Catanzaro FG. That 3-0 lead was short-lived as the Vikings answered with a 7-play, 80-yard drive that Adrian Peterson ended with a 9-yard TD run. Five plays later, Palmer and WR John Brown connected on a 65-yard scoring play that put AZ up 10-7. Midway thru the 2nd quarter, MIN reached the AZ22 but at the end of a Jarius Wright reception, Deone Bucannon forced a fumble that he recovered himself at the AZ15. The Vikings would tie it at 10 in the closing seconds of the half on Blair Walsh’s 44-yard FG.

Minnesota opened the 3rd quarter by quickly moving to the AZ35 but the Cards responded with another big takeaway. DT Josh Mauro blew up Peterson as a reverse was developing, forcing a fumble that LB Alex Okafor recovered at the AZ43. On the ensuing drive, Palmer hit Floyd with a short pass that he turned into a 42-yard TD thanks to a key Larry Fitzgerald block along the sideline. The Cardinal lead grew to 10 on Catanzaro’s 23-yard FG on the opening play of the 4th quarter. A 54-yard Walsh FG cut Minnesota’s deficit to 7 and the Vikings then tied it with an 11-play, 88-yard drive that ended on a 7-yard Bridgewater pass to WR Mike Wallace. Now tied at 20, the Cards took over at their own 16 with 4:50 left. They moved to the MIN29 where Catanzaro’s 47-yarder allowed AZ to re-claim the lead with 1:23 left. It was enough time for Minnesota to move into position for a potential game-tying FG attempt before Freeney came up with the game’s decisive play.

1 2 3 4 OT FVikings 7 3 0 10 — 20CARDINALS 10 0 7 6 — 23

In their final road game of the regular season, the Cards turned in a domi-nant performance on Sunday Night Football in Philly. Leading the effort was rookie RB David Johnson who ran for 187 yards and 3 TDs on the night while adding another 42 yards on 4 catches. The victory gave AZ 12 wins overall and 7 on the road – both single-season franchise records - while extending the team’s win streak to 8 games. It also enabled the Cards to clinch their first NFC West title since 2009 and improved AZ’s 2015 record in primetime games to 5-0 (3-0 on Sunday Night Football). The Cards benefitted from 2 Philly turnovers but for the 4th straight game committed none themselves.

The game was tied at 10 with 4:00 left in the first half when AZ faced a 2nd-n-5 at the PHI47. Johnson carried into the right side of the line, broke several tackles and then stiff-armed his way down the sideline for the go-ahead score. The Eagles responded by advancing deep into AZ territory and seemed poised to tie the game going into the half. But on 4th-n-inches from the AZ8, CB Jerraud Powers knifed into the backfield and helped stop RB Ryan Mathews for no gain causing the Eagles to turn it over on downs. From there the momentum of the game shifted entirely in Arizona’s favor.

Johnson capped the Cards opening offensive series of the 2nd half with his 3rd TD of the night, a 1-yarder that came at the end of an 8-play, 87 yard drive. AZ then forced turnovers on the next two Philly possessions. The first came when rookie LB Markus Golden sacked Sam Bradford forcing a fumble that DT Frostee Rucker recovered at the AZ44. A couple minutes later, S DJ Swearinger recovered a Mathews fumble caused by DT Josh Mauro. That takeaway was followed by Carson Palmer’s 16-yard TD pass to John Brown that put AZ up 30-10 late in the 3rd quarter. On the opening play of the 4th quarter, $LB Deone Bucannon notched his first career INT when he picked off Bradford and returned it 39 yards for a TD that extended the lead to 27 points. The Eagles quickly trimmed it on the next play from scrimmage when Bradford took advantage of a defensive miscommunication and connected on a 78-yard TD to WR Jordan Matthews that made it 37-17. Philly would get no closer and the game’s final points came via a 38-yard Chandler Catanzaro with 2:59 left. Two plays later with the contest well in hand, the Cards were dealt a crushing blow when S Tyrann Mathieu suffered a season-ending knee injury after intercepting Bradford. 1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 7 10 13 10 — 40Eagles 3 7 0 7 — 17

STATISTICS AZ PHIFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14 (57) . . . . . . . . .6-12 (50)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39-230 . . . . . . . . . . . 20-74Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 . . . . . . . . . . . . .350Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 . . . . . . . . . . . . .424Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-20-0 . . . . . . . . . . 41-28-2Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39.0 . . . . . . . . . . .3-49.0Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37:28 . . . . . . . . . . . 22:32Weather: Clear, 37 degrees, 54% humidity, winds S 4 MPH.

STATISTICS MIN AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11 (55) . . . . . . . . .6-13 (46)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24-72 . . . . . . . . . . . 29-97Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 . . . . . . . . . . . . .296Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 . . . . . . . . . . . . .393Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-25-0 . . . . . . . . . .35-25-0Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45.5 . . . . . . . . . . .3-44.2Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:01 . . . . . . . . . . . 31:59Weather: Clear, 66 degrees, 26% humidity, winds W 1 MPH.

RUSHINGCARDS: DJohnson 29-187, 3 TD; KWilliams 6-34; Taylor 2-11; Stanton 2-(-2). Eagles: Mathews 11-58; Sproles 6-9; Bradford 1-4; Murray 2-3.PASSINGCARDS: Palmer 20-32, 274 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT. Eagles: Bradford 28-41, 361 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: Floyd 5-70; DJohnson 4-42; Fells 3-54; Fitzgerald 3-43; JoBrown 3-38, TD; JaBrown 1-15; Williams 1-12.Eagles: Matthews 8-159, TD; Ertz 8-78, TD; Huff 4-52; Celek 2-31; Cooper 2-22; Mathews 1-3.INTERCEPTIONSCARDS: Bucannon 1-39, TD; Mathieu 1-3.Eagles: None.

