In 2017, Forbes valued the club at $2.65 billion, ranking them 10th among NFL teams in value. ==Franchise history== ===NFL in Philadelphia (1899–1931)=== The Frankford Athletic Association was organized in May 1899 in the parlor of the Suburban Club.
Several of the original players from the 1899 football team kept the team together, and they became known as Loyola Athletic Club.
The original Frankford Athletic Association apparently disbanded prior to the 1909 football season.
In keeping with Yellow Jackets tradition, they carried the "Frankford" name again in 1912, to become the Frankford Athletic Association. In the early 1920s, the Frankford Athletic Association's Yellow Jackets gained the reputation as being one of the best independent football teams in the nation.
In keeping with Yellow Jackets tradition, they carried the "Frankford" name again in 1912, to become the Frankford Athletic Association. In the early 1920s, the Frankford Athletic Association's Yellow Jackets gained the reputation as being one of the best independent football teams in the nation.
In 1922, Frankford absorbed the Philadelphia City Champion team, the Union Quakers of Philadelphia.
During the 1922 and 1923 seasons, the Yellow Jackets compiled a 6–2–1 record against teams from the National Football League.
During the 1922 and 1923 seasons, the Yellow Jackets compiled a 6–2–1 record against teams from the National Football League.
This led to the Association being granted an NFL franchise in 1924, thus becoming the Frankford Yellow Jackets. Midway through the 1931 season, the Yellow Jackets went bankrupt and were forced to cease operations. ===Wray and Bell era (1933–1940)=== After more than a year of searching for a suitable replacement, the NFL granted an expansion franchise to a syndicate headed by Bert Bell and Lud Wray and awarded them the assets of the failed Yellow Jackets organization.
Between 1927 (the year the NFL changed from a sprawling Midwestern-based association to a narrower, major-market league) and 1934, a triopoly of three teams (the Chicago Bears, New York Giants and Green Bay Packers) had won all but one title since 1927 (the lone exception being the Providence Steam Roller of 1928).
Between 1927 (the year the NFL changed from a sprawling Midwestern-based association to a narrower, major-market league) and 1934, a triopoly of three teams (the Chicago Bears, New York Giants and Green Bay Packers) had won all but one title since 1927 (the lone exception being the Providence Steam Roller of 1928).
This led to the Association being granted an NFL franchise in 1924, thus becoming the Frankford Yellow Jackets. Midway through the 1931 season, the Yellow Jackets went bankrupt and were forced to cease operations. ===Wray and Bell era (1933–1940)=== After more than a year of searching for a suitable replacement, the NFL granted an expansion franchise to a syndicate headed by Bert Bell and Lud Wray and awarded them the assets of the failed Yellow Jackets organization.
The yellow and blue jerseys, the same colors found on Philadelphia's city flag, are based on those worn by the Philadelphia Eagles in the team's inaugural season, and were the same colors used by the former Frankford Yellow Jackets franchise prior to their suspension of operations in 1931.
This makes it appear that the Yellow Jackets sat out the 1932 season and returned as the Eagles in 1933.
The team plays its home games at Lincoln Financial Field. The franchise was established in 1933 as a replacement for the bankrupt Frankford Yellow Jackets, when a group led by Bert Bell secured the rights to an NFL franchise in Philadelphia.
Their rivalry with the Pittsburgh Steelers is another bitter rivalry known as the battle of Pennsylvania, roughly dating back to 1933. The team ranked among the best in the league in attendance and sold out every game since the 1999 season.
This makes it appear that the Yellow Jackets sat out the 1932 season and returned as the Eagles in 1933.
When negotiations fell through the team managed to make a deal with the Athletics' crosstown rival, the Philadelphia Phillies to play at the Baker Bowl. The Eagles played their first game on October 15, 1933, against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds in New York City.
Their heated rivalry with the Giants is the oldest of the NFC East rivalries, dating all the way back to 1933 and is often named as one of the best rivalries in the NFL.
The rivalry has even spilled over into Draft Weekend, with Cowboys legend Drew Pearson and Eagles legend David Akers exchanging insults at the opposing franchise in 2017 and 2018, respectively. ===New York Giants=== The rivalry began in 1933 with the founding of the Eagles, and slowly strengthened when both teams came to relative prominence in the 1940s and 1950s.
The two teams have played in the same division in the NFL every year since 1933.
Although the two franchises played in the same division in the Eagles' inaugural 1933 season, their first meeting would not take place until October 21, 1934, during Washington's first year under the Boston Redskins moniker; the Redskins defeated the Eagles 6–0 at Fenway Park.
Since 2010, the rivalry has been very even overall with the Eagles winning 12 of the last 20 matchups. ===Pittsburgh Steelers=== The Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers are both located in Pennsylvania and began play in 1933.
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Their best finish was in their second season, 1934, when they finished tied for third in the East.
Between 1927 (the year the NFL changed from a sprawling Midwestern-based association to a narrower, major-market league) and 1934, a triopoly of three teams (the Chicago Bears, New York Giants and Green Bay Packers) had won all but one title since 1927 (the lone exception being the Providence Steam Roller of 1928).
Although the two franchises played in the same division in the Eagles' inaugural 1933 season, their first meeting would not take place until October 21, 1934, during Washington's first year under the Boston Redskins moniker; the Redskins defeated the Eagles 6–0 at Fenway Park.
For the most part, the Eagles' early rosters were composed of former Penn, Temple and Villanova players who played for a few years before going on to other things. In 1935 Bell proposed an annual college draft to equalize talent across the league.
By 1936 the club had suffered significant financial losses and was sold through a public auction.
Bell assumed the head coaching position and led the team to a record of 1–11, for last place in the league. From 1936 to 1939, the Eagles played at Municipal Stadium in South Philadelphia.
The team finished the 1937 season 2–8–1 and would continue to struggle over the next three seasons. ===Greasy Neale era (1941–1950)=== In December 1940, Bell conciliated the sale of Art Rooney's Steelers to Alexis Thompson, and then Rooney acquired half of Bell's interest in the Eagles.
Bell assumed the head coaching position and led the team to a record of 1–11, for last place in the league. From 1936 to 1939, the Eagles played at Municipal Stadium in South Philadelphia.
In 1940, owner Bert Bell balked at a 66% rent increase plus 10% of the gate receipts proposed by the city for using Municipal Stadium and signed a lease for Shibe Park (renamed Connie Mack Stadium in 1954).
