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text: Philadelphia Eagles

text: Franchise history

text: Midway through the 1931 season, the Frankford Yellow Jackets went bankrupt and ceased operations.[10] After more than a year of searching for a suitable replacement, the NFL granted an expansion franchise to a syndicate headed by Bert Bell and Lud Wray and awarded them the franchise rights of the failed Yellow Jackets organization. The Bell-Wray group had to pay an entry fee of $3,500 (equal to $40,230 today) and assumed a total debt of $11,000 that was owed to three other NFL franchises.[11] Drawing inspiration from the Blue Eagle insignia of the National Recovery Administration—the centerpiece of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal[11]—Bell and Wray named the new franchise the Philadelphia Eagles. Neither the Eagles nor the NFL officially regard the two franchises as the same, citing the aforementioned period of dormancy. Furthermore, almost no Yellow Jackets players were on the Eagles' first roster. The Eagles, along with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the now-defunct Cincinnati Reds, joined the NFL as expansion teams.

text: In 1937, the Eagles moved to Shibe Park (renamed Connie Mack Stadium in 1954) and played their home games at the stadium through 1957, except for the 1941 season, which was played at Municipal Stadium, where they had played from 1936 to 1939.

text: To accommodate football at Shibe Park during the winter, management set up stands in right field, parallel to 20th Street. Some 20 feet high, these "east stands" had 22 rows of seats. The goalposts stood along the first base line and in left field. The uncovered east stands enlarged capacity of Shibe Park to over 39,000, but the Eagles rarely drew more than 25 to 30,000.[12]

text: The Eagles struggled over the course of their first decade, enduring repeated losing seasons. In December 1940, Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney sold his franchise to Alexis Thompson for $160,000 and then used half of the proceeds to buy a half interest in the Eagles from Bell, his longtime friend.[13] Soon after, Bell and Rooney traded the Eagles franchise to Thompson and moved it to Pittsburgh (as the "Steelers"), while Thompson moved the Steelers franchise to Philadelphia (as the "Eagles").[13]

text: In 1943, when manpower shortages stemming from World War II made it impossible to fill the roster, the team merged with the Pittsburgh Steelers forming the "Phil-Pitt Eagles" and were known as the "Steagles." (The merger, never intended as a permanent arrangement, was dissolved at the end of the 1943 season.) By the late 1940s, head coach Earle "Greasy" Neale and running back Steve Van Buren led the team to three consecutive NFL Championship Games, winning two of them in 1948 and 1949. Those two championships mark the Eagles as the only NFL team ever to win back-to-back championships by shutouts, defeating the Chicago Cardinals, 7–0, in 1948—in a blizzard—and the Los Angeles Rams, 14–0, in 1949.

text: After the 1957 season, the Eagles moved from Connie Mack Stadium to Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania. Franklin Field would seat over 60,000 for the Eagles, whereas Connie Mack had a capacity of 39,000.[14] The stadium switched from grass to AstroTurf in 1969. It was the first NFL stadium to use artificial turf.

text: 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. The 1960 Eagles, by a score of 17–13, became the only team to defeat Vince Lombardi and his Green Bay Packers in the playoffs.

text: The Eagles had a decent 1961 season and then fell on hard times in 1962. Jerry Wolman, after consulting his longtime friend Brandon Sturrock, bought the franchise in 1963 from the "Happy Hundred", a group of investors who owned the team from 1949–1963, for $5,505,000 (equal to $44,004,098 today).[14]

text: In 1969, Leonard Tose bought the Eagles from Wolman for $16,155,000[15] (equal to $107,807,505 today), then a record for a professional sports franchise. Tose's first official act was to fire Coach Joe Kuharich after a disappointing 24–41–1 record during his five-year reign. He followed this by naming former Eagles receiving great Pete Retzlaff as General Manager and Jerry Williams as coach.

text: With the merger of the NFL and AFL in 1970, the Eagles were placed in the NFC East Division with their archrivals the New York Giants, the Washington Redskins, and the Dallas Cowboys. Their heated rivalry with the Giants is the oldest of the NFC East rivalries, dating all the way back to 1933 and is often named as one of the best rivalries in the NFL.[16][17]

text: In 1976, Dick Vermeil was hired from UCLA to coach the Eagles, who had only one winning season from 1962–1975.[18] Starting in 1978, head coach Dick Vermeil and quarterback Ron Jaworski led the team to four consecutive playoff appearances.

text: Vermeil's 1980 team won their first NFC East title. They were matched up against their hated rival the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC Championship game, which they won 20–7. However, the Eagles lost to the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XV in 1981. The following year, the Eagles were eliminated in the wildcard round at home against the New York Giants. In the aftermath of the disappointing and strike-shortened season of 1982, head coach Dick Vermeil resigned, claiming that he was "burned out". Vermeil was replaced by defensive coordinator Marion Campbell.

text: In January 1983, Tose announced that his daughter, Susan Fletcher, the Eagles' vice president and legal counsel, would eventually succeed him as primary owner of the Eagles. Then in 1984, rumors were circulating that Leonard Tose was thinking about moving the team to Phoenix, Arizona due to financial reasons.

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text: In 1985, Tose was forced to sell the Eagles to Norman Braman and Ed Leibowitz, highly successful automobile dealers from Florida, for a reported $65 million (equal to $147,899,134 today) to pay off his more than $25 million (equal to $56,884,282 today) in gambling debts at Atlantic City casinos.

text: Philadelphia football struggled through the Marion Campbell years of the mid-1980s and was marked by a malaise in fan participation. However, in the 1985 Supplemental draft, the Eagles acquired the rights to Memphis Showboats' elite pass rusher Reggie White. In 1986, the arrival of head coach Buddy Ryan and his fiery attitude rejuvenated team performance and ignited the fan base, but the Eagles failed to win a playoff game during Ryan's tenure. Possibly the worst of these losses was the so-called Fog Bowl in 1988 against the Chicago Bears, which happened to be Ryan's former team that he helped lead to a Super Bowl XX victory as defensive coordinator. Ryan was fired on January 7, 1991, after an upset home playoff loss to the Redskins. Offensive coordinator Rich Kotite was promoted to head coach three days later.

text: After All Pro defensive tackle Jerome Brown was killed in an automobile accident, the team and fanbase became dedicated to "bring it home for Jerome" in the 1992 season. Kotite did lead the Eagles to a playoff victory against the New Orleans Saints during the 1992 season, but they lost all-time sacks leader Reggie White to free agency in the offseason. Kotie's contract was not renewed after a disappointing 1994 season in which the Eagles went 7–9, losing their last seven games after starting the season 7–2. From 1988 to 1996, the Eagles qualified for the playoffs during six out of those nine seasons, but they won the NFC East only once, in 1988. Among the team's offensive stars during that period were quarterback Randall Cunningham, tight end Keith Jackson, and running back Herschel Walker. But the "Gang Green" defense is possibly what defined the team, led by Reggie White, Jerome Brown, Clyde Simmons, Seth Joyner, Wes Hopkins, Mike Golic, Byron Evans, Eric Allen, Andre Waters and Mark McMillian.

text: Lurie era (1994–present)

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text: Jeffrey Lurie bought the Eagles on May 6, 1994 from then-owner Norman Braman for an estimated $185 million. The club is now estimated to be the 17th most valuable sports team, worth $1.314 billion, as valuated in 2014 by Forbes.[19]

text: In Lurie's first season as owner, the team only had 7 wins, but that was followed by a 10 win season in 1995. Besides the 10 wins and a playoff berth, 1996 was an eventful year. The uniforms changed from the classic shade of Kelly Green to a darker midnight green, quarterback Randall Cunningham left after 11 seasons, and future fan favorite 13-year starter Brian Dawkins was drafted in the 2nd round. After slipping to 6–9–1, and then to 3–13, head coach Ray Rhodes was fired after four seasons.

text: Andy Reid era (1999–2012)

text: In 1999, the Eagles hired head coach Andy Reid and drafted quarterback Donovan McNabb. From 1999 until 2004, the team continually improved, going from 5–11 in 1999, returning to the playoffs in with an 11–5 record in 2000, surpassing the Buccaneers in the Wild Card round before losing in the divisional. Moreover, the Eagles played in four straight NFC Championship Games between 2001 and 2004. In 2001, the Eagles stayed at 11–5, beating the Buccaneers and Bears to advance to the NFC championship, where they lost to the St. Louis Rams. In 2002, the Eagles drafted running back Brian Westbrook, got the 1st round bye with the 2nd seed in the NFC with a 12–4 record, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers got their revenge in the Championship and eliminated the Eagles. In 2003, they won the NFC first seed, but Westbrook went down in Week 17, culminating in a loss to the Carolina Panthers in their 3rd straight NFC Championship.

text: 2004 Season and Super Bowl XXXIX

text: In 2004, the Philadelphia Eagles had their best season since 1960, going 13–1 before resting their starters and losing their next 2, clinching the 1st seed for the second year in a row. McNabb set career highs, completing 64% of his passes for 3,875 yards, though he didn't play all 16 games. McNabb became the first quarterback ever to throw more than 30 touchdowns and fewer than 10 interceptions in a season. His success could be attributed to the fact that he had a reliable receiver, Terrell Owens, who got 1,200 yards and 14 touchdowns in 14 games. After beating the Vikings and Falcons the Eagles advanced to Super Bowl XXXIX, where they dueled the New England Patriots. Although McNabb threw 3 touchdown passes and 357 yards in the game, and the score was tied 14–14 going into the fourth quarter, the Patriots outscored the Eagles and scored ten straight points. McNabb completed a 30-yard touchdown pass, and the Eagles defense held the Patriots to a 3 and out, but a crucial interception with 46 seconds left on the clock secured their fate.

text: The team took a step back in 2005 with a 6–10 record. McNabb had played with a sports hernia and a broken thumb, starting 4–2 but losing three in a row, before McNabb finally succumbs to injury and is out for the rest of the season. For obnoxious behavior and a feud with McNabb, Owens was suspended after 7 games, eventually being cut. In 2006, the team lost McNabb 10 games in and went into turmoil, but Westbrook stepped up, and the Eagles earned their fifth NFC East title under Coach Reid, with a 10–6 record and a win in the wild card round, but they had an 8–8 2007 season. In 2008, the team won their 500th game, and they also drafted DeSean Jackson, a receiving threat when paired with McNabb.[21]

text: On January 11, 2009, the team defeated the defending Super Bowl champion and 1st seed 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. In the 2008 NFC Championship Game, the Eagles made a rally, going from 24–6 at halftime to 25–24 with three minutes left in the 4th, but they lost to the Arizona Cardinals by a score of 32–25 after quarterback Kurt Warner scored a last minute touchdown. As of the conclusion of the 2016 season, during the Lurie era, the Eagles are 1–4 in conference championship games and 0–1 in Super Bowls.

text: On August 13, 2009, the Eagles signed quarterback Michael Vick.[22] On December 6, 2009, Andy Reid became only the 5th coach in NFL history to win 100 or more games with a single team in a single decade. The other four are Tom Landry, Don Shula, Tony Dungy, and Bill Belichick, all Super Bowl winners.[23] McNabb finally had a complete receiving corps, between first round draft pick Jeremy Maclin, DeSean Jackson's 1,000 yard season, and Brent Celek ranking among the top 5 tight ends in the league. Without Brian Dawkins, defensive end Trent Cole stepped up and became the dominant force on defense with 12 sacks, earning him his second trip to the Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors. In 2009, the Eagles started 5–4, but moved up to 11–4, and could clinch the NFC 2nd seed if they won their next game. After a shutout at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys in week 17, the Eagles missed the 1st round bye. but with a record of 11–5, but they were the NFC 6th seed and they narrowly made the playoffs. In the 2009 NFC Wild Card Game, the Eagles played against the Cowboys for the second consecutive week and lost 34–14. Despite many errors from many players, and a great season before the breakdown in Dallas, McNabb took the brunt of the blow and was heavily criticized. Coach Andy Reid said up until April 1, 2010, that McNabb would remain the starter.

