GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: NY GIANTS (8-4) at PHILADELPHIA (5-7)

NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NFL
NY GIANTS 16
PHILADELPHIA 13 0:53 LEFT, 4TH QTR

PHI BALL ON PHI 11 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NFL MISSED FG PHI
DAVID AKERS 57 YD ATTEMPT HIT RIGHT UPRIGHT

NY GIANTS 16
PHILADELPHIA 13 0:01 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY GIANTS 0 6 10 0 16
PHILADELPHIA 7 0 3 3 13 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: PHI - TD, BRIAN WESTBROOK 18 YD PASS FROM
DONOVAN MCNABB (DAVID AKERS KICK),
3:13. Drive: 6 plays, 68 yards in
3:13. Key plays: Westbrook 16-yard
run to Philadelphia 48; McNabb
11-yard pass to R Brown to New York
26. PHILADELPHIA 7-0
2ND QUARTER: NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 19 YD, 3:54. Drive:
13 plays, 84 yards in 6:25. Key
plays: Manning 17-yard pass to Moss
on 3rd-and-15 plus 15-yard
unnecessary roughness penalty on
Eagles' Sheppard to New York 42;
Manning 8-yard pass to Toomer on
3rd-and-5 to Philadelphia 45;
Droughns 35-yard run on 3rd-and-1
to Philadelphia 1. PHILADELPHIA 7-3
NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 23 YD, 15:00. Drive:
9 plays, 45 yards in 1:24. Key
plays: McQuarters 27-yard punt
return to midfield; Manning 19-yard
pass to Burress on 3rd-and-7 to
Philadelphia 16; Manning 11-yard
pass to Moss on 3rd-and-10 to
Philadelphia 5. PHILADELPHIA 7-6
3RD QUARTER: PHI - FG, DAVID AKERS 29 YD, 2:18. Drive: 4
plays, -4 yards in 1:20. Key plays:
Patterson 12-yard return of Jacobs
fumble to New York 8. PHILADELPHIA
10-6
NYG - TD, PLAXICO BURRESS 20 YD PASS FROM ELI
MANNING (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK),
9:01. Drive: 3 plays, 37 yards in
1:14. Key plays: Madison 6-yard
return of Westbrook fumble at
Philadelphia 37; Manning 19-yard
pass to Toomer to Philadelphia 20.
NY GIANTS 13-10
NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 23 YD, 14:12. Drive:
7 plays, 61 yards in 3:06. Key
plays: Manning 41-yard pass to
Burress to Philadelphia 24. NY
GIANTS 16-10
4TH QUARTER: PHI - FG, DAVID AKERS 39 YD, 6:34. Drive: 12
plays, 57 yards in 7:22. Key plays:
Westbrook 10-yard run to
Philadelphia 32; Westbrook 21-yard
run to New York 47; McNabb 2-yard
run on 4th-and-1 to New York 36;
5-yard offsides penalty on Giants'
Johnson to New York 23. NY GIANTS
16-13

ATT: 68,594</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY GIANTS 0 6 10 0 16
PHILADELPHIA 7 0 3 3 13 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

3:13 PHI - TD, BRIAN WESTBROOK 18 YD PASS FROM DONOVAN MCNABB (DAVID AKERS KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 68 yards in 3:13.
Key plays: Westbrook 16-yard run to Philadelphia 48; McNabb 11-yard
pass to R Brown to New York 26. PHILADELPHIA 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

3:54 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 19 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 84 yards in 6:25.
Key plays: Manning 17-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-15 plus 15-yard
unnecessary roughness penalty on Eagles' Sheppard to New York 42; Manning
8-yard pass to Toomer on 3rd-and-5 to Philadelphia 45; Droughns 35-yard
run on 3rd-and-1 to Philadelphia 1. PHILADELPHIA 7-3.
15:00 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 23 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 45 yards in 1:24.
Key plays: McQuarters 27-yard punt return to midfield; Manning
19-yard pass to Burress on 3rd-and-7 to Philadelphia 16; Manning 11-yard
pass to Moss on 3rd-and-10 to Philadelphia 5. PHILADELPHIA 7-6.

3RD QUARTER:

2:18 PHI - FG, DAVID AKERS 29 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, -4 yards in 1:20.
Key plays: Patterson 12-yard return of Jacobs fumble to New York 8.
PHILADELPHIA 10-6.
9:01 NYG - TD, PLAXICO BURRESS 20 YD PASS FROM ELI MANNING (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 37 yards in 1:14.
Key plays: Madison 6-yard return of Westbrook fumble at Philadelphia
37; Manning 19-yard pass to Toomer to Philadelphia 20. NY GIANTS 13-10.
14:12 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 23 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards in 3:06.
Key plays: Manning 41-yard pass to Burress to Philadelphia 24. NY
GIANTS 16-10.

