Bolstered by stifling defensive pressure on Panthers quarterbacks,the Eagles registered seven takeaways and five sacks en route to a38-10, opening day romp of the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte. Ea-gles cornerback Sheldon Brown notched two of the Eagles five in-terceptions as they scored 24 points off turnovers. Trailing 7-0following an 8-minute touchdown drive by the Panthers on thegame’s opening possession, the Eagles responded with a 49-yardfield goal by David Akers after Brown’s first interception later in thefirst quarter. On the first play of the 2nd quarter, Panthers QB JakeDelhomme fumbled after a sack by a blitzing Trent Cole. Fellow de-fensive end Victor Abiamiri scooped up the loose ball at the Pan-thers 2-yard line and scored to give the Eagles a 10-7 lead. TheEagles scoring barrage was just beginning, though, as DeSeanJackson returned a Panthers punt 85 yards for a touchdown on theirensuing possession. Brown came up with his 2nd interception of thegame on the Panthers next possession to set up a 9-yard touchdownpass from Donovan McNabb to TE Brent Celek. After a 3-and-out bythe Panthers, McNabb led the Eagles on a 74-yard drive that wascapped off by a 4-yard shovel pass to RB Brian Westbrook, givingthe Eagles a commanding 31-7 lead late in the 2nd quarter. Al-though the Panthers would tack on a field goal in the waning mo-ments of the first half, they would not score again. In fact, afterrolling up 70 yards of offense on their first possession, Carolinawould gain just 99 more for the rest of the game. The only scoringin the 2nd half would occur on a 3-yard touchdown run by McNabb,who suffered a fractured rib on the play that sidelined him for the re-mainder of the game. That touchdown was set up by the first inter-ception of LB Akeem Jordan’s career.

Notes: The Eagles scored an offensive, defensive, and special teamstouchdown in the same game for the first time since 12/24/94 atCincinnati … The Eagles defense forced seven turnovers (five inter-ceptions, two fumbles), which was the highest total since they forcedseven vs. St. Louis on 1/2/00. It was also their highest interceptiontotal since 9/30/96 vs. Dallas, when they also posted five … Brown’stwo-interception game was the 2nd of his career (10/2/05 at KC),and the first time an Eagle did so since Lito Sheppard snared two on10/8/06 vs. Dallas … Jackson was named NFC special teams playerof the week for his performance. His 85-yard punt return for atouchdown was the 2nd longest in team history (Vai Sikahema, 87yards on 11/22/92 at NYG) … Abiamiri’s touchdown was the first ofhis life … FS Macho Harris became the first Eagles rookie to start atsafety on opening day since Wes Hopkins on 9/3/83 at San Francisco.Harris also became the first Eagles rookie defensive player to starton opening day since DT Corey Simon on 9/3/00 at Dallas … West-brook played in his 100th regular season game.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsPhiladelphia 3 28 7 0 - 38Carolina 7 3 0 0 - 10

Car - D.Williams, 11 run (Kasay) (13-70, 8:06)Phila - D.Akers, 49 FG (4-1, 1:48)Phila - V.Abiamiri, 2 fumble return (Akers)Phila - D.Jackson, 85 punt return (Akers)Phila - B.Celek, 9 pass from McNabb (Akers) (1-9, 0:06)Phila - B.Westbrook, 4 pass from McNabb (Akers) (10-74, 4:27)Car - J.Kasay, 22 FG (8-56, 1:34)Phila - D.McNabb, 3 run (Akers) (3-10, 1:22)

TEAM STATISTICS PHILA CARFirst Downs 17 14Net Yards Gained 267 169Rushes/Yards 32/185 30/86Net Yards Passing 82 83Att/Comp/INT 29/17/1 34/14/5Sacked/Yards Lost 2/20 5/55Punts/Average 4/42.8 4/55.8Fumbles/Lost 2/1 2/2Penalties/Yards 9/76 5/30Time of Possession 31:37 28:233rd Down Efficiency 5/13 3/16

RUSHING: EAGLES - B.Westbrook 13-64, L.McCoy 9-46, D.Jackson2-33, D.McNabb 4-27-1TD, L.Weaver 1-11, K.Kolb 3-4 ... PANTHERS- D.Williams 14-37-1TD, J.Stewart 11-35, J.Delhomme 2-9, S.Smith1-4, M.Goodson 2-1.RECEIVING: EAGLES - B.Celek 6-37-1TD, B.Westbrook 3-8-1TD,K.Curtis 2-26, D.Jackson 2-9, J.Avant 1-18, H.Baskett 1-6, L.McCoy1-1, L.Weaver 1-(-3) ... PANTERS - D.Williams 4-42, M.Muhammad4-41, S.Smith 3-21, J.Stewart 2-32, J.King 1-2.PASSING: EAGLES - D.McNabb (starter) 18-10-79-1-2TDs, K.Kolb11-7-23-0-0 ... PANTHERS - J.Delhomme (starter) 17-7-73-4-0,M.Moore 11-6-63-1-0, J.McCown 6-1-2-0-0.INTs: EAGLES - S.Brown 2-56, A.Jordan 1-11, J.Hanson 1-2,A.Samuel 1-0 ... PANTHERS - J.Beason 1-10.SACKS: EAGLES - D.Howard 2.0, T.Cole 1.0, A.Jordan 1.0, O.Gaither0.5, M.Patterson 0.5 ... PANTHERS - L.Leonard 1.0, J.Peppers 1.0EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: +5 (1 fumble, 1 INT/2 fumbles, 5 INTs)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (49G, 51B) ... PANTHERS - J.Kasay(22G)

Weather: Sunny, 82 degreesWind: NNE 5 mphPlaying surface: GrassTime: 3:14

Sunday, September 13, 2009Bank of America Stadium

Philadelphia Eagles 38Carolina Panthers 10

DeSean Jackson soars into the end zone after an 85-yard punt return

New Orleans broke open a close game with a 31-point scoring bar-rage in the final 30 minutes that sent the Eagles home with a 48-22loss in their home opener. The Eagles and Saints were tied, 10-10,heading into the final minutes of the first half. But Saints QB DrewBrees connected with Marques Colston for his 2nd touchdown of thegame with 43 seconds to play, giving the Saints the lead for good at17-10. The Eagles did respond with a 32-yard field goal by DavidAkers as time expired in the half to cut the lead to 17-13, but thegame went downhill quickly from there for the home squad. First,Ellis Hobbs fumbled the 2nd half kickoff and the Saints turned thatinto an 11-yard TD pass from Brees to FB Heath Evans. On the en-suing possession, Kevin Kolb, making his first NFL start in place ofan injured Donovan McNabb (fractured rib), was intercepted by LBScott Shanle. Four plays later, Saints RB Mike Bell scored on a 7-yard TD run, giving the Saints a commanding 31-13 lead. New Or-leans upped their lead to 21 points after a field goal by John Carneybefore Eagles WR Jason Avant grabbed a 3-yard scoring pass fromKolb on a fourth down play late in the third stanza. But New Orleansscored on a 19-yard run by Reggie Bush early in the fourth quarterto seal the victory for the Saints, who also scored on a 97-yard in-terception return by Darren Sharper in the final minutes of the con-test. Kolb started quickly for the Eagles as he found Jackson for a71-yard scoring play on just the fourth play from scrimmage. Thattouchdown tied the game at 7 after Brees connected with Colston fora 15-yard TD on the game’s opening possession.

Notes: Kolb’s 391 passing yards were the 12th-highest total in teamhistory and the most by an Eagle since McNabb threw for 464 on12/4/04 vs. Green Bay. It was also the highest yardage total ever foran Eagles quarterback in his first NFL start … Jackson’s 71-yard TDcatch was the longest of his career … Jackson and TE Brent Celekeach topped the 100-yard mark in receiving yards, becoming the firstWR/TE tandem to do so in one game for the Eagles since WR TerrellOwens and TE L.J. Smith reached the century mark on 9/18/05 vs.San Francisco … The last time multiple Eagles topped the 100-yardreceiving mark in the same game was in the 2008 home opener vs.St. Louis (Jackson, WR Greg Lewis and WR Hank Baskett).

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsNew Orleans 10 7 17 14 - 48Philadelphia 7 6 7 2 - 22

NO - M.Colston, 15 pass from Brees (Carney) (8-74, 4:06)Phila - D.Jackson, 71 pass from Kolb (Akers) (4-85, 1:51)NO - J.Carney, 23 FG (10-48, 3:21)Phila - D.Akers, 23 FG (15-68, 8:20)NO - M.Colston, 25 pass from Brees (Carney) (2-54, 0:37)Phila - D.Akers, 32 FG (7-65, 0:43)NO - H.Evans, 11 pass from Brees (Carney) (3-22, 1:10)NO - M.Bell, 7 run (Carney) (4-24, 1:19)NO - J.Carney, 25 FG (12-70, 6:16)Phila - J.Avant, 3 pass from Kolb (Akers) (8-35, 3:41)NO - R.Bush, 19 run (Carney) (6-52, 3:14)Phila - D.Brees fumble out of bounds in end zone for a SafetyNO - D.Sharper, 97 interception return (Carney)

TEAM STATISTICS NO PHILAFirst Downs 23 23Net Yards Gained 421 463Rushes/Yards 29/133 22/79Net Yards Passing 288 384Att/Comp/INT 34/25/1 52/31/3Sacked/Yards Lost 2/23 1/7Punts/Average 3/52.0 5/45.0Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/1Penalties/Yards 3/13 7/45Time of Possession 30:26 29:343rd Down Efficiency 6/13 7/16

RUSHING: EAGLES - B.Westbrook 13-52, L.McCoy 5-18, D.Jackson3-15, K.Kolb 1-(-6) ... SAINTS - M.Bell 17-86-1TD, R.Bush 10-33-1TD, R.Meachem 1-15, D.Brees 1-(-1).RECEIVING: EAGLES - B.Celek 8-104, J.Avant 7-79-1TD, D.Jackson4-101-1TD, L.McCoy 4-37, K.Curtis 3-44, B.Westbrook 3-14, J.Maclin2-12 ... SAINTS - M.Colston 8-98-2TDs, J.Shockey 4-49, D.Hender-son 3-71, R.Bush 3-42, D.Thomas 2-19, H.Evans 2-16-1TD,R.Meachem 1-11, M.Bell 1-9, P.Thomas 1-(-4).PASSING: EAGLES - K.Kolb (starter) 51-31-391-3-2TDs, B.West-brook 1-0-0-0-0 ... SAINTS - D.Brees 34-25-311-1-3TDs.INTs: EAGLES - A.Jordan 1-3 ... SAINTS - D.Sharper 1-97-1TD,S.Shanle 1-3, T.Porter 1-0.SACKS: EAGLES - T.Cole 1.0, J.Parker 1.0 ... SAINTS - B.McCray1.0.EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: -3 (1 fumble, 3 INTs/0 fumbles, 1 INT)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (23G, 32G) ... SAINTS - J.Carney(23G, 25G)

Weather: Sunny, 68 degreesWind: SSE 2 mphPlaying surface: GrassTime: 3:19

Sunday, September 20, 2009Lincoln Financial Field

Philadelphia Eagles 22New Orleans Saints 48

Kevin Kolb fired for 391 passing yards and two TDs in his first NFL start

Playing without injured offensive starters Donovan McNabb, BrianWestbrook and Kevin Curtis, the Eagles piled up 420 yards of totaloffense in a 34-14 romping of the visiting Kansas City Chiefs. Al-though the majority of headlines heading into the game featured thereturn of QB Michael Vick to the NFL, the Eagles highlights weremanufactured by a quartet of youngsters in QB Kevin Kolb (24-34passing for 327 yards and 2 TDs), RB LeSean McCoy (20-84 rush-ing), TE Brent Celek (8-104-1TD) and WR DeSean Jackson (6-149-1TD). In fact, Kolb became the first quarterback in NFL history toeclipse the 300-yard passing mark in his first two NFL starts. TheEagles opened the game with two touchdowns on their first threepossessions as McCoy (5-yard run after a direct snap) and Kolb (1-yard QB sneak) each scored for the first time in their respective NFLcareers. After the Chiefs cut the lead to 14-7 early in the 2nd quar-ter, the Eagles responded on their next play from scrimmage asKolb and Jackson connected on a 64-yard TD strike to give the Ea-gles a two touchdown lead. Two field goals by David Akers uppedthe Eagles lead to 27-7 until Kolb fired his third touchdown pass inthe 4th quarter, a 35-yard strike to Brent Celek, to seal the victory.

