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EAGLES GAME NOTES PHILADELPHIA EAGLES GAME NOTES EAGLES AT GIANTS 2016 SCHEDULE Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016 • 1:00 p.m. PRESEASON MetLife Stadium Thurs. Aug. 11 TAMPA BAY W, 17-9 • The Philadelphia Eagles (4-3) hit the road for the fourth time Thurs. Aug. 18 at Pittsburgh W, 17-0 in the last five weeks to take on the New York Giants (4-3) at Sat. Aug. 27 at Indianapolis W, 33-23 MetLife Stadium in their third divisional game of the season. Thurs. Sept. 1 N.Y. JETS W, 14-6 • Since 2008, the Eagles have gone 13-4 (.765) against the Giants, REGULAR SEASON including a Divisional Round victory at the Meadowlands on Sun. Sept. 11 CLEVELAND W, 29-10 1/11/09 (W, 23-11). Philadelphia has won five of its last six Mon. Sept. 19 at Chicago W, 29-14 contests vs. N.Y. Giants, including four in a row from 2014-15. Sun. Sept. 25 PITTSBURGH W, 34-3 EAGLES vs. GIANTS Sun. Oct. 9 at Detroit L, 23-24 REGULAR-SEASON GAMES (SINCE 2013) Sun. Oct. 16 at Washington L, 20-27 Sun. Oct. 23 MINNESOTA W, 21-10 Date Location Result Sun. Oct. 30 at Dallas L, 23-29 (OT) 1/3/16 ......... N.Y. Giants .........W, 35-30 Sun. Nov. 6 at N.Y. Giants 1:00 p.m. (FOX) 10/19/15 ...... Philadelphia .......W, 27-7 Sun. Nov. 13 ATLANTA 1:00 p.m. (FOX) 10/28/14 ...... N.Y. Giants .........W, 34-26 Sun. Nov. 20 at Seattle 4:25 p.m. (CBS) 10/12/14 ...... Philadelphia .......W, 27-0 Mon. Nov. 28 GREEN BAY 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) 10/27/13 .......Philadelphia ........L, 7-15 Sun. Dec. 4 at Cincinnati 1:00 p.m. (FOX) 10/6/13........ N.Y. Giants .........W, 36-21 Sun. Dec. 11 WASHINGTON 1:00 p.m. (FOX) • Including playoffs, the Eagles have won eight of their last nine Sun. Dec. 18 at Baltimore 1:00 p.m. (FOX) road games (.889) against the Giants. Philadelphia owns a 5-1 Thurs. Dec. 22 N.Y. GIANTS 8:25 p.m. (NBC | NFLN) (.833) record at MetLife Stadium (opened in 2010), having won Sun. Jan. 1 DALLAS 1:00 p.m. (FOX) each of its last three contests vs. N.Y. Giants at the venue. POSTSEASON EAGLES AT GIANTS AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs ........................... January 7-8 METLIFE STADIUM (SINCE 2010) AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs ........................... January 14-15 AFC and NFC Championship Games ..................... January 22 Date Result Pro Bowl (Orlando, FL) (ESPN) ............................... January 29 1/3/16 ............. W, 35-30 Super Bowl LI (Houston, TX) (FOX) ........................ February 5 12/28/14 ......... W, 34-26 10/6/13 ........... W, 36-21 12/30/12 .......... L, 7-42 ON THE CALL 11/20/11 ......... W, 17-10 12/19/10 ......... W, 38-31 TELEVISION: FOX will broadcast Sunday’s game to a regional audience. Joe Buck will handle the play-by-play duties and EAGLES ON THE ROAD former NFL QB Troy Aikman will provide analysis. Erin Andrews will report from the sidelines. • The Eagles have gone 79-52-1 (.602) on the road since the EAGLES RADIO: Calling the game on 94WIP and the Eagles start of the 2000 season, marking the NFL’s 2nd-best winning Radio Network will be Merrill Reese, the NFL’s longest-tenured percentage over that span (ranks 1st among all NFC teams). play-by-play announcer (40th season). Joining Reese in the radio booth will be former Eagles All-Pro wide receiver Mike WINNING PERCENTAGE IN AWAY GAMES Quick, while Howard Eskin will report from the sidelines NFL TEAMS SINCE 2000 EAGLES SPANISH RADIO: Rickie Ricardo, Macu Berral and Rk. Team W-L W% Gus Salazar will handle the broadcast in Spanish on Mega 105.7 1. New England Patriots .............87-45 ........... .659 FM in Philadelphia and the Eagles Spanish Radio Network. 2. Philadelphia Eagles ............ 79-52-1 .........602 3. Indianapolis Colts ....................78-54 ........... .591 4. Pittsburgh Steelers .................74-57 ........... .565 CROSSING PATHS 5t. Green Bay/New Orleans ..........70-61 ........... .534 Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo spent eight seasons on the Eagles’ coaching staff as a defensive assistant/quality control coach MAKING A POINT (1999-2000), DBs coach (2001-03) and LBs coach (2004-06) ... Giants LBs coach Bill McGovern served as the Eagles’ OLBs coach from 2013-15 • POINT PRODUCTION: The Eagles rank 10th in the NFL in ... Eagles QBs coach John DeFilippo was the Giants’ offensive quality points per game (25.6), trailing only Atlanta (32.8), New Orleans control coach from 2005-06 ... Giants CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (28.7), Carolina (27.3) and Dallas (26.9) in the NFC. Philadelphia