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between the
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and the
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. Unofficially nicknamed "The Battle of
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", this is an in-state, interconference rivalry between the two NFL teams located in the state of Pennsylvania. The rivalry is one of the oldest in the NFL, dating back to 1933. During the first three decades of the rivalry, the Steelers and Eagles were in the NFL's Eastern Division and played twice annually. As a result of the AFL-NFL merger, the Steelers were placed in the
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, while the Eagles were placed in the
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, resulting in infrequent meetings – The teams have only met 12 times since 1970. Under the current NFL scheduling formula, the teams play each other at least once every four years, when the AFC North and NFC East play one another. However, with a new 17-game schedule being introduced in 2021, it is now possible for the two teams to meet as often as every other year, depending on division placement. The teams last played in , a 35–13 Eagles win in Philadelphia. They will next play in , also in Philadelphia. The rivalry is one of two the Steelers have with
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teams, the other being their
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with the
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. Much like other rivalries between
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, the rivalry is mostly fueled by the two cities being within Pennsylvania and their
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differences, with Philadelphia and the neighboring
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being part of the
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while Pittsburgh and
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in general being part of the
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and
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. Central Pennsylvania is considered battleground territory between the two teams. The Eagles lead the all-time series 48–29–3. The teams have met once in the playoffs, a 21–0 Eagles victory in the 1947 Eastern Division Playoff. As the two teams are in different conferences, the only way they can currently meet in the playoffs is if they both make it to the
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. While this has never occurred, both teams have made it to their respective Conference Championship Game in , , and , with Philadelphia advancing to the Super Bowl in 2004 and Pittsburgh winning it in 2008.


History


Early years

Both teams were officially founded in 1933, with the Steelers then being known as the Pittsburgh Pirates. However, their histories predate that, with the Steelers being known as the
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dating to 1921 as a semipro team, while the Eagles are arguably descended from the
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based in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood dating to 1899. The NFL considers both teams having started in 1933 alongside the now-defunct
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. Both teams took advantage of Pennsylvania relaxing their
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in 1933 that previously didn't allow sporting events on Sundays, when most NFL games took place. The blue laws, combined with general issues related to
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, were among the reasons the Yellow Jackets failed despite winning the NFL champsionship in 1926. The first meeting between the teams was on November 19, with the Eagles winning, 25–6. The two teams would struggle their first decade in the NFL both on the field and financially, with the Steelers staying afloat mostly due to team founder
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's gambling habits. Eventually, in late 1940 Rooney sold the Steelers to
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, a 26-year-old steel heir from
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frequently described in the press as "a well-heeled
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playboy". Thompson planned to move the franchise to Boston and play games in
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. Eagles owner
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brokered the deal between Rooney and Thompson for $160,000, and Rooney used $80,000 of the proceeds to buy a partnership in the Eagles, which at the time was owned by Bell. The deal also involved the trade of several players between the two teams. The two owners planned to field a combined Philadelphia-Pittsburgh team called the
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that would play home games in both cities. The original proposition was that Thompson would buy the franchise and take the Pittsburgh club to Boston and Bell and Rooney would pool their interests in the Eagles to form a Philadelphia-Pittsburgh club, splitting the home games between
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in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium. Thompson, however, was unable to secure a place to play in Boston. After meeting with Rooney, plans changed whereby Thompson's club (ostensibly the former Steelers) would play in Philadelphia as the Eagles, while the Rooney-Bell owned team would play in Pittsburgh as the Steelers, effectively trading the two clubs between their cities.


