While the Giants have dominated this rivalry for most of their history, the series has been even for the last 20 years or so, with the series lead to the Eagles 22-21 through the 90 ’ s and 2000 ’ s.

While this rivalry is typically given less significance than rivalries with the Eagles and Cowboys rivalries, there have been periods of great competition between the two.

The Eagles have won three NFL titles and made two Super Bowl appearances, losing both ( in 1980 to the Oakland Raiders and 2004 to the New England Patriots ).

Eagles players who have been inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame include Chuck Bednarik, Bob Brown, Reggie White, Steve Van Buren, Tommy McDonald, Greasy Neale, Pete Pihos, Sonny Jurgensen and Norm Van Brocklin.

On January 11, 2009 the team defeated the defending Super Bowl Champions and the 2008 NFC East champion New York Giants 23 – 11 en route to their 5th NFC Championship Game in 8 years and 5th in the 10 years the Eagles have been coached by Andy Reid.

Since then, the Eagles have only worn the black jerseys with the white pants.

Since 2006, the Eagles have only worn the alternate black jerseys once a season and for the last November home game, but did not use them in 2007, 2010, and 2011.

In late October or beginning in November, the Eagles start to wear their colors at home ( although they have done it earlier before ), be it the midnight green jerseys or a third jersey.

Since moving to Lincoln Financial Field in 2003, the Eagles have worn white at home for at least their home opener.

The Eagles have worn white for their home opener in every game since moving to Lincoln Financial Field in 2003, with the exceptions for the 2010 home opener ( see next paragraph ) and the 2011 home opener against the New York Giants.

Eagles fans have numerous dedicated web communities, ranking the Eagles just behind the Phillies as the dominant Philadelphia sports presence on the web.

Despite the numbers not being retired, no one has ever worn David Akers ' 2, Donovan McNabb's 5, or Randall Cunningham's 12 since those players have left the Eagles.

The Cowboys, who traditionally wear their white jerseys in home games and often only wear their blue jerseys against teams that have similar policies for themselves ( most notably against the Washington Redskins and occasionally the Philadelphia Eagles ), were forced to wear their blue jerseys as the " home " team in Super Bowl V, which the team lost to the Baltimore Colts and is widely believed where the " blue jersey jinx " started with America's Team.

Then with less than 4 minutes left in the period, the Raiders reached the Eagles 27-yard line, only to have kicker Chris Bahr miss a 45-yard field goal.

Golden and Crowned Eagles have killed ungulates weighing up to and a Martial Eagle even killed a duiker, 7-8 times heavier than the predating eagle.

All hawks seem to have this habit, from the smallest kestrel to the largest Ferruginous-but not the Eagles.

For example, many forest-dwelling eagles, including the very large Harpy and Philippine Eagles, have relatively short wingspans, a feature necessary for being able to maneuver in quick, short bursts through dense forested habitats.

There are also instances in which an existing band added a prominent new member or members, where the resulting group might have been considered a supergroup had it not kept its original band name, such as Van Halen after recruiting Sammy Hagar and Gary Cherone, and the Eagles after hiring Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit, and Styx, hiring Lawrence Gowan, and Ricky Phillips.

Since the 1999 season, the Bears have played their home games at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium.

Short wings may have aided Haast's Eagles when hunting in the dense scrubland and forests of New Zealand.

The larger Middle Pleistocene Golden Eagles of France ( and possibly elsewhere ) are referred to a paleosubspecies Aquila chrysaetos bonifacti, and the huge specimens of the Late Pleistocene of Liko Cave ( Crete ) have been named Aquila chrysaetos simurgh .</ ref >

Falcons, skuas, and Buteos like Rough-legged Hawks ( B. lagopus ), which are normally fierce competitors with each other, have worked together to group-mob Golden Eagles that have passed their adjacent nesting areas.

Golden Eagles have been used in falconry since the Middle Ages.

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.

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.

* The USI Screaming Eagles, led by former Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl, won the 1995 Division II National Championship and were runners-up in 1994 and 2004.

The Giants won their first playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles, 20 – 10, and defeated the Minnesota Vikings 41 – 0 in the NFC Championship game.

In 2008, the Giants won the NFC East with a record of 12 – 4 ( and also were the number one seed in the NFC after beating the Carolina Panthers for home field advantage ), but lost 23 – 11 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the divisional round of the playoffs.

The Redskins beat the Giants 28 – 14, but the Giants won their next three games against the Saint Louis Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, and Arizona Cardinals.

In 1960, the Eagles won their third NFL championship, under the leadership of future Pro Football Hall of Famers Norm Van Brocklin and Chuck Bednarik ; the head coach was Buck Shaw.

From 1988 to 1996, the Eagles qualified for the playoffs during 6 out of those 9 seasons, but they won the NFC East only once, in 1988.

The Eagles won the first game in this rivalry 27 – 25 on September 30, 1960.

One week after losing to the division rival Philadelphia Eagles, 31 – 13, the 10 – 1 Giants were defeated on Monday Night Football in a 7 – 3 defensive battle with the 10 – 1 San Francisco 49ers, who had won the previous two Super Bowls and ultimately finished the regular season with an NFL best 14 – 2 record.

The team's first successful AFL grand final was in 2005 when Sydney Swans won the Grand Final against West Coast Eagles in a tight, low-scoring game.

Carey consistently won games off his own boot, including a game against reigning premiers the West Coast Eagles at the WACA in round 12, where he cut All Australian and Hall of Fame centre half-back Glen Jakovich to shreds and then against that year's eventual premiers in Essendon in round 15, where he played a dominant final quarter that marked him as an out-and-out champion.

It is the home to David Emanuel Academy ( DEA ) and the David Emanuel Academy Eagles who won the State GISA Basketball Championship in 2007.

The Pleasant High School Lady Eagles won the 2006-2007 Class C State Championship on March 3, with their record of 36-5, for the first time in eighteen years.

The Eagles, led by Andy Underwood, finished with a 24-7 record, as the team won its final 12 games en route to the Class 1 state title.

In football, the Scranton Eagles, a semi-pro / minor league team, dominate their Empire Football League, having won 11 championships.

The basketball Eagles won the 2009 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, sending them to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1984.

* 28 September-Sydney, Australia: The 1997 ARL season's grand final is won by the Newcastle Knights who defeated the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 22-16 at the Sydney Football Stadium before a crowd of 42, 482.

* December 26-NFL Championship – Philadelphia Eagles won 17-13 over the Green Bay Packers

The Eagles won the 2007 Champs Sports Bowl over Michigan State, extending their bowl winning streak to eight consecutive victories — at the time the longest active bowl win streak in the nation.

* The Irondequoit Eagles Boys varsity soccer team reached its first Section V championship in 2009 and won in 2010.

The South Park Eagles Boy's soccer team has won state championships both in 2005 and 2006.

The Lady Eagles have won the state championship in 2007.

( The previously winless Eagles rallied from a 10 – 0 deficit and won 13 – 10.