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New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles will meet in Minneapolis Sunday for the 2018 Super Bowl.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The Philadelphia Eagles will take on the defending champions, the New England Patriots, in the 2018 Super Bowl at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Sunday. The two teams last met in the Super Bowl in 2005, with the Patriots winning the game that marked quarterback Tom Brady's third Super Bowl title.
On Sunday, Brady and the Patriots will be vying for the team's sixth Super Bowl title. Leading up to the game, Eagles and Patriots fans already have been having their fair share of fun with celebrations, predictions and friendly wagers, including one between two statues of Rocky Balboa. The wager states that if the Eagles were to win, the Rocky statue in Brockton, Massachusetts, has to be draped in Eagles gear and if the Patriots win, the Rocky statue on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be draped in Patriots gear.
The Patriots are the favorites to win, but the Eagles' underdog status is one their fans embrace as they often wear dog masks to games. And as Pennsylvania Patch editor Justin Heinze noted, the Eagles are the underdogs that can't lose since they have been seen as the underdogs in every playoff game. They were the underdogs when they played the Atlanta Falcons and when they played the Minnesota Vikings.
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Sunday's game will be the second time Minnesota has hosted the Super Bowl. Temperatures in Minneapolis will be bone chilling but thankfully that the game is played indoors. The game begins at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time and will be broadcast on NBC.
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Photo: Snow falls as a man passes signage for the NFL Super Bowl 52 football game at U.S. Bank Stadium, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, in Minneapolis. The Philadelphia Eagles are scheduled to face the New England Patriots Sunday. Photo by Eric Gay/Associated Press
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