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WEEK 11 GAME RELEASE #AZvsSEA Mark Dal ton - Senior Vice Presid ent, Med ia Rel ations Ch ris Mel vin - Director, Med ia Rel ations Mik e Hel m - Manag er, Med ia Rel ations Imani Sube r - Me dia Re latio ns Coordinato r C hase Russe ll - Me dia Re latio ns Coordinator ARIZONA CARDINALS (6-3) VS. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (6-3) CenturyLink Field | November 19, 2020 | 6:20 PM THIS WEEK’S PREVIEW ARIZONA CARDINALS - 2020 SCHEDULE Following a month-long three-game home stand the Cardinals are back on the Regular Season road this week as they head west to face the Seahawks on Thursday Night Foot- Date Opponent Loca on AZ Time ball. This will be the second prime me matchup between the division rivals in a Sep. 13 @ San Francisco Levi's Stadium W, 24-20 span of fi ve weeks (SNF in Week 7). Sep. 20 WASHINGTON State Farm Stadium W, 30-15 Sep. 27 DETROIT State Farm Stadium L, 23-26 The Cardinals earned a 37-34 OT victory in the fi rst matchup this season, snap- Oct. 4 @ Carolina Bank of America Stadium L 21-31 ping a seven-game winless streak at home against the Seahawks. Much more Oct. 11 @ N.Y. Jets MetLife Stadium W, 30-10 favorable to Arizona in recent years has been CenturyLink Field, where the Oct. 19 @ Dallas+ AT&T Stadium W, 38-10 Cardinals are 4-1 in their last fi ve visits. Arizona has twice as many wins at Cen- Oct. 25 SEATTLE~ State Farm Stadium W, 37-34 (OT) turyLink Field (8) as any other visi ng team since the venue opened in 2002. - BYE- The Cardinals earned a 27-13 victory in their last trip to Sea le in Week 16 last season. Nov. 8 MIAMI State Farm Stadium L, 31-34 Nov. 15 BUFFALO State Farm Stadium W, 32-30 A win this week - coupled with the victory over Sea le in Week 7 - would give Nov. 19 @ Sea le# CenturyLink Field 6:20 PM Arizona its fi rst season sweep of the Seahawks since 2016. With the Cardinals, Nov. 29 @ New England Gille e Stadium 11:00 AM Rams and Seahawks all currently si ng at 6-3, a win would also guarantee Ari- Dec. 6 L.A. RAMS* State Farm Stadium 2:05 PM zona at least a share of the NFC West lead heading into Week 12. The Rams will Dec. 13 @ N.Y. Giants* MetLife Stadium 11:00 AM be taking on the Buccanneers on Monday Night Football in Week 11. Dec. 20 PHILADELPHIA* State Farm Stadium 2:05 PM The Cardinals con nue to be led by second-year QB Kyler Murray, who is hav- Dec. 26/27 SAN FRANCISCO^ State Farm Stadium TBD ing a record-breaking season on the ground and through the air. One of his Jan. 3 @ L.A. Rams* SoFi Stadium 2:25 PM most memorable performances of the season came in AZ's win over Sea le on + ESPN Monday Night Football SNF when he became the fi rst player in NFL history to throw for 350+ yards and ~ NBC Sunday Night Football 3+ TDs while also rushing for 50+ yards and a TD in a single game. # FOX/NFL Network/Amazon Thursday Night Football Murray is at the helm of a Cardinals off ense that ranks #1 in the NFL in both ^ Date and Time TBD total off ense and rushing off ense in 2020. Arizona is averaging 425.4 total yards * Subject to fl exible scheduling decisions and 168.9 rushing yards per game this season. The Cardinals leading rusher this season is RB Kenyan Drake, who this week makes his return to CenturyLink Field where he had a career-best 166 rushing yards in Week 16 last season. As it was able to do in the second half of their fi rst mee ng, the Cardinals de- # AZvsSEA - WEEK 11 HIG HLIG HTS fense will be tasked with trying to slow down the NFL's #1 ranked scoring of- fense and QB Russell Wilson, who leads all NFL QBs with 29 total TDs (rushing The Cardinals earned a thrilling and unforgettable come-from-behind 32-30 & passing) this season. Murray is right behind him, however, ed for second victory over the Bills last Sunday. With the win, Arizona improved to 6-3 on the with 27 total TDs. Arizona's Week 7 win over Sea le marked just the fourth season and is off to its best start through nine games since going 7-2 in 2015. me in Wilson’s 137 career starts that he threw at least three INTs in a game. With seven games remaining in 2020, the Cardinals have already