CARDINALS
“I just knew we had the game locked up,” Campbell said, “but at the end of the day, they made a few big-time plays . ... I felt like I didn’t play my best game today.”
Gabbert responded with a 52-yard TD pass to Jaron Brown. He then found Larry Fitzgerald for the 2-point conversion, giving Arizona a 24-17 lead.
Corey Grant’s 68-yard return of the ensuing kickoff led to Blake Bortles’ second rushing touchdown of the day, a 17-yarder that tied it at 24 with 7:26 left.
Jacksonville’s Barry Church and Arizona’s Tyrann Mathieu each had an interception in the final 3:38, but neither team could turn it into a score.
The Cardinals got the ball back on a punt with 16 seconds to play at their 39.
Gabbert threw two sideline completions, the second one to D.J. Foster with 6 seconds to go — Foster made a lunging tippy-toe catch that had to be reviewed — to get close enough for the winning field goal.
Coach Doug Marrone blamed himself for giving Arizona that final chance.
“If I had to do it all over again, I just would have ran the clock out and went to overtime,” he said. “That is my fault.”
Bortles also had a 1-yard TD run in the third quarter. He was 19 of 33 for 160 yards and an interception.
The Cardinals took the lead with a short drive on their first possession. Gabbert completed 4 of 5 for 43 yards to set up Dawson’s 34-yarder.
Dawson kicked another field goal in the second quarter and Kerwynn Williams’ 21-yard punt return set up Gabbert’s 29-yard touchdown pass to tight end Ricky Seals-Jones, making it 13-0 Arizona.
Jacksonville finally got on the board on Josh Lambo’s 43-yard field goal with 15 seconds left in the half.
RUSHING WOES
Jacksonville entered as the No. 1 rushing team in the NFL at 160 yards per game, but managed a season-low 91 against the Cardinals.
Leonard Fournette carried 12 times for 25 yards. Bortles was the team’s leading rusher with 62 yards on six carries.
SEALS-JONES
Seals-Jones no doubt has enjoyed having Gabbert as his quarterback. Promoted from the practice squad on Sept. 25, the undrafted rookie out of Texas A&M didn’t have an NFL catch until a week ago, when he caught three, two for touchdowns, from Gabbert in a loss at Houston.
Seals-Jones was back at it Sunday, catching four passes for 72 yards.
INJURIES
Already without starting offensive linemen Patrick Omameh and Jermey Parnell, the Jaguars lost linebacker Telvin Smith to a concussion in the first half. Arizona inside linebacker Deone Bucannon left in the first half with an ankle injury and Williams departed with a rib injury.
UP NEXT
Cardinals: Host NFC West-leading Los Angeles Rams next Sunday.