4TH QUARTER:

6:34 PHI - FG, DAVID AKERS 39 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 57 yards in 7:22.
Key plays: Westbrook 10-yard run to Philadelphia 32; Westbrook
21-yard run to New York 47; McNabb 2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to New York 36;
5-yard offsides penalty on Giants' Johnson to New York 23. NY GIANTS
16-13.

NY GIANTS - PHILADELPHIA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS NY GIANTS PHILADELPHIA

FIRST DOWNS 15 18
Rushing 3 9
Passing 11 8
Penalty 1 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-15-40% 2-13-15%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 2-3-67%
TOTAL NET YARDS 318 306
Total offensive plays 60 62
Average gain per play 5.3 4.9
NET YARDS RUSHING 111 141
Rushing attempts 27 28
Average gain per rush 4.1 5.0
Tackles for loss-yards 5-14 2-4
NET YARDS PASSING 207 165
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-12 3-14
Gross passing yards 219 179
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 31-17-0 31-20-0
Avg gain per pass play 6.3 4.9
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-0-0 4-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-35.7 6-42.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 26.8 40.7
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 53 8
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-53 1-8
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-90 4-74
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-15 7-41
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-2 1-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 1
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-3
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 1-2-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 0-1-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 27:31 32:29


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NY GIANTS PHILADELPHIA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B JACOBS 22 70 3.2 21 0 B WESTBROO 20 116 5.8 21 0
R DROUGHNS 3 34 11.3 35 0 D MCNABB 4 11 2.8 5 0
E MANNING 2 7 3.5 8 0 C BUCKHALT 2 9 4.5 5 0
R BROWN 1 5 5.0 5 0
T TAPEH 1 0 0.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E MANNING 17-31-219 0 1 41 D MCNABB 20-30-179 0 1 19
G LEWIS 0- 1- 0 0 0 0

Sacked-Yards Lost: E MANNING 2-12. Sacked-Yards Lost: D MCNABB 3-14.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
P BURRESS 7 136 19.4 41 1 R BROWN 7 71 10.1 19 0
A TOOMER 3 37 12.3 19 0 B WESTBROO 5 38 7.6 18 1
B JACOBS 3 11 3.7 11 0 K CURTIS 3 26 8.7 13 0
S MOSS 2 28 14.0 17 0 G LEWIS 1 18 18.0 18 0
J SHOCKEY 1 4 4.0 4 0 M SCHOBEL 1 9 9.0 9 0
M MATTHEWS 1 3 3.0 3 0 L SMITH 1 8 8.0 8 0
J AVANT 1 5 5.0 5 0
T TAPEH 1 4 4.0 4 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J FEAGLES 6 214 35.7 0 3 46 S ROCCA 6 252 42.0 0 3 59

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R MCQUARTERS 3 53 17.7 27 0 B WESTBROOK 1 8 8.0 8 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A BRADSHAW 3 74 24.7 35 0 J REED 3 65 21.7 25 0
R DROUGHNS 1 16 16.0 16 0 C BUCKHALTER 1 9 9.0 9 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
L TYNES 1/1 3/3 D AKERS 1/1 2/3
Dist.: 19 23 23 Dist.: 29 39 (57)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B JACOBS 2 2 0 0-0 B WESTBROOK 1 1 0 0-0
J TUCK 0 0 1 0-0 O GAITHER 0 0 1 0-0
S MADISON 0 0 0 0-1 J THOMAS 0 0 1 0-1
M PATTERSON 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
K MITCHELL 10 8 2 0-0 O GAITHER 10 7 3 0-0
R TORBOR 6 4 2 0-0 T COLE 6 3 3 2-12
C DAHL 5 4 1 0-0 L SHEPPARD 5 5 0 0-0
M JOHNSON 5 4 1 0-0 Q MIKELL 5 5 0 0-0
O UMENYIORA 4 4 0 1-6 B DAWKINS 5 4 1 0-0
K DOCKERY 4 4 0 0-0 S BROWN 5 4 1 0-0
A ROSS 4 2 2 0-0 M PATTERSON 5 2 3 0-0
A PIERCE 3 2 1 0-0 T SPIKES 4 1 3 0-0
J TUCK 3 2 1 0-0 C GOCONG 2 2 0 0-0
M STRAHAN 3 2 1 0-0 J THOMAS 1 1 0 0-0
S MADISON 3 2 1 0-0 B BUNKLEY 1 1 0 0-0
B COFIELD 2 2 0 1-7 J REED 1 1 0 0-0
J ALFORD 1 1 0 1-1 K VON OELHOFFEN 1 0 1 0-0
F ROBBINS 1 1 0 0-0

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PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Donovan McNabb's return to the lineupfailed to spark the Philadelphia Eagles.