text: On March 5, 2010, Brian Westbrook was cut from the Eagles after eight seasons with the team. On April 4, 2010, the team traded long-time starting quarterback Donovan McNabb to the Washington Redskins in exchange for a second round draft pick.[24] Kevin Kolb was immediately named the starter, but after suffering a concussion in week 1 against the Packers, Vick took over as the starter. Vick led the Eagles to its sixth NFC East division title in ten seasons. With a record of 10–6 the Eagles clinched the 3rd seed and had to play a Wild Card Playoff Game. During the 2010 NFC Wild Card Game, the Eagles faced off against the eventual Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers and lost 21–16.

text: The 2011 season for the Eagles was a major disappointment, as they only managed to finish 8–8 and did not qualify for the playoffs, although they did win the last 4 games of the season. Because of several free agent acquisitions, Vince Young, a back up quarterback, stated that the Eagles were a Dream Team. The Philadelphia fan base and faithful never did concur with the comment as some national outlets may comment. Many Eagles fans believe that Vince Young saying that the Eagles were a 'Dream Team' is the reason that the Eagles had such a horrible season.

text: Eagles fans had high expectations going into the 2012 season. The Eagles started off winning three out of their four first games, but that changed when they lost the next eight games, and were eliminated from the playoff hunt. They only won one out of their last four games. After a loss to the New York Giants on December 30, 2012, longtime head coach Andy Reid was fired after fourteen seasons with the team.[25]

text: Chip Kelly era (2013–2015)

text: On January 16, 2013, the Eagles brought in University of Oregon head coach Chip Kelly to succeed Reid as head coach after a 4–12 season.[26] The Philadelphia Eagles named Michael Vick starting quarterback going into the 2013 season with much promise running Chip Kelly's fast-paced spread offense.

text: The 2013 season proved to be more successful for the Eagles. A hamstring injury took Michael Vick out after a 1–3 start, but his backup, Nick Foles, led the team to a 10–6 regular season record, and its seventh NFC East title in 13 seasons. Before throwing his first interception in Week 14, Foles threw 19 touchdowns, which was just one shy of the all-time NFL record of consecutive touchdowns without an interception to start a season, set earlier in the season by Peyton Manning. Foles also tied Manning for most touchdown passes in a single-game with seven against the Oakland Raiders which also made him the youngest player in NFL history to throw that many touchdowns in a game. Foles finished the regular season with 27 touchdown passes and only 2 interceptions, giving him the then-best TD-INT ratio in NFL history. (That record was later broken by Tom Brady, in the 2016 season.) He also finished with a 119.0 passer rating, third highest in league history behind only Aaron Rodgers in 2011 and Peyton Manning in 2004. He was also only the second quarterback in NFL history to have a game in which he topped 400 passing yards and a perfect passer rating. LeSean McCoy finished his Pro Bowl season as the league's top rusher with 1,607 rushing yards (also a franchise record) and 2,146 total yards from scrimmage, also best in the NFL. As a whole, the Eagles offense scored 51 touchdowns, most in franchise history passing the previous season high set back in 1948.

text: The Eagles opened the 2014 season winning their first three games and making NFL history as the only team ever to trail by ten or more points in their first three games and come back to win.[27] Nick Foles struggled with turnovers, but ultimately did well and led the Eagles to a 6–2 record, before breaking his collarbone, resulting in his job getting taken over by Mark Sanchez, who outplayed Foles despite facing more playoff teams. The Eagles held the divisional title from week one to week 15 against the Cowboys. After going 9–3 with their crucial win over the Cowboys, the Eagles lost their next 3, and a week after losing the NFC East title, they lost an upset against the 3–11 Redskins and were eliminated from playoff contention with the Cowboys' win over the Colts.

text: Following the 2014 season, Chip Kelly was given total control and made some controversial moves. He traded LeSean McCoy, who had become the team's all-time leading rusher after the 2014 season, for linebacker Kiko Alonso, a player Kelly coached at Oregon who had missed the entire 2014 season.[28] He also cut ten-year veteran and starter, Trent Cole, who was still a consistent threat on defense and was second only to legend Reggie White on the Eagles all-time sack list.[29] He also made a trade where the highly successful Nick Foles was traded for Sam Bradford, who had missed the entire 2014 season with an ACL tear.[30] Kelly tried to re-sign Jeremy Maclin, who had stepped up as the team's leading wide receiver, but he signed with the Kansas City Chiefs instead. However, the Eagles also acquired league leading rusher DeMarco Murray,[31] which not only helped the Eagles, but hurt their rivals, the Dallas Cowboys. They also obtained Super Bowl champion Byron Maxwell,[32] who left the Seattle Seahawks in free agency to sign a six-year, $63 million contract. The first two games of the season were disastrous, as they started 0–2. Bradford had a 2–4 TD-INT ratio, Maxwell was constantly beaten by Falcons receiver Julio Jones, and Murray was held to 11 yards on 21 carries. After Murray was injured, Ryan Mathews rushed for over 100 yards in a Week 3 win against the New York Jets. Kelly made Murray the unquestioned starter and although Murray's play improved over the season, he never regained his dominant form and was held to a career low 3.6 yards per carry average.

text: On December 29, 2015, with one game left in the season, head coach Chip Kelly was released by the Eagles. Offensive Coordinator Pat Shurmur was named Interim Coach for the final game against the rival New York Giants, which Shurmur won 35–30.[33] Former player and current running backs coach Duce Staley was the first coach to be interviewed for the opening head coaching job on January 2, 2016.[34]

text: Doug Pederson era (2016–present)

text: The Eagles hired Chiefs offensive coordinator Doug Pederson as their next head coach. The team made the official announcement on January 18, 2016. Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said in a statement:

text: "Doug is a strategic thinker, a compelling leader and communicator, and someone who truly knows how to get the best out of his players. All of these factors were what initially attracted us to Doug and we believe that he is the right man to help us achieve our ultimate goal."

text: Pederson had been with the Chiefs for the preceding three years after spending the four seasons previous to those with the Eagles. He served as a quality control assistant for the Eagles in 2009 and 2010 before being promoted to quarterbacks coach for the 2011 and 2012 seasons. He was praised for his work with Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith over the preceding few seasons, particularly 2015, as the Chiefs moved into the top 10 in scoring offense.[35][36]

text: At the end of the 2015 season, the Eagles had the 13th pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. They traded Byron Maxwell, Kiko Alonso, and their pick to the Miami Dolphins for the #8 pick. Later, they traded the #8 pick, their third-round pick, their fourth-round pick, a 2017 first-round pick, and a 2018 second-round pick to the Cleveland Browns for the #2 pick and a 2017 fourth-round pick. They used the #2 pick to draft North Dakota State quarterback Carson Wentz. On September 3, 2016, the Eagles traded starting quarterback Sam Bradford to the Minnesota Vikings, who had lost Teddy Bridgewater for the season, for a 2017 first-round pick and a 2018 fourth-round pick. Following the trade, the Eagles named Wentz the starting quarterback for Week 1 of the 2016 season.[37] First-time head coach Pederson led the Eagles to a 3–0 start to the season. His rookie quarterback started with 5 touchdowns, no interceptions and over 255 yards per game. The Week 4 bye took a toll on the Eagles, and they lost four out of the next five games, including a loss to every rival team in their division. They also lost right tackle Lane Johnson to a 10-game suspension following the Week 5 loss againist the Lions which damaged Carson Wentz's hot start. In those four games, their average margin of loss was just under 5 points.[38] Pederson and the Eagles won just 3 of their last 7 games. Those included gruesome road losses against the Seattle Seahawks, the Cincinnati Bengals, and the Baltimore Ravens. Although Wentz started off the season well, the 6–5 quarterback finished with a TD–INT ratio of 16:14. The rookie head coach and rookie quarterback tandem led the Eagles to a disappointing year, finishing with a 7–9 record and coming in last in the division.

text: 2017: First Super Bowl championship

text: During the following offseason, the team made several acquisitions on the offensive side of the ball. The Eagles either traded or released notable players from the Chip Kelly era like Ryan Mathews, Matt Tobin, Allen Barbre, Jordan Matthews and Marcus Smith II. They signed more notable players to improve its wide receiver corps that have struggled the last two seasons like Alshon Jeffery, and Torrey Smith as well as 2016 Super Bowl champion, Legarrette Blount. They also added veterans on defense such as Patrick Robinson, Chris Long, Corey Graham, Tim Jernigan and Ronald Darby. The team addressed its defense mostly in the draft, using its top three picks on defensive players. The Eagles drafted Derek Barnett with the 14th overall pick. The Eagles had completely revamped their offense and strengthened their defense heading into the 2017 season. They opened the season on the road versus the Washington Redskins and won the game 30–17. The team lost to the Kansas City Chiefs the following week, 27–20, in Pederson's return to face Andy Reid. The Eagles then won six consecutive games, including signature wins at the Carolina Panthers, 28–23, and versus the Washington Redskins, 34–24, in a Monday Night contest. On the morning of October 31, 2017, just before the NFL trade deadline, the Eagles made a blockbuster move sending a fourth-round pick to the Miami Dolphins for star running back Jay Ajayi. The move immediately paid dividends for the Eagles heading into their next game versus the Denver Broncos as Ajayi rushed for 77 yards on just eight attempts including a 46-yard TD near the end of the second quarter. Ajayi and Wentz led the Eagles to a 51–23 rout of the top defense in the NFL.

text: The Eagles headed into their bye week with the best record in the NFL (8–1), and with Wentz leading the NFL MVP discussion with an NFL-leading 23 touchdowns to 5 interceptions. During their bye, the Eagles signed former Giants offensive tackle Will Beatty and former Saints linebacker Dannell Ellerbe to not only add depth but also players with Super Bowl experiences. Coming off of the bye week, the Philadelphia Eagles entered a Sunday night showdown with the defending NFC East champion Dallas Cowboys. The Eagles came out sluggish and trailed 9–7 at the half. The team exploded in the second half though, rattling off 30 unanswered points to soundly defeat their rival by a final score of 37–9. The Eagles were rolling on a nine-game winning streak after a huge blowout win over the Chicago Bears.[28] The Eagles traveled to Seattle in Week 13 in a huge Sunday Night showdown against Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks. The Eagles struggled throughout the whole game, blowing many scoring opportunities and allowing Wilson to throw 3 touchdowns. The Eagles lost 24–10, ending their win streak. However, the Eagles bounced back in Week 14 win over the Los Angeles Rams in a tough 43–35 win. However, Carson Wentz left the game in the third quarter with a knee injury. It was later found out that Wentz tore his ACL, ending his MVP caliber season. Backup Nick Foles would once again take over as starting quarterback. In Foles's first start against the New York Giants, he would lead them back from a 20–7 deficit and score 4 touchdowns and win the game 34–29. Foles struggled in the last two games of the season against the Oakland Raiders and the Dallas Cowboys, and threw a touchdown and 2 interceptions in that span. Despite this, the Eagles finished 13–3 and secured the top seed in the NFC. The Eagles opened as the underdogs, the first time in history that a No. 1 seed has opened up the postseason as an underdog. Despite this, Foles would lead the Eagles past the Atlanta Falcons in the Divisional Round 15–10. In the next game Foles and the Eagles annihilated the Minnesota Vikings 38–7 in the NFC Championship nicknamed the Minneapolis Massacre, mocking the Minneapolis Miracle from their previous playoff victory. Foles had his best game since week 15 and threw for 352 passing yards and 3 touchdowns including an impressive flea flicker touchdown pass. This win marked the franchise's third Super Bowl appearance and a berth in Super Bowl LII for a 2005 rematch against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.

