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49ers rally past Cardinals 36-26 on 4 TD passes by Garoppolo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Jimmy Garoppolo felt the rush coming, lofted up a pass to Jeff Wilson Jr. and then let the crowd tell him everything else.
After a sometimes trying day that featured a big early deficit, two interceptions deep in Arizona territory and some big plays from Kyler Murray, Garoppolo delivered when it mattered most for the San Francisco 49ers.
Garoppolo threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Wilson with 31 seconds left for his fourth TD pass of the game and the 49ers rallied from 16 points down for a 36-26 victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
''I felt the pressure up the middle and I kind of put it out there and wanted him to just make a play on it,'' Garoppolo said. ''I just heard the crowd. I didn't even see him catch it.''
The key play for the go-ahead score came one play after the Niners (9-1) narrowly converted on a third-and-3 pass that went to replay review. Instead of being ruled short and facing a fourth-down decision in a three-point game, San Francisco had a new set of downs.
Wilson entered for his first offensive play of the game and beat edge rusher Chandler Jones, who peeled off on a blitz for his first career touchdown catch.
''I knew he was one of the better guys on their defense, but I also knew he was a defensive end,'' Wilson said. ''I knew his hips weren't that good. He can't move side to side, especially when his whole body is turned. It's just a simple one step, cut across his face and get the ball. Whatever happens after happens.''
David Johnson fumbled on the next play for the Cardinals (3-7-1), who squandered a 16-0 lead and lost their fourth straight game. San Francisco added a fumble recovery for a touchdown by D.J. Reed on the final play after a botched lateral by Arizona.
This marked the biggest deficit erased by the 49ers in a win since rallying from 20 points down to beat Philadelphia on Oct. 2, 2011. San Francisco also overcame a 17-point deficit in the NFC title game at Atlanta following the 2012 season.
Garoppolo threw for 425 yards and four touchdowns, but also threw two interceptions deep in Arizona territory that nearly doomed the 49ers. The first set up a field goal that put Arizona up 19-17 and the second came with San Francisco trailing by three late in the fourth quarter.
The defense responded by forcing a three-and-out on a sack by Arik Armstead. Garoppolo then went 6 of 7 for 58 yards on the winning drive.
''Jimmy's confidence never wavers,'' fullback Kyle Juszczyk said. ''It's been like that all year. Any time he's made a mistake there's no letup on him. Everybody has all the confidence in the world in him and he always just does a good job of showing that confidence when he's in the huddle.''
Kyler Murray threw two TD passes and put the Cardinals ahead 26-23 on a 22-yard keeper with 6:30 to play but it wasn't enough to beat the 49ers.
''Honestly, everything we had was there,'' Murray said. ''We shot ourselves in the foot a couple of times. At the end of the day, we had our chance to win the game. We just did not put them away. They're a good team. When you play good teams, you cannot do that.''
The Cardinals scored on their first two drives to take a 9-0 lead when Murray found Larry Fitzgerald all alone for a 5-yard score that was his 19th career touchdown against San Francisco.
Arizona added to the lead in the second quarter on a 5-yard TD pass from Murray to Pharoh Cooper before the Niners mostly abandoned an ineffective running game to get back into the contest thanks to a series of underneath passes.
INJURIES
49ers DE Dee Ford left in the first half with a hamstring injury.
FLAG DAY
The Cardinals won a rare challenge of a pass interference call set up an early score. Coach Kliff Kingsbury challenged a no-call on a deep pass to Christian Kirk and had it overturned to pass interference on Richard Sherman. The 41-yard penalty turned a fourth-and-7 into a first-and-goal from the 3.
The Cardinals had to settle for a field goal after an offensive pass interference on Kirk wiped out an apparent TD pass to Charles Clay.
Sherman, who hadn't been penalized since the season opener, was called for two more pass interferences against Kirk in the first half.
UNDRAFTED GEMS
All four 49ers touchdown catches came from undrafted players. Backup tight end Ross Dwelley had two playing for the injured George Kittle, Kendrick Bourne added one in the fourth quarter and Wilson had the game-winner. It was just the 10th time since the merger that a team got four TD catches from undrafted players in a single game.
UP NEXT
Cardinals: Week off before hosting the Los Angeles Rams on Dec. 1.
49ers: Host Green Bay on Sunday.