The team finished the 1937 season 2–8–1 and would continue to struggle over the next three seasons. ===Greasy Neale era (1941–1950)=== In December 1940, Bell conciliated the sale of Art Rooney's Steelers to Alexis Thompson, and then Rooney acquired half of Bell's interest in the Eagles.
Wayne Millner finished out the season before being replaced by Jim Trimble. While the remnants of the great 1940s teams managed to stay competitive for the first few years of the decade, and while younger players like Bobby Walston and Sonny Jurgensen occasionally provided infusions of talent, the team lacked the stuff of true greatness for most of the 1950s. After the 1957 season, the Eagles moved from Connie Mack Stadium to Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania.
The rivalry has even spilled over into Draft Weekend, with Cowboys legend Drew Pearson and Eagles legend David Akers exchanging insults at the opposing franchise in 2017 and 2018, respectively. ===New York Giants=== The rivalry began in 1933 with the founding of the Eagles, and slowly strengthened when both teams came to relative prominence in the 1940s and 1950s.
In the 1941 season, the Eagles played their home opener at Municipal Stadium, but played later games that season at Shibe Park.
In its first years under Neale, the team continued to struggle by finishing the 1941 season with a 2–8–1 record.
The 1942 season showed no improvement as the team went 2–9. ===="Steagles" (1943)==== In 1943 when manpower shortages stemming from World War II made it impossible to fill the roster, the team merged with the Pittsburgh Steelers forming the "Phil-Pitt Eagles", known as the "Steagles." Greasy Neale coached the team along with Steelers head coach Walt Kiesling.
The 1942 season showed no improvement as the team went 2–9. ===="Steagles" (1943)==== In 1943 when manpower shortages stemming from World War II made it impossible to fill the roster, the team merged with the Pittsburgh Steelers forming the "Phil-Pitt Eagles", known as the "Steagles." Greasy Neale coached the team along with Steelers head coach Walt Kiesling.
The merger, never intended as a permanent arrangement, was dissolved at the end of the season. In 1944, led by head coach Greasy Neale and running back Steve Van Buren, the Eagles had their first winning season in team history.
After two more second-place finishes in 1945 and 1946, the team reached the NFL Championship game for the first time in 1947.
The Eagle receivers went through both September and October without a TD catch – the last time an NFL team had done that was in 1945.
After two more second-place finishes in 1945 and 1946, the team reached the NFL Championship game for the first time in 1947.
After two more second-place finishes in 1945 and 1946, the team reached the NFL Championship game for the first time in 1947.
Van Buren, Pete Pihos, and Bosh Pritchard fought valiantly, but the young team fell to the Chicago Cardinals 28–21 at Chicago's Comiskey Park. ====NFL Champions (1948)==== Undeterred, the young squad rebounded in 1948 and returned to the NFL Championship game.
As a whole, the Eagles offense scored 51 touchdowns, most in franchise history, passing the previous season-high set back in 1948.
designed the silver wings took on a white outline, and this style on a kelly green helmet became standard for over two decades. From 1948 to 1995, the team logo was an eagle in flight carrying a football in its claws, although from '69–72, the eagle took on a more stylized look. In 1973 the team's name was added below the eagle, returning to its pre-1969 look. However, both the logo and uniforms were radically altered in 1996.
Since their formation, the Eagles have appeared in the playoffs 27 times, won 14 division titles (11 in the NFC East), appeared in four pre-merger NFL Championship Games, winning three of them (1948, 1949, and 1960), and appeared in three Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl LII in 2017.
Due to the severity of the weather, few fans were on hand to witness the joyous occasion. ====NFL Champions (1949)==== Before the start of the 1949 season, the team was sold by Thompson to a syndicate of 100 buyers, known as the "Happy Hundred", each of whom paid a fee of $3,000 for their share of the team.
Chuck Bednarik was selected as the first overall pick in the 1949 NFL Draft.
Shaw, Van Brocklin and Chuck Bednarik (each in his last season before retirement) led a team more notable for its grit than its talent (one observer later quipped that the team had "nothing but a championship") to its first division title since 1949.
In 1950 the Eagles were slated to open the season against the AAFC champion Cleveland Browns, who had just (along with the other AAFC franchises) joined the NFL.
The Eagles never really recovered, and finished 6–6. ===McMillin, Millner, Trimble and Devore era (1951–1957)=== Greasy Neale retired after the 1950 season and was replaced by Bo McMillin.
Wayne Millner finished out the season before being replaced by Jim Trimble. While the remnants of the great 1940s teams managed to stay competitive for the first few years of the decade, and while younger players like Bobby Walston and Sonny Jurgensen occasionally provided infusions of talent, the team lacked the stuff of true greatness for most of the 1950s. After the 1957 season, the Eagles moved from Connie Mack Stadium to Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania.
The rivalry has even spilled over into Draft Weekend, with Cowboys legend Drew Pearson and Eagles legend David Akers exchanging insults at the opposing franchise in 2017 and 2018, respectively. ===New York Giants=== The rivalry began in 1933 with the founding of the Eagles, and slowly strengthened when both teams came to relative prominence in the 1940s and 1950s.
Two games into the 1951 season, McMillin was forced to retire due to terminal stomach cancer.
In 1940, owner Bert Bell balked at a 66% rent increase plus 10% of the gate receipts proposed by the city for using Municipal Stadium and signed a lease for Shibe Park (renamed Connie Mack Stadium in 1954).
In 1954 the Eagles, along with the Baltimore Colts, became the second team ever in the NFL to put a logo on their helmets, with silver wings on a kelly green helmet.
Wayne Millner finished out the season before being replaced by Jim Trimble. While the remnants of the great 1940s teams managed to stay competitive for the first few years of the decade, and while younger players like Bobby Walston and Sonny Jurgensen occasionally provided infusions of talent, the team lacked the stuff of true greatness for most of the 1950s. After the 1957 season, the Eagles moved from Connie Mack Stadium to Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania.
It was the first NFL stadium to use artificial turf. ===Buck Shaw era (1958–1960)=== In 1958 the franchise took key steps to improve, hiring Buck Shaw as head coach and acquiring Norm Van Brocklin in a trade with the Los Angeles Rams.
During the 1959 season the team showed real flashes of talent, and finished in second place in the Eastern Division.
Since their formation, the Eagles have appeared in the playoffs 27 times, won 14 division titles (11 in the NFC East), appeared in four pre-merger NFL Championship Games, winning three of them (1948, 1949, and 1960), and appeared in three Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl LII in 2017.
They also have a bitter rivalry with the Dallas Cowboys, which has become more high-profile since the 1960s, as well as a historic rivalry with the Washington Football Team.
