Eagles will wear green jerseys in Super Bowl. It's a bad omen if you're superstitious
The Philadelphia Eagles are sticking with their organization's Super Bowl trend and will wear green jerseys in the 2023 Super Bowl. They'll try to buck another Super Bowl trend with a victory.
Philadelphia is the home team in the Super Bowl and gets to choose its uniforms. The Eagles opted for midnight green jerseys, which means the Kansas City Chiefs will wear white jerseys. The AFC and NFC alternate as the home team each year, with the NFC the designated home team in odd years.
The team wearing white jerseys has won 15 of the last 18 Super Bowls dating back to 2005. Before that, though, teams in non-white jerseys won three straight Super Bowls from 2002-2004.
Overall, teams with white jerseys have won 36 of 56 Super Bowls.
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The last two teams to win in non-white jerseys are facing off on Sunday. Kansas City captured the championship in 2020 in red, and Philadelphia won the title in 2018 in midnight green.
The Eagles have donned green jerseys in their previous three Super Bowl appearances.
Philadelphia wore Kelly green jerseys when it fell 27-10 to the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XV in 1981. The Eagles wore midnight green in their next two appearances. Philadelphia lost 24-21 to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005 but hoisted the Vince Lombardi Trophy with a 41-33 victory over the Patriots in Super Bowl LIII in 2018.
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Here's a look at the Super Bowl champions over the last 18 years.
Super Bowl LVI: Los Angeles Rams 23, Cincinnati Bengals 20
Super Bowl LV: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31, Kansas City Chiefs 9
Super Bowl LIV: Kansas City Chiefs 31, San Francisco 49ers 20
Super Bowl LIII: New England Patriots 13, Los Angeles Rams 3
Super Bowl LII: Philadelphia Eagles 41, New England Patriots 33
Super Bowl LI: New England Patriots 34, Atlanta Falcons 28
Super Bowl 50: Denver Broncos 24, Carolina Panthers 10
Super Bowl XLIX: New England Patriots 28, Seattle Seahawks 24
Super Bowl XLVIII: Seattle Seahawks 43, Denver Broncos 8
Super Bowl XLVII: Baltimore Ravens 34, San Francisco 49ers 31
Super Bowl XLVI: New York Giants 21, New England Patriots 17
Super Bowl XLV: Green Bay Packers 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 25
Super Bowl XLIV: New Orleans Saints 31, Indianapolis Colts 17
Super Bowl XLIII: Pittsburgh Steelers 27, Arizona Cardinals 23
Super Bowl XLII: New York Giants 17, New England Patriots 14
Super Bowl XLI: Indianapolis Colts 29, Chicago Bears 17
Super Bowl XL: Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Seattle Seahawks 10
Super Bowl XXXIX: New England Patriots 24, Philadelphia Eagles 21
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