Eagles and Vick rout Washington

Associated Press

LANDOVER, Md.

Michael Vick threw four touchdown passes, including an 88-yarder to DeSean Jackson on the game’s first snap, and ran for two scores, helping the Eagles break a team record for points in a half en route to a 59-28 victory against Donovan McNabb’s Washington Redskins on Monday night.

In the first two quarters alone, Vick went 14 for 18 for 264 yards and three TD passes, and ran six times for 66 yards and two TDs, helping the Eagles score 45 points in that span to top the franchise mark of 42 points in a half.

Vick added a TD pass in the third quarter, and he was 19 for 26 for 323 yards entering the fourth, already the 13th NFL player to top 300 yards passing in Week 10 — the most for a single week in league history. He also was up to 80 yards rushing on eight carries.

The record for most points allowed by the Redskins in a regular-season game: 62, against the Cleveland Browns, in 1954.

The pregame buzz Monday was all about former Eagles quarterback McNabb’s five-year contract extension with the Redskins that’s worth as much as $78 million, including $40 million guaranteed.

But McNabb threw three interceptions through three quarters, including two to Dimitri Patterson, who returned one 40 yards for a TD.

McNabb mostly handed off in the first quarter to backup running back Keiland Williams, starting because of injuries to Clinton Portis and Ryan Torain.

Instead, Vick was the unquestioned star of this game between NFC East rivals who nearly came to pregame blows before officials stepped in to separate players.