MINNEAPOLIS — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles passed for 373 yards and three touchdowns in the Eagles’ 41-33 Super Bowl victory Sunday, earning their first title since 1960. But his catch — a bit of trickery for a 1-yard touchdown reception — helped him earn Most Valuable Player honors for the game.

The play came after Foles’ one blemish of the game. In the second quarter, with the Eagles leading the Patriots, 15-6, Foles was driving his team down the field for another possible score. But his pass to receiver Alshon Jeffery tipped into the arms of Patriots cornerback Duron Harmon.

The Patriots turned the interception into a touchdown to narrow their deficit to 15-12.

But when Foles got to the Eagles deep into New England territory again, coach Doug Pederson called a trick play that the Patriots had used against the Eagles several years ago.

With two minutes left in the half, the Eagles raced to the Patriots’ 1-yard line thanks to a catch and run for a 55-yard gain by running back Corey Clement. On fourth down, Foles lined up to take the snap, then walked forward as if he was delivering new signals to the offensive line.

But instead of returning to his position, he slid to his right. The ball was then snapped to Clement, who pitched it to tight end Trey Burton. Burton then lofted a pass to Foles, who slipped undetected into the right side of end zone.

“I’m excited, a quarterback going out on a route,” Foles said about his reaction to the play being called. “That’s probably the best it looked. We hit it at the right time.”

The score put the Eagles up, 22-12, at halftime. The Patriots erased that lead and went ahead in the fourth quarter, before the Eagles regained the lead for good.

The play made history. With the reception — the first of his six-year NFL career — Foles became the first player to both throw and catch a touchdown in a Super Bowl.

Frank Reich, Philadelphia offensive coordinator, said his team had been working on the play for several weeks. The Eagles hoped to use it against the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC championship game, but they did not because the score was so lopsided.

Reich said Pederson wanted to use it in the second half Sunday but decided to call it instead in the first half.

“We thought it would be the dagger that would put the game out of reach,” he said.