text: With Foles at the helm, the Eagles started off the game strong, leading the Patriots 22–12 at halftime. In the second half the Patriots gained momentum and for the first time took the lead in the 4th quarter 33–32. The Eagles rallied back and scored an 11-yard Touchdown to tight end Zach Ertz. Later the Eagles converted on a 46-yard field goal by Jake Elliott to lead 41–33. On the final play of the game with 9 seconds left, Brady threw a hail-mary pass directed toward tight end Rob Gronkowski which was bobbled by Patrick Robinson before being dropped in the end-zone as time expired, securing the win for the Eagles 41–33, and ending the 58-year long championship drought. This would be Philadelphia's first Super Bowl win and their fourth league championship (their first championship since 1960). Foles won Super Bowl MVP going 28–43 with 373 passing yards, 3 touchdowns, and an interception. Nick Foles became the first backup quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl since his opponent Tom Brady won as the backup for Drew Bledsoe in 2001.

text: Season records

text:
Regular season record (all-time): 568–594–26
Playoff record (all-time): 22–21 (last appearance after beating New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII)
Most points in a season: 474 points (2014)
NFL championships won: 4 (3 before the 1967 NFL-AFL merger created the Super Bowl)
Super Bowls won: 1 out of 3 appearances
Passing leader (all-time): Donovan McNabb – 32,873 yards
Rushing leader (all-time): LeSean McCoy – 6,792 yards
Receiving leader (all-time): Harold Carmichael – 8,978 yards
Winningest coach (all-time): Andy Reid – 130 wins
Top player by approximate value (all-time): Donovan McNabb – 126 AV

text: Rivalries

text: New York Giants

text: One of the NFL's oldest, this rivalry began on October 15, 1933[39] when the Giants defeated the newly founded Eagles 56–0. The Giants lead the all-time series 84–82–2. Three of the best known comebacks against the Giants are labeled as "Miracle In The Meadowlands – Herm Edwards", "Miracle In The Meadowlands II – Brian Westbrook" and "Miracle In The New Meadowlands – DeSean Jackson".

text: Dallas Cowboys

text: The Cowboys have been one of the Eagles' biggest rivals. The Eagles won the first game in this rivalry 27–25 on September 30, 1960. Dallas leads the all-time series 63–51–0. They have been close in recent years, with Dallas winning 12 games from 2006 to the present while the Eagles have also won 12. There is much hostility between the two teams' fan bases, with incidents such as the 1989 Bounty Bowl.

text: Washington Redskins

text: Not as big as the rivalries between the Giants and Cowboys, that with division rivals Washington Redskins is still fierce. It started in 1934 when the Washington Redskins were first known as the Boston Redskin; the Redskins defeated the Eagles 6–0, and lead the all-time series 85–76–6. The rivalry has been very even since 2010 overall. However, the Eagles swept the Redskins during the 2017 season for the first time since the 2013 season.

text: Pittsburgh Steelers

text: The Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers are both located in Pennsylvania and began play in 1933. From that season, through 1966, this was a major rivalry for both teams as both were part of the same division. In 1967, they were placed in separate divisions but remained in the same conference for three years. Finally, in 1970, the Steelers (along with the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Colts) moved to the American Football Conference while the Eagles stayed with the rest of the old-line NFL teams in the National Football Conference. As a result, the Eagles and Steelers no longer played each other every year. Currently they are scheduled to meet once every four years in the regular season, the most recent meeting being in 2016 at Philadelphia, with the Eagles winning 34-3. The Steelers have lost nine straight games on the road against the Eagles dating back to 1966, which was also the start of the Super Bowl era. The Eagles lead the all-time series 47–28–3.

text: Logo and uniforms

text: For several decades, the Eagles' colors were kelly green, silver, and white. In 1954, the Eagles, along with the Baltimore Colts, became the second team ever in the NFL to put a logo on their helmets, with silver wings on a kelly green helmet. In 1969, the team wore two helmet versions: Kelly green with white wings in road games, and white with kelly green wings at home. From 1970 to '73, they wore the white helmets with Kelly green wings exclusively before switching back to Kelly green helmets with silver wings. By 1974, Joseph A. Scirrotto Jr. designed the silver wings took on a white outline, and this style on a kelly green helmet became standard for over two decades.

text: From 1948–95, the team logo was an eagle in flight carrying a football in its claws, although from '69–72, the eagle took on a more stylized look. As the design was similar to the Apollo 11 emblem, and its moon-landing craft was dubbed Eagle, players wore the flight's mission patch on their jerseys during 1969.[citation needed]

text: In 1973, the team's name was added below the eagle, which returned to its pre-'69 look.

text: However, both the logo and uniforms were radically altered in 1996. The primary kelly green color was changed to a darker shade, officially described as "midnight green." Silver was practically abandoned, as uniform pants moved to either white or midnight green. The traditional helmet wings were changed to a primarily white color, with silver and black accents. The team's logo combination (the eagle and club name lettering) also changed in 1996, with the eagle itself limited to a white (bald eagle) head, drawn in a less realistic, more cartoon-based style, and the lettering changing from calligraphic to block letters.

text: Since the 1996 alterations, the team has made only minor alterations, mostly relating to jersey/pant combinations worn during specific games. For example, in 1997, against the San Francisco 49ers, the team wore midnight green jerseys and pants for the first of only two occasions in team history. The second occasion was in 2002, during the final regular season game at Veterans Stadium, a win over the division-rival Washington Redskins. A year later, in the first two games of the 2003 season (both home losses to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New England Patriots), the Eagles wore white jerseys with white pants. Since 2003, the white jerseys along with white pants have been worn during preseason games.

text: The 2003 season also saw the first (though only subtle) change to the 1996-style uniform. On both white and green jerseys, black shadows and silver trim were added to both the green and white numbering. The stripe on the pants changed from black-green-black to black-silver-green on the white pants, and from a solid black stripe to one stripe of black, another of silver, with one small white stripe in between for the midnight blue pants. The 2003 season also saw the team debut black alternate jerseys, with a green (instead of black) shadow on white numbers, and silver trim. These black jerseys have been worn for two selected home games each season (usually the first home game after bye week and the season finale). In the 2003 and 2004 regular season home finales, the team wore the green road pants with the black alternate jerseys, but lost each game. Since then, the Eagles have only worn the black jerseys with the white pants. However, due to the special 75th anniversary uniforms serving as the "alternates" for one game in 2007, the Eagles could not wear the alternate black jersey that season per league rules (alternate uniforms are permitted twice per season but only one can be used). The black jerseys with white pants, however, re-appeared for the 2008 Thanksgiving night game against the Arizona Cardinals. The black jerseys were most recently used in a December 21, 2016 game against the New York Giants, in which they won 24-19. From 2006–2013, 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. For the 2007 and 2010 seasons, the Eagles used throwback uniforms in place of the black alternates for their anniversary to commemorate past teams. The team also started wearing black shoes exclusively in 2004. Since 2014, the Eagles have worn the black jersey twice per season. In 2016, they wore the black jersey three times.

text: To celebrate the team's 75th anniversary, the 2007 uniforms featured a 75th-season logo patch on the left shoulder. In addition, the team wore "throwback" jerseys in a 2007 game against the Detroit Lions. The yellow and blue jerseys, the same colors found on Philadelphia's city flag, are based on those worn by the Philadelphia Eagles in the team's inaugural season, and were the same colors used by the former Frankford Yellow Jackets franchise prior to their suspension of operations in 1931. The Eagles beat Detroit, 56–21.[41]

text: The Philadelphia Eagles wear their white jerseys at home for preseason games and daytime games in the first half of the regular season from September to mid-October when the temperature is warmer. In night contests in the first half of the regular season, the Eagles do not need to wear white at home since the temperature is cooler. However, there have been exceptions, such as the home opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2003 and the Washington Redskins in 2007 that were played at night. 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. On one occasion the Eagles wore white at home after October in a meeting against the Dallas Cowboys on November 4, 2007 to make the Cowboys wear their road blue jerseys. Since moving to Lincoln Financial Field in 2003, the Eagles have worn white at home for at least their home opener, with the exceptions for the 2010 home opener (see next paragraph), the 2011 home opener against the New York Giants, the 2016 home opener against the Cleveland Browns, and the 2017 home opener against the Giants.

text: In the 2010 season against the Green Bay Packers, on September 12, 2010, the Eagles wore uniforms similar to the ones that were worn by the 1960 championship team in honor the 50th anniversary of that team.[42] In weeks 4 and 6 of the 2010 season, the Eagles wore their white jerseys in a match-up against the Washington Redskins and Atlanta Falcons respectively before reverting to their midnight green jerseys for the rest of their home games. For the 2011 season, the Eagles did not wear white for any of their home games.

text: For the 2012 season Nike took over from Reebok as the NFL's official apparel licensee but the Eagles decided that they would not be adopting Nike's "Elite 51" uniform technology. Aside from the Nike logo replacing the Reebok logo, the only other change is the league-wide revision of the NFL shield on the uniform (replacing the NFL Equipment logo), other than that the uniforms essentially remain unchanged. The Eagles also revived their black alternate jersey.

text: For the 2013 season, the Eagles started to wear white pants, as an alternate to their green pants, with their white jerseys, in the regular season.

text: For the 2014 season the Eagles have officially adopted the "Elite 51″ style uniform from Nike. Recently the team has discussed bringing back the "Kelly Green" uniforms similar to the uniforms worn in the 1960 NFL Championship season and which were last worn in the 2010 season opener vs. Green Bay. Traditionally kelly green, silver and white had been the official team color until 1996 season when it switched to the current "Midnight Green" uniforms. But due to the NFL rules and restrictions having a team go through a waiting period before any major uniform changes and alterations can be made, it would most likely be quite some time before any uniform changes are officially made.

text: In Week 6 of 2014 against the New York Giants, the team introduced black pants to complement their black jerseys, giving them a blackout uniform set, the Eagles won the game 27–0. The victory was their first shutout in 18 years. The blackout uniform was most recently worn in a Week 16 victory, 19-10, against the Raiders in 2017. The Eagles are 6–3 in their blackout uniforms: winning three times against the Giants and once against each of the Minnesota Vikings, Denver Broncos, and Oakland Raiders, and losing against the Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals, and Green Bay Packers.

text: Training camp

text: The Eagles previously held their preseason training camp from the end of July through mid-August each year at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley.[43] With the addition of new head coach Chip Kelly, the Eagles recently moved their training camp to the NovaCare Complex in Philadelphia.[44][45] Training camps were previously held at Chestnut Hill Academy in 1935, Saint Joseph's University in 1939 and 1943, Saranac Lake from 1946–1948, Hershey from 1951–1967, Albright College from 1968–1972, Widener University from 1973–1979, and West Chester University from 1980–1995.[45]

text: Fight song

text: This fight song is heard during Eagles' home games after touchdowns and before the team is introduced prior to kickoff.

