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Stokes repeats as Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week

Stokes repeats as Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week

For the second consecutive week, fourth-year return specialist Julien Stokes earned Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week. He’s just the 11th player in program history to earn an Ivy weekly award in back-to-back weeks and the first on special teams.

The Eagles won the 1960 NFL Championship at Franklin Field
Eagles rookie running back and returner Ted Dean bursts through Packers defenders during the 1960 NFL Championship Game at Franklin Field.

Eagles rookie running back and returner Ted Dean bursts through Packers defenders during the 1960 NFL Championship Game at Franklin Field.

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The Eagles won the 1960 NFL Championship at Franklin Field

The Birds defeated the Vince Lombardi-led Green Bay Packers 17-13 on Dec. 26, 1960.
Can sports fandom be a religious experience?
A football on a field atop a Kansas City and Eagles logo.

Image: Courtesy of Omnia

Can sports fandom be a religious experience?

With the Philadelphia Eagles set to compete for the ultimate prize at Super Bowl LIX, religious studies professor Megan Robb has noticed a 'buzz of collective effervescence' in her Religion and Sports class, a space where students discuss ritual and ceremony, and debate where sports and religion intersect.

Michele W. Berger

What’s That? The Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Trophy in the office of football coach Ray Priore.

Image: Eric Sucar

What’s That? The Heisman Trophy

In the office of Ray Priore, head coach of the football team, rests the Heisman Trophy, the most prestigious award in college sports.
From the Archives: 1915 film of Penn-Cornell football game
Archival footage of a Penn vs Cornell football game in 1915.

An image from the film of the 1915 Penn-Cornell football game at Franklin Field.

(Image: Courtesy of University Archives & Records Center)

From the Archives: 1915 film of Penn-Cornell football game

The oldest film in Penn’s University Archives & Records Center documents the 1915 football game featuring Penn versus Cornell, played on Thanksgiving Day in front of a packed crowd at Franklin Field. Penn plays Cornell Nov. 9 in their 130th meeting.

Louisa Shepard