On December 26, 1960, one of the coldest days in recorded Philadelphia history, the Eagles faced Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers in the NFL title game and dealt the mighty Lombardi the sole championship game loss of his storied career.
Fittingly, the game ended as Bednarik tackled a struggling Jim Taylor and refused to allow him to stand until the last seconds had ticked away. ===Skorich, Kuharich, Williams and Khayat era (1961–1972)=== Van Brocklin had come to Philadelphia and agreed to play through 1960 with the tacit understanding that, upon his retirement as a player, he would succeed Shaw as head coach.
After a 3–10–1 record in 1970 and three consecutive blowout losses to Cincinnati, Dallas, and San Francisco to open the season, Williams was fired and replaced by assistant coach Ed Khayat, a defensive lineman on the Eagles' 1960 NFL championship team.
By the next year, the Eagles had fully taken Vermeil's enthusiastic attitude, and made the playoffs for the first time since 1960.
The Eagles won their first Vince Lombardi Trophy in franchise history, and their first league championship since 1960, ending the third-longest active championship drought in the NFL at 57 years. New England's only lead was by one point in the fourth quarter, 33–32.
The franchise won their first Super Bowl ever and their first championship since 1960.
Upon moving to Lincoln Financial Field in 2003, the Eagles wore white at home for at least their home opener, but in recent years they opted to wear their standard midnight green jerseys even during the warmest of autumn weather. In the 2010 season against the Green Bay Packers, on September 12, 2010, the Eagles wore uniforms similar to the ones that were worn by the 1960 championship team in honor the 50th anniversary of that team.
However, they only broke out the midnight green jerseys and pants in the second half of that season due to the difficulty of producing their preferred shade of midnight green. Recently the team has discussed bringing back the "Kelly Green" uniforms similar to the uniforms worn in the 1960 NFL Championship season, which were last worn in the 2010 season opener vs.
The Eagles won the first game in this rivalry 27–25 on September 30, 1960.
Back-up quarterback Sonny Jurgensen became the Eagles' starter for the 1961 season; they finished a half-game behind the New York Giants for first place in the Eastern Conference standings with a 10–4 record.
Despite the on-the-field success, however, the franchise was in turmoil. The 1962 team was decimated by injury, and managed only three wins and were embarrassed at home in a 49–0 loss against the Packers.
McCormack was fired after a 4–10 1975 season. ===Dick Vermeil era (1976–1982)=== In , Dick Vermeil was hired from UCLA to coach the Eagles, who had only one winning season from 1962 to 1975. Vermeil faced numerous obstacles as he attempted to rejuvenate a franchise that had not seriously contended in well over a decade.
The off-field chaos continued through 1963, as the remaining 65 shareholders out of the original Happy Hundred sold the team to Jerry Wolman, a 36-year-old millionaire Washington developer who outbid local bidders for the team, paying an unprecedented $5.505 million for control of the club.
In 1964, Wolman hired former Cardinals and Washington Redskins coach Joe Kuharich to a fifteen-year contract.
From that season through 1966, this was a major rivalry for both teams, as both were part of the same division.
The Steelers have lost nine straight games on the road against the Eagles dating back to 1966, which was also the start of the Super Bowl era.
In 1967 they were placed in separate divisions, but remained in the same conference for three years.
The stadium switched from grass to AstroTurf in 1969.
Over the next five seasons the team failed to make the playoffs each year. In 1969 Leonard Tose bought the Eagles from Wolman for $16.155 million (equal to $ today), then a record for a professional sports franchise.
In 1969 the team wore two helmet versions: Kelly green with white wings in road games, and white with kelly green wings at home.
After a 3–10–1 record in 1970 and three consecutive blowout losses to Cincinnati, Dallas, and San Francisco to open the season, Williams was fired and replaced by assistant coach Ed Khayat, a defensive lineman on the Eagles' 1960 NFL championship team.
Campbell had helped to popularize the "bend-don't-break" defensive strategy in the 1970s.
From 1970 to '73, they wore the white helmets with Kelly green wings exclusively before switching back to Kelly green helmets with silver wings.
In 1970 the Steelers (along with the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Colts) moved to the American Football Conference, while the Eagles stayed with the rest of the old-line NFL teams in the National Football Conference.
1970 was also the last season for the Eagles at Franklin Field; the team finished the first post-merger season in last place in their division at 3–10–1. In 1971.
Pederson became just the first head coach to be fired within three years of winning a Super Bowl since the Baltimore Colts fired Don McCafferty after the 1972 NFL Season. === Nick Sirianni Era (2021-Present) === The Eagles hired the former Indianapolis Colts' offensive coordinator Nick Sirianni as their next head coach on January 21, 2021.
The latter game became known as the "Johnny Rodgers Bowl," because the loser would finish with the worst record in the league and obtain the first overall pick of the 1973 NFL Draft, which was then assumed to be Nebraska wingback Johnny Rodgers, the Heisman Trophy winner.
With the second overall pick, the Eagles went with USC tight end Charle Young. ===Mike McCormack era (1973–1975)=== Khayat was replaced by offensive guru Mike McCormack, for the 1973 season.
designed the silver wings took on a white outline, and this style on a kelly green helmet became standard for over two decades. From 1948 to 1995, the team logo was an eagle in flight carrying a football in its claws, although from '69–72, the eagle took on a more stylized look. In 1973 the team's name was added below the eagle, returning to its pre-1969 look. However, both the logo and uniforms were radically altered in 1996.
Aided by the skills of Roman Gabriel and towering young receiver Harold Carmichael, they managed to infuse a bit of vitality into a previously moribund offense. New general manager Jim Murray also began to add talent on the defensive side of the line, most notably through the addition of future Pro Bowl linebacker Bill Bergey in 1974.
McCormack was fired after a 4–10 1975 season. ===Dick Vermeil era (1976–1982)=== In , Dick Vermeil was hired from UCLA to coach the Eagles, who had only one winning season from 1962 to 1975. Vermeil faced numerous obstacles as he attempted to rejuvenate a franchise that had not seriously contended in well over a decade.
Despite the team's young talent and Gabriel's occasional flashes of brilliance, the Eagles finished 1976 with the same result—a 4–10 record—as in 1975.
Despite the team's young talent and Gabriel's occasional flashes of brilliance, the Eagles finished 1976 with the same result—a 4–10 record—as in 1975.
The Eagles extended their broadcasting contract with WIP-FM through 2024. Merrill Reese, who joined the Eagles in 1976, is the play-by-play announcer, and former Eagles wide receiver Mike Quick, who replaced offense lineman Stan Walters beginning in 1998, is the color analyst.
