1999 · Week 1
Arizona Cardinals at Philadelphia Eagles
Sep 12, 1999 · Veterans Stadium · outdoors · astroturf
Recap
Arizona Cardinals escaped with a 25–24 win over Philadelphia Eagles. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Cardinals had just a 42% chance going in. Cardinals improve to 1-0; Eagles fall to 0-1. Jake Plummer was the story of the game with 274 passing yards and 1 TD; 25 rushing yards. Cardinals out-gained the opponent 352–229 in total yards.
Team stats
| ARI | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | First downs | 10 |
| 352 | Total yards | 229 |
| 274 | Passing yards | 91 |
| 78 | Rushing yards | 138 |
| 25/48 | Comp / Att | 12/26 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 4 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
ARI
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 25/48 | 274 | 1 | 3 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 6 | 25 | 0 |
| Adrian Murrell | 24 | 53 | 0 |
| David Boston | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mario Bates | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Joel Makovicka | 1 | -7 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Moore | 3 | 8 | 77 | 1 |
| Adrian Murrell | 5 | 5 | 47 | 0 |
| Frank Sanders | 5 | 16 | 50 | 0 |
| Terry Hardy | 5 | 6 | 49 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 2 | 4 | 26 | 0 |
| David Boston | 4 | 6 | 21 | 0 |
| Joel Makovicka | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
PHI
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Pederson | 12/26 | 91 | 2 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duce Staley | 21 | 111 | 1 |
| Doug Pederson | 2 | 21 | 0 |
| Kevin Turner | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duce Staley | 3 | 8 | 19 | 1 |
| Luther Broughton | 3 | 5 | 29 | 1 |
| Charles Johnson | 3 | 6 | 24 | 0 |
| Brian Finneran | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Dietrich Jells | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Torrance Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jed Weaver | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |