Commanders Beat Eagles 27-10 on Sunday Night Football as Philadelphia Loses a Sixth Straight

The Washington Commanders beat the Philadelphia Eagles 27-10 in NFL Week 8 Sunday Night Football at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, on Sunday, November 1, 2026. Philadelphia led 10-0 in the first quarter, and Washington then scored 27 unanswered points.

Philadelphia score the first 10, then stop

Philadelphia opened the scoring with a 40 yard field goal by Jake Elliott and a 3 yard touchdown run by Saquon Barkley in the first quarter, after Andrew Mukuba forced a fumble by Chig Okonkwo. The quarter scores tell the rest of the game: Philadelphia scored 10, 0, 0 and 0 by quarter, and Washington scored 3, 10, 3 and 11.

Jayden Daniels completed 16 of 29 passes for 217 yards and 1 touchdown with no interceptions for Washington, and he ran twice for 23 yards. Tanner McKee completed 23 of 34 passes for 212 yards with no touchdowns and 1 interception for Philadelphia.

Daniels finds Diggs, and Stevens takes the lead

Daniels threw an 8 yard touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs to tie the game 10-10, ending an 11 play, 89 yard drive in the second quarter. It was the first touchdown for Diggs with Washington.

Drew Stevens kicked four field goals for Washington, from 56, 39, 25 and 42 yards. His 39 yard kick with 19 seconds left in the first half gave Washington its first lead at 13-10, after a 27 yard punt return by Luke McCaffrey set Washington up at midfield.

Daniels took a hard hit from Nolan Smith late in the first half on an incomplete pass and took time to get up. He stayed in the game and threw an incomplete pass on third and 1 before the 39 yard field goal that ended the half.

A missed kick, an interception, and the finish

Treylon Burks caught a 53 yard pass from Daniels in the third quarter to set up the 25 yard Stevens field goal that made it 16-10. Burks finished with 81 receiving yards.

Philadelphia drove 57 yards in 15 plays early in the fourth quarter and came away with no points. A false start by Markel Bell and an illegal procedure penalty on Jordan Mailata pushed a 36 yard field goal try back to 41 yards, and Elliott hit the top of the left upright and missed, leaving Washington ahead 16-10.

Late in the fourth quarter, Rasul Douglas intercepted McKee, and Washington went 37 yards in three plays for a touchdown and a two point conversion to make it 27-10. Rachaad White punctuated the finish with a 33 yard run and a 1 yard touchdown plunge a few plays later.

Washington finished with nine accepted penalties for 70 yards.

The loss dropped Philadelphia to 2-6, with six losses in a row. It is the longest losing streak for Philadelphia since 2012, the final season for Andy Reid in Philadelphia. The Eagles are 5-11 in their last 16 games. Washington entered the game at 1-4-1, and Philadelphia entered at 2-5.