McNabb was contained virtually the entire way as thePhiladelphia Eagles dropped a 16-13 decision to the New YorkGiants on Sunday.


While McNabb and the Eagles (5-8) saw their fading playoff hopestake perhaps a fatal blow, Eli Manning and the Giants (9-4)moved a step closer to locking up their third straight playoffberth.


Manning found Plaxico Burress for a 20-yard touchdown pass with5:59 remaining in the third quarter, giving the Giants the leadfor good at 13-10.


Despite a somewhat slow start, Manning was able to have aproductive game. He completed 17-of-31 passes for 219 yardswithout a turnover.


Burress, who seems to torment the Eagles on a regular basis, wasnot hampered by a gimpy ankle and finished with seven catchesfor 136 yards.


In winning for the second straight week on the road, the Giantswere able to overcome a pair of fumbles from Brandon Jacobs, whorushed for 69 yards on 23 carries. The bruising back hadmissed the last two games with a hamstring injury.

Lawrence Tynes added a 23-yard field goal with under a minuteremaining in the third quarter to give the Giants a 16-10 lead.Akers converted from 39 yards midway through the fourth quarterfor the Eagles.


A five-time Pro Bowler, McNabb had missed last two games with asprained ankle and jammed thumb. A.J. Feeley threw a combinedseven interceptions in losses to New England and Seattle.

McNabb engineered the Eagles' lone touchdown drive on theiropening possession, capping the march with an 18-yard screenpass to Brian Westbrook, who raced untouched to the end zone.

But McNabb was ordinary the rest of the way as he completed20-of-30 passes for 179 yards and no turnovers. About the onlysaving grace was that he was sacked just three times after goingdown 12 times in the first meeting against the Giants thisseason.


McNabb did nearly orchestrate a final drive to send to the gameinto overtime. But David Akers, who turned 33 years old Sunday,banged a 57-yard field goal attempt off the right upright withone second remaining.


One of the main positives for the Eagles remains Westbrook, whorushed for 116 yards on 20 attempts. He went over 1,000 yardson the ground for a second straight season.


After Westbrook's 12th total TD of the season, the Giants pulledwithin 7-6 before halftime on field goals of 19 and 23 yards byTynes in the second quarter.


Jacobs fumbled on the Giants' initial possession of the secondhalf. But despite taking over at the Giants 8, the Eaglesmanaged only a 29-yard field goal by Akers.

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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NY GIANTS 0 6 10 0 16
PHILADELPHIA 7 0 3 3 13 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

3:13 PHI - TD, BRIAN WESTBROOK 18 YD PASS FROM DONOVAN MCNABB (DAVID AKERS KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 68 yards in 3:13.
Key plays: Westbrook 16-yard run to Philadelphia 48; McNabb 11-yard
pass to R Brown to New York 26. PHILADELPHIA 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

3:54 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 19 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 84 yards in 6:25.
Key plays: Manning 17-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-15 plus 15-yard
unnecessary roughness penalty on Eagles' Sheppard to New York 42; Manning
8-yard pass to Toomer on 3rd-and-5 to Philadelphia 45; Droughns 35-yard
run on 3rd-and-1 to Philadelphia 1. PHILADELPHIA 7-3.
15:00 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 23 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 45 yards in 1:23.
Key plays: McQuarters 27-yard punt return to midfield; Manning
19-yard pass to Burress on 3rd-and-7 to Philadelphia 16; Manning 11-yard
pass to Moss on 3rd-and-10 to Philadelphia 5. PHILADELPHIA 7-6.

3RD QUARTER:

2:18 PHI - FG, DAVID AKERS 29 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, -4 yards in 1:20.
Key plays: Patterson 12-yard return of Jacobs fumble to New York 8.
PHILADELPHIA 10-6.
9:01 NYG - TD, PLAXICO BURRESS 20 YD PASS FROM ELI MANNING (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 37 yards in 1:11.
Key plays: Madison 6-yard return of Westbrook fumble at Philadelphia
37; Manning 19-yard pass to Toomer to Philadelphia 20. NY GIANTS 13-10.
14:12 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 23 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards in 3:06.
Key plays: Manning 41-yard pass to Burress to Philadelphia 24. NY
GIANTS 16-10.

