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The 1960 season was the Eagles' first postseason appearance since their last NFL championship season of 1949. It was their only postseason appearance in the 28 seasons from 1950 to 1977 , and their last NFL title until their victory in Super Bowl LII , 57 years later .
Head coach Buck Shaw was in his third season with the Eagles, his final year as a head coach, and had turned around the team from a 2–9–1 record in 1958 to seven wins in 1959 to a conference championship and the league's best record in 1960. [16] The Eagles were led on the field by 34-year-old quarterback Norm Van Brocklin, [17] who was ...
The Eagles have won five league titles, three of which (1948, 1949, and 1960) pre-date the existence of the Super Bowl. The fifth and most recent championship was Super Bowl LIX, the team's most recent Super Bowl appearance. [5] [6] The Eagles' five championships are tied for the sixth most total championships amongst all 32 NFL franchises. [7]
The History of the Philadelphia Eagles begins when the franchise was founded in 1933. [1] Since the team's establishment, the Eagles have appeared in five Super Bowls, losing their first two appearances, Super Bowl XV (1981) and XXXIX (2005) as well as their fourth, Super Bowl LVII (2022), and winning their third, Super Bowl LII (2017), and fifth, Super Bowl LIX (2024). [2]
The breakthrough came in Week Six on October 30, when unbeaten New York (3–0–1), two-time defending division champions, came off their bye and lost at home to St. Louis, 20–13, while the Browns and idle Eagles were both at 4–1. In Week Seven, New York beat Cleveland, 17–13, and the Eagles beat Pittsburgh 34–7. [17]
Four coaches have won NFL championships with the team: Earl "Greasy" Neale in 1948 and 1949, Buck Shaw in 1960, Doug Pederson in 2017 - Super Bowl LII and Nick Sirianni in 2024 - Super Bowl LIX. [1] Andy Reid is the all-time leader in games coached and wins, [ 2 ] while Sirianni has the highest winning percentage with .676 (with at least one ...
He attended reunions for the 25th anniversary of the 1960 NFL Championship team in 1985 and the 40th anniversary of the 1948–49 NFL Championship team in 1988 (though he had not played for the 1948 team), held in pregame ceremonies at Veterans Stadium. Bednarik quarreled with current Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie in 1996. Lurie declined to buy ...
During his twelve-year career, Van Brocklin played on two NFL championship teams: the 1951 Los Angeles Rams and the 1960 Philadelphia Eagles. [37] [38] Following the latter triumph, he retired. As it turned out, the Eagles were the only team to defeat the Packers in a playoff game during Vince Lombardi's tenure as Green Bay's head coach. [39]