The Eagles defeated the Redskins 28 to 14. The games nickname comes from a pre-game boast from Eagles head coach Buddy Ryan who told reporters his team would inflict a beating on Washington so bad "they'll have to be carted off in body bags".

Then during the game, nine Washington Redskins players left with injuries, and an Eagles player reacted to one of those injured Redskins by yelling, "Do you guys need any more body bags?"