Eagles sink Vikings

Philadelphia 26 – Minnesota 14

It was a close game in the first half, with the Eagles ahead 16-14 but then they came out and shutdown the home side completely whilst adding another 10 points to clinch their place in the second weekend’s matches. The Vikings never recovered from Asante Samuel’s interception-return TD.

Scoring…
1st Quarter
FG David Akers, 43 yd field goal , 06:49. Drive: 4 plays, 1 yards in 1:38
FG David Akers, 51 yd field goal , 00:02. Drive: 6 plays, 42 yards in 2:36
2nd Quarter
TD Adrian Peterson, 40 yd run (Ryan Longwell PAT), 11:14. Drive: 8 plays, 78 yards in 3:55
FG David Akers, 31 yd field goal , 07:38. Drive: 9 plays, 59 yards in 3:36
TD Asante Samuel, 44 yd interception return (David Akers PAT), 06:43.
TD Adrian Peterson, 3 yd run (Ryan Longwell PAT), 01:55. Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards in 4:43
3rd Quarter
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4th Quarter
TD Brian Westbrook, 71 yd pass from Donovan McNabb (David Akers PAT), 06:53. Drive: 1 plays, 71 yards in 0:16
FG David Akers, 45 yd field goal , 02:00. Drive: 6 plays, 20 yards in 0:54