Archive: December, 2012
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Long before Andy Reid was shown the NovaCare door, many Eagles fans were longing for a Super Bowl-winning coach — Brian Billick, Bill Cowher, Tony Dungy, Jon Gruden — to come to the Delaware Valley and win another ring. The problem is that no coach with a SB title has moved to another franchise and repeated.
A total of 11 coaches have fit that criteria, and only two of them even returned to the big game. Neither of them won it.
Coach |
Super Bowl Champion(s) |
New Team |
Seasons |
Record |
Super Bowl Appearances |
| Vince Lombardi | 1966, '67 Packers | Redskins | 1969 | 7- 5-2 | — |
| Hank Stram | 1969 Chiefs | Saints | 1976-77 | 7-21 | — |
| Don McCafferty | 1970 Colts | Lions | 1973 | 6- 7-1 | — |
| Tom Flores | 1980, '83 Raiders | Seahawks | 1992-94 | 14-34 | — |
| Mike Ditka | 1985 Bears | Saints | 1997-99 | 15-33 | — |
| Bill Parcells |
1986, '90 Giants |
Patriots Jets Cowboys |
1993-96 1997-99 2003-06 |
32-32 29-19 34-30 |
Lost/Packers (1996) — — |
| George Seifert | 1989, '94 49ers | Panthers | 1999-01 | 16-32 | — |
| Jimmy Johnson | 1992, '93 Cowboys | Dolphins | 1996-99 | 36-28 | — |
| Mike Holmgren | 1996 Packers | Seahawks | 1999-08 | 86-74 | Lost/Steelers (2005) |
| Mike Shanahan | 1997, '98 Broncos | Redskins | 2010-12 | 21-27 | — |
| Dick Vermeil | 1999 Rams | Chiefs | 2001-05 | 44-36 | — |
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In honor of Andy Reid’s 14 years as head coach, we present 14 tasty tidbits about the Eagles’ game Sunday, this season and beyond. In no particular order:
♦ The 2012 Eagles defense intercepted eight passes. The 1965 Eagles intercepted nine passes ... in a single game (Dec. 12, 1965, at Steelers).
♦ On the morning of Nov. 18, the Eagles and Redskins had the same record (3-6).
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The Eagles fumbled the ball 37 times this year, the most in any season under Andy Reid, but a long way off from the NFL record (56: 1938 Bears, 1978 Niners) and the Birds' team record (54 in 1946, the third-most in NFL history).
The most by the Eagles in the last 65 years was 44 by the 1987 club, but 11 of those were during the three strike-replacement games (and weren't they a hoot?). So, we're going to go with 43 (1989, 1952) as the team's modern-day record for fumbles.
Here are the 2012 culprits:
| Player | Pos. | Fum. | Lost |
| Michael Vick | QB | 11 | 5 |
| Nick Foles | QB | 8 | 3 |
| Bryce Brown | RB | 4 | 3 |
| LeSean McCoy | RB | 4 | 3 |
| Damaris Johnson | PR | 2 | 2 |
| Jason Avant | WR | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon Boykin | KR | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Celek | TE | 1 | 1 |
| Clay Harbor | TE | 1 | 1 |
| DeSean Jackson | WR | 1 | 0 |
| Jeremy Maclin | WR | 1 | 1 |
| Dallas Reynolds | C | 1 | 1 |
| Cedric Thornton | KR | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 37 | 22 |
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By all accounts, Andy Reid’s tenure as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles will come to an conclusion very soon. But it will end as the second-longest coaching reign in the city’s history ... and the longest by a coach who didn’t also own the team.
Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy — Connie Mack to you and me — managed the Philadelphia Athletics for 48 full seasons and parts of two others (1937 and 1939, due to illnesses). He managed five World Series champions.
Other than Mack, the Eagles have the only other two double-digit tenured Philly head coaches — Reid and Earle “Greasy” Neale. (Neale won NFL titles in 1948 and 1949.)
