Not in Cards for woeful San Fran

GLENDALE, Ariz. — This time, Chandler Catanzaro connected.

Catanzaro kicked a 34yard field goal as time expired, sending the Arizona Cardinals to a 23-20 victory against the San Francisco 49ers yesterday.

The 49ers host the Patriots Sunday afternoon.

Catanzaro missed twice on game-winning field goal tries earlier in the season — a 47-yarder against the Pats and, most memorably, a 24-yarder in overtime of a 6-6 tie against Seattle.

“The past couple haven’t gone in, but I wanted this opportunity,” he said. “I just got on my kicking net, took a couple of deep breaths, definitely said a couple of prayers.”

This attempt was right down the middle as Arizona (4-4-1) narrowly averted a devastating loss.

“It was a game where I thought we had it in hand,” Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said, “and gave it back and then weathered a storm and won it.”

The 49ers (1-8) lost their eighth in a row despite a strong game by Colin Kaepernick, who tied it at 20 with a 4-yard TD run with 1:55 to play.

That was enough time for Carson Palmer to gain PATS’ NEXT OPPONENT redemption after three second-half turnovers, including an interception by Gerald Hodges that led to the tying touchdown.

“I was just mad at myself for putting our defense in that situation and putting our team in that situation,” Palmer said. “I can’t do that. They made the plays they needed to to get in the end zone, and we made the plays when we needed to to get back down there and get the field goal.”

Palmer completed 4-of-7 passes for 64 yards, including a leaping 26-yard sideline grab by Michael Floyd, as the Cardinals drove from their 15 to the San Francisco 16 to set up the winning kick.

Against the league’s bottom-ranked rush defense, the Cards’ David Johnson was held to 55 yards on 19 carries.

Johnson finished with 101 yards from scrimmage, thanks to that late drive, for his ninth straight game of at least 100 total yards. He scored on a 3-yard reception and an 18-yard run, hitting the pylon with the ball in his outstretched arms as he slid out of bounds.

Kaepernick completed 17-of-30 passes for 210 yards and ran 10 times for 55 yards.

“It hurts,” Niners coach Chip Kelly said. “As tough as they just played, it’s tough to give them words to make them feel better.”