Fan behavior improved after the team's move to Lincoln Financial Field, and "Eagles Court" ended in December 2003. The 1976 draw was the subject of the movie Invincible.
In 1977 the first seeds of hope begin to sprout.
They achieved that distinction despite getting only five touchdown catches all year from their wide receivers, which tied the league-low since the regular-season schedule was lengthened to its present 16 games in 1978 (this record would be broken in 2004 when the New York Giants' wide receivers caught only two touchdown passes).
The Oilers ultimately got the first selection and took University of Tampa defensive end John Matuszak (who later faced Philadelphia in Super Bowl XV in January 1981).
Veteran journeyman quarterback Jim Plunkett was named the game's MVP. The team got off to a great start in the 1981 season, winning their first six games.
After the strike ended, the regular Eagles 1981 team won a 37–20 revenge game against Dallas.
After the Eagles finished 3–6 in the strike-shortened 1982 season, Vermeil quit the team, citing "burnout." ===Marion Campbell era (1983–1985)=== Defensive coordinator Marion Campbell, aka "the Swamp Fox" replaced Vermeil as the head coach.
The team could not produce the same success they once had and failed to make the playoffs in 1983 and 1984. In 1985 Tose was forced to sell the Eagles to Norman Braman and Ed Leibowitz, highly successful automobile dealers from Florida, for a reported $65 million (equal to $ today) to pay off his more than $25 million (equal to $ today) in gambling debts at Atlantic City casinos.
The team could not produce the same success they once had and failed to make the playoffs in 1983 and 1984. In 1985 Tose was forced to sell the Eagles to Norman Braman and Ed Leibowitz, highly successful automobile dealers from Florida, for a reported $65 million (equal to $ today) to pay off his more than $25 million (equal to $ today) in gambling debts at Atlantic City casinos.
The team could not produce the same success they once had and failed to make the playoffs in 1983 and 1984. In 1985 Tose was forced to sell the Eagles to Norman Braman and Ed Leibowitz, highly successful automobile dealers from Florida, for a reported $65 million (equal to $ today) to pay off his more than $25 million (equal to $ today) in gambling debts at Atlantic City casinos.
The team once again struggled during the 1985 season and Marion Campbell was fired after week 16 and replaced by assistant head coach/defensive backs coach Fred Bruney for the last game of the season. At the 1985 Supplemental draft, the Eagles acquired the rights to Memphis Showboats' elite pass rusher Reggie White. ===Buddy Ryan era (1986–1990)=== In 1986 the arrival of head coach Buddy Ryan and his fiery attitude rejuvenated team performance and ignited the fan base.
The Eagles tied a record by clinching the NFC East division crown (their fourth straight) after only their eleventh game of the season, matching the mark set by the 1985 Chicago Bears and the 1997 San Francisco 49ers.
The team once again struggled during the 1985 season and Marion Campbell was fired after week 16 and replaced by assistant head coach/defensive backs coach Fred Bruney for the last game of the season. At the 1985 Supplemental draft, the Eagles acquired the rights to Memphis Showboats' elite pass rusher Reggie White. ===Buddy Ryan era (1986–1990)=== In 1986 the arrival of head coach Buddy Ryan and his fiery attitude rejuvenated team performance and ignited the fan base.
The Eagles would reach the playoffs in 1988, but lost to the Chicago Bears, which happened to be Ryan's former team that he helped lead to a Super Bowl XX victory as defensive coordinator.
The defense is commonly acknowledged as among the greatest in league history, and as the best to never win a championship. The two 1989 matches with Dallas were known as the Bounty Bowls.
There is a lot of hostility between the two teams' fan bases, with incidents such as the 1989 Bounty Bowl.
Both were won easily by the Eagles (the Cowboys finished 1–15 that year), and were marked by Ryan insulting new Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson, putting a "bounty" on their kicker, and for Eagles fans throwing snowballs. On November 12, 1990, during a Monday Night Football game at the Vet, the Eagles crushed the Washington Redskins by a score of 28–14, with the defense scoring three of the team's four touchdowns.
The Redskins returned to Veterans Stadium in the first round of the playoffs and defeated the Eagles 20–6, ending their season. ===Rich Kotite era (1991–1994)=== Buddy Ryan was fired on January 7, 1991, and was replaced by offensive coordinator Rich Kotite.
The team started the 1991 season losing starting quarterback Randall Cunningham in Week 1 due to a knee injury.
Despite having the top rated defense in the league the team failed to make the playoffs, finishing third in the NFC East with a record of 10–6. On June 25, 1992, All Pro defensive tackle Jerome Brown was killed in an automobile accident.
The team and fan base became dedicated to "bring it home for Jerome" in the 1992 season.
In 1993 Kotite's Eagles would fall apart after initially a promising start, and missed the playoffs, going 8–8. By this point, team owner Norman Braman had become unpopular among most local fans and a polarizing presence in the front office.
The team's fanbase have been cited as one of the most intimidating in the NFL and possibly all sports. The Eagles are owned by Jeffrey Lurie, who bought the team from previous owner Norman Braman for $195 million on May 6, 1994.
Jeffrey Lurie bought the Eagles on May 6, 1994, for an estimated $185 million.
In Lurie's first season as the owner in 1994, the team went 7–9 and once again missed the playoffs.
Rich Kotite was fired and was replaced by San Francisco 49ers Defensive Coordinator Ray Rhodes, who successfully lobbied 49ers star Ricky Watters to join the team as a free agent. ===Ray Rhodes era (1995–1998)=== In 1995, Rhodes's first season, the Eagles got off to a slow start by losing 3 out their first 4 games but subsequently rebounded, finishing with a 10–6 record and a playoff spot.
Foles became the first backup quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl since his opponent Tom Brady won as the backup for Drew Bledsoe in 2002's Super Bowl XXXVI. The combined 74 points scored was one point shy of the Super Bowl record of 75, set in Super Bowl XXIX in 1995; this game marked only the second time in the history of the Super Bowl where the teams combined for 70+ points.
designed the silver wings took on a white outline, and this style on a kelly green helmet became standard for over two decades. From 1948 to 1995, the team logo was an eagle in flight carrying a football in its claws, although from '69–72, the eagle took on a more stylized look. In 1973 the team's name was added below the eagle, returning to its pre-1969 look. However, both the logo and uniforms were radically altered in 1996.
12 since he left the Eagles in 1995, LeSean McCoy's No.
However, no such trade was executed and Cunningham retired shortly after the season. In 1996 the Eagles uniforms changed from the classic shade of Kelly Green to a darker midnight green.
