This season resulted in the team's appearance in the postseason for the first time since
1981. The Eagles won the
NFC East for the first time since
1980, but lost to the
Chicago Bears during the NFC Divisional round during the
Fog Bowl.
In control of its own destiny for a playoff berth, but not the NFC East title on the final day of the regular season, Philadelphia dumped the
Dallas Cowboys, 23–7. Guaranteed a minimum of a wild card berth following a
New Orleans Saints win, the team had to wait for the end to the
New York Jets-
New York Giants game at
Giants Stadium to learn if had clinched the division or not to avoid the Wild Card round. The Jets won the game, 27–21, on a late touchdown strike from
Ken O'Brien to
Al Toon, giving the Eagles the NFC East crown on the tiebreaker of having beaten the Giants in both regular-season meetings.
The Eagles played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Tampa Stadium where temperatures reached 90-degrees. On the Eagles’ fourth play of the game, Bucs linebacker
Kevin Murphy chased Cunningham out of the pocket, and he rolled to his left and floated a 37-yard TD to
Mike Quick. The first quarter ended with the Eagles up 21 to 0 after
Anthony Toney ran for a TD and Cunningham threw an 8-yard TD to Jackson. The Eagles even scored on a 38-yard TD run by safety
Terry Hoage on the only carry of his 13-year career.[3]
Known as The Fog Bowl in NFL lore, the Bears defeated the Eagles, 20–12, in a contest in which a heavy, dense fog rolled over Chicago's Soldier Field during the second quarter and cut visibility to about 15–20 yards for the rest of the game.