INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Chad Ryland accounted for every Arizona point and finished the job as the clock hit zero.
The Cardinals kicker converted six field goals Sunday at SoFi Stadium, including a 43-yarder on the final snap, in an 18-16 win over the Los Angeles Rams. Arizona improved to 2-4 and snapped an eight-game skid against NFC West opponents, per ESPN Research cited in the network's game story. The Rams fell to 2-4.
Ryland's makes covered 34, 30, 22, 38, 27 and 43 yards, according to the NFL box. He did not attempt an extra point. The six field goals were a career high and matched the second-most in a game in Cardinals franchise history, ESPN reported, behind Jim Bakken's seven in 1967.
His 18 points were also the most by a Cardinal responsible for all of the team's scoring since Ernie Nevers' 40 in 1929, the same report said.
Red-zone stalls, then a kicker's afternoon
Jacoby Brissett completed 24 of 35 passes for 218 yards with one interception and no touchdowns, per the Cardinals' official box. Arizona reached the red zone five times without a touchdown, coach Mike LaFleur noted afterward on azcardinals.com, so the afternoon kept coming back to Ryland.
Bam Knight led the ground game with 15 carries for 80 yards. Trey McBride caught seven passes for 53 yards. The Cardinals finished with 338 total yards to Los Angeles' 286 and held the ball for 34:52, according to the club box score.
Matthew Stafford went 25-of-33 for 222 yards and two touchdowns. Puka Nacua had six catches for 80 yards. Los Angeles led briefly in the second quarter on a Blake Corum touchdown reception, then trailed for most of the second half until the final minute.
Final drive after Parkinson's score
Stafford found Colby Parkinson for a touchdown with under a minute left, and the Rams edged ahead 16-15 after the extra point, azcardinals.com reported. LaFleur said the ensuing kickoff touchback left Arizona at its 35 with enough time to work.
Brissett hit Jalen Brooks for 21 yards on an in-breaker. An unnecessary roughness penalty on Rams cornerback Josh Wallace moved Arizona into field-goal range, the club wrote. Ryland then drilled the 43-yarder as time expired.
"That's being a good situationally aware football player and football team," Ryland said, per azcardinals.com. "Look at that last drive, we did it to a 'T.' The offense did exactly what we wanted to do, got the ball into field-goal range, got the ball to the hash I prefer, and we knocked down the kick."