RUSHINGVikings: Peterson 23-69, TD; Bridgewater 1-3.CARDS: DJohnson 19-92; Palmer 3-3; KWilliams 6-2; Taylor 1-0.PASSINGVikings: Bridgewater 25-36, 335 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT.CARDS: Palmer 25-35, 310yds, 2 TD, 0 INT.

RECEIVINGVikings: Rudolph 6-67; Wright 5-51; Wallace 3-42, TD; Pruitt 2-36; Asiata 2-30; Diggs 2-12; Ellison 1-41; Line 1-24; Peterson 1-17; McKinnon 1-8; Thielen 1-7.CARDS: Floyd 5-102, TD; Fitzgerald 5-41; DJohnson 5-31; JoBrown 4-78, TD; Fells 3-43; Iupati 1-10; Taylor 1-4; JaBrown 1-1.INTERCEPTIONVikings: None.CARDS: None.

CARDINALS 40, EAGLES 17DECEMBER 20, 2015

LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD – (69,596)



Vikings 1 3:57 Peterson 9-yard run (Walsh kick) 7-80, 3:26 7-3


Vikings 2 0:03 Walsh 44-yard FG 10-54, 3:42 10-10



Vikings 4 12:10 Walsh 54-yard FG 8-28, 2:45 13-20

Vikings 4 4:55 Wallace 7-yard pass from Bridgewater (Walsh kick) 11-88, 5:10 20-20




Eagles 1 6:00 Sturgis 36-yard FG 12-56, 4:44 7-3


Eagles 2 8:26 Ertz 22-yard pass from Bradford (Sturgis kick) 4-53, 1:55 10-10


CARDS 3 9:48 DJohnson 1-yard run (kick failed) 8-87, 4:12 23-10


CARDS 4 14:50 Bucannon 39-yard INT return (Catanzaro kick) -- 37-10

Eagles 4 14:32 Matthews 78-yard pass from Bradford (Sturgis kick) 1-73, 0:18 37-17


2412015 IN REVIEW

A week after clinching the division with a dominating 23-point win at Philly, the Cards returned home to face the 10-4 Packers with a chance to secure a 1st round bye for the first time in franchise history. The result was an even more decisive Arizona victory. Despite having 8 fewer offensive plays, the Cards outgained GB by 203 yards and scored 38 points against the NFL’s #5 team in points allowed. Playing on his 36th birthday, Carson Palmer completed 2nd quarter TD passes to WRs Larry Fitzgerald and John Brown. They were followed by a 14-yard scoring run from do-everything rookie RB David Johnson, his 13th TD of the year. That staked AZ to a 17-0 lead early in the 3rd. After that, a pair of 3rd quarter Green Bay drives ended with Cardinal sacks of Aaron Rodgers that caused fumbles they returned for TDs. The first came when LB Kareem Martin forced Rodgers to lose the ball and DT Cory Redding took the recovery 36 yards for a TD. Later in the quarter, Dwight Freeney forced it from Rodgers on a sack and CB Jerraud Powers took the fumble 7 yards for another defensive TD. In all, the Cards recorded 9 sacks (their most since 1986) including 3.0 from Freeney and 2.5 by DT Calais Campbell. Rodgers was sacked a career-high 8 times before giving way to back-up Scott Tolzien.

The game was close early on and scoreless after one quarter. But on the 3rd play of the 2nd quarter, Palmer hit Fitzgerald with a TD pass on 3rd-n-goal from the 3 to make it 7-0. The next Cardinals drive reached the GB1 but they couldn’t punch it in and had to settle for a Chandler Catanzaro FG. Up 10-0, the Cards took over at their own 24 with 2:00 to go in the 1st half. But on the 1st play, Palmer’s screen pass was picked off by DT Mike Daniels who set the Packers up at the AZ15. It was Arizona’s 1st turnover in five games. Two plays later GB faced a 3rd-n-5 at the 10. A TD or FG would make it a one score game and the Packers would get the ball 1st after intermission. However, Rodgers’ pass intended for WR James Jones was INT’d by CB Justin Bethel in the end zone. That gave the AZ possession at its own 20 with :57 left. On the 1st play, the game’s leading receiver Michael Floyd (6-111) took a Palmer pass 47 yards to the 9. With :11 left, the Cards faced a 3rd-n-goal at the 7 when Palmer hit Brown with a TD to make it 17-0 at the half.

For AZ, the 2nd half began just as favorably as the 1st half had ended. On the 3rd quarter’s opening play from scrimmage, RB James Starks fumbled on a hit by S D.J. Swearinger and Powers recovered at the GB28. A 14-yard Floyd reception on the 1st play took it to the 14 and on the next snap, Johnson ran 14 yards off right tackle for a TD that gave AZ a 24-0 lead. Green Bay’s lone score came on an Eddie Lacy reception late in the 3rd. The victory was the Cardinals’ 9th straight (one shy of the franchise record) and improved their season record to 13-2.

1 2 3 4 OT FPackers 0 0 8 0 — 8CARDINALS 0 17 21 0 — 38

The Cardinals entered the regular season finale vs. Seattle with a 13-2 record having already clinched the #2 seed and a first-round bye. A home win over the Seahawks combined with a Carolina home loss to Tampa would elevate Arizona to the #1 seed and home-field advantage through-out the postseason. Neither outcome happened. The Cards would suffer just their 3rd defeat of the season and by far their most decisive. Seattle scored on each of its first 5 possessions (4 TDs & a FG) and led 30-6 at halftime. The Cardinals struggled in all three phases, surrendering their highest point total on defense and producing their lowest on offense. On special teams Seattle return man Tyler Lockett gained 139 yards on 4 punt returns and had consecutive returns of 66 & 42 that each led to TDs. The defeat snapped Arizona’s win streak at 9 games, one shy of the franchise record (1948).

