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Sept 17, 1:00 pm (FOX) - Giants at Philadelphia
Game 2
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Giants come back in overtime for the win 30 - 24.
Eli Manning was 31-of-43 for 371 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 INT.
Amani Toomer caught 12 passes for 137 yards and 2 TDs.
Plaxico Burress caught 6 passes for 114 yards and 1 TD.
Tiki Barber rushed for 51 yards on 21 carries.
Tiki Barber also caught 7 passes for 57 yards.
Brandon Jacobs rushed for 35 yards on 5 carries.
Osi Umenyiora had 1 sack.
Tim Carter recovered a fumble by Plaxico Burress in the end zone for a TD.
Jay Feely kicked a 35 yard field goal to tie the game in the 4th quarter.

Game Notes:
"What a game! It opened with a fight on the first play, and even though it looked like the Giants had lost all their fight until halfway into the third quarter, the defense finally held the Eagles, who had scored on them nearly every time they had the ball. The Giants offense got in gear and came back with 17 hard-earned unanswered 4th quarter points to tie it up and send the game into overtime. That 4th quarter seemed to last forever. It had the Giants going for it on 4th down, and the Eagles going for it on 4th down on the very next drive. It had Jeremy Shockey's first catch of the day and Chris Snee's 2nd penalty, with Coughlin maybe filling out divorce papers on the sideline for his son-in-law.
It had the Giants defense stopping the Eagles, and the offense continually moving the ball and chipping away at the score. The Giants didn't put you fans through all that for nothing, and they left something for all the Eagles fans to remember deep into December when these two teams meet again at the Meadowlands. It was the sight of Plaxico Burress jumping up and coming down in the endzone with the ball. A nice 31 yard pass from Eli Manning, thrown while backing away from a pass rush, for the winning touchdown. The Eagles will always have 'The Fumble', and now the Giants have theirs. Call it 'The Comeback'."


Game Notes:
"The Giants were well on the way to being 0-2, just an overtalented team that can't pull it all together. At the start, the Giants were making it look easy. The opening drive took all of 7 plays as they marched downfield 67 yards in 3:25 and Toomer was holding the ball in the endzone. At that point, the Eagles were crying 'Bring back the Texans', the 2-14 team they stomped into the ground last week.
Unfortunately, the Giants defense obliged them, playing as badly as they could with no pass rush and a porous secondary. The refs might have taken away an interception by Madison. Coughlin challenged it to no avail, and on the next play, Brian Westbrook ran it in 12 yards for a touchdown. The game belonged to the Eagles after that, and by
the end of the half the Giants had netted only 20 yards since their opening drive, only 6 first downs to the Eagles 16, only 89 total yards to the Eagles 309.
The Eagles scored on their first possession in the second half to make it 24-7, and then the Giants turned it all around with a late 3rd quarter drive.
By the time it was all over, Eli Manning had thrown for 371 yards and 3 touchdowns despite being sacked 8 times. Manning threw 25 of his completions to Amani Toomer (12 - what a game Toomer had - great concentration), Plaxico Burress (6- great hands and great reach), and Tiki Barber (7 - doing more in the air today than on the ground). Jeff Feagles had an outstanding game, with 8 punts for a 43.5 yard average."

Early Stats:

Scoring:
First Quarter

NEW YORK - TOUCHDOWN
Play:
Amani Toomer, 37 Yd pass from Eli Manning (Jay Feely kick is good), 11:35.
Drive: 7 plays, 67 yards in 3:25.

GIANTS 7-0

PHILADELPHIA - TOUCHDOWN
Play:
Brian Westbrook, 12 Yd run (David Akers kick is good), 7:09.
Drive: 11 plays, 92 yards in 4:26.

GIANTS 7-7

Second Quarter

PHILADELPHIA - TOUCHDOWN
Play:
Donte' Stallworth, 20 Yd pass from Donovan McNabb (David Akers kick is good), 12:47.
Drive: 5 plays, 69 yards in 2:37.

EAGLES 14 -7

PHILADELPHIA - FIELDGOAL
Play:
David Akers 37 Yd, 0:05.
Drive: 6 plays, 35 yards in 0:33.

