Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb, bottom right, is sacked by St. Louis Rams defensive tackle Jermelle Cudjo, bottom left, as Cardinals' Adam Snyder gets in on the play during the third quarter of an NFL football game, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, in St. Louis. Cudjo was charged with an unnecessary roughness penalty on the play. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Rams get 9 sacks, bust Cardinals' unbeaten run
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb, bottom right, is sacked by St. Louis Rams defensive tackle Jermelle Cudjo, bottom left, as Cardinals' Adam Snyder gets in on the play during the third quarter of an NFL football game, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, in St. Louis. Cudjo was charged with an unnecessary roughness penalty on the play. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
By R.B. FALLSTROM
AP Sports Writer /
October 5, 2012
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Arizona’s loss leaves Atlanta and Houston as the only remaining unbeaten teams. The Cardinals were still the St. Louis Cardinals the last time they were 4-0, in 1974. Known as the ‘‘Big Red,’’ those Cardinals won their first seven that season en route to a 10-4 record, before losing in the first round of the playoffs to Minnesota.
The loss was only the Cardinals’ third in 14 games since starting the 2011 season 1-6.
NOTES: Fitzgerald broke the mark set by Mel Gray from 1973-82 and finished with eight catches for 92 yards, leaving him 48 yards shy of 10,000 for his career. ... Kurt Warner, who took the Rams to two Super Bowls and the Cardinals to one, got a huge sustained ovation when he was introduced in the first quarter. Warner and another former Rams great, Marshall Faulk, are on the NFL Network broadcast team. ... Rams S Quintin Mikell and Cardinals backup LB Reggie Walter were sidelined by blows to the head.
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