Eagles @ 49ers
Seating Capacity: 70,207
Location: San Francisco, CA
Cost: $15M
-Known for being one of the coldest and windiest stadiums in football
-Used to be home to both the SF Giants and the 49ers, until the Giants received a new stadium
-Located on the west end of the San Francisco Bay
-Have a mascot named Sourdough Sam. San Francisco is known for its delicious sourdough bread
-Named in honor of the California gold rush that occurred in the 1840s, in particular 1849.
-Original mascot had a mousatched man jumping up and down firing two pistols. The logo was eventually changed to the "SF" you see on this page, as well as a gold and red "49ers".
-Inspired by the Chicago Bears' infamous song "The Super Bowl Shuffle", the 49ers also had a song in 1986. It was called "We're the 49ers". Popular 49ers players Joe Montana and Jerry Rice refused to participate. Jerry Rice was reported as saying the song was "stupid" and "awful".
-Participated in the first televised NFL game against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. Eagles lost 27-14.
-In 1990, the Eagles participated in what was known as the "Body Bag Game" against the Washington Redskins. It was known as this because the Eagles defense knocked out both the starter and back up QBs. Half back Brian Mitchell (who also played for the Eagles) handled the QB duties for the rest of the game.
-Former Eagles coach Ray Rhodes was hired by the Eagles in 1995 after being a coordinator for the 49ers.
