Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2006 · Week 16 · Division

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Jeff Garcia

23·7

Cowboys

Dallas

QB Tony Romo

Texas Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 50°F · wind 0mph

Closing spread

DAL -6.5

Total

47.5

Model margin

+1.4est.

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
  • +0.055EPA / play+0.072
  • 43.0%Success rate45.5%
  • +0.117EPA / dropback+0.143
  • -0.049EPA / rush-0.024
  • 11.1%Explosive rate9.8%
  • -1.03CPOE+3.73
  • 42.8%Third-down rate49.3%
  • 64.7%Red-zone TD rate66.8%
  • 1.67Points / drive2.18
  • 2.1%Turnover rate2.6%

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 29–26 since 1999

Meetings average 44.8 points. DAL are 27-27-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W12PHI @ DAL2124DAL
2025 · W1DAL @ PHI2024PHI
2024 · W17DAL @ PHI741PHI
2024 · W10PHI @ DAL346PHI
2023 · W14PHI @ DAL1333DAL
2023 · W9DAL @ PHI2328PHI
2022 · W16PHI @ DAL3440DAL
2022 · W6DAL @ PHI1726PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jeff Garcia15/2323811

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Westbrook261224.70
Jeff Garcia7436.10
Correll Buckhalter8384.81
Thomas Tapeh111.00

Cowboys

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tony Romo14/2914212

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tony Romo34214.00
Julius Jones10383.80
Marion Barber630.50

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 +6.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Cowboys; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

4.61%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.9%

Expected total

47.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.28
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment+0.06
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+1.43