2004 · Week 12 · Division

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

27·6

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

Giants Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 61°F · wind 3mph

Closing spread

PHI -7

Total

35.5

Model margin

-1.7est.

NYG perspective

Push chance

4.6%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Giants
  • Eagles

How each play moved the game.

Giants winsEagles wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Eaglesedge mapGiants
  • +0.072EPA / play-0.028
  • 44.4%Success rate43.5%
  • +0.143EPA / dropback-0.017
  • -0.060EPA / rush-0.044
  • 10.1%Explosive rate8.2%
  • 37.2%Third-down rate29.5%
  • 68.0%Red-zone TD rate53.1%
  • 1.97Points / drive1.65
  • 2.2%Turnover rate2.2%
  • -0.027EPA / play allowed+0.008

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. NYG are 27-30-1 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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultPHI–NYG
NYGQ1 15:00647Punt0–0
PHIQ1 11:27452Punt0–0
NYGQ1 10:081278Field goal0–3
PHIQ1 3:26753Touchdown7–3
NYGQ2 14:5335Punt7–3
PHIQ2 13:4032Punt7–3
NYGQ2 11:26432Field goal7–6
PHIQ2 9:08627Turnover7–6
NYGQ2 6:29252Turnover7–6
PHIQ2 5:3656Punt7–6
NYGQ2 3:373-6Punt7–6
PHIQ2 1:52415Punt7–6
NYGQ2 0:53317End of half7–6
PHIQ3 15:00943Field goal10–6
NYGQ3 11:262-1Turnover10–6
PHIQ3 10:38423Field goal13–6
NYGQ3 8:58512Punt13–6
PHIQ3 5:51838Touchdown20–6
NYGQ3 1:4132Punt20–6
PHIQ3 0:351097Touchdown27–6
NYGQ4 9:52832Turnover on downs27–6
PHIQ4 6:5538Punt27–6
NYGQ4 4:5232Punt27–6
PHIQ4 3:55428End of half27–6

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb18/2724410

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Westbrook18744.11
Dorsey Levens9384.20
Donovan McNabb5306.01
Thomas Tapeh3124.00
Koy Detmer3-2-0.70

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning6/2114802

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tiki Barber191105.80
Ron Dayne3248.00
Eli Manning2189.00
Ike Hilliard11717.00
Jamaar Taylor1-8-8.00

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 -72.9%4.6%3.1%7.5%7.1%2.8%4.1%

Positive margins favour Giants; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

4.64%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

44.5%

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 adjustment-2.34
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-1.68