DETROIT (4-9) At ARIZONA (4-9)
Sunday, 4:05 p.m., FOX
OPENING LINE – Lions by 6 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Detroit 5-8; Arizona 5-8
SERIES RECORD – Lions lead 31-24-5
AP PRO32 RANKING – Lions No. 24; Cardinals No. 29
LAST MEETING – Cardinals beat Lions 31-24, Dec. 20, 2009
LAST WEEK – Lions lost to Packers 27-20, Cardinals lost to Seahawks 58-0
LIONS OFFENSE – OVERALL (2), RUSH (21), PASS (1)
LIONS DEFENSE – OVERALL (13), RUSH (20), PASS (13)
CARDINALS OFFENSE – OVERALL (32), RUSH (32), PASS (28)
CARDINALS DEFENSE – OVERALL (12), RUSH (30), PASS (5)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES: Lions WR Calvin Johnson needs 303 yards receiving to break Jerry Rice’s NFL single-season record (1,848) and is 140 yards shy of Herman Moore’s franchise record (1,686). … Lions and New England only NFL teams averaging more than 400 yards per game. … Detroit has blown double-digit lead three straight games, matching NFL record. … Series dates to 1930, when it was Portsmouth Spartans against Chicago Cardinals. … Lions dominated series 13-0-3 from 1934 to 1941. … Cardinals 8-3 against Detroit since moving to Arizona. … Kurt Warner threw for 233 yards and two TDs and Beanie Wells rushed for 110 yards and TD in victory that clinched NFC West title for Arizona three years ago. … If Cardinals lose, it will tie franchise record for consecutive losses (10) in season. Team went 0-10 in 1944, when it was merged with Pittsburgh Steelers because of player shortage during World War II. … With his one catch for 2 yards at Seattle, WR Larry Fitzgerald has receptions in 130 consecutive games. It’s the second-longest active streak in NFL behind Atlanta’s Tony Gonzalez (190). … Cardinals have eight TDs in nine-game losing streak and none in last two games.
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