PHILADELPHIA – Notes and statistics from the Giants’ 38-7 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in an NFC Divisional Playoff Game in Lincoln Financial Field:
*The sixth-seeded Giants finished their first season under coach Brian Daboll with a 10-8-1 record, while the top-seeded 15-3 Eagles advanced to the NFC Championship Game next week against the winner of Sunday’s Dallas-San Francisco game.
*The Giants’ postseason record fell to 25-26, including 9-16 as visitors and 2-3 vs. Philadelphia. They are 21-13 in playoff games since the 1970 merger, including 9-8 on the road and 5-7 in divisional round games.
*The Giants have played seven postseason games since 1990 against teams seeded No. 1 (four in the NFC and three in the AFC) and this was their first loss.
*The Giants are the 25th team since 1970 to lose twice an opponent in the regular season and meet that team a third time in the postseason. Those teams are 9-16 in the third game, including 6-13 on the road.
*The Giants, who fell twice to the Eagles in their final five regular-season games, lost three games to one team in a single season for the first time in their history.
*The Giants are 4-3 against NFC East opponents in postseason play since 1970: 2-3 vs. Philadelphia and 1-0 against both Dallas and Washington.
*The Giants’ lost their 10th consecutive game in Lincoln Financial Field, including nine in the regular season, their longest streak in one stadium in franchise history.
*The Giants have allowed 38 points in each of their last two postseason defeats, including a 38-13 wild card loss in Green Bay in 2016.
*The Giants trailed at halftime, 28-0, their largest deficit after two quarters in their 51-game postseason history. The previous standard for a one-sided postseason half was set on Dec. 31, 1961, when the Giants were behind 24-0 in a 37-0 loss to the Packers in Green Bay in the NFL Championship Game.
*It was the second time in three games the Giants did not score a first-half point, and both were against the Eagles. In the regular-season finale on Jan. 8, the Giants – who played mostly reserves in that game – trailed at half, 16-0, and lost, 22-16.
*The Eagles held statistical advantages in total yards (416-227), rushing yards (268-118), first downs (26-13) and time of possession (35:43-24:17). Philadelphia also converted 10 of 14 third down opportunities (71.4%) and scored touchdowns on all four of their first-half trips into the red zone.
*Philadelphia’s 268 rushing yards are the most ever for a…
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