The Daily Numbers - Dec. 19

The Daily Numbers: 45-19 win for the Eagles over the Jets to keep their playoff hopes alive.


3 TDs yesterday for LeSean McCoy, giving him 19 for the season. That breaks the team’s single-season TD record set by the legendary Steve Van Buren back in 1945, which he got in just 10 games.


102 yards rushing for McCoy yesterday to lead the Eagles attack.


6-8 record for the Birds. Now they need to win their last 2 games, while the Jets beat the Giants Saturday and the Giants beat the Cowboys on the final week of the season.


8 sacks in his last 3 games for Jason Babin. That gives him 18 for the season.


5 catches for 156 yards for Eagles tight end Brent Celek.


14, age of boy charged in 6 Upper Darby break-ins.


2 charged in the theft of a wallet from a senior citizen in Upper Chi.


9 to 36 months in jail for 63-year-old man convicted of molesting a girl, 10.


9:30 a.m. meeting today in Marcus Hook for an update on attempts to sell two local refineries.


39, age of man whose body was found wrapped in plastic in a Chester lot.


1 million dollar jackpot at a poker table won at Harrah’s Atlantic City.


58, age of man struck and killed by hit-run driver in Philadelphia last night.


2 police officers shot in a confrontation near I-70 in western Pa. town of East Washington.


2 men killed in stabbing incidents in Philly over weekend.


1 person killed, 1 wounded in shooting that took place in driveway of home in Montgomery County.


2,475 that flowed into the Merry Christmas Fund yesterday. We’re still a long way from our $50,000 goal.


3.32, average price for gas in the Philly region.


3.35, average price a week ago.


3.11, what we were paying last year.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Why do I get the distinct feeling that the Eagles are somehow going to find a way into the playoffs, and will be in position to do some damage once they get there.


 


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I Don’t Get It: Police have made an arrest in a series of home break-ins in Drexel Hill. The suspect is 14 years old. I don’t get it.


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Today’s Upper: The push to save jobs and a way of life continues this morning in Marcus Hook. We’ll be there to cover it.


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Quote Box: “If they run the table, I’d like to talk to all the people who have been knocking Andy Reid the last few weeks.”


- Eagles fan Fran Czaplicki, enjoying the Eagles win yesterday.

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