In the 1996 NFL draft, future fan favorite and hall of famer Brian Dawkins was chosen in the 2nd round.
In their January 2010 wild card game, the Eagles played against their divisional foes for the second consecutive week, losing 34–14 to hand Dallas their first of three playoff wins since December 1996. On January 11, 2010, General Manager Tom Heckert, Jr.
designed the silver wings took on a white outline, and this style on a kelly green helmet became standard for over two decades. From 1948 to 1995, the team logo was an eagle in flight carrying a football in its claws, although from '69–72, the eagle took on a more stylized look. In 1973 the team's name was added below the eagle, returning to its pre-1969 look. However, both the logo and uniforms were radically altered in 1996.
The team's logo combination (the eagle and club name lettering) also changed in 1996, with the eagle itself limited to a white (bald eagle) head, drawn in a less realistic, more cartoon-based style, and the lettering changing from calligraphic to block letters. Since the 1996 alterations, the team has made only minor alterations, mostly relating to jersey/pant combinations worn during specific games.
After that, the white jerseys along with white pants were worn exclusively during preseason games from 2004 to 2011, with the exception of 2007 and 2010. The 2003 season also saw the first (though only subtle) change to the 1996-style uniform.
Traditionally, kelly green, silver and white had been the official team colors, until the 1996 season when it changed to the current "Midnight Green" uniforms.
After an up-and-down 6–9–1 campaign in 1997, the bottom fell out in 1998.
Kickoff temperature in Texas Stadium was 109 degrees Fahrenheit and soared to nearly 120, making it the hottest game in league history, beating a previous record set during a 1997 Cowboys-Cardinals match in Arizona.
The Eagles tied a record by clinching the NFC East division crown (their fourth straight) after only their eleventh game of the season, matching the mark set by the 1985 Chicago Bears and the 1997 San Francisco 49ers.
For example, in 1997, against the San Francisco 49ers, the team wore midnight green jerseys and pants for the first of only two occasions in team history.
In If Football's a Religion, Why Don't We Have a Prayer?, Jereé Longman described the fans of the 700 Level of Veterans Stadium as having a reputation for "hostile taunting, fighting, public urination and general strangeness." So many incidents occurred at a 1997 game against the 49ers that at the following home game, Judge Seamus McCaffery began presiding over a temporary courtroom at the stadium; 20 suspects came before him that day.
After an up-and-down 6–9–1 campaign in 1997, the bottom fell out in 1998.
The Eagles extended their broadcasting contract with WIP-FM through 2024. Merrill Reese, who joined the Eagles in 1976, is the play-by-play announcer, and former Eagles wide receiver Mike Quick, who replaced offense lineman Stan Walters beginning in 1998, is the color analyst.
Their rivalry with the Pittsburgh Steelers is another bitter rivalry known as the battle of Pennsylvania, roughly dating back to 1933. The team ranked among the best in the league in attendance and sold out every game since the 1999 season.
Left with little choice after a disastrous season, fan revolt and sagging team morale, Lurie fired Rhodes and hired Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach Andy Reid as the new head coach. ===Andy Reid era (1999–2012)=== Resurgence would come under the leadership of new head coach Andy Reid, who began by drafting Syracuse quarterback Donovan McNabb with the second overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft.
However, 1999 was a rebuilding year, and the Eagles only won five games and game attendance was still looking stale: as two home games were not sold out – resulting in local TV blackouts- while the other six were only sold out due to several small business owners purchasing the remainder of the unsold tickets to spare TV viewers.
The Week 5 game, on Sunday, October 10, 1999, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, saw Dallas wide receiver Michael Irvin suffer a career-ending spinal injury where Eagles fans stood up and cheered as he lay on the field.
The last home game that was blacked out on television in the Philadelphia market as a result of not being sold out was against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, September 12, 1999, which was Andy Reid's first home game as new head coach of the Eagles. The studies note that—win or lose—Eagles fans can be counted on to pack their stadium.
Even the TV commentators expressed their disgust at this behavior. The 2000 regular-season opener in Dallas (September 3), became known in NFL lore as the "Pickle Juice Game".
After brushing aside the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21–3, the Eagles moved to the second round of the playoffs, only to lose a 20–10 game against the New York Giants. After compiling an 11–5 record in 2001, the Eagles reached the playoffs again, this time at the top of their division.
Louis Rams, who defeated them 29–24. Despite injuries, McNabb led the Eagles to a 12–4 season in 2002.
Foles became the first backup quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl since his opponent Tom Brady won as the backup for Drew Bledsoe in 2002's Super Bowl XXXVI. The combined 74 points scored was one point shy of the Super Bowl record of 75, set in Super Bowl XXIX in 1995; this game marked only the second time in the history of the Super Bowl where the teams combined for 70+ points.
The second occasion was in 2002, during the final regular season game at Veterans Stadium, a win over the division-rival Washington Redskins.
Once again, they reached the NFC Championship, but lost at home 27–10 to the eventual Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the last game at Veterans Stadium. The 2003 team lost its first two games, both at their new home.
A year later, in the first two games of the 2003 season (both home losses, to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New England Patriots), the Eagles wore white jerseys with white pants.
After that, the white jerseys along with white pants were worn exclusively during preseason games from 2004 to 2011, with the exception of 2007 and 2010. The 2003 season also saw the first (though only subtle) change to the 1996-style uniform.
The 2003 season also saw the team debut black alternate jerseys, with a green (instead of black) shadow on white numbers, and silver trim.
In the 2003 and 2004 regular-season home finales, the team wore the green road pants with the black alternate jerseys, but lost both games.
However, there have been exceptions, such as the home opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2003 and the Washington Redskins in 2007 that were played at night.
Upon moving to Lincoln Financial Field in 2003, the Eagles wore white at home for at least their home opener, but in recent years they opted to wear their standard midnight green jerseys even during the warmest of autumn weather. In the 2010 season against the Green Bay Packers, on September 12, 2010, the Eagles wore uniforms similar to the ones that were worn by the 1960 championship team in honor the 50th anniversary of that team.
Fan behavior improved after the team's move to Lincoln Financial Field, and "Eagles Court" ended in December 2003. The 1976 draw was the subject of the movie Invincible.
They achieved that distinction despite getting only five touchdown catches all year from their wide receivers, which tied the league-low since the regular-season schedule was lengthened to its present 16 games in 1978 (this record would be broken in 2004 when the New York Giants' wide receivers caught only two touchdown passes).
had three interceptions in the game. ====NFC Champions (2004)==== The Eagles actively pursued premier wide receiver Terrell Owens, and acquired him in a controversial three-way deal with the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers, on March 16, 2004.