Seattle opened the game’s scoring with a 12-play, 88-yard TD drive on its first offensive series. RB Christian Michael’s 44-yard run provided half of the drive’s yardage and Bryce Brown’s 1-yard TD run made it 7-0. An INT by Jeremy Lane on the 2nd play of the next series set the Seahawks up at the AZ41 and led to a 52-yard Steven Hauschka FG that made it 10-0. Arizona answered when Carson Palmer’s 17-yard pass to Larry Fitzgerald at the end of a 12-play, 80-yard drive made it 10-6 after Chandler Catanzaro’s PAT was wide right. After a 7-yard Russell Wilson TD pass to FB Will Tukuafu on the next drive, the Seahawks led 17-6. Lockett then returned a punt 66 yards to the 16 and it led immediately to another Wilson TD pass, this one an 8-yarder to TE Chase Coffman. A Cards’ 3-n-out was followed by a 42-yard Lockett punt return that set Seattle up at the AZ27. Three plays later, Wilson connected with Doug Baldwin on 24-yard TD that made it 30-6 at the half.

Palmer was kept from action in the 2nd half and gave way to back-up Drew Stanton. Wilson would stay in the game for another quarter before being replaced by Tarvaris Jackson early in the fourth. The game’s only other scoring came via two Hauschka FGs of 33 and 52 yards.

Several Cardinals reached personal milestones in the game. Fitzgerald recorded 6 catches to eclipse his own franchise single-season record (103 in 2005) and finished the year with 108. Palmer set the club’s single-season mark in that category (Neil Lomax in 1984) and he also finished with the highest passer rating ever for a Cards QB at 104.6 (Kurt Warner, 2008). John Brown eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards in a season for the first time in his career and the Cards offense finished the year ranked #1 in the NFL for the first time since 1948. The AZ defense finished 2015 ranked #5.

1 2 3 4 OT FSeahawks 10 20 6 0 — 36CARDINALS 0 6 0 0 — 6

STATISTICS GB AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17 (29) . . . . . . . . .5-10 (50)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26-101 . . . . . . . . . . 26-121Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 . . . . . . . . . . . . .260Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 . . . . . . . . . . . . .381Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-16-1 . . . . . . . . . . 28-19-1Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-44.7 . . . . . . . . . . .4-43.0Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-59 . . . . . . . . . . 10-119Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:44 . . . . . . . . . . . 30:16Weather: Indoors

STATISTICS SEA AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15 (53) . . . . . . . . .5-12 (42)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-145 . . . . . . . . . . . 13-27Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 . . . . . . . . . . . . .205Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 . . . . . . . . . . . . .232Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-22-0 . . . . . . . . . .43-20-3Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 6-47.3Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-70 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36:37 . . . . . . . . . . . 23:23Weather: Indoors

RUSHINGPackers: Lacy 12-60; Rodgers 3-19; Starks 3-11; Masthay 1-7; Kuhn 1-3; Cobb 1-2; Tolzien 1-0; Crockett 4-(-1).CARDS: KWilliams 8-44; Ellington 7-40; DJohnson 9-39, TD; Stanton 2-(-2). PASSINGPackers: Rodgers 15-28, 151 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT.CARDS: Palmer 18-27, 265 yds, 1 TD,1 INT; Stanton 1-1, 4 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT.

RECEIVINGPackers: JJones 5-46; Adams 3-42; Cobb 3-15; Quarless 2-17; Lacy 1-28, TD; Abbrederis 1-5; Rodgers 1-2.CARDS: Floyd 6-111; Fitzgerald 4-29, TD; DJohnson 3-88; JoBrown 3-25, TD; Gresham 1-7; Ellington 1-5; KWilliams 1-4.INTERCEPTIONSPackers: Daniels 1-6.CARDS: Bethel 1-0.

RUSHINGSeahawks: Michael 17-102; Brown 10-20, TD; Wilson 5-13; Lockett 2-7; KWilliams 1-5; TJackson 2-(-2).CARDS: DJohnson 11-25; Ellington 2-2.PASSINGSeahawks: Wilson 19-28, 197 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT; Jackson 3-4, 28 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT.CARDS: Palmer 12-25, 129, 1 TD, 1 INT; Stanton 8-18, 84 yds, 0 TD, 2 INT.

RECEIVINGSeahawks: Baldwin 5-46; Helfet 4-42; Coffman 4-29, TD; Kearse 3-34, TD; Lockett 2-36; KSmith 1-17; KWilliams 1-8; Tukuafu 1-7, TD; FJackson 1-6.CARDS: Fitzgerald 6-55, TD; JoBrown 4-45; DJohnson 3-34; Gresham 2-36; Floyd 1-16; Niklas 1-8; Ellington 1-7; Fells 1-7; Golden 1-5.INTERCEPTIONSeahawks: Shead 1-40; Thomas 1-10; Lane 1-6.CARDS: None.

