GLENDALE, Ariz. – Maybe that Cardinals curse is history.
After blowing a 17-0 lead in what looked like another classic Arizona collapse, Darnell Dockett recovered a fumble by Seattle’s Matt Hasselbeck. Then Neil Rackers kicked a 41-yard field goal with 1 second to go Sunday, giving the Cardinals a 23-20 victory over the Seahawks.
Rackers’ 52-yarder tied it at 20 with 4:44 to play.
The Seahawks took the subsequent kickoff and drove toward what could have been the winning score. But on first-and-5 from the Arizona 36, linebacker Gerald Hayes disrupted an already botched handoff from Hasselbeck to Shaun Alexander.
The ball popped free, and Dockett recovered at the Seattle 45 with 1:48 to go. Edgerrin James, who rushed for 123 yards and a touchdown in 23 carries, carried four times before Arizona called time out to take the winning kick.
Seattle scored 20 consecutive points and took a 20-17 lead on Josh Brown’s second 28-yard field goal with 9:52 to play.
Arizona’s offense, dormant up to that point in the second half, got a 35-yard pass from Matt Leinart to Anquan Boldin to the Seahawks 35, but a holding penalty against Deuce Lutui pushed the Cardinals back and forced the long tying field goal.
AP-ES-09-16-07 1917EDT
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