Seattle 27, Arizona 24
When: 4:25 PM ET, Sunday, December 30, 2018
Where: CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature:
45°
Head Official:
Ron Torbert
Attendance:
68990
By Field Level Media
Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 33-yard field goal as time expired to give the Seattle Seahawks a 27-24 victory against the visiting Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
Chris Carson rushed 19 times for 122 yards and a touchdown for the Seahawks (10-6), who had already clinched an NFC wild-card berth but cemented the No. 5 seed. Seattle will play at Dallas on Saturday night.
Russell Wilson completed 12 of 21 passes for 152 yards and a touchdown, and drove the Seahawks into field-goal range after Arizona tied the score with 1:49 left. The key play in the drive was a 37-yard pass to Tyler Lockett.
The Cardinals' Josh Rosen completed 18 of 34 passes for 149 yards and a touchdown. David Johnson rushed 17 times for 62 yards as Arizona (3-13) clinched the league's worst record and the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NFL draft.
The teams traded field goals in the fourth quarter, with Janikowski's 42-yarder giving Seattle a 24-21 lead with 6:25 left before Zane Gonzalez tied it with a 55-yarder with 1:49 remaining.
The Cardinals tied the score at 21 with 21 seconds left in the third quarter as Cameron Malveaux blocked Michael Dickson's punt and Dennis Gardeck recovered in the end zone. A two-point conversion run by Johnson was successful.
The Seahawks made it 21-13 with a five-play, 98-yard drive capped by Mike Davis' 17-yard run with 4:40 left in the third quarter after a fortunate break.
Facing third-and-6 at their own 6-yard line, Wilson was sacked by Chandler Jones and fumbled, with Patrick Peterson picking up the ball and running it 3 yards into the end zone. But the touchdown was nullified by a defensive holding call on Arizona's Haason Reddick.
That gave the Seahawks an automatic first down at their own 11. Carson broke off a 61-yard run on the next play, Wilson hit tight end Nick Vannett for a 17-yard gain and Davis rushed for the score.
The Seahawks took a 14-13 halftime lead, preventing the Cardinals from attempting a last-second field goal when Jarran Reed sacked Rosen at the Seattle 33 in the final seconds.
Arizona took a 3-0 lead on Gonzalez's 36-yard field goal, but Wilson threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Lockett to make it 7-3 after one quarter.
Carson rushed for a 7-yard score to give the Seahawks a 14-3 lead early in the second. Rosen hit Larry Fitzgerald with a 15-yard scoring strike and Gonzalez added a 50-yarder before halftime.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Arizona
|
198 |
85 |
113 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
6.0 |
0 |
Seattle
|
291 |
182 |
109 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5.0 |
1 |
Upcoming Games
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Seattle will play their next game on the road against Dallas. The Seahawks have a W/L % of .667 after a win and .571 after a loss.