Notes: At halftime, Randall Cunningham and Al Wistert were in-ducted into the Eagles Honor Roll … Jackson became the first NFLplayer to post a 60-plus yard play in three consecutive games sincethe Chiefs Dante Hall in 2003 (four straight games) and the firstEagle to do so since Jack Ferrante in 1945 … Jackson also becamethe first Eagle since 1985 (Mike Quick) to have 60-plus yard TD re-ceptions in consecutive games … Jackson and Celek became thefirst Eagles duo to notch 100-yard receiving games in back-to-backgames since Pete Pihos and Bobby Walston in 1953 … In fact, Celekbecame the first Eagles tight end to post back-to-back 100-yard re-ceiving games since Pete Retzlaff did so in 1965 … The Chiefs were0-11 on third down opportunities … Vick became the 2nd left-handedQB to throw a pass in team history joining Allie Sherman ... KevinKolb was named NFC offensive player of the week for his perform-ance.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsKansas City 0 7 0 7 - 14Philadelphia 14 10 3 7 - 34

Phila - L.McCoy, 5 run (Akers) (8-48, 3:10)Phila - K.Kolb, 1 run (Akers) (6-73, 3:27)KC - M.Bradley, 13 pass from Cassel (Succop) (6-56, 3:20)Phila - D.Jackson, 64 pass from Kolb (Akers) (1-64, 0:18)Phila - D.Akers, 29 FG (14-64, 5:44)Phila - D.Akers, 38 FG (8-50, 3:20)Phila - B.Celek, 35 pass from Kolb (Akers) (5-72, 2:53)KC - B.Wade, 9 pass from Cassel (Succop) (6-20, 2:41)

TEAM STATISTICS KC PHILAFirst Downs 11 21Net Yards Gained 196 420Rushes/Yards 29/99 27/93Net Yards Passing 97 327Att/Comp/INT 19/15/0 36/24/0Sacked/Yards Lost 3/19 0/0Punts/Average 9/44.3 3/41.0Fumbles/Lost 2/1 2/1Penalties/Yards 10/90 3/20Time of Possession 29:25 30:353rd Down Efficiency 0/11 6/13

RUSHING: EAGLES - L.McCoy 20-84-1TD, M.Vick 1-7, E.Buckley 1-4, K.Kolb 1-1-1TD, J.Maclin 1-(-1), J.Garcia 3-(-2) ... CHIEFS -L.Johnson 19-38, J.Charles 6-36, M.Bradley 1-22, J.McGraw 1-4,M.Cassel 2-(-1).RECEIVING: EAGLES - B.Celek 8-104-1TD, D.Jackson 6-149-1TD,J.Maclin 4-33, J.Avant 2-14, L.Weaver 2-14, L.McCoy 1-9, R.Brown1-4 ... CHIEFS - M.Bradley 4-28-1TD, S.Ryan 4-22, J.Charles 3-34,B.Wade 2-13-1TD, B.Cottam 1-11, T.Copper 1-8.PASSING: EAGLES - K.Kolb (starter) 34-24-327-0-2TDs, M.Vick 2-0-0-0-0 ... CHIEFS - M.Cassel (starter) 18-14-90-0-2TDs, M.Bradley1-1-26-0-0. INTs: EAGLES - None ... CHIEFS - None.SACKS: EAGLES - O.Gaither 1.0, J.Parker 1.0, C.Clemons 0.5, T.Cole0.5 ... CHIEFS - None.EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: Even (1 fumble, 0 INTs/1 fumble, 0 INTs)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (29G, 38G) ... CHIEFS - None.

Weather: Partly cloudy, 69 degreesWind: NNE 6 mphPlaying surface: GrassTime: 2:50

Sunday, September 27, 2009Lincoln Financial Field

Philadelphia Eagles 34Kansas City Chiefs 14

Wistert (70) and Cunningham (12) were inducted in the Eagles Honor Roll

Donovan McNabb posted near-perfect statistics from the quarter-back position and rookie receiver Jeremy Maclin provided big playsin a starting role as the Eagles burned the visiting Tampa Bay Buc-caneers, 33-14. Making his first start since the season opener dueto a fractured rib, McNabb completed 76.2 percent of his passes (16for 21) for 264 yards and three touchdowns en route to the 2nd bestQB rating of his career (157.2). But it was McNabb’s feet thatboosted the Eagles offense early as a 13-yard scamper on the firstplay from scrimmage set up a 51-yard scoring strike to Maclin, giv-ing them an early 7-0 advantage. Midway through the 2nd quarter,Tampa Bay drove deep into Eagles territory and faced a 4th-and-1 atthe Eagles 23-yard line, but quarterback Josh Johnson fumbled thesnap and was stopped short of the first down. Six plays later, McN-abb connected with FB Leonard Weaver on a 20-yard scoring play togive the Eagles a 14-0 lead. Johnson and the Bucs responded on theensuing possession with an impressive 5-play, 80-yard drive thatwas capped by a 9-yard TD grab by TE Kellen Winslow. Undauntedby the momentum swing, McNabb rushed for 17 yards on the nextplay from scrimmage before connecting with Maclin once again fora 40-yard score. With six seconds remaining in the first half and sit-uated at the Eagles 8-yard line, Johnson fired his first of three INTsin the game as CB Asante Samuel grabbed an errant pass in the endzone. Samuel stung the Bucs in the 3rd quarter as well as his 2ndinterception set up a 7-yard TD run by Brian Westbrook to givePhiladelphia a commanding 28-7 lead. David Akers upped the scoreto 31-7 in the 4th quarter after booting a 44-yard field goal. Thatscore was set up by another interception by Johnson as SheldonBrown stopped a red zone scoring opportunity by the Bucs. Winslowgrabbed another TD pass midway through the 4th quarter to cut thelead to 31-14 but Eagles DE Darren Howard tackled RB CadillacWilliams in the end zone for a safety to set the final score at 33-14.

Notes: Eagles coach Andy Reid became the 34th head coach in NFLhistory and the first in team history to post 100 regular season vic-tories … Maclin became the first Eagles rookie ever to post two 40-plus-yard TD receptions in the same game. His 142 receiving yardswere the third most by a rookie in club history behind Don Looney(180 on 12/1/40 at Washington) and Hank Baskett (177 on 12/31/06vs. Atlanta) … Akers connected on four PAT attempts to become thefranchise’s all-time leader ahead of Bobby Walston (365) … Samuel’stwo-INT performance was the 5th multi-interception game of hiscareer and his first as an Eagle … Trent Cole notched his 38th careersack, moving ahead of Seth Joyner (37.5) for 6th place on the Ea-gles all-time list.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsTampa Bay 0 7 0 7 - 14Philadelphia 7 14 7 5 - 33

Phila - J.Maclin, 51 pass from McNabb (Akers) (2-64, 0:40)Phila - L.Weaver, 20 pass from McNabb (Akers) (6-76, 2:42)TB - K.Winslow, 9 pass from Johnson (Andrus) (5-80, 2:45)Phila - J.Maclin, 40 pass from McNabb (Akers) (2-57, 0:21)Phila - B.Westbrook, 7 run (Akers) (2-27, 0:50)Phila - D.Akers, 44 FG (12-64, 7:23)TB - K.Winslow, 9 pass from Johnson (Andrus) (11-74, 4:51)Phila - C.Williams tackled in end zone by Howard for a Safety

TEAM STATISTICS TB PHILAFirst Downs 22 16Net Yards Gained 303 325Rushes/Yards 22/85 21/76Net Yards Passing 218 249Att/Comp/INT 50/26/3 24/17/0Sacked/Yards Lost 3/22 3/16Punts/Average 4/40.3 5/48.8Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/0Penalties/Yards 4/30 10/111Time of Possession 34:33 25:273rd Down Efficiency 9/18 4/10

RUSHING: EAGLES - D.McNabb 2-30, B.Westbrook 6-18-1TD,L.McCoy 6-14, M.Vick 4-10, L.Weaver 2-4, D.Jackson 1-0 ... BUC-CANEERS - J.Johnson 5-40, D.Ward 6-37, C.Williams 10-8, B.Askew1-0.RECEIVING: EAGLES - J.Maclin 6-142-2TDs, B.Celek 4-58, B.West-brook 2-17, L.McCoy 2-15, L.Weaver 1-20-1TD, J.Avant 1-12,D.Jackson 1-1 ... BUCCANEERS - K.Winslow 9-102-2TDs, A.Bryant5-62, M.Clayton 3-25, S.Stroughter 3-18, C.Williams 3-8, D.Penn 1-15, J.Gilmore 1-9, J.Stevens 1-1.PASSING: EAGLES - D.McNabb (starter) 21-16-264-0-3TDs, M.Vick3-1-1-0-0 ... BUCCANEERS - J.Johnson 50-26-240-3-2TDs.INTs: EAGLES - A.Samuel 2-46, S.Brown 1-0 ... BUCCANEERS -None.SACKS: EAGLES - V.Abiamiri 1.0, T.Cole 1.0, C.Gocong 1.0 ... BUC-CANEERS - J.Wilkerson 3.0.EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: +3 (0 fumbles, 0 INTs/0 fumbles, 3 INTs)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (44G) ... BUCCANEERS - None.