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K. Murray
1 QB 150 PaYds, 2 PaTDs, 67 RuYds, RuTD |
30
FPTS
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J. Garoppolo
11 QB 424 PaYds, 4 PaTDs, 2 INTs, 7 RuYds |
36
FPTS
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Team Stats | ||
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Time of Pos | 31:23 | 28:37 |
1st Downs | 21 | 26 |
Rushing | 9 | 1 |
Passing | 9 | 20 |
Penalty | 3 | 5 |
3rd Down Conv | 3-10 | 6-13 |
4th Down Conv | 1-1 | 0-2 |
Total Net Yards | 266 | 442 |
Total Plays | 62 | 66 |
Avg Gain | 4.3 | 6.7 |
Net Yards Rushing | 135 | 34 |
Rush Attempts | 25 | 19 |
Avg Rush Yards | 5.4 | 1.8 |
Net Yards Passing | 131 | 408 |
Comp. - Att. | 24-33 | 34-45 |
Yards Per Pass | 4.0 | 9.1 |
Penalties - Yards | 10-104 | 10-127 |
Touchdowns | 3 | 5 |
Rushing TDs | 1 | 0 |
Passing TDs | 2 | 4 |
Other | 0 | 1 |
Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
Fumbles - Lost | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Int. Thrown | 0 | 2 |
Punts - Avg | 4-43.5 | 2-50.5 |
Return Yards | 107 | 78 |
Punts - Returns | 0-0 | 2-8 |
Kickoffs - Returns | 2-41 | 3-70 |
Int. - Returns | 2-66 | 0-0 |
Red Zone Eff. | 2-3 -67% | 3-5 -60% |
Goal to Go Eff. | 2-3 -67% | 3-3 -100% |
Safeties | 0 | 0 |
Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | FPTS |
K. Murray
1 QB
30 FPTS
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K. Murray | 24/33 | 150 | 2 | 0 | 30 |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG | FPTS |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG | FPTS |
C. Kirk
13 WR
4 FPTS
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C. Kirk | 9 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 11 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
L. Fitzgerald
11 WR
7 FPTS
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L. Fitzgerald | 5 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 12 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
P. Cooper
12 WR
9 FPTS
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P. Cooper | 4 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 23 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
K. Johnson
19 WR
0 FPTS
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K. Johnson | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
K. Drake
41 RB
7 FPTS
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K. Drake | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A. Isabella
89 WR
0 FPTS
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A. Isabella | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
D. Daniels
81 TE
0 FPTS
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D. Daniels | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
C. Clay
85 TE
0 FPTS
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C. Clay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT | FF |
B. Baker
32 SS
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B. Baker | 12-1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Hicks
58 MLB
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J. Hicks | 8-4 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
B. Murphy
33 CB
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B. Murphy | 5-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Thompson
34 SS
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J. Thompson | 5-0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Walker
59 LB
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J. Walker | 4-1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
P. Peterson
21 CB
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P. Peterson | 4-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ch. Jones
55 LB
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Ch. Jones | 3-1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. Suggs
56 OLB
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T. Suggs | 3-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. Marsh
54 LB
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C. Marsh | 2-2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
R. Gunter
95 DT
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R. Gunter | 2-1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Sweezy
64 G
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J. Sweezy | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ch. Jones
25 DB
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Ch. Jones | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M. Dogbe
91 DE
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M. Dogbe | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
D. Daniels
81 TE
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D. Daniels | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. Washington
28 DB
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C. Washington | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. Peters
98 DT
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C. Peters | 1-1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
K. Peterson
27 CB
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K. Peterson | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
H. Reddick
43 OLB
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H. Reddick | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Z. Kerr
92 DE
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Z. Kerr | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
Z. Gonzalez
5 K
8 FPTS
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Z. Gonzalez | 2/2 | 43 | 2/3 | 8 |
Punting | NO | AVG | IN20 | LG |
A. Lee
4 P
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A. Lee | 4 | 50.5 | 1 | 61 |
Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
P. Cooper
12 WR
9 FPTS
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P. Cooper | 2 | 20.5 | 22 | 0 |
Punt Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | FPTS |
J. Garoppolo
10 QB
36 FPTS
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J. Garoppolo | 34/45 | 424 | 4 | 2 | 36 |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG | FPTS |
T. Coleman
26 RB
5 FPTS
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T. Coleman | 12 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
R. Mostert
31 RB
2 FPTS
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R. Mostert | 6 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Garoppolo
10 QB
36 FPTS
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J. Garoppolo | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 36 |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG | FPTS |
D. Samuel
19 WR
13 FPTS
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D. Samuel | 10 | 8 | 134 | 0 | 26 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
K. Juszczyk
44 FB
6 FPTS
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K. Juszczyk | 7 | 7 | 63 | 0 | 19 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
R. James
13 WR
5 FPTS
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R. James | 1 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
T. Coleman
26 RB
5 FPTS
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T. Coleman | 4 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 37 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
E. Sanders
17 WR
3 FPTS
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E. Sanders | 5 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
K. Bourne
84 WR
9 FPTS
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K. Bourne | 6 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 19 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Wilson
30 RB
8 FPTS
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J. Wilson | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
R. Dwelley
82 TE
13 FPTS
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R. Dwelley | 5 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
R. Mostert
31 RB
2 FPTS
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R. Mostert | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
M. Goodwin
11 WR
0 FPTS
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