Steagles and post-war activity

The notion for a single team between the two cities was revived, when for one season in
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, forced to do so by player shortfalls brought on by World War II, the two clubs temporarily merged as the Philadelphia-Pittsburgh "Steagles". The league only approved the merger for one year; Pittsburgh was willing to merge again for 1944 but not Philadelphia. This forced the Steelers to merge with the
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(as
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) for 1944. Following the end of the war, both teams fortunes changed, with the Eagles and Steelers both clinching playoff spots in the late 1940s, including their only postseason meeting to date in 1947, when the Eagles shut out the Steelers 21–0 at Forbes Field. It would be the Steelers only playoff appearance until the
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25 years later. The Eagles, under head coach
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, won NFL championships in 1948 and 1949. During the 1950s and 1960s, both teams success and failures would be relative to one another, to the point that both teams would be "competing" for the worst record in the NFL in 1968 and the chance to draft
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. Ultimately, the
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had the NFL's worst record and the
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of the
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would win out on what was at that point the common draft. The Eagles, drafting third, would select
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while the Steelers, drafting fourth, would draft relative unknown
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. New Steelers head coach
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would say later that the team would've drafted Greene even if it had the first overall pick, while Keyes (like Simpson a
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) was viewed by Eagles fans as more of a "consolation prize". Ultimately (Simpson's successful NFL career aside), Keyes lasted five years in the NFL; Greene would become a key member of the
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defense and is now a member of the
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and one of two Steelers to have their number officially retired.


