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| Date | November 12, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jerry Markbreit | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Al Michaels, Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf | ||||||||||||||||||
The Body Bag Game was a Monday Night Football game that was played on November 12, 1990, between the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins at Veterans Stadium. The Eagles defeated the Redskins, 28–14. Its nickname comes from a pre-game boast from Eagles head coach Buddy Ryan, who told reporters his team would inflict a beating on Washington so bad "they'll have to be carted off in body bags".[1] Then during the game, nine Washington Redskins players left with injuries, and an Eagles player reacted to one of those injured Redskins by yelling, "Do you guys need any more body bags?"[2]
- ^ "25 Years Later, The 'Body Bag Game' Still Evokes Memories". November 12, 2015.
- ^ "WashingtonPost.com: The Redskins Book: Page 173". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 20, 2017.