CARDINALS 38, PACKERS 8DECEMBER 27, 2015


SEAHAWKS 36, CARDINALS 6JANUARY 3, 2016







CARDS 3 9:34 Redding 36-yard fumble return (Catanzaro kick) -- 0-31

Packers 3 6:31 Lacy 28-yard pass from Rodgers (Rodgers-Jones pass) 8-80, 3:03 8-31

CARDS 3 3:05 Powers 7-yard fumble return (Catanzaro kick) -- 8-38


Seahawks 1 5:22 B.Brown 1-yard run (Hauschka kick) 12-88, 7:19 7-0


CARDS 2 11:59 Fitzgerald 17-yard pass from Palmer (kick wide right) 12-80, 6:09 10-6

Seahawks 2 6:02 Tukuafu 7-yard pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick) 11-80, 5:57 17-6

Seahawks 2 3:51 Coffman 8-yard pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick) 1-8, 0:07 24-6

Seahawks 2 2:08 Kearse 24-yard pass from Wilson (kick wide left) 3-27, 0:51 30-6


Seahawks 3 4:49 Hauschka 52-yard FG 7-(-1), 3:28 36-6


Meeting in the Divisional Playoff round, the Cards and Pack turned in one for the ages. The wild game featured 23 total points in the first 56:15 and then 23 more in the final 4:49. It saw the Cards come back from a 4th quarter deficit to lead late before the Packers completed a 41-yard Hail Mary as time expired to force overtime. But in the end, as it so often does, the game was decided by all-pro WR Larry Fitzgerald who cemented his place among the game’s greatest postseason players. He caught 8 passes for a club playoff record 176 yards and a TD. His biggest plays came when AZ needed it most, including a 75-yard catch-n-run on the 1st play of OT after Aaron Rodgers had delivered a gut punch at the end of regulation.

The Cardinals struck first when Michael Floyd’s toe-tapping catch of a Carson Palmer pass in the back of the end zone gave them a 7-0 lead. A 100-yard INT return TD by CB Patrick Peterson would have given the Cards a 14-0 lead but it was negated by penalty. Green Bay would then dominate possession thanks to back-to-back 17-play drives that consumed more than 15 minutes in total. However, each ended in FGs rather than TDs and AZ led 7-6 at intermission.

The teams then opened the 3rd quarter by trading interceptions. First S Rashad Johnson picked off Rodgers but 3 plays later Ha Ha Clinton-Dix returned the favor with one off Palmer. RB Eddie Lacy then reeled off consecutive runs of 14 & 61 yards that set-up an 8-yard TD pass to WR Jeff Janis. With the Pack leading 13-7, AZ marched to the GB10 but had to settle for a 28-yard Chandler Catanzaro FG that cut it to 3. The next Cards drive also reached the 10 but Palmer’s pass to John Brown in the end zone was picked by CB Damarious Randall. After another Pack punt, the Cards took over at their own 20 down 3 with 10:53 to go. In 13 plays they reached the GB9 when Palmer’s pass into the end zone was deflected by Randall but ricocheted to Floyd for a TD. After the Packers turned it over on downs on 4 passes, AZ took over at the GB24 with 2:38 to go. Catanzaro’s subsequent 36-yard FG made it 20-13 with 1:55 to play. Needing a TD to tie it, GB faced a 4th-n-20 from its own 4 when Rodgers completed a 60-yard deep ball to Janis that took it to the AZ36 with :21 left. Three plays later they faced a 2nd-n-15 from the AZ41 and time for one heave into the end zone. GB’s prayers were answered when Janis came down with Rodgers’ pass in the end zone with no time on the clock and the stadium stunned. The crazy ending got crazier when referee Clete Blakeman had to re-do the OT coin toss because it didn’t flip on his first try. AZ ultimately won it and started the extra period at its own 20. On the first snap, Palmer spun away from pressure before firing across the field to a wide open Fitzgerald. The veteran WR proceeded to weave his way all the way to the GB 5 on a 75-yard gain. Two plays later, a shovel pass to Fitz ended it. 1 2 3 4 OT FPackers 0 6 7 7 0 20CARDINALS 7 0 3 10 6 26

The NFC Championship Game featured the conference’s top 2 seeds and league’s top 2 offenses as the Cards (13-3) & Panthers (15-1) met in Charlotte with the dream of playing in Super Bowl 50. The dream quickly turned into a nightmare for Arizona. The Panthers scored on their first 3 offensive drives of each half and led 17-0 after one quarter, 24-7 at the half and ultimately won 49-15. They forced 7 Cardinal turnovers (4 INTs/3 fumbles) including 3 very costly ones late in the 2nd quarter when the Cards had a chance to re-claim momentum. It marked the 2nd straight year the Cards’ season ended in Carolina and the loss denied Arizona the chance to advance to its 2nd Super Bowl in franchise history.

After a 45-yard Graham Gano FG put Carolina up 3-0, the next Panther drive started at the AZ49 thanks to a 32-yard Ted Ginn punt return. Five plays later, Ginn scored from 22 yards out on a reverse to make it 10-0. Arizona’s 3rd straight drive ended in a punt but the defense had a chance to send the Panthers 3-n-out with a stop on 3rd-n-8 from the CAR14 . However, Newton hit Corey Brown with a 26-yard pass to the 40 and the WR broke one tackle to take it the rest of the way for an 86-yard score. Down 17-0 the Cards advanced to the CAR37. On 3rd-n-10, Carson Palmer was sacked by DT Kawann Short forcing a fumble that the Panthers recovered. After the AZ defense forced a 3-n-out, the Cards took over at their own 21 with 11:47 to play in the half. They would move 79 yards in 10 plays and David Johnson’s 1-yard TD run made it 17-7. AZ then held Carolina without a 1st down and the ensuing punt was short. But as Patrick Peterson raced to catch the errant kick, he couldn’t hold onto it and the Panthers recovered at the AZ46. Consecutive runs of 17 and 23 by RB Jonathan Stewart took it to the one and on 3rd-n-goal from there Newton was able to break the plane for a TD. On the next snap, Palmer’s arm was hit by DE Charles Johnson forcing a fumble the Panthers recovered at the AZ31. Two plays later, though, Peterson INT’d Newton and returned it 72 yards to the 22 with :56 left. But on the very next play, Palmer’s pass into the end zone was picked off by S Kurt Coleman allowing the Panthers to take a 24-7 lead into halftime.

