NFL: NY GIANTS (8-4) at PHILADELPHIA (5-7) <h3>Giants look to move closer to playoff berth</h3> <div class="pre">NY Giants (8-4) at Philadelphia (5-7) 1:00 pm EDT</div> PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- The New York Giants suppressed talkabout another second-half collapse with a dramatic comebackagainst the Chicago Bears. On Sunday, the Giants can inch closer to their third straightplayoff berth when they visit the Philadelphia Eagles in an NFCEast battle. Coming off a dismal 41-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, theGiants were flat for three quarters against the Bears andentered the fourth quarter trailing, 16-7. A loss would have dropped New York to 1-3 in the second half andevoked further memories of last season, when it lost six of itslast eight games. But the Giants quieted that talk by ralling for a 21-16 victory.Reuben Droughns scored the winning touchdown on a 2-yard runwith 1:33 remaining. The victory left the Giants with a two-game lead over theVikings and Detroit Lions in the NFC wild card race. New York will be without leading rusher Derrick Ward, whosuffered a season-ending broken leg against the Bears afterrushing for a career-high 154 yards and a touchdown. But the Giants could get a boost from Brandon Jacobs, who is setto return after missing two games with a hamstring injury. New York is looking to complete a season sweep of Philadelphiaafter posting a 16-3 victory at Giants Stadium on September 30. The Eagles played that game without running back Brian Westbrookleft tackle William Thomas, free safety Brian Dawkins, cornerbackLito Sheppard and tight end L.J. Smith. The Giants took advantage of Thomas' absence to register anNFL record-tying 12 sacks, including six by Osi Umenyiora.Thomas' replacement, Winston Justice, gave up three ofUmenyiora's sacks. Thomas has returned to the lineup, but the struggling Eagles arein danger of falling out of playoff contention. After nearly handing the New England Patriots their first loss,Philadelphia suffered a disappointing 28-24 defeat to theSeattle Seahawks last week. The Eagles led, 24-21, early in the fourth quarter, but couldnot overcome four interceptions by A.J. Feely, who made hissecond straight start in place of injured Donovan McNabb. Thedefeat left the Eagles as one of five 5-7 teams in the muddledNFC. The Eagles hope to have McNabb back against the Giants as theytry to make a belated playoff run. McNabb has not been on the practice field since spraining hisright ankle and jamming his thumb against the Miami Dolphins onNovember 18.
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL NY GIANTS 0 PHILADELPHIA 0 14:54 LEFT, 1ST QTR PHI BALL ON PHI 32 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL TD PHI BRIAN WESTBROOK 18 YD PASS FROM DONOVAN MCNABB (DAVID AKERS KICK) NY GIANTS 0 PHILADELPHIA 7 11:47 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL NY GIANTS 0 PHILADELPHIA 7 11:42 LEFT, 1ST QTR NYG BALL ON NYG 32 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL NY GIANTS 0 PHILADELPHIA 7 9:57 LEFT, 1ST QTR PHI BALL ON PHI 26 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL NY GIANTS 0 PHILADELPHIA 7 6:07 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL NY GIANTS 0 PHILADELPHIA 7 4:59 LEFT, 1ST QTR NYG BALL ON NYG 11 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL NY GIANTS 0 PHILADELPHIA 7 3:24 LEFT, 1ST QTR PHI BALL ON PHI 47 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL NY GIANTS 0 PHILADELPHIA 7 2:32 LEFT, 1ST QTR NYG BALL ON NYG 15 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NY GIANTS 0 0 PHILADELPHIA 7 7 END, 1ST QTR 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</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL FG NYG LAWRENCE TYNES 19 YD NY GIANTS 3 PHILADELPHIA 7 11:06 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL NY GIANTS 3 PHILADELPHIA 7 10:59 LEFT, 2ND QTR PHI BALL ON PHI 26 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL NY GIANTS 3 PHILADELPHIA 7 8:40 LEFT, 2ND QTR NYG BALL ON NYG 18 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL NY GIANTS 3 PHILADELPHIA 7 3:45 LEFT, 2ND QTR PHI BALL ON PHI 17 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 1ST HALF NY GIANTS 3 PHILADELPHIA 7 PHI BALL ON PHI 32 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL NY GIANTS 3 PHILADELPHIA 7 1:24 LEFT, 2ND QTR NYG BALL AT MIDFIELD 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL FG NYG LAWRENCE TYNES 23 YD NY GIANTS 6 PHILADELPHIA 7 0:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NY GIANTS 0 6 6 PHILADELPHIA 7 0 7 HALFTIME 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. PHILADELPHIA 7-6</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NY GIANTS 0 6 6 PHILADELPHIA 7 0 7 HALFTIME SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 3:13 PHI - TD, B Westbrook 18 Yd Pass From D Mcnabb (D 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, L 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, L 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. Ny Giants - Philadelphia End 2nd Qtr Statistics TEAM STATISTICS Ny Giants Philadelphia FIRST DOWNS 10 7 Rushing 2 4 Passing 7 3 Penalty 1 0 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-9-56% 1-6-17% TOTAL NET YARDS 156 127 Total offensive plays 34 26 Average gain per play 4.6 4.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 58 52 Rushing attempts 14 12 Average gain per rush 4.1 4.3 NET YARDS PASSING 98 75 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-12 0-0 Gross passing yards 110 75 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 18-11-0 14-9-0 Avg gain per pass play 4.9 5.4 PUNTS: Number and Average 3-31.7 4-41.0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 1-5 4-26 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0 TOUCHDOWNS 0 1 Rushing 0 0 Passing 0 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 0-0 SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 16:08 13:52 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Ny Giants Philadelphia RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R DROUGHNS 3 34 11.3 35 0 B WESTBROO 8 44 5.5 16 0 B JACOBS 10 16 1.6 6 0 D MCNABB 2 4 2.0 2 0 E MANNING 1 8 8.0 8 0 C BUCKHALT 1 4 4.0 4 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 11-18-110 0 0 19 D MCNABB 9-13- 75 0 1 18 G LEWIS 0- 1- 0 0 0 0 Sacked-Yards Lost: E MANNING 2-12. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P BURRESS 4 44 11.0 19 0 B WESTBROO 4 36 9.0 18 1 S MOSS 2 28 14.0 17 0 R BROWN 4 35 8.8 11 0 A TOOMER 2 18 9.0 10 0 T TAPEH 1 4 4.0 4 0 B JACOBS 2 16 8.0 11 0 J SHOCKEY 1 4 4.0 4 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- L TYNES 0/0 2/2 D AKERS 1/1 0/0 Dist.: 19 23</div>
NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA <div class="pre">NFL NY GIANTS 6 PHILADELPHIA 7 14:51 LEFT, 3RD QTR NYG BALL ON NYG 25 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