Results

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25–6 , ''no game'' , Eagles
1–0 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Pirates
9–7 , style=", Eagles
17–0 , Eagles
2–1 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Pirates
17–7 , style=", Eagles
17–6 , Eagles
3–2 , , - , , style=", , style=", Pirates
6–0 , style=", Pirates
17–0 , Pirates
4–3 , Eagles move to
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(then known as Philadelphia Municipal Stadium). , - , rowspan="2", , rowspan="2" style=", , rowspan="2", ''no games'' , style=", Pirates
27–14 , rowspan="2", Pirates
6–3 , , - , style=", Pirates
16–7 , - , , style=", , style=", Eagles
14–7 , style=", Eagles
27–7 , Pirates
6–5 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Eagles
17–14 , style=", Pirates
24–12 , Pirates
7–6 , , - , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Eagles
7–0 , style=", Steelers
7–3 , Steelers
8–7 , Eagles move to
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. , - , , style=", , Tie
7–7 , style=", Eagles
10–7 , Tie
8–8–1 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Steelers
14–0 , style=", Eagles
24–14 , Tie
9–9–1 , , - , , style=", , style=", Eagles
30–6 , style=", Eagles
45–3 , Eagles
11–9–1 , Eagles and Steelers did not meet head-to-head in 1943 and 1944 due to both teams losing players to
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. The Steelers merged with the Eagles temporarily in 1943 as the "Steagles", and were temporarily merged with the
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and were known as "Card-Pitt" in 1944, and were not scheduled to meet. , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Eagles
10–7 , style=", Steelers
10–7 , Eagles
12–10–1 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Eagles
21–0 , style=", Steelers
35–24 , Eagles
13–11–1 , Eagles lose 1947 NFL Championship. , - ! 1947 playoffs ! style=", ! ! style=", Eagles
21–0 ! Eagles
14–11–1 ! 1947 Eastern Division Playoff. Only postseason meeting. First postseason game for both franchises. , - , , style=", , style=", Eagles
17–0 , style=", Eagles
34–7 , Eagles
16–11–1 , Eagles win 1948 NFL Championship. , - , , style=", , style=", Eagles
34–17 , style=", Eagles
38–7 , Eagles
18–11–1 , Eagles win 1949 NFL Championship. , - , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Steelers
9–7 , style=", Eagles
17–10 , Eagles
19–12–1 , Eagles win seven straight meetings. , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Steelers
17–13 , style=", Eagles
34–13 , Eagles
20–13–1 , , - , , style=", , style=", Eagles
26–21 , style=", Eagles
31–25 , Eagles
22–13–1 , , - , , style=", , style=", Eagles
23–7 , style=", Eagles
35–7 , Eagles
24–13–1 , Eagles win seven straight road meetings. , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Eagles
24–22 , style=", Steelers
17–7 , Eagles
25–14–1 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Eagles
24–0 , style=", Steelers
13–7 , Eagles
26–15–1 , , - , , style=", , style=", Eagles
14–7 , style=", Eagles
35–21 , Eagles
28–15–1 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Eagles
7–6 , style=", Steelers
6–0 , Eagles
29–16–1 , , - , , style=", , style=", Steelers
26–24 , style=", Steelers
23–7 , Eagles
29–18–1 , Eagles move to
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. Steelers first season sweep over the Eagles since 1937. , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Eagles
28–24 , style=", Steelers
31–0 , Eagles
30–19–1 , , - , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Eagles
34–7 , style=", Steelers
27–21 , Eagles
31–20–1 , Eagles win
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. , - , , style=", , style=", Eagles
21–16 , style=", Eagles
35–24 , Eagles
33–20–1 , , - , , style=", , style=", Steelers
26–17 , style=", Steelers
13–7 , Eagles
33–22–1 , , - , , Tie 0–0–2 , Tie
21–21 , Tie
20–20 , Eagles
33–22–3 , , - , , style=", , style=", Eagles
21–7 , style=", Eagles
34–10 , Eagles
35–22–3 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Steelers
20–14 , style=", Eagles
47–13 , Eagles
36–23–3 , Steelers' last victory to date in Philadelphia. , - , , style=", , style=", Eagles
27–23 , style=", Eagles
31–14 , Eagles
38–23–3 , Last season in which both teams met twice annually. , - , , style=", , style=", Eagles
34–24 , ''no game'' , Eagles
39–23–3 , , - , , style=", , ''no game'' , style=", Steelers
6–3 , Eagles
39–24–3 , , - , , style=", , style=", Eagles
34–24 , ''no game'' , Eagles
40–24–3 , , - , - , , style=", Eagles
30–20 ,
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, Eagles
41–24–3 , , - , , style=", Steelers
27–0 ,
Three Rivers Stadium Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). Built ...
, Eagles
41–25–3 , Steelers win
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. , - , , style=", Eagles
17–14 ,
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, Eagles
42–25–3 , Eagles end Steelers' 12 game winning streak dating back to the previous season. Steelers win
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. , - , - , , style=", Eagles
27–26 , Three Rivers Stadium , Eagles
43–25–3 , , - , - , , style=", Eagles
23–14 , Veterans Stadium , Eagles
44–25–3 , , - , , style=", Steelers
14–3 , Three Rivers Stadium , Eagles
44–26–3 , , - , , style=", Eagles
23–20 , Veterans Stadium , Eagles
45–26–3 , , - , - , , style=", Eagles
, Three Rivers Stadium , Eagles
46–26–3 , First meeting to be decided in overtime. Eagles rally from a 10-point deficit in the final 2:36, which included the Eagles recovering an onside kick to drive for the game-tying field goal at the end of regulation, and the game-winning field goal during the first possession of overtime. , - , , style=", Steelers
27–3 ,
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, Eagles
46–27–3 , Steelers hand the Eagles their first loss of the season after starting 7–0. Eagles lose
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, while the Steelers lose AFC Championship Game preventing an all-Pennsylvania Super Bowl. , - , , style=", Eagles
15–6 ,
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, Eagles
47–27–3 , Steelers win
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, while Eagles lose NFC Championship Game, preventing an all-Pennsylvania Super Bowl. , - , - , , style=", Steelers
16–14 , Heinz Field , Eagles
47–28–3 , , - , , style=", Eagles
34–3 , Lincoln Financial Field , Eagles
48–28–3 , , - , - , , style=", Steelers
38–29 , Heinz Field , Eagles
48–29–3 , , - , , style=", Eagles
35–13 , Lincoln Financial Field , Eagles
49–29–3 , Eagles have won ten straight home meetings (1966–present). Eagles lose
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. , - , - , Regular season , style=", Eagles 48–29–3 , Eagles 29–9–2 , Steelers 20–19–1 , , - , Postseason , style=", Eagles 1–0 , ''no games'' , Eagles 1–0 , 1947 Eastern Division Playoff , - , Regular and postseason , style=", Eagles 49–29–3 , Eagles 29–9–2 , Tie 20–20–1 , , -


See also

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National Football League rivalries As with all sports leagues, there are a number of significant rivalries between teams and notable players in the National Football League (NFL). Rivalries are occasionally created due to a particular event that causes bad blood between teams, pla ...
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Flyers–Penguins rivalry The Flyers–Penguins rivalry, also known as the Battle of Pennsylvania, is a National Hockey League (NHL) rivalry between the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins ice hockey clubs. Both teams compete in the NHL's Eastern Conference Metr ...
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Phillies–Pirates rivalry The Phillies–Pirates rivalry is a Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry between the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates. Both clubs are members of MLB's National League (NL); the Phillies are members of the NL East division, while the ...


References

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