4TH QUARTER:

6:34 PHI - FG, DAVID AKERS 39 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 57 yards in 7:22.
Key plays: Westbrook 10-yard run to Philadelphia 32; Westbrook
21-yard run to New York 47; McNabb 2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to New York 36;
5-yard offsides penalty on Giants' Johnson to New York 23. NY GIANTS
16-13.

NY GIANTS - PHILADELPHIA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS NY GIANTS PHILADELPHIA

FIRST DOWNS 15 18
Rushing 3 9
Passing 11 8
Penalty 1 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-15-40% 2-13-15%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 2-3-67%
TOTAL NET YARDS 318 306
Total offensive plays 60 62
Average gain per play 5.3 4.9
NET YARDS RUSHING 111 141
Rushing attempts 27 28
Average gain per rush 4.1 5.0
Tackles for loss-yards 5-14 2-4
NET YARDS PASSING 207 165
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-12 3-14
Gross passing yards 219 179
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 31-17-0 31-20-0
Avg gain per pass play 6.3 4.9
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-0-0 4-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-35.7 6-42.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 26.8 40.7
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 53 8
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-53 1-8
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-90 4-74
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-15 7-41
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-2 1-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 1
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-3
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 1-2-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 0-1-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 27:31 32:29


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NY GIANTS PHILADELPHIA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B JACOBS 22 70 3.2 21 0 B WESTBROO 20 116 5.8 21 0
R DROUGHNS 3 34 11.3 35 0 D MCNABB 4 11 2.8 5 0
E MANNING 2 7 3.5 8 0 C BUCKHALT 2 9 4.5 5 0
R BROWN 1 5 5.0 5 0
T TAPEH 1 0 0.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E MANNING 17-31-219 0 1 41 D MCNABB 20-30-179 0 1 19
G LEWIS 0- 1- 0 0 0 0

Sacked-Yards Lost: E MANNING 2-12. Sacked-Yards Lost: D MCNABB 3-14.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
P BURRESS 7 136 19.4 41 1 R BROWN 7 71 10.1 19 0
A TOOMER 3 37 12.3 19 0 B WESTBROO 5 38 7.6 18 1
B JACOBS 3 11 3.7 11 0 K CURTIS 3 26 8.7 13 0
S MOSS 2 28 14.0 17 0 G LEWIS 1 18 18.0 18 0
J SHOCKEY 1 4 4.0 4 0 M SCHOBEL 1 9 9.0 9 0
M MATTHEWS 1 3 3.0 3 0 L SMITH 1 8 8.0 8 0
J AVANT 1 5 5.0 5 0
T TAPEH 1 4 4.0 4 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J FEAGLES 6 214 35.7 0 3 46 S ROCCA 6 252 42.0 0 3 59

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R MCQUARTERS 3 53 17.7 27 0 B WESTBROOK 1 8 8.0 8 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A BRADSHAW 3 74 24.7 35 0 J REED 3 65 21.7 25 0
R DROUGHNS 1 16 16.0 16 0 C BUCKHALTER 1 9 9.0 9 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
L TYNES 1/1 3/3 D AKERS 1/1 2/3
Dist.: 19 23 23 Dist.: 29 39 (57)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B JACOBS 2 2 0 0-0 B WESTBROOK 1 1 0 0-0
J TUCK 0 0 1 0-0 O GAITHER 0 0 1 0-0
S MADISON 0 0 0 0-1 J THOMAS 0 0 1 0-1
M PATTERSON 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
K MITCHELL 10 8 2 0-0 O GAITHER 10 7 3 0-0
R TORBOR 6 4 2 0-0 T COLE 6 3 3 2-12
C DAHL 5 4 1 0-0 L SHEPPARD 5 5 0 0-0
M JOHNSON 5 4 1 0-0 Q MIKELL 5 5 0 0-0
O UMENYIORA 4 4 0 1-6 B DAWKINS 5 4 1 0-0
K DOCKERY 4 4 0 0-0 S BROWN 5 4 1 0-0
A ROSS 4 2 2 0-0 M PATTERSON 5 2 3 0-0
A PIERCE 3 2 1 0-0 T SPIKES 4 1 3 0-0
J TUCK 3 2 1 0-0 C GOCONG 2 2 0 0-0
M STRAHAN 3 2 1 0-0 J THOMAS 1 1 0 0-0
S MADISON 3 2 1 0-0 B BUNKLEY 1 1 0 0-0
B COFIELD 2 2 0 1-7 J REED 1 1 0 0-0
J ALFORD 1 1 0 1-1 K VON OELHOFFEN 1 0 1 0-0
F ROBBINS 1 1 0 0-0

Officials: Referee-Ron Winter, Umpire-Roy Ellison, Head Linesman-Tom
Stabile, Line Judge-Tom Stephan, Field Judge-Mike Weir, Side Judge-Tom
Hill, Back Judge-Tony Steratore.

