Arizona 33, Philadelphia 26
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, December 20, 2020
Where: State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
Temperature:
Dome
Head Official:
Craig Wrolstad
Attendance:
0
By Field Level Media
Kyler Murray passed for a career-high 406 yards with three touchdowns to lead the Arizona Cardinals to a 33-26 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles at Glendale, Ariz., on Sunday.
The game featured a shootout of two former Oklahoma standout quarterbacks -- Murray and Philadelphia rookie Jalen Hurts.
Murray completed 13 consecutive passes at one point, tying his career high. He completed 27 of 36 attempts with one interception.
Hurts threw for 338 yards, while completing 24 of 44 passes with three touchdowns and no interceptions. He also rushed for 63 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries.
The win for Arizona (8-6) strengthens its wild-card bid with two regular-season games remaining. The Cardinals are in the last playoff spot in the NFC at No. 7.
Philadelphia (4-9-1) tied the game at 26 after Murray was intercepted in the end zone by Marcus Epps.
Hurts then directed the Eagles on an 80-yard scoring drive, capped by his 7-yard run with 0:55 left in the third quarter. The hold for the extra-point attempt was mishandled by Hurts and the game remained tied.
Cameron Johnston, the Eagles' punter, is normally the holder for kicker Jake Elliott, but he left the game in the first half with a head injury after a blocked punt by Arizona.
Arizona took its 33-26 lead with 7:17 left in the fourth quarter on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Murray to DeAndre Hopkins, culminating a seven-play, 86-yard drive.
Hopkins finished with nine receptions for 169 yards, his seventh game with at least 100 yards receiving this season.
On fourth-and-21 at the Arizona 22 with 1:50 left, Hurts' pass to Dallas Goedert was knocked down by safety Chris Banjo. The Eagles turned the ball over on downs after a 13-play possession.
After Arizona was forced to punt with 1:35 seconds left, Hurts drove Philadelphia to the Arizona 31 before his pass into the end zone was knocked down as time expired.
Philadelphia rallied after trailing 16-0 with 2:23 left in the first quarter following a safety and a touchdown run and scoring pass by Murray.
Murray's 6-yard touchdown pass occurred two plays after Arizona's Ezekiel Turner blocked the punt by Johnston.
Two touchdown passes by Hurts cut Arizona's lead to 19-14 in the second quarter. Murray (14 yards to Larry Fitzgerald) and Hurts (5 yards to Greg Ward) added touchdown throws late in the half to make it 26-20 at the break.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Receiving
| Philadelphia |
|
Arizona |
|
Zach Ertz
|
Player |
DeAndre Hopkins
|
|
2 |
Receptions |
9 |
|
69 |
Yards |
169 |
|
34.5 |
Avg Yards |
18.8 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
|
42 |
Long |
45 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Philadelphia
|
422 |
117 |
305 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1.0 |
2 |
| Arizona
|
526 |
103 |
423 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
6.0 |
3 |
Upcoming Games
-
Arizona will play their next game at home against San Francisco. The Cardinals have a W/L % of .571 after a win and .500 after a loss.
-
Philadelphia will play their next game on the road against Dallas. The Eagles have a W/L % of .250 after a win and .286 after a loss.
For more information, contact us