PHILADELPHIA — Rookie wide receiver Jordan Matthews caught his first two NFL touchdown passes and veteran wide receiver Jeremy Maclin had one of the best days of his career as the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Washington Redskins 37-34 on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field.

The Eagles (3-0), who trailed by 17 points at halftime of their first two games, fell behind the Redskins 17-7 in the second quarter before quarterback Nick Foles hooked up with Matthews for a pair of touchdowns, from 12 and 11 yards. Matthews, who had just three receptions for 54 yards in the first two games, finished with eight receptions for 59 yards.

Washington lost despite quarterback Kirk Cousins completing 30 of 47 passes for 427 yards and three touchdowns. The Redskins outgained the Eagles 511-379.

Maclin, who missed all of last season with a knee injury, finished with eight receptions for 154 yards, including a 27-yard touchdown reception from Foles with 7:34 left to play that gave the Eagles the lead for good, 34-27.

That came after Redskins receiver DeSean Jackson — who played for the Eagles the last six seasons but joined Washington when he was released in the offseason — scored a touchdown on an 81-yard pass from Cousins that tied the game 27-27. Jackson celebrated heartily, but he left the field immediately after the game ended rather than greeting his former teammates.

The Redskins (1-2) took the opening kickoff and marched 82 yards in 11 plays for a touchdown, and Cousins was 7-for-7 in the drive, including a 4-yard TD pass to fullback Darrel Young.

It didn’t take the Eagles long to answer, as running back Chris Polk – who missed the entire preseason and the first two games of the regular season with a hamstring injury – made the most of his first “touch'” of the season. Polk took the ensuing kickoff two yards deep in his end zone and returned it up the middle 102 yards for the tying touchdown.

Cousins led the Redskins on another long drive and capped it with another 4-yard touchdown pass, this time to wide receiver Pierre Garcon, to give the Redskins a 14-7 lead with 2:09 left in the first quarter. Garcon caught a game-high 11 passes for 138 yards.

The Redskins added a 49-yard field goal by Kai Forbath to take a 17-7 lead, but the Eagles got that back, thanks largely to a 40-yard catch-and-run by Maclin that should have been an 80-yard touchdown – center Jason Kelce was penalized for an illegal block on the play. But the Eagles still managed to push it in, when Foles hit Matthews with a 12-yard touchdown pass. The first TD of Matthews’ NFL career made it 17-14 with 5:48 left in the second quarter.

The Redskins tacked on another field goal to make it 20-14, but the Eagles rallied to score another touchdown right before halftime, as Foles found Matthews for his second NFL touchdown reception, an 11-yarder that made it 21-20 at halftime.

NOTES: Eagles LT Jason Peters was ejected from the game after retaliating against Redskins NT Chris Baker, who was also kicked out of the game, following Baker’s blindside hit on Eagles QB Nick Foles. Several players were in the scrum the spilled to the sideline. … Redskins CB DeAngelo Hall left the game in the third quarter with a hamstring injury and did not return. … Eagles LB Mychal Kendricks (calf) was deactivated and third-year veteran Emmanuel Acho made his first NFL start in his place. … Redskins TE Jordan Reed (hamstring) was deactivated and Logan Paulsen started. … Rookie LB Marcus Smith, the Eagles’ first-round pick out of Louisville, was in uniform on Sunday after being deactivated last week. Smith, who had practiced exclusively on the outside since training camp, worked on the inside this week because of Kendricks’ injury.