Comeback for Eagles, McMahon : Interconference: Quarterback, after having swollen elbow drained, passes for 341 yards and three touchdowns in 32-30 victory over Browns.

Five minutes before the game began, Jim McMahon wasn’t sure he was sound enough to play. Five minutes before the game ended, McMahon was healthy enough to throw his third touchdown pass.

After falling behind, 23-0, early, McMahon passed for 341 yards and three touchdowns Sunday as the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Cleveland Browns, 32-30.

Philadelphia didn’t lead until McMahon threw a five-yard touchdown pass to Calvin Williams on third and goal with 5:19 left. It came three plays after Cleveland’s Webster Slaughter fumbled a punt away at the two-yard line.

McMahon’s right elbow had swelled up after he had an adverse reaction to a shot for tendinitis on Friday.

“Even this morning, I told my wife I didn’t think I was going to play today,” McMahon said. “It swelled up on me last night and this morning.”

He arrived at the stadium at 7 a.m. for treatment, and doctors drained the elbow shortly before game time.

Philadelphia’s top-ranked defense, under former Cleveland coach Bud Carson, gave up more than 200 yards in the first half but didn’t let the Browns across midfield in the second half.

Cleveland lost its second consecutive heartbreaker. Last week, the Browns feel to Cincinnati, 23-21.

Rookie Eric Turner intercepted McMahon’s second pass of the game and returned it 42 yards for his first NFL touchdown.

Kosar threw first-half touchdown passes of 65 yards to Leroy Hoard and 18 yards to Slaughter while extending his streak of passes without an interception to an NFL record 308.

The streak ended when Kosar, under heavy pressure, threw an interception to Ben Smith near the 50-yard line in the second quarter.

Kosar beat Bart Starr’s record of 294 passes without an interception, set in 1964-65.