Att: 68,594 Time of Game: 3:05</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
NY GIANTS 16
PHILADELPHIA 13 FINAL</div>

 

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Donovan McNabb's return to the lineupfailed to spark the Philadelphia Eagles.


McNabb was contained virtually the entire way as thePhiladelphia Eagles dropped a 16-13 decision to the New YorkGiants on Sunday.


While McNabb and the Eagles (5-8) saw their fading playoff hopestake perhaps a fatal blow, Eli Manning and the Giants (9-4)moved a step closer to locking up their third straight playoffberth.


Manning found Plaxico Burress for a 20-yard touchdown pass with5:59 remaining in the third quarter, giving the Giants the leadfor good at 13-10.


"Obviously, (Burress) is a tremendous threat," Giants coach TomCoughlin said. "He has the ability to make things happen withthe ball. We've been without big plays for a while now. Hecertainly gets us started on that track again."


Despite a somewhat slow start, Manning was able to have aproductive game. He completed 17-of-31 passes for 219 yardswithout a turnover.


"We are just finding ways to win games," Manning said. "Lastyear at this time, we were in games, (but) not making thej playsand doing the things to win the game. We just have to keep itgoing."


Burress, who seems to torment the Eagles on a regular basis, wasnot hampered by a gimpy ankle and finished with seven catchesfor 136 yards.


"I felt pretty good," Burress said. "The better I begin to feeland the more I get healthy, I think I'll come more explosive andour offense will become more explosive."


In winning for the second straight week on the road, the Giantswere able to overcome a pair of fumbles from Brandon Jacobs, whorushed for 69 yards on 23 carries. The bruising back hadmissed the last two games with a hamstring injury.

"That is one of the things that happens when a guy does not havethe chance to play week in and week out - ball security,"Coughlin said. "Brandon's been out for awhile. He came back, ranstrong and ran powerful."


Lawrence Tynes added a 23-yard field goal with under a minuteremaining in the third quarter to give the Giants a 16-10 lead.David Akers converted from 39 yards midway through the fourthquarter for the Eagles.


A five-time Pro Bowler, McNabb had missed last two games with asprained ankle and jammed thumb. A.J. Feeley threw a combinedseven interceptions in losses to New England and Seattle.

McNabb engineered the Eagles' lone touchdown drive on theiropening possession, capping the march with an 18-yard screenpass to Brian Westbrook, who raced untouched to the end zone.

But McNabb was ordinary the rest of the way as he completed20-of-30 passes for 179 yards and no turnovers. About the onlysaving grace was that he was sacked just three times after goingdown 12 times in the first meeting against the Giants thisseason.


"(The Giants) made a couple of changes and we kind of putourselves in the hole sometimes," McNabb said. "Just creditthem. I tried to make a play underneath when I could. That's agreat job on their part. Trying to eliminate the big play."

McNabb did nearly orchestrate a final drive to send to the gameinto overtime. But Akers, who turned 33 years old Sunday,banged a 57-yard field goal attempt off the right upright withone second remaining.


"All I know is that dude (Akers) booted the hell out of thatball," Giants middle linebacker Antonio Pierce said. "You couldhear it from the sidelines. It looked good. We were gettingready to go into overtime."


One of the main positives for the Eagles remains Westbrook, whorushed for 116 yards on 20 attempts. He went over 1,000 yardson the ground for a second straight season.


"This is difficult (because) we're having opportunities to winfootball games and we're not taking advantage of them,"Westbrook said. "That's the type of season it's been for us. Asa team, we have to find a way to change things around."

After Westbrook's 12th total TD of the season, the Giants pulledwithin 7-6 before halftime on field goals of 19 and 23 yards byTynes in the second quarter.


Jacobs fumbled on the Giants' initial possession of the secondhalf. But despite taking over at the Giants 8, the Eagles lostyardage and managed only a 29-yard field goal by Akers.

"It was huge to have (the Eagles) go backwards," Coughlin said."You are talking about a tremendous momentum shift."

"Offensively, we stalled a little bit and you have to get theball in the end zone when you have opportunities," Eagles coachAndy Reid said. " We didn't do it enough today."