2008 · Week 14 · Division

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

20·14

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

Giants Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 35°F · wind 21mph

Closing spread

NYG -6.5

Total

40.5

Model margin

+0.2est.

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
  • +0.004EPA / play+0.093
  • 43.8%Success rate47.3%
  • +0.039EPA / dropback+0.129
  • -0.055EPA / rush+0.050
  • 8.3%Explosive rate10.1%
  • -1.08CPOE+0.84
  • 41.3%Third-down rate43.7%
  • 50.9%Red-zone TD rate51.8%
  • 1.73Points / drive2.09
  • 2.2%Turnover rate1.2%

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
NYGQ1 15:00721Turnover on downs0–0
PHIQ1 10:3234Punt0–0
NYGQ1 9:1232Punt0–0
PHIQ1 7:42515Punt0–0
NYGQ1 4:3139Punt0–0
PHIQ1 2:18529Field goal3–0
NYGQ2 15:001142Missed field goal3–0
PHIQ2 9:2635Punt3–0
NYGQ2 7:2035Punt3–0
PHIQ2 6:131077Touchdown10–0
NYGQ2 1:52517Turnover on downs10–0
PHIQ2 1:02631Opp touchdown10–7
PHIQ3 15:001454Missed field goal10–7
NYGQ3 7:57621Punt10–7
PHIQ3 4:391171Touchdown17–7
NYGQ4 13:38937Turnover on downs17–7
PHIQ4 9:261346Field goal20–7
NYGQ4 2:09857Touchdown20–14
PHIQ4 0:1500End of half20–14

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb19/3019110

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Westbrook331314.01
Donovan McNabb5204.00
Kyle Eckel122.00
DeSean Jackson2-9-4.50

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning13/2712310

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brandon Jacobs10525.20
Derrick Ward8394.90
Ahmad Bradshaw591.80
Mario Manningham1-12-12.00

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 +6.54.4%2.9%7.3%7.4%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Giants; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

4.44%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

49.6%

Expected total

41.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.07
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.24
  • Expected margin+0.18