Snow Bowl (2013)

Snow Bowl

Detroit Lions (7–5) Philadelphia Eagles (7–5) 20 34 Head coach: Jim Caldwell Head coach: Chip Kelly
1 2 3 4 Total DET 0 8 6 0 14 PHI 0 0 6 28 34
Date	December 8, 2013
Stadium	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Referee	Ed Hochuli
Attendance	69,144
TV in the United States
Network	FOX
Announcers	Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch and Molly McGrath

The Snow Bowl was a 2013 football game between the Detroit Lions and the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia. In the middle of the first half it began snowing and about half a foot fell in less than an hour. The NFL decided to not postpone or cancel the game. So the game was played in blizzard like conditions and the Eagles won by a final of 34 to 20.

Conditions

The snow didn't start until mid-way thru the first half of play.^[1] The blizzard conditions got so bad that FOX has to digitally out the yard and number markers on the field. This was due to the heavy snowfall as the grounds crew would shovel the lines and number and minutes later they would be buried again. At one 30-45 second stretch announced for FOX and TV viewers couldn't even make out or see the players or playing field.^[2]

Summary

Box score

Snow Bowl: Detroit Lions vs. Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	8	6	6	20
Eagles	0	0	6	28	34

at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Date: December 8, 2013
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
• Game weather: 27 °F (−3 °C), snowing
• Game attendance: 69,144
• Referee: Ed Hochuli
• TV announcers (FOX): Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch and Molly McGrath
• Recap, Game book

Game information

First quarter No scoring Second quarter DET – Joique Bell, 2 yard run, Matthew Stafford pass to Bell for two-point conversion good, 10:07 (DET 8–0) Third quarter DET – Jeremy Ross, 58 yard punt return, Stafford pass to Joseph Fauria for two-point conversion no good, 6:53 (DET 14–0) PHI – DeSean Jackson, 19 yard pass from Nick Foles, Foles pass to LeSean McCoy for two-point conversion no good, 4:13 (DET 14–6) Fourth quarter PHI – LeSean McCoy, 40 yard run, Bryce Brown run for two-point conversion good, 14:42 (TIE 14–14) DET – Jeremy Ross, 98 yard kick-off return, David Akers XP is blocked, 14:20 (DET 20–14) PHI – LeSean McCoy, 57 yard run, Foles pass to Riley Cooper for two-point conversion good, 13:13 (PHI 22–20) PHI – Nick Foles, 1 yard run, Foles pass to Jackson for two-point conversion no good, 8:18 (PHI 28–20) PHI – Chris Polk, 38 yard run, Polk run for two-point conversion no good, 2:58 (PHI 34–20) Top passers DET – Matthew Stafford – 10/25, 148 PHI – Nick Foles – 11/22, 179 yards, TD, INT Top rushers DET – Joique Bell – 23 carries, 69 yards, TD PHI – LeSean McCoy – 29 carries, 217 yards, 2 TDs Top receivers DET – Joique Bell – 4 receptions, 58 yards PHI – Riley Cooper – 3 receptions, 74 yards Top tacklers DET – Ndamukong Suh 7 tackles PHI – Connor Barwin – 6 tackles

References

1. "Eagles/Lions Snow Bowl". 247 Sports. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
2. "Players describe Snow Bowl". Philadelphia Eagles.