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PPHILADELPHIA EAGLESHILADELPHIA EAGLES
GAME RELEASEGAME RELEASE
PRESEASON (2-2)DayDateOpponentTime
FridayAugust 8@ SteelersL, 10-16ThursdayAugust 14PANTHERSW, 24-13FridayAugust 22@ PatriotsW, 27-17ThursdayAugust 28JETSL, 20-27
REGULAR SEASON (2-3)DayDateOpponentTime
SundaySeptember 7RAMSW, 38-3MondaySeptember 15@ CowboysL, 37-41SundaySeptember 21STEELERSW, 15-6SundaySeptember 28@ BearsL, 20-24SundayOctober 5REDSKINSL, 17-23SundayOctober 12@ 49ers4:15 PMSundayOctober 19BYEBYESundayOctober 26FALCONS1:00 PMSundayNovember 2@ Seahawks4:15 PMSundayNovember 9GIANTS8:15 PMSundayNovember 16@ Bengals1:00 PMSundayNovember 23@ Ravens1:00 PMThursdayNovember 27CARDINALS8:00 PMSundayDecember 7@ Giants1:00 PMMondayDecember 15BROWNS8:30 PMSundayDecember 21@ Redskins1:00 PMSundayDecember 28COWBOYS1:00 PM
POSTSEASON
Wild Card Playoff Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 3-4Divisional Playoff Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 10-11AFC/NFC Championship Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan. 18Super Bowl 43, Tampa, FL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Feb. 1AFC-NFC Pro Bowl, Honolulu, HI (Aloha Stadium) . . . . . . . . . .Feb. 8
(All times Eastern Time)
Football Media Services Department
215-463-2500
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EAGLES 2008 SCHEDULE
TELEVISION
FOX Sports 
Play-by-Play:
Sam Rosen
Color Analyst:
Tim Ryan
LOCAL RADIO
WYSP-FM (94.1) WIP-AM (610) 
Play-by-Play:
Merrill Reese
Color Analyst:
Mike Quick
RADIO AND TV COVERAGE
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (2-3)GAME #6SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (2-3)ATATCANDLESTICK PARK 4:15 PM
The Eagles look to win their 3rd-straight game against the 49ersafter having outscored them 80-27 in their last two contests. Bothteams aim to even their record at 3-3 after suffering home losses intheir last game. The Eagles lost to the Redskins, 23-17, while the49ers fell to the Patriots, 30-21. Eagles head coach Andy Reid is 2wins shy of 100 for his career and QB Donovan McNabb looks to sur-pass Ron Jaworski as the franchise’s all-time leader in pass attemptsand passing yards.
THIS WEEK’S MATCHUP
With a 98-64 overall record, Andy Reid needs 2 wins to reach 100for his career. In doing so, Reid would become the...•37th head coach and 7th active head coach in NFL history with 100overall wins (Mike Holmgren, Mike Shanahan, Bill Belichick, TonyDungy, Jeff Fisher, Tom Coughlin)•22nd coach to win 100 games with one team•17th coach to win 100 games in his first stint as a head coach
CENTURY CLUB
Andy Reid
and
Donovan McNabb
joined Bill Walsh and Joe Montanathis season as the only first-time head coaches and rookie QBs tojoin a team at the same time and last into their 10th season as a tan-dem. This week, they have a chance to move past Walsh andMontana to become the winningest such pair.
MOVING UP THE CHARTS
With 12 pass atts., and 264 passing yds., McNabb can pass RonJaworski to become the franchise leader in both categories. McNabbalready owns the team record for completions (2,301) and TDs (177).•Should he pass Jaworski in both categories, McNabb would joinColts QB Peyton Manning as the only 2 QBs to lead their currentteam in all 4 major passing categories.
ELITE COMPANY 
CoachQuarterbackTeamYearsRecordAndy ReidDonovan McNabbPhiladelphia1999-200875-42
Bill WalshJoe MontanaSan Francisco1979-198875-36
MOST WINS AMONG HEAD COACH-QUARTERBACK TANDEMSWHO STARTED THEIR CAREERS AT THE SAME TIMEPlayerAttempts
Ron Jaworski3,918
Donovan McNabb3,907PlayerCompletionsDonovan McNabb2,301
Ron Jaworski2,088
PlayerYards
Ron Jaworski26,963
Donovan McNabb26,700PlayerTDsDonovan McNabb177
Ron Jaworski175
MCNABB’S CAREER PASSING RANKINGS IN EAGLES HISTORY
 
OPPONENT INFORMATION
SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
•
Overall Series:
49ers lead 17-9-1•
Current Streak:
Eagles have won 3 of last 4•
Reid on the road:
44-30 (regular season)•
Reid vs. 49ers
: 3-2 (regular season)•
Reid vs. 49ers on the road:
2-1 (regular season)•
Reid vs. Nolan
: 2-0 (regular season)•
Reid vs. the NFC
: 69-43 (regular season)•
Reid vs. NFC West
: 12-10 (regular season)•
Reid vs. NFC West on the road:
6-4 (regular season)•
First matchup
: 10/6/51 - a 21-14 Eagles win in Phi.•
Last matchup:
9/24/06 - a 38-24 Eagles win in SF•
Last 49ers victory
: 12/21/03 - 31-28 (OT) in Phi.
