Miracle at the Meadowlands 01/01/2005 See All News Miracle at the Meadowlands Nov. 19, 1978 Center GUY MORRISS, helped the Eagles mount a comeback. Cornerback Herman Edwards scooped up a fumble and ran 26 yards with 20 seconds remaining to extend the Eagles' winning streak to three games. The Giants jumped to a 14-0 first period lead as Joe Pisarcik (13 of 23 for 181 yards and two touchdowns) fired scoring passes to Bobby Hammond and Johnny Perkins. A short scoring run by Mike Hogan narrowad tha gap to 17-13 with 3:59 left. Philadelphia's Wilbert Montgomery led all rushers with 88 yards on 22 carries. Philadelphia Eagles 0 6 0 13 - 19 New York Giants 14 0 3 0 - 17 Scoring Summary 1st Quarter NY - Hammond 19 pass from Piscarik (Danelo kick), 7:35 NY - Perkins 30 pass from Piscarik (Danelo kick), 9:29 2nd Quarter Phi - Montgomery 8 run (kick failed), 13:34 3rd Quarter NY- FG Danelo 37, 10:39 4th Quarter Phi - Hogan 1 run (kick failed), 11:01 Phi - Edwards 26 fumble return (Michel kick), 14:40 A - 70,318 Eagles cornerback HERMAN EDWARDS was the game's hero when he alertly scooped up a fumble and returned it for the winning score. Statistics Eagles Giants PASSING PASSING CMP/ATT YDS TD INT CMP/ATT YDS TD INT Jaworkski 15/31 164 0 3 Pisarcik 13/23 181 2 1 RUSHING RUSHING NO. YDS LONG TD NO. YDS LONG TD Montgomery 22 88 14 1 Kotar 13 >36 9 0 Hogan 14 28 8 1 Pisarcik 6 17 8 0 Carmichael 1 21 21 0 Hammond 6 16 9 0 Campfield 7 11 5 0 Doornink 3 15 6 0 Jaworski 1 2 2 0 Csonka 2 13 11 0 Perkins 1 3 3 0 RECEIVING RECEIVING NO. YDS LONG TD NO. YDS LONG TD Carmichael 5 105 47 0 Robinson 4 73 44 0 Hogan 4 22 9 0 Perkins 3 65 30 1 Osborne 3 24 12 0 Hammond 3 35 19 1 Campfield 2 5 5 0 Kotar 2 0 5 0 Smith 1 8 8 0 Shirk 1 8 8 0 INTERCEPTIONS INTERCEPTIONS NO. YDS LONG TD NO. YDS LONG TD Howard 1 0 0 0 Jones 1 23 23 0 Van Pelt 1 12 12 0 McKinney 1 11 11 0 PUNTING PUNTING NO. YDS AVG LG NO. YDS AVG LG Michel 3 75 25.0 0 Jennings 5 217 43.4 51 PUNT RETURNS PUNT RETURNS NO./FC YDS LONG TD NO./FC YDS LONG TD Sciarra 2/1 14 14 0 Robinson 1/0 8 8 0 0 Jackson 1/0 0 0 0 KICKOFF RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS NO. YDS LONG TD NO./FC YDS LONG TD Giamonna 3 59 29 0 Hammond 3 41 18 0 0 Tyler 1 2 2 0 Back to news