text: Fans

text: Devotion

text: Although the method may vary, studies that attempt to rank the 32 fan bases in the NFL consistently place Eagles fans among the best in the league, noting their "unmatched fervor."[46] Eagles fans have numerous dedicated web communities, ranking the Eagles just behind the Phillies as the dominant Philadelphia sports presence on the web.[47]

text: The American City Business Journals, which conducts a regular study to determine the most loyal fans in the NFL, evaluates fans based primarily on attendance-related factors,[48] and ranked Eagles fans third in both 1999[49] and 2006.[50] The 2006 study called the fans "incredibly loyal", noting that they filled 99.8% of the seats in the stadium over the previous decade.[51] Forbes placed the Eagles fans first in its 2008 survey,[52] which was based on the correlation between team performance and fan attendance.[53] ESPN.com placed Eagles fans fourth in the league in its 2008 survey, citing the connection between the team's performance and the mood of the city.[54] The last home game which was blacked out on television in the Philadelphia market as a result of not being sold out was against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, September 12, 1999, which was Andy Reid's first home game as new head coach of the Eagles.[citation needed]

text: The studies note that—win or lose—Eagles fans can be counted on to pack their stadium. As of August 2008, the team had sold out 71 consecutive games, and 70,000 were on the team's waiting list for season tickets.[54] Despite finishing with a 6–10 record in the 2005 season, the Eagles ranked second in the NFL in merchandise sales, and single-game tickets for the next season were sold out minutes after phone and Internet lines opened.[55]

text: Eagles fans have also been known to chant the famous, "E-A-G-L-E-S – Eagles!!" at Flyers, Phillies, and 76ers games when the team is getting blown out late in a game and a loss is inevitable, signifying their displeasure with the given team's performance, and that they are instead putting their hope into the Eagles.

text: Bad behavior

text: Along with their fierce devotion, Eagles fans have a reputation for bad behavior and sports-related violence, especially when the team plays its rivals.[56] In If Football's a Religion, Why Don't We Have a Prayer?, Jereé Longman described the fans of the 700 Level of Veterans Stadium as having a reputation for "hostile taunting, fighting, public urination and general strangeness."[57] So many incidents occurred at a 1997 game against the 49ers that at the following home game, Judge Seamus McCaffery began presiding over a temporary courtroom at the stadium; 20 suspects came before him that day.[56] Fan behavior improved after the team's move to Lincoln Financial Field, and "Eagles Court" ended in December 2003.[58]

text: Eagles cheerleaders

text: The team also has its own cheerleading squad, which performs a variety of dance moves for the fans and the Eagles on the sideline.[59] The squad also releases a swimsuit calendar each year, and is the first squad in the league to release the calendar on the Android and iOS mobile systems.[60][61]

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Philadelphia Eagles roster

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Quarterbacks

 9 Nick Foles
 7 Nate Sudfeld
11 Carson Wentz

Running backs

36 Jay Ajayi
30 Corey Clement
34 Donnel Pumphrey
28 Wendell Smallwood

Wide receivers

13 Nelson Agholor
19 Rashard Davis
18 Shelton Gibson
10 Mack Hollins
17 Alshon Jeffery
16 Bryce Treggs
-- Mike Wallace
89 Greg Ward Jr.
-- Dom Williams
-- Marquess Wilson

Tight ends

85 Billy Brown
86 Zach Ertz
-- Joshua Perkins
-- Adam Zaruba

Offensive linemen

79 Brandon Brooks G
78 Darrell Greene G
-- Taylor Hart T
65 Lane Johnson T
62 Jason Kelce C
71 Jason Peters T
73 Isaac Seumalo G
-- Jon Toth C
72 Halapoulivaati Vaitai T
67 Chance Warmack G
61 Stefen Wisniewski G

Defensive linemen

96 Derek Barnett DE
-- Michael Bennett DE
91 Fletcher Cox DT
-- Winston Craig DT
55 Brandon Graham DE
93 Timmy Jernigan DT
56 Chris Long DE
51 Steven Means DE
-- Haloti Ngata DT
98 Elijah Qualls DT
-- Aziz Shittu DT
97 Destiny Vaeao DT

Linebackers

53 Nigel Bradham OLB
47 Nathan Gerry OLB
54 Kamu Grugier-Hill OLB
58 Jordan Hicks MLB
95 Mychal Kendricks OLB
-- Corey Nelson OLB
59 Joe Walker MLB

Defensive backs

-- De'Vante Bausby CB
-- Elie Bouka CB
41 Ronald Darby CB
32 Rasul Douglas CB
-- Randall Goforth CB
27 Malcolm Jenkins SS
22 Sidney Jones CB
35 D. J. Killings CB
23 Rodney McLeod FS
42 Chris Maragos FS
31 Jalen Mills CB
49 Tre Sullivan S
-- Daryl Worley CB

Special teams

 4 Jake Elliott K
-- Cameron Johnston P
45 Rick Lovato LS

Reserve lists

Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated March 24, 2018
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AFC East
BUF
MIA
NE
NYJ
North
BAL
CIN
CLE
PIT
South
HOU
IND
JAX
TEN
West
DEN
KC
LAC
OAK

NFC East
DAL
NYG
PHI
WAS
North
CHI
DET
GB
MIN
South
ATL
CAR
NO
TB
West
ARI
LAR
SF
SEA

text: List of Philadelphia Eagles players (past and present)

text: Awards and honors

text: Retired numbers

text:
Philadelphia Eagles retired numbers

No.
Player
Position
Years played

5
Donovan McNabb
QB
1999–2009

15
Steve Van Buren
HB
1944–1951

20
Brian Dawkins
S
1996–2008

40
Tom Brookshier
CB
1953–1961

44
Pete Retzlaff
RB, WR, TE
1956–1966

60
Chuck Bednarik
LB, C
1949–1962

70
Al Wistert
OT
1943–1951

92
Reggie White(*)
DE
1985–1992

99
Jerome Brown(*)
DT
1987–1991

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(*) Posthumous honors.
Despite not being retired, no one has worn Randall Cunningham's No. 12 since he left the Eagles.[62]

text: Pro Football Hall of Famers

text:
Eagles in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Players

No.
Name
Positions
Seasons
Inducted
No.
Name
Positions
Seasons
Inducted

60
Chuck Bednarik
C–LB
1949–1962
1967
33
Ollie Matson
RB
1964–1966
1972

76
Bob Brown
OT
1964–1968
2004
25
Tommy McDonald
WR
1957–1963
1998

80
Cris Carter
WR
1987–1989
2013
85
James Arthur "Art" Monk
WR
1995
2008

95
Richard Dent
DE
1997
2011
35
Pete Pihos
TE–DE
1947–1955
1970

89
Mike Ditka
TE
1967–1968
1988
54
Jim Ringo
C
1964–1967
1981

86
Bud Grant
WR–DE
1951–1952
1994
11
Norm Van Brocklin
QB
1958–1960
1971

56
Bill Hewitt
End-FB
1937–1939, 1943
1971
15
Steve Van Buren
HB
1944–1951
1965

87
Claude Humphrey
DE
1979–1981
2014
92
Reggie White
DE
1985–1992
2006

9
Sonny Jurgensen
QB
1957–1963
1983
53
Alex Wojciechowicz
C–DT
1946–1950
1968

80
James Lofton
WR
1993
2003
20
Brian Dawkins
S
1996-2008
2018

Coaches and Executives

Name
Positions
Seasons
Inducted

Bert Bell
Owner/Founder
1933–1940
1963

Wayne Millner
Assistant Coach
1951
1968

Earle "Greasy" Neale
Head Coach
1941–1950
1969

Mike McCormack
Head Coach
1973–1975
1984

text: Eagles Hall of Fame

text: In 1987, the Eagles Honor Roll was established. Every Eagles player who had by then been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame was among the inaugural induction class. By 2012, the Honor Roll had been retitled as the Eagles Hall of Fame.[63] Players are considered for induction three years after their retirement from the NFL, and there have been 41 inductees into the Eagles Hall of Fame as of 2015.[64]

text:
Eagles Hall of Fame

Year
No.
Name
Position(s)
Tenure

1987
60
Chuck Bednarik
C–LB
1949–1962

—
Bert Bell
Founder-Owner
1933–1940

17
Harold Carmichael
WR
1971–1983

56
Bill Hewitt
TE–DE
1936–1939, 1943

9
Sonny Jurgensen
QB
1957–1963

33
Ollie Matson
RB
1964–1966

31
Wilbert Montgomery
RB
1977–1984

—
Earle "Greasy" Neale
Head Coach
1941–1950

35
Pete Pihos
TE–DE
1947–1955

54
Jim Ringo
C
1964–1967

11
Norm Van Brocklin
QB
1958–1960

15
Steve Van Buren
HB
1944–1951

53
Alex Wojciechowicz
C–DT
1946–1950

1988
66
Bill Bergey
LB
1974–1980

25
Tommy McDonald
WR
1957–1963

1989
40
Tom Brookshier
CB
1954–1961

44
Pete Retzlaff
TE
1956–1966

1990
22
Timmy Brown
RB
1960–1967

1991
76
Jerry Sisemore
OT
1973–1987

75
Stan Walters
OT
1975–1983

1992
7
Ron Jaworski
QB
1977–1986

1993
28
Bill Bradley
S–P
1969–1976

1994
—
Dick Vermeil
Head Coach
1976–1982

1995
—
Jim Gallagher
Team Executive
1949–1995

82
Mike Quick
WR
1982–1990

1996
99
Jerome Brown
DT
1987–1991

1999
—
Otho Davis
Head Trainer
1973–1995

1948 NFL Championship team

1949 NFL Championship team

2004
76
Bob Brown
OT
1964–1968

2005
92
Reggie White
DE
1985–1992

2009
70
Al Wistert
OT
1943–1951

12
Randall Cunningham
QB–P
1985–1995

2011
21
Eric Allen
CB
1988–1994

—
Jim Johnson
Defensive Coordinator
1999–2008

2012
—
Leo Carlin
Ticket Manager
1960–2015

20
Brian Dawkins
S
1996–2008

23
Troy Vincent
CB
1996–2003

2013
5
Donovan McNabb
QB
1999–2009

2015
36
Brian Westbrook
RB
2002–2009

55
Maxie Baughan
LB
1960–1965

2016
54
Jeremiah Trotter
LB
1998–2001, 2004–2006, 2009

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Merrill Reese
Radio Play by Play
1977–Present

2017
2
David Akers
K
1999- 2010

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Offense
McNabb (QB)
Van Buren (RB)
Byars (FB)
Carmichael (WR)
McDonald (WR)
Pihos (TE)
Thomas (LT)
Key (LG)
Bednarik (C)
Andrews (RG)
Runyan (RT)
Defense
Simmons (DE)
White (DE)
J. Brown (DT)
Johnson (DT)
Bednarik (MLB)
Joyner (OLB)
Wojciechowicz (OLB)
Allen (CB)
Vincent (CB)
Waters (SS)
Dawkins (FS)
Special teams
T. Brown (KR)
Westbrook (PR)
Akers (PK)
Landeta (P)
Papale (ST)
Coach
Andy Reid

text: John Wanamaker Athletic Award (Philadelphia Sports Congress)

text: Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

text: Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame

text: Franchise records

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text: Passing

text:
Statistic
Regular season
Playoffs
Rookie

Career
Season
Game
Career
Season
Game
Season
Game

Completions
2801
Donovan McNabb
379
Carson Wentz
2016
37
Mark Sanchez
2014-12-20 @WAS
Sam Bradford
2015-12-26 WAS
341
Donovan McNabb
73
Donovan McNabb
2008
30
Donovan McNabb
2005-02-06 NNWE
379
Carson Wentz
2016
36
Carson Wentz
2016-12-04 @CIN

Pass Attempts
4746
Donovan McNabb
607
Carson Wentz
2016
62
Randall Cunningham
1989-10-02 @CHI
Nick Foles
2014-10-26 @ARI
577
Donovan McNabb
121
Donovan McNabb
2008
54
Randall Cunningham
1988-12-31 @CHI
607
Carson Wentz
2016
60
Carson Wentz
2016-12-04 @CIN

Passing Yards
32873
Donovan McNabb
3916
Donovan McNabb
2008
464
Donovan McNabb
2004-12-05 GNB
3752
Donovan McNabb
892
Donovan McNabb
2008
407
Randall Cunningham
1988-12-31 @CHI
3782
Carson Wentz
2016
381
Nick Foles
2012-12-09 @TAM

