Week 1, 2028

played in St. Louis, MO

68 degrees, fair, calm

Arizona Cardinals	0	7	7	0	-	14
St. Louis Rams	14	14	7	6	-	41

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:58 STL - Pete Mullaney 12 pass from Donald Withrow (Tom Lans extra point)
1Q: 01:29 STL - Jermaine McCray 3 run (Tom Lans extra point)
2Q: 05:32 STL - Donterious Davis 3 pass from Donald Withrow (Tom Lans extra point)
2Q: 03:20 STL - Ed Murphy 74 pass from Donald Withrow (Tom Lans extra point)
2Q: 00:44 ARI - Pat Deppe 9 pass from Gene Eklin (Frankie Blake extra point)
3Q: 09:50 ARI - Dwight Awsare 13 pass from Daryl Twitchell (Frankie Blake extra point)
3Q: 07:14 STL - Donterious Davis 57 pass from Donald Withrow (Tom Lans extra point)
4Q: 12:32 STL - Tom Lans 20 field goal
4Q: 03:37 STL - Tom Lans 35 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:58 STL - Pete Mullaney 12 pass from Donald Withrow (Tom Lans extra point)
1Q: 01:29 STL - Jermaine McCray 3 run (Tom Lans extra point)
2Q: 05:32 STL - Donterious Davis 3 pass from Donald Withrow (Tom Lans extra point)
2Q: 03:20 STL - Ed Murphy 74 pass from Donald Withrow (Tom Lans extra point)
2Q: 00:44 ARI - Pat Deppe 9 pass from Gene Eklin (Frankie Blake extra point)
3Q: 09:50 ARI - Dwight Awsare 13 pass from Daryl Twitchell (Frankie Blake extra point)
3Q: 07:14 STL - Donterious Davis 57 pass from Donald Withrow (Tom Lans extra point)
4Q: 12:32 STL - Tom Lans 20 field goal
4Q: 03:37 STL - Tom Lans 35 field goal

Team Statistics ARI STL
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 12 26
- by Rushing 4 10
- by Passing 8 14
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 168 513
- Offensive Plays 48 75
- Yards per Play 3.50 6.84
Net Rushing Yards 54 180
- Rushing Attempts 16 44
- Yards per Rush 3.38 4.09
Net Passing Yards 114 333
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 29 - 18 - 1 30 - 20 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 129 338
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/15 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 3.56 10.74
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/10 13/19
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.0 6.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/29 4/36
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 5/11
Kick Returns/Yards 7/187 1/13
Interception Ret./Yards 1/4 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 3/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 25
Time of Possession 20:10 39:50

Team Statistics	ARI	STL
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	12	26
- by Rushing	4	10
- by Passing	8	14
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	168	513
- Offensive Plays	48	75
- Yards per Play	3.50	6.84
Net Rushing Yards	54	180
- Rushing Attempts	16	44
- Yards per Rush	3.38	4.09
Net Passing Yards	114	333
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	29 - 18 - 1	30 - 20 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	129	338
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/15	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	3.56	10.74
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/10	13/19
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.0	6.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/29	4/36
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	5/11
Kick Returns/Yards	7/187	1/13
Interception Ret./Yards	1/4	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	3/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 25
Time of Possession	20:10	39:50

Drive Charts

Arizona Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:32	OWN 32	3	3	Punt
1	11:51	1:17	OWN 10	4	-6	Punt
1	6:52	1:51	OWN 43	3	2	Punt
1	1:21	2:52	OWN 29	5	16	Punt
2	11:38	1:55	OWN 26	3	3	Punt
2	5:21	1:26	OWN 20	5	34	Interception
2	3:05	2:31	OWN 38	8	62	Touchdown
3	13:25	3:43	50	9	50	Touchdown
3	7:00	1:58	OWN 35	3	-7	Punt
4	12:27	1:47	OWN 39	3	3	Punt
4	3:32	1:43	OWN 33	3	-1	Punt

