GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: SAN FRANCISCO (2-8) at ARIZONA (5-5)

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH
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SAN FRANCISCO 7 10 7 7
ARIZONA 7 14 0 10

OT TOTAL
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SAN FRANCISCO 6 37
ARIZONA 0 31 FINAL IN OVERTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: ARI - TD, LARRY FITZGERALD 28 YD PASS FROM
KURT WARNER (NEIL RACKERS KICK),
4:32. Drive: 8 plays, 92 yards in
4:32. Key plays: Warner 18-yard
pass to Boldin to Arizona 26;
Warner 16-yard pass to Johnson on
3rd-and-8 to Arizona 44; Warner
17-yard pass to Fitzgerald to San
Francisco 34. ARIZONA 7-0
SFO - TD, VERNON DAVIS 2 YD PASS FROM TRENT
DILFER (JOE NEDNEY KICK), 14:24.
Drive: 8 plays, 32 yards in 4:14.
Key plays: W Harris interception at
Arizona 32; Dilfer 10-yard run on
3rd-and-8 to Arizona 20; Dilfer
12-yard pass to Gore on 3rd-and-11
to Arizona 9. SAN FRANCISCO 7-7
2ND QUARTER: SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 19 YD, 3:39. Drive: 6
plays, 18 yards in 2:42. Key plays:
Michael L Lewis 51-yard punt return
to Arizona 19. SAN FRANCISCO 10-7
SFO - TD, FRANK GORE 11 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY
KICK), 4:38. Drive: 2 plays, 6
yards in 0:36. Key plays: Roman
43-yard return of Fitzgerald fumble
to Arizona 6. SAN FRANCISCO 17-7
ARI - TD, MARCEL SHIPP 1 YD RUN (NEIL RACKERS
KICK), 9:01. Drive: 7 plays, 59
yards in 4:23. Key plays: Warner
17-yard pass to Patrick to San
Francisco 39; Warner 26-yard pass
to Boldin to San Francisco 14. SAN
FRANCISCO 17-14
ARI - TD, LARRY FITZGERALD 48 YD PASS FROM
KURT WARNER (NEIL RACKERS KICK),
15:00. Drive: 2 plays, 55 yards in
0:06. Key plays: Arizona takes over
after missed field goal at Arizona
45. ARIZONA 21-17
3RD QUARTER: SFO - TD, ARNAZ BATTLE 57 YD PASS FROM TRENT
DILFER (JOE NEDNEY KICK), 9:13.
Drive: 4 plays, 88 yards in 2:10.
Key plays: Dilfer 26-yard pass to
Davis to San Francisco 38. SAN
FRANCISCO 24-21
4TH QUARTER: ARI - TD, BEN PATRICK 2 YD PASS FROM TIM
RATTAY (NEIL RACKERS KICK), 5:07.
Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards in 4:11.
Key plays: Warner 31-yard pass to
Pope to San Francisco 29; James
6-yard run plus 12-yard unnecessary
roughness penalty on 49ers'
Haralson to San Francisco 11.
ARIZONA 28-24
SFO - TD, FRANK GORE 35 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY
KICK), 13:45. Drive: 6 plays, 70
yards in 3:18. Key plays: Dilfer
10-yard pass to Gore to San
Francisco 40. SAN FRANCISCO 31-28
ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 19 YD, 15:00. Drive: 7
plays, 83 yards in 1:11. Key plays:
Warner 11-yard pass to Bry Johnson
to Arizona 26; Warner 15-yard pass
to Fitzgerald to Arizona 41; Warner
19-yard pass to Fitzgerald to San
Francisco 40; Warner 30-yard pass
to Bry Johnson to San Francisco 1.
SAN FRANCISCO 31-31
OVERTIME : SFO - TD, TULLY BANTA-CAIN RECOVERED FUMBLE
IN END ZONE, 10:04. SAN FRANCISCO
37-31

