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McNabb Leads Philly To Rout Of St. Louis

The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 8, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - This is what a healthy Donovan McNabb looks like.

McNabb threw for 361 yards and three touchdowns, rookie DeSean Jackson had an impressive debut and the Philadelphia Eagles routed the St. Louis Rams 38-3 on Sunday.

McNabb was 21-for-33, including a 90-yard TD pass to Hank Baskett. Jackson, the first Eagles rookie wide receiver to start the season opener in 18 years, had six catches for 106 yards and returned a punt 60 yards to set up a field goal.

Coming off their second last-place finish in three years, the Eagles played like a team that expects to make a championship run. The offense racked up 522 total yards and the defense was dominant.

The Rams, 3-13 last season, were downright awful again.

Marc Bulger didn't have much time to throw and Steven Jackson hardly had any room to run against Philadelphia's stifling defense. St. Louis had 109 total yards through three quarters.

McNabb, the five-time Pro Bowl quarterback, is starting a season healthier than he's been in years. He picked apart the Rams' secondary, spreading the ball around to a group of receivers that didn't seem to miss injured starters Kevin Curtis (sports hernia) and Reggie Brown (hamstring).

St. Louis	0	0	0	3	-	3
Philadelphia	14	7	10	7	-	38

First Quarter

Phi-Westbrook 1 pass from McNabb (Akers kick), 12:16.

Phi-L.Smith 5 pass from McNabb (Akers kick), 1:53.

Second Quarter

Phi-Baskett 90 pass from McNabb (Akers kick), :47.

Third Quarter

Phi-Hunt 1 run (Akers kick), 5:45.

Phi-FG Akers 23, 2:29.

Fourth Quarter

Phi-Westbrook 6 run (Akers kick), 12:06.

StL-FG J.Brown 46, 9:00.

	StL	Phi
First downs	8	28
Total Net Yards	166	522
Rushes-yards	15-36	32-108
Passing	130	414
Punt Returns	1-(-2)	9-97
Kickoff Returns	5-90	1-15
Interceptions Ret.	0-0	0-0
Comp-Att-Int	14-26-0	26-39-0
Sacked-Yards Lost	4-28	0-0
Punts	10-48.5	4-41.5
Fumbles-Lost	1-0	1-0
Penalties-Yards	9-66	4-41
Time of Possession	24:50	35:10

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-St. Louis, Jackson 14-40, D.Hall 1-(minus 4). Philadelphia, Westbrook 19-91, Booker 5-9, Buckhalter 2-5, Hunt 2-3, McNabb 1-3, Kolb 3-(minus 3).

PASSING-St. Louis, Bulger 14-26-0-158. Philadelphia, McNabb 21-33-0-361, Kolb 5-6-0-53.

RECEIVING-St. Louis, McMichael 5-77, Jackson 3-34, D.Hall 3-13, Looker 1-21, Holt 1-9, Bennett 1-4. Philadelphia, D.Jackson 6-106, Lewis 5-104, L.Smith 5-39, Avant 3-45, Baskett 2-102, Celek 2-15, Westbrook 2-1, Hunt 1-2.

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