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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - Notes, anecdotes and statistics from the Giants' 40-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

*The Giants lost their third consecutive game after opening the season with five wins in a row and fell out of first place in the NFC East for the first time this year. They trail the 5-2 Eagles and 5-2 Dallas (which beat Seattle) by half a game.

*The Giants have lost three straight games for the first time since a four-game losing streak from Nov. 12-Dec. 3, 2006, when the defeats were to Chicago, Jacksonville, Tennessee and Dallas.

*The Giants' four-game regular season win streak in Lincoln Financial Field ended. They had last lost in Philadelphia in 2005 (though they did lose an NFC Wild Card game here in 2006).

*The 23-point defeat was the Giants' worst since a 41-17 loss to Minnesota on Nov. 25, 2007. It was their most lopsided road defeat since a 37-14 loss at Baltimore on Dec. 12, 2004.

*It was the Giants' worst loss to the Eagles since a 24-0 defeat on Dec. 1, 1996.

*The Giants trailed, 16-0, their largest deficit before scoring since Dec. 12, 2004, when they fell behind Baltimore, 17-0.

*The Giants trailed at halftime, 30-7, their largest deficit after two quarters since Sept. 24, 2006, when they were in a 35-3 hole in Seattle.

*The Giants are now 7-14 since 1990 in games against teams that played the previous Monday night.

*The Giants' 89-yard touchdown drive in the second quarter was their second-longest of the season; they had a 94-yarder on Oct. 11 vs. Oakland.

*Philadelphia's 90-yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter was the longest allowed by the Giants this season. It took only four plays and 1:41 to complete. The previous long was an 83-yarder at Dallas.

*The Eagles rushed for 180 yards, the second-highest total allowed by the Giants this season; Dallas ran for 251 yards on Sept. 20 in the Giants' other NFC East road game.

*The Eagles scored on the game's third play when fullback Leonard Weaver scored on a 41-yard run. It was the second time in three games the Giants allowed an opening-possession touchdown after giving up no such scores in the first five games. Under Tom Coughlin, the Giants are 9-10 in games in which the opposition scores a touchdown on its first series.

*Weaver scored just 1:34 into the game, the earliest the Giants had allowed a touchdown since Nov. 25, 2007, when Minnesota's Sidney Rice scored on a 60-yard pass from Tarvaris Jackson 41 seconds into the game.

*Weaver's run was briefly the second-longest allowed by the Giants this season. It became the third-longest when Eagles rookie running back LeSean McCoy scampered 66 yards for Philadelphia's final touchdown in the fourth quarter. Dallas' Felix Jones ran for 56 yards on Sept. 20. McCoy's run was the longest touchdown run against the Giants since Minnesota's Adrian Peterson scored on a 67-yarder last Dec. 28.

*Philadelphia also scored a touchdown on its second series, becoming the second Giants opponent in three weeks to do so. The Saints scored touchdowns on their first four possessions two weeks ago.

*Osi Umenyiora sacked Donovan McNabb for an 11-yard loss (and forced a fumble) midway through the second quarter, the first time the Giants sacked the Philadelphia quarterback since Dec. 9, 2007, when then-rookie Jay Alford brought him down for a one-yard loss here. Umenyiora also had a sack in that game. Last season, McNabb threw 106 passes in three games against the Giants without being sacked.

*Tight end Kevin Boss scored his first touchdown of the season on an 18-yard pass from Eli Manning with 1:54 remaining in the second quarter. It was his first touchdown since Dec. 21, 2008 vs. Carolina.

*A replay challenge by Andy Reid cost the Giants a touchdown in the third quarter. On a first down from the Giants' 40, Donovan McNabb was tackled for a 12-yard loss by Bruce Johnson, the rookie cornerback's first career sack. Johnson forced a fumble that tackle Fred Robbins recovered and returned 13 yards before flipping a lateral at the 35 to Osi Umenyiora, who ran untouched to the end zone.

Reid challenged the play, apparently hoping it would be ruled a forward pass. He didn't get that, but the touchdown was nullified when referee Carl Cheffers ruled that Robbins' lateral was an illegal forward pass, which is a five-yard penalty. The Giants took possession at the Eagles' 42 and subsequently scored on Lawrence Tynes' field goal.

*Robbins blocked David Akers' extra point attempt after Philadelphia's second touchdown. It was Robbins' second such block of the season. He also blocked one at New Orleans on Oct. 18.

*Brandon Jacobs rushed for 86 yards on 20 carries and increased his career total to 3,170 yards. That moved him past Hall of Famer Tuffy Leemans (3,132) and into ninth place on the Giants' career list.

Ahmad Bradshaw scored his fourth rushing touchdown of the season. He had two such scores in his first two years combined.

*The Giants played without Mario Manningham, their second-leading receiver, who was inactive with a shoulder injury. Manningham was hurt on the last play of practice on Thursday. He did not work on Friday, but said after practice that he expected to play.

Rookie Hakeem Nicks made his first start in Manningham's place. Nicks caught four passes for 53 yards, including a team-high 35-yarder.

Also inactive for the Giants were linebacker Michael Boley, defensive lineman Chris Canty, cornerback Aaron Ross, offensive linemen Adam Koets and Guy Whimper and running back Gartrell Johnson.

*Domenik Hixon suffered what Tom Coughlin said was a hip injury in the second half, so Corey Webster returned a punt (eight yards) and Danny Ware brought back a kickoff 20 yards.

*Chris Snee and Mathias Kiwanuka were the game captains and joined season captains Eli Manning, Antonio Pierce and Jeff Feagles for the coin toss.