Sunday, September 12, 2010 Green Bay Packers 27 Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia Eagles 20 Clad in their Kelly green uniforms in honor of the 1960 NFL cham- 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Pts pions, the Philadelphia Eagles made a valiant comeback attempt Green Bay 013140-27 but fell just short in the final minutes of the season opener vs. Green Philadelphia 30710-20 Bay. Philadelphia fell behind 13-3 at half and 27-10 in the 4th quar- ter and lost four key players along the way: starting QB Kevin Kolb Phila - D.Akers, 45 FG (8-26, 4:00) (concussion), MLB Stewart Bradley (concussion), FB Leonard GB - M.Crosby, 49 FG (10-43, 5:31) Weaver (ACL), and C Jamaal Jackson (triceps). But behind the arm GB - D. Driver, 6 pass from Rodgers (Crosby) (11-76, 5:33) and legs of back-up signal caller Michael Vick, the Eagles rallied to GB - M.Crosby, 56 FG (7-39, 0:41) make the score 27-20 late in the 4th quarter. In fact, they took over GB - J.Kuhn, 3 run (Crosby) (10-62, 4:53) possession at their own 24-yard-line with 4:13 to play and drove to Phila - L.McCoy, 12 run (Akers) (9-60, 4:12) the GB42 before Vick was tackled short of a first down on a 4th-and- GB - G.Jennings, 32 pass from Rodgers (Crosby) (4-51, 2:28) 1 rushing attempt to seal the Packers victory. After the Eagles took Phila - J.Maclin, 17 pass from Vick (Akers) (9-79, 3:39) a 3-0 lead after an interception by Joselio Hanson, Green Bay took Phila - D.Akers, 24 FG (9-45, 3:31) control over the remainder of the first half. First, Mason Crosby nailed a 49-yard field goal early in the 2nd quarter. The game re- TEAM STATISTICS GB PHILA mained tied at 3-3 until just under two minutes remaining when First Downs 22 16 Packers QB Aaron Rodgers connected with Donald Driver on a 6- Net Yards Gained 299 320 yard scoring pass before Crosby closed out the half with a booming Rushes/Yards 33/132 20/149 56-yard field goal as time expired. Vick replaced Kolb to start the Net Yards Passing 167 171 2nd half and led the Eagles to scoring drives on three out of their Att/Comp/INT 31/19/2 34/21/0 first five possessions, including a 17-yard scoring strike to Jeremy Sacked/Yards Lost 3/21 6/28 Maclin on a 3rd-and-goal play early in the fourth quarter. Punts/Average 4/41.5 5/49.8 Fumbles/Lost 0/0 3/1 Notes: Vick became the 3rd quarterback in NFL history to surpass Penalties/Yards 2/15 10/80 the 4,000-yard rushing plateau, joining former Eagle Randall Cun- Time of Possession 31:55 28:05 ningham and Steve Young … Safety Nate Allen became the first Ea- 3rd Down Efficiency 6/14 5/13 gles rookie to record an interception on opening day since Eric Allen in 1988 … Meanwhile, Joselio Hanson recorded an interception on RUSHING: EAGLES - M.Vick 11-103, L.McCoy 7-35-1TD, J.Maclin, opening day for the 2nd consecutive season … The Eagles honored 1-11, L.Weaver 1-0 ... PACKERS - B.Jackson, 18-63, R.Grant 8-45, the 50th anniversary of the 1960 NFL Championship squad during a J.Kuhn 2-15-1TD, A.Rodgers 5-9. weekend-long celebration. That 1960 team featured three Hall of RECEIVING: EAGLES - L.McCoy 5-47, J.Avant 4-41, J.Maclin 4-38- Famers: Chuck Bednarik, Norm Van Brocklin and Tommy McDon- 1TD, D.Jackson 4-30, B.Celek 2-32, E.Buckley 1-10, M.McGlynn 1-1 ald. ... PACKERS - G.Jennings 5-82-1TD, D.Driver 5-30-1TD, J.Finley 4- 47, B.Jackson 2-12, J.Jones 2-10, J.Nelson 1-7. PASSING: EAGLES - M.Vick 24-16-175-0-1TD, K.Kolb 10-5-24-0-0 (starter) ... PACKERS - A.Rodgers 31-19-188-2-2TDs. INTs: EAGLES - J.Hanson 1-17, N.Allen 1-11 ... PACKERS - None. SACKS: EAGLES - J.Parker 2.0, T.Cole 1.0 ... PACKERS - C.Matthews 3.0, C.Jenkins 1.0, B.Raji 1.0, F.Zombo 1.0. EAGLES TURNOVER RATIO: +1 (1 fumble, 0 INTs/0 fumbles, 2 INTs) FIELD GOALS: EAGLES - D.Akers (45G, 24G) ... PACKERS - M.Crosby (49G, 56G) Weather: Cloudy, 69 degrees Wind: SSE 4 mph Playing surface: Grass Time: 3:17 DE Juqua Parker registered 2.0 sacks of Packers QB Aaron Rodgers Sunday, September 19, 2010 Philadelphia Eagles 35 Ford Field Detroit Lions 