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(We post a baseball trivia question every Saturday, just for fun, as well as a detailed answer, stats, charts and commentary on the previous week's question. Pass along your questions, thoughts and ideas to boopstats@phillynews.com.)
THIS WEEK'S QUESTION
Which current Major League ballpark has the largest seating capacity?
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If Jeremy Maclin (6 so far) or LeSean McCoy (5) finishes with the most touchdowns on the Eagles in 2012, he would become only the second player to lead the Eagles outright in TDs for more than one season under Andy Reid. The year-by-year leaders (*tied for team lead):
| Year | Player | TD |
| 1999 | Duce Staley | 6 |
| 2000 | Charles Johnson | 7 |
| 2001 | James Thrash | 8 |
| 2002 |
Duce Staley James Thrash |
8 8 |
| 2003 | Brian Westbrook | 13 |
| 2004 | Terrell Owens | 14 |
| 2005 | Brian Westbrook | 7 |
| 2006 | Brian Westbrook | 11 |
| 2007 | Brian Westbrook | 12 |
| 2008 | Brian Westbrook | 14 |
| 2009 | DeSean Jackson | 12 |
| 2010 | Jeremy Maclin | 10 |
| 2011 | LeSean McCoy | 20 |
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Evan Turner Wednesday became the first Sixers to have at least 9 assists and 6 rebounds in a game without scoring a field goal since at least 1985-86 (which is as far back as basketball-reference.com will let us search).
Over those 28 seasons, Villanova's Kyle Lowry has the most assists in a game (18) without a field goal, which he did last New Year's Eve.
Here are the six 76ers with nine or more assists and no field goals in a game since 1985-86:
| Player | Date | Opponent | Min. | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb. | Ast. | Pts. |
| Scott Brooks | Nov. 30, 1988 | Trail Blazers | 28 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| B.J. Tyler | Nov. 12, 1994 | Magic | 19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Scott Skiles | Dec. 23, 1995 | Nets | 26 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Eric Snow | Dec. 1, 2000 | Hornets | 36 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| John Salmons | Jan. 23, 2003 | Mavericks | 25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
| Evan Turner | Dec. 26, 2012 | Grizzlies | 41 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
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The Eagles will be attempting to sweep an NFC East team coming off a Super Bowl championship for just the second time. The beat the 1990 titlists Giants twice in 1991.
The Birds all-time are 8-23 facing a defending Super Bowl winner, 6-17 when those champions are out of their own division.
Here's how the Eagles have fared against the NFC East teams that have won Super Bowls, both in their Super Bowl campaign and in the following season:
| THAT SEASON |
NEXT SEASON |
||||
| Year | SB Winner |
Home | Road | Home | Road |
| 1971 |
Cowboys | L 7-42 |
L 7-20 |
L 7-28 |
L 6-28 |
| 1977 | Cowboys | L 10-16 |
L 14-24 |
L 13-31 |
L 7-14 |
| 1982 | Redskins | L 34-37 (ot) |
L 9-13 |
L 13-23 |
L 24-28 |
| 1986 | Giants | L 14-17 |
L 3-35 |
L 17-20 |
L 20-23 (ot) |
| 1987 | Redskins | W 31-27 |
L 24-34 |
L 19-20 |
L 10-17 |
| 1990 | Giants | W 31-13 |
L 20-27 |
W 30- 7 |
W 19-14 |
| 1991 | Redskins | W 24-22 |
L 0-23 |
W 17-13 |
L 12-16 |
| 1992 | Cowboys | W 31- 7 |
L 10-20 |
L 10-23 |
L 17-23 |
| 1993 | Cowboys | L 10-23 |
L 17-23 |
L 19-31 |
L 13-24 |
| 1995 | Cowboys | W 20-17 |
L 12-34 |
L 19-23 |
W 31-21 |
| 2007 | Giants | L 13-16 |
L 3-16 |
L 31-36 |
W 20-14 |
| 2011 | Giants | L 16-29 |
W 17-10 |
W 19-17 |
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| Totals | (5-7) | (1-11) | (3-9) | (3-8) | |
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