December 1, 2011 – The Seattle Seahawks host the Philadelphia
Eagles tonight. Philly leads the series
7-5 and won their last meeting in 2008.
They first played each other in 1976 in the final game of Seattle’s
inaugural season. The Eagles won 27-10
and Seattle finished that season at 2-12.
The highest scoring game in the series came in 1980, when Philly
won 27-20. Seattle finally got its first
victory against the Eagles in 1986, winning 24-20. Seattle also owns both shutouts in the
series. The Seahawks shut out the Eagles
38-0 in 1998 and 42-0 in 2005. They only
went to overtime once, in 1992, where Philly won 20-17.
The Eagles are 5-2 playing in in Seattle, including their last
meeting. Although they struggled lately,
this is Philadelphia’s game to lose and they should win this one.
Here are some historical scores on this day for teams facing
each other this week, on December 1,
1963 – Los Angeles Rams 21 – San Francisco 17
1985 – New England 38 – Indianapolis 31
1996 – Oakland 17 – Miami 7
1996 – Carolina 24 – Tampa Bay 0
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