5 most insane Wild Card weekend games in Philadelphia Eagles history

The Eagles get the monkey off of their backs with a huge win over the Saints.

Games like this are why fans pray for blowouts. If you can remember this one, you, no doubt, remember where you were. You probably remember ruining a nice shirt as well as this game kept you sweating from start to finish.

Don’t let the final score fool you. This wasn’t for the faint of heart.

Remember when we talked about the double-doink game being void of a few highlights? This game was the opposite of that. Remember when we talked about the win over Tampa ending a drought between playoff wins? This one ended a drought that was longer.

Before this one, the Eagles hadn’t won a playoff game since Dick Vermeil led them past the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC Championship and into the Super Bowl on January 11th of 1981.

The Eagles walked into this one just two days after a new year began in 1993. Despite Fred Barnett‘s catch on a 57-yard touchdown pass from Randall Cunningham that evened the score at seven, there were times when it looked like the Saints would steamroll Philadelphia early as they took a 17-7 lead into halftime (and then they widened the margin to 20-7 in the third quarter).

That’s when things began swinging in the Birds favor.

Following a Roger Ruzek field goal, Cunningham found Fred Barnett again for a touchdown. This one was from 35 yards out and Barnett had to make an acrobatic catch back-breaking catch. Things began clicking after that.

Heath Sherman scored on a six-yard rush, Reggie White‘s sack of Bobby Hebert in the end zone for a safety and another Ruzek field goal gave Philadelphia a 29-20 lead before Eric Allen intercepted a pass that he returned 18 yards for six, capping a 26-point fourth quarter in the process.

Voila! A 36-20 win by the Eagles and a second-place finish on this countdown is the result. Process of elimination should tell some of you die-hard fans which game winds up at number one.