2008 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 7, 2008 · Lincoln Financial Field
St. Louis Rams
3
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Philadelphia EaglesWinner
38
PHI -8 ✓U 44 ✓
Philadelphia Eagles 38–3 — never really in doubt late.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · PHI
21/33, 361 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT
18.1 expected points added · +8.0% completion over expected
Passing · PHI
5/6, 53 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT
4.1 expected points added · +14.1% completion over expected
Full stat lines
Box score
St. Louis Rams
Philadelphia Eagles
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan McNabb | 21/33 | 361 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 |
| Kevin Kolb | 5/6 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Westbrook | 19 | 91 | 4.8 | 1 | 3.3 |
| Lorenzo Booker | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | -1.7 |
| Correll Buckhalter | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Donovan McNabb | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Tony Hunt | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Kevin Kolb | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | -4.6 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart Bradley | 7 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Quintin Mikell | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Cole | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joselio Hanson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Patterson | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Considine | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akeem Jordan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Howard | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Brown | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Hunt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- PHI -8
- Closing total
- 44
- STL moneyline
- —
- PHI moneyline
- —
Eagles closed -8 and covered, winning by 35.
Total closed 44; the game landed 41 — under by 3.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Lincoln Financial Field
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- 80°F, wind 11 mph
- Referee
- Peter Morelli
- Rest
- STL 7 days · PHI 7 days
- Coaches
- Scott Linehan vs Andy Reid