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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Miracle at the Meadowlands II 1
The Miracle in the Meadowlands 1

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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 ⓘ

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Miracle at the Meadowlands → alsoKnownAs → Miracle at the Meadowlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Miracle in the Meadowlands
Miracle at the Meadowlands → nickName → Miracle at the Meadowlands self-link ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miracle at the Meadowlands II