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: 22-11-0
-Home to 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
-K John Kasay is the only Panther that remains from the 1995 inaugeral season.
-In 2001 the Panthers set a record for the worst ending to a season in NFL history. After winning their first game, the Panthers went on to lost 15 straight games to finish the season 1-15. Even more frustrating that year was that in 12 of the 15 games, the Panthers had gone into the second half either winning or tied.
-The Panthers fans have their own version of a rally towel called the "Prowl Towel." It is in the team colors (Black and blue).
-The Panthers often play the song "Cat Scratch Fever" by Ted Nugent at their home games.
-In 1996, after one year of existence, the Panthers under their QB, Penn State alum Kerry Collins advanced to the NFC Championship game only to lose to the Packers.
-McNabb is also the second least intercepted QB per pass attempt in NFL history behind only former Steelers QB Neil O'Donnell.
-QB Jeff Garcia was featured as one of the victims on MTV's hit show "Punk'd".
-During the week of Super Bowl XXXIX, Michael Lewis competed in the annual "Madden Bowl" competition with several other NFL players. Lewis would end up winning the competition by beating: Steelers QB Ben Roethlisburger, Colts DE Dwight Freeney (the defending champion), and Bills RB Willis McGahee.
-Lito Sheppard's 2 INT game against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 5 made him the first player in NFL history to have two INT-TDs over 100 yards each.
-Speaking of Lito Sheppard, it is common that whenever Lito does something particularly amazing, the song "Lido Shuffle" by Boz Scaggs is sometimes sung at the Linc.
