For most of three quarters on Sunday, the Arizona Cardinals had 3 points to show for their work in Arlington. Then Tyler Allgeier took a handoff on Gardner Minshew's second snap of the day and went 63 yards.
That run, a career long, cut a 17-3 Dallas lead to 17-10 late in the third quarter and started the comeback that ended with Chad Ryland's 42-yarder in overtime and a 33-30 Arizona win at AT&T Stadium.
Allgeier finished with 147 rushing yards on 11 carries, a career high according to the team, and caught five passes for 44 yards and a second touchdown. The Associated Press counted 191 yards from scrimmage, all but seven of them after halftime.
"He put on his cape and became Superman," Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur said, as quoted on the team's website.
The only back left
Arizona leaned on Allgeier because it had no one else. Rookie Jeremiyah Love, the No. 3 overall pick, left with another ankle injury, and Bam Knight left with a concussion after a hit from DeMarvion Overshown that also jarred loose a fumble, the AP reported. The team's website said Allgeier, who signed with Arizona in free agency, was playing through a toe injury himself.
He answered Dallas' next touchdown almost immediately. After Dak Prescott scrambled in to make it 24-10 early in the fourth, Allgeier broke a 52-yard run down to the Dallas 28. The AP listed that run at 50 yards, while the official play-by-play and the team have it at 52.
A few plays later he caught a 17-yard pass, and two snaps after that he finished the drive himself, hauling in a 5-yard scoring pass from Minshew.
"From top down, just whenever we needed a push, we needed sparks, being able to just do that, I think it was awesome," Allgeier said afterward, according to the Cardinals.
From 10 down to overtime
Dallas still led 30-24 when Arizona took over with 1:05 left and no timeouts. Allgeier caught a 14-yard pass to start that drive, and Minshew, who took over for Jacoby Brissett late in the third and finished 17 of 23 for 188 yards and three touchdowns, found Michael Wilson for 13 yards and the tying score with six seconds to go.
