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Atlanta Falcons at Arizona Cardinals

Atlanta Falcons26✓

Arizona Cardinals19

Final · Sunday, December 21, 2025 · 4:05 p.m. ET · State Farm Stadium

Head coaches: Raheem Morris (Falcons) · Jonathan Gannon (Cardinals)

Linescore

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Falcons	3	13	3	7	26
Cardinals	10	6	0	3	19

Scoring summary

Clock	Play	Team	Detail	ATL–ARI
Q1
12:46	FG	Cardinals	Chad Ryland 50 Yd Field Goal	0–3
7:43	TD	Cardinals	Michael Wilson 32 Yd pass from Jacoby Brissett (Chad Ryland Kick)	0–10
2:17	FG	Falcons	Zane Gonzalez 49 Yd Field Goal	3–10
Q2
13:27	FG	Cardinals	Chad Ryland 51 Yd Field Goal	3–13
11:56	TD	Falcons	Bijan Robinson 13 Yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Zane Gonzalez Kick)	10–13
5:02	FG	Cardinals	Chad Ryland 25 Yd Field Goal	10–16
0:25	TD	Falcons	Kyle Pitts Sr. 5 Yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Zane Gonzalez PAT blocked)	16–16
Q3
7:25	FG	Falcons	Zane Gonzalez 40 Yd Field Goal	19–16
Q4
12:28	TD	Falcons	Kirk Cousins 1 Yd Rush (Zane Gonzalez Kick)	26–16
4:37	FG	Cardinals	Chad Ryland 34 Yd Field Goal	26–19

Team stats

Stat	Falcons	Cardinals
First downs	24	16
Total yards	342	320
Yards per play	4.7	5.7
Passing yards	190	188
Comp / att	21/35	16/31
Rushing yards	152	132
Third down	7-14	7-13
Fourth down	2-5	0-0
Red zone	3-3	0-2
Turnovers	2	1
Penalties – yards	4-20	5-14
Sacks – yards lost	1-7	2-15
Possession	35:34	24:26
Plays	73	56

Also	Falcons	Cardinals
Passing first downs	11	9
Rushing first downs	10	6
First downs by penalty	3	1
Drives	9	9
Yards per pass	5.3	5.7
Interceptions thrown	1	1
Rushing attempts	37	23
Yards per rush	4.1	5.7
Fumbles lost	1	0
Defensive / special-teams TDs	0	0

Player lines

Atlanta Falcons

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
18Kirk Cousins	21/35	197	5.6	2	1	1-7	79.5	82.7

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
25Tyler Allgeier	16	79	4.9	0	12
7Bijan Robinson	16	76	4.8	0	29
18Kirk Cousins	5	-3	-0.6	1	2
Team	37	152	4.1	1	29

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
7Bijan Robinson	7	92	13.1	1	41	11
8Kyle Pitts Sr.	7	57	8.1	1	12	9
5Drake London	3	27	9.0	0	12	8
1Darnell Mooney	2	24	12.0	0	17	2
89Charlie Woerner	1	3	3.0	0	3	1
70Jake Matthews	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
87David Sills V	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
25Tyler Allgeier	1	-6	-6.0	0	-6	1
Team	21	197	9.4	2	41	34

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
18Kirk Cousins	1	1	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
0Divine Deablo	6	4	0	0	2	0
31Xavier Watts	5	3	0	0	0	0
90David Onyemata	5	2	0	1	0	0
20Dee Alford	4	4	0	1	0	0
39C.J. Henderson	4	3	0	0	1	0
55Kaden Elliss	4	1	0	0	0	0
42Josh Woods	3	2	0	0	0	0
3Jessie Bates III	3	2	0	0	1	0
24A.J. Terrell Jr.	2	2	0	0	1	0
98Ruke Orhorhoro	2	2	0	1	0	2
93Kentavius Street	2	1	0	1	0	0
36Ronnie Harrison Jr.	2	1	0	0	0	0
92Khalid Kareem	2	1	0	0	0	0
37Cobee Bryant	2	1	0	0	0	0
27James Pearce Jr.	2	1	0.5	0	2	1
17Arnold Ebiketie	1	1	1	1	0	1
94LaCale London	1	1	0	1	0	0
11Jalon Walker	1	1	0	0	0	0
56Leonard Floyd	1	0	0	0	0	0
71Elijah Wilkinson	1	0	0	0	0	0
63Chris Lindstrom	1	0	0	0	0	0
89Charlie Woerner	1	0	0	0	0	0
54Brandon Dorlus	1	0	0.5	0	0	1
Team	56	33	2	6	7	5

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
39C.J. Henderson	1	0	0

Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
83Deven Thompkins	1	8	8.0	8	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
45Zane Gonzalez	2/2	100.0	49	2/3	8	49, 40

Arizona Cardinals

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
7Jacoby Brissett	16/31	203	6.5	1	1	2-15	30.1	69.7

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
22Michael Carter	11	65	5.9	22
37Corey Kiner	6	32	5.3	9
31Emari Demercado	5	30	6.0	12
7Jacoby Brissett	1	5	5.0	5
Team	23	132	5.7	22

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
84Elijah Higgins	7	91	13.0	0	25	8
14Michael Wilson	2	52	26.0	1	32	3
85Trey McBride	4	27	6.8	0	10	8
89Xavier Weaver	2	19	9.5	0	13	2
18Marvin Harrison Jr.	1	14	14.0	0	14	3
45Josiah Deguara	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
80Steven Sims	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
22Michael Carter	0	0	0.0	0	0	2
31Emari Demercado	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
Team	16	203	12.7	1	32	29

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
56Darius Robinson	0	0	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
27Akeem Davis-Gaither	11	5	0	0	0	0
42Dadrion Taylor-Demerson	11	5	0	0	1	0
3Budda Baker	10	4	0	0	1	0
50Cody Simon	7	2	0	1	1	0
56Darius Robinson	7	2	0	1	0	0
25Zaven Collins	4	4	0	2	0	0
5Baron Browning	3	3	0	0	0	0
21Garrett Williams	3	1	0	0	0	0
0Will Johnson	3	1	0	0	2	0
94Dalvin Tomlinson	3	0	0	0	0	0
9BJ Ojulari	2	2	1	1	0	2
26Jaden Davis	2	1	0	0	0	0
29Denzel Burke	2	1	0	0	1	0
93Calais Campbell	2	0	0	0	0	1
36Kitan Crawford	1	1	0	0	0	0
44Owen Pappoe	1	1	0	0	0	0
10Josh Sweat	1	0	0	0	0	0
79PJ Mustipher	1	0	0	0	0	0
97Walter Nolen III	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	74	33	1	5	6	4

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
29Denzel Burke	1	16	0

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
86Jalen Brooks	2	56	28.0	32
80Steven Sims	2	55	27.5	30
Team	4	111	27.8	32

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
38Chad Ryland	4/6	66.7	51	1/1	13	50, 51, 25, 34

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
39Matt Haack	1	51	51.0	0	0	51

Entering Week 16

The table after Week 15, the way the standings read when this game kicked off.

Atlanta Falcons · 5-9 · 3rd in the NFC South

Arizona Cardinals · 3-11 · 4th in the NFC West

Officials and attendance

Attendance: 60,673

Officials: Down Judge Tom Stephan · Back Judge Brad Freeman · Umpire Mark Pellis · Referee Land Clark · Side Judge Dominique Pender · Field Judge Karina Tovar · Line Judge Jeff Hutcheon

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