A Very Giants Christmas trip to Philadelphia haunted for decade. We break down the losses

EAST RUTHERFORD — The New York Giants have found nothing but frustration, agony and despair in Philadelphia over the past decade.

There's a total of 10 consecutive losses, including the 38-7 trouncing at the hands of the Eagles in last year's NFC Divisional Round of the playoffs that ended Brian Daboll's first season as head coach.

The Giants have not won at Lincoln Financial Field since 2013, and on that day when they last did, Josh Brown kicked five field goals, Peyton Hillis was the leading rusher and Victor Cruz was the leading receiver for Tom Coughlin's team.

Chip Kelly's offense with the Eagles was all the NFL could talk about.

Michael Vick was at quarterback in place of an injured Nick Foles.

Eli Manning passed Phil Simms as the franchise's all-time leader in yards passing in that game.

Here's a look at what Big Blue has endured against the Eagles on the road in what has become a bitter, one-sided rivalry, especially at the Linc, where, as Manning pointed out with his "double bird" on the ManningCast last season, the reception for the visitors is really unlike any other.

"Plenty of boos and middle fingers for us," Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton said last year. "But we look forward to it."

Let's go back in time and revisit the Giants' last 10 trips to Lincoln Financial Field, where the City of Brotherly Love would be more appropriately named for Big Blue if it were the Place Where Hopes and Dreams Get Shattered and the Team is Shoved Down a Flight of Stairs into Oblivion.

These are the Ghosts of Giants past, unavoidable and agonizing memories, as they head down the turnpike to face the Eagles on Christmas Day haunted by a decade of pain:

2014: Eagles 27, Giants 0

If there was one image to symbolize the Giants' fate in Philly, it is this one: Victor Cruz, crying and holding his hands to his face in disbelief after he tore the patellar tendon his right knee while leaping for a pass on fourth down from the Eagles' 3 in the third quarter.

The Eagles sacked Eli Manning six times, snapping the Giants' three-game winning streak in which they had scored more than 30 points in each victory.

Nick Foles threw two touchdown passes and LeSean McCoy had a season-high 149 yards rushing in what was the Eagles' first shutout in 18 years.

2015: Eagles 27, Giants 7

The Eagles had three takeaways, sacked Manning three times and forced two intentional-grounding penalties. The Giants intercepted Sam Bradford three times but were unable to get any points off those turnovers. This was Tom Coughlin's final game in Philadelphia — coincidentally, he played the Eagles in his Giants swan song — and he remains the last Big Blue coach to win at the Linc. The Giants are on their fourth head coach since, if you're counting.

2016: Eagles 24, Giants 19

This one was in prime time, and the Giants wore their Color Rush jerseys for the first time.

The Eagles prevented the Giants from clinching a playoff spot, and Eli Manning threw a career-high 63 times, completing 38 for 356 yards. He was picked off three times, including two by Malcolm Jenkins, who took one of those back for a pick six.

2017: Eagles 27, Giants 24

Jake Elliott kicked a 61-yarder as the clock expired to stun the Giants. It was the longest game-winner in NFL history for a rookie and set a Philly franchise record.

Eli Manning threw three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter, including a 77-yard score to Sterling Shepard, but the Eagles rallied for two field goals in the final 51 seconds — yes, you read that right — to shock Big Blue.

2018: Eagles 25, Giants 22

Jake Elliott did it again.

He kicked a 43-yard field goal with 22 seconds remaining as the Eagles overcame deficits of 12-0 and 19-14 in the fourth quarter.

Eli Manning picked apart a Philadelphia defense that was missing its top four cornerbacks, a starting safety and a starting linebacker. But Manning threw an interception to Malcolm Jenkins at the goal line late in the second quarter, and the game turned.

2019: Eagles 23, Giants 17 (OT)

Eli Manning, starting in place of an injured Daniel Jones, helped the Giants race out to a 14-point lead, and the Eagles were booed off the field, trailing 17-3 at halftime.

The Eagles had lost 19 straight games when trailing by 14 or more points in the second half before rallying. They were down to one healthy wide receiver by the end of the game. Zach Ertz, a Pro Bowl tight end, had to line up at wide receiver, and he caught the game-winning touchdown from Carson Wentz in overtime.

2020: Eagles 22, Giants 21

Everything was there for the taking.

The Giants may not have belonged in the NFC East race with just one win in their first six games, but they were 6:17 away from victory with an 11-point lead after Daniel Jones found Sterling Shepard in the back of the end zone for a touchdown.

Yet for the third straight season in Philadelphia, faces new and old, the Giants watched a double-digit lead evaporate and the Eagles celebrate, and they were forced to trudge back to the buses for the 90-minute ride back up north to East Rutherford that had to seem a heck of a lot longer after this one.

If not for Evan Engram's drop of a third-down throw that would have given the Giants the chance to seal the game, maybe the losing streak at the Linc would have ended.

Instead, the Eagles scored the game-winning touchdown when Boston Scott beat Jabrill Peppers to the end zone for the catch.

2021: Eagles 34, Giants 10

One play was symbolic of the brutal performance for the Giants: Lane Johnson, All-Pro right tackle, caught a touchdown pass from Jalen Hurts. The Eagles scored 31 points in the second half. Jake Fromm started at quarterback for the Giants and was benched for Mike Glennon, who threw a pick six.

2022: Eagles 22, Giants 16

Davis Webb got the start at quarterback and the Giants played mostly backups, surprisingly putting up a fight against the Eagles, who ultimately clinched home-field advantage and a first-round bye. The Giants had already clinched a spot in the playoffs, and they went to Minnesota the following week and pulled off the upset of the Vikings, earning a trip back to the Linc, this time with the starters.

2022 playoffs: Eagles 38, Giants 7

Jalen Hurts threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score during a dominant first half and the Giants were never in the game, blitzed from the outset as the Eagles rolled to the NFC Championship Game on the road to Super Bowl LVII earlier this year. The Eagles also rushed for 268 yards. Yes, even Boston Scott got in on the party, scoring his 11th touchdown against the Giants. He has only 17 TDs in his career.

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