Interesting facts about the Dallas Cowboys verse Philadelphia Eagles game
Good facts posted by Deepbleu from sports forum:
• The Cowboys came back to beat the Eagles 21-20 on Monday night after trailing 20-7 with less than four minutes to play. Since 2003 there have been only two other games in which a team won after trailing by at least 13 points with less than four minutes to play. Both of those games were also on Monday Night Football: The Redskins over the Cowboys earlier this season and the Colts over the Titans on Oct. 6, 2003.The Eagles had won their last 36 regular-season games in which they had a 10-point lead, the longest current streak in the NFL entering the day.
• Bill Parcells has won two other games in his career when trailing by at least 13 points in the fourth quarter, in 1984 for the Giants against the Chiefs (down 13) and 1996 for the Patriots against the Giants (19 behind).
• David Akers' 60-yard field-goal attempt fell short as time expired. Since Tom Dempsey's NFL-record 63-yard field goal won a game for the Saints on Nov. 8, 1970, NFL kickers are 0-for-18 when attempting to tie or win a game with a field goal of 60-plus yards in the fourth quarter or in overtime.
• The Cowboys came back to beat the Eagles 21-20 on Monday night after trailing 20-7 with less than four minutes to play. Since 2003 there have been only two other games in which a team won after trailing by at least 13 points with less than four minutes to play. Both of those games were also on Monday Night Football: The Redskins over the Cowboys earlier this season and the Colts over the Titans on Oct. 6, 2003.The Eagles had won their last 36 regular-season games in which they had a 10-point lead, the longest current streak in the NFL entering the day.
• Bill Parcells has won two other games in his career when trailing by at least 13 points in the fourth quarter, in 1984 for the Giants against the Chiefs (down 13) and 1996 for the Patriots against the Giants (19 behind).
• David Akers' 60-yard field-goal attempt fell short as time expired. Since Tom Dempsey's NFL-record 63-yard field goal won a game for the Saints on Nov. 8, 1970, NFL kickers are 0-for-18 when attempting to tie or win a game with a field goal of 60-plus yards in the fourth quarter or in overtime.
posted by The Gryphon at 7:07 AM
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