PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Jalen Hurts accounted for three touchdowns and the Philadelphia Eagles defeated Washington 24-22 at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. It was a National Football League game. The announced attendance was 69,879. Philadelphia improved to 1-0. Washington fell to 0-1. Hurts, a Houston native who is 6-foot-1 and 223 pounds, completed 14 of 25 passes for 203 yards, carried seven times for 46 yards and finished with three touchdowns. Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels, a San Bernardino, Calif., native who is 6-foot-4 and 210 pounds, completed 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, ran five times for 31 yards and accounted for two touchdowns. Hurts had thrown for 264 yards and two touchdowns on 26-of-37 passing while running for 16 yards in his most recent game.

Drew Stevens gave Washington the first points with a 55-yard field goal with 11:23 left in the first quarter. Washington led 3-0 after the first quarter. Philadelphia answered in the second quarter when Hurts hit Dallas Goedert deep right for a 17-yard touchdown, and Jake Elliott added the extra point. Washington later scored on Jacory Croskey-Merritt’s 1-yard run, but Stevens’ extra point was blocked. Philadelphia led 14-9 at halftime. Elliott made a 35-yard field goal with 44 seconds left in the third quarter to extend Philadelphia’s lead. In the fourth, Daniels found Stefon Diggs for a 10-yard touchdown pass short middle. A penalty on Diggs for unsportsmanlike conduct was assessed. Hurts then connected with Goedert again, this time for a 43-yard touchdown pass short middle, and Elliott’s extra point made the score 24-16. Daniels closed the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown pass short right to Antonio Williams. The replay official reviewed the pass completion, and Washington got within two points.

Dallas Goedert, a Britton, S.D., native who is 6-foot-5 and 256 pounds, caught four passes for 77 yards and two touchdowns. Dontayvion Wicks, a Plaquemine, La., native who is 6-foot-1 and 206 pounds, had two receptions for 73 yards and a touchdown. DeVonta Smith, an Amite, La., native who is 6-foot and 170 pounds, added three catches for 53 yards. Saquon Barkley, a Coplay, Pa., native who is 6-foot and 232 pounds, rushed 15 times for 83 yards and caught one pass for minus-3 yards. Will Shipley, a Weddington, N.C., native who is 5-foot-11 and 209 pounds, ran twice for 4 yards, caught one pass for 8 yards, returned one kickoff for 25 yards and made one tackle. Tank Bigsby, a LaGrange, Ga., native who is 6-foot and 213 pounds, ran once for 3 yards and returned two kickoffs for 50 yards. Makai Lemon, a Los Alamitos, Calif., native who is 5-foot-11 and 192 pounds, caught three passes for minus-5 yards. Defensively, Zack Baun, a Brown Deer, Wis., native who is 6-foot-3 and 225 pounds, made 12 tackles. Jihaad Campbell, an Erial, N.J., native who is 6-foot-3 and 235 pounds, had nine tackles and one sack. Cooper DeJean, an Odebolt, Iowa, native who is 6-foot and 198 pounds, and Jordan Davis, a Charlotte, N.C., native who is 6-foot-6 and 336 pounds, each made eight tackles. Marcus Epps, a Los Angeles native who is 6-foot and 198 pounds, had seven tackles. Darius Cooper, a St. Louis native who is 5-foot-11 and 210 pounds, made four tackles. Moro Ojomo, a Katy, Texas, native who is 6-foot-3 and 292 pounds, and Jalyx Hunt, a DeBary, Fla., native who is 6-foot-3 and 252 pounds, each had three tackles. Jalen Carter, an Apopka, Fla., native who is 6-foot-3 and 314 pounds, also made three tackles.

For Washington, Jaylin Lane, a Clover, S.C., native who is 5-foot-10 and 196 pounds, returned three kickoffs for 95 yards and four punts for 53 yards while catching one pass for 4 yards. Stefon Diggs, a Gaithersburg, Md., native who is 6-foot and 191 pounds, caught four passes for 55 yards and one touchdown. Antonio Williams had four receptions for 64 yards and one touchdown. Chig Okonkwo caught two passes for 16 yards. Terry McLaurin had two receptions for 14 yards. John Bates caught two passes for 13 yards. Rachaad White ran seven times for 22 yards, caught two passes for 5 yards and returned two kickoffs for 59 yards. Tress Way punted six times for 318 yards. Drew Stevens made one of two field goals. Defensively, Nick Cross made eight tackles. Amik Robertson had six tackles. Jeremy Reaves and Mike Sainristil each made five tackles. Frankie Luvu and Sonny Styles each had four tackles and one sack. Quan Martin made three tackles. Tim Settle, Leo Chenal and Odafe Oweh each had three tackles, with Oweh adding a sack. Javon Kinlaw, Jordan Magee and Tyler Owens each made two tackles. Daron Payne, Rasul Douglas, Javontae Jean-Baptiste, Colson Yankoff, Shy Tuttle and Kain Medrano each made one tackle. Josh Conerly Jr., Dyami Brown, K’Lavon Chaisson and Charles Omenihu did not record a statistic.

Washington next plays at Dallas on Sunday, Sept. 20. The Commanders then host Seattle on Sept. 27, Indianapolis on Oct. 4 and the New York Giants on Oct. 11. Washington visits San Francisco on Monday, Oct. 19, hosts Philadelphia on Nov. 1, hosts the Los Angeles Rams on Nov. 8, visits the Giants on Thursday, Nov. 12, hosts Cincinnati on Monday, Nov. 23 and visits Arizona on Sunday, Nov. 29.

Philadelphia visits Tennessee on Sunday, Sept. 20. The Eagles visit Chicago on Monday, Sept. 28, host the Los Angeles Rams on Oct. 4, visit Jacksonville on Oct. 11, host Carolina on Oct. 18, host Dallas on Monday, Oct. 26, visit Washington on Nov. 1, host the New York Giants on Nov. 8, host Pittsburgh on Nov. 22 and visit Dallas on Thursday, Nov. 26.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Philadelphia 29, Washington 20. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Philadelphia with an 88 percent probability to win. Washington had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of +6. The total score of 46 went under the over/under line of 43.5.