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Eagles Batter Steelers

The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 22, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - Brian Westbrook limped off the field in the first half. Donovan McNabb missed part of the third quarter. With their best player sidelined and star quarterback hurting, the Eagles did it with defense.

A swarming Philly D had nine sacks, forced a safety and got three turnovers.

The Eagles (2-1) eventually knocked Ben Roethlisberger out of the game as the Steelers fell to 2-1.

Westbrook strained his right ankle on the first play of the second quarter. Coach Andy Reid said X-rays showed the ankle wasn't broken, but Westbrook will have an MRI today. He was on crutches in the locker room after the game.

Pittsburgh	3	3	0	0	-	6
Philadelphia	0	10	0	5	-	15

First Quarter

Pit-FG Reed 37, 2:51.

Second Quarter

Phi-Buckhalter 20 pass from McNabb (Akers kick), 9:23.

Phi-FG Akers 31, 2:36.

Pit-FG Reed 53, :13.

Fourth Quarter

Phi-Team safety, 8:00.

Phi-FG Akers 31, 2:26.

A-69,144.

	Pit	Phi
First downs	14	16
Total Net Yards	180	260
Rushes-yards	19-33	23-65
Passing	147	195
Punt Returns	1-5	2-11
Kickoff Returns	3-72	4-76
Interceptions Ret.	2-0	1-0
Comp-Att-Int	17-32-1	26-38-2
Sacked-Yards Lost	9-44	3-19
Punts	5-41.4	5-44.4
Fumbles-Lost	2-2	1-1
Penalties-Yards	7-35	7-62
Time of Possession	27:26	32:34

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-Pittsburgh, Parker 13-20, Roethlisberger 4-6, Moore 1-6, C.Davis 1-1. Philadelphia, Buckhalter 10-43, Westbrook 5-12, Booker 5-11, D.Jackson 1-1, McNabb 2-(minus 2).

PASSING-Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 13-25-1-131, Leftwich 4-7-0-60. Philadelphia, McNabb 24-35-1-196, Kolb 2-3-1-18.

RECEIVING-Pittsburgh, Washington 5-51, Miller 4-63, Ward 4-34, Holmes 3-32, Mendenhall 1-11. Philadelphia, Baskett 8-85, Buckhalter 6-44, D.Jackson 5-40, Avant 2-24, Hunt 2-12, Booker 2-5, Lewis 1-4.

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