It’s another Steagles reunion

It’s another Steagles reunion.

Two years ago, the Eagles and Steelers met in Philly, thanks to the formula to decide the 17th game. The Eagles won, 35-13.

On Sunday they do it again. And the Steelers will try to win in Philadelphia for the first time since October 1965. (Pittsburgh is 0-10.)

Twenty-two years before the Steelers last won in Philadelphia, they teamed up. Due to World War II, they merged the teams. They were unofficially known as the Steagles.

“It was done out of necessity,” Steelers founder Art Rooney Sr. said. in 1974 via Ray Didinger from a 2018 item for the Eagles’ website. “The war was on and most of the players were in the service. A lot of the coaches, too. We didn’t have the manpower to field a team and neither did the Eagles, but we thought we could make it work, if we pooled our resources.”

The Steagles went 5-4-1.

As separate entities, the Steelers and Eagles have played 80 previous times. The Eagles lead 49-29 with three games tied. The Steelers are 8-6 since the AFL-NFL merger took Pittsburgh to the AFC. Yet they have not won on the other side of the Commonwealth since five years before the formation of the AFC and NFC.

The presence of quarterback Russell Wilson could give them a bump. He is 6-0 all-time against the Eagles and 6-1 as a starter in Pittsburgh.