November 8, 2009 07:26 AM | by 
“We look forward to the challenge of playing the Cowboys and we know they’re a good football team and our guys have prepared themselves that way, in preparation for a good football team. It should be a great atmosphere. I know our fans will be out of their minds by Sunday night. These kinds of rivals, everybody get excited for.”
Head coach Andy Reid said it best. The above statements were expressed by the Eagles’ staff leader in a recent press conference, and they solidify what has been a build-up of excitement, tension, and an array of many other thrilling emotions. Why all this hype, you ask? Well, simply because the Philadelphia Eagles are facing off with the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night. If that isn’t enough to persuade you, then perhaps you need to re-think your passionate sense of football knowledge.
Sure, we’ve released everything from the weekly in-depth game preview to individual position and player breakdowns leading up to tonight’s matchup, but this brief article was designed to bring out the anxiousness in every avid Eagles fanatic. This evening, we will have a chance at both taking sole possession of the NFC East division and also being able to celebrate a satisfying victory over one of our longtime rivals. There have been countless contests between these two enemies, most of which have concluded in a memorable fashion and become part of both teams’ historical list of great games. Again, the intention of this article isn’t to cram any further information on the game out, but simply energize the fan base and realize that it is the Cowboys the Eagles are squaring off against tonight! So, get excited and be prepared to experience yet another heart-pounding division game with potentially significant results on the line. To conclude this hopefully motivating piece, I have listed the last 5 years’ worth of meetings between the Birds and ‘Boys, along with the game outcomes:
Week 17, 2008: PHI-44 DAL-6
Week 2, 2008: PHI-37 DAL-41
Week 15, 2007: PHI-10 DAL-6
Week 9, 2007: PHI-17 DAL-38
Week 16, 2006: PHI-23 DAL-7
Week 5, 2006: PHI-38 DAL-24
Week 10, 2005: PHI-20 DAL-21
Week 5, 2005: PHI-10 DAL-33
Week 15, 2004: PHI-12 DAL-7
Week 10, 2004: PHI-49 DAL-21