EAGLES (NFL Rank)49ers (NFL Rank)
25.4 (10th)
Points Per Game
23.0 (t-13th)342.6 (9th)
Total Offense
307.4 (21st)82.4 (28th)
Rushing Offense
110.2 (18th)260.2 (5th)
Passing Offense
197.2 (18th)19.4 (9th)
Points Allowed Per Game
25.4 (23rd)274.0 (6th)
Total Defense
344.0 (t-21st)83.6 (8th)
Rushing Defense
128.4 (22nd)190.4 (11th)
Passing Defense
215.6 (19th)40.0 (14th)
3rd Down Offense %
31.5 (28th)37.1 (12th)
3rd Down Defense %
41.4 (22nd)+3 (t-4th)
Turnover Ratio
-3 (t-23rd)
HOW THEY STACK UP IN 2008
Andy Reid
is one of the most successful head coaches in recent NFLhistory ... During his tenure, Reid has earned NFL coach of the yearhonors twice (2000, 2002) ... Compiled the best win total (98), andplayoff victory total (8) in team history ... Has captured five divisiontitles, four trips to the NFC Championship game, and a Super Bowlappearance (2004) ... Since he was hired in 1999, no other franchisehas earned more divisional playoff round appearances (6) thanPhiladelphia ... Among coaches with 100 games under their belt,Reid’s .601 winning pct. is 21st in NFL history and fifth among activecoaches ... With 9 seasons under his belt in Philadelphia, Reid istied for 3rd with Seattle’s Mike Holmgren for NFL head coachingtenure with the same team (Tennesee’s Jeff Fisher, 14; Denver’sMike Shanahan, 13).
Mike Nolan
is in his 4th year as head coach of the 49ers, having pro-duced an 18-35 record ... Previously served as the defensive coordi-nator for the Baltimore Ravens (2002-04) ... Has produced 2 defen-sive players of the year (Ed Reed, 2004; Ray Lewis, 2003) and oneNFL Rookie of the Year (Patrick Willis, 2007).
A LOOK AT THE COACHES
HEAD-TO-HEADAndy ReidMike Nolan
90-59 (.604)
Regular Season Record (pct.)
18-35 (.340)8-6
Playoff Record
0-010th
Year as head coach with team
4th10th
Year as NFL head coach
4th
DateLocationResult
10/06/51PhilaW, 21-149/27/53SFL, 21-3111/25/56PhilaT, 10-1010/19/58PhilaL, 24-309/27/59SFL, 14-249/20/64PhilaL, 24-2811/20/66SFW, 35-3410/15/67PhilaL, 27-2812/21/69SFL, 13-1410/03/71PhilaL, 3-3112/02/73SFL, 28-3811/30/75PhilaW, 27-179/03/83SFW, 22-179/23/84PhilaL, 9-2111/03/85SFL, 13-249/24/89PhilaL, 28-3810/27/91PhilaL, 7-2311/29/92SFL, 14-201/03/94SFW, 37-34 (OT)10/02/94SFW, 40-812/29/96 - fSFL, 0-1411/10/97PhilaL, 14-2412/22/01SFL, 3-1311/25/02SFW, 38-1712/21/03PhilaL, 28-31 (OT)9/18/05PhilaW, 42-39/24/06SFW, 38-24
Home: 3-9-1Road: 6-8-0Overall: 9-17-1
ALL-TIME RESULTS VS. SF
f - NFC First Round Playoff 
QB DONOVAN MCNABB
•Averages 277 passing yds./game with 8 TDs and 3 INTs (106.0 QBrtg.) in 4 games vs. SF
RB BRIAN WESTBROOK
•9/24/06 - Racked up 164 yds. of total offense and scored 3 TDs
WR REGGIE BROWN
•9/24/06 - Recorded his 1st-career 100-yd. game, catching 5 pass-es for 106 yds. (21.2 avg.)
TE L.J. SMITH
•9/18/05 - Set career highs with 9 recepts. and 119 yds.
DT MIKE PATTERSON
•9/24/06 - Recovered a fumble on the Eagles 2-yd. line andreturned it 98 yds. for his 1st-career TD. It was the longest fumblereturn in team history
PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS VS. SF
DateH/AW/LAtt.Cmp.Pct.YdsTDINTLGSk/YdRtg.
