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There are few rivalries as rich as that of the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants. The Eagles and Giants will meet for their fifth playoff encounter in the 2022 divisional round, which makes for the perfect time to revisit some of the greatest moments in the history of the two teams. The Eagles-Giants rivalry is intense, but the list of highlights and miraculous plays is skewed in favor of the Eagles.

Eagles vs Giants History

The Philadelphia Eagles have been the more dominant side in recent years in the rivalry between these two NFC East teams. Philadelphia has won 33 of the last 46 meetings between the two franchises, which includes a run between 2014 and 2022 where the Giants won just one game in 13 meetings.

Despite the recent dominance of the Eagles in the head-to-head matchups, it is the Giants who boast a more storied history of success. The New York Giants have won four championships in the Super Bowl era, including two under the leadership of Eli Manning, where they defeated Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.

Philadelphia won their very first championship in 2018, when they also beat the Patriots in the game that featured Nick Foles and the Philly special.

These two rivals love to try and beat one another, and the Eagles vs Giants record now stands at 92-88-2, leaning ever so slightly in the Eagles favor.

Saturday nights divisional round playoff game will mark the third matchup between the two sides in the 2022 season, and the fifth meeting in the postseason.

The playoff record between the Eagles and Giants is tied at 2-2, with the Giants winning the first two meetings in 1981 and 2000, and the Eagles coming out victorious in the more recent contests in 2006 and 2008.

Ranking the top 5 Greatest Moments in Eagles-Giants Rivalry History

5. Andy Reid’s Eagles Miracle at the New Meadowlands

The ‘Miracle at the New Meadowlands’ is the second coming of the original ‘Miracle at the Meadowlands’, which we’ll get to further down this list. The second version featured an Andy Reid Eagles team that trailed 31-10 with eight minutes to go in the fourth quarter.

It was Michael Vick versus Eli Manning, and the Giants had taken a hefty lead. Manning had just thrown his fourth touchdown of the day to give the Giants their 31-point total, and the Eagles ‘Eye of the Tiger’ fight system was played in the stadium in an attempt to mock them.

Vick threw a pass to Brent Celek on the next drive that broke for a 65-yard touchdown. They followed it up with an onside kick, which was recovered by the Eagles with just ten men on the field. Michael Vick then rushed the Eagles down the field with his feet, and on third down ran the ball into the end zone from the six-yard line for another touchdown, suddenly it was 31-24 with 5:28 left to play.

The Giants were forced to punt on their next possession, and Vick and the Eagles put together a strong drive to find the endzone once again with a pass to Jeremy Maclin, tying the game at 31-31.

Desean Jackson would then secure the win with one of the most famous punt returns in NFL history, which will be discussed later in the ranking list.

4. Eagles Upset the Super Bowl Champion Giants in the Playoffs

In January 2009, the Eagles lined up against the current defending champion New York Giants in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.

The Giants were flying high, having gone 12-4 and earning their place as the number one seed in the NFC, meaning they had a first-round bye for the playoffs. The Eagles were the number six seed, the lowest possible seed at the time.

Led by quarterback Donovan McNabb, they went 9-6-1 and faced the number three seed Minnesota Vikings in the wildcard round. After beating the Vikings, the matchup was set between the bottom seed Eagles and the top seed New York Giants at Giants Stadium.

The Eagles defense kept the Giants out of the endzone all day, allowing just three field goals and a safety as Philly stormed to a 23-11 victory and a major upset on the road. Giants’ fans were leaving early to escape the cold, walking out of the stadium to chants of ‘Fly Eagles Fly’ from the travelling Eagles faithful.

The victory ended the possibility of a third Super Bowl win during the Eli Manning era and is a significant moment in Giants vs Eagles history.

3. Chuck Bednariks Hit on Frank Gifford

For a football hit to earn the title of "The Hit", it must be truly memorable. And it was.

Chuck Bednarik was the last of the "sixty-minute men", a nickname given to NFL players in the past who played on both offense and defense and rarely left the field. Bednarik served as a center on offense and a linebacker on defense.

The Eagles legend spent all 14 seasons of his career with the franchise, winning two NFL Championships, 10 First Team All-Pros and eight Pro Bowl appearances. He is one of the all-time great Eagles and a proud member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. ‘The Hit’ is perhaps the most famous play of his career, and one of the most famous tackles in NFL history.

The Eagles were ahead in the game 17-10, however, the Giants were putting together a drive to try and tie the game. Giants running back Frank Gifford caught a short pass from quarterback Charlie Conerly but as he caught the ball and turned up field, he was levelled by Chuck Bednarik. The hit resulted in Gifford being knocked unconscious and he missed the rest of that season and the entire next season, taking over 18 months to return to football. Despite this, Gifford had no negative feelings towards the hit, describing it as a fair shot and stating that Bednarik "hit me exactly the way I would have hit him."

2. Miracle at the Meadowlands

The original Miracle at the Meadowlands features one of the biggest blunders in NFL history, and unfortunately for Giants fans, it was their team on the wrong end of it.

In November 1978, the Giants had all but won the game against the Eagles. It was 17-12 with seconds remaining. They simply needed to take a knee and time would expire, but quarterback Joe Pisarcik instead decided to hand the ball off to running back Larry Csonka.

The ball was fumbled and scooped up by Eagles cornerback Herman Edwards who ran it all the way back for a touchdown, winning the game for Philadelphia. It was truly miraculous, and rightly deserving of the Miracle at the Meadowlands name.

The play is the most renowned of Joe Pisarcik's career, and it played a major role in the league-wide adoption of the quarterback kneel, which is now the standard method to end a game when the winning team has possession of the ball with little time left on the clock.

It’s a moment that Giants fans certainly try to forget, but marks one of the Philadelphia Eagles greatest moments against their rivals.

1. Desean Jacksons punt return

The comeback during the Miracle at the New Meadowlands game would not be complete without one of the most electric punt returns in the history of the NFL.

The Eagles had just clawed their way back into the game with a miraculous fourth quarter comeback to tie the game at 31-31, after trailing 31-10 with eight minutes on the clock.

The Giants were forced to punt the ball with just 14 seconds left on the clock, and instead of punting it out of bounds as he’d been instructed by head coach Tom Coughlin, Matt Dodge punted a ball straight to Desean Jackson.

Jackson fumbled the ball, dropping it, but quickly recovered it, only to find the Giants players closing in on him. He navigated through the middle, evaded several tacklers, received a few blocks, and ran up the right sideline with a clear path to the end zone.

He ran the ball along the goal line to confirm that time had expired, then casually walked into the end zone, throwing the ball into the stands as his teammates celebrated around him.

The play is the most historic play of any Eagles Giants game and one of the all-time great game ending plays in the history of the league.