Game recap

Rams @ Eagles

2026 Wk 4 · PHI 20, LA 24

The Rams stuffed a fourth-and-2 at their own 2, then went 98 and 79 yards for two late touchdowns.

FanIQ Research · October 5, 2026 · 7 facts, every one from the play-by-play

Down 20-10 with 7:26 left, the Rams won. Since 1999, teams down 10 in the last eight minutes won 3.2% of the time.

Rare

Philadelphia led 20-10 at halftime, and nobody scored again until 4:02 of the fourth quarter. The Rams took over at their own 2 with 7:26 to play, scored on a Kyren Williams 1 yard run at 4:02, got the ball back at their 21 with 2:55 left, and scored again on a 7 yard Williams run with 1:17 to go. Since 1999, a team that trailed by 10 or more at some point in the final eight minutes of a regular-season game won 145 times in 4,476 tries. Sean McVay's Rams have now done it 3 times in 36 such games. The franchise has 7 of these wins since 1999, and three belong to McVay.

Regular-season teams trailing by 10+ in the final 8 minutes, 1999-2026

Scope	Team-games	Won	Win rate
All teams, 1999-2026	4476	145	3.24%
All teams, 2025	178	7	3.93%
Rams under McVay, 2017-2026	36	3	8.3%

Every Rams win after trailing by 10+ in the final 8 minutes, 1999-2026

Season	Week	Game	Final	Worst deficit	Coach
2002	10	LAC @ LA	LA 28, LAC 24	-10	Mike Martz
2002	17	SF @ LA	LA 31, SF 20	-10	Mike Martz
2004	5	LA @ SEA	SEA 27, LA 33	-17	Mike Martz
2005	12	LA @ HOU	HOU 27, LA 33	-14	Joe Vitt
2022	14	LV @ LA	LA 17, LV 16	-13	Sean McVay
2024	3	SF @ LA	LA 27, SF 24	-10	Sean McVay
2026	4	LA @ PHI	PHI 20, LA 24	-10	Sean McVay

Why it matters. A 10-point deficit with under eight minutes left needs two scoring drives plus a defensive stop in between, and the trailing team rarely gets all three. The Rams got the stop first: Philadelphia's fourth-and-2 throw from the LA 2 fell incomplete at 7:31, which kept the margin at 10 and handed the ball over at the Rams' own 2. Two touchdown drives later, the Eagles had one possession and 70 seconds. One win in roughly 31 tries is the base rate for that spot.

Philadelphia went 0 for 12 on third down. All 19 teams to go 0 for 12 or worse since 1999 lost.

Anomaly

The Eagles never moved the chains on a third-down snap: 0 of 2 in the first quarter, 0 of 4 in the second, 0 of 3 in the third, 0 of 3 in the fourth. The Rams converted 8 of 16. Philadelphia also went 1 of 4 on fourth down, and the misses included a stuffed quarterback sneak at its own 38 late in the third quarter and an incompletion on fourth-and-2 from the LA 2. Since 1999, 19 teams have been held without a conversion on 12 or more third downs. Every one of them lost, and Philadelphia's 20 points tie the 2005 Texans and 2010 Bears for the most any of them scored.

Teams with 0 third-down conversions on 12+ attempts, 1999-2026 (all games)

Season	Week	Game	Team	3rd-down att	Final
1999	15	TB @ LV	TB	12	LV 45, TB 0
1999	17	TB @ CHI	CHI	12	CHI 6, TB 20
2000	14	CLE @ JAX	CLE	12	JAX 48, CLE 0
2002	16	PHI @ DAL	DAL	12	DAL 3, PHI 27
2005	5	TEN @ HOU	HOU	13	HOU 20, TEN 34
2010	4	CHI @ NYG	CHI	13	NYG 17, CHI 3
2010	6	SEA @ CHI	CHI	12	CHI 20, SEA 23
2011	11	BUF @ MIA	BUF	12	MIA 35, BUF 8
2012	10	DEN @ CAR	CAR	12	CAR 14, DEN 36
2012	13	ARI @ NYJ	ARI	15	NYJ 7, ARI 6
2015	4	NYJ @ MIA	MIA	12	MIA 14, NYJ 27
2017	3	LV @ WAS	LV	12	WAS 27, LV 10
2017	17	NYJ @ NE	NYJ	12	NE 26, NYJ 6
2019	3	NYJ @ NE	NYJ	12	NE 30, NYJ 14
2020	10	CIN @ PIT	CIN	13	PIT 36, CIN 10
2021	16	MIA @ NO	NO	12	NO 3, MIA 20
2022	9	IND @ NE	IND	14	NE 26, IND 3
2023	14	DEN @ LAC	LAC	12	LAC 7, DEN 24
2026	4	LA @ PHI	PHI	12	PHI 20, LA 24

Third downs, this game (pass and run plays)

Team	Att	Conv	4th-down att	4th-down conv
LA	16	8	2	1
PHI	12	0	4	1

Why it matters. Third down is where an offense earns extra possessions, and an offense that never converts hands the ball back after every series that reaches it. Philadelphia scored 20 anyway because most of its points came on short fields, but once the Rams stopped giving those away in the second half, the Eagles had no way to sustain a drive. The cohort is unanimous: 19 teams, 19 losses.

