Michael Vick had a fast start and a fast finish, leading the Philadelphia Eagles to a 34-24 victory over the visiting Houston Texans on Thursday night.
Vick threw for 302 yards and two touchdowns and LeSean McCoy scored twice and had a combined 130 yards as the Eagles (8-4) move one-half game ahead of the New York Giants in the NFC East.
Philadelphia scored on its first three possessions of the game to take a 17-3 lead, but had to rally in the fourth quarter after the Texans charged back to take a 24-20 lead in the final minute of the third quarter.
Vick then directed two long scoring drives, capping the first with his own 2-yard run and finishing the second with a 5-yard pass to Owen Schmitt for a 34-24 cushion with 4:18 to play. Philadelphia has scored on 33 of its 55 possessions in the past five games.
Arian Foster rushed for 83 yards and one touchdown and caught a pass for another score for Houston (5-7), which dropped 1 1/2 games behind AFC South co-leaders Jacksonville and Indianapolis.
Matt Schaub finished 22 of 36 for 337 yards with a pair of touchdowns, one interception and a fumble for the Texans. Andre Johnson had six catches for 149 yards.
Houston | Philadelphia | |
Arian Foster | Player | Michael Vick |
22 | Attempts | 10 |
83 | Yards | 48 |
3.8 | Avg Yards | 4.8 |
1 | Touchdowns | 1 |
29 | Long | 13 |
Houston | Philadelphia | |
Andre Johnson | Player | LeSean McCoy |
6 | Receptions | 8 |
149 | Yards | 86 |
24.8 | Avg Yards | 10.8 |
0 | Touchdowns | 1 |
42 | Long | 40 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
Houston | 431 | 108 | 323 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 |
Philadelphia | 416 | 115 | 301 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 |