Nick Foles hit Golden Tate with a two-yard touchdown pass on fourth down with 56 seconds remaining against the NFL’s stingiest defense, lifting the Philadelphia Eagles past the Chicago Bears 16-15 on Sunday in the weekend’s final wildcard game. Former Eagles kicker Cody Parkey hit the left upright and then the crossbar with a field-goal attempt from 43 yards with 10 seconds remaining, silencing the raucous crowd.

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The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles squeezed into the playoffs by beating Washington and having the Bears help them by knocking off Minnesota in the regular-season finale. Philadelphia thanked their benefactor with a 12-play, 60-yard drive during which Foles, the Super Bowl MVP last February, hit six passes. Philly play NFC No1 seed New Orleans next Sunday.

No team has repeated as Super Bowl champion since New England in 2004, and the Eagles are a sixth seed. The last sixth seed to win the NFL title was Green Bay in the 2010 season.

Earlier in the day, Michael Badgley kicked five field goals, and the Los Angeles Chargers contained rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens to carve out a 23-17 victory.

The Chargers will now face the second-seeded New England Patriots on the road next Sunday. The Chargers last won two games during a postseason in 2007, when the franchise was in San Diego. Badgley set a franchise record for field goals in a playoff game. He connected from 21, 53, 40, 34 and 47 yards.

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The Chargers built a 23-3 lead in the fourth quarter before Jackson threw two touchdown passes to make it close. Given one final chance to complete the comeback, the 21-year-old Jackson looked every bit like the youngest quarterback to ever start an NFL playoff game when he lost the ball on his third fumble of the game. Jackson finished 14 for 29 for 194 yards with an interception. He was sacked seven times.

The Chargers gained revenge for a 22-10 loss two weeks ago to Baltimore, the AFC North champions.