St. Louis Rams
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:28	1:37	OWN 29	7	27	Punt
1	10:34	3:42	OWN 49	8	51	Touchdown
1	5:01	3:40	OWN 24	7	76	Touchdown
2	13:29	1:51	OWN 20	4	8	Punt
2	9:43	4:22	OWN 27	10	73	Touchdown
2	3:55	0:50	OWN 36	4	64	Touchdown
2	0:34	0:34	OWN 15	2	9	Half
3	15:00	1:35	OWN 20	3	-6	Interception
3	9:42	2:42	OWN 20	6	80	Touchdown
3	5:02	7:35	OWN 35	13	62	Field Goal
4	10:40	7:08	OWN 28	10	54	Field Goal
4	1:49	1:49	OWN 6	3	5	Game

Game MVP: Donald Withrow, St. Louis Rams

Rushing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Darren Bling	12	49	4.08	13	2
Christian Samuel	3	7	2.33	7	0
Daryl Twitchell	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Jermaine McCray	28	110	3.93	19	4	1
Tony Spiliotis	12	57	4.75	14	3	0
Zach Dennis	3	6	2.00	3	0	0
Donterious Davis	1	7	7.00	7	0	0

Passing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gene Eklin	21	14	104	1/4	1	20	1	74.3
Daryl Twitchell	8	4	25	2/11	1	13	0	96.3

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Donald Withrow	30	20	338	1/5	4	74	1	130.3

Receiving Statistics

Arizona	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dwight Awsare	7	12	84	12.00	17	20	1
FB Brock Prior	3	4	-2	-0.67	0	3	0
WR Pat Deppe	3	4	27	9.00	0	15	1
FB Amos Andersen	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Alton Cooper	1	3	1	1.00	0	1	0
TE Jonathan Doyle	1	1	1	1.00	1	1	0
WR Shannon Conway	1	2	13	13.00	0	13	0
RB Christian Samuel	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
TE Terrell Gonser	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Donterious Davis	7	8	152	21.71	84	57	2
WR Ed Murphy	5	8	112	22.40	73	74	1
TE Pete Mullaney	2	3	31	15.50	19	19	1
TE Derek George	2	3	14	7.00	5	11	0
WR Marco Ferguson	2	5	13	6.50	6	10	0
FB Zach Dennis	2	2	16	8.00	10	8	0
WR Terrell Duffy	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Arizona	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Derrick Cole	1	4	4.00	0

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Jimmy Finn	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Arizona	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Arizona	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Keith Hughes	8	347	43.4	39.5	56	2

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Pat Upshaw	2	80	40.0	40.0	46	1

Kicking Statistics

Arizona	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Frankie Blake	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tom Lans	2/2	0/0	0/0	35	5/5

Punt Return Statistics

Arizona	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terrell Duffy	3	8	2.7	0
Ed Murphy	2	3	1.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Arizona	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Derrick Cole	5	139	27.8	0
Alton Cooper	2	48	24.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terrell Duffy	1	13	13.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Arizona	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Dixon Lynn	7	2	0.0	39	28
ILB Sherman Gati	5	4	0.0	21	9
DE Lenny Dantzler	4	0	1.0	19	19
DE Kurt Collier	4	2	0.0	32	22
OLB Prentice Lee	4	2	0.0	35	24
S Tyrell Shea	4	2	0.0	28	20
DE Adam Holmes	4	0	0.0	18	8
DT Gabriel Wilson	4	0	0.0	23	19
CB Chris Coffman	4	0	0.0	30	19
DT Alan Jacobs	3	1	0.0	16	7
CB Doug Bradford	3	1	0.0	27	20
DT Bernie Mathews	2	2	0.0	26	16
OLB Gino McGregor	2	1	0.0	15	7
DT Grant Ellis	2	1	0.0	17	15
OLB Tony Gisler	2	0	0.0	12	9
OLB Barry Dooling	2	0	0.0	21	17
CB Bernie Linnebur	2	0	0.0	20	8
S Gary Samuels	1	2	0.0	26	19
RB Darren Bling	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Carlos Merkerson	0	2	0.0	11	12

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Kent Irani	5	2	0.0	14	25
OLB Glenn Shelton	4	0	0.0	14	22
CB Cleavant Sanders	3	1	1.0	12	20
DE Carly Linn	3	0	1.0	14	29
DT Sherman Meadows	3	3	0.5	11	26
DE Melvin Setzer	2	0	0.5	10	20
ILB Nicky Grillo	2	4	0.0	10	23
OLB Bryan Hampton	2	1	0.0	8	6
DT Leon Battle	2	0	0.0	10	15
DT Phillip Canaves	2	0	0.0	10	14
CB Jimmy Finn	1	1	0.0	10	24
CB Vince Becker	1	1	0.0	6	13
OLB Jerome Rodriguez	1	0	0.0	2	10
WR Donterious Davis	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Mark Close	1	0	0.0	1	3
S Karl Jordan	1	0	0.0	11	26
ILB Doug Money	1	0	0.0	6	9
S Quinn Hirsch	0	1	0.0	2	10

