February 7, 2018
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S PORTS
Philadelphia Eagles’ Corey Clement celebrates his touchdown
catch during the second half of the Super Bowl against the New
England Patriots Sunday in Minneapolis. (AP photo)
Eagles Win Epic
Super Bowl
Backup
quarterback
leads team
to title
(AP) — The Philadelphia Ea-
gles won an epic shootout over the
Patriots Sunday in Minneapolis,
Minn. to win the franchise’s first
Super Bowl.
Nick Foles was able to outscore
Tom Brady, and the backup quar-
terback led a pressure-packed 75-
yard drive to the winning touch-
down to Zach Ertz with just over
two minutes left.
Then a defense that had been
shredded throughout the second
half made two final stands to win
41-33.
It was the first Super Bowl ti-
tle for Philadelphia (16-3), which
went from 7-9 last season to the
franchise’s first NFL title since
1960.
The underdog Eagles, even in-
jured starting quarterback Carson
Wentz, came bolting off the side-
line in ecstasy while Brady sat on
the ground, disconsolate.
“If there’s a word (it’s) called
everything,” Eagles owner Jeffrey
Lurie said. “That’s what it means
to Eagles fans everywhere. And
for Eagles fans everywhere, this is
for them.”
Super Bowl MVP Foles orches-
trated the victory with the kind
of drive NFL MVP Brady, a five-
time champion, is known for. The
drive covered 14 plays, including
a fourth-down conversion.
“I felt calm. I mean, we have
such a great group of guys, such
a great coaching staff,” Foles said.
“We felt confident coming in, and
we just went out there and played
football.”
The Eagles had to survive a
video replay because Ertz had the
ball pop into the air as he crossed
the goal line.
“If they would have overturned
that, I don’t know what would
have happened to the city of Phil-
adelphia,” Ertz said. “But I’m so
glad they didn’t overturn it.”
The touchdown stood — and so
did thousands of green-clad Eagles
fans who weren’t going to mind the
frigid conditions outside US Bank
Stadium once they headed out to
celebrate. But not before a rousing
rendition of “Fly Eagles Fly” rever-
berated throughout the stands once
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