Weather: Mostly Sunny, 62 degreesWind: WNW 7 mphPlaying surface: GrassTime: 3:10

Sunday, October 11, 2009Lincoln Financial Field

Philadelphia Eagles 33Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14

Rookie Jeremy Maclin hauls in one of his two 40+ yard touchdown catches

The Eagles surrendered six sacks, 116 rushing yards and the game’sonly touchdown in a 13-9 loss to the Raiders at the Oakland AlamedaCounty Coliseum. Philadelphia’s offense sputtered all day long inthe midst of heavy pressure on QB Donovan McNabb, who com-pleted just 48% of his passes (22 for 48). The Eagles led 3-0 late inthe first quarter before Raiders tight end Zach Miller caught a passfrom JaMarcus Russell and broke several tackles before racing 86yards for a touchdown. On the very next play from scrimmage, Mc-Nabb was intercepted by Raiders CB Stanford Routt, who returnedthe ball 28 yards for a score. But the play was nullified by a pass in-terference penalty. The Raiders, however, managed to force a puntand promptly drove 76 yards on 12 plays to set up a 29-yard fieldgoal by Sebastian Janikowski to give them a 10-3 lead. Late in the2nd quarter, Eagles S Quintin Mikell intercepted a Russell pass at-tempt and returned it 16 yards to the Raiders 40-yard line. However,the Eagles drive stalled as they settled for a 43-yard field goal byAkers to close the halftime deficit to 10-6. Philadelphia startedquickly in the 3rd quarter driving inside Raiders territory, but Akersmisfired for the 2nd time in the game as he missed a 47-yard at-tempt. From there, the Eagles offense went three-and-out on theirnext four possessions. Janikowski boomed a 46-yard field goal earlyin the 4th quarter to up the Raiders lead to 13-6. Midway throughthe fourth quarter, McNabb hit tight end Brent Celek with a 46-yardstrike across the middle to set the Eagles up deep inside Raidersterritory. But they did not gain another yard on that possession asthey settled for a 45-yard field goal by Akers. Down by four pointswith 3:42 to play, the Eagles regained possession but turned the ballover on downs at the Raiders 43-yard line.

Notes: Eagles RB Brian Westbrook moved past Steve Van Buren(5,860) and into 2nd place on the Eagles all-time rushing list … TheEagles made their first visit to Oakland since September 24, 1995 …Eagles CB Asante Samuel posted his 30th career interception.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsPhiladelphia 3 3 0 3 - 9Oakland 7 3 0 3 - 13

Phila - D.Akers, 45 FG (6-62, 2:18)Oak - Z.Miller, 86 pass from Russell (Janikowski) (1-86, 0:22)Oak - S.Janikowski, 29 FG (12-76, 6:58)Phila - D.Akers, 43 FG (7-15, 1:47)Oak - S.Janikowski, 46 FG (7-32, 3:02)Phila - D.Akers, 45 FG (5-42, 1:43)

TEAM STATISTICS PHILA OAKFirst Downs 14 18Net Yards Gained 283 325Rushes/Yards 14/67 35/116Net Yards Passing 216 209Att/Comp/INT 46/22/0 28/17/2Sacked/Yards Lost 6/53 2/15Punts/Average 8/42.9 7/51.1Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/0Penalties/Yards 4/38 3/23Time of Possession 26:58 33:023rd Down Efficiency 2/16 4/14

RUSHING: EAGLES - B.Westbrook 6-50, L.McCoy 5-13, D.McNabb2-8, M.Vick 1-(-4) ... RAIDERS - J.Fargas 23-87, M.Bush 6-22, J.Rus-sell 5-8, D.Heyward-Bey 1-(-1).RECEIVING: EAGLES - B.Westbrook 9-91, D.Jackson 6-94, B.Celek4-75, L.Weaver 2-3, J.Maclin 1-6 ... RAIDERS - Z.Miller 6-139-1TD,G.Russell 5-55, T.Stewart 2-11, J.Fargas 1-11, T.Watkins 1-4, J.Hig-gins 1-2, M.Bush 1-2.PASSING: EAGLES - D.McNabb 46-22-269-0-0 ... RAIDERS - J.Rus-sell 28-17-224-2-1TD.INTs: EAGLES - Q.Mikell 1-16, A.Samuel 1-(-1) ... RAIDERS - None.SACKS: EAGLES - T.Cole 1.0, J.Parker 1.0 ... RAIDERS - T.Scott 2.0,R.Seymour 2.0, T.Howard 1.0, J.Richardson 1.0.EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: +2 (0 fumbles, 0 INTs/0 fumbles, 2 INTs)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (43N, 45G, 43G, 47N, 45G) ...RAIDERS - S.Janikowski (29G, 46G)

Weather: Partly Cloudy, 62 degreesWind: WSW 15 mphPlaying surface: GrassTime: 3:05

Sunday, October 18, 2009Oakland Coliseum

Philadelphia Eagles 9Oakland Raiders 13

DeSean Jackson hauls in a 51-yard pass from Donovan McNabb

Behind the big-play ability of WR DeSean Jackson and a stingy de-fense, the Philadelphia Eagles trounced the Washington Redskins,27-17, on Monday Night Football at FedEx Field. Jackson recordedtwo touchdowns of 50+ yards on the evening – one on the groundand one through the air. The Eagles defense was especially bol-stered by newly acquired LB Will Witherspoon, who made his Eagledebut a memorable one by registering a sack, forced fumble and aninterception returned for a touchdown. Witherspoon was acquired ina trade with the St. Louis Rams just six days earlier and workedovertime throughout the practice week to digest the defensive play-book. Jackson and Witherspoon wasted no time giving the Eagles acommanding lead early in the game as Jackson took an end aroundfrom Donovan McNabb on the 4th play from scrimmage and raced67 yards down the sideline to give his team a 7-0 lead. Later in the1st quarter, Redskins QB Jason Campbell had a pass attempt de-flected by SS Quintin Mikell into the hands of Witherspoon, who trot-ted nine yards into the end zone for a touchdown, making it 14-0.Another Washington turnover resulted in another score by Philadel-phia, as Witherspoon sacked and forced a fumble by Campbell thatwas recovered by Mikell and set up a 47-yard field goal by DavidAkers. The Redskins responded on their ensuing possession with atouchdown pass from Campbell to WR Devin Thomas to shrink thelead to 17-7, but another Redskins turnover proved costly later inthe quarter. Antwaan Randle El muffed a punt return inside his ownterritory, setting up another Akers field goal. Then, Jackson brokethe game open once again with another big play late in the 2nd quar-ter as he hauled in a 57-yard bomb on a 3rd-and-22 play from Mc-Nabb to give the visiting team a 27-7 lead. The Redskins answeredwith a field goal in the waning seconds of the first half, but would notscore again until less than three minutes remained in the gamewhen Campbell and TE Fred Davis connected on a 2-yard touchdownfor the final score of the game.

Notes: McNabb became the 4th player in NFL history to throw forover 30,000 yards and 200 touchdowns while rushing for over 3,000yards and 20 touchdowns in a career. Only John Elway, Fran Tarken-ton and Steve Young have reached all of those plateaus … Jacksonbecame the 2nd player in team history to post a rushing and receiv-ing touchdown of 50+ yards in the same game, joining BoshPritchard, who accomplished that feat vs. Washington on 10/23/49… Jackson became the 5th player in league history to register arushing, receiving and punt return TD in each of his first two NFLcampaigns (Louis Lipps, Ray McLean, Bobby Mitchell and Dick Toddwere the others) … Witherspoon became the 2nd NFL player torecord a sack and an interception return for a TD in his first gamewith a team, joining Buffalo’s Sam Adams in 2003 … Eagles DE TrentCole notched two sacks and moved past Andy Harmon (40) and into5th place on the team’s all-time list.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsPhiladelphia 14 13 0 0 - 27Washington 0 10 0 7 - 17

Phila - D.Jackson, 67 run (Akers) (4-81, 1:54)Phila - W.Witherspoon, 9 interception return (Akers)Phila - D.Akers, 47 FG (4-6, 1:27)Was - D.Thomas, 2 pass from Campbell (Suisham) (8-45, 5:26)Phila - D.Akers, 44 FG (4-(-1)-1:34)Phila - D.Jackson, 57 pass from McNabb (Akers) (3-45, 1:07)Was - S.Suisham, 47 FG (9-39, 1:49)Was - F.Davis, 1 pass from Campbell (Suisham) (8-46, 2:18)

TEAM STATISTICS PHILA WASFirst Downs 11 21Net Yards Gained 262 308Rushes/Yards 27/122 19/62Net Yards Passing 140 246Att/Comp/INT 26/16/0 43/29/1Sacked/Yards Lost 3/21 6/38Punts/Average 8/34.5 7/43.1Fumbles/Lost 2/0 4/3Penalties/Yards 12/66 6/60Time of Possession 28:18 31:423rd Down Efficiency 4/15 3/12

RUSHING: EAGLES - D.Jackson 1-67-1TD, L.McCoy 14-37, B.West-brook 3-13, M.Vick 3-9, L.Weaver 1-1, D.McNabb 5-(-5) ... REDSKINS- C.Portis 14-43, R.Cartwright 1-11, J.Campbell 4-8.RECEIVING: EAGLES - J.Maclin 5-53, L.McCoy 5-30, B.Celek 3-8,D.Jackson 2-69-1TD, L.Weaver 1-1 ... REDSKINS - F.Davis 8-78-1TD,S.Moss 6-74, A.Randle El 5-39, D.Thomas 3-45-1TD, L.Betts 3-21,C.Cooley 2-21, M.Sellers 2-6.PASSING: EAGLES - D.McNabb (starter) 25-15-156-0-1TD, M.Vick1-1-5-0-0 ... REDSKINS - J.Campbell 43-29-284-1-2TDs.INTs: EAGLES - W.Witherspoon 1-9-1TD ... REDSKINS - None.SACKS: EAGLES - T.Cole 2.0, J.Babin 1.0, B.Bunkley 1.0, C.Clemons1.0, W.Witherspoon 1.0 ... REDSKINS - A.Carter 1.0, R.Doughty 1.0,A.Haynesworth 1.0.EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: +4 (0 fumbles, 0 INTs/3 fumbles, 1 INT)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (47G, 44G) ... REDSKINS - S.Su-isham (47G)

Weather: Cloudy, 57 degreesWind: SE 8 mphPlaying surface: GrassTime: 3:07

Monday, October 26, 2009FedEx Field

Philadelphia Eagles 27Washington Redskins 17

Will Witherspoon scoots into the end zone after picking off Jason Campbell

On a rare day when Philadelphia and New York were battling in bothbaseball and football on the same day in the same city, the Eaglesstomped the visiting Giants, 40-17, at Lincoln Financial Field. Dono-van McNabb was a usual suspect in leading the Eagles to victory(240 yards, three touchdowns, and a 146.7 QB rating), but it wasback-up running back LeSean McCoy (11-82-1TD rushing) and FBLeonard Weaver (8-75-1TD) heading up the ground game in the ab-sence of star RB Brian Westbrook (concussion). In fact, it wasWeaver who opened the scoring with a 41-yard jaunt on the game’sopening possession. On the Giants ensuing drive, CB Asante Samuelstepped in front of an Eli Manning pass and raced 37 yards to theGiants 10-yard line. Three plays later, McNabb fired a 17-yard scor-ing strike to TE Brent Celek on 3rd down to give Philadelphia a fast13-0 lead (the Giants blocked the extra point attempt). David Akersnailed a 30-yard field goal three plays into the 2nd quarter to im-prove the lead to 16-0. But the Giants responded late in the first halfwith an 89-yard drive that was capped by an 18-yard pass from Man-ning to TE Kevin Boss. With less than two minutes left to play untilintermission, the Eagles responded with a 39-yard kickoff returnthat led to 54-yard TD toss to DeSean Jackson, and an interceptionby safety Quintin Demps that produced a 23-yard TD pass to rookieJeremy Maclin. Armed with a 30-7 lead at half, the Eagles forced afumble on the kickoff to start the 2nd half that led to a 35-yard fieldgoal by Akers. The Giants would not quit, though, as they used a fieldgoal and a 1-yard scoring plunge by RB Ahmad Bradshaw to pull towithin 33-17 as the 4th quarter began. But McCoy ended New York’scomeback hope with a 66-yard dart to the end zone on the 2nd playof the final stanza to set the final score at 40-17.

