2008 · DIV · Division

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

23·11

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

Giants Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 30°F · wind 20mph

Closing spread

NYG -4

Total

39

Model margin

+1.0est.

NYG perspective

Push chance

2.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

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 15:00831Field goal0–3
PHIQ1 9:5944Punt0–3
NYGQ1 7:4310Turnover0–3
PHIQ1 7:3041Touchdown7–3
NYGQ1 5:58614Punt7–3
PHIQ1 1:5835Punt7–3
NYGQ1 0:03414Punt7–3
PHIQ2 13:1821Safety7–5
NYGQ2 12:34835Missed field goal7–5
PHIQ2 8:53923Turnover7–5
NYGQ2 3:58758Field goal7–8
PHIQ2 1:331063Field goal10–8
PHIQ3 15:0022Turnover10–8
NYGQ3 14:08416Field goal10–11
PHIQ3 12:331363Field goal13–11
NYGQ3 7:45640Missed field goal13–11
PHIQ3 4:201048Touchdown20–11
NYGQ4 14:56520Turnover on downs20–11
PHIQ4 12:2938Punt20–11
NYGQ4 10:22737Turnover on downs20–11
PHIQ4 6:28546Field goal23–11
NYGQ4 3:58323Turnover23–11
PHIQ4 3:15314Punt23–11
NYGQ4 2:04419Turnover23–11
PHIQ4 0:5800End of half23–11

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb22/4021712

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Westbrook18362.00
Donovan McNabb5163.21
Correll Buckhalter571.40

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning15/2916902

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brandon Jacobs19924.80
Derrick Ward12463.80
Eli Manning100.00

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 +44.3%2.8%7.2%7.4%3.0%4.6%2.8%

Positive margins favour Giants; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

2.49%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.7%

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+0.56
  • Expected margin+0.98