2005 · Week 14 · Division

Final / OT

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

26·23

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Mike McMahon

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 38°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

NYG -3

Total

40

Model margin

-5.2est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

7.4%est.

the line sits on a key number

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
  • +0.041EPA / play-0.104
  • 42.4%Success rate39.5%
  • +0.087EPA / dropback-0.063
  • -0.026EPA / rush-0.192
  • 9.0%Explosive rate7.8%
  • 39.9%Third-down rate34.3%
  • 57.6%Red-zone TD rate58.8%
  • 1.87Points / drive1.28
  • 2.1%Turnover rate3.0%
  • -0.047EPA / play allowed-0.028

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 @ 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

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning28/4431213

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tiki Barber321243.90
Eli Manning482.01
Tim Carter144.00
Derrick Ward122.00
Brandon Jacobs200.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mike McMahon14/3219000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ryan Moats1111410.42
Reno Mahe7426.00
Lamar Gordon6172.80
Mike McMahon122.00

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 -33.0%3.3%4.9%3.2%7.4%6.4%3.4%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Giants.

Half-point at risk

7.44%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

35.3%

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-5.24