the philadelphia eagles last won the super bowl in super bowl lii.
the philadelphia eagles last won the super bowl in super bowl lii.
when did the philadelphia eagles last win the super bowl?
super bowl lii
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.
super bowl
the philadelphia eagles season was the franchise's 49th season in the national football league, they made the postseason for the fourth straight season (first time in franchise history the eagles had made the postseason four straight times). the team was coming off a super bowl loss to the oakland raiders the previous season. because they made the super bowl in 1980, they were picked by many to not only reach the super bowl, but to win it as well. the eagles began the 1981 season with 6 straight wins, their best ever start to a season at the time. the eagles would win then 3 of their next 5 games to sit at 9-2. they would then lose their next 4 games to slip to 9-6 and were in danger of missing out on the playoffs. the next week, they hammered the cardinals 38-0 to clinch a playoff berth for the fourth straight season. in the playoffs, they met their arch rivals the giants. it was new york's first playoff appearance in 18 years. in the game, the giants would stun the eagles 27-21, ending the eagles season as well as hopes for a second straight super bowl appearance. the eagles would not make the playoffs again until 1988. they also wouldn't reach the super bowl again until 2004.
1981 philadelphia eagles season