Packers vs Eagles
Seating capacity: 68,542
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Cost: $512M
First game: 17-0 Loss vs Tampa Bay Bucs
Eagles record at the Linc: 19-9-0
-Home to Temple Owls Football team
-Home to annual Army/Navy football game
-First game at The Linc was an exhibition soccer match between Manchester United and FC Barcelona
-By 1969, Wolman was bankrupt and the team was sold to Leonard Tose whose first act was to fire Kuharich.
-Believe it or not, in it's first season Veterans Stadium was seen as a triumph of ultra modern sports engineering.
-Many Eagles fans regard the greatest Eagles game at Veterans Stadium to be "The Blue Jersey Bowl" in 1981. Not only did the Eagles beat the Cowboys to advance to the Super Bowl, but the Eagles wore their white jerseys, forcing the Cowboys to wear their blue ones. This is something the Cowboys always try to avoid doing.
-The average waiting time for season tickets is 35 years for the Packers.
-The Packers and the Chicago Bears have the longest standing rivalry in the NFL.
-Every year during training camp, it is a tradition for a young fan to bring his/her bike and have their favorite player ride their bike to the practice room. The tradition has gone on every season since Vince Lombardi was coach.
-The 26-0 shut out of the Packers in Week 1 was their first scoreless game since October 17, 1991.
