Miracle at the Meadowlands

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American football game NFL game sports upset

Miracle at the Meadowlands is the famous 1978 NFL game in which a last-second fumble recovery and touchdown by the Philadelphia Eagles stunned the New York Giants and dramatically altered both teams’ seasons.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Miracle at the Meadowlands canonical	5
Miracle at the Meadowlands II	1
The Miracle in the Meadowlands	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American football game ⓘ NFL game ⓘ sports upset ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The Fumble ⓘ Miracle at the Meadowlands ⓘ surface form: The Miracle in the Meadowlands
awayTeam	Philadelphia Eagles ⓘ
ballSecurityError	handoff exchange mishandled ⓘ
broadcastNetwork	CBS ⓘ
cityAwayTeam	Philadelphia ⓘ
cityHomeTeam	New York ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalSignificance	iconic collapse in New York Giants history ⓘ turning point in Philadelphia Eagles franchise fortunes ⓘ
decidingPlayBallCarrier	Joe Pisarcik ⓘ
decidingPlayDefenseTeam	Philadelphia Eagles ⓘ
decidingPlayFumbleForcedBy	Herman Edwards ⓘ
decidingPlayFumbleRecoveredBy	Herman Edwards ⓘ
decidingPlayOffenseTeam	New York Giants ⓘ
decidingPlayScorer	Herman Edwards ⓘ
decidingPlayTimeRemaining	final seconds of fourth quarter ⓘ
decidingPlayType	fumble return touchdown ⓘ
divisionGame	NFC East ⓘ
finalScore	Philadelphia Eagles 19–17 New York Giants ⓘ
gameClockSituationBeforeFumble	Giants leading and able to run out clock ⓘ
hasDate	1978-11-19 ⓘ
headCoachEagles	Dick Vermeil ⓘ
headCoachGiants	John McVay ⓘ
homeTeam	New York Giants ⓘ
impactOnGiants	contributed to eventual firing of head coach John McVay ⓘ contributed to firing of offensive coordinator Bob Gibson ⓘ
impactOnStrategy	popularized kneel-down play in end-of-game situations ⓘ
introducedConcept	victory formation kneel-down ⓘ
league	National Football League ⓘ
location	East Rutherford, New Jersey ⓘ
losingTeam	New York Giants ⓘ
nickName	Miracle at the Meadowlands self-link ⓘ
notablePlayerEagles	Ron Jaworski ⓘ Wilbert Montgomery ⓘ
notablePlayerGiants	Brad Van Pelt ⓘ Harry Carson ⓘ
quarterbackGiants	Joe Pisarcik ⓘ
resultForEaglesSeason	boosted Eagles playoff push ⓘ
resultForGiantsSeason	devastating loss in otherwise winning position ⓘ
runningBackGiants	Larry Csonka ⓘ
season	1978 NFL season ⓘ
sport	American football ⓘ
venue	MetLife Stadium ⓘ surface form: Giants Stadium
winningTeam	Philadelphia Eagles ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philadelphia Eagles–New York Giants rivalry → notableGame → Miracle at the Meadowlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Miracle at the Meadowlands II

Miracle at the Meadowlands → nickName → Miracle at the Meadowlands self-link ⓘ

Miracle at the Meadowlands → alsoKnownAs → Miracle at the Meadowlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Miracle in the Meadowlands

2010 Miracle at the New Meadowlands comeback → seriesContinuationOf → Miracle at the Meadowlands ⓘ

Herman Edwards → famousPlayInvolvedIn → Miracle at the Meadowlands ⓘ

Joe Pisarcik → notableEvent → Miracle at the Meadowlands ⓘ