GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: PHILADELPHIA (1-3) at NY JETS (1-4)

NFL: PHILADELPHIA at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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PHILADELPHIA 7 3 6 0 16
NY JETS 3 3 0 3 9 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 30 YD, 3:13. Drive: 6
plays, 55 yards in 3:13. Key plays:
Jones 36-yard run to Philadelphia
31; Jones 11-yard run to
Philadelphia 20. NY JETS 3-0
PHI - TD, KEVIN CURTIS 75 YD PASS FROM
DONOVAN MCNABB (DAVID AKERS KICK),
4:51. Drive: 3 plays, 77 yards in
1:38. PHILADELPHIA 7-3
2ND QUARTER: PHI - FG, DAVID AKERS 22 YD, 0:08. Drive: 10
plays, 62 yards in 4:56. Key plays:
McNabb 10-yard pass to Celek to New
York 36; McNabb 26-yard pass to
Brown to New York 10. PHILADELPHIA
10-3
NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 21 YD, 2:17. Drive: 5
plays, 34 yards in 2:09. Key plays:
Washington 51-yard kickoff return
to Philadelphia 37; Pennington
27-yard pass to Coles to
Philadelphia 10. PHILADELPHIA 10-6
3RD QUARTER: PHI - FG, DAVID AKERS 31 YD, 6:23. Drive: 8
plays, 37 yards in 3:18. Key plays:
Graham 28-yard punt to midfield;
McNabb 16-yard pass to R Brown on
3rd-and-3 to New York 27; McNabb
11-yard pass to Curtis to New York
16. PHILADELPHIA 13-6
PHI - FG, DAVID AKERS 25 YD, 13:20. Drive: 10
plays, 63 yards in 4:39. Key plays:
McNabb 21-yard pass to R Brown to
New York 49; McNabb 12-yard pass to
Westbrook to New York 12.
PHILADELPHIA 16-6
4TH QUARTER: NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 30 YD, 5:32. Drive: 4
plays, 5 yards in 1:56. Key plays:
Poteat 11-yard interception return
to Philadelphia 17. PHILADELPHIA
16-9

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NFL: PHILADELPHIA at NY JETS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
PHILADELPHIA 16
NY JETS 9 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: PHILADELPHIA at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PHILADELPHIA 7 3 6 0 16
NY JETS 3 3 0 3 9 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

3:13 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 30 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 55 yards in 3:13.
Key plays: Jones 36-yard run to Philadelphia 31; Jones 11-yard run
to Philadelphia 20. NY JETS 3-0.
4:51 PHI - TD, KEVIN CURTIS 75 YD PASS FROM DONOVAN MCNABB (DAVID AKERS KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 77 yards in 1:38.
PHILADELPHIA 7-3.

2ND QUARTER:

0:08 PHI - FG, DAVID AKERS 22 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 62 yards in 4:56.
Key plays: McNabb 10-yard pass to Celek to New York 36; McNabb
26-yard pass to Brown to New York 10. PHILADELPHIA 10-3.
2:17 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 21 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 34 yards in 2:09.
Key plays: Washington 51-yard kickoff return to Philadelphia 37;
Pennington 27-yard pass to Coles to Philadelphia 10. PHILADELPHIA 10-6.

3RD QUARTER:

6:23 PHI - FG, DAVID AKERS 31 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 37 yards in 3:18.
Key plays: Graham 28-yard punt to midfield; McNabb 16-yard pass to R
Brown on 3rd-and-3 to New York 27; McNabb 11-yard pass to Curtis to New
York 16. PHILADELPHIA 13-6.
13:20 PHI - FG, DAVID AKERS 25 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 63 yards in 4:39.
Key plays: McNabb 21-yard pass to R Brown to New York 49; McNabb
12-yard pass to Westbrook to New York 12. PHILADELPHIA 16-6.

4TH QUARTER:

5:32 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 30 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards in 1:56.
Key plays: Poteat 11-yard interception return to Philadelphia 17.
PHILADELPHIA 16-9.

