Game summary: Cardinals 31, 49ers 14
LB Jeff Ulbrich's game-high 11 tackles didn't help
LB Jeff Ulbrich's game-high 11 tackles didn't help

Posted Oct 2, 2005


Complete game summary and team and individual statistics from the 49ers' 31-14 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday night at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.

SAN FRANCISCO         14    0    0    0   14
ARIZONA                0   12    6   13   31     

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: 

 0:09 SFO - TD, DEREK SMITH RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE (JOE NEDNEY KICK). 
      SAN FRANCISCO 7-0.
 7:03 SFO - TD, DERRICK JOHNSON 78 YD FUMBLE RETURN (JOE NEDNEY KICK). 
      SAN FRANCISCO 14-0.

2ND QUARTER: 

 6:14 ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 40 YD. 
      Drive: 12 plays, 66 yards in 4:56. 
      Key plays: Shipp 15-yard run to Arizona 27; McCown 19-yard pass to 
      Boldin to Arizona 46; McCown 7-yard pass to Lee on 3rd-and-7 to San 
      Francisco 44; McCown 10-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 26. SAN 
      FRANCISCO 14-3.
12:16 ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 45 YD. 
      Drive: 8 plays, 50 yards in 3:55. 
      Key plays: McCown 12-yard pass to T Johnson to Arizona 32; McCown 
      2-yard pass to Ayanbadejo on 3rd-and-1 to Arizona 34; McCown 41-yard pass 
      to Fitzgerald to San Francisco 25. SAN FRANCISCO 14-6.
14:55 ARI - TD, LARRY FITZGERALD 17 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (TWO-POINT PASS CONVERSION FAILED). 
      Drive: 7 plays, 69 yards in 1:03. 
      Key plays: McCown 14-yard pass to B Johnson to Arizona 45; McCown 
      21-yard pass to Lee to San Francisco 26; McCown 5-for-6 for 69 yards. SAN 
      FRANCISCO 14-12.

3RD QUARTER: 

 6:03 ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 48 YD. 
      Drive: 6 plays, 47 yards in 3:13. 
      Key plays: McCown 12-yard pass to Boldin to Arizona 35; McCown 
      28-yard pass to Shipp to San Francisco 37; McCown 11-yard pass to 
      Fitzgerald to San Francisco 29. ARIZONA 15-14.
12:19 ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 23 YD. 
      Drive: 8 plays, 44 yards in 4:01. 
      Key plays: Tate 22-yard interception return to San Francisco 49; 
      McCown 16-yard pass to Boldin on 3rd-and-6 to San Francisco 29; McCown 
      19-yard pass to B Johnson to San Francisco 10. ARIZONA 18-14.

4TH QUARTER: 

 1:46 ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 43 YD. 
      Drive: 7 plays, 26 yards in 2:54. 
      Key plays: McCown 14-yard pass to Boldin to San Francisco 35; McCown
      11-yard pass to Boldin to San Francisco 24. ARIZONA 21-14.
 6:31 ARI - TD, ANQUAN BOLDIN 27 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (NEIL RACKERS KICK). 
      Drive: 5 plays, 35 yards in 2:47. 
      Key plays: Swinton 25-yard punt return to San Francisco 35; McCown 
      2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 24. ARIZONA 28-14.
 9:00 ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 24 YD. 
      Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards in 1:08. 
      Key plays: Harris recovery of Gore fumble at San Francisco 13. 
      ARIZONA 31-14.

SAN FRANCISCO - ARIZONA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS                          SAN FRANCISCO        ARIZONA

FIRST DOWNS                                          8             24
  Rushing                                            1              6
  Passing                                            7             17
  Penalty                                            0              1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY                         4-12-33%       8-19-42%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY                          0-1-0%         0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS                                    168            463
  Total offensive plays                             50             83
  Average gain per play                            3.4            5.6
NET YARDS RUSHING                                   51             97
  Rushing attempts                                  14             34
  Average gain per rush                            3.6            2.9
  Tackles for loss-yards                           1-1           6-22
NET YARDS PASSING                                  117            366
  Times sacked: Number-Yards                      5-43           3-19
  Gross passing yards                              160            385
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED      31-17-1        46-32-0
  Avg gain per pass play                           3.3            7.5
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks          3-3-2          9-9-7
PUNTS: Number and Average                       7-46.7         3-45.0
  Had blocked                                        0              0
  Net punting average                             45.7           21.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs)        7             93
  Number-Yards: Punt Returns                       2-7           5-71
  Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns                   2-38           1-19
  Number-Yards: Interception Returns               0-0           1-22
PENALTIES: Number-Yards                           8-52           4-37
FUMBLES: Number-Lost                               5-3            3-3
TOUCHDOWNS                                           2              2
  Rushing                                            0              0
  Passing                                            0              2
  Interceptions                                      0              0
  Other (blocked kicks, etc.)                        2              0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts                        2-2            1-2
  Kicking: Made-Attempts                           2-2            1-1
  Passing: Made-Attempts                           0-0            0-1
  Rushing: Made-Attempts                           0-0            0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts                         0-0            6-6
  FGs - PATs had blocked                           0-0            0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY                             0-0-0%        1-6-17%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY                           0-0-0%         0-1-0%
SAFETIES                                             0              0
TIME OF POSSESSION                               22:12          37:48


