Philadelphia Eagles stats and fact
Last Updated: 30/01/17 11:25am
Philadelphia Eagles are quite simply the one true love of the city of Brotherly Love.
Philadelphia Eagles
- Established: 1933
- Stadium: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Team colours: Midnight green, silver, black, white
- Head coach: Doug Pederson
- Super Bowl Championships: 3 (3 pre-merger)
- Conference Championships: 3 (1 pre-merger)
- Division Championships: 13 (4 pre-merger)
- Play-offs appearances: 24 (4 pre-merger)
The team is a fearsome force in the NFL, as Eagles fans create a thoroughly intimidating atmosphere for any opposition in Philadelphia.
With that passion comes one of world sport's greatest rivalries. There is no love lost whenever they meet New York Giants, so look out for those fixtures on the NFL calendar.
They have been two of the longest-standing members of the NFL, but have quite different records to show for it.
The Eagles are, as of 2016, one of the six current NFL teams that haven't won a championship in the modern era. Their three NFL Championships came before the 1970 merger of the AFL and the NFL: 1948, 1949 and 1960.
Since then and until the turn of the 21 st century, appearances in the playoffs were infrequent and ultimately unsuccessful, despite a strong transition into the 1980s when they reached, but lost, Super Bowl XV to Oakland Raiders.
From 2000 onwards, they have reached the playoffs in all bar seven seasons and reached the Super Bowl once again in 2004. The loss to New England Patriots subjected them to a 6-10 losing season the next year at the bottom of their division.
The days of super-powerful defensive end Reggie White, whose nickname was the 'Minister of Defence' in a nod to the fact that he was an ordained minister, might have been decades ago, but the current roster is making a mark of its own with regular Pro Bowl invitees and "game-wrecking" defensive displays.
Fletcher Cox is considered one of the best defensive tackles in the league, so the Eagles are not the kind of team that opponents will (or should) overlook.
