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 @ PHI2038PHI
2025 · W6PHI @ NYG1734NYG
2024 · W18NYG @ PHI1320PHI
2024 · W7PHI @ NYG283PHI
2023 · W18PHI @ NYG1027NYG
2023 · W16NYG @ PHI2533PHI
2022 · playoffsNYG @ PHI738PHI
2022 · W18NYG @ PHI1622PHI

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