Things got no better in the 2nd half for the Cards as another Gano FG and an 11-yard Newton run upped the lead to 34-7. Early in the 4th, Palmer’s 21-yard TD pass to TE Darren Fells and a successful 2-point conversion made it 34-15 with 14:16 remaining. However, the next 3 AZ drives would end in INTs, one of which was returned 22 yards for a TD by LB Luke Kuechly that provided the game’s final points. 1 2 3 4 OT FCARDINALS 0 7 0 8 — 15Panthers 17 7 10 15 — 49

STATISTICS GB AZFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15 (47) . . . . . . . . .5-13 (38)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-135 . . . . . . . . . . . 19-40Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 . . . . . . . . . . . . .328Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 . . . . . . . . . . . . .368Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-24-1 . . . . . . . . . . 41-25-2Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35.8 . . . . . . . . . . .3-49.0Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-55 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30:14 . . . . . . . . . . . 30:51Weather: Indoors

STATISTICS AZ CARFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213rd Down Eff. (Pct) . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10 (30) . . . . . . . . .8-14 (57)Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66Avg. Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-60 . . . . . . . . . . .37-152Net Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 . . . . . . . . . . . . .324Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 . . . . . . . . . . . . .478Passing (A-C-I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-23-4 . . . . . . . . . . 28-19-1Sacked by Opp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11Punts-Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48.8 . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39.7Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-51 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23:21 . . . . . . . . . . . 35:39Weather: Clear, 39 degrees. Humidity 39%. Wind SW 4 mph.

NFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

RUSHINGPackers: Lacy 12-89; Starks 7-23; Rodgers 2-21; Kuhn 1-2.CARDS: DJohnson 15-35; Ellington 3-3; JoBrown 1-2.PASSINGPackers: Rodgers 24-44, 261 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT.CARDS: Palmer 25-41, 349 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT.

RECEIVINGPackers: Janis 7-145, 2 TD; RRodgers 5-45; Abbrederis 4-55; Starks 4-4; Kuhn 2-10:acy 2-2.CARDS: Fitzgerald 8-176, TD; DJohnson 6-43; JoBrown 5-82; Floyd 3-26, 2 TD; Fells 2-14; Nelson 1-8.INTERCEPTIONPackers: Clinton-Dix 1-0; Randall 1-0.CARDS: RJohnson 1-1.

RUSHINGCARDS: DJohnson 15-60, TD; Ellington 1-0.Panthers: Stewart 19-83; Newton 10-47, 2 TD; Ginn 1-22, TD; Tolbert 3-4; Whittaker 2-(-2); Anderson 2-(-2).PASSINGCARDS: Palmer 23-40, 235 yds, 1 TD, 4 INT; Fitzgerald 0-1, 0 yds.Panthers: Newton 19-28, 335 yds, 2 TD, INT.

RECEIVINGCARDS: DJohnson 9-68; Fitzgerald 4-30; Floyd 3-37; Fells 2-36, TD; Nelson 2-25; JoBrown 2-23; JaBrown 1-16.Panthers: Olsen 6-113; CBrown 4-113, TD; Ginn 2-52; Funchess 2-21, TD; Cotchery 2-17; Stewart 2-5; Tolbert 1-14.INTERCEPTIONCARDS: Peterson 1-72.Panthers: Coleman 2-0; Kuechly 1-22; Boston 1-5.

CARDINALS 26, PACKERS 20 (0T)JANUARY 16, 2016


PANTHERS 49, CARDINALS 15JANUARY 24, 2016

BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM – (74,294)



Packers 2 11:22 Crosby 28-yard FG 17-85, 7:31 3-7

Packers 2 0:57 Crosby 34-yard FG 17-71, 7:55 6-7

Packers 3 10:17 Janis 8-yard pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick) 6-81, 3:05 13-7




Packers 4 0:00 Janis 41-yard pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick) 6-86, 1:55 20-20

CARDS OT 13:55 Fitzgerald 5-yard pass from Palmer 3-80, 1:05 20-26


Panthers 1 9:30 Gano 45-yard FG 8-39, 3:56 0-3

Panthers 1 4:31 Ginn 22-yard run (Gano kick) 5-49, 3:16 0-10

Panthers 1 0:49 C.Brown 86-yard pass from Newton (Gano kick) 3-88, 0:59 0-17


Panthers 2 1:56 Newton 1-yard run (Gano kick) 5-46, 2:49 7-24

Panthers 3 7:50 Gano 21-yard FG 11-80, 7:10 7-27

Panthers 3 2:08 Newton 11-yard run (Gano kick) 8-79, 4:11 7-34

CARDS 4 14:16 Fells 21-yard pass from Palmer (Nelson run) 10-80, 2:52 15-34

Panthers 4 5:26 Funchess 5-yard pass from Newton (Newton-Tolbert 9-84, 6:12 15-42

