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The Philadelphia Eagles were founded in 1933, when Bert Bell and Lud Wray secured an NFL expansion franchise as a replacement for the bankrupt Frankford Yellow Jackets. The team played its first game on the 15th of October 1933, losing to the New York Giants 56-0.
The Philadelphia Eagles have won two Super Bowls: Super Bowl LII, defeating the New England Patriots 41-33 in Minneapolis, and Super Bowl LIX. Before those victories, the franchise won three pre-merger NFL Championships, in 1948, 1949, and 1960.
The Philly Special was a trick play executed during Super Bowl LII against the New England Patriots. With 4th and goal on the 1-yard line in the second quarter, tight end Trey Burton threw the ball to quarterback Nick Foles, who caught it in the end zone. Foles became the first quarterback in Super Bowl history to catch a touchdown pass.
Chuck Bednarik was selected by the Eagles as the first overall pick in the 1949 NFL draft out of the University of Pennsylvania. He became one of the most celebrated players in franchise history, known for a tackle on New York Giants running back Frank Gifford on the 20th of November 1960, that rendered Gifford unconscious and sidelined him for eighteen months. The NFL ranked that tackle the 44th greatest play in league history.
Jeffrey Lurie has owned the Philadelphia Eagles since the 6th of May 1994, when he purchased the team for $185 million. In December 2024, the franchise sold an 8% ownership stake to outside investors at a valuation of $8.3 billion, among the first NFL teams to take on outside investors.
The Pickle Juice Game was the Eagles' regular season opener in Dallas on the 3rd of September 2000, played in heat that reached nearly 120 degrees Fahrenheit, making it the hottest game in NFL history at the time. An Eagles trainer had prepared the players to drink pickle juice to retain body moisture and prevent cramps. The Eagles won 41-14 while multiple Cowboys players were sidelined by the heat.