Super Bowl 2009 final result
Super Bowl 2009 final result – No, this is not a mirage. The Arizona Cardinals, who came from behind to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 32-25 in the final of the National Association of the NFL, Sunday, will take part in their first Super Bowl of their long, but few glorious history.
After seeing the Cards to forge a lead of 24-6 at half time – thanks to three touchdown passes captured by the receiver Larry Fitzgerald, -, the Eagles have recorded 19 points without reply to take the lead to 25-24 fourth quarter. But the Cards have won the match on a pass from eight yards from Kurt Warner to rookie Tim Hightower with 2:53 to play, the fourth touchdown pass of the game Warner (21 in 28, 279 yards).
“This offensive surge, where we have scored in the end game after having cut more than seven minutes to dial really makes a difference,” said head coach of the victors, Ken Whisenhunt.
Donovan McNabb (28 in 47, 375 yards, three touchdowns, one interception) was great to lead the charge of the Eagles in second half, but he missed four assists middle ground in the final moments of the match.
If the Cards (12-7), first team ranked fourth in his association to contest a championship match at home, were supposed to be assomés by all the hype surrounding this game, but instead responded by veterans.
Yes, they have bungled the advance of 24-6. But that’s when Warner, the most valuable player of Super Bowl XXXIV won by the St. Louis Rams in January 2000, orchestrated skillfully surging 72 yards, capped by his fourth touchdown pass of the day . He concluded by reaching back Ben Patrick for the transformation of two points.
But the key player of the meeting was undoubtedly Fitzgerald, who caught nine passes for gains of 152 yards, two of which caught on this very important decisive thrust. Fitzgerald has also established a new mark in the series bearing his total passing yards to 419, surpassing the great Jerry Rice. And there is still a game to play Fitzgerald – the Super Bowl.
Can you believe it? The Cards have never published as well since they are in the Phoenix area, after stops in Chicago and St. Louis.
“I want to thank you all as much as you are,” said Warner during ceremonies after the game, under a rain of confetti and the sound of “We are the Champions” by Queen. “When nobody believed in us when nobody believed in me, you did it and we’ll go to the Super Bowl.”
Washed by the Eagles 48-20 in their last clash, the team of Whisenhunt had a completely different look to its first championship match since 1948.
“It was very appropriate for a package of different players contribute to this victory. It was a great team victory,” said Whisenhunt.
With victories in series against the Atlanta Falcons, the Carolina Panthers and the Eagles (11-7-1), the Cardinals have now played the best season in their history. They have even surpassed their total number of playoff victories since they exist, since 1933.
“This team has had some difficult years in Arizona, Whisenhunt admitted.
Last team of the National Association to get this far since the merger in 1970, the Cards have become the first team to have won nine games in the regular season to reach the Super Bowl since the Rams from Los Angeles, 1979. The Rams were so inclined to face Steelers.
For the Eagles, like this meeting, it is another late season fish tail. The team of Andy Reid has reached the final of association on five occasions in the past eight seasons, but has signed a victory, losing against the Patriots in New England in the only match of the Super Bowl they have played during this sequence.
“You never want it ends, and you do not see it coming,” said McNabb. It’s hard to see your season end this way, so close to the Super Bowl. ”
