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Eagles sink Vikings

et — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:21:27 +0000

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

Ravens defeat Dolphins

et — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:41:07 +0000

Baltimore 27 – Miami 9

The Ravens showed no mercy against the Dolphins holding their opponents to just three field goals in a commanding performance that takes them through to the second weekend.

With five turnovers given away, the Dolphins were not in the match as the Ravens showed their authority and have now won 10 of their last 12 games.

Scoring…
1st Quarter
FG Dan Carpenter, 19 yd field goal , 08:21. Drive: 8 plays, 50 yards in 4:15
FG Matt Stover, 23 yd field goal , 02:52. Drive: 11 plays, 59 yards in 5:30
2nd Quarter
TD Ed Reed, 64 yd interception return (Matt Stover PAT), 02:51.
FG Matt Stover, 31 yd field goal , 00:21. Drive: 7 plays, 46 yards in 1:21
3rd Quarter
TD Le’Ron McClain, 8 yd run (Matt Stover PAT), 07:41. Drive: 4 plays, 19 yards in 2:09
4th Quarter
TD Ronnie Brown, 2 yd pass from Chad Pennington kick blocked, 13:19. Drive: 5 plays, 74 yards in 1:51
TD Joe Flacco, 5 yd run (Matt Stover PAT), 04:00. Drive: 8 plays, 71 yards in 3:44

Cardinals upset Falcons

et — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:44:01 +0000

Atlanta led at the break, 17-14, but then collapsed under the pressure as mistakes by the visitors let the home side walk away with the game to win comfortably, 30-24
Scoring…
1st Quarter
TD Larry Fitzgerald, 42 yd pass from Kurt Warner (Neil Rackers PAT), 10:37. Drive: 4 plays, 63 yards in 2:03
2nd Quarter
FG Jason Elam, 30 yd field goal , 10:03. Drive: 14 plays, 80 yards in 7:31
TD Anquan Boldin, 71 yd pass from Kurt Warner (Neil Rackers PAT), 09:10. Drive: 3 plays, 72 yards in 1:02
TD Michael Turner, 7 yd run (Jason Elam PAT), 03:00. Drive: 14 plays, 77 yards in 6:03
TD Justin Peelle, 2 yd pass from Matt Ryan (Jason Elam PAT), 00:27. Drive: 6 plays, 23 yards in 1:40
3rd Quarter
TD Antrel Rolle, 27 yd fumble (Neil Rackers PAT), 14:17.
TD Tim Hightower, 4 yd run (Neil Rackers PAT), 02:54. Drive: 14 plays, 76 yards in 7:43
4th Quarter
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TD Roddy White, 5 yd pass from Matt Ryan (Jason Elam PAT), 04:19. Drive: 9 plays, 58 yards in 3:36

Well done to the Cardinals, they now face either the Giants or Panthers next week.

Colts and Chargers in epic battle

et — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:38:38 +0000

The Colts and Chargers played out an intense battle for survival on Saturday with scores tied at the end of full time.

The Colts put the first points on the board with Addai crossing for the TD, and then the Chargers responded in the 2nd quarter with TD’s to Tomlinson and Sproles – a field goal to Vinatieri keeping the Colts in touch.
A third quarter TD to Reggie Wayne was then the only score in the second half until with 33 seconds to go a Chargers drive ended with Kaeding knocking over the equalising field goal from 26 yards.

Overtime started with the Chargers driving strongly to get into Indy territory, and then two penalties against the Colts brought the Chargers from 40yards to 20yards and still a first down. Rivers sent Sprole running for the touchdown and the Chargers advanced to the second weekend.

Scoring sequence
1st Quarter
TD Joseph Addai, 1 yd run (A.Vinatieri PAT), 03:02. Drive: 9 plays, 81 yards in 5:02
2nd Quarter
TD LaDainian Tomlinson, 3 yd run (N.Kaeding PAT), 10:18. Drive: 4 plays, 44 yards in 2:18
FG Adam Vinatieri, 43 yd field goal , 06:51. Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards in 3:29
TD Darren Sproles, 9 yd run (N.Kaeding PAT), 00:47. Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards in 2:19
3rd Quarter
TD Reggie Wayne, 72 yd pass from Peyton Manning (A.Vinatieri PAT), 08:16. Drive: 5 plays, 91 yards in 1:32
4th Quarter
FG Nate Kaeding, 26 yd field goal , 00:33. Drive: 7 plays, 30 yards in 1:17
Overtime
TD Darren Sproles, 22 yd run , 08:48. Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards in 6:20

Great game to watch – what do you think?