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Eagles 32, Texans 30 - as it happened

Jake Elliott hit a 35-yard field goal as time expired, after the Texans had scored two touchdowns in the last five minutes to come back from 29-16 down.

Zach Ertz (86) celebrates with Jason Kelce (62) and Alshon Jeffery (17) after one of his touchdown catches in the Philadelphia Eagles' 32-30 win over the Houston Texans at Lincoln Financial Field.
Zach Ertz (86) celebrates with Jason Kelce (62) and Alshon Jeffery (17) after one of his touchdown catches in the Philadelphia Eagles' 32-30 win over the Houston Texans at Lincoln Financial Field.Read moreMatt Rourke / AP

Jake Elliott hit a 35-yard field goal as time expired to give the Eagles a dramatic 32-30 win over the Houston Texans at Lincoln Financial Field, after the Texans had scored two touchdowns in the last five minutes to erase a 29-16 deficit.

Here’s a look back at how the game unfolded in our live chat.

Game summary

0:00 4th — Eagles 32, Texans 30: Jake Elliott hit a 35-yard field goal at the buzzer to win the game.

2:04 2nd — Texans 30, Eagles 29: After an incredible escape from the Eagles' defense a few plays earlier, Deshaun Watson threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Vyncint Smith, and the ensuing extra point gave Houston the lead.

4:41 4th — Eagles 29, Texans 23: Deshaun Watson fired a 20-yard touchdown pass to DeAndre Hopkins to keep Houston in the game.

10:21 4th — Eagles 29, Texans 16: Nick Foles connected with Zach Ertz for a 23-yard catch-and-run touchdown. Jake Elliott hooked the extra point wide right.

13:43 4th: Chris Long and Brandon Graham teamed up to strip Deshaun Watson of the ball, and Fletcher Cox recovered it for a big turnover.

2:18 3rd — Eagles 23, Texans 16: Nick Foles launched a deep ball that Nelson Agholor caught and raced away with for an 83-yard touchdown.

5:31 3rd — Eagles 16, Texans 16: Jake Elliott kicked a 47-yard field goal to tie the game.

1:17 2nd — Texans 16, Eagles 13: Deshaun Watson scored his second touchdown of the day, this time a seven-yard scamper down the left side.

3:08 2nd — Eagles 13, Texans 9: On the Birds' 13th straight play from inside the 20-yard line of an 18-play drive, they finally scored as Nick Foles threw a one-yard touchdown pass to Zach Ertz. The Eagles went for two and didn’t get it, though Nick Foles was grabbed by the face mask and it wasn’t called.

10:23 2nd — Texans 9, Eagles 3: After Jadeveon Clowney stripped Nick Foles of the ball deep in Eagles territory, Deshaun Watson scored on a 5-yard touchdown run. Ka’imi Fairbairn missed the extra point.

14:55 2nd — Eagles 7, Texans 3: Houston’s Ka’imi Fairbairn kicked a 30-yard field goal.

6:32 1st — Eagles 7, Texans 0: On 4th down and 2 at Houston’s 37, Nick Foles threw a screen pass to Darren Sproles out wide on the right, and Sproles raced down the field to score the game’s first touchdown.

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