Veterans Stadium

Veterans Stadium was home to the Eagles from 1971 through two playoff games in January 2003. The biggest of their 11 playoff games there was a 20-7 win over the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC Championship game before 70,696 fans on January 11, 1981. The stadium was also home to the Philadelphia Stars of the United States Football League during the 1983 and 1984 seasons, including one playoff game in their first season. The Army-Navy college football classic was played there 17 times, and Temple University football used the stadium from 1974 to 2002. Other college teams that appeared there included Notre Dame, Penn State, BYU, Villanova, Florida A&M, Howard University, and Delaware State. Joe Brown, a South Philadelphia native, Temple University graduate, member of the Philadelphia Art Commission, and professor and sculptor at Princeton University, was selected by the Art Commission in 1970 to produce four statues that stood at Veterans Stadium from 1976 through 2003. Before the stadium's demolition, the Phillies removed the statues, then restored and relocated them in March 2005 as a lasting tribute to Brown (1909-1985).

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · United States