Panthers 4 5:11 Kuechly 22-yard INT return (Gano kick) -- 15-49

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IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA 0-0-0-16 76 Iupati, Mike IAJ IAJ IAJ LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG 13-13-0-3 22 Jefferson, Tony DB P P DB P P P P DB P DB P P SS FS FS FS FS 16-7-0-0 23 Johnson, Chris P RB RB RB RB P RB RB RB RB RB IRD IRD IRD IRD IRD IRD IRD 11-9-0-0 31 Johnson, David P P P P P P P P P P P RB RB RB RB RB RB RB 16-5-0-0 26 Johnson, Rashad DB DB DB DB SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS IAJ IAJ SS SS SS 14-14-0-2 62 Larsen, Ted LG LG LG IA IA DNP DNP DNP IA RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG 10-10-3-3 82 Leach, Mike P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P 16-0-0-0 50 Martin, Gabe PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS P P 0-0-0-0 96 Martin, Kareem P P P P P P P P P P SAM P P P P SAM P P 16-2-0-0 70 Massie, Bobby SUS SUS RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT 14-14-0-0 32 Mathieu, Tyrann FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS IR IR IR IR 14-14-0-0 97 Mauro, Josh NT P P NT P P P P NT P P P P NT IAJ IAJ NT NT 14-4-0-2 60 McClain, Antoine PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS N/A 34 McFadden, Leon PS PS PS PS PS PS - - - - - - - - - - - - N/A 51 Minter, Kevin ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB 16-16-0-0 80 Momah, Ifeanyi IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR N/A 42 Nealy, Quayshawn - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PS PS N/A 14 Nelson, J.J. P P IAJ IAJ IAJ IA P WR IA P P P WR P P P P P 11-2-0-5 27 Nelson Jr., Robert PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS IA IA DNP - - - - - - - 0-0-1-2 87 Niklas, Troy P P P TE P P P TE P P P P TE P P P P P 16-3-0-0 57 Okafor, Alex WILL WILL WILL WILL WILL IAJ IAJ IAJ WILL WILL WILL WILL WILL WILL WILL WILL NFI NFI 13-13-0-3 73 Okoye, Lawrence PS PS PS PS PS PS - - - - - - - - - - - - N/A 3 Palmer, Carson QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB 16-16-0-0 45 Person, Brandon IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR N/A 98 Peters, Corey IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR N/A 21 Peterson, Patrick CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB 16-16-0-0 72 Pierre, Olsen - - - - - - PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS N/A 25 Powers, Jerraud CB CB CB CB CB CB CB DNP CB CB CB IAJ IAJ CB CB CB CB CB 13-13-1-2 90 Redding, Cory P P P P P P P P P IAJ IAJ IAJ P IAJ P P IR IR 12-0-0-4 47 Riddick, Shaq IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA DNP IA IA IA IA IA IA 0-0-1-15 92 Rucker, Frostee DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT IAJ IAJ IAJ DT DT DT DT DT 13-13-0-3 63 Sendlein, Lyle C C C C C C C C C C C C C DNP C C C C 15-15-1-0 53 Shipley, A.Q. 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Season Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3In NFC West Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2In NFC East Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0In NFC North Games . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-0In NFC South Games . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0

At Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2On the Road. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1Outdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1Indoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2On Natural Grass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

When won coin toss . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2When lost coin toss . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1When scored first . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1When opp. scores first . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2In overtime games . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0

2015 ARIZONA INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGES (3-7)Date Opp Explanation Result9-20 @ CHI Challenge incomplete pass ruling for AZ WR John Brown Reversed Challenge pass completion ruling for CHI WR Marquess Wilson Upheld10-11 @ DET Challenge loose ball recovery ruling going out of bounds Upheld10-26 vs. BAL Challenge touchback ruling for BAL LB C.J. Mosley Upheld11-1 @ CLE Challenge incomplete pass ruling for CLE TE Gary Barnidge Upheld11-15 @ SEA Challenge runner was down by contact ruling for AZ WR Michael Floyd Reversed Challenge first down ruling for SEA QB Russell Wilson Reversed Challenge first down ruling for SEA FB Will Tukuafu Upheld11-22 vs. CIN Challenge runner was down by contact ruling for CIN KR Brandon Tate Upheld12-27 vs. GB Challenge runner was down by contact ruling for GB QB Scott Tolzien Upheld

2015 OPPONENT INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGES (0-5)Date Opp Explanation Result11-1 @ CLE Challenge pass completion ruling for AZ WR Michael Floyd Upheld12-6 @ STL Challenge fumble ruling for AZ RB David Johnson Upheld12-10 vs. MIN Challenge runner down by contact ruling for AZ WR Jaron Brown Upheld12-20 @ PHI Challenge pass completion ruling for AZ WR Michael Floyd Upheld1-3 vs. SEA Challenge runner down by contact ruling for SEA QB Russell Wilson Upheld

2015 BOOTH INITIATED REVIEWSDate Opp Explanation Result9-13 vs. NO Reviewed broke the plane ruling for AZ RB Andre Ellington Upheld Reviewed broke the plane ruling for NO WR Brandon Coleman Upheld9-27 vs. SF Reviewed interception ruling for AZ S Tyrann Mathieu Upheld10-26 vs. BAL Reviewed fumble ruling for AZ CB Justin Bethel Upheld11-1 @ CLE Reviewed runner was down by contact ruling for AZ QB Carson Palmer Reversed11-15 @ SEA Reviewed runner was down by contact ruling for SEA S Earl Thomas Reversed Reviewed incomplete pass ruling for AZ TE Darren Fells Upheld Reviewed runner was down by contact ruling for SEA LB K.J. Wright Reversed12-10 vs. MIN Reviewed runner broke the plane ruling for AZ RB David Johnson Reversed

