The surprising Redskins, coming off a 5-11 season, are 2-0 and tied with Dallas atop the NFC East, which Philadelphia was expected to dominate.

But the Eagles are 0-2 and their offense, other than the dynamic Brian Westbrook, has been far too spotty.

Portis and Cooley each scored touchdowns and Shaun Suisham made two field goals. Washington's defense stymied every Eagle except Westbrook, who rushed for 96 yards and caught eight passes for another 66 yards.

"In the NFL, you can't be one-dimensional, you've got to be able to do both things, you've got to be able to run and pass," Campbell said. "I thought our guys did an outstanding job once we got our rhythm. I thought our guys did an outstanding job picking up the big plays."

Westbrook's work wasn't enough to get Philadelphia into the end zone, however, as an array of blitzes and some hard hitting by the Redskins' secondary kept Donovan McNabb off-balance much of the night.

McNabb has lost six of his last seven starts and is 9-12 since the Eagles lost the Super Bowl to New England in January 2005.

"We didn't win the game, so I didn't play well. If I'm out there, I have to make plays," McNabb said. "We have to find out what we're doing wrong and correct it."

Campbell didn't have gaudy statistics — 16-for-29, 209 yards — but he kept the Redskins on the move when it counted with sharp passes and timely third-down conversions.

"You take advantage of the plays that are given to you and then the others will come," receiver Santana Moss said. "You can't try to make plays that are not there, and he didn't.

"We as an offense can even do a lot more to make him great."

After Suisham's third field goal, a 37-yarder, put Washington on top 13-6, David Akers matched it with a 26-yarder later in the third quarter.

Then Washington's mastery on third down — it went 8-for-15 — helped it to the winning score, a 6-yard run by Portis early in the fourth period. Campbell calmly found Cooley for 9 yards on third-and-8, and hit Todd Yoder, Cooley's backup, for 18 on third-and-10.

Philly lost safety Brian Dawkins, its defensive leader, with a neck injury on the play that moved the ball to the Philadelphia 6. Then Portis swept left for the decisive points.

Portis wound up with 69 yards rushing and Campbell added 39, but it was his maturity in tight situations that stood out.

As did Washington's hard-hitting defense, led by safeties Sean Taylor and rookie LaRon Landry, and a pass rush that got to McNabb three times and pressured him all game.

"Philly has been the king of this division for so long," said Washington's new middle linebacker, London Fletcher. "I think these guys have got to get used to winning and beating good teams. Beating good teams like this only adds to your confidence."

The biggest cheer of the night by the 67,726 fans might have been in the first quarter, which ended 3-0 for the Redskins. It came when recently re-signed Reno Mahe caught a punt.

The Eagles lost their opener at Green Bay in great part because Greg Lewis and J. R. Reed fumbled attempting to field punts. That cost Philadelphia 10 points and prompted the Eagles to bring back Mahe, their regular punt returner in recent years. He had no trouble catching the ball Monday night.

Suisham's 35-yard field goal as the first period ended gave Washington the lead, but the Eagles came back for two field goals by Akers, from 24 and 39 yards. Westbrook set up the first by gaining 42 yards on two runs, and William James' interception at the Washington 39 led to the other kick.

Other than Westbrook, Philly's offense was pretty much a washout, and that gave the Redskins a chance to grab a halftime lead. Campbell led a 73-yard drive in the final 1:43, highlighted by his 17-yard run to the Eages 18.

Following a strange sequence that began at the 1 — the Redskins spiked the ball on first down, yet wound up with a delay of game on the next play, then consecutive motion penalties on guard Jason Fabini — Campbell floated a perfect pass to Cooley in the left corner of the end zone with 9 seconds left for a 10-6 lead.

"He was the second read on that play," Campbell said. "James Thrash did a good job running his route, trying to get the corner to bite and Cooley did a great job beating the safety."

Though he finished 28-for-46 for 240 yards, some of McNabb's misguided passes weren't close to the target. McNabb, who missed the final six games of last season with a knee injury, looked rusty and uncomfortable at times.