Pass Rush Statistics

Arizona	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Lenny Dantzler	1.0	0	19
DE Kurt Collier	0.0	1	22
DE Roman Becker	0.0	1	13

St. Louis	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Carly Linn	1.0	2	29
CB Cleavant Sanders	1.0	0	20
DT Sherman Meadows	0.5	0	26
DE Melvin Setzer	0.5	0	20

Pass Defense Statistics

Arizona	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Chris Coffman	3	1	0	19
OLB Barry Dooling	3	0	0	17
OLB Prentice Lee	2	1	0	24
S Dixon Lynn	2	0	0	28
S Tyrell Shea	2	0	0	20
OLB Tony Gisler	2	0	0	9
CB Doug Bradford	2	0	0	20
CB Derrick Cole	1	0	1	30
DE Lenny Dantzler	1	0	0	19
OLB Gino McGregor	1	0	0	7
DT Gabriel Wilson	1	0	0	19

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Kent Irani	4	1	0	25
CB Cleavant Sanders	3	1	0	20
OLB Glenn Shelton	2	0	0	22
CB Ernest Raines	1	3	0	28
DT Sherman Meadows	1	0	0	26
CB Vince Becker	1	0	0	13
ILB Mark Close	1	0	0	3
S Karl Jordan	1	0	0	26
DE Melvin Setzer	1	0	0	20
ILB Doug Money	1	0	0	9
DE Carly Linn	1	0	0	29
OLB Bryan Hampton	1	0	0	6
CB Jimmy Finn	0	0	1	24

Blocking Statistics

Arizona	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Clifton Reinhardt	2	2	14	2	28
Phil Partin	1	6	16	0	28
Rickey Joyner	1	4	11	0	10
Kelly Justin	1	1	1	0	8
Geoff Carlson	0	1	15	0	24
James Gaines	0	1	11	0	27
Norman Bobro	0	0	8	1	25

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mitch Allen	7	12	2	44	0	31
Jimmie Garner	2	7	0	35	0	24
Gene Holbrook	2	4	0	28	1	22
Everett Stelmack	2	2	0	22	0	22
Teddy Buckner	1	5	0	30	0	19
Terrell Pogrelis	1	1	0	19	0	10
C.J. Richard	0	6	0	27	0	20
Brenden Blair	0	5	0	15	0	7
Pete Mullaney	0	1	0	31	0	19
Zach Dennis	0	1	0	29	0	22

Special Teams Statistics

Arizona	Tackles	STPlays
Gary Samuels	3	12
Alton Cooper	2	18
Doug Bradford	1	17
Norbert Carlson	0	20
Tom Hass	0	19
Brock Prior	0	18
Tyrell Shea	0	15
Shannon Conway	0	11
Tony Gisler	0	10
Pat Deppe	0	10
Barry Dooling	0	9
Rickey Joyner	0	8
Tracy Scruggs	0	8
Clifton Reinhardt	0	8
Keith Hughes	0	8
Norman Bobro	0	8
Derrick Cole	0	7
Lenny Dantzler	0	4
Dixon Lynn	0	4
Jonathan Doyle	0	4
Geoff Carlson	0	3
Kelly Justin	0	3
Frankie Blake	0	3
Kurt Collier	0	2
Alan Jacobs	0	2
Gino McGregor	0	2
Adam Holmes	0	2
Bernie Mathews	0	2
Chris Coffman	0	2
Dwight Awsare	0	2
Grant Ellis	0	2
Terrell Gonser	0	2
Roman Becker	0	2
Amos Andersen	0	1
Sherman Gati	0	1
Prentice Lee	0	1
Darren Bling	0	1
Carlos Merkerson	0	1
Bernie Linnebur	0	1