32 Thanks to the big play abilities of back-up quarterback Michael Vick, 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Pts WR DeSean Jackson and RB LeSean McCoy, the Eagles escaped Philadelphia 7147 7-35 Ford Field with a wild, 35-32 victory over the Detroit Lions. Vick, sub- Detroit 7 10 0 15 - 32 bing for an injured Kevin Kolb (concussion), made his first NFL start as a full-time quarterback since 2006 and did not disappoint his Phila - D.Jackson, 45 pass from Vick (Akers) (4-80, 2:29) team. He completed 62% of his passes (21-34) for 284 yards and two Det - J.Best, 14 run (Hanson) (6-76, 3:00) touchdowns and used great pocket awareness and quickness to pro- Det - J.Hanson, 49 FG (7-12, 1:54) duce a handful of big plays for the Eagles offense. He staked the Ea- Det - J.Best, 75 pass from Hill (Hanson) (3-80, 1:14) gles to an early 7-0 lead after connecting with Jackson on a 45-yard Phila - L.McCoy, 14 run (Akers) (11-74, 4:23) scoring pass in the first quarter. Jackson finished the day with 4 Phila - J.Maclin, 9 pass from Vick (Akers) (7-89, 0:59) catches for 135 yards, while McCoy also topped the century mark Phila - L.McCoy, 4 run (Akers) (9-65, 4:38) (16-120 rushing) in yard for the first time in his career while adding Phila - L.McCoy, 46 run (Akers) (5-58, 1:32) three touchdowns. But the Lions would not back down from an early Det - J.Best, 2 run (Hanson) (7-80, 2:04) deficit in their home opener. In fact, they scored 17 consecutive Det - C.Johnson, 19 pass from Hill (Hill-Johnson pass) (6-55, 1:11) points on the strength of the rushing and receiving of rookie RB Jahvid Best. He scored on a 14-yard run to tie the game, then, after TEAM STATISTICS PHILA DET a field goal by Jason Hanson, scored again on a 75-yard screen pass First Downs 24 22 to give the home team a 10-point lead. Late in the 2nd quarter, the Net Yards Gained 410 444 Eagles stormed back. Vick converted two third-and-longs to set up Rushes/Yards 29/162 26/115 McCoy’s 14-yard scamper and then connected with Jackson on a 53- Net Yards Passing 248 329 yard completion with under one minute remaining to set up a 9-yard Att/Comp/INT 34/21/0 45/25/2 scoring strike to Jeremy Maclin to give Philadelphia a 21-17 lead at Sacked/Yards Lost 5/36 2/6 the half. McCoy upped their lead in the 3rd quarter to 28-17 after he Punts/Average 7/48.7 4/52.5 scored on a four-yard TD run. That touchdown was made possible by Fumbles/Lost 2/0 0/0 a 29-yard completion from Vick to Jackson on a 3rd-and-14 situation Penalties/Yards 9/75 9/51 early in the drive. Late in the 4th quarter, McCoy seemed to put the Time of Possession 30:52 29:08 game out of reach with a 46-yard TD run with 6:27 remaining in the 3rd Down Efficiency 6/14 6/15 contest. But the pesky Lions would not lie down, scoring 15 quick points. Best scored on a two-yard TD run and QB Shaun Hill hooked RUSHING: EAGLES - L.McCoy 16-120-3TDs, M.Vick 8-37, D.Jack- up with WR Calvin Johnson on a 19-yard TD (plus a two-point con- son 1-5, M.Bell 4-0 ... LIONS - J.Best 17-78-2TDs, S.Hill 3-16, version). With 1:50 remaining, Detroit recovered an onside kick but A.Brown 3-13, M.Morris 3-8. Hill threw four straight incomplete passes and ended their come- RECEIVING: EAGLES - D.Jackson 4-135-1TD, L.McCoy 4-8, J.Avant back attempt. 3-33, B.Celek 3-27, J.Maclin 3-26-1TD, O.Schmitt 2-21, R.Cooper 1- 20, G.Mills 1-14 ... LIONS - J.Best 9-154-1TD, B.Pettigrew 7-108, Notes: McCoy notched his first career multi-touchdown game and C.Johnson 4-50-1TD, A.Brown 2-10, T.Scheffler 1-5, B.Johnson 1-4, became the first Eagle with three rushing touchdowns in a game N.Burleson 1-4. since Charlie Garner did so vs. Washington on October 8, 1995 … Vick notched his first win as a starting quarterback since winning PASSING: EAGLES - M.Vick 34-21-284-0-2TDs ... LIONS - S.Hill 45- at Tampa Bay on December 10, 2006 as a member of the Atlanta 25-335-2-2TDs. Falcons … With a QB rating of 108.0, Vick posted back-to-back 100+ INTs: EAGLES - N.Allen 1-0, E.Hobbs 1-0 ... LIONS - None.