The San Francisco 49ers came very close to locking up a second win against the Cardinals on Sunday, but Arizona managed to pull off a 23-20 victory with a field goal in the final three seconds of the game.
Cardinals narrowly avoid overtime and beat the 49ers, 23-20, with a late-game field goal
Chandler Catanzaro was good from 34 yards to give Arizona the win.
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Jeanna Kelley has been covering the Falcons for The Falcoholic since 2011 and the NFL for SB Nation since 2015.
San Francisco scored late in the fourth quarter on a 4-yard Colin Kaepernick run for a touchdown, tying the game up, 20-20. The Cardinals answered, though, by executing a 12-play, 69-yard drive, putting Arizona in field goal range.
The Cardinals’ kicker, Chandler Catanzaro, has been inconsistent this season, having missed three of 11 field goal attempts. On Sunday, however, Catanzaro was good from 34 yards out to give Arizona a 23-20 lead as time expired.
The 49ers limited Arizona’s run game, holding David Johnson to just 55 yards. Larry Fitzgerald dominated the Niners’ defense, though, putting up 133 yards despite leaving the game briefly with an injury. Michael Floyd also went over 100 yards, finishing with 101.
The Cardinals improved to 4-4-1, and the 49ers are now 1-8.
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