Arizona Cardinals quarterback Gardner Minshew celebrates following the team's overtime win against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Getty Images)
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Gardner Minshew celebrates following the team's overtime win against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Getty Images)
From staff reports
ARLINGTON, Texas – Galvanized by the return of Minshew Mania, the Arizona Cardinals stormed back in the fourth quarter and stunned the Dallas Cowboys.
Washington State legend Gardner Minshew was called on to replace struggling Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett late in the third quarter. Minshew, who spearheaded WSU’s memorable 2018 season, led a 14-point Cardinals comeback, throwing three touchdown passes to lift Arizona to a 33-30 overtime win against the Cowboys on Sunday at AT&T Stadium.
Minshew threw touchdown passes on each of the Cardinals’ final three drives of regulation in the fourth quarter. He tossed a 5-yard TD pass to running back Tyler Allgeier with 10:47 left to cut the Arizona deficit to 24-17, then connected with tight end Trey McBride for a 14-yard score with 2:11 left before tying the game with a 13-yard TD pass to Michael Wilson with six seconds remaining.
Arizona kicker Chad Ryland missed the go-ahead PAT try, sending the game into overtime. The teams traded punts in the extra period, then Arizona leaned on the running game to set up Ryland’s redemption, a 42-yard, game-winning field goal.
Minshew finished 17 of 23 for 188 yards and three TDs in his Cardinals debut, taking over after Brissett completed just 10 of 23 passes for 119 yards and an interception. Minshew signed with the Cardinals in free agency this offseason after spending a year as the Kansas City Chiefs backup.
Minshew started one game for the Chiefs last year after superstar QB Patrick Mahomes suffered a season-ending injury, but Minshew sustained a season-ending injury of his own early in his first start. Minshew started nine games in 2024 for the Las Vegas Raiders. He started 13 games with Indianapolis in 2023 after two years as Philadelphia’s backup. Minshew won seven of his 20 starts over his first two years in the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars, who drafted the one-year Cougs star in the sixth round in 2019.