PHILADELPHIA - NY JETS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS PHILADELPHIA NY JETS

FIRST DOWNS 20 15
Rushing 9 9
Passing 11 5
Penalty 0 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 9-16-56% 5-14-36%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 413 267
Total offensive plays 66 56
Average gain per play 6.3 4.8
NET YARDS RUSHING 151 158
Rushing attempts 28 32
Average gain per rush 5.4 4.9
Tackles for loss-yards 0-0 1-2
NET YARDS PASSING 262 109
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-16 3-19
Gross passing yards 278 128
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 35-22-1 21-11-1
Avg gain per pass play 6.9 4.5
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-3-2 4-2-2
PUNTS: Number and Average 2-47.0 3-37.3
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 31.0 32.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 32 26
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-32 1-15
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 2-35 3-112
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-0 1-11
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 2-14 0-0
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 0
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-5 3-4
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-4-0% 0-4-0%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:56 28:04


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PHILADELPHIA NY JETS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B WESTBROO 20 120 6.0 22 0 T JONES 24 130 5.4 36 0
C BUCKHALT 4 23 5.8 8 0 J COTCHERY 1 14 14.0 14 0
T HUNT 2 5 2.5 3 0 L WASHINGT 2 8 4.0 6 0
D MCNABB 2 3 1.5 4 0 B SMITH 1 4 4.0 4 0
C PENNINGT 4 2 0.5 2 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D MCNABB 22-35-278 1 1 75 C PENNINGT 11-21-128 1 0 27

Sacked-Yards Lost: D MCNABB 3-16. Sacked-Yards Lost: C PENNINGT 3-19.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R BROWN 6 89 14.8 26 0 J COTCHERY 5 71 14.2 27 0
B WESTBROO 6 36 6.0 12 0 C BAKER 2 12 6.0 7 0
K CURTIS 5 121 24.2 75 1 L COLES 1 27 27.0 27 0
B CELEK 2 14 7.0 10 0 T JONES 1 11 11.0 11 0
L SMITH 1 8 8.0 8 0 L WASHINGT 1 5 5.0 5 0
H BASKETT 1 6 6.0 6 0 B SMITH 1 2 2.0 2 0
M SCHOBEL 1 4 4.0 4 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S BROWN 1 0 0.0 0 0 H POTEAT 1 11 11.0 11 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S ROCCA 2 94 47.0 0 1 64 B GRAHAM 3 112 37.3 0 1 43

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R MAHE 1 32 32.0 32 0 L WASHINGTON 1 15 15.0 15 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C BUCKHALTER 2 35 17.5 20 0 L WASHINGTON 3 112 37.3 51 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
D AKERS 1/1 3/5 M NUGENT 0/0 3/4
Dist.: 22 (41) (41) 31 25 Dist.: 30 (44) 21 30

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
Fumbles: None

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
S CONSIDINE 10 7 3 0-0 D REVIS 9 9 0 0-0
T SPIKES 7 6 1 0-0 K RHODES 8 7 1 1-6
J HANSON 7 5 2 1-7 E COLEMAN 8 5 3 0-0
T COLE 6 3 3 1-10 J VILMA 7 6 1 0-0
O GAITHER 6 2 4 0-0 D BARRETT 5 4 1 0-0
S BROWN 5 5 0 0-0 D ROBERTSON 5 3 2 .5-2
Q MIKELL 5 5 0 0-0 E BARTON 5 3 2 0-0
J KEARSE 5 3 2 1-2 B THOMAS 3 2 1 .5-2
W JAMES 5 3 2 0-0 S ELLIS 3 2 1 0-0
M PATTERSON 4 2 2 0-0 K COLEMAN 3 1 2 1-6
C GOCONG 3 2 1 0-0 V HOBSON 2 2 0 0-0
B BUNKLEY 2 1 1 0-0 D HARRIS 2 2 0 0-0
J THOMAS 1 0 1 0-0 E HICKS 2 1 1 0-0
C MOSLEY 2 0 2 0-0
S POUHA 1 1 0 0-0
E SMITH 1 1 0 0-0

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By Doug Mittler
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- A week off again workedwonders for the Philadelphia Eagles.


Donovan McNabb threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Curtisand cornerback Sheldon Brown broke up a 4th-and-1 pass from thefour-yard line to Laveranues Coles with 3:32 left as the Eaglescontinued their domination of the New York Jets with a 16-9victory on Sunday.