eclipsed their Two of those three INTs came in the second half as the Cardinals held Sea le to win total from last season (5). just seven points in the fi nal two quarters and OT. Arizona enters Week 11 with the NFL's #1 ranked offense (425.4 yards/game), Following this week's game, Arizona heads to the opposite side of the country #1 ranked rushing attack (168.9 yards/game) and tied for #6 in the NFL in scoring to face the Patriots in New England. offense (29.6 points/game). The Cardinals and Seahawks are two of four teams in the NFL this season av- P RIMETIME BATTLE O UT WEST eraging 400+ total yards of offense per game. Arizona ranks #1 averaging 425.5 yards/game and Seattle ranks #3 averaging 405.9 yards/game. Currently in a three-way e for fi rst place in Arizona is one of just five teams in the NFL that ranks in the top-10 in points the NFC West, the Cardinals travel to Sea le scored/game and points allowed/game this season: Pittsburgh, Miami, Kansas in Week 11 for a Thursday night showdown City and Tampa Bay. Those five teams have a combined 36-10 record. The Car- with the Seahawks. dinals are tied for #6 in the NFL in points/game (29.6) and rank #9 in points Arizona heads to Sea le looking to improve allowed/game (23.3). to 3-0 in the division and to secure a season- With 2,375 passing yards and 604 rushing yards, QB Kyler Murray is on pace sweep of the Seahawks. to become the first player in NFL history with 4,000 passing yards and 1,000 2020 NFC West Standings rushing yards in a season. Murray is on pace to finish with 4,222 & 1,074. Team W L PF PA Hm Road Div Conf Prior to last week's win over the Bills, the Cardinals had gone 133 consecu- Arizona 6 3 266 210 3-2 3-1 2-0 4-2 tive games without a win when trailing by 14+ points in the second half. Arizona L.A. Rams 6 3 216 168 4-0 2-3 1-1 6-1 came back to beat Buffalo despite trailing 23-9 as late as 6:00 remaining in the Sea le 6 3 290 266 4-0 2-3 1-2 4-2 third quarter. The Cardinals began their game-winning drive trailing by four with San Francisco 4 6 238 234 1-4 3-2 1-2 2-5 0:34 left in regulation. BROADCAST INFORMATION Television: FOX-NFLN / Play-By-Play: Joe Buck Analyst: Troy Aikman Sideline: Kris na Pink Sideline: Erin Andrews Streaming: Amazon Prime Video / Mul ple Announcing Crew Op ons (see box on page 3 for details) Na onal Radio: Westwood One Radio / Play-By-Play: Ryan Radtke Analyst: Mike Holmgren Cardinals Radio: Arizona Sports 98.7 FM / Play-By-Play: Dave Pasch Analyst: Ron Wolfl ey Sideline: Paul Calvisi Cardinals Spanish Radio: KHOV 105.1 FM / Play-By-Play: Luis Hernandez Analyst: Rolando Cantu 1 CARDINALS-SEAHAWKS CONNECTIONS UNCOMMON SUCCESS AT CENTURYLINK Cardinals Pro Bowl S Budda Baker – named a CenturyLink Field has a well-earned reputa- team captain in Week 6 – has been one of the on as one of the toughest venues in the NFL’s best defenders this season. The NFC Defen- NFL for visi ng teams. Over the last eight sive Player of the Month for October ranks second seasons (2013-20), Sea le has the third-best among NFL DBs with 73 tackles this year, and since home winning percentage in the NFL (.733). the start of last season, he leads all DBs by a wide They have a 44-16 record at home during margin with 220 total tackles and 146 solo stops. that stretch, including a 4-0 record in 2020. This week, Arizona travels to Baker's home state The Cardinals, however, have been respon- of Washington, where the Cardinals standout sible for nearly a third of those losses (5). Ari- earned countless accolades for his performance zona has a 5-2 record at CenturyLink Field in both high school (Bellevue) and college (Univ. da ng back to 2013, including a 4-1 record of Washington). Baker's hometown of Bellevue is in its last fi ve visits. Sea le is 42-11 at just 10 miles from CenturyLink Field. home against the rest of the NFL since '13. In three seasons with the Huskies, Baker appeared in 40 games and totaled Arizona has eight wins at CenturyLink Field, twice as many as any other 200 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks, fi ve INTs, 24 passes defensed and visi ng team since the venue opened in 2002.