Passing TDs
216
Donovan McNabb
33
Carson Wentz
2017
7
Nick Foles
2013-11-03 @OAK
24
Donovan McNabb
7
Donovan McNabb
2004
3
Ron Jaworski
1979-12-23 CHI
Rodney Peete
1995-12-30 DET
Donovan McNabb
2005-02-06 NNWE
2009-01-18 @ARI /> Nick Foles
2018-01-21 MIN
2018-02-04 NNWE
16
Carson Wentz
2016
3
Scott Tinsley
1987-10-11 @DAL
Donovan McNabb
2000-01-02 STL

Intercepted
151
Ron Jaworski
26
Sonny Jurgensen
1962
6
Bobby Thomason
1956-10-21 CRD
Pete Liske
1971-09-26 DAL
17
Donovan McNabb
7
Ron Jaworski
1980
3
Ron Jaworski
1981-01-25 NOAK
Randall Cunningham
1988-12-31 @CHI
Donovan McNabb
2004-01-18 CAR
2005-02-06 NNWE
17
Davey O'Brien
1939
4
Randall Cunningham
1985-09-15 RAM
Scott Tinsley
1987-10-18 @GNB
Brad Goebel
1991-10-13 NOR

Passer Rating
94.2+
Nick Foles
119.2#
Nick Foles
2013
158.3*
Donovan McNabb
2007-09-23 DET
Nick Foles
2013-11-03 @OAK
83.6#
Jeff Garcia
132.4*
Rodney Peete
1995
143.3*
Rodney Peete
1995-12-30 DET
79.3#
Carson Wentz
2016
131.7*
Scott Tinsley
1987-10-11 @DAL

Sacked
422
Randall Cunningham
72
Randall Cunningham
1986
12
Donovan McNabb
2007-09-30 @NYG
48
Donovan McNabb
12
Donovan McNabb
2003
8
Donovan McNabb
2004-01-11 GNB
38
John Reaves
1972
7
Randall Cunningham
1985-09-29 NYG

Yds/Pass Att
8.71+
Sonny Jurgensen
9.12#
Nick Foles
2013
16.29*
Sonny Jurgensen
1962-11-25 DAL
6.5#
Donovan McNabb
Randall Cunningham
10.2*
Norm Van Brocklin
1960
10.8*
Rodney Peete
1995-12-30 DET
6.73#
John Reaves
1972
12.47*
Randall Cunningham
1985-09-22 @WAS

Pass Yds/Game
266.1+
Sam Bradford
278.6#
Donovan McNabb
2005
-
234.5#
Donovan McNabb
407*
Randall Cunningham
1988
-
242.7#
Nick Foles
2012
-

text: + = min. 500 attempts, # = min. 100 attempts, ∗ = minimum 15 attempts,

text: Rushing

text:
Statistic
Regular season
Playoffs
Rookie

Career
Season
Game
Career
Season
Game
Season
Game

Rush Attempts
1465
Wilbert Montgomery
353
Ricky Watters
1996
35
Heath Sherman
1990-11-12 WAS
141
Wilbert Montgomery
68
Wilbert Montgomery
1980
26
Wilbert Montgomery
1979-12-23 CHI
1981-01-03 MIN
1981-01-11 DAL
182
Po James
1972
28
Charlie Garner
1994-10-09 WAS

Rush Yards
6792
LeSean McCoy
1607
LeSean McCoy
2013
217
LeSean McCoy
2013-12-08 DET
591
Brian Westbrook
312
Wilbert Montgomery
1980
194
Wilbert Montgomery
1981-01-11 DAL
637
LeSean McCoy
2009
178
Bryce Brown
2012-11-26 CAR

Rush Yds/Att
6.62
Randall Cunningham
7.98
Randall Cunningham
1990
11.63
Timmy Brown
1965-11-07 @CLE
5.86
Donovan McNabb
7.79
Brian Westbrook
2006
7.46
Wilbert Montgomery
1981-01-11 DAL
4.9
Bryce Brown
2012
9.37
Bryce Brown
2012-11-26 CAR

Rushing TDs
69
Steve Van Buren
17
LeSean McCoy
2011
3
Wilbert Montgomery
1979-10-07 WAS
1982-12-19 HOU
LeSean McCoy
2010-09-19 @DET
6
Wilbert Montgomery
3
Wilbert Montgomery
1980
Brian Westbrook
2006
2
Wilbert Montgomery
1981-01-03 MIN
1981-12-27 NYG
4
Ken Keller
1956
LeSean McCoy
2009
Bryce Brown
2012
2
Wilbert Montgomery
1977-12-18 NYJ
James Joseph
1991-11-04 NYG
Charlie Garner
1994-10-02 @SFO
Bryce Brown
2012-11-26 CAR
2012-12-02 @DAL

Rush Yds/Game
79
Ricky Watters
100.4
LeSean McCoy
2013
-
74
Wilbert Montgomery
128.5
Brian Westbrook
2006
-
70.1
Mike Hogan
1976
-

text: ∗ = minimum 15 attempts, # = min. 100 attempts, + = min. 500 attempts

text: Receiving

text:
Statistic
Regular season
Playoffs
Rookie

Career
Season
Game
Career
Season
Game
Season
Game

Receptions
589
Harold Carmichael
90
Brian Westbrook
2007
13
Jeremy Maclin
2011-09-18 @ATL
Zach Ertz
2017-01-01 DAL
38
Chad Lewis
19
Brent Celek
2008
10
Brent Celek
2009-01-18 @ARI
81
Keith Jackson
1988
11
Junior Tautalatasi
1986-11-09 NYG

Receiving Yds
8,978
Harold Carmichael
1409
Mike Quick
1983
237
Tommy McDonald
1961-12-10 NYG
465
Harold Carmichael
211
Kevin Curtis
2008
146
Jeremy Maclin
2010-01-09 @DAL
912
DeSean Jackson
2008
177
Hank Baskett
2006-12-31 ATL

Yds/Rec
19.16+
Tommy McDonald
21.44#
Ben Hawkins
1967
52.5*
DeSean Jackson
2010-12-12 @DAL
16.03#
Harold Carmichael
23.5*
Donte' Stallworth
2006
30.5*
Kevin Curtis
2009-01-18 @ARI
21.09
#Hank Baskett
2006
28.5*
Fred Barnett
1990-10-15 MIN

Receiving TDs
79
Harold Carmichael
14
Terrell Owens
2004
4
Ben Hawkins
1969-09-28 PIT
6
Harold Carmichael
3
Harold Carmichael
1979
Brent Celek
2008
2
Harold Carmichael
1979-12-23 CHI
Fred Barnett
1993-01-03 @NOR
Chad Lewis
2005-01-23 ATL
Brent Celek
2009-01-18 @ARI
9
Calvin Williams
1990
2
(9 times)

Rec Yds/Game
70.3+
DeSean Jackson
90.4#
Ben Hawkins
1967
-
66.4#
Harold Carmichael
146*
Jeremy Maclin
2009
-
64.3#
Don Looney
1940
-

text: ∗ = minimum 4 receptions, # = min. 20 receptions, + = min. 200 receptions

text: Other

text:
Statistic
Regular season
Playoffs
Rookie

Career
Season
Game
Career
Season
Game
Season
Game

Total TDs
79
Harold Carmichael
20
LeSean McCoy
2011
4
Ben Hawkins
1969-09-28 PIT
Wilbert Montgomery
1978-09-10 @WAS
1979-10-07 WAS
Brian Westbrook
2008-11-27 ARI
6
Brian Westbrook
Wilbert Montgomery
Harold Carmichael
3
Harold Carmichael
1979
Wilbert Montgomery
1980
Duce Staley
2001
Brian Westbrook
2006
Brent Celek
2008
2
(8 times)
9
Calvin Williams
1990
3
Corey Clement
2017-11-05 DEN

Yds from Scrimmage
9,785
Brian Westbrook
2146
LeSean McCoy
2013
249
Timmy Brown
1962-12-16 @STL
925
Brian Westbrook
443
Wilbert Montgomery
1980
208
Wilbert Montgomery
1981-01-11 DAL
878
Charle Young
1973
189
Bryce Brown
2012-11-26 CAR

All Purpose Yds
12,049
Timmy Brown
2428
Timmy Brown
1963
341
Timmy Brown
1962-12-16 @STL
953
Brian Westbrook
443
Wilbert Montgomery
1980
208
Wilbert Montgomery
1981-01-11 DAL
940
Steve Van Buren
1944
231
Kevin Bowman
1987-10-11 @DAL

text: Returning

text:
Statistic
Regular season
Playoffs

Career
Season
Game
Career
Season
Game

Kick Returns
169
Timmy Brown
54
Allen Rossum
1999
8
Derrick Witherspoon
1996-11-24 @ARI
Allen Rossum
1999-11-21 IND
Quintin Demps
2008-11-09 NYG
22
Brian Mitchell
11
Brian Mitchell
2001
6
Brian Mitchell
2002-01-27 @STL

Kick Ret Yds
4,483
Timmy Brown
1347
Allen Rossum
1999
253
Derrick Witherspoon
1996-11-24 @ARI
522
Brian Mitchell
239
Brian Mitchell
2001
128
Brian Mitchell
2002-01-27 @STL

Yds/KR
27.74
Josh Huff
33.25
Steve Van Buren
1944

61
Jake Elliott
2017-09-24

25.29
J.R. Reed
26.8
Brian Mitchell
2002
31.25
Brian Mitchell
2003-01-19 TAM

Kick Ret TDs
5
Timmy Brown
2
Timmy Brown
1966
Derrick Witherspoon
1996
2
Timmy Brown
1966-11-06 DAL
0

Punt Returns
148
Wally Henry
54
Wally Henry
1981
9
Larry Marshall
1977-09-18 TAM
16
Brian Mitchell
8
Wally Henry
1979
John Sciarra
1980
6
John Sciarra
1981-01-11 DAL

Punt Ret Yds
1369
Brian Mitchell
567
Brian Mitchell
2002
140
Alvin Haymond
1968-10-06 @WAS
174
DeSean Jackson
122
DeSean Jackson
2008
109
DeSean Jackson
2009-01-04 @MIN

Yds/PR
14.71
Ernie Steele
20.44
Ernie Steele
1942
33
Brian Mitchell
2002-11-25 @SFO
15.82
DeSean Jackson
17.43
DeSean Jackson
2008
21.8
DeSean Jackson
2009-01-04 @MIN

Punt Ret TDs
4
DeSean Jackson
Darren Sproles
2
Brian Westbrook
2003
DeSean Jackson
2009
Darren Sproles
2014, 2015
1
(8 times)
0

Total Return Yds
4,997
Timmy Brown
1729
Brian Mitchell
2002
234
Vai Sikahema
1992-11-22 @NYG
657
Brian Mitchell
296
Brian Mitchell
2001
159
Brian Mitchell
2003-01-19 TAM

text: Defense

text:
Statistic
Regular season
Playoffs

Career
Season
Game
Career
Season
Game

Interceptions
34
Bill Bradley
Brian Dawkins
Eric Allen
11
Bill Bradley
1971
3
Don Burroughs
1961-12-03 @PIT
Nate Ramsey
1965-11-28 @STL
Jim Nettles
1965-12-12 @PIT
Joe Scarpati
1966-10-23 @NYG
5
Herm Edwards
3
Roynell Young
1980
Damon Moore
2001
2
Herm Edwards
1981-01-03 MIN
Roynell Young
1981-01-03 MIN
Eric Allen
1993-01-03 @NOR
Damon Moore
2002-01-12 TAM

Int Ret Yds
536
Bill Bradley
248
Bill Bradley
1971
114
Frank LeMaster
1975-12-21 @WAS
77
Damon Moore
77
Damon Moore
2001
59
Damon Moore
2002-01-12 TAM

