Did You Know? 10 Fascinating Eagles Playoff Facts

Where does Greg Lewis fit in Eagles playoff history? What about Brent Celek? Correll Buckhalter? Luis Zendejas? Chris Warren?

Chris Warren???

Yep. 

For the answers to these questions and some other bizarre, fascinating, and in some cases, depressing Random Eagles Playoff Facts You Probably Don't Know, read on! 

• Did you know?
More Eagles running backs have had 100-yard postseason rushing games at the Superdome in New Orleans than in any other stadium. Including their own stadiums! Wilbert Montgomery had the only Eagles 100-yard rushing game at the Vet (194 yards in the 1980 NFC Championship Game) and Brian Westbrook has the only one so far at the Linc (141 yards against the Giants in a 2006 wild-card game). But both Heath Sherman (105 yards in 1992 wild-card game) and Westbrook (116 yards in 2006 conference semifinals) have done it at the Superdome.

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The Eagles have scored fewer than 30 points in 16 straight playoff games, just one shy of the NFL record of 17 straight games shared by the Chiefs from 1967-1998 and the Chargers from 1983-2014 (and still active). The last time the Eagles scored 30 points in a playoff game was the 33-19 win over the Bears in the 2001 conference semifinals at Soldier Field. The Eagles have also gone nine straight home playoff games without scoring 30 points, the third-longest streak in NFL history behind two 12-game streaks - the Bears from 1963-2007 and the Chargers from 1965-2010 (still active). They scored 31 against the Buccaneers in a wild-card game the week before that Bears game in 2001.

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Greg Lewis is the only player in NFL history to catch a pass of 30 yards or more in three straight games in a single postseason after not catching one pass of 30 yards during the regular season. Lewis did it in 2004. He's one of only six players in the last 20 years with a catch of 30 yards or more in three straight games in a single postseason.

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The Eagles have allowed 100 or more rushing yards in nine straight playoff games. That's the second-longest streak in NFL history. The Lions allowed 100 yards in 10 straight postseason games from 1935-1983.

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Only two Eagles have had two interceptions in a playoff game in the last 25 years. And only one of them was a cornerback! Eric Allen picked off Bobby Hebert twice - including a pick-six - in the 1992 wild-card win at the Superdome, and Damon Moore intercepted Brad Johnson twice in the 2001 wild-card win over the Buccaneers at the Vet.  

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The Eagles' four-game postseason losing streak is the fourth-longest current playoff losing streak in the NFL. The Lions have lost nine straight since 1992, the Bengals have lost eight straight since 1991 and the Bills five straight since 1996.

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Brent Celek's 10 catches against the Cardinals in the 2008 NFC Championship Game match the most by a tight end in any postseason game in the last 20 years. The last tight end with more receptions in a playoff game was Jay Novacek, who had 11 for the Cowboys in a 1995 wild-card game against the Packers.

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The Eagles haven't had a rushing play longer than 27 yards in their last five playoff games. Their last postseason run longer than 27 yards came in the 2006 conference semifinal loss to the Saints, when Westbrook had a 62-yard run. Their longest run since was Buckhalter's 27-yarder against the Vikings in the 2008 wild-card game.

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Only three players in Eagles history have had 22 or more carries in a playoff game. Steve Van Buren, Montgomery and … Chris Warren? WHO??? Yep, Warren, who only played one regular-season game in an Eagles uniform, had 22 carries for 77 yards against the Buccaneers in a 2000 wild-card win at the Vet. The loss to the Giants a week later was his final career game. He finished his Eagles career with more postseason rushing yards (96) than regular-season rushing yards (45).

• Did you know?
David Akers is the only kicker in Eagles history to make a postseason field goal of 43 yards or longer. The longest Eagles postseason field goal by anybody other than Akers was a 42-yarder by Luis Zendejas in the Fog Bowl. In fact, Akers is the only Eagle with more than one career postseason field goal of 40 yards.

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