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Giants' three-peat

Eagles suffer rare sweep against New York

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The Eagles could never figure out Kerry Collins and the Giants. Al Bello/Allsport

By Jacob Luft, CNNSI.com

The Giants completed a three-game sweep of the Eagles with a 20-10 victory in the Divisional Playoffs on Sunday.

New York's win represents the ninth time in NFL history that one team has beaten another three times. It is the second time in as many seasons (Titans 3-0 vs. Jaguars in 1999).

The Eagles faced an equally difficult chore. Teams that have dropped the first two games to an opponent have come back to beat that opponent in the postseason five times in league history. The last squad to do it? The 1998 Arizona Cardinals, who lost to the Dallas Cowboys twice in the regular season before beating them 20-7 in the wild-card round.

Overall, teams have met three times in a season on 43 occasions since 1970, including the Dolphins-Colts and Rams-Saints games in the wild-card round last week. Division rivals split their regular-season games 28 times.

Sweep Dreams Teams that went 3-0 vs. opponent in one season Year  Winner  Loser  Playoff Result  2000  Giants  Eagles  NYG 20-10 NFC Divisional  1999  Titans*  Jaguars  TEN 33-14 AFC Champ.  1997  Packers  Buccaneers  GB 21-7 NFC Divisional  1997  Patriots  Dolphins  NE 17-3 AFC Wild Card  1994  Steelers  Browns  PIT 29-9 AFC Divisional  1993  Raiders  Broncos  LA 42-20 AFC Wild Card  1991  Chiefs  Raiders  KC 10-6 AFC Wild Card  1986  Giants  Redskins  NYG 17-0 NFC Champ.  1982  Dolphins  Jets  MIA 14-0 AFC Champ.  * Won game on road

Third Time A Charm
Teams that went 0-2 vs. opponent before winning in playoffs
Year	Winner	Loser	Playoff Result
1998	Cardinals*	Cowboys	ARZ 20-7 NFC Wild Card
1994	Bears*	Vikings	CHI 35-19 NFC Wild Card
1992	Chargers	Chiefs	SD 17-0 AFC Wild Card
1989	Steelers*	Oilers	PIT 26-23 AFC Wild Card
1983	Raiders	Seahawks	LA 30-14 AFC Champ.
* Won game on the road

CNNSI.com's Ryan Hunt contributed to this story.

 

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