The Eagles (2-3), who lost to the New York Giants here two weeksago, improved to 9-0 after a bye under coach Andy Reid.

The extra time allowed the Eagles to heal some wounds onoffense, with running back Brian Westbrook and left tackleWilliam Thomas returning from injuries.


That opened up the offense for McNabb, who completed 22-of-35passes for 278 yards.


Westbrook carried 20 times for 120 yards and caught six passesfor 36 yards.


David Akers kicked three field goals to account for the otherPhiladelphia points.


The Jets (1-5) wore their original navy and gold uniforms wornby the Titans from 1960 to 1962. Whatever the colors, the Jetsagain were unable to beat the Eagles, falling to 0-8 againstthem since joining the NFL.


Quarterback Chad Pennington had another long afternoon, whichwill only increase the calls that he be benched in favor ofKellen Clemens.


Pennington was 11-of-28 for 128 yards and an interception to goalong with the incompletion to Coles on the Jets' final drive.The Jets' offense consisted of three field goals by Mike Nugent.

The Jets had an excellent chance to cut into the lead when aninterception by cornerback Hank Poteat early in the fourthquarter gave New York the ball at the Eagle 17.


But the Jets settled for a 30-yard field goal by Nugent that cutthe deficit to 16-9.


Thomas Jones carried 24 times for 130 yards for New York, whichhas lost three straight games for the first time undersecond-year coach Eric Mangini.


The Jets entered the game ranked 29th in rushing, but Jones hadruns of 36 and 11 yards on the first two plays from scrimmage,leading to a 30-yard field goal by Nugent.


The Eagles countered moments later on a 75-yard touchdown passfrom McNabb to Curtis, who evaded a tackle by Poteat on a slantpattern before racing downfield for his fourth TD of the season.

Curtis, who caught three TD passes against Detroit on September23, had five receptions for 121 yards.


Akers kicked a 22-yard field goal in the opening minute of thesecond quarter to increase the lead to 10-3. Leon Washingtonhad a 51-yard return on the ensuing kickoff, leading to a21-yarder by Nugent.


Akers is a three-time Pro Bowler, but his struggles at GiantsStadium continued when he was wide right on a pair of 41-yardattempts in the second quarter. Akers has made just eight of 16field goal attempts at the Meadowlands.


Kicking at the other end of the field, Akers booted field goalsof 31 and 25 yards in the third quarter to increase the lead to16-6.


Nugent missed from 44 yards in the first quarter.

 

NFL: PHILADELPHIA at NY JETS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
PHILADELPHIA 16
NY JETS 9 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: PHILADELPHIA at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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PHILADELPHIA 7 3 6 0 16
NY JETS 3 3 0 3 9 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

3:13 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 30 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 55 yards in 3:13.
Key plays: T Jones 36-yard run to Philadelphia 31; T Jones 11-yard
run to Philadelphia 20. NY JETS 3-0.
4:51 PHI - TD, KEVIN CURTIS 75 YD PASS FROM DONOVAN MCNABB (DAVID AKERS KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 77 yards in 1:38.
PHILADELPHIA 7-3.

2ND QUARTER:

0:08 PHI - FG, DAVID AKERS 22 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 62 yards in 4:56.
Key plays: McNabb 10-yard pass to Celek to New York 36; McNabb
26-yard pass to R. Brown to New York 10. PHILADELPHIA 10-3.
2:17 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 21 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 34 yards in 2:09.
Key plays: L Washington 51-yard kickoff return to Philadelphia 37;
Pennington 27-yard pass to Coles to Philadelphia 10. PHILADELPHIA 10-6.

3RD QUARTER:

6:23 PHI - FG, DAVID AKERS 31 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 37 yards in 3:18.
Key plays: Graham 28-yard punt return to midfield; McNabb 16-yard
pass to R Brown on 3rd-and-3 to New York 27; McNabb 11-yard pass to Curtis
to New York 16. PHILADELPHIA 13-6.
13:20 PHI - FG, DAVID AKERS 25 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 63 yards in 4:39.
Key plays: McNabb 21-yard pass to R Brown to New York 49; McNabb
12-yard pass to Westbrook to New York 12. PHILADELPHIA 16-6.