12/22/01AL342367.623201463/1974.612/21/03HL271763.023812475/3372.89/18/05HW292379.33425068t2/15155.49/24/06AW331854.529620603/30105.1
Totals2-21238165.91,1088368t13/97106.0DONOVAN MCNABB GAME-BY-GAME VS. SFDateH/AW/LAtt.Yds.Avg.LgTDRecYdsLgTD
12/22/01AL3103.340000012/21/03HL5295.81305392009/18/05HW15895.93103311719/24/06AW811714.671t2447271
Totals2-2312457.971t212117272BRIAN WESTBROOK GAME-BY-GAME VS. SF
 
MATCHUP INFORMATION
QB DONOVAN MCNABB
•Trails Ron Jaworski by 11 pass atts., and 263 yds. for the teamrecord in each category
FS BRIAN DAWKINS
•Needs 1 INT to tie Eric Allen and Bill Bradley (34 INTs) for the fran-chise lead, and 47 return yds. to pass Bradley for the club record•Trails Harold Carmichael (180) by 9 games played for most in teamhistory
RB BRIAN WESTBROOK
•With 21 rushing yds., will reach 5,000 for his career•With 31 rushing TDs, needs 1 more to tie Randall Cunningham for3rd place in team history•Needs 3 recepts. to pass Mike Quick for 5th place in team historywith 364, and 3 TD recepts. to tie Fred Barnett for 10th with 28•Trails Keith Byars by 228 receiving yds. for 10th place in team his-tory
CB LITO SHEPPARD
•With 460 career INT return yds., trails Eric Allen (482), BrianDawkins (490) and Bill Bradley (536) among Eagles all-time
DE TRENT COLE
•With a half sack, will pass Darwin Walker for 14th place in teamhistory with 28.0 for his career
LT TRA THOMAS
•Trails Jerry Sisemore by 1 game for 6th place in team history and1st place among tackles with 156 games played
RB CORRELL BUCKHALTER
•Needs 100 rushing yds. to reach 2,000 for his career•Trails Swede Hanson by 7 rushing yds. for 19th place and FrankZiegler by 26 yds. for 18th place in team history
T JON RUNYAN
•With 133 consecutive games played for the Eagles, can passHerman Edwards (135) and Ken Clarke (139) for 5th and 4th place,respectively, in team history
TE L.J. SMITH
•With 13 recepts., will move past Harold Jackson and into 20thplace in team history with 216 for his career
P SAV ROCCA
•With 4 more punts, will qualify for the team’s all-time punting list.If he keeps his current career punting avg. of 43.2, he will rankfirst on the Eagles all-time list
WR DESEAN JACKSON
•With 3 more punt returns, will qualify for the team’s all-time list,where his current 13.2-yd. avg. would rank 3rd
APPROACHING MILESTONES
COACHES CORNER:
Eagles offensive coordinator
Marty Mornhinweg
has strong ties to both northern California and to the 49ers organi-zation. Mornhinweg was the Niners offensive coordinator and quar-terbacks coach from 1997-2000. In 1998, the 49ers became the firstteam since the 1941 Chicago Bears to lead the league in gross pass-ing and rushing yards thanks in large part to Mornhinweg’s guid-ance. Mornhinweg attended Oak Grove HS in San Jose, where hewas the Northern California POY and an all-state performer. Heplayed under current Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren, whowas an assistant coach for Oak Grove HS at the time.Eagles head coach
Andy Reid
was the offensive coordinator andoffensive line coach for San Francisco State from 1983-85.Eagles d-line coach
Pete Jenkins
coached with 49ers head coach
Mike Nolan
for LSU in 1986. Jenkins coached the d-line while Nolanworked with the LBs.TEs coach
Tom Melvin
played for San Francisco State from 1982-83and was a GA from 1984-85. He was born in Redwood City, CA, andattended Cubberley HS in Palo Alto.Eagles quarterbacks coach
Pat Shurmur
was the offensive line coachfor Stanford in 1998.Niners strength and conditioning coach
Duane Carlisle
was a speeddevelopment consultant for the Eagles from 2000-04.
FORMER 49ER:
Eagles CB
Joselio Hanson
signed with the 49ers as arookie free agent in 2003. He spent 2003 on their practice squadand was on the active roster in 2004.
FORMER EAGLE:
Niners LB
Takeo Spikes
spent the 2007 season withthe Eagles. He started in 14 games and finished second on the teamin tackles with 139. Spikes was waived by the Eagles in early 2008.49ers S
Michael Lewis
spent 5 years with the Eagles after beingdrafted in 2002. He earned a Pro Bowl invitation in 2004.
EAGLES TIES:
Niners director of pro personnel
Tom Gamble
enteredthe NFL as an assistant for the Eagles player personnel departmentin 1996. He is the son of former Eagles president Harry Gamble andwas born in Cherry Hill, NJ.
COLLEGE TEAMMATES:
Niners LB
Parys Haralson
and Eagles LB
Omar Gaither
lined up together for Tennessee from 2002-05. NinersRB
Michael Robinson
and Eagles FB
Tony Hunt
played for Penn Statefrom 2003-05.
NOTABLE CONNECTIONS
OFFENSEDEFENSETotalRushPassTotalRushPass
Week 1117t1226Week 2320111122Week 36273t4115Week 462453111Week 592856811
 WEEK-BY-WEEK NFL RANKINGS
TeamOff RankDef Rank
NY Giants1st3rd
Philadelphia9th6th
Miami10th7th
TEAMS RANKED IN THE TOP 10OFFENSE AND DEFENSE
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