- The Philadelphia Eagles emphatically defeated the Washington Commanders
- Saquon Barkley was once again in dominant form
- Eagles will face Chiefs in rematch of 2023 Super Bowl
The Philadelphia Eagles are heading back to the Super Bowl. And they’re doing it in history making fashion.
While the Eagles opponents in New Orleans on February 9 will be aiming to make history by becoming the first team to ever win three Super Bowls in a row, Nick Sirianni’s men have already made history with their emphatic defeat of the Washington Commanders in the NFC Championship game.
A Saquon Barkley inspired performance saw the 2017 Super Bowl winners eliminate the Commanders 55-23. And those 55 points are the most ever recorded in a conference championship game.
The recently defeated AFC finalists, the Buffalo Bills, who were narrowly beaten by Kansas City tonight, had held the previous record since 1990, when they dominated the Oakland Raiders 51-3 in the AFC Championship game, en route to Super Bowl XXV. It would be the first of four consecutive, heartbreaking defeats for the Bills.
The Eagles, meanwhile, will be hoping to leave any potential curses or bad luck behind on the east coast when they travel to the Bayou in just over a week’s time to take on a Kansas City Chiefs team who have won the last two Super Bowls and appeared in three of the last four.
Philadelphia ensured the Commanders first visit to the NFC Championship since 1991 was not a particularly happy one, as the 2017 champions scored seven total rushing touchdowns and racked up 229 yards on the ground. Barkley and Jalen Hurts helped themselves to three touchdowns apiece, while Will Shipley grabbed the other.
Nick Sirianni’s team ended up just three points short of the franchise record 58 points in a single playoff game, which the Eagles dropped upon Detroit heads in the wild card round of 1995.