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

SAN FRANCISCO                           ARIZONA                                 

RUSHING             ATT YDS  AVG LG TD  RUSHING             ATT YDS  AVG LG TD
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
K BARLOW             10  45  4.5 11  0  M SHIPP              16  42  2.6 15  0
F GORE                2   4  2.0  4  0  J MCCOWN              6  32  5.3 12  0
C HETHERIN            1   3  3.0  3  0  J ARRINGTO            7  13  1.9 13  0
T RATTAY              1  -1 -1.0  0  0  O AYANBADE            4   9  2.3  8  0
                                        A BOLDIN              1   1  1.0  1  0

PASSING             CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG  PASSING             CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
T RATTAY            11-21-126  1  0 28  J MCCOWN            32-46-385  0  2 41
A SMITH              6-10- 34  0  0 16

Sacked-Yards Lost: T RATTAY 3-28,       Sacked-Yards Lost: J MCCOWN 3-19.
A SMITH 2-15.                           

RECEIVING            NO YDS  AVG LG TD  RECEIVING            NO YDS  AVG LG TD
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
B LLOYD               7 102 14.6 28  0  A BOLDIN              8 116 14.5 27  1
J MORTON              3  46 15.3 19  0  L FITZGERA            7 102 14.6 41  1
K BARLOW              3  10  3.3  7  0  M SHIPP               5  52 10.4 28  0
F GORE                2 -12 -6.0  2  0  B JOHNSON             4  50 12.5 19  0
S BUSH                1   8  8.0  8  0  O AYANBADE            3  18  6.0  8  0
F BEASLEY             1   6  6.0  6  0  C LEE                 2  28 14.0 21  0
                                        T JOHNSON             2  16  8.0 12  0
                                        E EDWARDS             1   3  3.0  3  0

INTERCEPTIONS        NO YDS  AVG LG TD  INTERCEPTIONS        NO YDS  AVG LG TD
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
                                        R TATE                1  22 22.0 22  0

PUNTING             NO YDS  AVG T I LG  PUNTING             NO YDS  AVG T I LG
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
A LEE                7 327 46.7 0 1 58  S PLAYER             3 135 45.0 1 0 51

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS         NO YDS  AVG LG TD  PUNT RETURNS         NO YDS  AVG LG TD
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
O AMEY                2   7  3.5  8  0  R SWINTON             5  71 14.2 25  0

KICKOFF RETURNS      NO YDS  AVG LG TD  KICKOFF RETURNS      NO YDS  AVG LG TD
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
M HICKS               2  38 19.0 23  0  R SWINTON             1  19 19.0 19  0

KICKING              XP/XPA FG/FGA      KICKING              XP/XPA FG/FGA
----------------------------------      ----------------------------------
J NEDNEY              2/2    0/0        N RACKERS             1/1    6/6  
                                        Dist.: 40 45 48 23 43 24                

                                 O-D                                     O-D
FUMBLES              NO  LOST FF REC    FUMBLES              NO  LOST FF REC
------------------------------------    ------------------------------------
F GORE                1    1   0 0-0    J MCCOWN              1    1   0 0-0
B LLOYD               1    1   0 0-0    M SHIPP               1    1   0 0-0
T RATTAY              1    1   0 0-0    C PACE                1    1   0 0-1
K BARLOW              1    0   0 0-0    B BERRY               0    0   1 0-0
B MOORE               1    0   0 0-1    R TATE                0    0   1 0-0
T HALL                0    0   1 0-0    R KOLODZIEJ           0    0   1 0-0
B YOUNG               0    0   1 0-0    E GREEN               0    0   1 0-1
D JOHNSON             0    0   0 0-1    Q HARRIS              0    0   0 0-1
E HEITMANN            0    0   0 1-1
D SMITH               0    0   0 1-1

DEFENSE              TK SO AS SK-YD     DEFENSE              TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------    ------------------------------------
J ULBRICH            11  9  2  0-0      E GREEN               5  4  1  0-0  
T PARRISH             7  5  2  0-0      J DARLING             5  3  2  0-0  
B MOORE               7  5  2  0-0      R GRIFFITH            4  4  0  0-0  
B YOUNG               6  5  1  2-19     A WILSON              4  3  1  1-10 
W MIDDLEBROOKS        6  5  1  0-0      C OKEAFOR             3  3  0  0-0  
D SMITH               6  5  1  0-0      C PACE                3  2  11.5-8.5
D JOHNSON             5  3  2  0-0      R KOLODZIEJ           2  2  0  1-9  
S SPENCER             4  4  0  0-0      R WALLS               2  2  0  0-0  
M DOUGLAS             4  2  2  0-0      R TATE                2  2  0  0-0  
T HALL                3  3  0  0-0      L REID                2  2  0  0-0  
M ADAMS               3  3  0  0-0      B BERRY               2  1  11.5-15.
S RASHEED             3  3  0  0-0      K DANSBY              2  1  1  0-0  
A CARTER              3  0  3  0-0      O HUFF                1  0  1  0-0  
A ADAMS               2  2  0  0-0  
- TEAM                1  1  0  1-0  
I SOPOAGA             1  1  0  0-0  

Officials: Referee-Ed Hochuli, Umpire-Steve Wilson, Head Linesman-Mark
Hittner, Line Judge-Tom Symonette, Field Judge-Tom Sifferman, Side 
Judge-Al  Riveron, Back Judge-Scott Helverson.

Att: 103,467   Time of Game: 3:22


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