Kansas City Chiefs vs. Arizona Cardinals: game summary
Final · August 20, 2021 at 8:00 p.m.
State Farm Stadium
Summary
| Team |
|---|
Team stats
KCARI 
- 458Total yards239
- 317Passing yards159
- 32/44Completions/attempts19/28
- 7.2Yards per pass4.8
- 141Rushing yards80
- 33Rushing attempts16
- 4.3Yards per rush5.0
- 28First downs13
- 7-143rd down efficiency6-12
- 2-24th down efficiency0-0
- 2-6Red zone (made-att)0-1
- 77Total plays49
- 5.9Yards per play4.9
- 2Turnovers1
- 0Fumbles lost0
- 2Interceptions thrown1
- 0-0Sacks (yards lost)5-30
- 6-40Penalties (yards)2-13
- 38:34Time of possession21:26
Game leaders
Passing
Shane BuecheleKC · QB · 9/11, 115 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Colt McCoyARI · WR · 13/18, 113 YDS, 1 INT
Rushing
Derrick GoreKC · RB · 8 CAR, 54 YDS- Colt McCoyARI · WR · 3 CAR, 20 YDS
Receiving
Byron PringleKC · WR · 4 REC, 63 YDS
Greg DortchARI · WR · 3 REC, 44 YDS
Scoring summary
1st quarter
- Field goal5:11Harrison Butker 24 Yd Field Goal 3-0
2nd quarter
- Touchdown1:21Mecole Hardman 17 Yd pass from Chad Henne (Harrison Butker Kick)10-0
3rd quarter
- Touchdown8:23Jerick McKinnon 5 Yd pass from Shane Buechele (Harrison Butker Kick)17-0
- Field goal1:57Matt Prater 22 Yd Field Goal 17-3
4th quarter
- Touchdown9:03Ross Travis 20 Yd pass from Chris Streveler (Matt Prater Kick)17-10
Player stats
Kansas City Chiefs
| Passing | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Buechele | 9/11 | 115 | 10.5 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | — |
| Chad Henne | 6/8 | 82 | 10.3 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | — |
| Patrick Mahomes | 10/18 | 78 | 4.3 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | — |
| Anthony Gordon | 7/7 | 42 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | — |
| Rushing | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Gore | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 0 | 19 |
| Darwin Thompson | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 0 | 13 |
| Clyde Edwards-Helaire | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Patrick Mahomes | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Shane Buechele | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Demarcus Robinson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jerick McKinnon | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Darrel Williams | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Anthony Gordon | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | -1 |
| Receiving | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Pringle | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | 41 | 5 |
| Daurice Fountain | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 41 | 3 |
| Mecole Hardman Jr. | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 1 | 17 | 8 |
| Marcus Kemp | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| Noah Gray | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| Jerick McKinnon | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
| Dalton Schoen | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Clyde Edwards-Helaire | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Demarcus Robinson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Travis Kelce | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Gehrig Dieter | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Darrel Williams | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Darwin Thompson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Michael Burton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Cornell Powell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Jody Fortson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Maurice Ffrench | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Defense | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeAndre Baker | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Edwards | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zayne Anderson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charvarius Ward | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L'Jarius Sneed | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Bolton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Jones | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dicaprio Bootle | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Niemann | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joshua Kaindoh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Harris | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Okafor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Khalen Saunders | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Thornhill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Hitchens | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarran Reed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Sorensen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Burton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Wylie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taco Charlton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daurice Fountain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Ward | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Danna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BoPete Keyes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Omari Cobb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Key | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Arizona Cardinals
| Passing | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colt McCoy | 13/18 | 113 | 6.3 | 0 | 1 | 2-7 | — |
| Chris Streveler | 5/6 | 74 | 12.3 | 1 | 0 | 1-10 | — |
| Kyler Murray | 1/4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2-13 | — |
| Rushing | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colt McCoy | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 14 |
| Eno Benjamin | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 15 |
| Jonathan Ward | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Rondale Moore | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Kyler Murray | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Chris Streveler | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chase Edmonds | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| James Conner | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Receiving | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Dortch | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
| Ross Travis | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 1 | 20 | 2 |
| KeeSean Johnson | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| A.J. Richardson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Eno Benjamin | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| Rondale Moore | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| Jonathan Ward | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| Antoine Wesley | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Demetrius Harris | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| A.J. Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andre Baccellia | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Kirk | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defense | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Williams | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tay Gowan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ezekiel Turner | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Dimukeje | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jace Whittaker | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zaven Collins | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Simmons | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Weaver | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Murphy Jr. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Alford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Demetrius Harris | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Butler | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner Vallejo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Budda Baker | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Walker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Mauro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Dogbe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leki Fotu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Crawford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Kennard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Margus Hunt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Hicks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Washington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Bunting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deionte Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Picasso Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamell Garcia-Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Game info
- Stadium
- State Farm Stadium · Glendale, AZ
- Surface
- Natural grass
- Attendance
- 56,271
- TV
- ESPN
- Officials
- Greg Gautreaux (Field judge) · Keith Washington (Side judge) · Ronald Torbert (Referee) · Mark Steinkerchner (Line judge) · Mark Pellis (Umpire) · Kevin Codey (Down judge) · Tony Josselyn (Back judge)
About this game
Who won Chiefs vs Cardinals?
Chiefs won 17-10 over Cardinals on Friday, August 20, 2021.
When was Chiefs vs Cardinals played?
On Friday, August 20, 2021, at 8:00 PM ET at State Farm Stadium.
Where was Chiefs vs Cardinals played?
At State Farm Stadium.