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Arizona Cardinals at New Orleans Saints

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 16 · Caesars Superdome

Latest game updateUpdated
Arizona Cardinals—Away
New Orleans Saints—Home

Game details

Location
New Orleans
Venue address
1500 Sugar Bowl Dr., New Orleans, LA 70112, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

Arizona Cardinals 1–3 · Road 1–2 · Streak L3 · Power Index No. 26 · 7 days of rest
New Orleans Saints 1–4 · Home 0–3 · Streak L3 · Power Index No. 27 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · ARI 4 games, NO 5 games
MetricARINO
Points per game21.820th23.615th
Points allowed per game29.329th30.231st
Total yards per game294.824th322.020th
Passing yards per game204.522nd259.89th
Rushing yards per game100.521st81.828th
Turnovers per game1.010th2.230th
Sacks allowed per game1.88th2.622nd
Penalty yards per game75.028th42.83rd

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Arizona Cardinals: recent results

  1. L 24–36 @ NYG Week 4
  2. L 30–36 @ SF Week 3
  3. L 7–31 vs SEA Week 2
  4. W 26–14 @ LAC Week 1

New Orleans Saints: recent results

  1. L 13–23 vs MIN Week 5
  2. L 24–45 vs ATL Week 4
  3. L 27–35 vs LV Week 3
  4. W 24–17 @ BAL Week 2
  5. L 30–31 (OT) @ DET Week 1

Arizona Cardinals: season leaders

Passing
Jacoby Brissett 818 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Jeremiyah Love 223 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Michael Wilson 258 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Budda Baker 1.5 · 4 g

New Orleans Saints: season leaders

Passing
Tyler Shough 1,299 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Travis Etienne Jr. 128 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Chris Olave 537 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Carl Granderson 1.5 · 3 g

Arizona Cardinals: injury report

  • Out Andrew Billings LDT
  • Out Andrew Wingard FS
  • Out Carson Beck QB
  • Out Starling Thomas V LCB
  • Out Tip Reiman TE
  • Questionable Josh Minkins
  • Questionable Wydett Williams Jr. FS
  • Questionable Xavier Weaver

12 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

New Orleans Saints: injury report

  • Out Anfernee Jennings WLB
  • Out Jeremiah Wright RG
  • Out Kaden Elliss LILB
  • Out Mason Tipton
  • Out Mike Reid LCB
  • Out Nathan Shepherd NT
  • Out Nick Saldiveri LG
  • Out Vernon Broughton RDE

1 more listed.

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

ARI 5 · NO 6 in 11 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 1 ARI 20, NO 13
  2. 2022 · Week 7 NO 34, ARI 42
  3. 2019 · Week 8 ARI 9, NO 31
  4. 2016 · Week 15 NO 48, ARI 41
  5. 2015 · Week 1 NO 19, ARI 31

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

ARI 32.7% · NO 67.0%

Matchup quality 23.4 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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