2004 · Week 1 · Division

Final

Giants

New York

QB Kurt Warner

17·31

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 78°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

PHI -9.5

Total

41.5

Model margin

+4.5est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Giants

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsGiants wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Giantsedge mapEagles
  • -0.028EPA / play+0.072
  • 43.5%Success rate44.4%
  • -0.017EPA / dropback+0.143
  • -0.044EPA / rush-0.060
  • 8.2%Explosive rate10.1%
  • 29.5%Third-down rate37.2%
  • 53.1%Red-zone TD rate68.0%
  • 1.65Points / drive1.97
  • 2.2%Turnover rate2.2%
  • +0.008EPA / play allowed-0.027

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

PHI lead 38–20 since 1999

Meetings average 43.1 points. PHI are 30-27-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W8NYG @ PHI20–38PHI
2025 · W6PHI @ NYG17–34NYG
2024 · W18NYG @ PHI13–20PHI
2024 · W7PHI @ NYG28–3PHI
2023 · W18PHI @ NYG10–27NYG
2023 · W16NYG @ PHI25–33PHI
2022 · playoffsNYG @ PHI7–38PHI
2022 · W18NYG @ PHI16–22PHI

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultNYG–PHI
NYGQ1 15:0035Punt0–0
PHIQ1 14:02416Punt0–0
NYGQ1 11:48961Touchdown7–0
PHIQ1 8:17376Touchdown7–7
NYGQ1 6:1838Punt7–7
PHIQ1 4:04656Touchdown7–14
NYGQ1 2:17932Punt7–14
PHIQ2 12:591180Touchdown7–21
NYGQ2 6:1535Punt7–21
PHIQ2 4:09420Field goal7–24
NYGQ2 2:14543Field goal10–24
PHIQ2 1:14429End of half10–24
PHIQ3 15:00835Missed field goal10–24
NYGQ3 11:333-7Punt10–24
PHIQ3 10:051081Touchdown10–31
NYGQ3 5:221174Turnover10–31
PHIQ3 0:11619Punt10–31
NYGQ4 11:301157Turnover on downs10–31
PHIQ4 6:25835Punt16–31
NYGQ4 2:37172Touchdown17–31
PHIQ4 2:2537Punt17–31
NYGQ4 1:47963End of half17–31

Box score

Individual performances

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kurt Warner16/2820300
Eli Manning3/96600

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tiki Barber912513.91
Ron Dayne13453.51
Kurt Warner100.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb26/3633040

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Westbrook171197.00
Donovan McNabb4123.00
Reno Mahe372.30
Thomas Tapeh331.00

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +9.56.6%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Giants.

Half-point at risk

3.21%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

61.0%

Expected total

44.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.90
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.47