Int Ret TDs
5
Eric Allen
4
Eric Allen
1993
2
Eric Allen
1993-12-26 NOR
1
(6 times)

Sacks (since 1982)
124
Reggie White
21
Reggie White
1987
4.5
Clyde Simmons
1991-09-15 @DAL
Hugh Douglas
1998-10-18 @SDG
4
Derrick Burgess
Hugh Douglas
Carl Hairston
Reggie White
3
Carl Hairston
1980
Derrick Burgess
2004
2
Carl Hairston
1981-01-03 MIN
Hugh Douglas
2000-12-31 TAM
Derrick Burgess
2005-01-23 ATL
Darwin Walker
2007-01-13 @NOR

text: Exceptional performances

text:
Statistic
Career
Season
Playoff Games
Rookie Games

300+ yard passing games
30
Donovan McNabb
6
Donovan McNabb
2004
3
Donovan McNabb
4
Carson Wentz
2016

100+ yard rushing games
26
Wilbert Montgomery
8
Wilbert Montgomery
1981
Brian Westbrook
2006
2
Brian Westbrook
2
Don Johnson
1953
Mike Hogan
1976
Charlie Garner
1994
Bryce Brown
2012

100+ yard receiving games
23
Pete Retzlaff
8
Terrell Owens
2004
2
Fred Barnett
Keith Jackson
4
Charle Young
1973

Games with 1+ TD scored
69
Harold Carmichael
13
LeSean McCoy
2011
5
Harold Carmichael
Duce Staley
Brian Westbrook
9
Calvin Williams
1990

Games with 2+ TD scored
18
Brian Westbrook
6
LeSean McCoy
2011
2
Wilbert Montgomery
2
Bryce Brown
2012
Jordan Matthews
2014

Games with 3+ TD scored
7
Brian Westbrook
2
Pete Retzlaff
1965
Wilbert Montgomery
1982
Terrell Owens
2004
Brian Westbrook
2007, 2008
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text: Coaches of note

text: Current staff

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Philadelphia Eagles staff

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Front Office

Chairman/CEO – Jeffrey Lurie
President – Don Smolenski
Executive Vice President of Football Operations – Howie Roseman
Senior Football Advisor – Tom Donahoe
Vice President of Player Personnel – Joe Douglas
Assistant Director of Player Personnel – Andy Weidl
Vice President of Football Operations and Strategy – Alec Halaby
Senior Director of College Scouting – Anthony Patch
Director of College Scouting – Ian Cunningham
Assistant Director of College Scouting – Mike Bradway
Director of Pro Scouting – Dwayne Joseph
Assistant Director of Pro Scouting – Brandon Brown
Director of Football Administration – Jake Rosenberg
Football Operations Executive – Brian Dawkins
Player Personnel Executive – T.J. McCreight
Player Personnel Executive College/Pro – Trey Brown
Assistant Director of Football Analytics – Taylor Rajack

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Doug Pederson
Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs – Duce Staley

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Mike Groh
Quarterbacks – Press Taylor
Wide Receivers – Gunter Brewer
Assistant Wide Receivers - Carson Walch
Tight Ends – Justin Peelle
Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator – Jeff Stoutland
Assistant Offensive Line/Tight Ends/Run Game – Eugene Chung
Offensive Quality Control/Assistant Quarterbacks – Spencer Phillips
Offensive Quality Control/Assistant Running Backs - Trent Miles
Offensive Quality Control/Assistant Offensive Line – T.J. Paganetti

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Jim Schwartz
Defensive Line – Chris Wilson
Linebackers – Ken Flajole
Secondary – Cory Undlin
Safeties – Tim Hauck
Defensive Quality Control/Assistant Defensive Line – Phillip Daniels
Defensive Quality Control/Assistant Linebackers - Ryan Paganetti
Defensive Quality Control/Assistant Secondary – Dino Vasso

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams Coordinator – Dave Fipp
Assistant Special Teams – Matthew Harper

Strength and Conditioning

Head Strength Coach – Josh Hingst
Assistant Strength Coach – Keith Gray
Perfomance Nutrition Coordinator/Assistant Strength Coach - Michael Minnis
Strength Assistant – Ben Wagner
Director of High Performance – Shaun Huls

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text: Radio and television

text: Eagles radio affiliates

text:
City
Call Sign
Frenquency

Atlantic City, New Jersey
WPGG
1450 AM

Easton, Pennsylvania
WCTO
96.1 FM

Levittown, Pennsylvania
WBCB
1490 AM

Milford, Delaware
WAFL
97.7 FM

Millville, New Jersey
WENJ
97.3 FM

Philadelphia
WTEL
610 AM

WIP-FM
94.1 FM

Pottsville, Pennsylvania
WPPA
1360 AM

Reading, Pennsylvania
WEEU
830 AM

Scranton, Pennsylvania
WEJL
630 AM

Sunbury, Pennsylvania
WEGH
107.3 FM

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
WBZD-FM
93.3 FM

Wilmington, Delaware
WDEL
1150 AM

York, Pennsylvania
WSOX
96.1 FM

text: From 2008 through 2010, Eagles games were broadcast on both rock-formatted WYSP and sports-talk Sports Radio 610 WIP, as both stations are owned and operated by CBS Radio. In 2011, CBS dropped the music on WYSP, renaming it WIP-FM and making it a full simulcast of WIP. Later, 610 AM became a CBS Sports Radio national broadcast, and 94 WIP was broadcast on WIP FM. The Eagles extended their broadcasting contract with WIP-FM through 2024.[66]

text: Merrill Reese, who joined the Eagles in 1976, is the play-by-play announcer, and former Eagles wide receiver Mike Quick, who replaced the offense lineman Stan Walters beginning in 1998, is the color analyst. The post game show, which has consisted of many Philadelphia sports personalities, as of the 2014 season is hosted by Kevin Riley, a former Eagles linebacker and special-teamer, and Rob Ellis. Riley was the former post-game host for the show on 94 WYSP before the WIP change over; Rob Ellis hosts a weekly show nightly from 6–10 on 94.1 WIP-FM. No announcement was made prior to the start of preseason regarding who would be the host(s) for 2015.

text: In 2015, the preseason games are being televised on WCAU, the local NBC owned and operated station. Television announcers for these preseason games were not announced prior to the start of preseason. During the regular season, games are governed by the NFL's master broadcasting contract with FOX, CBS, NBC, and ESPN. Most games can be seen on FOX-owned WTXF-TV. When hosting an AFC team, those games can be seen on CBS-owned KYW-TV.

text: Media and cultural reference

text: In the book MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, the character Captain Oliver Wendell "Spearchucker" Jones fictionally played for the Philadelphia Eagles, though in the movie this was changed to San Francisco.

text: The 1976 draw was the subject of the movie Invincible. The movie stars Mark Wahlberg as Vince Papale, a 30-year-old bartender and part-time school teacher, and also a diehard Eagles fan who became an Eagles player. The film differs slightly from true events as the selection process was invitation only, and Papale had at least some previous playing experience.[67] The film Silver Linings Playbook highlights the 2008 Philadelphia Eagles season. The film was critically acclaimed and nominated for several awards including 8 Academy Awards.

text: In the 1978 Academy Award-winning movie The Deer Hunter, the Eagles are referenced when Nick talks to Stan in the bar, saying: "Hey, I got a hundred bucks says the Eagles never cross the fifty in the next half and Oakland wins by 20!" Stan responds; "And I got an extra twenty says the Eagles' quarterback wears a dress!"[68]

text: The award-winning comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia starring Danny DeVito makes several references to the Philadelphia Eagles, most notably Season 3, Episode 2 – "The Gang Gets Invincible," the title being a reference to the Wahlberg film.[69]


document_title: Top of the Lake

question_text: how many episodes of top of the lake china girl

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text: Top of the Lake

text: Cast[edit]

text: Top of the Lake[edit]

text: Main[edit]

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Elisabeth Moss as Robin Griffin, a Sydney detective specialising in sexual assault who is visiting her remote New Zealand hometown of Laketop, agrees to investigate the pregnancy and disappearance of a local 12-year-old girl, Tui Mitcham. Her ability to empathise with Tui's circumstances is based on a horrific event during her own teenage years.
David Wenham as Al Parker, an old-school and well-liked detective sergeant, based in Queenstown, who also manages a café where young offenders are given a second chance.
Peter Mullan as Matt Mitcham, a Scotsman and head of the Mitcham family. He is the informal leader of the town, feared by the townspeople, but with a complex inner life.
Tom Wright as Johnno Mitcham, Matt's estranged youngest son, and Robin's teenage sweetheart. He recently returned to Laketop after serving eight years in Bangkwang, a Thai prison, for drug possession.
Holly Hunter as GJ, an androgynous Swiss spiritual leader, arriving at Paradise with a group of troubled women, who hope GJ and Laketop will help them rediscover themselves.

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text: Supporting[edit]

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Kip Chapman and Jay Ryan as Luke and Mark Mitcham, Matt's brute sons.
Jacqueline Joe as Tui Angel Mitcham, Matt's 12-year-old daughter who disappears after it is discovered that she is five months pregnant.
Robyn Nevin as Jude Griffin, Robin's mother, who is suffering from cancer.
Calvin Tuteao as Turangi, Jude's caring Māori boyfriend, who has a violent temper.

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Alison Bruce as Anne-Marie
Georgi Kay as Melissa
Lucy Lawless as Caroline Platt
Genevieve Lemon as Bunny
Robyn Malcolm as Anita
Griz Pomirska as "the Naked Lady"
Sarah Valentine as Prue
Skye Wansey as Grishina

text:
Ben Barrington as Terry
James Blake as Shotover
Byron Coll as Penguin
Cohen Holloway as Mike
Oscar Redding as Sarge
Edwin Wright as Scuzz

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text:
Luke Buchanan as Jamie
Sam Dickson as Jase
Connor Olivia Moore as Kayla
Layne Opetaia as Daniel
Alice Ward as Gemma

text:
Stephen Lovatt as Officer Pete
Gavin Rutherford as Officer Joy
Madeleine Sami as Zena the secretary

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Edward Campbell as Putty, the "village idiot".
Lauren Dawes as Mandy, Johnno's girlfriend.
Erica Englert as Narelle, Matt's housekeeper.
Mirrah Foulkes as Simone, Jamie's mother.
Dra McKay as Delia, Tui's teacher.

text: Top of the Lake: China Girl[edit]

text: Main[edit]

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Elisabeth Moss as Robin Griffin, now returned to Sydney, investigates the death of an unidentified Asian girl whose body is found at Bondi Beach.
Gwendoline Christie as Miranda Hilmarson, a 35-year-old Constable in the Sydney Police Force, who becomes Robin's partner.[5]
David Dencik as Alexander "Puss" Braun, a 42-year-old charismatic German, who owns a building in Sydney he rents to a brothel. He is also Mary's boyfriend. Puss's grooming of Mary frightens Robin, Pyke and Julia.[6]
Ewen Leslie as Pyke Edwards, a successful lawyer and Mary's adoptive father. Mary resents him for his passivity in his relationship with Julia.[7]
Alice Englert as Mary Edwards, Robin's 17-year-old daughter, whom she gave up for adoption at two days old. Suffering from anxiety and low self-esteem, Mary has begun to act out, due to the separation of her parents.[5]
Nicole Kidman as Julia Edwards, Mary's overbearing adoptive mother. She has recently become estranged from her husband and daughter, due to having an affair with a female teacher from Mary's school, with whom she now lives.

text: Supporting[edit]