Notes: Later in the evening, the Philadelphia Phillies and the NewYork Yankees battled in game four of the World Series … The Eagles23-point margin of victory was their largest over the Giants sincewinning 24-0 on 12/1/96 at Veterans Stadium … The Eagles 40 pointswas the highest total against the Giants since scoring 47 in a win on11/22/92 at Giants Stadium … McNabb’s 146.7 QB rating was the 5thbest of his career and his best ever against the Giants … Weaverlogged a career-high 75 yards and his 41-yard TD run was thelongest run by an Eagles fullback since Anthony Toney’s 44-yarderon 10/8/89 vs. NYG … McCoy’s 66-yard TD run was the longest by anEagles rookie since Herman Hunter’s 74-yard scoring run at Dallason 11/24/85.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsNY Giants 0 7 10 0 - 17Philadelphia 13 17 3 7 - 40

Phila - L.Weaver, 41 run (Akers) (3-60, 1:34)Phila - B.Celek, 17 pass from McNabb (kick blocked) (3-10, 0:52)Phila - D.Akers, 30 FG (15-72, 6:56)NYG - K.Boss, 18 pass from Manning (Tynes) (8-89, 5:04)Phila - D.Jackson, 54 pass from McNabb (Akers) (1-54, 0:16)Phila - J.Maclin, 23 pass from McNabb (Akers) (2-43, 0:29)Phila - D.Akers, 35 FG (4-4, 0:48)NYG - L.Tynes, 42 FG (5-18, 2:14)NYG - A.Bradshaw, 1 run (Tynes) (8-23, 4:06)Phila - L.McCoy, 66 run (Akers) (4-90, 1:41)

TEAM STATISTICS NYG PHILAFirst Downs 21 17Net Yards Gained 356 391Rushes/Yards 32/141 24/180Net Yards Passing 215 211Att/Comp/INT 39/20/2 23/17/0Sacked/Yards Lost 2/7 2/29Punts/Average 3/38.0 3/47.3Fumbles/Lost 2/1 3/2Penalties/Yards 4/25 5/45Time of Possession 35:33 24:273rd Down Efficiency 8/16 6/11

RUSHING: EAGLES - L.McCoy 11-82-1TD, L.Weaver 8-75-1TD,D.McNabb 1-14, E.Buckley 2-6, M.Vick 2-3 ... GIANTS - B.Jacobs 20-86, E.Manning 3-34, A.Bradshaw 9-21-1TD.RECEIVING: EAGLES - B.Celek 4-61-1TD, J.Maclin 4-47-1TD,D.Jackson 3-78-1TD, J.Avant 2-32, L.McCoy 2-10, A.Smith 1-11,D.McNabb 1-1 ... GIANTS - S.Smith 8-68, H.Nicks 4-53, K.Boss 3-70-1TD, B.Jacobs 2-21, D.Hagan 2-7, D.Hixon 1-3.PASSING: EAGLES - D.McNabb 23-17-240-0-3TDs ... GIANTS -E.Manning 39-20-222-2-1TD.INTs: EAGLES - A.Samuel 1-37, Q.Demps 1-12 ... GIANTS - None.SACKS: EAGLES - A.Dixon 1.0, J.Babin 0.5, C.Clemons 0.5 ... GIANTS- B.Johnson 1.0, O.Umenyiora 1.0.EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: +1 (1 fumbles, 2 INTs/2 fumbles, 0 INTs)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (30G, 35G) ... GIANTS - L.Tynes(42G, 47N)

Weather: Cloudy, 56 degreesWind: N 10 mphPlaying surface: GrassTime: 3:04

Sunday, November 1, 2009Lincoln Financial Field

Philadelphia Eagles 40New York Giants 17

FB Leonard Weaver plows his way through the line for a 41-yard TD run

The Eagles dropped a hard-fought battle for first place in the NFCEast with a 20-16 defeat at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys at Lin-coln Financial Field. Both teams entered the nationally televisedSunday night football game with a 5-2 record but it was the Cow-boys, after overcoming a 13-10 deficit in the 2nd half, who ended upon the top of the division at the end of the night. The Eagles startedslow on offense as evidenced by an interception on their first seriesof the evening. Donovan McNabb fired a pass over the middle of thefield to WR Jeremy Maclin, who had the ball deflect off of him andinto the hands of Dallas safety Gerald Sensabaugh. Seven playslater, Cowboys RB Tashard Choice took a direct snap from centerand scored on a two-yard TD run giving them an early 7-0 lead. TheEagles responded in the 2nd quarter with a pair of scoring drivesled by McNabb to pull them within one point at 7-6. David Akers con-nected on a pair of long distance field goals (45 and 48 yards, re-spectively) to account for the scoring. With under two minutesremaining in the first half, Dallas QB Tony Romo connected withPatrick Crayton on a 64-yard pass play setting up a field goal withjust 4 seconds until intermission. The Eagles responded in the 2ndhalf by taking the kickoff 96 yards for a score, but a holding penaltynullified the touchdown by Ellis Hobbs. Undaunted, McNabb and theEagles drove 77 yards on six plays, culminating in an 11-yard TDpass to TE Brent Celek that gave Philly their first and only lead of thecontest at 13-10. The Cowboys took advantage of another intercep-tion late in the 3rd quarter as Mike Jenkins stepped in front of a Mc-Nabb pass at the Dallas 45-yard line. Five plays later, Nick Folkconnected on a 33-yard field goal to tie the game at 13-13. On theirensuing possession, the Eagles drove into Dallas territory and, fac-ing a 4th-and-1 situation, called a quarterback sneak by McNabb,who appeared to have gained the first down but was spotted short.Eagles head coach Andy Reid’s challenge of the play was upheld bythe officials and gave Dallas the momentum they needed. Facing a3rd-and-14 at the Eagles 49-yard line, Romo pump faked and con-nected with WR Miles Austin on a TD pass to give them the lead forgood. The Eagles responded once again with a drive deep into Dal-las territory only to have McNabb tripped up for a sack on a 3rd-and-10 play at the 34-yard line. The Eagles settled for a 52-yard fieldgoal by Akers and hoped to regain possession with 4:27 to play, butthe Cowboys converted a 3rd down pass from Romo to TE Jason Wit-ten that allowed them to run out the clock and give them sole pos-session of first place in the NFC East.

Notes: Including playoffs, this game represented the 100th all-timemeeting between the Eagles and Cowboys … Akers nailed three fieldgoals of 40+ yards in a game for the 2nd time this season and the 5thtime in his career (including playoffs) … Eagles S Quintin Mikellplayed in his 100th regular season game.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsDallas 7 3 0 10 - 20Philadelphia 0 6 7 3 - 16

Dal - T.Choice, 2 run (Folk) (7-37, 4:11)Phila - D.Akers, 45 FG (10-55, 3:34)Phila - D.Akers, 48 FG (12-54, 6:08)Dal - N.Folk, 22 FG (9-77, 1:34)Phila - B.Celek, 11 pass from McNabb (Akers) (6-77, 3:12)Dal - N.Folk, 33 FG (5-27, 2:08)Dal - M.Austin, 49 pass from Romo (Folk) (4-55, 2:45)Phila - D.Akers, 52 FG (8-30, 3:37)

TEAM STATISTICS DAL PHILAFirst Downs 18 17Net Yards Gained 358 297Rushes/Yards 23/76 24/88Net Yards Passing 282 209Att/Comp/INT 34/21/1 30/16/2Sacked/Yards Lost 4/25 3/18Punts/Average 5/43.8 3/44.3Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0Penalties/Yards 11/70 8/82Time of Possession 31:44 28:163rd Down Efficiency 7/15 4/12

RUSHING: EAGLES - L.McCoy 13-54, L.Weaver 8-33, M.Vick 1-2,D.McNabb 2-(-1) ... COWBOYS - M.Barber 12-50, T.Choice 3-13-1TD,F.Jones 4-10, K.Ogletree 1-6, T.Romo 3-(-3).RECEIVING: EAGLES - L.McCoy 5-61, J.Maclin 3-44, B.Celek 3-39-1TD, J.Avant 2-43, D.Jackson 2-29, A.Smith 1-11 ... COWBOYS -J.Witten 7-43, R.Williams 5-75, M.Barber 3-20, P.Crayton 2-74,K.Ogletree 2-38, M.Austin 1-49-1TD, T.Choice 1-8.PASSING: EAGLES - D.McNabb 30-16-227-2-1TD ... COWBOYS -T.Romo 34-21-307-1-1TD.INTs: EAGLES - S.Brown 1-13 ... COWBOYS - G.Sensabaugh 1-0,M.Jenkins 1-0.SACKS: EAGLES - J.Babin 1.0, T.Cole 1.0, S.Jones 1.0, J.Parker 1.0... COWBOYS - J.Ratliff 2.0, V.Butler 1.0.EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: -1 (0 fumbles, 2 INTs/0 fumbles, 1 INT)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (45G, 48G, 52G) ... COWBOYS -N.Folk (22G, 33G)

Weather: Cloudy, 61 degreesWind: WNW 1 mphPlaying surface: GrassTime: 3:18

Sunday, November 8, 2009Lincoln Financial Field

Philadelphia Eagles 16Dallas Cowboys 20

Brent Celek snags an 11-yard TD from Donovan McNabb in the 3rd quarter

The Eagles made a valiant comeback attempt in the 4th quarter, butcould not overcome a slew of missed opportunities early in the gameas they fell to the host San Diego Chargers, 31-23, at QualcommStadium. The Eagles fell behind 14-0 early on in the contest on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Philip Rivers to FB Mike Tolbert and ona 3-yard touchdown run by LaDainian Tomlinson early in the 2ndstanza. After a slow start, the Eagles offense finally started rolling.They put together two lengthy drives in the 2nd quarter only to beheld to field goals on each opportunity deep in the red zone. On thefirst occasion, the Eagles were set up first and goal at the Chargers1-yard line, but were stopped three straight plays. They failed toscore a touchdown again after having a 1st-and-goal later in thequarter at the Chargers 9-yard line. Trailing 14-6 heading into the2nd half, the Eagles were forced to punt during their first possessionof the 3rd quarter and the Chargers promptly drove 76 yards on fiveplays and scored on a 20-yard TD run by Tomlinson. Philadelphiacruised down the field again with the help of a 58-yard catch andrun by Jason Avant but was held out of the end zone after facing a1st-and-10 at the San Diego 16, and a 3rd-and-1 at the 7-yard linebefore settling for another field goal. The Chargers upped their leadto 28-9 after a 20-yard scoring pass from Rivers to WR Legedu Naa-nee late in the 3rd quarter. Donovan McNabb and the Eagles offensewould not lie down, though, as they drove 54 yards on nine plays, in-cluding a highlight film, 21-yard grab from Avant on 3rd and 18, toset up a five-yard TD catch by Jeremy Maclin. After a three-and-outby the Chargers, McNabb led a 77-yard drive that was capped by asix-yard TD catch by TE Brent Celek that pulled the Eagles within 5points at 28-23. With momentum clearly on the Eagles side, SanDiego converted two important third down plays, leading to a 29-yard field goal by Nate Kaeding to increase their lead to 31-23. Withless than 30 seconds to play, McNabb drove the Eagles to the Charg-ers 35-yard line. But with 2 seconds remaining, his last throw intothe end zone was intercepted to end the game.

