Reuters/Indianapolis

The Philadelphia Eagles rallied for a second successive week to record a 30-27 victory with a Cody Parkey field goal as time expired to beat the Indianapolis Colts on Monday.

The Eagles trailed 20-6 in the third quarter and were down 27-20 late in the fourth before Parkey’s 36-yard field goal as time expired.

Philadelphia enjoyed a similar fightback last week when they overcame a 17-point halftime deficit to beat Jacksonville.

“We don’t want to put ourselves in that situation every week, but if that’s what it comes down to we have to execute and win games,” Eagles quarterback Nick Foles told reporters.

“To go through adversity like this says something about our team.”

Foles threw for 331 yards and a touchdown on Monday to mastermind their second-half fightback.

Foles led an 80-yard drive that saw LeSean McCoy score from one yard out and pull the Eagles within 20-13 in the third.

Philadelphia tied the game 20-20 less than two minutes later after recovering an Indianapolis fumble and getting a 19-yard scoring run by Darren Sproles.

Indianapolis responded with a seven-yard touchdown pass from Andrew Luck to Ahmad Bradshaw and appeared ready for victory before Luck threw an interception deep in Philadelphia territory.

That allowed Foles to lead another march downfield and connect with Jeremy Maclin on a six-yard touchdown that tied the game 27-27 with three and a half minutes to go.

The Colts were unable to score on their next possession and the Eagles then advanced 42 yards to set up the winning field goal.

Indianapolis have fallen to 0-2 for the first time since the 2011 season.

Luck tossed three touchdowns and the Colts ran for 169 yards but it was the turnovers that hurt them in the end.

“The turnovers were killers in the second half,” said Colts coach Chuck Pagano. “You’ve got to finish games, put people away.”

Philadelphia, meanwhile, got a huge spark from their own running back duo. McCoy finished with 79 yards rushing while Sproles caught seven balls for 152 yards.

Vikings reinstate Peterson  after child abuse charge

Adrian Peterson, a marquee National Football League running back facing charges of child abuse for injuries he caused when disciplining his son, was reinstated by the Minnesota Vikings on Monday.

Peterson was held out of the Vikings’ game on Sunday, a 30-7 loss to the New England Patriots, following his indictment last week in Texas for negligent injury to his 4-year-old son, the latest domestic violence case to rock the NFL.

“Based on the extensive information we have right now, and what we know about Adrian not only as a person but what he has also done for this community, we believe he deserves to play while the legal process plays out,” Vikings general manager Rick Spielman told a news conference.

“At the same time, we must defer to the legal system to determine whether he went too far. But we cannot make that judgment.”

Peterson, who was the NFL’s most valuable player in 2012, is accused of injuring his son last May by hitting him with a tree branch as punishment. If convicted, Peterson, 29, could be sentenced to up to two years in prison and fined $10,000.

“I have to live with the fact that when I disciplined my son the way I was disciplined as a child, I caused an injury that I never intended or thought would happen,” Peterson said in a statement. “I know that many people disagree with the way I disciplined my child.

“I also understand after meeting with a psychologist that there are other alternative ways of disciplining a child that may be more appropriate.”

Peterson, who will practice this week and play on Sunday when the Vikings visit the New Orleans Saints, said he loved his son and was not a child abuser.