The 2004 season began with a bang as Owens caught three touchdown passes from McNabb in their season opener against the New York Giants.
(That record was later broken by Tom Brady, in the 2016 season.) He also finished with a 119.0 passer rating, third-highest in league history behind only Aaron Rodgers in 2011 and Peyton Manning in 2004.
After that, the white jerseys along with white pants were worn exclusively during preseason games from 2004 to 2011, with the exception of 2007 and 2010. The 2003 season also saw the first (though only subtle) change to the 1996-style uniform.
In the 2003 and 2004 regular-season home finales, the team wore the green road pants with the black alternate jerseys, but lost both games.
The team also started wearing black cleats exclusively in 2004, although the rule was relaxed by the mid-2010s. To celebrate the team's 75th anniversary, the 2007 uniforms featured a 75th-season logo patch on the left shoulder.
The Patriots won 24–21. Brian Dawkins was one of the premier safeties in the NFL, and earned him the role of Eagles' defensive captain, and a mainstay on the Eagles. The team took a step back in 2005 with a 6–10 record.
The Eagles traveled to Minneapolis to compete in Super Bowl LII, their third attempt at a title, against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in a rematch of Super Bowl XXXIX from 2005. With Foles at the helm, the game's first touchdown was scored by the Eagles taking only three plays: a short pass from Foles to Nelson Agholor, a 36-yard run up the middle by LeGarrette Blount, and a 34-yard touchdown pass from Foles to Alshon Jeffery on the left side of the field.
In 2006, the team lost McNabb 10 games in and went into turmoil.
From 2006 to 2013, the Eagles have only worn the alternate black jerseys once a season and for the last November home game, but did not use them in 2007, 2010, and 2011.
They have been close in recent years, with both teams winning 12 games since 2006.
The 2006 study called the fans "incredibly loyal", noting that they filled 99.8% of the seats in the stadium over the previous decade.
In 2007, they finished 8–8.
After that, the white jerseys along with white pants were worn exclusively during preseason games from 2004 to 2011, with the exception of 2007 and 2010. The 2003 season also saw the first (though only subtle) change to the 1996-style uniform.
However, due to the special 75th-anniversary uniforms serving as the "alternates" for one game in 2007, the Eagles could not wear the alternate black jersey that season per league rules at the time (alternate uniforms were permitted twice per season but only one can be used).
From 2006 to 2013, the Eagles have only worn the alternate black jerseys once a season and for the last November home game, but did not use them in 2007, 2010, and 2011.
For the 2007 and 2010 seasons, the Eagles used throwback uniforms in place of the black alternates for their anniversary to commemorate past teams.
The team also started wearing black cleats exclusively in 2004, although the rule was relaxed by the mid-2010s. To celebrate the team's 75th anniversary, the 2007 uniforms featured a 75th-season logo patch on the left shoulder.
In addition, the team wore "throwback" jerseys in a 2007 game against the Detroit Lions.
However, there have been exceptions, such as the home opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2003 and the Washington Redskins in 2007 that were played at night.
On one occasion, the Eagles wore white at home after October in a meeting against the Dallas Cowboys on November 4, 2007, in order to make the Cowboys wear their blue road jerseys.
In 2008, the team won their 500th game, and drafted DeSean Jackson, a receiving threat when paired with McNabb. On January 11, 2009, the team defeated the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants 23–11 en route to their sixth NFC Championship Game.
The black jerseys with white pants, however, re-appeared for the 2008 Thanksgiving night game against the Arizona Cardinals.
200 receptions ===Other=== ===Returning=== ===Defense=== ===Exceptional performances=== ==Staff== ===Current staff=== ==Radio and television== ===Eagles radio affiliates=== ====Pennsylvania==== ====Delaware==== ====New Jersey==== From 2008 through 2010, Eagles games were broadcast on both rock-formatted WYSP and sports-talk Sports Radio 610 WIP, as both stations are owned and operated by CBS Radio.
Forbes placed the Eagles fans first in its 2008 survey, which was based on the correlation between team performance and fan attendance.
ESPN.com placed Eagles fans fourth in the league in its 2008 survey, citing the connection between the team's performance and the mood of the city.
As of August 2008, the team had sold out 71 consecutive games, and 70,000 were on the team's waiting list for season tickets.
The film Silver Linings Playbook highlights the 2008 Philadelphia Eagles season.
In 2008, the team won their 500th game, and drafted DeSean Jackson, a receiving threat when paired with McNabb. On January 11, 2009, the team defeated the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants 23–11 en route to their sixth NFC Championship Game.
In the NFC Championship, the Eagles made a rally, going from down 24–6 at halftime to up 25–24 with three minutes left in the fourth quarter, but they lost to the Arizona Cardinals by a score of 32–25 after quarterback Kurt Warner scored a last-minute touchdown. Entering the 2009 season, the Eagles signed quarterback Michael Vick.
On December 6, 2009, Andy Reid became only the fifth coach in NFL history to win 100 or more games with a single team in a single decade (the other four are Tom Landry, Don Shula, Tony Dungy, and Bill Belichick.
In 2009, the Eagles started 5–4, and then won six straight games.
He served as a quality control assistant coach for the Eagles in 2009 and 2010 before being promoted to quarterbacks coach for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.
In their January 2010 wild card game, the Eagles played against their divisional foes for the second consecutive week, losing 34–14 to hand Dallas their first of three playoff wins since December 1996. On January 11, 2010, General Manager Tom Heckert, Jr.
On March 5, 2010, Brian Westbrook was cut from the Eagles after eight seasons with the team.
On April 4, 2010, the team traded long-time starting quarterback Donovan McNabb to the Washington Redskins in exchange for a second-round draft pick.
Kevin Kolb was immediately named the starter for the 2010 season, but after suffering a concussion in week 1 against the Packers, Vick took over as the starter.
Meanwhile, Kevin Kolb, displeased at losing the starting quarterback job to Michael Vick in 2010, was traded to Arizona for Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie.
He served as a quality control assistant coach for the Eagles in 2009 and 2010 before being promoted to quarterbacks coach for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.
After that, the white jerseys along with white pants were worn exclusively during preseason games from 2004 to 2011, with the exception of 2007 and 2010. The 2003 season also saw the first (though only subtle) change to the 1996-style uniform.
From 2006 to 2013, the Eagles have only worn the alternate black jerseys once a season and for the last November home game, but did not use them in 2007, 2010, and 2011.
