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The 1968 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 36th season in the National Football League (NFL). They failed to improve on their previous output of 6–7–1, winning only two games. Eagles fans expected to get O. J. Simpson if the team went winless, a finish of 2–12 was not enough to top futility due to the Buffalo Bills going 1 ...
The incident occurred on December 15, 1968, in Week 14, at the time the final week of the NFL season, with the struggling Eagles sitting at 2–11 on the season. Tied 7–7 at halftime, the team brought out Santa Claus as part of the halftime Christmas parade; but Eagles fans upset by the poor season pelted him with snowballs.
Of the 24 Eagles coaches, four have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. [4] Bert Bell was a charter member of the Hall of Fame. Bell was inducted for his work as the NFL Commissioner from 1946 to 1959. Wayne Millner, who coached the team in 1951, was enshrined as a player in 1968. Greasy Neale was in the class of 1969 for his work ...
The Eagles' 12–7 victory in this game gave them home-field advantage throughout the conference playoffs for the third year in a row. The Eagles tied a record by clinching the NFC East division crown (their fourth straight) after only their eleventh game of the season, matching the mark set by the 1985 Chicago Bears and the 1997 San Francisco ...
The Eagles have won four league titles, three of which (1948, 1949, and 1960) pre-date the existence of the Super Bowl. The fourth and most recent championship was Super Bowl LII, the team's third of five Super Bowl appearances. [5] [6] The Eagles' four championships are tied for the tenth 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 four Super Bowls, losing their first two appearances, Super Bowl XV (1981) and XXXIX (2005), but winning their third, Super Bowl LII (2017), and losing their fourth, Super Bowl LVII (2022). [2]
The Eagles had a very poor team in 1968. They began the season 0–11 and finished 2–12, the team owner was in bankruptcy, and a notoriously difficult fan base was very hostile toward the team. [ 9 ]
Jalen Hurts (2020–present) Nick Foles (2012–2014, 2017–2018), won Super Bowl LII. These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.