2005 · Week 11 · Division

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Mike McMahon

17·27

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

Giants Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 57°F · wind 9mph

Closing spread

NYG -3.5

Total

43

Model margin

+10.4est.

NYG perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

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
  • -0.104EPA / play+0.041
  • 39.5%Success rate42.4%
  • -0.063EPA / dropback+0.087
  • -0.192EPA / rush-0.026
  • 7.8%Explosive rate9.0%
  • 34.3%Third-down rate39.9%
  • 58.8%Red-zone TD rate57.6%
  • 1.28Points / drive1.87
  • 3.0%Turnover rate2.1%
  • -0.028EPA / play allowed-0.047

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
PHIQ1 15:0035Punt0–0
NYGQ1 13:24419Punt0–0
PHIQ1 11:02940Punt0–0
NYGQ1 6:3838Punt0–0
PHIQ1 4:3730Punt0–0
NYGQ1 4:06928Field goal0–3
PHIQ2 14:1532Punt0–3
NYGQ2 12:123-16Punt0–3
PHIQ2 9:55416Punt0–3
NYGQ2 8:03628Punt0–3
PHIQ2 6:1334Punt0–3
NYGQ2 4:4441Touchdown0–10
PHIQ2 2:55539Turnover0–10
NYGQ2 1:21415End of half0–10
NYGQ3 15:00523Punt0–10
PHIQ3 12:03757Touchdown7–10
NYGQ3 9:05572Field goal7–13
PHIQ3 5:581281Field goal10–13
NYGQ3 1:331151Touchdown10–20
PHIQ4 12:14860Touchdown17–20
NYGQ4 7:33480Touchdown17–27
PHIQ4 5:24529Turnover on downs17–27
NYGQ4 3:5538Punt17–27
PHIQ4 2:48971Missed field goal17–27
NYGQ4 0:1900End of half17–27

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mike McMahon18/3929811

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Westbrook16664.10
Mike McMahon9313.41
Greg Lewis155.00
Lamar Gordon441.00

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning17/2621830

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tiki Barber211125.30
Eli Manning372.30
Brandon Jacobs300.00
Derrick Ward2-4-2.00

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 +3.52.4%4.9%6.6%2.3%3.1%4.9%3.5%3.6%3.0%

Positive margins favour Giants; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

2.32%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

75.2%

Expected total

43.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.97
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment+4.75
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+10.37