The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles have something in common other than making it to the 2023 Super Bowl.
The Cardinals' Roderick Hood and Gabe Watson in the 2009 NFC championship game. Photo: Hunter Martin/Getty Images
The Cardinals and Eagles first faced off on Nov. 10, 1935, which was a 12-3 Chicago victory, according to theThanks to a quirk, the teams were in the NFC East for 32 years — including, bizarrely, the Cards' first 14 years in Arizona — which explains why the Cards and Eagles have gone head to head so many times.Their biggest game in recent memory was in 2009, when the Cards beat Philly in the NFC championship, earning their first and only Super Bowl appearance.
So it may have been two cities and 76 years ago, but the Cards beat the Eagles for their only championship in team history.The episode is largely forgotten, but for a moment nearly 40 years ago, it looked like the PIn December 1984, the Arizona Republic reported that cash-strapped Eagles owner Leonard Tose had agreed to sell a 25% stake in the team for $40 million to a Canadian real estate developer, with a promise to move the team to Phoenix.
Tose sold the Eagles in 1985, and the Valley quickly shifted to St. Louis, where Cards owner Bill Bidwill veered toward moving his team to Arizona.The Cards' record against the Chiefs is far less extensive because they played in different leagues until the AFL-NFL merger in 1970.
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