Giants Beat Eagles 19-11 for First Win in Philadelphia Since 2013
Jameis Winston threw the go-ahead touchdown after J.J. McCarthy left with a hip injury, and the Giants held on for a 19-11 win at Lincoln Financial Field, their first there since 2013. New York improved to 5-2-1 and stayed atop the NFC East.
PHILADELPHIA — The New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Eagles 19-11 on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field, winning in Philadelphia for the first time since Oct. 27, 2013. The Eagles had beaten the Giants 13 straight times at home, including one playoff game, before Sunday.
The win moved the Giants to 5-2-1 and kept them alone atop the NFC East as the only team in the division with a winning record. The Eagles fell to 2-7 with their seventh straight loss, their longest skid since they lost eight in a row in 2012, Andy Reid’s final season as head coach.
New York trailed 8-6 in the third quarter when starting quarterback J.J. McCarthy left the game with a hip injury after a hit by Eagles linebacker Zack Baun on a zone-option carry. McCarthy went to the blue medical tent on the sideline and then to the locker room with the training staff.
Backup Jameis Winston took over and drove the Giants 71 yards, completing 6 of 7 passes. He capped the drive with a 5-yard touchdown pass to tight end Isaiah Likely, a drive that also included a 10-yard scramble by Winston, and the Giants led 13-8.
McCarthy returns and the defense closes it out
McCarthy watched Winston’s touchdown drive on television from the locker room, then returned to the sideline, tested the hip with warmup throws and sprinted back onto the field. He finished the game and said afterward he will be ready when the Giants host Washington on Thursday night. He completed 12 of 19 passes for 127 yards and was sacked five times.
Rookie kicker Dominic Zvada made all four of his field goal tries, including a 53-yarder in the first quarter that gave New York a 3-0 lead. Rookie linebacker Arvell Reese led the defense with 12 tackles and three sacks, and his strip-sack of Eagles quarterback Joe Milton III in the second quarter was recovered by Micah McFadden after a fumbled punt return by Charlie Jones had given Philadelphia good field position.
Milton made his Eagles debut in place of Tanner McKee, who had been ineffective at quarterback. Saquon Barkley scored Philadelphia’s touchdown in the first quarter, and Milton’s sneak on a two-point try gave the Eagles an 8-6 lead after a too-many-men penalty wiped out the extra-point kick.
What comes next
The Giants host the Washington Commanders on Thursday night at MetLife Stadium, their second division game in five days. The Eagles head into their bye week. Head coach John Harbaugh, in his first season with New York after 18 years in Baltimore, improved to 16-3 coming off a bye week in 19 years as a head coach.
Wide receiver Malik Nabers said the offense had not played with enough urgency early in the game. “I felt like we were lackadaisical out there, just letting the game come [to us],” Nabers said. “We’re trying to win, we need this win.”
Reporting based on coverage by NorthJersey.com, Reuters and the Associated Press.
