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Notebook: Career Days For Vick, Jackson

The following notes were compiled by the Eagles media relations department following the team's 33-30 loss to the San Diego Chargers ...

Mike Check ... QB Michael Vick threw for a career-high 428 yards and added three touchdowns (two passing, one rushing) for a 122.4 passer rating ... It was his 10th 300-yard passing game as an Eagle, tying Sonny Jurgensen for fourth in franchise history ... It was also Vick's 11th time eclipsing a rating of 100 as the team's starting quarterback ... Vick's 36 career rushing touchdowns are sixth all-time among quarterbacks ... With 56 passing touchdowns as an Eagle, Vick surpassed Norm Van Brocklin and Adrian Burk (both 55) for eighth place on the Eagles all-time list ... He also ranks sixth in attempts (1,221) and fifth in completions (735).

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Jack-Attack ... WR DeSean Jackson amassed 193 receiving yards and a touchdown on a career-high nine receptions. It was Jackson's second-highest receiving yardage total (210 at Dallas on 12/12/10) and included a 61-yard score ... Jackson has five 150-yard receiving games, tying Tommy McDonald for the team record. It marked his 17th 100-yard game, tying McDonald for fourth in team history ... Jackson recorded back-to-back 100-yard games for the fifth time in his career (last time was in 2010 – 9/19 at Detroit and 9/26 at Jacksonville) ... Jackson had 7 receptions in back-to-back games for the first time in his career ... 16 of Jackson's 32 career touchdowns have covered 50-plus yards. He also has 24 career touchdowns of 25-plus yards, tying Timmy Brown for third most in Eagles history ... Jackson's 290 career receptions moved him into 10th on the Eagles all-time list.

Offensive Quick Hits ... RB LeSean McCoy racked up 167 scrimmage yards, including a career-high 114 receiving yards. He also ripped off a career-long 70-yard reception from Vick ... It was McCoy's second-career 100-yard receiving game (110 vs. Washington on 10/3/10) ... McCoy moved past Tom Sullivan and into sixth on the team's all-time rushing attempts list with 877 ... WR Riley Cooper scored his first touchdown reception of the season ... The Eagles compiled 511 total net yards, which is their 15th highest total since 1950 and the most since gaining 513 vs. San Francisco on 10/2/11.

Defensive Nuggets ... LB Connor Barwin notched his first sack as an Eagle ... CB Brandon Boykin forced a fumble near the Eagles goal line that was recovered by LB Casey Matthews. Boykin has two turnovers in the first two games of the season ... LB Trent Cole also forced a fumble that was recovered by LB Mychal Kendricks to thwart a Chargers drive. It's the first time in his career that Cole forced a fumble in back-to-back games.

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