49ers Lose To Cardinals In Rookie QB Lance’s First NFL Start

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP/CBS13) — The 49ers’ rookie backmost Trey Lance had an up-and-down archetypal start, making immoderate awesome plays with his limb and feet, but San Francisco fell to the Arizona Cardinals 17-10 connected Sunday.

The San Francisco discourtesy struggled successful galore of the biggest moments, converting 1 of 5 chances connected 4th down.

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Lance finished 15 of 29 passing for 192 yards and 1 interception. He besides led the squad with 89 yards rushing.

The Cardinals improved to 5-0 for the archetypal clip since 1974, riding a stellar antiaircraft performance.

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DeAndre Hopkins hauled successful a hard 9-yard touchdown drawback with 5:13 remaining, hanging onto the shot contempt choky defence from San Francisco’s Josh Norman. That gave the Cardinals a 17-7 lead, capable of a cushion to adjacent retired the win.

Kyler Murray completed 22 of 31 passes for 239 yards. Hopkins caught six passes for 87 yards.

The Cardinals settled for a 10-0 halftime pb aft Matt Prater missed a 61-yard tract extremity effort arsenic clip expired. The 49ers (2-3) did a bully occupation of slowing Arizona’s offense, which came successful averaging an NFL-best 35 points per game.

The 49ers yet broke done connected discourtesy precocious successful the 3rd 4th erstwhile Deebo Samuel ran 13 yards for a touchdown, cutting the shortage to 10-7. Samuel came successful arsenic the NFL’s starring receiver and besides proved a susceptible runner, taking the transportation from Lance and evading respective Cardinals connected the mode to the extremity zone.

San Francisco had a fewer much chances successful the 4th fourth but couldn’t person connected 4th downs. Kyle Juszczyk was stopped abbreviated connected fourth-and-1 astatine the Cardinals 48 and Arizona antiaircraft lineman J.J. Watt deflected a fourth-down walk a fewer minutes later.

Arizona, the NFL’s lone remaining undefeated team, grabbed a 7-0 pb midway done the archetypal 4th acknowledgment to an businesslike eight-play, 66-yard thrust capped by a 1-yard touchdown tally by James Conner.

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Lance was making his archetypal vocation commencement successful spot of the injured Jimmy Garoppolo, inactive for the crippled due to the fact that of a calf wounded suffered successful past week’s nonaccomplishment to Seattle. The 21-year-old rookie had a unsmooth start, throwing an interception aft sailing a walk past his intended receiver and close into the arms of Arizona information Budda Baker. He was besides stopped connected 2 fourth-down runs, including 1 inches shy of a touchdown.

On that play, Lance scrambled to his close and looked similar helium was going to score, but Isaiah Simmons and Tanner Vallejo closed quickly, gathering the backmost conscionable earlier the extremity enactment successful a convulsive collision. Simmons was evaluated for a concussion aft the play, but aboriginal returned to the game.

WATT’S PRESENCE

Watt had his champion crippled with the Cardinals, coming up with the large walk deflection successful the 4th fourth and besides getting his archetypal tackle for a loss, stopping Elijah Mitchell for a 3-yard nonaccomplishment successful the archetypal quarter.

The three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year has had a comparatively dilatory commencement this play from a numbers standpoint. Even so, antiaircraft coordinator Vance Joseph has been pleased with however overmuch attraction Watt draws from opposing blockers, making it easier for different connected the defence to marque plays.

INJURIES

Cardinals: Cornerbacks Byron Murphy Jr. and rookie Marco Wilson were some inactive due to the fact that of rib injuries. … TE Maxx Williams was carted disconnected the tract successful the 2nd 4th aft a genu injury. Williams caught a 14-yard walk and past his genu appeared to buckle arsenic helium ran retired of bounds. … LB Ezekiel Turner (shoulder) and C Rodney Hudson (ribs) near successful the 3rd quarter.

UP NEXT

The 49ers are disconnected adjacent play earlier hosting the Indianapolis Colts connected Oct. 24.

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The Cardinals question to look the Cleveland Browns adjacent Sunday.