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Clayton Jacobson as Detective Sergeant Adrian Butler, Robin's boss[8]
Kym Gyngell as Bootie, who owns the Silk 41 brothel in Sydney, in space rented from Puss[9]
Ling Cooper Tang as Dang, Bootie's Thai-born wife and madam of the brothel
Geoff Morrell as Ray, the police pathologist
Liv Hewson as Michaela, Mary's best friend at school
Christiaan Van Vuuren as Stally, a police constable interested in Robin
Lincoln Vickery, as Brett Iles, a young computer science student in love with a missing brothel worker, Cinnamon
Mark Leonard Winter as Johnno, Robin's childhood love and now ex-fiancé, whom she dumped on their wedding day

text: Production[edit]

text: Top of the Lake[edit]

text: Actress Jennifer Ehle auditioned for the role of GJ, which went to Holly Hunter. Jane Campion originally offered the role of Robin to Anna Paquin, who had worked with her on The Piano (1993). Paquin declined due to her pregnancy, and the role went to American Elisabeth Moss.[10]

text: The series was originally intended as a co-production with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. But after Moss was cast as Robin, the network pulled their funding before production began, citing a prior agreement to put an Australian actress in the lead.[11] Australian-based channel UKTV, owned by BBC Worldwide, filled the funding gap left by the ABC.[12] Philippa Campbell was the New Zealand-based producer.

text: Filming took 18 weeks and was shot entirely on location in Queenstown and Glenorchy, in Otago, on the South Island of New Zealand. While Queenstown is referred to during the series, Glenorchy doubles as the fictitious town of Laketop. The scenes in the women's commune were filmed at Moke Lake.[10]

text: Top of the Lake: China Girl[edit]

text: In early 2013, co-creator Jane Campion said that Top of the Lake comes to a distinct ending, and there would be no additional series.[13] Despite this, it was announced in October 2014 that the series had been renewed for a second season.[14] China Girl began shooting on location in Sydney, Australia in December 2015.[15][16]

text: Campion returned as co-writer and co-director. Gerard Lee returned as co-writer. The original co-director, Garth Davis, was replaced by Ariel Kleiman due to scheduling conflicts.[17] Philippa Campbell returned as producer. Actress Nicole Kidman joined the cast for China Girl, which is the second time she has worked with Campion. Kidman "plays an Australian mother, Julia, whose story dovetails with that of Detective Robin Griffin", played by Elisabeth Moss.[18] Christie, a fan of Campion's The Piano, joined the cast after sending a letter through a mutual friend.[19]

text: Release[edit]

text: Top of the Lake screened in its entirety at the January 2013 Sundance Film Festival, in a single seven-hour session with one intermission and a break for lunch.  This was the first such screening in the history of the festival.[20] Top of the Lake was additionally shown at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.

text: The US premiere was on the Sundance Channel on 18 March 2013,[21] in Australia on BBC UKTV on 24 March 2013,[22] and in New Zealand on 25 March, also on BBC UKTV.[23]

text: China Girl was screened in its entirety at the May 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[24] In the UK, it premiered on BBC Two on 27 July 2017, and the entire series was released on the  BBC iPlayer immediately afterwards. [25] In the US, it premiered in September 2017, on Sundance TV,[26] and each episode will be available on Hulu the day after its screening on SundanceTV.[27] In Canada, China Girl premiered on 25 October 2017, on CBC Television.[28]

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Series 1[edit]

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Sundance episodesNo.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date11"Episode 1"Jane CampionJane Campion & Gerard Lee18 March 2013 (2013-03-18)
In the small town of Laketop, New Zealand, a young girl named Tui Mitcham is discovered standing chest-deep in the icy, glacial waters of the titular lake. Afterwards, a school nurse notices that the girl is pregnant. Robin Griffin, who grew up in the area, is now a police inspector in Sydney who specializes in cases involving children.  While home visiting her sick mother, she agrees to interview Tui at the local police station.
22"Episode 2"Garth Davis with Jane CampionJane Campion & Gerard Lee18 March 2013 (2013-03-18)
Robin encounters two women from Paradise. They tell her Tui was with them the day before she disappeared but was gone in the morning. Robin organizes the local authorities to search for Tui. During the search, Robin walks into the lake and has a vision of Tui doing the same, the latter clenching her fists in the water.
33"Episode 3"Garth DavisJane Campion & Gerard Lee25 March 2013 (2013-03-25)
Matt Mitcham goes to Paradise and sits in on a session with GJ, the enigmatic leader of the camp. In a mocking tone, Matt asks the group about the human mind. GJ tells Matt that the human mind schemes. Later, Al meets Matt in the middle of the lake for a secret meeting.
44"Episode 4"Garth Davis with Jane CampionJane Campion & Gerard Lee1 April 2013 (2013-04-01)
Robin has dinner at Al's ultramodern, immaculate, lakeside house. Robin tells Al she thinks Tui's note, that said "No One", meant there were multiple rapists. Al counsels Robin she is getting too involved in Tui's case, likely because of Robin's own history of having been gang raped, at age 15.
55"Episode 5"Jane Campion with Garth DavisJane Campion & Gerard Lee8 April 2013 (2013-04-08)
Robin asks Johnno what he wanted to tell her about the night she was raped. Johnno describes how he heard Robin screaming and he peed himself. He says he found a latch to get out of the dog cage in the back of the truck but was too afraid to persist in trying to stop the men from raping her.
66"Episode 6"Garth Davis with Jane CampionJane Campion & Gerard Lee15 April 2013 (2013-04-15)
Robin reveals to Johnno that she plans to make a case against Matt Mitcham, in hopes of encouraging Tui to come home. Robin shares that she caught Jamie attempting to take Tui with rohypnol, a "date rape" drug that Robin suspects Matt manufactures. Johnno warns Robin against bringing a case against Matt, as Matt's drug business provides much of the town with a livelihood.
77"Episode 7"Jane CampionJane Campion & Gerard Lee15 April 2013 (2013-04-15)
Robin goes to work at the police station the next day and tells Al that Matt said he was her father. Matt, certain that Tui could not be pregnant, searches for and finds her with her newborn baby. As he is about to kill the baby, Tui appears and kills Matt. Robin discovers that Al has been pimping young boys and girls from the barista training, including Tui, to other men for sex.

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BBC episodesNo.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byUK air dateUK[29] viewers(millions)11"Paradise Sold"Jane CampionJane Campion & Gerard Lee13 July 2013 (2013-07-13)2.70
Tui's pregnancy is discovered, and the Paradise community moves in.
22"Searchers Search"Garth DavisJane Campion & Gerard Lee20 July 2013 (2013-07-20)1.92
Robin's search for Tui begins.
33"The Edge of the Universe"Garth DavisJane Campion & Gerard Lee27 July 2013 (2013-07-27)1.57
Robin makes a breakthrough. Over dinner at Al's place he warns her about her past being known.
44"A Rainbow Above Us"Jane CampionJane Campion & Gerard Lee3 August 2013 (2013-08-03)1.32
Al dismisses Robin from the case. Her passionate affair with Johnno intensifies.
55"The Dark Creator"Garth DavisJane Campion & Gerard Lee10 August 2013 (2013-08-10)1.50
Robin is back on the case. Matt gathers troops to hunt Tui down. Tui's friends celebrate her birthday in the mountains.
66"No Goodbyes, Thanks"Jane CampionJane Campion & Gerard Lee17 August 2013 (2013-08-17)1.72
Matt reveals his secret about Robin, and the investigation concludes.

text: Series 2: China Girl[edit]

