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By Kevin Noonan
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Eagles jumped back into the NFC East race by jumping all over the Dallas Cowboys, rolling to a 34-7 victory at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday night.
Running back LeSean McCoy led the Eagles' offense, rushing for a career-high 179 yards on 30 carries, including two touchdowns. Quarterback Michael Vick completed 21-of-28 passes for 279 yards and two touchdowns as the Eagles finished with 495 yards of total offense.
"Everything seemed to be working for us tonight," said McCoy, whose previous career best also came against Dallas, when he ran for 149 yards last December.
"This just happened to be my night," McCoy added. "And that's the beauty of this offense - we have so many ways to beat you. Next week it might be DeSean (Jackson) or Brent (Celek) or anybody else. We just have a lot of weapons."
Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo completed 18-of-35 passes for 203 yards, one touchdown and one interception, and running back DeMarco Murray - who rushed for 253 yards last week against St. Louis - was held to 74 yards on eight carries.
"Philadelphia beat us in all phases of the game - offense, defense and the kicking game," Dallas coach Jason Garrett said. "It was about execution, not effort. They just did a better job than we did."
That started after the opening kickoff when the Eagles (3-4) put together perhaps their best drive of the season, marching 79 yards in eight plays, which included a 24-yard pass to wide receiver Jeremy Maclin, a 21-yard run by McCoy and a 15-yard run by Vick before Maclin scored the touchdown on a 12-yard screen pass with 10:41 left in the opening period.
The Eagles' defense did its part, stopping the Cowboys (3-4) cold thanks to a couple of sacks by end Jason Babin and tackle Trevor Laws. The Eagles got the ball back on their 10 and this drive was even more impressive than their first one - the Eagles moved 90 yards in seven plays and a 34-yard run by McCoy put the ball on the Dallas 2-yard line. McCoy scored over the right side to make it 14-0 with 2:40 left in the first quarter.
"Football is not a big secret and they did a good job," Romo said of the Eagles' early pressure. "Give them credit. We didn't execute and when you don't execute against a good team, this is what happens."
The Eagles' steamroller kept chugging along early in the second quarter, after cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha intercepted a pass from Romo on the Eagles' 33. The big play of this drive was a 20-yard pass from Vick to wide receiver Jason Avant, which put the ball on the Dallas 9. On the next play, Vick found Celek in the back of the end zone and the Eagles led the stunned Cowboys 21-0.
The Eagles weren't finishing tormenting their long-time divisional rival, as another long drive - this one started at the Eagles 13 - ended with another score. Once again big plays were the key, as Vick hit Avant for 18 yards, Celek for 22 yards and Avant again for 24, which moved the ball to the Cowboys 6-yard line at the two-minute warning. The Dallas defense stiffened and the Eagles had to settle for Alex Henery's 23-yard field goal, which made it 24-0 at halftime.
The Eagles rolled up 324 yards of total offense in the first half against a Dallas defense that was giving up an average of 300.5 yards per game.
"We wanted to set the tempo and that's what we did in the first half," Babin said. "But we also wanted to put together a complete game and play well for four quarters, not just one or two or three. And even though we didn't come close to playing a perfect game, we did play a complete game."
And the Eagles kept pouring it on in the second half, as their defense stopped the Cowboys again and their offense moved the ball enough to set up another Henery field goal, this time from 26 yards, for a 27-0 lead.
The Eagles made it 34-0 on McCoy's 13-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter, and then the Cowboys got a little redemption when Romo hooked up with wide receiver Laurent Robinson on a 70-yard bomb with 12:44 left to play.
The Eagles coasted home from there, but coach Andy Reid didn't want his team to get too carried away with the victory.
"As good as this win was, we still don't have a winning record," he said. "We still have a lot of work to do."
Game Notes: Babin had two sacks and now has nine on the season, just 3.5 fewer than he had all of last season. … The Eagles have never lost a game following their bye week in the 13 years Reid has been their coach. It's the longest post-bye week streak in the NFL.