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NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH
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SAN FRANCISCO 7 10 7 7
ARIZONA 7 14 0 10

OT TOTAL
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SAN FRANCISCO 6 37
ARIZONA 0 31 FINAL IN OVERTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

4:32 ARI - TD, LARRY FITZGERALD 28 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 92 yards in 4:32.
Key plays: Warner 18-yard pass to Boldin to Arizona 26; Warner
16-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-8 to Arizona 44; Warner 17-yard pass to
Fitzgerald to San Francisco 34. ARIZONA 7-0.
14:24 SFO - TD, VERNON DAVIS 2 YD PASS FROM TRENT DILFER (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 32 yards in 4:14.
Key plays: W Harris interception at Arizona 32; Dilfer 10-yard run
on 3rd-and-8 to Arizona 20; Dilfer 12-yard pass to Gore on 3rd-and-11 to
Arizona 9. SAN FRANCISCO 7-7

2ND QUARTER:

3:39 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 19 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 18 yards in 2:42.
Key plays: Michael L Lewis 51-yard punt return to Arizona 19. SAN
FRANCISCO 10-7.
4:38 SFO - TD, FRANK GORE 11 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 6 yards in 0:36.
Key plays: Roman 43-yard return of Fitzgerald fumble to Arizona 6.
SAN FRANCISCO 17-7
9:01 ARI - TD, MARCEL SHIPP 1 YD RUN (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards in 4:23.
Key plays: Warner 17-yard pass to Patrick to San Francisco 39;
Warner 26-yard pass to Boldin to San Francisco 14. SAN FRANCISCO 17-14
15:00 ARI - TD, LARRY FITZGERALD 48 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 55 yards in 0:06.
Key plays: Arizona takes over after missed field goal at Arizona 45.
ARIZONA 21-17

3RD QUARTER:

9:13 SFO - TD, ARNAZ BATTLE 57 YD PASS FROM TRENT DILFER (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 88 yards in 2:10.
Key plays: Dilfer 26-yard pass to Davis to San Francisco 38. SAN
FRANCISCO 24-21.

4TH QUARTER:

5:07 ARI - TD, BEN PATRICK 2 YD PASS FROM TIM RATTAY (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards in 4:11.
Key plays: Warner 31-yard pass to Pope to San Francisco 29; James
6-yard run plus 12-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on 49ers' Haralson
to San Francisco 11. ARIZONA 28-24.
13:45 SFO - TD, FRANK GORE 35 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 70 yards in 3:18.
Key plays: Dilfer 10-yard pass to Gore to San Francisco 40. SAN
FRANCISCO 31-28
15:00 ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 19 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 83 yards in 1:11.
Key plays: Warner 11-yard pass to Bry Johnson to Arizona 26; Warner
15-yard pass to Fitzgerald to Arizona 41; Warner 19-yard pass to
Fitzgerald to San Francisco 40; Warner 30-yard pass to Bry Johnson to San
Francisco 1. SAN FRANCISCO 31-31

OVERTIME:

10:04 SFO - TD, TULLY BANTA-CAIN RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE .
SAN FRANCISCO 37-31.

SAN FRANCISCO - ARIZONA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS SAN FRANCISCO ARIZONA

FIRST DOWNS 21 25
Rushing 5 4
Passing 15 18
Penalty 1 3
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-13-31% 4-14-29%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 2-2-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS 374 552
Total offensive plays 67 77
Average gain per play 5.6 7.2
NET YARDS RUSHING 137 96
Rushing attempts 25 24
Average gain per rush 5.5 4.0
Tackles for loss-yards 1-2 1-1
NET YARDS PASSING 237 456
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-19 4-30
Gross passing yards 256 486
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 39-25-0 49-35-2
Avg gain per pass play 5.6 8.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 7-1-0 4-2-1
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-47.7 6-36.2
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 33.5 31.5
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 85 28
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-85 4-28
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-79 7-153
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-42 10-70
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 3-2
TOUCHDOWNS 5 4
Rushing 2 1
Passing 2 3
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 1 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 4-4
Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 4-4
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-2 1-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 1-2-50%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:32 38:32


