The Cardinals haven’t solved the Seahawks in a long time, and the numbers make that painfully clear.
Arizona last beat Seattle in November of 2021, when the teams were tied in the all-time series at 22-22-1. Colt McCoy started that day in place of an injured Kyler Murray, and the Cardinals came away with a 23-13 win. Since then, Seattle has taken nine straight meetings.
That stretch has run through three different Cardinals coaching setups, too. Arizona dropped its final three games against Seattle with Kliff Kingsbury as head coach, then went winless in the rivalry under Jonathan Gannon. Now Mike LaFleur is the next Cardinals coach with a chance to end the slide against a division opponent that has had their number for years.
The losses have come in plenty of different ways, but the result has stayed the same.
The first of the nine straight came on Jan. 9, 2022, when Russell Wilson threw three touchdown passes and Rashaad Penny piled up 190 rushing yards in a 38-30 Seahawks win.
On Oct. 16, 2022, Arizona’s lone touchdown came on a blocked punt recovered in the end zone. The Cardinals did keep Seattle to four field goals, but Kenneth Walker delivered the knockout with 1:36 left in a 19-9 Seahawks victory.
A few weeks later, on Nov. 6, 2022, Kyler Murray tossed two touchdown passes, but Arizona managed only 262 total yards while Seattle rolled past 400. Walker was again a problem, rushing for 109 yards and two scores in a 31-21 Seahawks win.
The offense never really found its footing the next season, either. On Oct. 22, 2023, the Cardinals totaled just 249 yards, and their only touchdown came on a 25-yard Joshua Dobbs scramble in a 20-10 loss.
The narrowest miss in the streak came on Jan. 7, 2024.
James Conner ran for 150 yards and Murray threw a touchdown pass, but Matt Prater missed a potential game-winning kick in the final two minutes for the first time in his career. Seattle escaped 21-20, and the result locked Arizona into the fourth pick in the draft.
The 2024 matchups brought more frustration. On Nov. 24, Leonard Williams blew up the game with 2.5 sacks, and Coby Bryant turned an interception into a 69-yard touchdown in a 16-6 Seahawks win.
Then on Dec. 8, Murray threw two touchdown passes but also had two interceptions, while Zach Charbonnet ran for 134 yards and two touchdowns in Seattle’s 30-18 victory.
The most recent chapter was a close one before it wasn’t. On Sept.
25, 2025, Murray brought the Cardinals back from a 20-6 fourth-quarter deficit with two touchdown passes to tie the game, only for the defense to allow a long Jaxon Smith-Njigba catch that set up the winning field goal as time expired. Seattle won 23-20.
The latest meeting, on Nov. 9, 2025, was never close. DeMarcus Lawrence returned two fumbles for touchdowns in the first half, the Seahawks stormed to a 35-0 lead, and Seattle rolled to a 44-22 win.
Nine straight. Different coaches, different scripts, same ending for Arizona.
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