A fourth-and-2 stop at the Rams' 2, then touchdown drives of 98 and 79 yards

Trend

Philadelphia's last good chance to put the game away came at 7:31: fourth-and-2 at the LA 2, up 20-10, and Jalen Hurts threw incomplete for Darius Cooper. Matthew Stafford then went 98 yards in 10 plays, with completions of 20 yards to Tyler Higbee and 32 yards to Puka Nacua, and Williams scored from the 1 at 4:02. The Rams' next kick went out of bounds and gave the Eagles the ball at their own 40, but they gained 6 yards and punted. Stafford's second drive started at the LA 21 with 2:55 left and ended with Williams' 7 yard run at 1:17. Byron Young then sacked Hurts twice in the final 65 seconds.

Scoring plays

Qtr	Clock	Team	Play	Score after
1	8:42	PHI	Elliott 29-yd FG	PHI 3, LA 0
1	2:12	LA	Mevis 40-yd FG	PHI 3, LA 3
2	11:02	PHI	Elliott 56-yd FG	PHI 6, LA 3
2	5:51	PHI	Hurts 18-yd TD pass to Cooper	PHI 13, LA 3
2	2:00	LA	Nacua 2-yd TD run	PHI 13, LA 10
2	0:09	PHI	Hurts 10-yd TD pass to Cooper	PHI 20, LA 10
4	4:02	LA	Williams 1-yd TD run	PHI 20, LA 17
4	1:17	LA	Williams 7-yd TD run	LA 24, PHI 20

The last 7:31

Clock (Q4)	Team	Situation	Result
7:31	PHI	4th and 2 at LA 2, up 20-10	Hurts pass incomplete, turnover on downs
7:26 to 4:02	LA	Starts at LA 2	10 plays, 98 yards, Williams 1-yd TD
3:59 to 3:07	PHI	Starts at PHI 40, up 20-17	6 yards, delay of game, punt
2:55 to 1:17	LA	Starts at LA 21	Williams 7-yd TD
1:05 and 0:38	PHI	Down 24-20	Two Byron Young sacks, 15 yards lost

Why it matters. The game turned on two short-yardage plays the Eagles did not convert. A touchdown on fourth-and-2 makes it 27-10 with seven minutes left, which all but ends the game; a field goal there makes it 23-10 and a two-score game. Taking the points off the board and pinning the Rams at their 2 should have favored Philadelphia, and it did, until Los Angeles went the length of the field. One first down on the drive that started at the PHI 40 would have run most of the clock.

Philadelphia scored 20 in the first half and 0 after it, gaining 72 yards on 28 second-half plays

Split

Seventeen of the Eagles' 20 points came on three drives that started in Rams territory: a field goal after Andrew Mukuba's interception return to the LA 28, a touchdown after Britain Covey's 41 yard punt return to the LA 17, and a touchdown with 9 seconds left in the half after Cooper DeJean's interception return to the LA 35. Saquon Barkley did not appear in a play after the first quarter, finishing with 2 carries. In the second half the short fields stopped, and Philadelphia's offense fell to -0.572 EPA per play with 4 first downs. The Rams went the other way, from -0.101 to +0.175.

Offense by half (pass and run plays)

Team	Half	Points	Plays	Yards	EPA/play	Success rate	First downs
PHI	1st	20	30	100	-0.021	40.0%	7
PHI	2nd	0	28	72	-0.572	25.0%	4
LA	1st	10	32	155	-0.101	43.8%	9
LA	2nd	14	44	261	+0.175	54.5%	15

Philadelphia scoring drives that started in Rams territory

Qtr	How it started	Start	Result
1	Mukuba interception return	LA 28	Elliott 29-yd FG
2	Covey 41-yd punt return	LA 17	Hurts 18-yd TD pass
2	DeJean interception return	LA 35	Hurts 10-yd TD pass

Why it matters. The first-half lead was built by the defense and special teams more than the offense, which had 100 yards on 30 plays. That kind of lead is fragile, because it depends on the opponent continuing to give up field position. The Rams committed no turnovers after halftime, and Philadelphia's offense, already without Barkley, had to drive the length of the field and could not.

Kyren Williams: 10 catches and 2 rushing touchdowns. The only other Ram to do it since 1999 was Todd Gurley, also against Philadelphia.

Rare

Williams carried 16 times for 80 yards, caught 10 of 13 targets for 67 yards, and scored both fourth-quarter touchdowns. Since 1999, a player has had 10 or more receptions and 2 or more rushing touchdowns in the same regular-season game 11 times. Gurley's came in Week 15 of 2018, a 30-23 Rams loss to the Eagles.

