Arizona 38, Detroit 10
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, December 16, 2012
Where: University of Phoenix Stadium, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature:
Dome
Head Official:
Jerome Boger
Attendance:
60483
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Cardinals 38, Lions 10: Beanie Wells rushed for three touchdowns and the Arizona defense forced four key turnovers as the host Cardinals snapped a nine-game slide.
Rashad Johnson ran an interception back 53 yards for a touchdown and Greg Toler took a pick back 102 yards for a score as the Cardinals (5-9) overcame an offense that totaled only 196 yards.
Matthew Stafford went 24-of-50 for 246 yards and three interceptions for Detroit (4-10), which dropped its sixth straight game.
Arizona could not put together a drive of over 42 yards in the entire game but benefited from a muffed punt at the Lions 5-yard line in the second quarter that led to Wells’ 5-yard touchdown run and a 7-7 tie. Stafford was intercepted by Patrick Peterson deep in his own territory, leading to a 1-yard touchdown run by Wells, and Johnson picked off Stafford with 41 seconds left in the second and raced back the other way to make it a 21-7 lead at the break.
Toler’s 102-yard score came with 5:07 left in the game and pushed it to 31-10. Stafford was sacked on fourth down on the ensuing drive, leading to Wells’ 31-yard touchdown run that put the game away.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Arizona QB Ryan Lindley went 14-of-21 for 104 yards and an INT. … Lions WR Calvin Johnson (10 catches for 121 yards) tied an NFL record with his seventh straight 100-yard receiving game. … Mikel Leshoure accounted for Detroit’s lone TD, a 1-yard run with 12:51 left in the first half.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Detroit |
|
Arizona |
Mikel Leshoure
|
Player |
Beanie Wells |
14 |
Attempts |
17 |
55 |
Yards |
67 |
3.9 |
Avg Yards |
3.9 |
1 |
Touchdowns |
3 |
14 |
Long |
31 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Detroit
|
312 |
84 |
228 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
Arizona
|
196 |
99 |
97 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
2.0 |
0 |
Upcoming Games
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Arizona will play their next game at home against Chicago.
The Cardinals have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
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Detroit will play their next game at home against Atlanta.
The Lions have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.