Notes: With 450 passing yards, McNabb eclipsed the 400-yardplateau for the 2nd time in his career and tied a career high with 35completions … Avant set career highs in catches (8), yards (156),while recording the longest reception of his career (58 yards) … Ea-gles WR DeSean Jackson tied a career high with 8 catches … Thegame marked the Eagles first visit to San Diego since 1998.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsPhiladelphia 0 6 3 14 - 23San Diego 7 7 14 3 - 31

SD - M.Tolbert, 20 pass from Rivers (Kaeding) (6-40, 2:09)SD - L.Tomlinson, 3 run (Kaeding) (10-82, 5:44)Phila - D.Akers, 18 FG (9-77, 4:23)Phila - D.Akers, 25 FG (14-87, 4:16)SD - L.Tomlinson, 20 run (Kaeding) (5-76, 2:23)Phila - D.Akers, 25 FG (6-77, 2:10)SD - L.Naanee, 20 pass from Rivers (Kaeding) (8-59, 4:38)Phila - J.Maclin, 5 pass from McNabb (Akers) (9-54, 2:01)Phila - B.Celek, 6 pass from McNabb (Akers) (12-77, 5:07)SD - N.Kaeding, 29 FG (12-66, 6:42)

TEAM STATISTICS PHILA SDFirst Downs 26 22Net Yards Gained 462 331Rushes/Yards 13/29 28/119Net Yards Passing 433 212Att/Comp/INT 56/35/1 25/20/0Sacked/Yards Lost 2/17 2/19Punts/Average 4/40.0 4/50.0Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0Penalties/Yards 9/70 3/31Time of Possession 29:37 30:233rd Down Efficiency 5/13 3/8

RUSHING: EAGLES - B.Westbrook 6-28, L.McCoy 3-5, L.Weaver 2-2,E.Buckley 1-0, J.Maclin 1-(-6) ... CHARGERS - L.Tomlinson 24-96-2TDs, D.Sproles 2-14, L.Naanee 1-10, P.Rivers 1-(-1).RECEIVING: EAGLES - J.Avant 8-156, D.Jackson 8-91, J.Maclin 6-76-1TD, B.Celek 6-47-1TD, L.McCoy 3-18, R.Brown 2-36, B.West-brook 2-26 ... CHARGERS - A.Gates 7-78, D.Sproles 4-31, M.Floyd3-45, L.Naanee 3-42-1TD, M.Tolbert 2-25-1TD, V.Jackson 1-10.PASSING: EAGLES - D.McNabb (starter) 55-35-450-1-2TDs, M.Vick1-0-0-0-0 ... CHARGERS - P.Rivers 25-20-231-0-2TDs.INTs: EAGLES - None ... CHARGERS - A.Cromartie 1-0.SACKS: EAGLES - J.Parker 1.0, V.Abiamiri 0.5, D.Howard 0.5 ...CHARGERS - P.Oliver 1.0, B.Siler 1.0.EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: -1 (0 fumbles, 1 INT/0 fumbles, 0 INTs)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (18G, 25G, 25G) ... CHARGERS -N.Kaeding (29G)

Weather: Sunny, 71 degreesWind: WSW 8 mphPlaying surface: GrassTime: 3:05

Sunday, November 15, 2009Qualcomm Stadium

Philadelphia Eagles 23San Diego Chargers 31

QB Donovan McNabb threw for 450 yards in the Eagles comeback attempt

Donovan McNabb’s homecoming to Chicago was punctuated with acome-from-behind victory in the final minutes of the 4th quarter asthe Eagles defeated the Bears, 24-20, on Sunday Night Football.Trailing 20-17, McNabb orchestrated an 11-play, 62-yard drive thatwas capped off by a 10-yard touchdown scamper by rookie RBLeSean McCoy with 5:31 remaining in regulation. On that drive, Mc-Nabb completed 5 of 6 pass attempts for 40 yards. For the game, hecompleted 71.9% of his passes (23 for 32) for 244 yards and twotouchdowns for a QB rating of 101.6. The Eagles also started fast, lit-erally, as a no-huddle offense propelled them to a 10-0 lead in thefirst quarter after a 25-yard field goal by David Akers and a 13-yardscoring pass from McNabb to WR Jason Avant, another Chicago na-tive. But the Bears took advantage of Eagles turnovers and penal-ties to take a 12-10 lead early in the 3rd quarter with four field goalsby Robbie Gould. Later in that quarter, WR DeSean Jackson madeup for an earlier fumble with a 48-yard TD catch to give Philadel-phia a 17-12 lead. But the Bears bounced right back with a 6-play,55-yard drive that resulted in a 15-yard TD pass from Jay Cutler toTE Kellen Davis. After a successful two-point conversion pass, theBears held a 20-17 lead heading into the final quarter. The Eaglessurvived a fumble by McCoy in Philadelphia territory as rookie DTAntonio Dixon blocked a 48-yard field goal attempt by Gould to sti-fle a Bears scoring opportunity. That block set the stage for McN-abb’s and McCoy’s heroics on the decisive scoring drive. AfterMcCoy’s TD, Eagles FS Sean Jones sealed the win with his first in-terception as an Eagle.

Notes: Akers became the 28th player in NFL history to kick 250 fieldgoals … McNabb tied Ron Jaworski (142) for most regular seasongames played by a quarterback in Eagles history … Eagles CB As-ante Samuel played in his 100th career regular season game …Dixon’s field goal block was the first by the an Eagle since Trent Coledid so on 12/7/08 at NYG … Philadelphia won for the first time onNBC Sunday Night Football after dropping their first seven suchcontests

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsPhiladelphia 10 0 7 7 - 24Chicago 0 9 11 0 - 20

Phila - D.Akers, 25 FG (9-68, 4:06)Phila - J.Avant, 13 pass from McNabb (Akers) (8-76, 4:44)Chi - R.Gould, 45 FG (8-30, 3:03)Chi - R.Gould, 28 FG (6-72, 2:03)Chi - R.Gould, 28 FG (13-57, 5:34)Chi - R.Gould, 49 FG (5-20, 1:35)Phila - D.Jackson, 48 pass from McNabb (Akers) (2-64, 0:30)Chi - K.Davis, 15 pass from Cutler (Cutler-Forte pass) (6-55, 3:01)Phila - L.McCoy, 10 run (Akers) (11-62, 5:30)

TEAM STATISTICS PHILA CHIFirst Downs 18 14Net Yards Gained 377 284Rushes/Yards 30/157 20/126Net Yards Passing 220 158Att/Comp/INT 33/24/1 43/24/1Sacked/Yards Lost 3/24 1/13Punts/Average 5/33.8 6/45.3Fumbles/Lost 3/2 0/0Penalties/Yards 8/46 7/64Time of Possession 30:57 29:033rd Down Efficiency 7/15 3/16

RUSHING: EAGLES - L.McCoy 20-99-1TD, M.Vick 1-34, D.Jackson1-10, L.Weaver 3-9, D.McNabb 4-5, E.Buckley 1-0 ... BEARS - K.Bell4-81, M.Forte 14-34, J.Cutler 2-11.RECEIVING: EAGLES - D.Jackson 8-107-1TD, J.Maclin 6-64, B.Celek4-35, J.Avant 4-26-1TD, L.Weaver 2-12 ... BEARS - G.Olsen 6-42,E.Bennett 5-57, M.Forte 4-20, D.Hester 4-18, K.Davis 2-17-1TD,J.Knox 2-16, J.McKie 1-1.PASSING: EAGLES - D.McNabb (starter) 32-23-244-1-2TDs, M.Vick1-1-0-0-0 ... BEARS - J.Cutler 43-24-171-1-1TD.INTs: EAGLES - S.Jones 1-0 ... BEARS - Z.Bowman 1-0.SACKS: EAGLES - T.Cole 1.0 ... BEARS - L.Briggs 1.0, M.Anderson0.5, T.Harris 0.5, H.Hillenmeyer 0.5, I.Idonije 0.5.EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: -2 (2 fumbles, 1 INT/0 fumbles, 1 INT)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (25G) ... BEARS - R.Gould (45G,28G, 28G, 49G, 48B).

Weather: Partly Cloudy, 47 degreesWind: E 5 mphPlaying surface: GrassTime: 3:02

Sunday, November 22, 2009Soldier Field

Philadelphia Eagles 24Chicago Bears 20

Nick Cole bearhugs LeSean McCoy after his game-winning touchdown run

Donovan McNabb led the Eagles to their 2nd straight come-from-behind victory as the Eagles erased an eight point deficit in thefourth quarter to down the visiting Washington Redskins, 27-24.Trailing 24-16 following a 25-yard field goal by Washington with11:42 remaining in the contest, McNabb pumped newfound life intothe Eagles offense who had suffered 3 three-and outs and an inter-ception in their first four possessions of the 2nd half. The Eaglesdrove 90 yards in 10 plays, including 66 on two catches by WR JasonAvant (46 and 20) to set up a one-yard TD plunge by RB Eldra Buck-ley. On the ensuing two-point conversion attempt, McNabb shoveleda pass to rookie RB LeSean McCoy, who miraculously stayed on hisfeet to dive into the end zone and tie the game at 24. After the Red-skins were forced to punt on their ensuing possession, McNabb con-nected with rookie WR Jeremy Maclin on a 35-yard pass that led toa 32-yard game-winning kick by David Akers, his 16th consecutivemade and his fourth of the day. The Redskins took an early 7-0 leadfollowing a botched onsides kick attempt by the Eagles. QuintonGanther recovered the kick and returned it deep inside Eagles ter-ritory and set up a 1-yard TD run by QB Jason Campbell. But theEagles responded with two impressive drives that resulted in 10points (29-yard field goal by Akers and a 35-yard scoring pass fromMcNabb to DeSean Jackson). Washington countered with an im-pressive scoring drive of their own (80 yards on 13 plays) that endedwith a four-yard TD grab by WR Santana Moss. But Eagles CB As-ante Samuel picked up two interceptions late in the 2nd quarter thatled to a pair of field goals by Akers to give Philadelphia a 16-14 half-time lead. Washington grabbed the lead again early in the 3rd quar-ter with a 10-yard scoring pass from Campbell to TE Fred Davis. Butthe Eagles 4th quarter rally overcame the sluggish 3rd quarter,which saw them gain just 22 yards on 9 plays.

