When your quarterback gets pulled in favor of a 33-year-old Koy Detmer haflway through a game, chances are better than not that you're going to lose that game 42-0. The Eagles found that one out the hard way on December 5th, 2005, when the Seattle Seahawks came to the Linc and very rudely thrashed their guests to the titular six-TD+PAT tune. Awash in the TO fallout and missing QB1 Donovan McNabb for the remainder of the seaosn, the game was the worst of a very bad season, dropping the Eagles to 5-7 and basically ensuring their absence from a fifth straight NFC Championship game.
Oddly for such a blowout, Seattle Pro Bowl quarterback Matt Hasselbeck was barely even a factor in the game, going 8 for 15 for one score and less than 100 total yards. The Seahawks' main scoring weapon was the ineptitude of the Eagles' offense, which accounted for four turnovers, three of which ended up being returned for touchdowns. Shaun Alexander (on his way to an MVP season) also found the end zone twice, and the game was over by halftime. (Adding injury to insult, running back Brian Westbrook was lost to an ankle injury and missed the rest of the season.)
The Eagles hadn't lost a home game so badly since dropping a 1962 contest at Franklin Field 49-0 to the Green Bay Packers. "Embarrassing may be a good term for it," said defensive end Jevon Kearse. "It was embarrassing and everything else bad that goes with
it."
