They fell short to the Arizona Cardinals in NFC Final.
No, the Philadelphia Eagles, did not make it to Super Bowl XLVII. Instead, the Baltimore Ravens will be playing the San Francisco 49ers.
The patriots and eagles
The Eagles' quarterback was Donovan McNabb.
The Eagles have made two appearances in the Super Bowl: Super Bowl XV (1981) where they played against the Oakland Raiders and lost. Super Bowl XXXIX (2005) where they played against the New England Patriots and lost.
The Steelers were the 2008 Super Bowl Champions. They won the Super Bowl on February 1, 2009.
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In the 2008-2009 season, the cardinals finished 9-7 and won their division to make it to playoffs. They defeated the Falcons and Panthers in an upset to make it to the NFC Championship. The face the Philadelphia Eagles in Arizona.
In the regular season they beat the New York Giants and the Bears just to win the wild card and make it into the playoffs. And they beat the Eagles, Falcons, Bears in the playoffs, and the Settlers in the Super Bowl.
No. The Steelers did not make the 2009 playoffs. So they cannot defend their Super Bowl.
16 other NFL teams, 19 if they make it to the super bowl.
Well, since Super Bowl 44 hasn't yet been played and many are still uncertain who will appear in it, Super Bowl 45 is too far a stretch to make any predictions right now as of 2009.
The Eagles joined the NFL as an expansion team in 1933. Their first winning season was 1944 when they went 7-1-2. The previous season, 1943, they went 5-4-1 however they had merged with the Pittsburgh Steelers and were known as the Philadelphia Steagles.