Cam Skattebo runs for 3 TDs and
Jaxson Dart shines as the Giants beat the Eagles 34-17
[October 10, 2025]
By STEPHEN WHYNO
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Cam Skattebo and Jaxson Dart sat next
to each other on the flight home from New Orleans and lamented the
turnovers they committed that caused the New York Giants to lose a
game they felt they should have won.
The conversations continued this week, while Dart was listening to
outsiders giving his team little chance to beat the Philadelphia
Eagles. Then the rookies responded exactly like coach Brian Daboll
expected to spark a prime-time upset of the reigning Super Bowl
champions.
Skattebo ran for three touchdowns, Dart had one rushing and another
passing and the Giants beat the Eagles 34-17 on Thursday night,
handing what less than a week ago was one of the NFL's final
unbeaten teams its second consecutive loss.
"Quite honestly, nobody really expected us to put up a performance
like this," said Dart, who was 17 of 25 for 195 yards passing and
had 13 carries for 58 yards. “We felt confident. We just tried to
play hard for each other. We’re not trying to make statements. We’re
just trying to play for each other and win games.”
Skattebo bulldozed his way into the end zone from 4 yards out and
twice from the 1. Dart scampered in untouched on his 20-yard TD run
and connected with Wan’Dale Robinson on a 35-yard catch-and-run to
the end zone.
“I'm going sleep with No. 3 tonight as my pillow,” Skattebo said
while holding up a game ball. “We played hard, and props to the guys
up front for all the effort they gave me and this team.”
Dart also cleared a concussion test after taking a big hit in the
second half, and Skattebo ran 19 times for a career-high 98 yards
and had two catches for 12 more. It was quite the bounce back for
players who each fumbled in the loss to the Saints, and Dart also
had two interceptions.
“You go through some tough times,” Daboll said. “Sometimes you can
get stronger from it, or sometimes you can fold. I like our guys.
These young players, I have a lot of confidence in these young
players. These rookies, they have the right mindset. They’re tough.”
Dart said he and Skattebo told each other they had each other's
backs and were “going to lay it all on the line each and every
play.”
“We know that everybody’s going to rally around each other the more
that we have performances like this,” Dart said.
The Giants (2-4) also sacked Jalen Hurts three times and picked off
a pass. Brian Burns got to the Eagles quarterback twice to tie for
the NFL lead in sacks this season with seven.
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New York Giants' Russell Wilson, from left, Cam Skattebo and Tyrone
Tracy Jr. celebrate after a touchdown during the second half of an
NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles Thursday, Oct. 9,
2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Hurts overthrew a wide-open DeVonta Smith on a play
in the third quarter almost certainly would have been a touchdown if
it was on the mark and in the fourth was intercepted by Cor'Dale
Flott, who returned it 68 yards. It was Hurts' first interception of
the season and just his second, the other being in the Super Bowl,
over his past 15 games.
“I got to be better,” Hurts said, calling his interception a bad
throw and criticizing himself for missing Smith. “Another
opportunity to keep attacking them and capitalizing. I didn't give
him a good ball. It's something that I own and something that I'm
going to work on.”
The Eagles (4-2) ran the tush push four consecutive times in the
second quarter, with Hurts scoring on the final try, and he had a
shovel-pass TD to Dallas Goedert. But Hurts' miscues combined with
the defense faltering contributed to their first back-to-back losses
since three in a row to end the 2023 regular season, then eliminate
them from the playoffs.
That stretch from Dec. 31, 2023-Jan. 15, 2024, also included the
only time New York beat Philadelphia over the NFC East rivals' seven
previous meetings. This was just the Giants' fourth victory in their
past 18 games against the Eagles.
“We’re still trying to find our identity,” receiver A.J. Brown said.
Injuries
Eagles: CB Quinyon Mitchell left in the second quarter with a
hamstring injury and did not return ... DT Jalen Carter was inactive
with a heel injury that popped up on the practice participation
report Wednesday.
Giants: C John Michael Schmitz injured his nose and was concussed on
a collision in the third. ... DT D.J. Davidson injured his right
knee on Hurts' tush push TD. ... WR Darius Slayton did not play
because of a hamstring injury.
Up next
Eagles: At Minnesota on Oct. 19.
Giants: At Denver on Oct. 19.
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