FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Michael Vick keeps taking his lumps. His Philadelphia Eagles keep winning.
The star quarterback was leveled after throwing a long pass in the first quarter and underwent X-rays for the second straight game — negative again. Then backup Nick Foles led the Eagles to a 27-17 preseason victory over the New England Patriots on Monday night.
Vick had X-rays on his ribs after being knocked down by linebacker Jermaine Cunningham. Eleven days earlier, in a 24-23 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, he had X-rays on his left thumb after hitting it on the helmet of center Jason Kelce. Vick took part in only six plays in each game.
Foles threw two touchdown passes for the second straight game for the Eagles.
Tom Brady sat out the game for the Patriots. The New England quarterback figures to play Friday night in the team’s third preseason game, at Tampa Bay.
Eagles 27, Patriots 17
Philadelphia 0 14 10 3—27
New England 3 11 3 0—17
First quarter
NE—FG Gostkowski 51, 6:15.
Second quarter
NE—Silvestro 7 pass from Mallett (Vereen run), 13:44.
Phi—McCoy 1 run (Henery kick), 10:07.
Phi—Harbor 1 pass from Foles (Henery kick), 9:06.
NE—FG Gostkowski 35, 3:09.
Third quarter
Phi—Harbor 3 pass from Foles (Henery kick), 11:02.
NE—FG Gostkowski 55, 4:12.
Phi—FG Henery 42, :33.
Fourth quarter
Phi—FG Henery 21, 2:00.
A—68,756.
Phi NE
First downs 22 16
Total Net Yards 425 204
Rushes-yards 27-144 29-60
Passing 281 144
Punt Returns 4-8 3-5
Kickoff Returns 2-55 2-38
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-34
Comp-Att-Int 25-42-1 15-37-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-16
Punts 6-45.2 6-47.0
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-2
Penalties-Yards 16-131 7-60
Time of Possession 31:51 28:09
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Philadelphia, B.Brown 9-51, McCoy 7-30, Foles 2-24, Havili 1-14, Polk 4-11, Lewis 3-9, Vick 1-5. New England, Ridley 10-25, Vereen 10-20, Bolden 7-14, Woodhead 1-2, Hoyer 1-(minus 1).
PASSING—Philadelphia, Foles 18-28-1-217, Edwards 6-11-0-59, Vick 1-3-0-5. New England, Mallett 10-20-0-105, Hoyer 5-17-0-55.
RECEIVING—Philadelphia, Harbor 6-30, Jackson 4-82, Hall 3-26, Gilyard 2-28, B.Brown 2-16, McCoy 2-12, D.Johnson 1-23, Avant 1-22, Maclin 1-15, Celek 1-13, Boykin 1-9, Polk 1-5. New England, Vereen 4-29, Branch 3-51, Ebert 3-18, Edelman 2-24, Silvestro 2-18, Stallworth 1-20.
MISSED FIELD GOALS—Philadelphia, Henery 55 (SH).
