As the Eagles kelly green jersey returns Sunday, here are the top moments in the fan favorites

After years of anticipation, the Eagles will finally don kelly green jerseys this Sunday.

The fan-favorite jerseys will be worn by the Birds during the 8:20 p.m. Sunday Night Football game against the Miami Dolphins.

Fans have clamored for the jerseys since 2010, when the Eagles last wore them in a Week 1 matchup against the Green Bay Packers.

So get ready to see plenty of kelly green in the stands at The Linc on Sunday after fans waited in lines outside the stadium to purchase their own throwback when they were released in late July.

How will the team fare in the uniforms this weekend? Hopefully, as well as these top moments in kelly green:

10 (a). Goal-line stand against the Cardinals at the Vet

The Eagles defense came up big not once, not twice, but seven times against the Arizona Cardinals in an Oct. 25, 1992, game at The Vet.

Trailing the Eagles 7-3, the Cardinals offense lined up at the Eagles 3-yard line following an Aeneas Williams’ interception. What followed was one of the greatest goal-line stands in NFL history.

Carrying the ball seven straight times, thanks to a few penalties, running back Johnny Bailey was stuffed by the Eagles' defense. This included six rushes from the 1-yard line.

The stand helped the Eagles hold onto the victory and secure a spot as one of the best defenses ever.

10 (b). "They stopped him again!"

Thank you Barry Switzer for providing one of the best calls by Eagles radio announcer Merrill Reese.

The Eagles were tied 17-17 in a late-season battle with the hated Cowboys when the Dallas coach made the same mistake twice. With a fourth-and-1 from their own 29, Switzer called a run to Emmitt Smith, who was stopped short off left tackle.

However, the officials ruled the 2-minute warning sounded before the play started. Showing little respect for the Eagles, Switzer called the same run and saw his offense full of All-Pros stopped again.

It led to Reese's famous call, and eventually a gaming-winning 38-yard Gary Anderson field goal.

9. Led by Clyde Simmons, Eagles sack rookie Troy Aikman 11 times

While he would go on to win three Super Bowls, Troy Aikman's 1991 Week 3 game against the Eagles vaunted D was probably his low point.

Led by defensive lineman Reggie White, Clyde Simmons and Jerome Brown, the Eagles made life painful for the future Hall of Fame quarterback with a total of 11 sacks in the 24-0 shutout.

In all, Simmons recorded an Eagles-record 4½ sacks with Brown adding 2½. Defensive tackle Mike Golic had two of his own, while Mike Pitts and White had one apiece.

8. Randall Cunningham scrambles, tosses 95-yard TD to Fred Barnett

Randall Cunningham had so many memorable highlights that it was too difficult to pick just one.

Cunningham was known as The Ultimate Weapon for a reason. No play was more evident than his Dec. 2, 1990, scramble in the end zone away from Buffalo Bills sack master Bruce Smith before hitting receiver Fred Barnett for a 95-yard score.

How about punting? He could do that too, with a surprise 91-yard punt while pinned deep in Eagles territory against the Giants in 1991. It's still one of the longest punts in NFL history.

Speaking of the Giants, remember the acrobatics he performed to avoid a sack by linebacker Harry Carson before tossing a strike into the end zone to tight end Jimmie Giles? There was almost nothing Cunningham couldn't do.

7. House of Pain Game

Jerome Brown said it following the game: "They brought the house and we brought the pain."

It summed up what the Eagles' defense did to the explosive Houston Oilers, who were undefeated at home to that point in the 1991 season. But the Eagles' No. 1 defense had all the answers, stifling Warren Moon and the Oilers' run-and-shoot offense in a 13-6 victory at the Astrodome.

“Plain and simple, we put a hurtin’ on them,” White said following the game.

6. The Body Bag Game against Washington

This one hurts if you're a Washington fan.

Coming into the Monday Night Football matchup on Nov. 12, 1990, then-Eagles coach Buddy Ryan made a proclamation about the hated rival: "They'll have to be carted off in body bags." That prediction wasn't too far off.

In the decisive 28-14 win, nine Redskins players were injured including starting quarterback Jeff Rutledge and backup Stan Humphries. In the end, kick returner and future Eagle Brian Mitchell was taking snaps with regular starter Mark Rypien missing the game.

The Eagles won five of their next seven, finishing 10-6 and earning a playoff berth.

5. Back-to-back NFL Champions in 1948 and 1949

In what may be the most successful span in Eagles history, the team led by coach Greasy Neale and Hall of Fame running back Steven Van Buren captured the franchise's only consecutive titles.

Winning their first championship against the Chicago Cardinals on Dec. 28, 1947, the Birds returned to the title game the following season on the back (and legs) of Van Buren.

Playing in Shibe Park in "The Philly Blizzard” following a nasty snowstorm, Van Buren rushed for 98 yards and the game's only score in a 7-0 victory. Van Buren would remain the Eagles' all-time rushing leader before being passed by LeSean McCoy in 2014.

4. Chuck Bednarik and 'The Hit' against the Giants' Frank Gifford

One of the most famous images and moments in NFL history, the legendary play nicknamed "The Hit" cemented Chuck Bednarik's place in football lore.

Trailing in the fourth quarter of a game on Nov. 20, 1960, star New York Giants running back Frank Gifford zigged across the field toward the feared linebacker. Bednarik then made one of the most vicious hits in league history, sending Gifford to the ground with a severe concussion.

While the hit was legal, it sent Gifford to the hospital for 10 days and forced him to retire before returning for the 1962 season.

The Eagles won the game 17-10.

3. 1960 NFL Championship victory over the Green Bay Packers

Vince Lombardi, Bart Starr and the Green Bay Packers certainly had the mystique, but the Eagles had the better team in the 1960 NFL Championship Game.

Led by quarterback Norm Van Brocklin and the two-way star Bednarik, the Eagles secured their third championship with a 17-13 victory at Franklin Field on Dec. 26, 1960. Having played every down, Bednarik tackled Jim Taylor before the running back could reach the end zone as time expired.

As the clock hit zero, Bednarik yelled, "You can get up now, Taylor. This damn game's over."

The Eagles handed Vince Lombardi his only playoff defeat in his career.

2. 1980 NFC Championship win against the Dallas Cowboys

A chance to get to their first Super Bowl, and all that was standing in their way was the hated Dallas Cowboys. What else could you ask for?

The Eagles dominated the game, with the 20-7 final score a poor indicator of the Eagles' play on the field on that cold day on Jan. 11, 1981. The Boys had no answer for running back Wilbert Montgomery, who rushed for 194 yards including a 42-yard touchdown in the first quarter.

The Eagles would eventually lose Super Bowl XV to the underdog Oakland Raiders, but the win over Dallas is still sweet to this day.

1. Miracle at the New Meadowlands

This one, literally, turned the franchise's fortunes around.

With time running out, the Giants were about to seal a 17-12 victory over the Eagles back in November 1978.

That’s when Giants quarterback Joe Pisarcik inexplicably handed the ball off to Larry Csonka instead of taking a knee. An awkward exchange led to a fumble that was picked up by defensive back Herman Edwards, who ran it into the end zone for the game-winning score.

The Eagles rallied around the win, making the playoffs for the first time in years, and reaching the Super Bowl two years later.

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