Notes: The Eagles swept the season series vs. the Redskins for the5th time in the last eight seasons … They posted 4th quarter come-from-behind victories in consecutive games for the first time since2003 (10/19/03 at NYG and 10/26/03 vs. NYJ) … Samuel posted the6th multi-interception game of his career … Buckley’s TD was thefirst of his career.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsWashington 7 7 7 3 - 24Philadelphia 10 6 0 11 - 27

Was - J.Campbell, 1 run (Suisham) (4-19, 1:54)Phila - D.Akers, 29 FG (10-68, 4:11)Phila - D.Jackson, 35 pass from McNabb (Akers) (7-51, 3:17)Was - S.Moss, 4 pass from Campbell (Suisham) (13-80, 6:04)Phila - D.Akers, 24 FG (6-15, 2:15)Phila - D.Akers, 41 FG (3-5, 0:16)Was - F.Davis, 10 pass from Campbell (Suisham) (9-80, 4:57)Was - S.Suisham, 25 FG (5-16, 1:50)Phila - E.Buckley, 1 run (McNabb-McCoy pass) (10-90, 4:18)Phila - D.Akers, 32 FG (10-66, 3:47)

TEAM STATISTICS WAS PHILAFirst Downs 15 17Net Yards Gained 303 381Rushes/Yards 25/82 29/123Net Yards Passing 221 258Att/Comp/INT 37/22/2 36/21/1Sacked/Yards Lost 1/10 2/2Punts/Average 5/46.6 5/43.4Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0Penalties/Yards 7/39 7/60Time of Possession 29:42 30:183rd Down Efficiency 8/17 5/15

RUSHING: EAGLES - L.McCoy 17-76, L.Weaver 6-44, M.Vick 2-4,E.Buckley 2-1-1TD, D.McNabb 2-(-2) ... REDSKINS - R.Cartwright15-38, Q.Ganther 5-32, M.Mason 3-10, J.Campbell 2-2-1TD.RECEIVING: EAGLES - J.Avant 5-94, J.Maclin 5-63, B.Celek 4-33,L.McCoy 4-25, D.Jackson 2-41-1TD, L.Weaver 1-4 ... REDSKINS -D.Thomas 4-46, F.Davis 4-43-1TD, S.Moss 4-28-1TD, R.Cartwright3-26, M.Kelly 2-50, A.Randle El 2-19, M.Sellers 1-12, M.Mason 1-11, Q.Ganther 1-(-4).PASSING: EAGLES - D.McNabb (starter) 35-21-260-1-1TD, M.Vick1-0-0-0-0 ... REDSKINS - J.Campbell 37-22-231-2-2TDs.INTs: EAGLES - A.Samuel 2-17 ... REDSKINS - J.Tryon 1-3.SACKS: EAGLES - T.Cole 1.0 ... REDSKINS - A.Carter 1.0, L.Fletcher1.0.EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: +1 (0 fumbles, 1 INT/0 fumbles, 2 INTs)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (29G, 24G, 41G, 32G) ... REDSKINS- S.Suisham (25G)

Weather: Sunny, 56 degreesWind: SSW 10 mphPlaying surface: GrassTime: 3:13

Sunday, November 29, 2009Lincoln Financial Field

Philadelphia Eagles 27Washington Redskins 24

LeSean McCoy stays on his feet and scores the game-tying 2-pt. conversion

Michael Vick made a magical return to the Georgia Dome as he ac-counted for a pair of touchdowns in the Eagles 34-7 rout of the At-lanta Falcons. Vick scored on a five-yard touchdown run early in the3rd quarter to break the game open and, with the crowd loudlychanting, “We want Vick, we want Vick,” fired a 5-yard TD pass toTE Brent Celek in the 4th quarter to give the Eagles a commanding34-0 lead. It was the first touchdowns of the season for Vick, whoplayed six years for the Falcons franchise after being selected firstoverall in the 2001 NFL draft. Lost in the Vick-mania that sur-rounded the day was the play of the Eagles defense who stifled At-lanta’s undermanned offense all day long. In fact, they kept thehome team off the scoreboard until the final play of the game.Philadelphia, meanwhile, scored 21 points off of three turnovers, in-cluding a forced fumble by Eldra Buckley on a kickoff early in thegame that was recovered by Tracy White at the Falcons 22-yard line.From there, Donovan McNabb connected with FB Leonard Weaveron a 4-yard scoring pass to give the Eagles an early 10-0 advantage.The Eagles made it 13-0 in the 2nd quarter after David Akers’ 2ndfield goal from 33 yards out split the uprights. Undaunted, the Fal-cons drove deep into Eagles territory late in the first half only to bestifled in a classic goal-line stand after being set up 2nd-and-goalfrom the PHI1. After Vick’s TD run gave Philadelphia a 20-0 leadearly in the 3rd quarter, Sheldon Brown stepped in front of a 4thdown pass by Chris Redman and returned it 83 yards for a touch-down. Vick set up his TD pass to Celek with a 43-yard bomb to WRReggie Brown to the ATL7.

Notes: The Eagles became the 13th team in NFL history to post 100regular season wins in a decade … Vick’s TD run was his first since10/15/06 vs. NYG at the Georgia Dome and his touchdown pass washis first since 12/31/06 at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field …Sheldon Brown set a career high with his 5th INT of the season andposted the longest INT return of his career (83 yards) … Atlantaplayed without five offensive starters including QB Matt Ryan andRB Michael Turner, while the Eagles played without offensive stal-warts Brian Westbrook and DeSean Jackson … The Falcons lost athome for just the 2nd time since the start of the 2008 season … Ea-gles FB Leonard Weaver accounted for 100 yards of total offense (37rushing and 63 receiving)

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsPhiladelphia 10 3 14 7 - 34Atlanta 0 0 0 7 - 7

Phila - D.Akers, 33 FG (9-44, 4:20)Phila - L.Weaver, 4 pass from McNabb (Akers) (4-22, 0:57)Phila - D.Akers, 33 FG (5-56, 1:18)Phila - M.Vick, 5 run (Akers) (12-80, 6:52)Phila - S.Brown, 83 interception return (Akers)Phila - B.Celek, 5 pass from Vick (Akers) (5-45, 2:17)Atl - R.White, 3 pass from Redman (Bryant) (13-99, 5:27)

TEAM STATISTICS PHILA ATLFirst Downs 20 22Net Yards Gained 380 295Rushes/Yards 26/103 22/61Net Yards Passing 277 234Att/Comp/INT 27/16/0 44/23/2Sacked/Yards Lost 2/9 2/1Punts/Average 3/44.7 6/43.8Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1Penalties/Yards 8/61 6/30Time of Possession 29:11 30:493rd Down Efficiency 4/11 4/14

RUSHING: EAGLES - L.Weaver 5-37, E.Buckley 8-33, M.Vick 4-17-1TD, D.McNabb 2-17, L.McCoy 6-2, R.Brown 1-(-3) ... FALCONS -J.Snelling 10-35, J.Norwood 11-18, E.Weems 1-8.RECEIVING: EAGLES - J.Maclin 4-83, J.Avant 3-36, L.McCoy 3-24,R.Brown 2-64, L.Weaver 2-63-1TD, B.Celek 2-16-1TD ... FALCONS -R.White 9-104-1TD, T.Gonzalez 8-72, J.Norwood 2-24, J.Snelling 2-17, B.Finneran 1-14, M.Booker 1-4.PASSING: EAGLES - D.McNabb (starter) 25-14-238-0-1TD, M.Vick2-2-48-0-1TD ... FALCONS - C.Redman 44-23-235-2-1TD.INTs: EAGLES - S.Brown 1-83-1TD, S.Jones 1-37 ... FALCONS -None.SACKS: EAGLES - D.Howard 1.0, J.Parker 1.0 ... FALCONS - K.Bier-mann 1.0, L.Sidbury 1.0.EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: +3 (0 fumbles, 0 INTs/1 fumble, 2 INTs)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (33G, 39N, 33G) ... FALCONS -(None).

Weather: Indoors, 72 degreesWind: NonePlaying surface: Field TurfTime: 3:00

Sunday, December 6, 2009Georgia Dome

Philadelphia Eagles 34Atlanta Falcons 7

Michael Vick scores his first touchdown of the season in the decisive win

DeSean Jackson accounted for 261 all-purpose yards and two long-distance touchdowns in a wild, 45-38 victory in the Eagles final reg-ular season visit to Giants Stadium. In all, both teams combined for83 points, 886 yards of total offense and five touchdown scoringplays of 60+ yards. Philadelphia kept the scoreboard operators oc-cupied all night long, especially in the early going when DonovanMcNabb led a game-opening drive that covered 67 yards on 6 playsand finished with an 8-yard screen pass for a touchdown by TE BrentCelek. On the Giants ensuing possession, RB Brandon Jacobs wasstripped by DE Trent Cole and the bouncing ball landed into thehands of CB Sheldon Brown, who raced 60 yards for a touchdownand a 14-0 lead. But the Giants responded with a field goal later inthe 1st quarter and a 68-yard scoring pass from Eli Manning to WRHakeem Nicks, who broke two tackle attempts en route to the endzone. After a field goal by Eagles K David Akers gave Philadelphia a17-10 lead, Jackson took a directional punt by Jeff Feagles alongthe Eagles sideline, waited patiently for a couple of blockers andraced down the sideline for a 72-yard TD giving the Eagles a com-manding two-touchdown lead. But New York used a touchdown runby Ahmad Bradshaw to cut the score to 24-17 with 1:35 to go in the1st half. That proved to be too much time for the Eagles, who con-verted two 3rd-and-long situations to set up a 1-yard TD scamper byQB Michael Vick. However, the extra point was blocked as Philadel-phia took a 30-17 lead into the intermission. The Giants stormed outof the gates in the 2nd half to take the lead with a pair of touchdowns(a one-yard TD run by Jacobs on 4th-n-goal at the PHI1 and a 61-yard pitch and catch by Manning and WR Domenik Hixon, whoeluded Eagles tackle attempts before racing into the end zone).Holding the lead for the first time in the game, the Giants attemptedto feed off the raucous home crowd en route to a victory. But Jack-son quickly silenced them. On the very next play from scrimmage,McNabb fired a 60-yard scoring strike to the speedy receiver whoraced past a Giants safety and back-pedaled into the end zone. Thescore remained at 37-31 into the 4th quarter when Feagles pinnedthe Eagles back at their own 9-yard line with 13:12 to play in thegame. From there, McNabb led a textbook, 12-play, 91-yard scoringdrive that shredded 7:24 of clock time and was capped by a one-yardTD plunge by FB Leonard Weaver. A two-point pass from McNabbto Jason Avant gave the Eagles a 45-31 lead with 5:48 remaining.Although the Giants managed to pull within 7 points with a ManningTD pass, the Eagles held on for a big NFC East road victory.

