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JACKSONVILLE (4-12) at PHILADELPHIA (10-7)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS
OPENING LINE — Eagles by 11
RECORD VS. SPREAD — Jacksonville 6-10; Philadelphia 8-8-1
SERIES RECORD — Jaguars lead 3-1
LAST MEETING — Eagles beat Jaguars 28-3, Sept. 26, 2010
AP PRO32 RANKING — Jaguars No. 30, Eagles No. 7
JAGUARS OFFENSE — OVERALL (31), RUSH (31), PASS (22).
JAGUARS DEFENSE — OVERALL (28), RUSH (10), PASS (26).
EAGLES OFFENSE — OVERALL (2), RUSH (1), PASS (9).
EAGLES DEFENSE — OVERALL (29), RUSH (29), PASS (32).
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Jaguars open vs. NFC team for fourth time in franchise history. … Eagles open vs. AFC South opponent for third time since 2002. … Jaguars offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch and Eagles GM Howie Roseman were college roommates at Florida. … Only 15 current Jaguars were on roster when GM Dave Caldwell took over on Jan. 8, 2013. … Toby Gerhart makes his Jaguars debut as primary RB after replacing Maurice Jones-Drew. Gerhart played his first four seasons in Minnesota. … QB Chad Henne went to Wilson High School in Pennsylvania. … DE Chris Clemons makes Jaguars debut after playing four seasons for Super Bowl champion Seahawks. Clemons had 38 sacks for Seattle after getting seven in two seasons with Eagles in 2008-09. … Seventeen players will make debuts for Eagles, including six draft picks, seven free-agent additions, two rookie free agents, one acquired via trade and one 29-year-old (Brandon Bair) making his NFL debut. … Eagles can become one of three teams in NFL history to have 13 games of at least 400 total yards in span of 17 games. … QB Nick Foles makes first career start in a season opener.
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