Arizona Cardinals at Houston Texans
December 18, 2005
| Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| Arizona Cardinals | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| Houston Texans | 0 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| 11:17 | Ari | FG | FG Neil Rackers 26 | Ari 3, Hou 0 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 0:37 | Hou | TD | Jonathan Wells 7 run (Kris Brown Kick) | Hou 7, Ari 3 |
| 4:44 | Ari | TD | Anquan Boldin 20 pass from Kurt Warner (Neil Rackers Kick) | Ari 10, Hou 7 |
| 10:03 | Hou | TD | Vernand Morency 25 run (Kris Brown Kick) | Hou 14, Ari 10 |
| 13:10 | Hou | TD | Jonathan Wells 3 run (Kris Brown Kick) | Hou 21, Ari 10 |
| 14:52 | Hou | FG | FG Kris Brown 27 | Hou 24, Ari 10 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| 2:47 | Hou | FG | FG Kris Brown 41 | Hou 27, Ari 10 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 0:14 | Ari | FG | FG Neil Rackers 42 | Hou 27, Ari 13 |
| 9:28 | Ari | TD | Larry Fitzgerald 12 pass from John Navarre (Kick Aborted) | Hou 27, Ari 19 |
| 14:33 | Hou | FG | FG Kris Brown 26 | Hou 30, Ari 19 |
Attendance: 70,024
Missed Field Goals: None| Team Statistics | ||
| Arizona Cardinals | Houston Texans | |
| First downs | 16 | 18 |
| Rushes - yards | 13 - 39 | 35 - 119 |
| Passing | 262 | 134 |
| Punt returns | 3 - 6 | 1 - 8 |
| Kickoff returns | 7 - 151 | 5 - 86 |
| Interception returns | 1 - 3 | 2 - 7 |
| Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted | 25 - 38 - 2 | 22 - 33 - 1 |
| Sacked - yards lost | 6 - 39 | 3 - 16 |
| Punts | 4 - 49.2 | 4 - 40.0 |
| Fumbles - lost | 3 - 2 | 1 - 1 |
| Penalties - yards | 7 - 69 | 5 - 43 |
| Time of possession | 27:36 | 32:24 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| John Navarre | 24 | 14 | 174 | 7.25 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 4 | 27 | 77.4 |
| Kurt Warner | 10 | 10 | 115 | 11.50 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 147.9 |
| Josh McCown | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Houston Texans | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| David Carr | 33 | 22 | 150 | 4.55 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 64.0 |
| Rushing | ||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Marcel Shipp | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| J.J. Arrington | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Jonathan Wells | 28 | 87 | 3.1 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| Vernand Morency | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 25t | 1 | 1 |
| David Carr | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Johnson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Anquan Boldin | 8 | 134 | 16.8 | 43 | 1 | 6 |
| Larry Fitzgerald | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 40 | 1 | 3 |
| Adam Bergen | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| LeRon McCoy | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| Marcel Shipp | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| J.J. Arrington | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant Johnson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Obafemi Ayanbadejo | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Andre Johnson | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| Jabar Gaffney | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| Marcellus Rivers | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Corey Bradford | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonathan Wells | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Vernand Morency | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Donovan Morgan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Reggie Swinton | 7 | 151 | 21.6 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Jerome Mathis | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jonathan Wells | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Reggie Swinton | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Jerome Mathis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Scott Player | 4 | 197 | 49.2 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42.2 | 1 | 8 |
| Houston Texans | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Chad Stanley | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38.5 | 3 | 6 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Orlando Huff | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Leonard Davis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Ross Kolodziej | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Griffith | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin Harris | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Macklin | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antrel Rolle | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Harold Morrow | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Chike Okeafor | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Wilson | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamont Reid | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Francisco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Tim Bulman | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Obafemi Ayanbadejo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Antonio Smith | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darnell Dockett | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anquan Boldin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| James Darling | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karlos Dansby | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Ceandris Brown | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Glenn Earl | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Marcellus Rivers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Dunta Robinson | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Weary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Lewis Sanders | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Simmons | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Walker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Gary Walker | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Robaire Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DaShon Polk | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwan Peek | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Bruener | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jerry DeLoach | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Evans | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Demarcus Faggins | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morlon Greenwood | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moran Norris | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Shantee Orr | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Payne | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Babin | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 NFL Scoreboard - Week 15
Saturday, December 17, 2005
| Tampa Bay | 0 |
| New England | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Kansas City | 17 |
| NY Giants | 27 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Denver | 28 |
| Buffalo | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Sunday, December 18, 2005
| Arizona | 19 |
| Houston | 30 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Carolina | 27 |
| New Orleans | 10 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| NY Jets | 20 |
| Miami | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Pittsburgh | 18 |
| Minnesota | 3 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| San Diego | 26 |
| Indianapolis | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Seattle | 28 |
| Tennessee | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| San Francisco | 9 |
| Jacksonville | 10 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Philadelphia | 17 |
| St. Louis | 16 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Cincinnati | 41 |
| Detroit | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Cleveland | 9 |
| Oakland | 7 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Dallas | 7 |
| Washington | 35 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Atlanta | 3 |
| Chicago | 16 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Monday, December 19, 2005
| Green Bay | 3 |
| Baltimore | 48 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
