Facts and Articles
Seating Capacity: 68,542
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Cost: $512M
First game: 17-0 Loss vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Eagles record at the Linc: 22-10-0
-Home to the Temple Owls football team
-Home to annual Army/Navy football game
-First event at the Linc was an exhibition soccer match between Manchester United and FC Barcelona
-Titans owner Bud Adams has been the only owner that the Oilers/Titan franchise has ever seen. Adams still lives in Houston and made a vast fortune in the petrolium business.
-In their magical 1999 season (which culminated in an even weirder Super Bowl loss), the Titans were involved in what was dubbed "The Music City Miracle". With the Titans behind on a last second kick off against the Buffalo Bills in the wild card game, the Titans would return the ball 75 yards thanks to several laterals in a very controversal and exciting game.
-The 1996 season was on all accounts a disaster for the Houston team. The team went 8-8 and fan attendence dropped to under 20,000 for the game. According to one account, it was so quiet you could hear all the action on the field. The city of Houston would let Adams out of the lease with the city a year early as a result.
-RB Brian Westbrook's first NFL touchdown was not a rushing or passing touchdown. It was on a gadget play in which he passed the ball to Todd Pinkston.
-Eagles RB Correll Buckhalter's older brother Chris Buckhalter was at one point on the Eagles practice squad.
-MLB Jeremiah Trotter is a busy guy off the football field. Trotter owns "Trott's Spot Car Wash" in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Trotter also appeared on the show Extreme Dodgeball for the team Philadelphia Benjamins under his popular nickname: The Axeman. Trotter would throw the ball over 95 mph and gained a reputation as the most feared person on the show.
-Former Eagles QB Randall Cunningham's older brother Sam is largely credited by famed Alabama coach Bear Bryant for helping integrate Southern college football with his charisma and talent.
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