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

SAN FRANCISCO ARIZONA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
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F GORE 21 116 5.5 35 2 E JAMES 17 78 4.6 9 0
T DILFER 1 10 10.0 10 0 M SHIPP 5 14 2.8 5 1
M HICKS 2 7 3.5 6 0 J ARRINGTO 2 4 2.0 2 0
M ROBINSON 1 4 4.0 4 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T DILFER 25-39-256 0 2 57 K WARNER 34-48-484 2 2 62
T RATTAY 1- 1- 2 0 1 2

Sacked-Yards Lost: T DILFER 3-19. Sacked-Yards Lost: K WARNER 4-30.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
F GORE 11 98 8.9 21 0 L FITZGERA 9 156 17.3 48 2
V DAVIS 6 45 7.5 26 1 A BOLDIN 6 76 12.7 26 0
D JACKSON 5 43 8.6 10 0 B JOHNSON 5 80 16.0 30 0
A BATTLE 1 57 57.0 57 1 J ARRINGTO 5 26 5.2 9 0
M ROBINSON 1 8 8.0 8 0 S MOREY 4 79 19.8 62 0
D WALKER 1 5 5.0 5 0 L POPE 2 39 19.5 31 0
B PATRICK 2 19 9.5 17 1
E JAMES 2 11 5.5 8 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
W HARRIS 2 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A LEE 6 286 47.7 1 3 59 M BARR 6 217 36.2 1 1 47

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 4 85 21.3 51 0 S BREASTON 4 28 7.0 19 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M HICKS 3 79 26.3 30 0 S BREASTON 7 153 21.9 37 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J NEDNEY 4/4 1/2 N RACKERS 4/4 1/2
Dist.: 19 (55) Dist.: 19 (32)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D JACKSON 1 0 0 1-0 K WARNER 2 1 0 0-0
N CLEMENTS 0 0 1 0-0 A BOLDIN 1 1 0 0-0
R FIELDS 0 0 1 0-0 R BROWN 0 0 1 0-0
M LEWIS 0 0 1 0-0 M GANDY 0 0 0 1-0
T BANTA-CAIN 0 0 0 0-1
M ROMAN 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
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P WILLIS 18 17 1 .5-3.5 G HAYES 12 12 0 1-5
M LEWIS 12 11 1 1-9 C PACE 7 5 2 0-0
N CLEMENTS 10 8 2 0-0 K DANSBY 7 4 3 1-7
D STRICKLAND 4 4 0 0-0 O CELESTIN 6 5 1 0-0
M ROMAN 4 3 1 0-0 T HOLT 4 4 0 0-0
W HARRIS 3 3 0 0-0 J TAFOYA 4 3 1 1-7
D SMITH 3 3 0 0-0 A ROLLE 3 3 0 0-0
I SOPOAGA 3 3 0 0-0 D DOCKETT 3 2 1 0-0
B YOUNG 2 2 0 0-0 R BROWN 2 2 0 0-0
S SPENCER 2 2 0 0-0 A SMITH 2 2 0 0-0
R FIELDS 2 1 1 1-3 R HOOD 2 2 0 0-0
P HARALSON 2 0 2 .5-3.5 G WATSON 2 2 0 0-0
R GREEN 1 1 0 1-11 D BLACKSTOCK 2 1 1 0-0
M DOUGLAS 1 1 0 0-0 C COOPER 1 1 0 0-0
J ULBRICH 1 0 1 0-0 M WARE 1 1 0 0-0
E GREEN 1 1 0 0-0
R BAILEY 1 0 1 0-0

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NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
SAN FRANCISCO 37
ARIZONA 31 FINAL IN OVERTIME</div>

 

By Bob Huhn
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


GLENDALE, Arizona (Ticker) - The lowly San Francisco 49ers founda bizarre way to beat the Arizona Cardinals for the second timethis season.


