TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – Emmitt who? Marcel Shipp, the Arizona starter since Emmitt Smith broke his left shoulder blade a month ago, carried 29 times for 141 yards in the Cardinals’ 17-14 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.

Shipp became the first Cardinal in 11 years to have consecutive 100-yard rushing games. The bruising fourth-year pro from Massachusetts, who was not drafted, gained 165 yards last week in Arizona’s 16-13 overtime victory over San Francisco.

Smith, the NFL’s career rushing leader who was assured the starter’s job when he signed with Arizona, should be back in a couple of weeks, and it will present coach Dave McGinnis with a tough decision.

Jeff Blake completed 18 of 28 passes for 166 yards and two touchdowns, with no interceptions. Jon Kitna was 21-for-38 for 218 yards and one touchdown for Cincinnati. He was intercepted twice.

The Bengals (3-5) led 14-10 at the half, but Arizona dominated with its ball-control style in the second half.

The Cardinals (3-5) took the second-half kickoff and went 80 yards in 13 plays, using 6:48. Arizona converted three third downs on the drive, including Blake’s 7-yard touchdown pass to Anquan Boldin.

It was a matchup of two of the NFL’s biggest losers in recent history.

The Bengals had shed that image, to some extent, by winning two in a row and three of four.

But in nearly empty Sun Devil Stadium – paid attendance was 23,531 – Cincinnati couldn’t slow Shipp and wasn’t able to move the ball consistently. Arizona punter Scott Player repeatedly pinned the Bengals deep in their territory.

Corey Dillon, bothered by a groin pull – he sat out last week’s game after being involved in a car accident – started for the Bengals but didn’t play after the second quarter.

Still, after Tim Duncan’s 34-yard field goal bounced off the right upright with 12:31 to play, the Bengals had three possessions to try to regain the lead.

But the last two began at their 7-yard line, and they never made it into Arizona territory.

Dexter Jackson’s interception stopped the next-to-last possession. On their final try, Kitna’s fourth-down pass to Peter Warrick was short of a first down.

The Bengals had two earlier possessions start on their 2 and 4.

The first time the Cardinals had the ball, a defensive holding call kept a drive alive. Blake threw 1 yard to Freddie Jones for the score.

Shipp’s fumble, the Cardinals’ 20th turnover of the season, but their only one of the game, was recovered by Cincinnati’s Tony Williams at the Arizona 40 moments later. The Bengals drove to the Arizona 4, where Renaldo Hill intercepted Kitna’s pass in the end zone and returned it to midfield.

However, the play was nullified by a roughing-the-passer call against Ray Thompson, and Rudi Johnson scored on a 2-yard run to tie it.

On the Bengals’ next possession, Kitna threw 41 yards to Chad Johnson to the Arizona 14. The Cardinals challenged that Johnson didn’t have both feet inbounds, but the play stood. Kitna threw 15 yards to Warrick to put Cincinnati up 14-7.

Duncan’s 41-yard field goal cut the lead to 14-10 at the half.

The last Arizona player to have consecutive 100-yard rushing games was Johnny Johnson in 1992.

AP-ES-11-02-03 1930EST