The Steelers and Eagles get together for the 76th time this Sunday.  They both came into the NFL together in 1933.  The Eagles lead the all-time series by a landslide, 26-46-3.

The Steelers actually took control of the series early, winning six of the first nine.  The Eagles were somehow worse.  Pittsburgh stayed bad for roughly 38 years and Philly got better to turn the series around.

In 1947,  the Steelers lost to the Eagles twice by identical 21-0 scores.  The first time was in the regular season and the second time the Steelers played their first playoff game.  They played that game at home.  The Steeler players wanted an extra week's pay for playing in the playoffs, but head coach Jock Sutherland refused.  The players went on strike leading up to the game.  It lasted only a day or so, but did enough damage to keep them from a critical practice.  It also hurt their pysche going into a such a big game.  Art Rooney was off to some racetrack or he would have intervened I'm sure.

The next major battle between the two occured in Pittsburgh in 1968.  It was clear to the nation that O.J Simpson was the best player in college.  The Steelers and Eagles were in a dead heat to be the worst team and get that coveted number one pick.  The Steelers won the game, 6-3, in a pitiful display of professional football.  Philly fans were cheering at the thought of getting Simpson while Pittsburgh was so bad it couldn't win for losing.  Pittsburgh fans actually wanted to lose, a wish their team would surely oblige.  You have to give the Steelers credit for consistency.  They went out and did the opposite of what the fans wanted, this time by winning.

The Steelers finished 2-11-1, a game ahead of the Eagles at 2-12.  However, Buffalo and Atlanta lost their remaining games while both Pittsburgh and Philly won again, so Buffalo had the top pick and chose Simpson.  The Eagles picked Brady Keys third and the steelers Settled for a guy named Joe Greene fourth.  The headlines in the paper read "Joe Who?"

Since then they have only played 10 times.  Pittsburgh has not won at Philly since 1965.  In 2004 the Steelers clobbered Philly, 27-3, and New England in back-to-back games.  Those two teams later played in the Super Bowl after both being shredded by Pittsburgh earlier in the season.

Here are the last 10 games:

2004 (H) Win 27-3

2000 (H) Lose 26-23 (OT)

1997 (A) Lose 23-20

1994 (H) Win 14-3

1991 (A) Lose 23-14

1988 (H) Lose 27-26

1979 (A) Lose 17-14

1974 (H) Win 27-0

1970 (A) Lose 30-20

1969 (A) Lose 41-27