NFL Recap (Philadelphia-Baltimore)
Posted: Sun November 16, 1997 at 6:06 p.m. EST
PHILADELPHIA 10, BALTIMORE 10 (OT)
Charlie Garner's one-yard touchdown run with 1:25 remaining in
regulation forced overtime as the Philadelphia Eagles and
Baltimore Ravens finished in a 10-10 tie, the first in the
National Football League since 1989.
Ironically, the Cleveland Browns, who relocated to Baltimore
last season, were involved in the last NFL tie by the identical
score. The Browns and Kansas City Chiefs played to a 10-10
stalemate on November 19th, 1989 at Cleveland.
The Eagles (4-6-1) reached the Baltimore 23-yard line in the
waning seconds of overtime, but Chris Boniol missed a 40-yard
field goal wide to the right. Baltimore's Matt Stover missed a
53-yard attempt with just over two minutes left in the extra
quarter.
"It was very, very disappointing to me," said Stover. "I knew
it was crucial, but I should have hit it. It doesn't matter
where it is, 53 (yards), 22, I have to make those kicks. I hit
it a little low and it missed. I want that opportunity again in
the future. I won't make the same mistake twice."
The Ravens (4-6-1) played the lowest scoring game in franchise
history. The previous franchise low for Baltimore was a
combined 27 points, which came in Week Five last season, a 17-10
victory over New Orleans.
"We didn't take the opportunities we had and the ones we did
have, we failed," said Ravens coach Ted Marchibroda. "It was a
good effort but this doesn't help us at all. Our defense gave a
fine performance today but we still came up short in the fourth
(quarter).
In the hopes of shaking up an offense that has averaged less
than 15 points in its last four games, Philadelphia coach Ray
Rhodes gave Bobby Hoying his first NFL start at quarterback.
Hoying completed 26-of-38 passes for 276 yards and was sacked
nine times for minus-66 yards.
Philadelphia quarterbacks have been sacked 17 times in the last
two weeks. Baltimore defensive end Michael McCrary picked up
three of the sacks.
"This was Bobby's first start and he played hard, especially
from the sacks he took," said Rhodes. "He made some mistakes
but did some positive things, but I would have liked to have
seen him get rid of the football and not take as many sacks as
he did."
The Eagles are 9-1-1 under Rhodes in games decided by three
points or less.
"Today, we didn't get it done," Rhodes added. "We kept fighting
to get tied to stay in the game. At the end of it, we had one
chance and couldn't get it done. I am personally mad at myself
because I didn't manage the thing at the end. We kept getting
into position and we didn't seem to be able to put it away.
Rookie Jay Graham led the the Ravens with 154 yards on 35
carries, but left the game midway through overtime with a
sprained left ankle.
"I wasn't thinking about how many times they gave me the ball.
I just tried to do the best I can do and I try to win," Graham
said. "This is the first game since college that I played the
whole thing and I felt real good. "
Since Baltimore's bye week in mid-October, the Ravens have
scored only 59 points in five games and have broken 20 points
only once since Week Four.
After not moving the ball on offense for three quarters, Hoying
engineered a game-tying, 60-yard scoring drive, capped by
Garner's run. Hoying completed four passes for 57 yards in the
drive.
Baltimore took the lead late in the first quarter when Vinny
Testaverde connected with Michael Jackson for a 29-yard scoring
strike. Testaverde completed 18-of-31 for 135 yards and was
intercepted one time.
Boniol's 33-yard field goal early in the third quarter moved
Philadelphia within 7-3, but Stover's 23-yarder with 3:40
remaining restored the Ravens' seven-point lead.
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