Thursday, September 17, 2009

Philadelphia Eagles

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The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Eagles have won three NFL titles and made two Super Bowl appearances, losing both (in 1980 to the Oakland Raiders and in 2004 to the New England Patriots).

The club was established in 1933 as a replacement for the bankrupt Frankford Yellow Jackets after a syndicate led by future NFL commissioner Bert Bell purchased the rights to a Philadelphia franchise from the league. The Eagles were named after the Blue Eagle, a symbol used for the New Deal stimulus programs initiated during the Great Depression.

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League/conference affiliations
National Football League (1933–present)

  • Eastern Division (1933-1949)

  • American Conference (1950-1952)

  • Eastern Conference (1953-1969)

    • Capitol Division (1967-1969)



  • National Football Conference (1970-present)

    • NFC East (1970-present)




Current uniform
NFCE-Uniform-PHI.PNG
Team colorsMidnight green, black, white, silver                   
Fight songFly, Eagles Fly
MascotSwoop (changed from Blitz in 1988)
Team history


  • Philadelphia Eagles (1933-1942)

  • Philadelphia-Pittsburgh "Steagles" (1943)

  • Philadelphia Eagles (1944–present)


Championships
League championships (3)

  • NFL Championships (3)
    1948, 1949, 1960


Conference championships (3)

  • NFL Eastern: 1960

  • NFC: 1980, 2004


Division championships (11)

  • NFL East: 1947, 1948, 1949, 1960

  • NFC East: 1980, 1988, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006


Playoff appearances (21)


  • NFL: 1947, 1948, 1949, 1960, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008


Home fields


  • Baker Bowl (1933–1935)

  • Philadelphia Municipal Stadium (1936–1939; 1941)

  • Connie Mack Stadium (1940; 1942–1957)

    • a.k.a. Shibe Park (1940–1953)



  • Franklin Field (1958–1970)

  • Veterans Stadium (1971–2002)

  • Lincoln Financial Field (2003–Present)


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