Cardinals/Seahawks Game Set for SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL this Weekend

Larry Fitzgerald and the NFC West-leading Arizona Cardinals (11-3) host Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks (10-4) this Sunday, Dec. 21, on NBC's Sunday Night Football. The game will take place at University of Phoenix Stadium, the site of SUPER BOWL XLIX, which will be broadcast on NBC on Sunday, Feb. 1. Sunday night's coverage begins with FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA at 7 p.m. ET.

After a 12-6 win last Thursday against the Rams, the Cardinals are the first team in the NFC to clinch a playoff berth. Arizona can retain their spot atop the NFC West this week by defeating the Seahawks on Sunday, giving them first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. The Seahawks can clinch their division for the second season in a row with victories on Sunday and in Week 17.

Last Sunday, Wilson led the Seahawks to a 17-7 win over the 49ers at home, during which RB Marshawn Lynch rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown. Wilson's career 34 regular-season wins are the most by any quarterback in their first three seasons since 1966.

The two teams last met in Week 12, when the Seahawks broke the Cardinals' six-game winning streak, beating the team 19-3.

Calling Seahawks-Cardinals is seven-time Emmy Award-winner Al Michaels (play-by-play), in his 29th season as THE VOICE of the NFL's premier primetime package; 15-time Emmy Award-winner Cris Collinsworth, who has won the Emmy for Outstanding Event Analyst in each of his five seasons in the SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL booth; and two-time Emmy Award-winning sideline reporter Michele Tafoya.

NBC's coverage of SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL is led by Emmy Award-winning producer Fred Gaudelli and Emmy Award-winning director Drew Esocoff. SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL has won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Sports Series for a record six consecutive years.

Football Night in America, the most-watched studio show in sports, is hosted by 26-time Emmy Award-winner Bob Costas, who will report from University of Phoenix Stadium in in Glendale, Ariz., on Sunday. Costas will be joined on site by Collinsworth, Tafoya, two-time SUPER BOWL winner Hines Ward, and NBC Sports commentator Josh Elliott.

Dan Patrick co-hosts Football Night from NBC Sports Group's Studio 1 and will be joined by Super Bowl-winning head coach Tony Dungy, two-time SUPER BOWL winner Rodney Harrison, Mike Florio of PRO FOOTBALL TALK on NBCSN and NBCSports.com, and Peter King of Sports Illustrated. Kathryn Tappen will report from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on the Colts-Cowboys game.

Through the first 15 weeks of the season, FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA is averaging 8.3 million viewers - up 4% from last year leading into Week 16 (8 million).

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