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Terrell Duffy	3	18
Jimmy Finn	3	13
Marco Ferguson	1	14
Tony Spiliotis	0	23
Zach Dennis	0	22
Ed Murphy	0	20
Vince Becker	0	16
Derek George	0	13
Quinn Hirsch	0	12
Tom Lans	0	10
Mark Close	0	10
Anderson Finley	0	8
Pete Mullaney	0	7
Bryan Hampton	0	7
Jerome Rodriguez	0	6
Leonard Burroughs	0	5
Jimmie Garner	0	4
Calvin Horn	0	4
Kent Irani	0	4
Brenden Blair	0	4
Terrell Pogrelis	0	4
Glenn Shelton	0	3
Phillip Canaves	0	3
Doug Money	0	3
Everett Stelmack	0	2
Sherman Meadows	0	2
Orlando Camara	0	2
C.J. Richard	0	2
Bryce Barlow	0	2
Melvin Setzer	0	2
Pat Upshaw	0	2
Nicky Grillo	0	1
Teddy Buckner	0	1
Jermaine McCray	0	1
Ethan Crawford	0	1
Karl Jordan	0	1
Ricky Jackson	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	11	3.7
Middle	12	39	3.3
Right	1	4	4.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	46	4.2
Middle	26	78	3.0
Right	7	56	8.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gene Eklin	21	14	1	1	0	4	1	0	1
Daryl Twitchell	8	4	0	2	0	1	1	0	0

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Donald Withrow	30	20	4	3	2	2	2	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	7	1.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	5	3	5	1.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	10	117	7.3
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	38	6.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	10	124	9.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	152	21.7
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	24	6.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Arizona	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dwight Awsare	12	7	84	1	23
FB Brock Prior	4	3	-2	0	21
WR Pat Deppe	4	3	27	0	19
WR Alton Cooper	3	1	1	0	15
WR Shannon Conway	2	1	13	0	9
FB Amos Andersen	1	1	3	0	5
TE Jonathan Doyle	1	1	1	0	17
RB Christian Samuel	1	1	2	0	10
TE Terrell Gonser	1	0	0	0	15

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ed Murphy	8	5	1	112	1	19
WR Donterious Davis	8	7	0	152	3	27
WR Marco Ferguson	5	2	0	13	0	12
TE Pete Mullaney	3	2	0	31	0	19
TE Derek George	3	2	0	14	0	15
FB Zach Dennis	2	2	0	16	0	22
WR Terrell Duffy	1	0	1	0	0	10

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Darren Bling	1	3	3.00	4.08

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jermaine McCray	6	11	1.83	3.93
Tony Spiliotis	1	-1	-1.00	4.75
Zach Dennis	1	0	0.00	2.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gene Eklin	2	2	8	4.00	4.95
Daryl Twitchell	2	1	13	6.50	3.13

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Donald Withrow	4	3	21	5.25	11.27

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Arizona	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Pat Deppe	2	1	9	4.50	6.75
WR Dwight Awsare	1	1	13	13.00	7.00
FB Brock Prior	1	1	-1	-1.00	-0.50

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Donterious Davis	2	2	9	4.50	19.00
TE Pete Mullaney	1	1	12	12.00	10.33
WR Ed Murphy	1	0	0	0.00	14.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Arizona	Rushes	Conversions

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Jermaine McCray	4	2
Tony Spiliotis	3	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gene Eklin	6	2	1
Daryl Twitchell	2	1	1

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Donald Withrow	12	9	9

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Arizona	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dwight Awsare	3	1	1
WR Alton Cooper	1	0	0
TE Jonathan Doyle	1	1	0
WR Shannon Conway	1	0	0
FB Brock Prior	1	0	0
WR Pat Deppe	1	1	1

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ed Murphy	3	3	3
WR Donterious Davis	3	2	2
TE Pete Mullaney	2	2	2
TE Derek George	1	1	1
WR Marco Ferguson	1	0	0
WR Terrell Duffy	1	0	0
FB Zach Dennis	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 32,400 (66,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 8,900 (20,400)
End Zone 7,400 (14,700)
Mezzanine 4,500 (8,500)
Sideline Seats 7,100 (13,000)
Club Seats 3,200 (6,300)
Luxury Boxes 1,300 (3,100)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	32,400 (66,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	8,900 (20,400)
End Zone	7,400 (14,700)
Mezzanine	4,500 (8,500)
Sideline Seats	7,100 (13,000)
Club Seats	3,200 (6,300)
Luxury Boxes	1,300 (3,100)