2005 · Week 5 · Division

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

10·33

Cowboys

Dallas

QB Drew Bledsoe

Texas Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 77°F · wind 0mph

Closing spread

PHI -3.5

Total

44

Model margin

+3.8est.

DAL perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Cowboys
  • Eagles

How each play moved the game.

Cowboys 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 mapCowboys
  • -0.104EPA / play-0.023
  • 39.5%Success rate40.5%
  • -0.063EPA / dropback+0.082
  • -0.192EPA / rush-0.143
  • 7.8%Explosive rate7.7%
  • 34.3%Third-down rate41.9%
  • 58.8%Red-zone TD rate57.3%
  • 1.28Points / drive1.55
  • 3.0%Turnover rate2.7%
  • -0.028EPA / play allowed-0.049

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 29–27 since 1999

DAL have won 2 straight. Meetings average 45 points. DAL are 28-27-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W7DAL @ PHI38–21DAL
2025 · W12PHI @ DAL21–24DAL
2025 · W1DAL @ PHI20–24PHI
2024 · W17DAL @ PHI7–41PHI
2024 · W10PHI @ DAL34–6PHI
2023 · W14PHI @ DAL13–33DAL
2023 · W9DAL @ PHI23–28PHI
2022 · W16PHI @ DAL34–40DAL

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–DAL
DALQ1 15:00451Touchdown0–7
PHIQ1 13:013-9Punt0–7
DALQ1 11:58841Turnover on downs0–7
PHIQ1 8:513-1Punt0–13
DALQ1 7:48138Touchdown0–14
PHIQ1 7:4137Punt0–14
DALQ1 5:371060Field goal0–17
PHIQ1 0:191169Field goal3–17
DALQ2 10:231265Touchdown3–24
PHIQ2 5:22615Punt3–24
DALQ2 2:331270Field goal3–27
PHIQ2 0:091-1End of half3–27
PHIQ3 15:0033Punt3–27
DALQ3 13:46721Field goal3–30
PHIQ3 11:39519Punt3–30
DALQ3 8:511254Opp touchdown10–30
DALQ3 1:1234Punt10–30
PHIQ4 14:4636Punt10–30
DALQ4 13:501248Field goal10–33
PHIQ4 4:3937Punt10–33
DALQ4 3:0636Punt10–33
PHIQ4 2:07414Turnover on downs10–33
DALQ4 1:252-2End of half10–33

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb13/2613100
Koy Detmer3/41400

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Westbrook6122.00
Lamar Gordon155.00
Donovan McNabb221.00

Cowboys

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Drew Bledsoe24/3528930

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tyson Thompson20753.80
Julius Jones16724.50
Drew Bledsoe3144.70
Anthony Thomas451.30
Keyshawn Johnson133.00
Tony Romo2-2-1.00

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 -3.53.7%6.7%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.1%

Positive margins favour Cowboys; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

6.72%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.1%

Expected total

43.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.19
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.75