The Phillies finished second among the four major sports teams with 16 percent and 35 percent, respectively.
"It's unimaginable how good [a Super Bowl championship] would be," former Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski said. "I think people would probably cry for a day. There's so many loyal Eagle fans. They probably wouldn't be able to believe it themselves. But it would be the largest parade probably in history."
Asked to describe Philadelphia as a sports town, 79 percent said most people would consider this to be a football town. Asked for their personal opinion, 63 percent said Philadelphia is a football town. That is a 7 percent drop from a DN/SIRC survey conducted in March. Thirty-three percent said Philadelphia was a baseball town, up 6 percent from the March survey.
"I really, honestly believe if the Eagles win the Super Bowl, this city's party will show to not only the country, but the world what this means to us," said fan Shaun Young, otherwise known as the North Endzone Nightmare. "Fifty years is a long time. The party that's gonna take place when they win the Super Bowl is gonna be something we will live and love and experience for the rest of our lives."
In that pursuit of a Super Bowl, respondents seemed realistic about the current position of the Eagles, as they begin a new era with a young quarterback in Kevin Kolb and the burgeoning stars on offense. Seven percent said the Eagles will be the city's next championship team, up 2 percent from the March survey.
Asked what a Super Bowl championship would mean, Kolb summed it up in one word: "Everything."
"It's always in the forefront of our mind. I think it's in the forefront of everybody's mind, fans included. Everybody's working their tail off, always thinking about it. We just gotta go get us one."
