-- Nick Skorich, the line coach for the football champion Philadelphia Eagles, was elevated today to head coach.

The Falcons had their first season in, and their first preseason game on August 1,, losing to the Philadelphia Eagles.

In the 1978 season, the Falcons qualified for the playoffs for the first time and won the Wild Card game against the Philadelphia Eagles 14 – 13.

Their season ended with a loss to Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles 20 – 6 in the NFC divisional playoffs.

The legislature passed the bill in April 1933, paving the way for Philadelphia Eagles to play on Sundays.

** Franklin Field, a football field once home to the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League and the home field of the University of Pennsylvania Quakers since 1895

The proof of Cleveland's mettle came quickly: its NFL regular-season opener was against the two-time defending champion Eagles on September 16 in Philadelphia.

In the NFC Championship game, the Panthers faced off against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Gailey led the team to two playoff appearances with a 10 – 6 record in 1998 and an NFC East championship, but the Cowboys were defeated in the playoffs by the Arizona Cardinals 20-7 ; after an 8 – 8 season in 1999 ( during which Irvin suffered a career-ending spinal injury in a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles ) ending in another playoff loss ( this time to the Minnesota Vikings 27-10 ), he was fired and became the first Cowboys coach who did not take the team to a Super Bowl.

They failed to make the playoffs after losing at Philadelphia in the final regular season game which saw the Eagles reach the playoffs instead.

Other instances include the 2005 Monday Night game against the Washington Redskins when the team inducted Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, and Michael Irving into the Cowboys Ring of Honor, and the 2006 Christmas Day game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

As when the Philadelphia Eagles hosted the Cowboys in the 1980 NFC Championship Game, and their November 4, 2007 meeting.

The competition with Philadelphia has been particularly intense since the late 1970s, when the long-moribund Eagles returned to contention.

In January 1981, the two teams faced off in the NFC Championship, with Philadelphia winning 20 – 7 ( The Eagles subsequently lost to the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XV ).

A series of other factors heightened tensions during the 1980s and 1990s, including several provocative actions by Philadelphia fans and Eagles head coach Buddy Ryan.

A 1999 game at Philadelphia saw Eagles fans cheering as Michael Irvin lay motionless and possibly paralyzed on the field.

In 2008 the rivalry became more intense when in the last game of the year in which both teams could clinch a playoff spot with a victory, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Cowboys 44 – 6, and clinched a playoff spot, where they would go to lose the NFC Championship game to the Arizona Cardinals.

That three game sweep was Dallas ' first over any opponent and the longest against the Eagles since 1992 – 1995 when Dallas won seven straight matches against Philadelphia.

There were also five teams which the Texans had never beaten: the Baltimore Ravens ( 0-5 in regular season, 0-1 in playoffs ), Minnesota Vikings ( 0-2 ), New York Jets ( 0-5 ), Philadelphia Eagles ( 0-3 ) and San Diego Chargers ( 0-4 ).

In the divisional round, the Vikings were defeated by the eventual NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles.

On January 4, 2009, the NFC North champion Vikings hosted the Philadelphia Eagles for the Wild Card round, their first home playoff game in eight years.

Over 21. 8 million viewers tuned in to watch the game, beating the previous record for a cable television program set by a game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys in 2008 ( 18. 6 million viewers ).

On December 26, the NFL announced that the game versus the Philadelphia Eagles was being postponed to Tuesday, December 28, 2010 because of blizzard conditions.

After the Philadelphia Eagles lost to the Dallas Cowboys on Christmas Day 2006, the Saints clinched a first-round playoff bye for the first time in franchise history.

In the playoffs, the Magic beat the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the playoffs and then the defending champions, the Boston Celtics, in the Eastern Conference semifinals, behind assistant coach Patrick Ewing's guarantee that they would win Game 7 of that series.

* Randy Ayers-assistant coach of the Washington Wizards, former assistant coach of the Orlando Magic and former head coach of Ohio State and the Philadelphia 76ers, and his brother, Tim Ayers, the city's former mayor

* The borough is home to former Major League Baseball player, Frank Bolick, former New York Jets football player Dan Ficca, current Philadelphia Eagles assistant coach to Andy Reid, Bret Veach, former San Francisco 49ers player Len Eshmont, and former New York State Billiards Champion Dave Daya.

A native of Philadelphia, he came to Texas as an engineer for the IGN Railroad and eventually became the general superintendent and assistant general manager for the Texas and Pacific Railway Company.

Entrepreneur and business executive alumni include Safra Catz ( President of Oracle Corporation ), David L. Cohen ( executive Vice-President of Comcast and former Chief of Staff to Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell, Scott Mead, former partner and managing director of Goldman Sachs, Peter Detkin ( co-founder of Intellectual Ventures, and former Vice-President and assistant general counsel at Intel ), Paul Haaga ( Vice Chairman of Capital Research and Management Company, a constituent company of the Capital Group Companies ), Sam Hamadeh ( founder of Vault. com ), Edward Benjamin Shils ( professor and founder of the first research center for entrepreneurial studies in the world ( at Wharton )), Gigi Sohn ( founder of Public Knowledge ), and Henry Silverman ( CEO of Cendant Corporation ).

While working in the Philadelphia district as assistant sales manager, Iacocca gained national recognition with his " 56 for ' 56 " campaign, offering loans on 1956 model year cars with a 20 % down payment and $ 56 in monthly payments for three years.

He joined the Raptors after spending the previous two season as an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers and Atlanta Hawks.

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After graduating from Denison in 1935, Hayes went on to serve as an assistant at two Ohio high schools: Mingo Junction in 1935 – 1936 and New Philadelphia in 1937.

" But upon further investigation, a New York Times follow-up two days later reported that the father, Daniel O ' Donnell, was an assistant and understudy for the full-time local TV Bozo in Philadelphia and would fill in for the full-time Bozo when the latter was unavailable.

Inspired by the mammoth internal combustion engine invented by George Brayton displayed at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, Selden began working on a smaller lighter version, succeeding by 1878, some eight years before the public introduction of the Benz Patent Motorwagen in Europe, in producing a one-cylinder, 400-pound version which featured an enclosed crankshaft with the help of Rochester machinist Frank H. Clement and his assistant William Gomm.

In Philadelphia, he was appointed assistant superintendent of finance ( 1781 – 1785 ), and he was a Pennsylvania delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.

Runner had graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, and then during studies at Harvard University had served as an assistant to Werner Jaeger, a leading classicist there.

* Dave Hanners, former assistant coach of the Charlotte Bobcats, Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks.

* Mike O ' Koren, assistant head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers

In 1867, a very optimistic, eager 30-year-old Palmer, and his 21-year-old chief assistant Edward H. Johnson, headed west from their hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Coca's parents were veterans of the entertainment industry ; her father, José Fernandez de Coca, was a well-known violinist and vaudeville orchestra conductor, and her mother, Sadie Brady, was a dancer and magician's assistant.

* Marty Mornhinweg, played football at Montana before becoming coach in the NFL ; currently Philadelphia Eagles assistant head coach and offensive coordinator.

In 1990, Hitchcock left the WHL and joined the Philadelphia Flyers as an assistant coach.

That year, the Bears won the AHL championship, and he was promoted as an assistant coach of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Alexander Smallens, musical director of the Philadelphia Civic Opera and later assistant conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, became interested in Eddy's career and coached him.

He first gained notice as an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia.

After graduation in 1839, he continued to study chemistry in Philadelphia, and in 1840 he joined a geologic survey of New Hampshire as an unpaid assistant to Charles T. Jackson.