For the 2007 and 2010 seasons, the Eagles used throwback uniforms in place of the black alternates for their anniversary to commemorate past teams.
Upon moving to Lincoln Financial Field in 2003, the Eagles wore white at home for at least their home opener, but in recent years they opted to wear their standard midnight green jerseys even during the warmest of autumn weather. In the 2010 season against the Green Bay Packers, on September 12, 2010, the Eagles wore uniforms similar to the ones that were worn by the 1960 championship team in honor the 50th anniversary of that team.
In weeks 4 and 6 of the 2010 season, the Eagles wore their white jerseys in a match-up against the Washington Redskins and Atlanta Falcons, respectively, before reverting to their midnight green jerseys for the rest of their home games. For the 2012 season, Nike took over from Reebok as the NFL's official apparel licensee, but the Eagles decided that they would not be adopting Nike's "Elite 51" uniform technology.
However, they only broke out the midnight green jerseys and pants in the second half of that season due to the difficulty of producing their preferred shade of midnight green. Recently the team has discussed bringing back the "Kelly Green" uniforms similar to the uniforms worn in the 1960 NFL Championship season, which were last worn in the 2010 season opener vs.
Since 2010, the rivalry has been very even overall with the Eagles winning 12 of the last 20 matchups. ===Pittsburgh Steelers=== The Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers are both located in Pennsylvania and began play in 1933.
200 receptions ===Other=== ===Returning=== ===Defense=== ===Exceptional performances=== ==Staff== ===Current staff=== ==Radio and television== ===Eagles radio affiliates=== ====Pennsylvania==== ====Delaware==== ====New Jersey==== From 2008 through 2010, Eagles games were broadcast on both rock-formatted WYSP and sports-talk Sports Radio 610 WIP, as both stations are owned and operated by CBS Radio.
In the wild card round, the Eagles lost 21–16 to the eventual Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers. The 2011 season for the Eagles was a major disappointment.
(That record was later broken by Tom Brady, in the 2016 season.) He also finished with a 119.0 passer rating, third-highest in league history behind only Aaron Rodgers in 2011 and Peyton Manning in 2004.
He served as a quality control assistant coach for the Eagles in 2009 and 2010 before being promoted to quarterbacks coach for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.
After that, the white jerseys along with white pants were worn exclusively during preseason games from 2004 to 2011, with the exception of 2007 and 2010. The 2003 season also saw the first (though only subtle) change to the 1996-style uniform.
From 2006 to 2013, the Eagles have only worn the alternate black jerseys once a season and for the last November home game, but did not use them in 2007, 2010, and 2011.
In 2011, CBS dropped the music on WYSP, renaming it WIP-FM and making it a full simulcast of WIP.
In 2012, the Eagles started off winning three out of their four first games, but lost their next eight, and were eliminated from the playoff hunt.
After a loss to the New York Giants on December 30, 2012, longtime head coach Andy Reid was fired after fourteen seasons with the team. ===Chip Kelly era (2013–2015)=== On January 16, 2013, the Eagles brought in University of Oregon head coach Chip Kelly to succeed Reid as head coach after a 4–12 season.
He served as a quality control assistant coach for the Eagles in 2009 and 2010 before being promoted to quarterbacks coach for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.
In weeks 4 and 6 of the 2010 season, the Eagles wore their white jerseys in a match-up against the Washington Redskins and Atlanta Falcons, respectively, before reverting to their midnight green jerseys for the rest of their home games. For the 2012 season, Nike took over from Reebok as the NFL's official apparel licensee, but the Eagles decided that they would not be adopting Nike's "Elite 51" uniform technology.
By 2012, the Honor Roll had been retitled as the Eagles Hall of Fame.
After a loss to the New York Giants on December 30, 2012, longtime head coach Andy Reid was fired after fourteen seasons with the team. ===Chip Kelly era (2013–2015)=== On January 16, 2013, the Eagles brought in University of Oregon head coach Chip Kelly to succeed Reid as head coach after a 4–12 season.
The Philadelphia Eagles named Michael Vick the starting quarterback going into the 2013 season with much promise running Chip Kelly's fast-paced spread offense. The 2013 season proved to be very successful for the Eagles.
Following the 2013 season, the Eagles released Pro-Bowl wide receiver DeSean Jackson due to his poor "work ethic and attitude", as well as speculation of his involvement in gang-related activities.
From 2006 to 2013, the Eagles have only worn the alternate black jerseys once a season and for the last November home game, but did not use them in 2007, 2010, and 2011.
In 2013, with the addition of head coach Chip Kelly, the Eagles moved their training camp to the NovaCare Complex in Philadelphia.
The club is now estimated to be the 17th most valuable sports team, worth $1.314 billion, as evaluated in 2014 by Forbes.
The team signed All Pro safety Malcolm Jenkins to a three-year contract, worth $16.25 million. The Eagles opened the 2014 season winning their first three games and making NFL history as the only team ever to trail by ten or more points in their first three games and come back to win.
After going 9–3 with a crucial win over Dallas, the Eagles lost their next three, and a week after losing the NFC East title, they lost an upset against the 3–11 Redskins and were eliminated from playoff contention with the Cowboys' win over the Indianapolis Colts. Following the 2014 season, Chip Kelly was given total control and made some controversial moves.
He traded LeSean McCoy, who had become the team's all-time leading rusher after the 2014 season, for linebacker Kiko Alonso, a player Kelly coached at Oregon who had missed the entire 2014 season.
He also made traded the highly successful Nick Foles for Sam Bradford, who had missed the entire 2014 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
The Eagles also revived their black alternate jersey and resumed wearing white pants with their white jerseys in the regular season. For the 2014 season, the Eagles officially adopted the "Elite 51″ style uniform from Nike.
NFL rules and restrictions require that teams go through a waiting period before any major uniform changes and alterations can be made, which means it would likely be quite some time before any uniform changes are officially made. In Week 6 of 2014 against the New York Giants, the team introduced black pants to complement their black jerseys, giving them a blackout uniform set.
The post-game show, which has consisted of many Philadelphia sports personalities, as of the 2014 season is hosted by Kevin Riley, a former Eagles linebacker and special-teamer, and Rob Ellis.
The first two games of the 2015 season were disastrous, as they started 0–2.
Kelly made Murray the unquestioned starter and although Murray's play improved over the season, he never regained his dominant form and was held to a career low 3.6 average yards per carry. On December 29, 2015, with one game left in the season, head coach Chip Kelly was released by the Eagles after a 6–9 record.
He was praised for his work with Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith over the preceding few seasons, particularly 2015, as the Chiefs moved into the top 10 in scoring offense.