2015 DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNSDate Opp Play 9-20 @ CHI S Tony Jefferson 26-yard interception return9-27 vs. SF CB Justin Bethel 21-yard interception return S Tyrann Mathieu 33-yard interception return12-20 @ PHI S Deone Bucannon 39-yard interception return12-27 vs. GB CB Jerraud Powers 7-yard fumble return DT Cory Redding 36-yard fumble return

2015 RETURN TOUCHDOWNSDate Opp Play 9-20 @ CHI KR David Johnson 108-yard kickoff return for a touchdown

2015 OVERTIME SCORING PLAYS (0-0)Date Opp Play

ARIZONA TWO-POINT CONVERSION ATTEMPTS (0-0)Date Opp Play

ONSIDE KICK ATTEMPTS/RECOVERIES (0-0)Date Opp Play

In September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0In October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2In November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-0In December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-0In January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1

With roof open at U of P Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0With roof closed at U of P Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

When Yielding 20 Points or Less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-0When Scoring 20 Points or More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1When Led at Halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1When Trailed at Halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

When Arizona had a 100-yd rusher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-0When opponent had a 100-yd rusher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2When Arizona had a 100-yd receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1When opponent had a 100-yard receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

When Arizona had a 300-yard passer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2When opponent had a 300-yard passer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-0

When Cards out-rushed opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-0When Cards out-passed opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2While wearing white jersey/white pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1While wearing white jersey/red pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0While wearing red jersey/white pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1While wearing red jersey/red pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0While wearing black jersey/white pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1

When Tied at Halftime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0When Led at the End of 3rd Quarter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-0When Trailed at the End of 3rd Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3When Tied at the End of 3rd Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0

2015 MISCELLANEOUS STATS

2452015 IN REVIEW

WON 1, LOST 11/16/2016 W 26-20 (OT) Green Bay Packers1/24/2016 L 15-49 at Carolina Panthers

TEAM Arizona OpponentTotal First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Rushing 7 13 Passing 30 23 Penalty 4 3 3rd Down: Made/Att 8/23 15/29 3rd Down Pct. 34.8% 51.7% 4th Down: Made/Att 3/3 1/3 4th Down Pct. 100.0% 33.3%Possession Avg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26:51 . . . . . . . . . 33:09Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655 . . . . . . . . . . 862 Avg. Per Game 327.5 431.0 Total Plays 123 133 Avg. Per Play 5.3 6.5Net Yards Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 . . . . . . . . . . 287 Avg. Per Game 50.0 143.5 Total Rushes 35 59Net Yards Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 . . . . . . . . . . 575 Avg. Per Game 277.5 287.5 Sacked/Yards Lost 6/29 2/21 Gross Yards 584 596 Attempts/Completions 82/48 72/43 Completion Pct. 58.5% 59.7% Had Intercepted 6 2Punts/Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/48 .9 . . . . . . . . 7/37 .4Net Punting Avg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 .4 . . . . . . . . . . 35 .4Penalties/Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11/77 . . . . . . . .13/100Fumbles/Ball Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/3 . . . . . . . . . . .0/0Touchdowns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Rushing 1 3 Passing 4 4 Returns 0 1

SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PtsTeam 7 7 3 18 6 41Opponents 17 13 17 22 0 69

SCORING TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG 2Pt PtsM.Floyd 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12C.Catanzaro 0 0 0 0 3/3 2/2 0 9D.Fells 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6L.Fitzgerald 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6D.Johnson 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6J.Nelson 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 2Team 5 1 4 0 3/3 2/2 1 41Opponents 8 3 4 1 7/7 4/4 1 69

2-Pt . Conversions: Team 1/1, Opponents: 1/1

SACKS:E.Stinson 1.0, D.Freeney 1.0 Team: 2.0, Opponents: 6.0

RUSHING No . Yds Avg Long TDD.Johnson 30 95 3.2 23 1A.Ellington 4 3 0.8 5 0J.Brown 1 2 2.0 2 0J.Nelson 0 0 0 0 0Team 35 100 2 .9 23 1Opponents 59 287 4 .9 61 3

RECEIVING No . Yds Avg Long TDD.Johnson 15 111 7.4 16 0L.Fitzgerald 12 206 17.2 75 1J.Brown 7 105 15.0 21 0M.Floyd 6 63 10.5 15 2D.Fells 4 50 12.5 21t 1J.Nelson 3 33 11.0 15 0Ja.Brown 1 16 16.0 16 0A.Ellington 0 0 0 0 0Team 48 584 12 .2 75 4Opponents 43 596 13 .9 86t 4

INTERCEPTIONS No . Yds Avg Long TDP.Peterson 1 72 72.0 72 0R.Johnson 1 1 1.0 1 0Team 2 73 36 .5 72 0Opponents 6 27 4 .5 22t 1

PUNTING No Yds Avg Net TB In Lg BD.Butler 7 342 48.9 43.4 0 3 55 0Team 7 342 48 .9 43 .4 0 3 55 0Opponents 7 262 37 .4 35 .4 0 0 44 0

PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TDP.Peterson 3 3 14 4.7 12 0Team 3 3 14 4 .7 12 0Opponents 3 3 38 12 .7 32 0

KICKOFF RETURNS No . Yds Avg Long TDJ.Nelson 3 56 18.7 26 0B.Golden 1 26 26.0 26 0Team 4 82 20 .5 26 0Opponents 4 96 24 .0 35 0

FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+C.Catanzaro 0/0 1/1 1/1 0/0 0/0Team 0/0 1/1 1/1 0/0 0/0Opponents 0/0 2/2 1/1 1/1 0/0

