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Eagles hold off Giants to finish 2015 season at 7-9

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Published03 Jan 2016

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The Eagles season finale featured glimpses of what could have been. A meaningless game will do that.

But with Pat Shurmur calling the shots, the Eagles did look like a different team. 

The end result was a 35-30 victory over the Giants to close out the 2015 season at 7-9.

  1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 14 7 7 7 35
Giants 3 17 7 3 30

 

The Eagles opened the scoring quickly in the first as DeMarco Murray powered to a 54-yard touchdown run on the fifth play of the game. 

 
The Giants would kick a field goal, as Josh Brown connected from 22 yards, with 4:07 to play in the first quarter.
 
Darren Sproles added a six-yard touchdown run with under two minutes to play in the quarter give the Eagles a 14-3 lead after one.
 
The Giants would respond with 17 points in the second quarter. Brown added a 30-yard field goal. A nine-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Will Tye cut the Eagles lead to one.
 
The Eagles would get a touchdown on a four-yard pass from Sam Bradford to Jordan Matthews before Rashad Jennings scored on a two-yard run to cut the lead back to one at halftime.
 
The Giants took the lead in the second half on a 45-yard touchdown pass from Manning to Rueben Randle. But the Eagles regained the lead as the Giants were approaching the redzone. Walter Thurmond forced and returned a fumble 82 yards for a touchdown.
 
With 9:19 to go in the fourth, Bradford hit Matthews for his second touchdown of the game, this one from three yards out, to put the Eagles up by eight.
 
Brown added a late field goal from 48 yards, but the Eagles forced a turnover on downs on the Giants final possession to hold on for the win and finish the season at 7-9.

Passing Summary:

Eagles

  • Sam Bradford: 30/38, 320 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT, 108.3 RTG

Giants

  • Eli Manning: 24/43, 302 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT, 93.4 RTG

Top-Performing Receivers:

Eagles

  • Zach Ertz: 9 rec, 152 yards
  • Jordan Matthews: 7 rec, 54 yards, 2 TD
  • Brent Celek: 2 rec, 38 yards

Giants

  • Rueben Randle: 4 rec, 79 yards, TD
  • Shane Vereen: 6 rec, 72 yards
  • Will Tye: 5 rec, 67 yards, TD

Top-Performing Rushers:

Eagles

  • DeMarco Murray: 12 car, 69 yards, TD
  • Darren Sproles: 3 car, 24 yards, TD
  • Kenjon Barner: 5 car, 18 yards

Giants

  • Rashad Jennings: 27 car, 170 yards, TD
  • Andre Williams: 5 car, 26 yards
  • Shane Vereen: 4 car, 12 yards

Breakdown:

First Downs: Eagles – 23, Giants - 30
3rd Down Efficiency: Eagles 10-for-13, Giants 7-for-15
4th Down Efficiency: Eagles 0-for-0, Giants 1-for-2
Total Plays: Eagles – 65, Giants – 81
Total Yards: Eagles – 435 yards, Giants - 502 yards
Passing Yards: Eagles – 315 yards, Giants - 294 yards
Rushing Yards: Eagles – 120 yards, Giants - 208 yards
Redzone: Eagles – 3-for-3, Giants 2-for-5
Penalties: Eagles – 3 penalties, 11 yards; Giants - 2 penalties, 10 yards
Turnovers: Eagles – 2, Giants - 1
Time Of Possession: Eagles – 28:06, Giants - 31:54

Kevin Durso is managing editor for Eagledelphia. Follow him on Twitter @Kevin_Durso.