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Arizona Cardinals at Atlanta Falcons

Final · Kickoff

2010 Regular season · Week 2 · Georgia Dome

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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ATLAtlanta Falcons41Home
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Falcons beat Cardinals 41–7 in 2010 Week 2

The Atlanta Falcons beat the Arizona Cardinals 41–7 at home at Georgia Dome in Week 2 of the 2010 regular season on September 19, 2010.

No other game of Week 2 was decided by as many points.

The result moved the Falcons to 1–1 and dropped the Cardinals to 1–1. The Cardinals finished 2010 at 5–11 and missed the playoffs. The Falcons finished 2010 at 13–3 and lost in the Divisional round. The Falcons’ 41 points were their most in any game of 2010.

In their previous meeting, the Arizona Cardinals won 30–24 on January 3, 2009. When they met again, the Atlanta Falcons won 23–19 on November 18, 2012.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Falcons lead the series 5–2 after meeting No. 7 since 1999 Full series history

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