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Arizona Cardinals at New Orleans Saints

Arizona Cardinals20✓

New Orleans Saints13

Final · Sunday, September 7, 2025 · 1:00 p.m. ET · Caesars Superdome

Head coaches: Jonathan Gannon (Cardinals) · Kellen Moore (Saints)

Linescore

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Cardinals	3	14	3	0	20
Saints	0	10	0	3	13

Scoring summary

Clock	Play	Team	Detail	ARI–NO
Q1
5:03	FG	Cardinals	Chad Ryland 42 Yd Field Goal	3–0
Q2
14:20	TD	Saints	Alvin Kamara 18 Yd Rush (Blake Grupe Kick)	3–7
10:05	TD	Cardinals	Marvin Harrison Jr. 1 Yd pass from Kyler Murray (Chad Ryland Kick)	10–7
4:58	FG	Saints	Blake Grupe 36 Yd Field Goal	10–10
0:28	TD	Cardinals	James Conner 4 Yd pass from Kyler Murray (Chad Ryland Kick)	17–10
Q3
9:16	FG	Cardinals	Chad Ryland 50 Yd Field Goal	20–10
Q4
2:42	FG	Saints	Blake Grupe 28 Yd Field Goal	20–13

Team stats

Stat	Cardinals	Saints
First downs	19	21
Total yards	276	315
Yards per play	4.5	4.6
Passing yards	130	208
Comp / att	21/29	27/46
Rushing yards	146	107
Third down	6-13	5-14
Fourth down	0-0	1-2
Red zone	2-3	1-4
Turnovers	0	0
Penalties – yards	9-54	13-89
Sacks – yards lost	5-33	1-6
Possession	33:46	26:14
Plays	61	69

Also	Cardinals	Saints
Passing first downs	11	12
Rushing first downs	5	5
First downs by penalty	3	4
Drives	9	10
Yards per pass	3.8	4.4
Interceptions thrown	0	0
Rushing attempts	27	22
Yards per rush	5.4	4.9
Fumbles lost	0	0
Defensive / special-teams TDs	0	0

Player lines

Arizona Cardinals

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
1Kyler Murray	21/29	163	5.6	2	0	5-33	49.4	108.8

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
33Trey Benson	8	69	8.6	52
6James Conner	12	39	3.3	12
1Kyler Murray	7	38	5.4	13
Team	27	146	5.4	52

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
18Marvin Harrison Jr.	5	71	14.2	1	45	6
85Trey McBride	6	61	10.2	0	25	9
87Tip Reiman	1	10	10.0	0	10	1
33Trey Benson	1	6	6.0	0	6	1
6James Conner	4	5	1.3	1	5	4
14Michael Wilson	1	5	5.0	0	5	4
17Zay Jones	1	4	4.0	0	4	1
84Elijah Higgins	1	3	3.0	0	3	2
4Greg Dortch	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	1
Team	21	163	7.8	2	45	29

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
3Budda Baker	10	5	0	1	1	0
2Mack Wilson Sr.	8	4	0	1	1	0
34Jalen Thompson	8	4	0	0	1	0
27Akeem Davis-Gaither	7	3	0	0	1	0
16Max Melton	6	4	0	0	1	0
25Zaven Collins	6	2	0	0	0	0
93Calais Campbell	5	3	0	0	0	0
21Garrett Williams	4	2	0	0	0	0
5Baron Browning	4	1	1	1	0	1
42Dadrion Taylor-Demerson	3	3	0	0	2	0
55Dante Stills	3	2	0	0	0	0
52Jordan Burch	2	1	0	0	0	0
91L.J. Collier	1	1	0	0	0	0
31Emari Demercado	1	1	0	0	0	0
50Cody Simon	1	1	0	0	0	0
0Will Johnson	1	1	0	0	3	0
10Josh Sweat	1	0	0	0	0	1
4Greg Dortch	1	0	0	0	0	0
84Elijah Higgins	1	0	0	0	0	0
44Owen Pappoe	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	74	38	1	3	10	2

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4Greg Dortch	2	44	22.0	22
31Emari Demercado	1	29	29.0	29
Team	3	73	24.3	29

Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4Greg Dortch	3	30	10.0	23	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
38Chad Ryland	2/3	66.7	50	2/2	8	42, 50

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
12Blake Gillikin	4	188	47.0	0	1	60

New Orleans Saints

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
2Spencer Rattler	27/46	214	4.7	0	0	1-6	45.0	70.4

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
41Alvin Kamara	11	45	4.1	1	18
2Spencer Rattler	4	29	7.3	0	12
5Kendre Miller	5	24	4.8	0	10
24Devin Neal	2	9	4.5	0	5
Team	22	107	4.9	1	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	TGTS
83Juwan Johnson	8	76	9.5	21	11
12Chris Olave	7	54	7.7	13	13
22Rashid Shaheed	6	33	5.5	17	9
10Brandin Cooks	3	26	8.7	12	4
14Devaughn Vele	1	13	13.0	13	2
41Alvin Kamara	2	12	6.0	7	2
Team	27	214	7.9	21	41

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
20Pete Werner	9	7	1	0	0	1
56Demario Davis	9	6	0	2	0	0
4Kool-Aid McKinstry	7	5	0	1	1	0
23Julian Blackmon	7	4	0	0	1	0
96Carl Granderson	6	5	1.5	1	2	1
21Justin Reid	6	3	0	0	0	0
27Isaac Yiadom	4	2	0	0	0	0
94Cameron Jordan	3	2	1.5	2	1	2
92Davon Godchaux	3	1	0	0	0	0
93Nathan Shepherd	3	1	0	0	0	0
58Chris Rumph II	3	1	0	0	0	0
44Isaiah Stalbird	2	2	0	0	0	0
1Alontae Taylor	2	1	1	1	0	1
90Bryan Bresee	2	1	0	0	0	0
88Jack Stoll	1	1	0	0	0	0
28Danny Stutsman	1	1	0	0	0	0
54Jonah Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0
53Jaylan Ford	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	70	43	5	7	5	5

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5Kendre Miller	3	88	29.3	43
13Velus Jones Jr.	2	40	20.0	22
Team	5	128	25.6	43

Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
22Rashid Shaheed	2	18	9.0	11	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
19Blake Grupe	2/3	66.7	36	1/1	7	36, 28

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
32Kai Kroeger	4	202	50.5	0	2	54

Entering the game

Week 1 — both teams 0–0, every record still to be written.

Officials and attendance

Attendance: 70,006

Officials: Field Judge Terry Brown · Referee Scott Novak · Umpire Mike Morton · Back Judge Tony Josselyn · Line Judge Mark Stewart · Side Judge Don Willard · Down Judge Brian Sakowski

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