the philadelphia eagles played in the super bowl last on january 11, 2009.
the philadelphia eagles played in the super bowl last on january 11, 2009.
when did the philadelphia eagles play in the super bowl last?
january 11, 2009
since super bowl xiii in january 1979, the home team is given the choice of wearing their colored or white jerseys. originally, the designated home team had to wear their colored jerseys, which resulted in dallas donning their less exposed dark blue jerseys for super bowl v. while most of the home teams in the super bowl have chosen to wear their colored jerseys, there have been six (6) exceptions: the dallas cowboys during super bowl xiii and xxvii, the washington redskins during super bowl xvii, the pittsburgh steelers during super bowl xl, the denver broncos during super bowl 50, and the new england patriots in super bowl lii. the cowboys, since , have worn white jerseys at home. the redskins wore white at home under coach joe gibbs starting in through , continued by richie petitbon and norv turner through , then again when gibbs returned from through . meanwhile, the steelers, who have always worn their black jerseys at home since the afl–nfl merger in , opted for the white jerseys after winning three consecutive playoff games on the road, wearing white. the steelers' decision was compared with the new england patriots in super bowl xx; the patriots had worn white jerseys at home during the season, but after winning road playoff games against the new york jets and miami dolphins wearing red jerseys, new england opted to switch to crimson for the super bowl as the designated home team. for the broncos in super bowl 50, denver general manager john elway simply stated, "we've had super bowl success in our white uniforms"; they previously had been in super bowls when wearing their orange jerseys. the broncos' decision is also perceived to be made out of superstition, losing all super bowl games with the orange jerseys in terrible fashion. it is unclear why the patriots chose to wear their white jerseys for super bowl lii. during the pairing of bill belichick and tom brady, new england has mostly worn their blue jerseys for home games, but have worn white for a home game in the , , and seasons. the new england patriots were 3–0 in their white uniforms in super bowls prior to super bowl lii with belichick and brady, and they may have been going on recent trends of teams who wear white for the super bowl game. white-shirted teams have won 33 of 52 super bowls to date (63%). the only teams to win in their dark-colored uniform in more recent years are the green bay packers against the pittsburgh steelers in super bowl xlv and the philadelphia eagles against the new england patriots in super bowl lii, with teams in white winning 12 of the last 14 super bowls.
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many of bill walsh's assistant coaches went on to be head coaches themselves, including george seifert, mike holmgren, ray rhodes, and dennis green. after walsh's retirement from the 49ers, seifert succeeded him as 49ers head coach, and guided san francisco to victories in super bowl xxiv and super bowl xxix. holmgren won a super bowl with the green bay packers, and made 3 super bowl appearances as a head coach: 2 with the packers, and another with the seattle seahawks. these coaches in turn have their own disciples who have used walsh's west coast system, such as former washington redskins head coach mike shanahan and former houston texans head coach gary kubiak. mike shanahan was an offensive coordinator under george seifert and went on to win super bowl xxxii and super bowl xxxiii during his time as head coach of the denver broncos. kubiak was first a quarterback coach with the 49ers, then offensive coordinator for shanahan with the broncos. in 2015, he became head coach and led denver to victory in super bowl 50. dennis green trained tony dungy, who won a super bowl with the indianapolis colts, and brian billick with his brother-in law and linebackers coach mike smith. billick won a super bowl as head coach of the baltimore ravens. mike holmgren trained many of his assistants to become head coaches, including jon gruden and andy reid. gruden won a super bowl with the tampa bay buccaneers. reid served as head coach of the philadelphia eagles from 1999-2012, and guided the eagles to multiple winning seasons and numerous playoff appearances. in addition to this, marc trestman, former head coach of the chicago bears, served as offensive coordinator under seifert in the 90's. gruden himself would train mike tomlin, who led the pittsburgh steelers to their sixth super bowl championship, and jim harbaugh, whose 49ers would face his brother, john harbaugh, whom reid himself trained, and the baltimore ravens at super bowl xlvii, which marked the ravens' second world championship.
bill walsh (american football coach)