Notes: The Eagles made their40th and final visit to Giants Sta-dium (including playoffs) andfinished with a 24-16 record, in-cluding wins in their final fourtrips to the Meadowlands …Jackson’s two home runs gavehim 8 TDs of 50+ yards on theseason, tying the NFL recordwith Devin Hester (2007) andElroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch(1951) … Jackson’s punt returnfor a TD was the third of his Ea-gles career, setting a new teamrecord previously held by BrianWestbrook, Brian Mitchell andSteve Van Buren (two apiece) …Brown’s TD was the 5th of hisEagles career, tying Eric Allenand Seth Joyner for the mostdefensive scores in team his-tory.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsPhiladelphia 14 16 7 8 - 45NY Giants 3 14 14 7 - 38

Phila - B.Celek, 8 pass from McNabb (Akers) (6-67, 3:32)Phila - S.Brown, 60 fumble return (Akers) NYG - L.Tynes, 26 FG (15-77, 7:13)NYG - H.Nicks, 68 pass from Manning (Tynes) (5-83, 3:12)Phila - D.Akers, 20 FG (12-75, 6:25)Phila - D.Jackson, 72 punt return (Akers)NYG - A.Bradshaw, 3 run (Tynes) (8-67, 2:39)Phila - M.Vick, 1 run (Akers kick blocked) (8-70, 1:20)NYG - B.Jacobs, 1 run (Tynes) (11-74, 5:42)NYG - D.Hixon, 61 pass from Manning (Tynes) (2-59, 1:19)Phila - D.Jackson, 60 pass from McNabb (Akers) (1-60, 0:15)Phila - L.Weaver, 1 run (D.McNabb-J.Avant pass) (12-91, 7:24)NYG - K.Boss, 4 pass from Manning (Tynes) (11-75, 4:17)

TEAM STATISTICS PHILA NYGFirst Downs 20 27Net Yards Gained 374 512Rushes/Yards 24/77 31/133Net Yards Passing 297 379Att/Comp/INT 28/18/1 38/27/0Sacked/Yards Lost 1/10 3/12Punts/Average 4/41.8 3/38.3Fumbles/Lost 1/0 5/4Penalties/Yards 6/45 7/54Time of Possession 25:14 34:463rd Down Efficiency 3/8 5/12

RUSHING: EAGLES - L.Weaver 9-33-1TD, L.McCoy 10-28, M.Vick 3-11-1TD, D.McNabb 2-5 ... GIANTS - B.Jacobs 15-60-1TD, A.Brad-shaw 14-55-1TD, E.Manning 2-18.RECEIVING: EAGLES - D.Jackson 6-178-1TD, B.Celek 5-64-1TD,L.McCoy 4-26, R.Brown 2-31, L.Weaver 1-8 ... GIANTS - S.Smith 7-74, K.Boss 7-70-1TD, H.Nicks 4-110-1TD, A.Bradshaw 4-46, M.Man-ningham 2-16, D.Hixon 1-61-1TD, B.Jacobs 1-9, M.Hedgecock 1-5.PASSING: EAGLES - D.McNabb (starter) 26-17-275-1-2TDs, M.Vick2-1-32-0-0 ... GIANTS - E.Manning 38-27-391-0-3TDs.INTs: EAGLES - None ... GIANTS - J.Goff 1-5.SACKS: EAGLES - D.Howard 2.0, V.Abiamiri 0.5, J.Hanson 0.5 ... GI-ANTS - O.Umenyiora 1.0.EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: +3 (0 fumbles, 1 INT/4 fumbles, 0 INTs)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (20G) ... GIANTS - L.Tynes (26G)

Weather: Cloudy, 42 degreesWind: 0 mphPlaying surface: Field TurfTime: 3:20

Sunday, December 13, 2009Giants Stadium

Philadelphia Eagles 45New York Giants 38

DeSean Jackson takes a punt and racesdown the sideline for a 72-yard touch-down. It was the first of his two 50-plus-yard scores in the game

The Eagles harassed the 49ers and their quarterback Alex Smithinto committing four turnovers and used the big-play tandem ofDonovan McNabb (306 yards passing and two total touchdowns) andDeSean Jackson (6 catches for 140 yards and 1 TD) in defeating SanFrancisco, 27-13, at a frigid Lincoln Financial Field. With the win,the Eagles clinched their 8th playoff berth this decade while elimi-nating the 49ers from playoff contention. McNabb and Jackson gotthe Eagles off to a fast start on the game’s opening possession asthe two connected on a 19-yard scoring pass to give Philadelphia aquick 7-0 lead. After the 49ers responded with a field goal later inthe first quarter, Philadelphia was stopped on a 4th and 1 rushingattempt late in the stanza that set up the 49ers at the Eagles 29-yard line. But Sheldon Brown forced a fumble by TE Delanie Walkerdeep in Eagles territory that was recovered by fellow cornerback As-ante Samuel at the 6-yard line. From there, McNabb drove the Ea-gles 94 yards on nine plays, including his own 8-yard TD run thatgave Philadelphia a commanding 14-3 lead. The Eagles capitalizedon two more 49ers turnovers (a Samuel INT and a Tracy White INT)that led to a pair of short field goals by David Akers and gave thehome squad a 20-3 advantage. The 49ers stormed back in the 2ndhalf with 10 points in the first nine minutes of the 3rd quarter to pullto within 20-13, but an 8-play, 89-yard drive by the Eagles in the 4thquarter put the game out of reach as LeSean McCoy scampered infrom 2-yards out with 11:32 to play.

Notes: After a major winter snowstorm dropped over 23 inches ofsnow in the Philadelphia area one day earlier, kickoff time was ad-justed from 1 pm to 4:15 pm … The Eagles became the 10th team inNFL history to earn eight or more playoff appearances in a decade.Indianapolis in the 2000s and Dallas in the 1970s each had nine. Thefollowing teams have also had eight: Dallas (1990s), Buffalo (1990s),Cleveland (1950s), Minnesota (1970s), Pittsburgh (1970s), San Fran-cisco (1980s and 1990s) … Jackson became the 5th Eagle ever topost 140+ yards in consecutive games and the first since Mike Quickdid so in 1985 … McCoy broke the club’s rookie rushing record set byCorrell Buckhalter in 2001 (586 yards) … Samuel’s 8th INT of theyear is the most by an Eagle since Eric Allen in 1989 … White’s INTwas the first of his career (92 games).

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsSan Francisco 3 0 10 0 - 13Philadelphia 7 13 0 7 - 27

Phila - D.Jackson, 19 pass from McNabb (Akers) (5-50, 2:13)SF - J.Nedney, 51 FG (7-38, 3:18)Phila - D.McNabb, 8 run (Akers) (9-94, 5:02)Phila - D.Akers, 22 FG (8-24, 3:00)Phila - D.Akers, 26 FG (3-21, 0:24)SF - J.Nedney, 25 FG (8-36, 4:58)SF - J.Morgan, 12 pass from Smith (Nedney) (6-35, 3:28)Phila - L.McCoy, 2 run (Akers) (8-89, 3:34)

TEAM STATISTICS SF PHILAFirst Downs 13 21Net Yards Gained 261 422Rushes/Yards 18/107 33/116Net Yards Passing 154 306Att/Comp/INT 37/20/3 36/21/2Sacked/Yards Lost 3/23 0/0Punts/Average 4/48.3 4/40.3Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0Penalties/Yards 8/55 4/69Time of Possession 28:57 31:033rd Down Efficiency 0/11 6/14

RUSHING: EAGLES - L.Weaver 17-52, L.McCoy 9-48-1TD, D.Jack-son 1-9, D.McNabb 4-5-1TD, M.Vick 2-2 ... 49ERS - F.Gore 16-107,A.Smith 1-1, M.Robinson 1-(-1).RECEIVING: EAGLES - D.Jackson 6-140-1TD, B.Celek 4-73, J.Avant3-44, L.McCoy 3-8, L.Weaver 2-18, R.Brown 1-13, K.Curtis 1-7,A.Smith 1-3 ... 49ERS - J.Morgan 7-61-1TD, M.Crabtree 4-26,V.Davis 3-43, D.Walker 3-28, F.Gore 3-19.PASSING: EAGLES - D.McNabb 36-21-306-2-1TD ... 49ERS -A.Smith 37-20-177-3-1TD.INTs: EAGLES - A.Samuel 1-18, T.White 1-5, Q.Mikell 1-0 ... 49ERS- D.Bly 1-9, S.Spencer 1-0.SACKS: EAGLES - T.Cole 2.0, C.Clemons 1.0 ... 49ERS - None.EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: +2 (0 fumbles, 2 INTs/1 fumble, 3 INTs)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (22G, 26G) ... 49ERS - J.Nedney(51G, 25G)

Weather: Cloudy, 32 degreesWind: WNW 18 mphPlaying surface: GrassTime: 3:16

Sunday, December 20, 2009Lincoln Financial Field

Philadelphia Eagles 27San Francisco 49ers 13

The Eagles defense forced four turnovers on the day,including Asante Samuel’s 8th INT of the year

David Akers booted a 28-yard field goal with 4 seconds to play in the4th quarter to lift the Eagles to an exciting 30-27 victory over theDenver Broncos at Lincoln Financial Field. Akers’ heroics offset avaliant comeback attempt by the visiting Broncos, who rallied to tiethe game after trailing 27-10 late in the 3rd quarter. Ironically, themomentum swung in favor of the Broncos after an interception byEagles CB Asante Samuel. After Samuel returned the ball 40 yardsfrom the PHI 8, the Eagles were penalized twice during the returnand the resulting line of scrimmage was their own one-yard line.After a three-and-out and a punt by the Eagles, the Broncos scoredtwo touchdowns in less than a minute. First, Broncos QB Kyle Ortonconnected with Jabar Gaffney on a 7-yard TD and after a fumble byEagles kickoff return man Macho Harris, Orton tossed a 16-yardscoring pass to RB Knowshon Moreno to make the score 27-24heading into the 4th quarter. Denver tied the game with a 46-yardfield goal by Matt Prater with 6:11 remaining in the 4th quarter andkept the momentum until Eagles QB Donovan McNabb scrambledfor 27 yards on a 3rd-and-25 play. Although Philadelphia ended uppunting on that drive, field position was changed and Denver wentthree and out on their ensuing possession and were forced to puntdeep inside their own territory. McNabb and company took over fromthe DEN42 with 1:41 to play and rookie WR Jeremy Maclin made ahighlight-film, 27-yard catch along the Eagles sideline at the Bron-cos 13-yard line. The play was originally ruled an incompletion, butthe replay system clearly showed Maclin drag both feet while main-taining possession of the ball. Four plays later, Akers gave the Ea-gles their 6th straight victory with his ninth career game-winningkick in the final two minutes of the 4th quarter or overtime … TheEagles jumped ahead 20-7 in the first half on the strength of twotouchdown passes by McNabb - 2 yards to WR DeSean Jackson and47 yards to TE Brent Celek – and two field goals by Akers. Theyupped their lead to 27-10 after a juggling, 15-yard TD grab by JasonAvant midway through the 3rd quarter.

Notes: In the first half, the Eagles shattered their single-seasonscoring record of 416 points previously set in 2008 … Samuel’s in-terception was his 9th of the season and the most by an Eagle sinceBill Bradley notched 9 in 1972 … Celek notched a game-high 121 re-ceiving yards on four receptions, marking the 4th 100-yard output ofhis career. His 47-yard touchdown grab in the 2nd quarter was thelongest catch of his career … With a sack, Trent Cole tied a careerhigh with 12.5, while Juqua Parker registered his career-high 7th ofthe season … Longtime Eagles Brian Dawkins and Correll Buck-halter made their first visit to Lincoln Financial Field as members ofthe Broncos.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsDenver 0 7 17 3 - 27Philadelphia 10 10 7 3 - 30

Phila - D.Jackson, 2 pass from McNabb (Akers) (6-61, 3:09)Phila - D.Akers, 39 FG (6-39, 2:34)Den - J.Gaffney, 11 pass from Orton (Prater) (12-70, 5:44)Phila - B.Celek, 47 pass from McNabb (Akers) (4-88, 1:25)Phila - D.Akers, 45 FG (12-49, 6:33)Den - M.Prater, 33 FG (9-35, 4:21)Phila - J.Avant, 15 pass from McNabb (Akers) (6-80, 2:33)Den - J.Gaffney, 7 pass from Orton (Prater) (5-25, 2:15)Den - K.Moreno, 16 pass from Orton (Prater) (2-16, 0:40)Den - M.Prater, 46 FG (7-28, 3:43)Phila - D.Akers, 28 FG (6-32, 1:37)

