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Date | September 3, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Stadium | Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Dallas by 6 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Tom White | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 62,872 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Eagles Brian Dawkins Cowboys Troy Aikman, Larry Allen, Emmitt Smith | |||||||||||||||||||
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Network | Fox | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Pat Summerall and John Madden |
The Pickle Juice Game was an NFL regular season game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys on September 3, 2000. The game is remembered for the Eagles' use of pickle juice to help keep the team hydrated and prevent muscle cramps, due to the high temperatures in Texas that day. [2] The outdoor temperature was recorded as high as 109 degrees with the field temperature measuring as high as 130 degrees. [3] The Eagles would go on to dominate in the week one matchup winning the game 41-14, with running back Duce Staley rushing for 201 yards and the Eagles defense holding the Cowboys to 167 yards. [4]
In 2008, Brigham Young University did a study which found that pickle juice could stop muscle cramps like it did in this game. [5]
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 14 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 41 |
Cowboys | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
at Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas
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Hall of Fame‡
Philadelphia | Position | Dallas | |
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OFFENSE | |||
Torrance Small | WR | Joey Galloway | |
Tra Thomas | LT | Flozell Adams | |
John Welbourn | LG | Larry Allen‡ | |
Bubba Miller | C | Mark Stepnoski | |
Jermane Mayberry | RG | Solomon Page | |
Jon Runyan | RT | Erik Williams | |
Chad Lewis | TE | Jackie Harris | |
Charles Johnson | WR | Rocket Ismail | |
Donovan McNabb | QB | Troy Aikman‡ | |
Duce Staley | RB | Emmitt Smith‡ | |
Cecil Martin | FB | Robert Thomas | |
DEFENSE | |||
Mike Mamula | LE | Ebenezer Ekuban | |
Hollis Thomas | LDT | Alonzo Spellman | |
Corey Simon | RDT | Chad Hennings | |
Hugh Douglas | RE | Greg Ellis | |
Mike Caldwell | WLB | Dexter Coakley | |
Jeremiah Trotter | MLB | Dat Nguyen | |
Al Harris | DB | SLB | Darren Hambrick |
Troy Vincent | LCB | Kareem Larrimore | |
Bobby Taylor | RCB | Ryan McNeil | |
Damon Moore | SS | Darren Woodson | |
Brian Dawkins‡ | FS | George Teague |
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