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Final: Eagles 20, Colts 16 – as it happened

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Carson Wentz calls a play during the second quarter.
Carson Wentz calls a play during the second quarter.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer

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Final stats

Carson Wentz 25-37, 255 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

Andrew Luck  25-40 164 yards, 1 TD 0 INT

Game Summary

First quarter

0:24: Andrew Luck hits Ryan Grant for a 5-yard TD pass. Ronald Darby on the coverage, but Grant made a great grab with little room to spare. 7-7. It was a 6-play, 55-yard drive. Big play was 33-yard pass interference penalty on Jalen Mills against T.Y. Hilton.

2:21: Eagles Jake Elliott misses a 55-yard field goal wide left.

7:14 Carson Wentz finds Dallas Goedert for a 13-yard TD on the Eagles opening drive. Wentz was 5-7 for 55 yards. Eagles went 79 yards in 12 plays. Eagles 7-0

Second quarter

3:05: Jake Elliott hits a 33-yard field goal. Eagles 10-7

Halftime stats

Wentz 14-20, 165 yards, 1 TD 0 INT. 111.5 passer rating.

Luck 10-16, 35 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT

Leading first half rusher – Andrew Luck 1 carry, 33 yards

Penalties: Eagles 7-78; Colts 4-32

Third quarter

2:50: Jake Elliott kicks a 24-yard field goal, 13-13

8:23: Adam Vinatieri hits a 31-yard field goal 13-10 Colts. Score was set up by an interception and 11-yard return to the Eagles 17 by Anthony Walker.

9:41: Adam Vinatieri hits a 35-yard field goal 10-10

Fourth quarter

1:13: Derek Barnett sacks Andrew Luck on 4th-and-3 from the Eagles 4-yard line.

3:02: Wendell Smallwood 4-yard run caps a 17-play 17-yard drive that took 11:18. Eagles (20-16)

14:20: Adam Vinatieri hit a 28 yard field goal. Colts score was set up by a Carson Wentz fumble (16-13)

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