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Arizona Defense Cracks Down

The Associated Press

Published: November 12, 2007

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Karlos Dansby came back and lived up to his big-play reputation, and then some.

The linebacker intercepted two passes and forced a fumble to help Arizona's defense make mistake-prone Detroit look like the lowly Lions of old in the Cardinals' 31-21 victory Sunday.

Two of Dansby's plays led to Arizona touchdowns in his first game since going down early against Carolina on Oct. 14.

Kurt Warner, playing with a torn ligament in his left (non-throwing) shoulder, shook off an early interception to complete 26 of 36 for 259 yards and three touchdowns, two to Larry Fitzgerald. Backup Tim Rattay also had a TD pass as Arizona (4-5) snapped a three-game skid and improved to 3-1 at home.

Rookie tight end Leonard Pope caught two touchdown passes for the Cardinals.

The loss dropped the Lions (6-3) two games behind first place Green Bay in the NFC North. The Cardinals are just a half-game behind first place Seattle in the weak NFC West. The Seahawks play at home against San Francisco tonight.

Detroit	7	0	7	7	-	21
Arizona	3	14	7	7	-	31

First Quarter

Det-K.Jones 4 run (Hanson kick), 10:29.

Ari-FG Rackers 23, 2:47.

Second Quarter

Ari-Fitzgerald 1 pass from Warner (Rackers kick),

Ari-Pope 2 pass from Rattay (Rackers kick), :18.

Third Quarter

Ari-Pope 16 pass from Warner (Rackers kick), 7:31.

Det-R.Williams 7 pass from Kitna (Hanson kick), 2:52.

Fourth Quarter

Ari-Fitzgerald 20 pass from Warner (Rackers kick), 13:23.

Det-R.Williams 7 pass from Kitna (Hanson kick), 1:15.

A-64,753.

	Det	Ari
First downs	16	21
Total Net Yards	245	319
Rushes-yards	8-(-18)	28-73
Passing	263	165
Punt Returns	1-9	4-69
Kickoff Returns	4-98	2-69
Interceptions Ret.	1-38	2-27
Comp-Att-Int	32-45-2	27-37-1
Sacked-Yards Lost	4-31	2-15
Punts	4-47.8	4-35.5
Fumbles-Lost	4-3	3-3
Penalties-Yards	10-70	9-70
Time of Possession	25:32	34:28

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-Detroit, Cason 1-1, Duckett 1-0, Kitna 1-0, K.Jones 4-(minus 4), McDonald 1-(minus 15). Arizona, James 18-60, Arrington 3-15, Shipp 3-0, Warner 4-(minus 1).

PASSING-Detroit, Kitna 32-45-2-294. Arizona, Warner 26-36-1-259, Rattay 1-1-0-2.

RECEIVING-Detroit, K.Jones 8-36, McDonald 6-73, R.Williams 6-45, Furrey 5-64, C.Johnson 3-37, FitzSimmons 2-27, Bradley 1-8, Cason 1-4. Arizona, Fitzgerald 8-74, Pope 5-52, B.Johnson 4-40, Boldin 3-25, James 3-18, Arrington 2-32, Shipp 1-8, T.Smith 1-12.

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