PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (15-3) vs. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (15-3)
Sunday, 6:30 p.m. ET, CBS
OPENING LINE - Patriots by 6 ½
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Eagles 10-6, Patriots 11-5
SERIES RECORD - Eagles lead 7-6
LAST MEETING - Eagles beat Patriots 35-28, Dec. 6, 2015
LAST WEEK - Eagles beat Vikings 38-7 in NFC championship game, Jan. 21; Patriots beat Jaguars 24-20 in AFC championship game, Jan. 21
AP PRO32 RANKING - Eagles No. 5, Patriots No. 1
EAGLES OFFENSE - OVERALL (7), RUSH (3), PASS (13)
EAGLES DEFENSE - OVERALL (4), RUSH (1), PASS (17)
PATRIOTS OFFENSE - OVERALL (1), RUSH (10), PASS (2)
PATRIOTS DEFENSE - OVERALL (29), RUSH (20), PASS (30)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Patriots beat Eagles 24-21 in Super Bowl to conclude 2004 season. This will be sixth Super Bowl rematch in NFL history. In last three rematches, team that won first game also won second game. … This is third Super Bowl in which each team ranked in top five in both points scored and fewest points allowed. Eagles were third in points scored (28.6 points per game) and fourth in points allowed (18.4). Patriots ranked second in points scored (28.6) and fifth in points allowed (18.5). … Eagles are 0-2 in Super Bowl. Eagles haven’t won NFL title since 1960. … Philadelphia has have seven players on active roster who’ve won Super Bowl. … Eagles are missing offensive, defensive and special-teams captains: QB Carson Wentz (knee), LB Jordan Hicks (Achilles tendon), S Chris Maragos. … LT Jason Peters (knee), RB Darren Sproles (knee) and K Caleb Sturgis (hip) also sustained season-ending injuries. … Eagles QB Nick Foles is 72 of 96 (75 percent) for 793 yards, five touchdowns, zero interceptions, and 116.3 rating in three playoff games. His rating is highest in postseason history, minimum 90 attempts. … Foles is only QB in team history to throw for 300-plus yards and three-plus TDs in postseason. … Foles and Joe Montana are only two QBs with consecutive playoff games completing 75 percent of passes. … RB LeGarrette Blount won two Super Bowls with Patriots in past three seasons before joining Philly. Blount has 10 TDs rushing in 10 playoff games. … Eagles DE Chris Long won Super Bowl with Patriots last season. … None of four players who’ve combined to score Eagles’ six TDs in playoffs was on team last year. … RB Jay Ajayi has 127 yards rushing in two playoff games. … WR Alshon Jeffery has nine catches for 146 yards and two TDs. … TE Zach Ertz has 11 catches for 125 yards. … WR Torrey Smith has eight catches for 108 yards and one TD. … Eagles haven’t allowed point in second half this postseason. … CB Patrick Robinson had 50-yard interception return for TD vs. Vikings in NFC title game. … Patriots are appearing in Super Bowl for 10th time. They are 5-4. … With sixth ring, New England would tie Pittsburgh for most in Super Bowl era. … Patriots can become ninth team in NFL history to repeat as Super Bowl champions and first since they won back-to-back titles for 2003 and 2004 seasons. … On 53-man active roster Patriots brought to Minnesota, 32 players have combined 60 games of Super Bowl experience…. Brady led NFL with 4,577 yards passing this season. No player to lead NFL in passing yards has won Super Bowl in that season (0-5). Brady, Peyton Manning, Rich Gannon, Kurt Warner and Dan Marino all lost in Super Bowl after leading league in passing yards. … Brady has played in seven Super Bowls and has 5-2 record … Brady and coach Bill Belichick will be making eighth Super Bowl appearance together, most NFL title games for any head coach and quarterback duo in league history. Their five victories together are most by coach and quarterback combination. … With victory, Belichick would pass Vince Lombardi and tie George Halas and Curly Lambeau for most NFL championships by coach in league history. … RB James White has scored six touchdowns (four rushing, two receiving) in his past three postseason games. Over past two postseasons (2016 and 2017), White leads NFL with seven total touchdowns and 44 points scored. … TE Rob Gronkowski has 10 career playoff TD receptions. He trails only Jerry Rice (22) and John Stallworth (12) for most in NFL playoff history. … Gronkowski’s 856 yards receiving and 10 TD receptions are most ever by tight end in NFL postseason history. … Patriots have 11 sacks in postseason, most in NFL. Eight players have at least one sack in this year’s playoffs, most by any team. … Three Patriots defensive ends - rookies Adam Butler and Deatrich Wise Jr., and Geneo Grissom - have two sacks apiece in this postseason. … LB James Harrison has 11 career postseason sacks, tied for fifth in NFL since individual sack became official statistic in 1982.
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