2006 · WC · Division

Final

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

20·23

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Jeff Garcia

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 52°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

PHI -6.5

Total

45.5

Model margin

+4.1est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

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
  • -0.017EPA / play+0.055
  • 45.6%Success rate43.0%
  • -0.017EPA / dropback+0.117
  • -0.017EPA / rush-0.049
  • 9.6%Explosive rate11.1%
  • -3.95CPOE-1.03
  • 38.8%Third-down rate42.8%
  • 62.8%Red-zone TD rate64.7%
  • 1.77Points / drive1.67
  • 2.5%Turnover rate2.1%

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 @ 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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultNYG–PHI
NYGQ1 15:00782Touchdown7–0
PHIQ1 11:443-6Punt7–0
NYGQ1 10:1838Punt7–0
PHIQ1 9:0338Punt7–0
NYGQ1 7:32515Punt7–0
PHIQ1 5:1038Punt7–0
NYGQ1 3:103-3Punt7–0
PHIQ1 1:58779Touchdown7–7
NYGQ2 14:1132Turnover7–7
PHIQ2 12:33636Field goal7–10
NYGQ2 9:341078Field goal10–10
PHIQ2 4:451085Touchdown10–17
NYGQ2 1:0134Punt10–17
PHIQ2 0:1114End of half10–17
PHIQ3 15:0044Punt10–17
NYGQ3 12:573-2Punt10–17
PHIQ3 10:5334Punt10–17
NYGQ3 9:2638Punt10–17
PHIQ3 7:12945Field goal10–20
NYGQ3 2:37718Field goal13–20
PHIQ4 14:50610Punt13–20
NYGQ4 12:131495Touchdown20–20
PHIQ4 5:04946Field goal20–23

Box score

Individual performances

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning16/2716121

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tiki Barber261375.30
Brandon Jacobs284.00
Eli Manning242.00
Jared Lorenzen122.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jeff Garcia17/3115310

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Westbrook201417.01
Correll Buckhalter6172.80
Jeff Garcia4143.50
Reggie Brown11313.00

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 +6.53.7%6.6%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Giants.

Half-point at risk

4.88%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

60.0%

Expected total

46.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.69
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment-0.06
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+4.11