JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars celebrated their 15th season by bringing back 30 players from previous years.

Maybe coach Jack Del Rio should have suited them up.

The retirees certainly couldn't have played much worse than the current guys.

Kurt Warner completed his first 15 passes and broke the NFL's single-game record for completion percentage, and the Arizona Cardinals dominated the Jaguars in a 31-17 victory Sunday.

Jacksonville trailed 24-3 after two quarters — the largest halftime deficit at home in team history — and was down 28 points before mounting a mild comeback.

The only good news for the Jaguars (0-2)? Hardly anyone in Jacksonville saw it. The game was blacked out on local television, and the stands were about half full.

With a big lead and the NFL record in hand, Warner headed to the bench late in the third quarter. Former first-round draft pick Matt Leinart took over, but Warner ended up getting loose again before it was over.

Leinart struggled, and Jacksonville rallied. David Garrard found Marcedes Lewis for a touchdown on third-and-long, then hooked up with Mike Sims-Walker for a score on a fourth-down play that made it 31-17.

With the Jaguars driving, Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt got Warner ready to re-enter the game. But Garrard's fourth-down pass into the end zone bounced off Nate Hughes' hands. On the previous play, Hughes had a potential TD pass ricochet off his facemask.

The Cardinals (1-1) finally celebrated after Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie intercepted Garrard's pass with 2:25 to play.

The momentum shifted to Arizona after officials didn't call a pass-interference penalty on Adrian Wilson in the second quarter. Wilson hit Torry Holt before Garrard's third-down pass got there, but no flags were thrown.

So instead of Jacksonville getting a first down, Josh Scobee lined up for a 46-yard field goal attempt that would have cut the deficit to 10-6. Calais Campbell blocked the kick, and Antrel Rolle scooped up the loose ball and returned it 83 yards for a touchdown and a 17-3 lead.

Rolle eluded two tacklers — Scobee and guard Uche Nwaneri — and started high-stepping at the 20-yard line. Lewis made up enough ground to force Rolle to secure the ball and get back in gear for the final few yards.

Rolle had one other miscalculation, when he muffed a punt return late in the first half. He managed to recover the fumble, but it added to an already sloppy game.

There were seven fumbles in the first half, including five by Arizona. Maybe it was the heat and humidity or just East Coast jitters. After all, the Cards went 0-5 on the East Coast in the 2008 regular season.

Only two of Arizona's fumbles resulted in turnovers, though.

The Cardinals were otherwise nearly perfect.

Warner tied Jake Plummer's franchise record by opening the game with 15 consecutive completions. He finished 24 of 26 for 243 yards with two touchdowns. By completing 92.3 percent of his passes, he broke the previous record set by Vinny Testaverde in 1993. Testaverde, playing for Cleveland, completed 21 of 23 passes against the Los Angeles Rams.

Warner hooked up with Jason Wright for a 5-yard score late in first half, then found Larry Fitzgerald for a 22-yarder to make it 31-3 late in the third.

That touchdown had Jacksonville fans rushing for the exits. It also prompted Leinart to start warming up. He entered the game with 1:24 to play in the third.

Jacksonville's defense got pushed around all game. Warner barely got touched, and the one time he did, the play was negated because of an offsides penalty.

The Jaguars might have been even worse on offense — at least until they hit desperation mode. Rookie tackles Eugene Monroe and Eben Britton, who got abused by Indianapolis in the opener, weren't much better in Week 2. Garrard was sacked twice and fumbled three times.

Garrard was 23 of 43 for 282 yards. Sims-Walker caught six passes for 106 yards and a touchdown. Maurice Jones-Drew ran 13 times for 66 yards.

But there was little to celebrate in Jacksonville, a franchise in rebuilding mode and one that might struggle all season.