Linebacker Tully Banta-Cain recovered a fumble in the end zonefor a touchdown with 5:02 remaining in overtime as the 49ersposted a 37-31 victory over the Cardinals on Sunday.

"I saw it on the ground and the first thing I thought was jumpon it," Banta-Cain said. "I didn't anticipate that it wouldhappen like that but I will take it."


Tackle Ronald Fields caused the fumble with a sack ofquarterback Kurt Warner, whose mistake overshadowed aspectacular day in which he passed for an NFL season-high 486yards.


"I don't know who knocked the ball loose but I saw it on theground, jumped on it and soon as I had it in my hand, I knew thegame was over," Banta-Cain added. "That felt like we just wonthe Super Bowl."


If the Cardinals (5-6) miss the playoffs, they will have no oneto blame but themselves. They also lost to the 49ers, 20-17, inWeek One.


The loss snapped an eight-game losing streak for the 49ers(3-8), who had not won since a 17-16 win in Week Two at St.Louis.


"It feels outstanding," 49ers coach Mike Nolan said. "It feelsgreat. I can't tell you how great."


While there was joy in the 49ers' locker room, there was dismayfor the Cardinals, who suffered a devastating loss.

The defeat dropped Arizona two games behind the Seattle Seahawks(7-4) in the NFC West and kept the Cardinals one game back ofthe Detroit Lions (6-5) in the battle for the NFC's second wildcard.


"I won't say the game was stolen from us but we hadopportunities to win the game," Warner said. "On the last play,I didn't see anything open and was just looking for a place toget rid of it and wasn't able to do it."


"I just came off the ball, beat the cut block and made thesack," Fields said. "It was a big play for us to get the winand end the losing skid."


Arizona started its last possession at the 3-yard line afterSteve Breaston made an ill-advised decision to field a puntinside the 5-yard line.


"I would have liked to see him let that one go," Cardinals coachKen Whisenhunt said. "We need to do a better job coaching himand letting him know what to do."


The Cardinals had a chance to win earlier in overtime but NeilRackers missed a 32-yard field goal wide left with 6:43remaining.


One play earlier, Rackers appeared to give Arizona the win bysplitting the uprights on a 27-yarder. But a penalty negatedthe kick and forced the Cardinals back five yards.

"I don't know what happened on that second kick," Whisenhuntsaid. "He kicked the one before right through the middle and Ifelt good about going ahead and kicking it again."

The defeat came after Warner engineered a clutch 85-yard drivein the final 85 seconds, completing five passes. Rackers kickedan 18-yard field goal on the final play of regulation to forceovertime.


"This might be the worst loss and the worst way we lost a gamesince I have been here," Cardinals cornerback Eric Green said."We have to win games we are suppose to win. Everybody isdisgusted."


The 49ers had taken a 31-28 lead in the seesaw affair on FrankGore's 35-yard TD run with 1:25 remaining.


Gore rushed for 116 yards and two TDs on 21 carries and caught11 passes for 98 yards, as the 49ers generated the type ofoffense that has been lacking all season.


"Trent (Dilfer) always tells all the backs he would be lookingfor the check-down after watching film," Gore said. "He justdumped the ball down and I had room to move."


Dilfer, starting in place of Alex Smith, passed for 256 yardsand two scores for the 49ers.


"We converted some third downs early in and midway through thegame to keep drives alive," Dilfer said. "We were much bettergoing and getting the first down, getting the extra yard,getting a half-yard past the chains.


"Those are hard things to quantify but you feel it as a player."

The second half featured three lead changes, with the 49ersgrabbing a 24-21 lead on Dilfer's 47-yard TD pass to ArnazBattle with six minutes left in the third quarter.

The Cardinals went back ahead, 28-24, when backup quarterbackTim Rattay tossed a 1-yard TD pass to rookie tight end BenPatrick on fourth down with 10 minutes left in the fourthperiod.