4TH QUARTER:

5:32 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 30 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards in 1:56.
Key plays: Poteat 11-yard interception return to Philadelphia 17.
PHILADELPHIA 16-9.

PHILADELPHIA - NY JETS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS PHILADELPHIA NY JETS

FIRST DOWNS 20 15
Rushing 9 9
Passing 11 5
Penalty 0 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 9-16-56% 5-14-36%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 413 267
Total offensive plays 66 56
Average gain per play 6.3 4.8
NET YARDS RUSHING 151 158
Rushing attempts 28 32
Average gain per rush 5.4 4.9
Tackles for loss-yards 0-0 1-2
NET YARDS PASSING 262 109
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-16 3-19
Gross passing yards 278 128
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 35-22-1 21-11-1
Avg gain per pass play 6.9 4.5
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-3-2 4-2-2
PUNTS: Number and Average 2-47.0 3-37.3
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 31.0 32.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 32 26
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-32 1-15
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 2-35 3-112
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-0 1-11
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 2-14 0-0
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 0
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-5 3-4
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-4-0% 0-4-0%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:56 28:04


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PHILADELPHIA NY JETS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B WESTBROO 20 120 6.0 22 0 T JONES 24 130 5.4 36 0
C BUCKHALT 4 23 5.8 8 0 J COTCHERY 1 14 14.0 14 0
T HUNT 2 5 2.5 3 0 L WASHINGT 2 8 4.0 6 0
D MCNABB 2 3 1.5 4 0 B SMITH 1 4 4.0 4 0
C PENNINGT 4 2 0.5 2 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D MCNABB 22-35-278 1 1 75 C PENNINGT 11-21-128 1 0 27

Sacked-Yards Lost: D MCNABB 3-16. Sacked-Yards Lost: C PENNINGT 3-19.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R BROWN 6 89 14.8 26 0 J COTCHERY 5 71 14.2 27 0
B WESTBROO 6 36 6.0 12 0 C BAKER 2 12 6.0 7 0
K CURTIS 5 121 24.2 75 1 L COLES 1 27 27.0 27 0
B CELEK 2 14 7.0 10 0 T JONES 1 11 11.0 11 0
L SMITH 1 8 8.0 8 0 L WASHINGT 1 5 5.0 5 0
H BASKETT 1 6 6.0 6 0 B SMITH 1 2 2.0 2 0
M SCHOBEL 1 4 4.0 4 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S BROWN 1 0 0.0 0 0 H POTEAT 1 11 11.0 11 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S ROCCA 2 94 47.0 0 1 64 B GRAHAM 3 112 37.3 0 1 43

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R MAHE 1 32 32.0 32 0 L WASHINGTON 1 15 15.0 15 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C BUCKHALTER 2 35 17.5 20 0 L WASHINGTON 3 112 37.3 51 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
D AKERS 1/1 3/5 M NUGENT 0/0 3/4
Dist.: 22 (41) (41) 31 25 Dist.: 30 (44) 21 30

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
Fumbles: None

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
S CONSIDINE 10 7 3 0-0 D REVIS 9 9 0 0-0
T SPIKES 7 6 1 0-0 K RHODES 8 7 1 1-6
J HANSON 7 5 2 1-7 E COLEMAN 8 5 3 0-0
T COLE 6 3 3 1-10 J VILMA 7 6 1 0-0
O GAITHER 6 2 4 0-0 D BARRETT 5 4 1 0-0
S BROWN 5 5 0 0-0 D ROBERTSON 5 3 2 .5-2
Q MIKELL 5 5 0 0-0 E BARTON 5 3 2 0-0
J KEARSE 5 3 2 1-2 B THOMAS 3 2 1 .5-2
W JAMES 5 3 2 0-0 S ELLIS 3 2 1 0-0
M PATTERSON 4 2 2 0-0 K COLEMAN 3 1 2 1-6
C GOCONG 3 2 1 0-0 V HOBSON 2 2 0 0-0
B BUNKLEY 2 1 1 0-0 D HARRIS 2 2 0 0-0
J THOMAS 1 0 1 0-0 E HICKS 2 1 1 0-0
C MOSLEY 2 0 2 0-0
S POUHA 1 1 0 0-0
E SMITH 1 1 0 0-0

Officials: Referee-Gerry Austin, Umpire-Ruben Fowler, Head Linesman-Ed
Camp, Line Judge-Carl Johnson, Field Judge-Scott Edwards, Side
Judge-Al Riveron, Back Judge-Bob Lawing.