Fumbles Lost: C.Palmer 2, P.Peterson 1 Total: 3

PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost RatingC.Palmer 81 48 584 59.3% 7.2 4 4.9% 6 7.4% 75 6/29 67.1L.Fitzgerald 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0/0 39.6Team 82 48 584 58 .5% 7 .1 4 4 .9% 6 7 .3% 75 6/29 66 .3Opponents 72 43 596 59 .7% 8 .3 4 5 .6% 2 2 .8% 86t 2/21 93 .3

2015 POSTSEASON STATISTICS


1/16 vs . GB 1/24 @ CAR TotalsFirst Downs 20 21 41 Rushing 2 5 7 Passing 16 14 30 Penalty 2 2 4Third Downs 13 10 23 Converted 5 3 8 Efficiency 38.5% 30.0% 34.8%Fourth Downs 1 2 3 Converted 1 2 3 Efficiency 100% 100% 100%Total Net Yards 368 287 655 Plays 63 60 123 Avg./Play 5.8 4.8 5.3Net Yards Rushing 40 60 100 Attempts 19 16 35 Avg./Rush 2.1 3.8 2.9 Touchdowns 0 1 1Net Yards Passing 328 227 555 Sacks 3 3 6 Yards Lost 21 8 29 Gross Yards 349 235 584 Attempts 41 41 82 Completions 25 23 48 Pct. 61.0% 56.1% 58.5% Touchdowns 3 1 4 Interceptions 2 4 6 Yards Per Attempt 7.5 5.2 6.3Kickoffs-EZ-TB 5-5-2 3-3-2 8-8-4Punting 3 4 7 Average 49.0 48.8 48.9 Net Average 49.0 39.3 43.4 Had Blocked 0 0 0FG-PAT Had Blocked 0-0 0-0 0-0Penalties/Yards 3-26 8-51 11-77Fumbles/Lost 1-0 3-3 4-3Touchdowns 3 2 5 Rushing 0 1 1 Passing 3 1 4 Returns 0 0 0PAT/ 2-Point Made/Att . 2-2 2-2 4-4 Kicking Made/Att. 2-2 1-1 3-3 2-pt Rushing Made/Att. 0-0 1-1 1-1 2-pt Passing Made/Att. 0-0 0-0 0-0Field Goals Made/Att . 2-2 0-0 2-2Safeties Awarded 0 0 0Points Scored 26 15 41Time Of Possession 30:51 23:21 26:51

1/16 vs . GB 1/24 @ CAR TotalsFirst Downs 18 21 39 Rushing 5 8 13 Passing 12 11 23 Penalty 1 2 3Third Downs 15 14 29 Converted 7 8 15 Efficiency 46.7% 57.1% 51.7%Fourth Downs 2 1 3 Converted 1 0 1 Efficiency 50% 0% 33.3%Total Net Yards 386 476 862 Plays 67 66 133 Avg./Play 5.8 7.2 6.5Net Yards Rushing 135 152 287 Attempts 22 37 59 Avg./Rush 6.1 4.1 4.9 Touchdowns 0 3 3Net Yards Passing 251 324 575 Sacks 1 1 2 Yards Lost 10 11 21 Gross Yards 261 335 596 Attempts 44 28 72 Completions 24 19 43 Pct. 54.5% 67.9% 59.7% Touchdowns 2 2 4 Interceptions 1 1 2 Yards Per Attempt 5.6 11.2 7.8Kickoffs-EZ-TB 5-4-3 9-8-7 14-12-10Punting 4 3 7 Average 35.8 39.7 37.4 Net Average 32.8 39.0 35.4 Had Blocked 0 0 0FG-PAT Had Blocked 0-0 0-0 0-0Penalties/Yards 8-55 5-45 13-100Fumbles/Lost 0-0 0-0 0-0Touchdowns 2 6 8 Rushing 0 3 3 Passing 2 2 4 Returns 0 1 1PAT/ 2-Point Made/Att . 2-2 6-6 8-8 Kicking Made/Att. 2-2 5-5 7-7 2-pt Rushing Made/Att. 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-pt Passing Made/Att. 0-0 1-1 1-1Field Goals Made/Att . 2-2 2-2 4-4Safeties Allowed 0 0 0Points Scored 20 49 69Time Of Possession 30:14 36:39 33:09

POSTSEASONGAME-BY-GAME OFFENSE

POSTSEASONGAME-BY-GAME DEFENSE

(Based on coaches film review) QB QB SPECIAL TEAMSName TT UT AT TFL Sacks/Yds INT PD FF FR PRS HITS TT UT AT FF FR BP/KTony Jefferson 19 12 7 2 - - 2 - - - - 1 1 - - - -Deone Bucannon 16 12 4 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - -Kevin Minter 15 10 5 4 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - -Markus Golden 11 6 5 1 - - - - - 2 3 - - - - - -Justin Bethel 9 9 - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - -Rashad Johnson 8 5 3 - - 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - - - -Frostee Rucker 7 3 4 2 - - - - - 4 - - - - - - -Rodney Gunter 6 3 3 - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - -Calais Campbell 6 3 3 - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - - -Ed Stinson 6 6 - 2 1/11 - - - - 1 1 - - - - - -Jerraud Powers 5 5 - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - -Kareem Martin 4 - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Patrick Peterson 3 3 - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -Red Bryant 2 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Josh Mauro 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Dwight Freeney 1 1 - 1 1/10 - - - - 4 1 - - - - - -Sean Weatherspoon 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Stepfan Taylor - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - -Chris Clemons - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - -Alani Fua - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - -Drew Butler - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - -Gabe Martin - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - -Jaron Brown - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - -

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