EXHIBIT 99.1
                          EAGLE BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARY
                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of Eagle Bancorp (the "Company") on Form
10-QSB for the quarter ended December 31, 2002 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), we, Larry A. Dreyer,
Chief Executive Officer, and Peter J. Johnson, Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.




/s/ Larry A. Dreyer                                 /s/ Peter J. Johnson
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Larry A. Dreyer                                     Peter J. Johnson
President and Chief Executive Officer               Sr. VP/Treasurer and Chief
February 10, 2003                                   Financial Officer
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