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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. 27 · 7 days of rest
New Orleans Saints 1–3 · Home 0–2 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 20 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · ARI 4 games, NO 4 games
MetricARINO
Points per game21.817th26.310th
Points allowed per game29.329th32.032nd
Total yards per game294.822nd367.09th
Passing yards per game204.522nd300.83rd
Rushing yards per game100.521st88.527th
Turnovers per game1.011th2.026th
Sacks allowed per game1.810th3.025th
Penalty yards per game75.028th43.34th

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

Arizona Cardinals: season leaders

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

New Orleans Saints: season leaders

Passing
Tyler Shough 1,203 yds
Rushing
Travis Etienne 128 yds
Receiving
Chris Olave 491 yds
Sacks
Chase Young 3.5

Arizona Cardinals: injury report

  • Out Andrew Wingard FS
  • Out Marvin Harrison Jr. WR
  • Out Tip Reiman TE
  • Questionable Josh Minkins
  • Questionable Karson Sharar WLB
  • Questionable Walter Nolen III RDT
  • Questionable Xavier Weaver

12 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

New Orleans Saints: injury report

  • Out Anfernee Jennings WLB
  • Out Jeremiah Wright RG
  • Out Kaden Elliss LILB
  • Out Mason Tipton
  • Out Nick Saldiveri LG
  • Questionable Alvin Kamara RB
  • Questionable Barion Brown
  • Questionable Christen Miller NT

5 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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