EAGLES 17 -7
Third Quarter

PHILADELPHIA - TOUCHDOWN
Play:
Reggie Brown, 23 Yd pass from Donovan McNabb (David Akers kick is good), 10:49.
Drive: 7 plays, 69 yards in 4:11.

EAGLES 24 -7

Fourth Quarter

NEW YORK - TOUCHDOWN
Play:
Tim Carter, 0 Yd fumble return (Jay Feely kick is good), 13:40, 8:44.
EAGLES 24 -14

NEW YORK - TOUCHDOWN
Play:
Amani Toomer, 22 Yd pass from Eli Manning (Jay Feely kick is good), 3:28.
Drive: 4 plays, 33 yards in 0:43.

EAGLES 24 -21

NEW YORK - FIELDGOAL
Play:
Jay Feely 35 Yd, 0:07.
Drive: 6 plays, 63 yards in 0:51.

EAGLES 24 -24
Overtime

NEW YORK - TOUCHDOWN
Play:
Plaxico Burress, 31 Yd pass from Eli Manning , 3:11.
Drive: 13 plays, 85 yards in 6:44, 8:44.

NEW YORK 30 -24

Game Stats:
  Giants Eagles
First Downs
24
23
      Rushing
5
8
      Passing
18
15
      Penalty
1
0
3rd-Down Efficiency
6-15-40%
6-14-43%
4th-Down Efficiency
0-1-0%
0-2-0%
Total Net Yards
404
451
      Total plays
77
76
      Average gain
5.2
5.9
Net Yards Rushing
86
107
      Rushes
26
30
      Average gain per rush
3.3
3.6
      Tackles for loss-yards
3-5
3-7
Net Yards Passing
318
344
      Times sacked: Number-Yards
8-53
1-6
      Gross passing yards
371
350
Pass Attempts-completions-had Intercepted
43-31-1
45-27-0
      Avg gain per pass play
6.2
7.5
Kickoffs: Number-in End Zone-touchbacks
5-2-1
6-3-1
Punts: Number and Average
8-43.5
5-44.2
      Had blocked
0
0
FGs - PATs Had Blocked
0-0
0-0
Net Punting Average
38.3
39.0
Total Return Yardage (not including kickoffs)
6
59
      Number-Yards: Punt Returns
2-6
3-42
      Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns
5-103
4-75
      Number-Yards: Interception Returns
0-0
1-17
Penalties: Number-yards
9-75
10-66
Fumbles: Number-lost
3-0
1-1
Touchdowns
4
3
      Rushing
0
1
      Passing
3
2
      Fumbles
1
0
Extra Points: Made-attempts
3-3
3-3
      Kicking: Made-Attempts
3-3
3-3
Field Goals: Made-attempts
1-1
1-2
Red Zone Efficiency
0-1-0%
1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency
0-0-0%
0-0-0%
Safeties
0
0
Final Score
30
24
Time Of Possession
38:47
33:02

Notes:
Giants got their first win over Philly with McNabb at quarterback since the 2000 playoffs.

Tom Coughlin is 5-2 versus Philadelphia, with two of the wins dating back to his tenure with the Jacksonville Jaguars, and is 4-2 against Reid in his career.

Tom Coughlin in his three seasons with the Giants is 6-13 in replay challenges.

Eli Manning's completions and yardage totals were career highs.

Amani Toomer caught a career-high 12 passes for 137 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Tiki Barber raised his career total to 4,836 receiving yards and moved him past Kyle Roteand into 5th place on the Giants career list, just 9 yards behind No. 4 Homer Jones.

Osi Umenyiora had the Giants only sack, his first of the season.

Rookie Sinorice Moss caught his first NFL pass.

Former Eagle Carlos Emmons led the Giants with 11 solo tackles.

Eagles Andy Reid is 7-9 against New York all-time, including the 2000 playoff loss.

Eagles have 13 sacks in two games after getting just 29 last year.

Eagles Donovan McNabb passed for 350 yards and 2 TDs.
McNabb became the 7th player in NFL history to pass for 20,000 yards and run for 2,500.

Eagles have not won against a division opponent since the 2004 season after going 0-6 against the NFC East last year.


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