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The Eagles Scored More Rushing Touchdowns in the NFC Championship Game than the Cowboys Did All Season
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The #Eagles rushed for more TD in the NFC Championship Game (7) than the #Cowboys did all season (6).
— Jeff Kerr (@JeffKerrCBS) January 26, 2025
Not that we didn’t believe Jeff, but it’s such a ridiculous stat that it needed to be fact checked. Sure enough, yes, it is true. Zeke Elliott had three rushing scores, Rico Dowdle had two, and “Dak is ass” Prescott had one. That’s it. Only six of their 429 carries resulted in touchdowns. The Eagles scored seven on Sunday night, split between Saquon Barkley (3), Jalen Hurts (3), and Will Shipley (1). In fact, Shipley had only one fewer rushing score in the NFC title game than Dowdle (Cowboys leading rusher) had over 16 regular season games.
Looking back, this headline should have gotten us a Pulitzer, or at least a retweet from The Babylon Bee or The Onion:
With Dalvin Cook and Zeke Elliott, Jerry Jones Now Favored to Win His 2019 Fantasy Football League https://t.co/Q68aM55TNU
— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) August 28, 2024
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com