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By Doug Mittler
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- A week off again workedwonders for the Philadelphia Eagles.


Donovan McNabb threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Curtisand cornerback Sheldon Brown broke up a 4th-and-1 pass from the4-yard line to Laveranues Coles with 3:32 left as the Eaglescontinued their domination of the New York Jets with a 16-9victory on Sunday.


The Eagles (2-3), who lost to the New York Giants here two weeksago, improved to 9-0 after a bye under coach Andy Reid.

The extra time allowed the Eagles to heal some wounds onoffense, with running back Brian Westbrook and left tackleWilliam Thomas returning from injuries.


"It's good to get the injured players back," Reid said. "Theguys really pushed themselves this week."


That opened up the offense for McNabb, who completed 22-of-35passes for 278 yards.


"We played with a whole lot of confidence," McNabb said. "Itwas something we talked about before the bye week and after wegot back."


Westbrook carried 20 times for 120 yards and caught six passesfor 36 yards.


David Akers kicked three field goals to account for the otherPhiladelphia points.


The Jets (1-5) wore their original navy and gold uniforms wornby the Titans from 1960 to 1962. Whatever the colors, the Jetsagain were unable to beat the Eagles, falling to 0-8 againstthem since joining the NFL.


"It's very tough to swallow," Jets linebacker Jonathan Vilmasaid of the slow start. "I thought we did a lot of good thingsduring the week."


Quarterback Chad Pennington had another long afternoon, whichwill only increase the calls that he be benched in favor ofKellen Clemens.


"No," Jets coach Eric Mangini said when asked if there wereplans for an immediate change. "It comes down to a full group."

Pennington was 11-of-28 for 128 yards and an interception to goalong with the incompletion to Coles on the Jets' final drive.

"As a quarterback, you understand that when you lose it comes onyour shoulders first, whether right, wrong or indifferent,"Pennington said.


The Jets failed to get a first down on a quarterback sneak on3rd-and-1 from the 4-yard line and Pennington's fade pass toColes was broken up by Brown.


"It wasn't surprised with the (call)," said Brown, who had aninterception earlier in the game. "I love it when they throw tome. It gives me the chance to make plays."


Brown appeared to deflect the ball slightly.


"It's a play I should have made made," Coles said.

The Jets' offense consisted of three field goals by Mike Nugent.New York had an excellent chance to cut into the lead, when aninterception by cornerback Hank Poteat early in the fourthquarter gave New York the ball at the Eagles 17.


But the Jets settled for a 30-yard field goal by Nugent that cutthe deficit to 16-9.


Thomas Jones carried 24 times for 130 yards for New York, whichhas lost three straight games for the first time undersecond-year coach Mangini.


"It makes you angry, it makes you frustrated because of theamount of work you put in," Mangini said.


The Jets entered the game ranked 29th in rushing, but Jones hadruns of 36 and 11 yards on the first two plays from scrimmage,leading to a 30-yard field goal by Nugent.


The Eagles countered moments later on a 75-yard touchdown passfrom McNabb to Curtis, who evaded a tackle by Poteat on a slantpattern before racing downfield for his fourth TD of the season.

Curtis, who caught three TD passes against Detroit on September23, had five receptions for 121 yards.


Akers kicked a 22-yard field goal in the opening minute of thesecond quarter to increase the lead to 10-3. Leon Washingtonhad a 51-yard return on the ensuing kickoff, leading to a21-yarder by Nugent.


Akers is a three-time Pro Bowler, but his struggles at GiantsStadium continued, as he was wide right on a pair of 41-yardattempts in the second quarter. Akers has made just 8-of-16field goal attempts at the Meadowlands.


"I don't put much stock in the fact that when I come here, Iautomatically miss," Akers said.


Kicking at the other end of the field, Akers booted field goalsof 31 and 25 yards in the third quarter to increase the lead to16-6.


Nugent missed from 44 yards in the first quarter.