TEAM STATISTICS DEN PHILAFirst Downs 13 22Net Yards Gained 241 394Rushes/Yards 18/70 28/105Net Yards Passing 171 289Att/Comp/INT 41/27/1 35/20/1Sacked/Yards Lost 3/18 4/33Punts/Average 7/34.9 5/43.4Fumbles/Lost 0/0 5/2Penalties/Yards 9/95 9/59Time of Possession 29:17 30:433rd Down Efficiency 5/15 4/13

RUSHING: EAGLES - B.Westbrook 9-32, D.McNabb 5-29, L.McCoy6-27, L.Weaver 7-20, D.Jackson 1-(-3) ... BRONCOS - C.Buckhalter5-42, K.Moreno 9-18, K.Orton 1-7, B.Marshall 2-3, P.Hillis 1-0.RECEIVING: EAGLES - J.Maclin 6-92, B.Celek 4-121-1TD, D.Jack-son 4-33-1TD, J.Avant 2-25-1TD, B.Westbrook 2-5, L.McCoy 1-39,R.Brown 1-7 ... BRONCOS - B.Marshall 8-39, J.Gaffney 7-69-2TDs,B.Lloyd 4-22, K.Moreno 3-17-1TD, C.Buckhalter 2-12, D.Graham 2-4, T.Scheffler 1-26.PASSING: EAGLES - D.McNabb 35-20-322-1-3TDs ... BRONCOS -K.Orton 41-27-189-1-3TDs.INTs: EAGLES - A.Samuel 1-0 ... BRONCOS - C.Bailey 1-4.SACKS: EAGLES - T.Cole 1.0, D.Howard 1.0, J.Parker 1.0 ... BRON-COS - E.Dumervil 2.0, R.Hill 1.0, V.Holliday 1.0.EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: -2 (2 fumbles, 1 INT/0 fumbles, 1 INT)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (39G, 45G, 28G) ... BRONCOS -M.Prater (33G, 46G)

Weather: Sunny, 45 degreesWind: WSW 7 mphPlaying surface: GrassTime: 3:34

Sunday, December 27, 2009Lincoln Financial Field

Philadelphia Eagles 30Denver Broncos 27

David Akers celebrates after nailing the game-winning fieldgoal with four seconds remaining in the game

The Eagles fumbled away a chance at a first round bye and an NFCEast division title as they were defeated soundly, 24-0, by the hostDallas Cowboys in the regular season finale. The Cowboys stakedthemselves to a 7-0 lead on the first possession of the game andnever looked back. Tony Romo capped a nine-play, 80-yard drivewith a 10-yard scoring pass to TE Jason Witten. Later in the firstquarter, the Eagles negated another potential scoring opportunityby Dallas by intercepting a Romo pass in the red zone. CB AsanteSamuel deflected a pass attempt that landed in the hands of fellowCB Joselio Hanson. But the Cowboys would not waste their nextchance as Romo connected with WR Patrick Crayon on a 14-yardscoring play to give the home team a 14-0 lead. That score was setup by two long passes by Romo (40 yards to Miles Austin and 30yards to Crayton). On their ensuing possession, Donovan McNabbfinally got the Eagles moving, completing two long passes to JeremyMaclin (31 yards) and DeSean Jackson (32 yards) to set them updeep in Cowboys territory. But a faulty shot gun snap from C NickCole to McNabb was fumbled and pounced on by Cowboys DT JayRatliff to thwart a chance for the Eagles to climb back in the game.Following the turnover, Dallas marched deep into Philadelphia ter-ritory and settled for a 44-yard field goal by Shaun Suisham to uptheir lead to 17-0 heading into halftime. The Eagles did not faremuch better in the 2nd half as they sputtered on their first threepossessions, including a missed field goal from 53 yards by DavidAkers, and allowed Felix Jones to race 49 yards for a TD in the 3rdquarter that finalized the scoring.

Notes: The Eagles set a new single-season record for most passingyards in a season (4,380), surpassing the previous mark of 4,309 in2006 … Eagles LB Will Witherspoon became the 5th player in thebye era (since 1990) to play in 17 regular season games (first sixwith St. Louis and last 11 with the Eagles). He joined Jerry Rice, Dex-ter Carter, Chris Singleton and Micah Ross as the only others to doso … CB Sheldon Brown played in his 128th consecutive game as anEagle, passing Jerry Sisemore for the 8th-longest streak in teamhistory … McNabb played in his 148th game as an Eagle, tying BobbyWalston and Ken Clarke for 10th place in team history

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsPhiladelphia 0 0 0 0 - 0Dallas 7 10 7 0 - 24

Dal - J.Witten, 10 pass from Romo (Suisham) (9-80, 4:25)Dal - P.Crayton, 14 pass from Romo (Suisham) (8-90, 6:18)Dal - S.Suisham, 44 FG (7-54, 3:35)Dal - F.Jones, 49 run (Suisham) (2-63, 0:54)

TEAM STATISTICS PHILA DALFirst Downs 10 21Net Yards Gained 228 474Rushes/Yards 10/37 32/179Net Yards Passing 191 295Att/Comp/INT 36/20/0 34/24/1Sacked/Yards Lost 4/32 2/16Punts/Average 7/48.6 3/50.7Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0Penalties/Yards 6/58 11/80Time of Possession 19:37 40:233rd Down Efficiency 3/12 5/13

RUSHING: EAGLES - B.Westbrook 5-17, D.McNabb 2-8, D.Jackson1-6, L.McCoy 1-4, L.Weaver 1-2 ... COWBOYS - F.Jones 15-91-1TD,M.Barber 14-91, T.Romo 3-(-3).RECEIVING: EAGLES - B.Celek 7-96, B.Westbrook 4-20, J.Maclin 4-58, D.Jackson 2-36, L.McCoy 2-5, J.Avant 1-8 ... COWBOYS -M.Austin 7-90, J.Witten 6-76-1TD, P.Crayton 4-99-1TD, F.Jones 3-3,J.Phillips 2-14, K.Ogletree 1-15, M.Barber 1-14.PASSING: EAGLES - D.McNabb 36-20-223-0-0TDs ... COWBOYS -T.Romo 34-24-311-1-2TDs.INTs: EAGLES - J.Hanson 1-6 ... COWBOYS - None.SACKS: EAGLES - J.Parker 1.0, M.Patterson 1.0 ... COWBOYS -A.Spencer 2.0, J.Hatcher 1.0, B.James 1.0.EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: Even (1 fumble, 0 INTs/0 fumbles, 1 INT)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (53N) ... COWBOYS - S.Suisham(44G, 30N)

Weather: IndoorsWind: NonePlaying surface: TurfTime: 2:57

Sunday, January 3, 2010Cowboys Stadium

Philadelphia Eagles 0Dallas Cowboys 24

Joselio Hanson picks off a Tony Romo pass at the Eagles 8-yard line

The Eagles turned the ball over four times and were outscored 27-7 in the decisive 2nd quarter by the Cowboys in an NFC Wild Cardgame in Arlington, TX. For the Eagles, it was the 2nd defeat at thehands of their NFC East rivals in just six days and put an end to their2009 season. After a scoreless first quarter, Dallas scored on thethird play of the 2nd quarter as Tony Romo connected with TE JohnPhillips on a one-yard TD pass. That score was set up by a 40-yardpass interference penalty by Eagles CB Sheldon Brown. The Eaglesresponded with a 76-yard scoring pass from Michael Vick to WR Je-remy Maclin to tie the game and kept the momentum with an inter-ception by S Sean Jones on the next play from scrimmage. But theplay was overturned as replay showed the ball touched the groundbefore Jones had full possession of it. The Cowboys promptly tookadvantage of the overturned call and drove 85 yards on 10 plays totake the lead for good on a one-yard TD run by Tashard Choice. Dal-las added a field goal before a pair of Eagle turnovers led to 10 morepoints for the Cowboys as the half ended with a 27-7 deficit. Cow-boys RB Felix put the game out of reach with a 73-yard TD run latein the 3rd quarter.

Notes: Vick’s 76-yard TD pass to Maclin was the longest in theteam’s postseason history, besting Jeff Garcia’s 75 yarder to DonteStallworth at New Orleans on 1/13/07 … Maclin’s 146 receiving yardswere the most ever by a rookie in NFL postseason history and themost by an Eagle in the playoffs, topping TE Keith Jackson’s 142 inthe “Fog Bowl” at Chicago on 12/31/88. The 21-year-old Maclin be-came the youngest player in NFL history to catch a touchdown pass… K David Akers played in his 18th playoff game, tying BrianDawkins for first place on the team’s all-time list.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th PtsPhiladelphia 0 7 0 7 - 14Dallas 0 27 7 0 - 34

Dal - J.Phillips, 1 pass from Romo (Suisham) (4-55, 2:16)Phila - J.Maclin, 76 pass from Vick (Akers) (2-83, 0:50)Dal - T.Choice, 1 run (Suisham) (10-85, 4:05)Dal - S.Suisham, 25 FG (8-51, 3:56)Dal - M.Austin, 6 pass from Romo (3-18, 1:28)Dal - S.Suisham, 48 FG (7-28, 0:49)Dal - F.Jones, 73 run (Suisham) (4-89, 2:22)Phila - D.Jackson, 4 pass from McNabb (Akers) (9-89, 3:23)

TEAM STATISTICS PHILA DALFirst Downs 17 27Net Yards Gained 340 426Rushes/Yards 13/56 35/198Net Yards Passing 284 228Att/Comp/INT 39/20/1 35/23/0Sacked/Yards Lost 4/22 2/16Punts/Average 5/50.6 6/38.2Fumbles/Lost 3/3 1/1Penalties/Yards 9/116 14/112Time of Possession 20:26 39:343rd Down Efficiency 2/11 9/16

RUSHING: EAGLES - L.McCoy 5-24, L.Weaver 5-19, D.McNabb 2-13,M.Vick 1-0 ... COWBOYS - F.Jones 16-148-1TD, T.Choice 14-42-1TD,M.Barber 3-4, T.Romo 2-4.RECEIVING: EAGLES - J.Maclin 7-146-1TD, B.Celek 3-59, D.Jack-son 3-14-1TD, J.Avant 2-32, L.Weaver 2-11, B.Westbrook 1-27,L.McCoy 1-9, A.Smith 1-8 ... COWBOYS - M.Austin 7-82-1TD,R.Williams 5-59, J.Witten 4-27, P.Crayton 3-34, F.Jones 1-30,T.Choice 1-6, K.Ogletree 1-5, J.Phillips 1-1-1TD.PASSING: EAGLES - D.McNabb (starter) 37-19-230-1-1TD, M.Vick2-1-76-0-1TD ... COWBOYS - T.Romo 35-23-244-0-2TDs.INTs: EAGLES - None ... COWBOYS - M.Jenkins 1-(-1).SACKS: EAGLES - C.Clemons 1.0, C.Gocong 1.0 ... COWBOYS -D.Ware 2.0, B.James 1.0, A.Spencer 1.0.EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: -3 (3 fumbles, 1 INT/1 fumble, 0 INTs)FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (None) ... COWBOYS - S.Suisham(25G, 48G)

Weather: IndoorsWind: NonePlaying surface: TurfTime: 3:23

Saturday, January 9, 2010Cowboys Stadium

Philadelphia Eagles 14Dallas Cowboys 34

Jeremy Maclin set an NFL rookie postseason record with 146 receivingyards and his 76-yard TD catch from Michael Vick was the longest pass playin franchise postseason history.