played for the Eagles from 2011-12 ... Giants LB Deontae Skinner was a has scored 20+ points in each of their last nine games, the member of the Eagles practice squad in 2015 ... Giants P Brad Wing was NFL’s longest active streak. originally signed by the Eagles as a rookie free agent in 2013 ... Eagles OL coach Jeff Stoutland (New York, NY), DE Vinny Curry (Neptune, • SECOND-HALF SCORING: The Eagles are outscoring opponents NJ) and S Malcolm Jenkins (Piscataway, NJ) are from the New York/ 96-39 (+57) in the second half of games in 2016, including North Jersey region ... Giants CB Eli Apple (Philadelphia, PA), LB Mark 67-9 (+58) in the third quarter. Philadelphia leads the NFL in Herzlich (Conestoga, PA), QB Ryan Nassib (Malvern, PA) and G Justin third-quarter points per game (9.6) this season. Pugh (Holland, PA) are Philadelphia-area natives. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES GAME NOTES DOMINANT DEFENSE HOW THEY STACK UP • POINTS ALLOWED: The Eagles have allowed only 21 scores OFFENSE on 79 total opponent drives in 2016, ranking 4th in the NFL in Eagles Giants opponent scoring efficiency (26.6%), trailing only Minnesota Category Stats Rank Stats Rank (24.1%), Baltimore (25.3%) and Arizona (25.5%). Philadelphia Total Offense 317.7 ......28th 345.3 ......19th also ranks 4th in the NFL in points allowed per game (16.7), Rush Offense 109.4 ......17th 70.3 ...... 32nd trailing only Minnesota (14.9), Seattle (15.6) and New England Pass Offense 208.3 ......29th 275.0 .......6th (16.5). The last time the Eagles allowed 117-or-fewer points in Points Per Game 25.6 .......10th 19.0 .....T-26th the season’s first seven games was in 2007 (also 117 points). 3rd-Down Off. % 34.8 .......29th 34.9 .......28th • POINT DIFFERENTIAL: Philadelphia has outscored opponents 4th-Down Off. % 100.0 .....T-1st 50.0 .....T-15th 179-117 (+62) and currently ranks 2nd in the NFL in average Red Zone Off. (TD%) 50.0 .....T-19th 42.1 .......29th point differential (+8.9), trailing only New England (+10.6). The DEFENSE Eagles’ +62 point differential in 2016 is the team’s largest through the first seven games of the season since 2009 (+70). Eagles Giants Category Stats Rank Stats Rank • RED ZONE EFFICIENCY: Philadelphia leads the NFL in opponent Total Defense 328.9 .......8th 361.0 ......17th red zone scoring efficiency (68.0%), allowing only 17 scores on Rush Defense 114.7 ......20th 93.6 .......10th 25 opponent red zone drives. Pass Defense 214.1 .......5th 267.4 ..... 22nd Points Per Game 16.7 ........4th 20.1 .......10th TAKEAWAYS: The Eagles are one of just three NFL teams 3rd-Down Def. % 38.4 .......12th 43.2 .......24th with 3+ red zone takeaways in 2016, joining Kansas City (5) 4th-Down Def. % 41.7 .......11th 75.0 .....T-26th and Buffalo (3). Philadelphia (12.0%) trails only Kansas City Red Zone Def. (TD%) 44.0 ........4th 40.9 ....... 2nd (21.7%) in takeaways per red zone drive this season. TEAM YARDS PER PLAY: The Eagles rank 1st in the NFL in opponent yards per play inside the red zone (1.83) in 2016, allowing just Eagles Giants 115 yards on 63 opponent red zone plays. Category Stats Rank Stats Rank Turnover Diff. +6 ..........5th -7 .......T-28th RUSHING AVERAGE: Philadelphia owns the NFL’s lowest Penalties Per Game 8.7 ........30th 6.0 .......T-7th opponent red zone rushing average (1.0) this season, Penalty Yards Per Game 71.0 .......27th 66.4 .......23rd allowing just 26 yards on 26 red zone rush attempts. • SACKS: Philadelphia has produced 22 sacks in 2016, tied for SUCCESS ON SPECIAL TEAMS the 3rd-most in the NFL, behind Buffalo (26) and Denver (26). • SPECIAL TEAMS TDs: Philadelphia has posted an NFL-leading The Eagles also rank 2nd in the NFL in sacks per pass attempt 12 special teams TDs (4 kickoff return TDs; 4 punt return TDs; (9.2%), trailing only Buffalo (9.9%). 4 blocked punt return TDs) since 2013. The Eagles are the only NFL team with a kickoff return TD (2) this season. TAKEDOWN BREAKDOWN: Philadelphia has recorded 11 sacks on first down, the most in the NFL. ... Sixteen of the • TOTAL KICK RETURN TDs: Since 2013, the Eagles are tied with Eagles’ 22 sacks this season have come in the second the Vikings for the most combined kickoff and punt return TDs half, ranking 3rd in the NFL behind Buffalo (18) and Denver (8) in the NFL. Since 2014, Philadelphia leads the NFL in both (18). ... This season, 12 different Eagles players have kickoff return TDs (4) and punt return TDs (4). The Eagles are registered a sack. No other team has more than nine the only NFL team to record multiple kick return TDs in each players with at least 1 full sack.