Philadelphia Eagles Have Won The Super Bowl LII For The First Time Beating New England Patriots 41-33 In Thrilling Encounter In Minneapolis On Sunday Night.
- Nick Foles has brought the Vince Lombardi Trophy to Philadelphia Eagles home for the first time
- Nick Foles has become the first ever player in the Super Bowl history to throw and catch a touchdown.
- The Eagles' Alshon Jeffrey scored the game's first touchdown.
The Philadelphia Eagles have won their first-ever Super Bowl trophy in a long-awaited Super Bowl LII on Sunday night in Minneapolis. The Eagles registered a marginal 41-33 point victory over New England Patriots in claiming the title.
Eagles fans ran across the streets celebrating the team's victory where snaps from CNN's affiliate WPVI shows fans packing Broad Street leading up to the Philadelphia City Hall.
Nick Foles named the Most Valuable Player of the Super Bowl who completed 28 out of 43 passes, three touchdowns, and one interception. Nick also set the record for both passing and catching the touchdown in the Super Bowl.
The Eagles were 4.5 points favorite team at the kick off of the Sunday evening's match. Jake Elliott hit a 25-yard field goal in opening the scoreboard for Eagles. Patriots' Stephan Gostkowski hit a 26-yard goal to level the score with the Eagles. However, Alshon Jeffrey put the Eagles ahead with the first touchdown of the match in the 1st quarter.
LeGarrette Blount covered 21-yard for the second touchdown of the match which led the Eagles by 15-3 in the 2nd quarter.
Eagles were just one point ahead of the Patriots in the mid of the 4th quarter, but Zack Ertz's 11-yard touchdown and Jake Elliott's 46-yard goal with three minutes remaining broke the Patriots title defense.
Eagles beat Minnesota Vikings on January 22 in making their place in the Super Bowl for the first time since 2005, when they lost the title to Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX.