The play gained only 1 yard, but it went a long way in allowing the Philadelphia Eagles to beat the Los Angeles Rams 23-14 on Sunday and move to 5-0 in the 2023 NFL season.

The Eagles had the football at the Rams 1-yard line with 2 seconds left in the first half. Instead of taking the sure field goal that would have cut Los Angeles’ lead to 14-13, Philadelphia went for it with the Brotherly Shove.

And the Eagles’ mass-at-the-point-of-attack quarterback sneak ended with Jalen Hurts in the end zone and Philadelphia with a three-point halftime lead.

“Not to pour more water into that jug, but it’s something that we’ve been able to do at a high level,” Hurts said. “It’s clear that it does not work that well for everyone else.”

The Rams had taken the lead only 32 seconds before with a 22-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Matthew Stafford to wide receiver Puka Nacua.

The Eagles got the football at their 25 and had no intention of sitting on it for the half-a-minute left in the first half.

“You always want to be aggressive,” Hurts said. “The moment you stop playing the game the way you want to play the game and being aggressive, you’re doing yourself a disservice. It’s just a matter of execution and trust.

“We did a great job on that play.”

Hurts scrambled for 9 yards, connected with wide receiver AJ Brown for a 38-yard gain plus another 14 yards for a horse-collar tackle. A defensive pass interference penalty followed to put Philadelphia at the Rams 1.

Eagles coach Nick Sirianni knew what to call.

“That was exciting,” Sirianni said. “That was fun right there. I imagine that was a great time to be a fan. They had the big completion for a touchdown, then we come back down and score a touchdown with no time left.

“I just have confidence in the play that nobody likes that we run.”

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The sneak gave Hurts his 30th rushing touchdown while playing his 50th regular-season game. The former Alabama standout has run for two more touchdowns in his first 50 regular-season games than any quarterback in NFL history, even though Hurts didn’t score his first one until his 13th game (and second start).

Against the Rams, Hurts completed 25-of-38 passes for 303 yards with one touchdown and one interception and ran for 72 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries.

In Philadelphia’s 38-35 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 12, Hurts recorded the fourth postseason game in which a player had 300 passing yards and 70 rushing yards. Now he owns one of the 22 regular-season games in which that happened.

Hurts passed for 300 yards for the 10th time in a regular-season game, and three have come in the Eagles’ past four contests.

Hurts’ touchdown pass on Sunday came on a 6-yard throw to tight end Dallas Goedert for the game’s first points with 8:37 left in the first quarter.

In the second half, the only scoring consisted of two 26-yard field goals by Philadelphia’s Jake Elliott, but they came at the end of drives that covered 83 yards in 17 plays and 72 yards on 10 plays and took a total of 13:58.

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The Eagles will seek to stay unbeaten when they play the New York Jets at 3:25 p.m. CDT Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Hurts said he thought Philadelphia was “taking steps in a positive direction.”

“The growth mindset is a real thing here,” Hurts said. “And that starts from top down, and every individual truly has that. Every individual on this team is truly hungry to be their best self and be the best they can be for the team and everyone around them. It’s a constant maturation process there, and we’re just happy to be able to win and grow.”

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.