At the end of the 2015 season, the Eagles had the 13th pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.
25 since he left the team in 2015, Brent Celek's No.
Riley was the former post-game host for the show on 94 WYSP before the WIP change over; Rob Ellis hosts a weekly show nightly from 6–10 on 94.1 WIP-FM. In 2015, the preseason games were being televised on WCAU, the local NBC owned and operated station. During the regular season, games are governed by the NFL's master broadcasting contract with FOX, CBS, NBC, and ESPN.
(That record was later broken by Tom Brady, in the 2016 season.) He also finished with a 119.0 passer rating, third-highest in league history behind only Aaron Rodgers in 2011 and Peyton Manning in 2004.
Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur was named interim head coach for the final game against the rival New York Giants, which Shurmur won 35–30. ===Doug Pederson era (2016–2020)=== The Eagles hired the Kansas City Chiefs' offensive coordinator Doug Pederson as their next head coach on January 18, 2016.
At the end of the 2015 season, the Eagles had the 13th pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.
On September 3, 2016, the Eagles traded starting quarterback Sam Bradford to the Minnesota Vikings, who had lost Teddy Bridgewater for the season, for a 2017 first-round pick and a 2018 fourth-round pick.
Following the trade, the Eagles named Wentz the starting quarterback for Week 1 of the 2016 season.
In Week 16 of 2016 (also against the Giants), the Eagles wore a variation of the all-black look as part of the NFL Color Rush program, but with solid black socks as opposed to black with white sanitary socks of the original look.
Since their formation, the Eagles have appeared in the playoffs 27 times, won 14 division titles (11 in the NFC East), appeared in four pre-merger NFL Championship Games, winning three of them (1948, 1949, and 1960), and appeared in three Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl LII in 2017.
In 2017, Forbes valued the club at $2.65 billion, ranking them 10th among NFL teams in value. ==Franchise history== ===NFL in Philadelphia (1899–1931)=== The Frankford Athletic Association was organized in May 1899 in the parlor of the Suburban Club.
Later, they traded the eighth overall pick, their third-round pick, their fourth-round pick, a 2017 first-round pick, and a 2018 second-round pick to the Cleveland Browns for the second overall pick and a 2017 fourth-round pick.
On September 3, 2016, the Eagles traded starting quarterback Sam Bradford to the Minnesota Vikings, who had lost Teddy Bridgewater for the season, for a 2017 first-round pick and a 2018 fourth-round pick.
The rookie head coach-quarterback tandem led the Eagles to a 7–9 record, finishing last in the division. ====Super Bowl LII champions (2017)==== The Eagles had a 13–3 record in 2017, including a nine-game winning streak.
In doing so, Wentz was reunited with Frank Reich, the head coach of the Colts who served as the Eagles' offensive coordinator for Wentz's first two years in Philadelphia, including during their Super Bowl winning season in 2017.
The rivalry has even spilled over into Draft Weekend, with Cowboys legend Drew Pearson and Eagles legend David Akers exchanging insults at the opposing franchise in 2017 and 2018, respectively. ===New York Giants=== The rivalry began in 1933 with the founding of the Eagles, and slowly strengthened when both teams came to relative prominence in the 1940s and 1950s.
Later, they traded the eighth overall pick, their third-round pick, their fourth-round pick, a 2017 first-round pick, and a 2018 second-round pick to the Cleveland Browns for the second overall pick and a 2017 fourth-round pick.
On September 3, 2016, the Eagles traded starting quarterback Sam Bradford to the Minnesota Vikings, who had lost Teddy Bridgewater for the season, for a 2017 first-round pick and a 2018 fourth-round pick.
The Eagles ended up losing by a score of 20–14, ending their opportunity to repeat as Super Bowl champions. In 2019, the Eagles matched their 9–7 record from 2018.
The rivalry has even spilled over into Draft Weekend, with Cowboys legend Drew Pearson and Eagles legend David Akers exchanging insults at the opposing franchise in 2017 and 2018, respectively. ===New York Giants=== The rivalry began in 1933 with the founding of the Eagles, and slowly strengthened when both teams came to relative prominence in the 1940s and 1950s.
87 since he left the team in 2018, or Nick Foles' No.
The Eagles ended up losing by a score of 20–14, ending their opportunity to repeat as Super Bowl champions. In 2019, the Eagles matched their 9–7 record from 2018.
The all-white look began to be utilized full-time as a road uniform set in 2019 thanks to the NFL's decision to allow teams to wear solid color socks as an alternate look. ==Rivalries== ===Dallas Cowboys=== The Cowboys are the Eagles' biggest rivals.
Players are considered for induction three years after their retirement from the NFL, and there have been 47 inductees into the Eagles Hall of Fame as of 2019. {|class="wikitable" |- |style="background:#ffb"|Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame |} ===75th Anniversary Team=== ==Franchise records== Source:pro-football-reference.com Eagles Franchise Page ===Passing=== + = min.
The Eagles lost to the Seahawks with a final score of 17–9, ending their season. The Eagles opened the 2020 season with consecutive losses to the Washington Football Team and Los Angeles Rams.
This would be the team's last win of the 2020 season as they lost their next three games, finishing with a 4-11-1 record and missing the playoffs for the first time in four seasons. During the 2020 off-season, defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz announced that he would step down from his position.
After a disappointing 2020 season, Doug Pederson met with Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie to discuss the future of the team.
Dallas leads the all-time series 69–54 as of the 2020 season.
The Eagles lead the all-time series 89-87-2 as of the 2020 season. ===Washington Football Team=== While not as big as the rivalries with the Giants and Cowboys, the Eagles' rivalry with division foes Washington Football Team has still shown to be fierce.
As a result, the Eagles and Steelers no longer played each other every year; instead, they are scheduled to meet once every four years in the regular season, the most recent meeting being in 2020 at Heinz Field, with the Steelers winning 38–29.
Pederson proposed changes to the coaching staff that were described by internal reporters as "underwhelming" and out of line with Lurie's vision for the team. On January 11, 2021, the Eagles announced that they had fired Pederson.
Pederson became just the first head coach to be fired within three years of winning a Super Bowl since the Baltimore Colts fired Don McCafferty after the 1972 NFL Season. === Nick Sirianni Era (2021-Present) === The Eagles hired the former Indianapolis Colts' offensive coordinator Nick Sirianni as their next head coach on January 21, 2021.
During the offseason, the Eagles traded starting quarterback Carson Wentz to the Colts for a 2021 third-round draft pick and a 2022 conditional second-round pick.
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