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byUK air dateUK[30] viewers(millions)71"China Girl"Jane CampionJane Campion & Gerard Lee27 July 2017 (2017-07-27)3.39
In Sydney, brothel owners Bootie and Dang throw a heavy suitcase off a cliff into the ocean. Four years after the events with Tui, Robin tries to adjust back to life in Sydney while dealing with residual PTSD from shooting Al Parker. Parker turned witness in the case of the paedophile ring in exchange for immunity, but has now filed a civil suit against Robin, claiming the shooting was personally motivated. Robin's daughter, Mary, is now nearly 18 and exhibiting signs of mental instability that her adoptive parents worry is more than teen angst. Unbeknownst to her parents, Mary is dating a 42-year-old German, Alexander, nicknamed "Puss", who lives above a brothel, Silk 41. Mary is enamoured with Puss, who claims to be "empowering" the young Asian prostitutes by teaching them English and other life lessons. Mary is aggressively rebelling and openly hostile against her adoptive parents, Pyke and Julia, who are getting a divorce after Julia came out as a lesbian. Pyke and Julia are appalled after meeting Puss, who informs them he plans to marry Mary. Robin's new boss, Detective Sergeant Adrian Butler, brings a large stuffed panda to a young Asian woman. Brett, a socially awkward university student who frequents brothels, worries because he can't find a prostitute named Cinnamon, whom he believes is his girlfriend. Meanwhile, the suitcase washes up on Bondi Beach and it contains the decomposing body of a woman. Robin and a rookie constable, the awkward Miranda, are assigned to the case.
82"The Loved One"Ariel KleimanJane Campion & Gerard Lee3 August 2017 (2017-08-03)2.38
A flashback reveals that four weeks earlier, Johnno was arrested on their wedding day after his pot farm was raided, and Robin left him after discovering he had cheated on her as well. Meanwhile, Tui is now raising her son at the women's commune. In the present, Robin, who had three miscarriages while with Johnno, has nightmares about babies. Robin is obsessed with the case of the Asian Jane Doe found in the suitcase, dubbed "China Girl," whose cause of death was possibly strangulation. With no matching reports from missing persons, they suspect she was working as a prostitute, possibly entering the country with a false passport. Robin and Miranda observe the autopsy, where the coroner learns that China Girl was about 17 weeks pregnant. An emotional Miranda leaves the autopsy when she sees the tiny foetus, and she later reveals she is 18 weeks pregnant. Robin is irritated by Miranda, but Adrian insists they work together, because nobody else will work with either of them. They visit brothels, which are legal in Sydney. Robin notices a large stuffed panda at one, Silk 41, and asks Adrian what happened to the one he had in his office. He claims he gave it to his son. Brett goes to Silk 41 to find Cinnamon, and is eventually told she went to Canberra. He refuses to believe she would without telling him. Robin finally works up the courage to contact Mary, leaving a letter at the Edwards' home. She first meets with Pyke and Julia at his office, and Julia angrily informs her that Mary's behavioural problems began four years earlier, after she never received a reply to the letter she sent Robin. She chastises her for not having the decency to respond, and that Mary agonised over whether she had said something wrong in the letter. Julia storms off, but Pyke is more patient and listen as Robin explains she was just 16 years old when Mary was born. Robin is able to meet Mary, who behaves oddly and exhibits very low self-esteem. Mary reveals she assumed that she was the product of rape, which Robin confirms. Mary volunteers to murder her mother's rapist, and Robin confesses that she never knew who the father was, being a victim of a gang rape. A DNA test on the male foetus reveals China Girl was not his biological mother, mystifying the pathologist. Robin, though, realises the dead girl was acting as a surrogate mother, changing the course of the investigation.
93"Surrogate"Ariel KleimanJane Campion & Gerard Lee10 August 2017 (2017-08-10)1.97
Robin believes that China Girl was acting as an illegal surrogate, as the law states surrogates must be over 25 and have already had a child of their own, and thus the biological parents were working outside the normal system. She and Miranda visit a fertility clinic, where a doctor tells Robin that although many parents may be desperate enough to try illegal surrogacy, that would bring great risk as the law would side with the surrogate mother, who could decide to keep the child. Robin comes out to see Miranda arguing with the receptionist. Robin gets a lead after potentially finding the biological parents for whom China Girl was a surrogate, after a mentally unstable woman is wandering in traffic, crying about her missing baby. Robin visits the woman, Felicity, and her husband, Mike, in the psychiatric ward. Mike, who has a criminal record for cocaine possession, eventually agrees to take a DNA test. Robin is irritated by Miranda, who smokes and drinks despite her pregnancy, and who is now sleeping with Robin's brother on top of having an affair with the married Adrian. Another detective, Stally, continues to make unwanted advances on Robin. After some investigating, Pyke and Julia confront Puss with the fact that he is already married, causing him to have a bizarre outburst in a restaurant and a further rift between them and Mary. Puss locks himself in his apartment and refuses to see Mary or any of the prostitutes in to see him. After being called by Pyke, Robin takes Mary to her apartment, where Mary breaks down because of Puss refusing to see her. Robin's mediation with Al, now confined to a wheelchair, does not go as planned when he tries to kill her before it begins.
104"Birthday"Ariel KleimanJane Campion & Gerard Lee17 August 2017 (2017-08-17)1.92
Puss manipulates Mary to start working as a prostitute when she turns 18, mocking her for her privileged upbringing and implying she thinks she is better than her friends at the brothel. Pyke and Mary attend her school's Daddy/Daughter dance, which he has been looking forward to. Mary at first stops to check on Puss, who talks his way into attending, claiming he is her "Daddy." At the dance, he interrupts Pyke and Mary's waltz and causes outrage when he begins dancing sexually with Mary, and is thrown out. Brett, who has seen the news about the Asian Jane Doe, contacts the police and gives them a photo of Cinnamon. Upset that the police consider him a suspect, Brett tells them about the creepy guy at the brothel. As he describes him, Robin fears he is talking about Mary's boyfriend. Mary takes some of the prostitutes (whom she claims are students) to the beach with her, Pyke and Robin, to teach them how to swim. Puss comes along and, after noticing Robin's air of hostility towards him, he brings up her rape, makes sexually suggestive remarks and then violently attacks her, biting her on the nose. Mary, screaming and hitting herself in the head, convinces Robin not to press charges. The DNA test reveals that Felicity and Mike are not the biological parents, but Robin is shocked to find out they have three young Asian women as surrogate mothers. Mary asks Dang to start working there, and Dang refuses. On Mary's 18th birthday, Puss takes Mary to a hookers' strip. She says she is afraid and he hits her in the face. He tells her that is worse than what any John will do to her, and now she doesn't have to be afraid, and then leaves her there. Unable to complete the act, she is thrown out of a car by a John, and phones Robin for help. In Robin's car, Mary sees the photo of Cinnamon, whom she recognises.  Robin hints that Mary is in great danger. At Robin's apartment, Mary breaks down crying, saying she doesn't know how to leave him.
115"Who's Your Daddy"Jane CampionJane Campion & Gerard Lee24 August 2017 (2017-08-24)[31]1.69
Mary leaves the safety of Robin's home to reconnect with Puss, who learns from her that Robin is looking into the murder of Cinnamon. Robin tells Pyke about picking Mary up from under the overpass. Pyke wants to kill Puss, and Robin says even she arrests him, she knows he won't be held long. Brett becomes further unhinged after identifying her Cinnamon's body and begins suffering from hallucinations. Miranda has another crying spell at work and admits she fears her baby has died. They return to the same fertility clinic where Miranda shows the receptionist the photo of Cinnamon, and demands to know if she recognises her. Miranda informs her that the girl in the photo was not a student, but a sex worker, and then starts screaming that she wants an ultrasound. Robin takes her out to the beach to calm down, where Miranda reveals she is not actually pregnant and that her pregnancy is being done via surrogacy because of her own fertility issues. Miranda says their surrogate is pregnant with a daughter but has gone missing, and she fears it is because of a miscarriage. Miranda still insists that their surrogate was a student, but Robin asks if Adrian gave her a stuffed panda, because she saw one at Silk 41. A doctor at the fertility clinic, unaware that the girls were sex workers, connects Robin with a couple who identify Cinnamon as their surrogate mother, whose real name was Pathma. With the assistance of Mary's schoolfriend Michaela, Puss directs make some sort of "art film" with the prostitutes and Caucasian babies, set in a Thai village. Mary becomes worried when Caramel, another pregnant girl from Silk 41, is taken away by Puss and Dang. Connected by concern over Mary and Puss, Robin and Pyke grow closer, much to Julia's annoyance and jealousy. Brett, armed with a rifle, shows up at the brothel and demands to see Puss. Puss pushes Mary in front of him and escapes in the elevator as Brett fires the gun.
126"The Battle of the Mothers"Ariel KleimanJane Campion & Gerard Lee31 August 2017 (2017-08-31)[31]1.84
Robin and Pyke make love when she receives a late-night call from Mary. Nobody speaks, but Robin hears people arguing about a taxi fare and Mary screams before the phone is disconnected. Miranda calls and tells her there was a shooting at Silk 41, and that the suspect is Brett Iles, who took Mary hostage. The taxi is found at Bondi Beach, with the taxi driver shot dead. Security footage from the brothel shows Puss escaping as Brett shot Bootie, before leaving with Mary. The security footage also shows another room, in which Miranda spots her surrogate. That room is not at the brothel, and none of the sex workers know its location. The next day, Pyke and Julia go to Mary's school to appeal to her classmates for any information. Michaela tells them about a place on Liverpool Street called Stasi Cafe, where Mary first met Puss. The manhunt for Brett intensifies, but Robin is convinced he's still on Bondi Beach, now packed with people. She notices an empty case of beer that was there the previous night. She and Miranda move in and try to quietly move beachgoers away from the box. One group refuses to move and distracts Robin while Miranda discovers a shoe sticking out from the sand. She kicks the box away to find Brett's face peeking out, his eyes closed. Miranda moves in to check his pulse. Robin yells at Miranda to draw her weapon but she freezes. Brett suddenly pulls the rifle out of the sand and shoots Miranda in the abdomen. Robin jumps on him, her gun to his head, demanding to know where Mary is. Meanwhile, Mary shows up at home, unharmed. Crying, Julia begs her to stay, promising that she will change and try to understand her, but Mary leaves. Robin visits the hospital, where Miranda is in a coma, her outlook grim. Adrian vows to tell everyone he loves her, and begs Robin to find their surrogate. Robin finds Pyke at Stasi Cafe, where they kiss and embrace. He leaves after getting a text from Julia informing him that Mary's passport is missing. Robin then finds Puss in the kitchen, where she cuts him with a kitchen knife. He claims that Cinnamon hanged herself. Robin puts her gun to his head and he discloses the address of the missing surrogates, giving her the key. She shows up to find not only Adrian but the other expectant couples, including Felicia and Mike, all of whom received calls from their surrogates. They find the apartment empty, with a DVD left behind. Meanwhile, Mary escorts the dozen or so surrogates through the airport. Puss shows up as they board the plane, and Mary, upset, tells him that she could have been shot while he fled. He lies and tells her the elevator doors closed and he couldn't do anything. She asks what will happen to the babies and who will love them, and he tells them the "people who made them" will buy them back. She pulls away and he slaps her. She hits him back, over and over. Caramel calls for Mary, but she refuses to board and watches him leave. At the apartment, Adrian plays the DVD, which shows the video shot at the brothel of the Thai women with the babies. Puss narrates, mocking the parents, and accusing the West of exploiting the bodies of oppressed Asian women through prostitution and now surrogacy. He declares that their babies have flown away but each one will bring enough money to feed an entire poor village, as the video shows Bootie handing a bundle of cash in exchange for a white baby. Robin rushes to the airport, while the couples become hysterical, begging Adrian to call the airport and detain the women who are kidnapping their children. Adrian, stunned, tells them there is nothing that can be done legally, as the women can do whatever they want, even while pregnant with another mother's child. Robin arrives at the airport and finds an empty gate, with just the stuffed panda. Mary, however, is safe with her parents. Robin arrives at the Edwards' home, where Julia says she and Pyke are going to give it another try as a couple. Before she leaves, Robin asks if she can borrow the DVD Pyke told her about, showing Mary growing up. Julia protests and says it is their only copy, so Pyke says he will come pick it up as soon as Robin has finished watching it, which Robin says she will do that evening. Julia looks concerned, but says nothing. Later that night, Robin watches the video, crying happy tears, then looks up as she hears a knock on her door – presumably from Pyke.

text: Reception[edit]

text: Reviews of Top of the Lake have been positive, referring to the series as "masterfully made", "beautiful", "mysterious", "riveting", and "a masterpiece".[32][33][34][35][36]  It received a score of 86 out of 100 from Metacritic[37] and a score of 93 per cent from Rotten Tomatoes.[38]

text: There were also some less positive reviews.  Mike Hale of The New York Times criticized the "elaborately introduced plotlines" and described Tui's disappearance as "less a story element than a metaphor for the kind of armed resistance to male hegemony that constitutes the central idea of Ms Campion’s body of work."[39]

text: Top of the Lake was lauded by feminist critics[40] for its explicit effort to analyse rape culture[41] as well as its radical construction of narratives entirely foregrounding the experiences of single women.[citation needed]

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text: AACTA Awards[edit]

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Year

Category

Nominated artist/work

Result

2014

Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series

Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Jane Campion and Philippa Campbell

Won

Best Direction in a Drama or Comedy

Garth Davis for "The Dark Creator"

Nominated

Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama

Peter Mullan

Nominated

Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama

Robyn Nevin

Nominated

Best Cinematography in Television

Adam Arkapaw for Episode 5: "The Dark Creator"

Won

Best Sound in Television

Richard Flynn, Tony Vaccher, John Dennison, Craig Butters, Danny Longhurst and Blair Slater, for Episode 5: "The Dark Creator"

Won

Best Original Music Score in Television

Mark Bradshaw, for Episode 5: "The Dark Creator"

Nominated

Best Production Design in Television

Fiona Crombie for Episode 5: "The Dark Creator"

Nominated

Best Costume Design in Television

Emily Seresin for Episode 5: "The Dark Creator"

Nominated

Best Editing in Television

Scott Gray for Episode 5: "The Dark Creator"

Nominated

text: British Academy Television Craft Awards[edit]

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Year

Category

Nominated artist/work

Result

2018

Best Director: Fiction

Jane Campion

Nominated

text: Critics' Choice Television Awards[edit]

text:
Year

Category

Nominated artist/work

Result

2013

Best Movie/Miniseries

—

Nominated

Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries

Elisabeth Moss

Won

Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries

Peter Mullan

Nominated

Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries

David Wenham

Nominated

Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries

Thomas M. Wright

Nominated

text: Emmy Awards[edit]

text:
Year

Category

Nominated artist/work

Result

2013

Primetime Emmy Awards

Outstanding Miniseries or Movie

Nominated

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Elisabeth Moss

Nominated

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

Peter Mullan

Nominated

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Jane Campion, Garth Davis

Nominated

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Jane Campion, Gerard Lee

Nominated

Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special

Nominated

Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie

Episode: "Part 1"

Won

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or Movie

Episode: "Part 5"

Nominated

text: Golden Globe Awards[edit]

text:
Year

Category

Nominated artist/work

Result

Ref.

2014

Best Miniseries or Television Film

—

Nominated

[42][43]

Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

Elisabeth Moss

Won

text: Golden Nymph Awards[edit]

text:
Year

Category

Nominated artist/work

Result

2014

Best Miniseries

—

Won

Best Actor — Miniseries

Peter Mullan

Won

Best Actress — Miniseries

Elisabeth Moss

Won

text: Screen Actors Guild Awards[edit]

text:
Year

Category

Nominated artist/work

Result

2014

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

Elisabeth Moss

Nominated

2014

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

Holly Hunter

Nominated

text: New Zealand Film Awards[edit]

text:
Year

Category

Result

Ref

2013

Best Television Feature or Drama Series

Won

[44]

text: Screen Producers Australia Awards[edit]

text:
Year

Category

Result

Ref

2013

Drama Television Production of the Year

Won

[45]

text: Equity Ensemble Awards[edit]

text:
Year

Category

Result

Ref

2013

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Miniseries or Telemovie

Won

[46]