![]() But Riley Patterson’s 47-yard field goal with 13:15 remaining made it an insurmountable 27-6. With another Matt Prater field goal, the Cardinals cut the deficit to 24-3. It was just good times all around.Detroit never looked back, as cornerback Amani Oruwariye intercepted Murray in the third quarter to set up a 6-yard touchdown pass from Goff to Jason Cabinda to go up 24-3. The Lions defense forced Carson Palmer to throw three interceptions. Kenny Golladay put up a nice 69 yards and two touchdowns. Matthew Stafford threw for 292 yards and four touchdowns in this game. The Lions scored 26 straight points off two Kenny Golladay touchdowns, a Theo Riddick touchdown and a Miles Killebrew pick six. The Lions were down 17-9 in the third quarter and then proceeded to go off. This was a patented come-from-behind Lions win that was a whole lot of fun to watch. The Lions’ last win over the Cardinals in Detroit, a 35-23 win in 2017. Game diveįor this week’s game dive, we’re going with another recent one. The Lions hadn’t beat the Cardinals in Arizona since 1993 before that. Holy moly, it’s a Matt Patricia coached game. ![]() The real best memory has to be when the Lions finally won in the desert in 2018. That’ll be this Sunday when the Lions shock the world. Maybe these two moments are tied for worst. Beanie Wells scored three rushing touchdowns for the Cardinals. Matthew Stafford threw three interceptions in this game, too. The worst game was a few years earlier when all the Lions had to do was stop Ryan Lindley and the Cardinals to just eke out one more win in the 2012 season. It’s the 2015 game, right? The one where Matthew Stafford threw three interceptions and got benched in a 42-17 loss. Now I know what everyone is going to say. They’ve won four of the last six meetings in Detroit. The Lions are 20-11-3 at home against the Cardinals. Speaking of ties, the Packers are the only team the Lions have tied with more than the Cardinals. They also tied with the Cardinals in 2019. They’ve won three of the last four meetings. The Lions haven’t lost to the Cardinals since 2015. The Cardinals are one of six teams in the league that the Lions have an all-time winning record over. Detroit is 36-28-6 against the Cardinals all time. They’ve only played four franchises more often in their history (Bears, Packers, Vikings, Rams). The Lions have played the Cardinals 70 times since 1930. The good news is that the number one song in America at the time was this masterpiece: The Lions lost 20-17 in what turned out to be the Dave Krieg revenge game. ![]() The Lions played the Arizona Cardinals for the first time on September 17, 1995. Okay, maybe we weren’t quite there yet.įor real this time. The Lions played the Phoenix Cardinals in September of 1989 and lost 16-13. Actually the Lions won 45-14.Īlright, we’re finally here. The Lions first played them in 1961 and won on a walk off homer in the ninth. Louis had two major sports teams go by the same name for 27 years. I’m sure there was some sort of delineation, but I’d prefer to think the entire city was confused for 27 years. Imagine buying tickets thinking you’re going to see the baseball game and wind up a the football game. Boy, those old timey games were exciting, weren’t they? We’re going to get to the first time the Lions played the Arizona Cardinals soon, but let’s make one more stop. When the Spartans became the Detroit Lions in 1934, their second game ever was against the Chicago Cardinals. Oh, and the result of this exciting inaugural matchup between the Spartans and Cardinals that would kick off this electric rivalry? A 0-0 tie. They also played the Bears, Packers and Giants that season, too. The Cardinals were the first team this franchise played that still exists. That game in 1930 was the third game in the Lions’ franchise history. Also, what’s a Clipper? That’s a conversation for another day. So it’s not a situation like when the Lakers moved to Los Angeles and there are no lakes. They’re creatively called Desert Cardinals. The Lions and Cardinals go all the way back to 1930, when the Lions were the Portsmouth Spartans and the Cardinals played in Chicago.īy the way, gang, there are Cardinals that live in the desert. Actually, it’s easily explained: it’s because the two teams typically finish in the same position (see: last) in their respective divisions.Īnyways, let’s get into tit. I Googled it and Google asked me to mind my own business. Let’s take a look back at this weird rivalry and try to understand why it keeps happening. This one doesn’t look like it’s going to be much fun at all. Anyone else sick of this matchup? It feels like the Detroit Lions play the Arizona Cardinals every single year, and I would bet that Cardinals fans are just as sick of playing the Lions as Lions fans are of playing the Cardinals.
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