This alleged curse supposedly prevented the Philadelphia Eagles franchise from winning a Super Bowl game until Super Bowl LII. The origin of this curse dates back to 1960, when the Eagles defeated Vince Lombardi and the Green Bay Packers in the 1960 NFL Championship Game. This would be the only playoff loss in Lombardi's coaching career. Following Lombardi's death in 1970, the league honored his legacy by naming the Super Bowl trophy after him. This renaming, combined with the Eagles' inability to win another championship after their 1960 victory, led some Eagles fans to believe the franchise was cursed by Vince Lombardi; that beating Lombardi meant never winning the trophy named after him. During that time, the Eagles accumulated a lot of playoff heartbreak, including 2 Super Bowl losses to the Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots, and 3 consecutive NFC Championship Game losses from 2001 to 2003. The "curse" was broken when the Eagles won Super Bowl LII to claim their first NFL World Championship since 1960.