10+ receptions and 2+ rushing TDs in one regular-season game, 1999-2026

Season	Week	Player	Team	Opp	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds
2002	13	LaDainian Tomlinson	LAC	DEN	37	220	3	11	51
2004	12	LaDainian Tomlinson	LAC	KC	21	46	2	10	57
2007	12	Frank Gore	SF	ARI	21	116	2	11	98
2007	14	Marion Barber	DAL	DET	7	43	2	10	61
2009	6	Ray Rice	BAL	MIN	10	77	2	10	117
2014	6	Matt Forte	CHI	ATL	17	80	2	10	77
2018	15	Todd Gurley	LA	PHI	12	48	2	10	76
2019	1	Christian McCaffrey	CAR	LA	19	128	2	10	81
2023	16	Breece Hall	NYJ	WAS	20	95	2	12	96
2025	12	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	NYG	15	219	2	11	45
2026	4	Kyren Williams	LA	PHI	16	80	2	10	67

Why it matters. Williams was the Rams' outlet when Philadelphia took away the deep ball: three of his catches came on the 98 yard drive, including the 7 yard reception that set up first-and-goal at the 1. Ten catches for a running back usually means a team is throwing short because it is behind, and the Rams were behind for most of the game. Turning that volume into the two goal-line scores is what puts him on this short list.

Stafford threw for 317 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions, and won. Ten passers since 1999 have done that, Hurts included.

Comparison

Stafford finished 32 of 51 for 317 yards. Both interceptions set up Philadelphia points: Mukuba's in the first quarter and DeJean's with 34 seconds left in the half. Since 1999, a passer has thrown for 300 or more yards with no touchdown passes and at least two interceptions in 59 regular-season games, and his team won 10 of them. This is Stafford's only such game in the database. Jalen Hurts, on the other sideline, is on the list too, from a 2022 win at Chicago.

300+ passing yards, 0 TD, 2+ INT, and a win, 1999-2026 (regular season)

Season	Week	Passer	Team	Opp	Comp-Att	Yards	INT
2003	11	Jake Delhomme	CAR	WAS	20-30	317	2
2009	6	David Garrard	JAX	LA	30-43	335	2
2012	11	Matt Ryan	ATL	ARI	28-46	301	5
2014	12	Brian Hoyer	CLE	ATL	23-40	322	3
2018	5	Patrick Mahomes	KC	JAX	22-38	313	2
2018	7	Jameis Winston	TB	CLE	32-52	365	2
2020	16	Drew Brees	NO	MIN	19-26	311	2
2022	15	Justin Herbert	LAC	TEN	28-42	313	2
2022	15	Jalen Hurts	PHI	CHI	22-37	315	2
2026	4	Matthew Stafford	LA	PHI	32-51	317	2

All such games by result

Games	Won	Lost
59	10	49

Quarterbacks, this game

Passer	Comp	Att	Yards	TD	INT	Sacked
Matthew Stafford	32	51	317	0	2	1
Jalen Hurts	12	27	93	2	0	4

Why it matters. Yards without touchdowns usually mean drives that stall short of the end zone, and two interceptions on top of that usually mean a loss, which is why 49 of the 59 teams lost. Stafford's line hides where the yards went: the Rams' three touchdowns were all runs, two by Williams and one by Nacua, and the passing game supplied the field position. Hurts threw two touchdowns on 93 yards, the opposite shape, and lost.

Sean McVay's first win over Nick Sirianni's Eagles, after four losses including the 2024 Divisional round

Milestone

McVay is now 2-6 against Philadelphia, counting one playoff game. His only other win, 37-19 in 2020, came against Doug Pederson. Since Sirianni arrived, the Eagles had won the four previous meetings, including a 28-22 Divisional round game in Philadelphia in January 2025 and a 33-26 win here in Week 3 of last season.

Rams vs Eagles with Sean McVay coaching LA

Season	Round	Game	Score	Eagles coach	Winner
2017	Wk 14	PHI @ LA	PHI 43, LA 35	Doug Pederson	PHI
2018	Wk 15	PHI @ LA	PHI 30, LA 23	Doug Pederson	PHI
2020	Wk 2	LA @ PHI	LA 37, PHI 19	Doug Pederson	LA
2023	Wk 5	PHI @ LA	PHI 23, LA 14	Nick Sirianni	PHI
2024	Wk 12	PHI @ LA	PHI 37, LA 20	Nick Sirianni	PHI
2024	Divisional	LA @ PHI	PHI 28, LA 22	Nick Sirianni	PHI
2025	Wk 3	LA @ PHI	PHI 33, LA 26	Nick Sirianni	PHI
2026	Wk 4	LA @ PHI	LA 24, PHI 20	Nick Sirianni	LA

Why it matters. Philadelphia had become one of the few opponents McVay could not solve, with six losses in seven tries before Sunday, and the last two of those came in Philadelphia. This win does not change the record much, but it ends a four-game run against the current Eagles staff that included the game that ended the Rams' 2024 season.

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