Returning to division play for the first time since the strike, the Redskins faced an Eagles team coming together behind emerging superstar Randall Cunningham.

Washington jumped out to a 21-7 lead midway through the second quarter, led by a Monk TD catch and a Darrell Green fumble return. The Eagles battled back to tighten the lead at 21-17 by halftime, ending the half with Cunningham's first TD pass of the game.

Neither team scored in the third quarter, but Cunningham threw a TD pass early in the fourth to give Philadelphia their first lead. The Skins responded with a long TD pass to Clark to re-open a 27-24 lead just before the two minute warning. But Cunningham was again able to connect for a long TD pass, and time ran out with the Eagles on top.