Eagles–Steelers rivalry
| First meeting | November 19, 1933 Philadelphia 25, Pittsburgh 6 |
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| Latest meeting | September 25, 2016 Philadelphia 34, Pittsburgh 3 |
| Next meeting | TBA, 2020 at Heinz Field |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 79 meetings |
| All-time series | PHI: leads 48–28–3 |
| Current win streak | PHI: 1 win |
| Championship success | |
The Eagles–Steelers rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Unofficially nicknamed "The Battle of Pennsylvania", this is an in-state, interconference rivalry between the two NFL teams located in the state of Pennsylvania. The Eagles lead the all-time series 48–28–3.
The rivalry is one of the oldest in the NFL, dating back to 1933. The most recent meetings between the teams was in 2016 at Lincoln Financial Field, with the Eagles beating the Steelers 34–3. The rivalry is one of two the Steelers have with the NFC East, the other being with the Dallas Cowboys; by contrast, the Steelers have friendly relations with the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins due to the Rooney family having intermarried with the Mara family and the team having once had scrimmages with the Redskins at each other's training camps, back when the Redskins held training camp in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Much like other rivalries between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, the rivalry is mostly fueled by the two cities being within Pennsylvania and their sociocultural differences, with Philadelphia and the neighboring Lehigh Valley being part of the Northeast megalopolis while Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania in general being part of the Rust Belt and Appalachia. Central Pennsylvania, coined by residents as Pennsyltucky, is considered battleground territory between the two teams.
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