VINTAGE 1985 REGGIE WHITE'S 1ST NFL DEBUT FULL GAME TICKET
1985 NEW YORK FOOTBALL GIANTS CLUB @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES FOOTBALL CLUB FULL REGULAR SEASON GAME TICKET
HoF DE REGGIE WHITE'S 1st NFL START
Philadelphia - A new era of Eagles football dawned on September 29, 1985. That was the day Reggie White played his first game in Philadelphia.
Reggie White joined the Eagles in Week 4 of the NFL regular season after completing a full spring schedule with the Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League. He was the top defensive lineman in the USFL, but no one knew if he would be the same destructive force in the NFL. He answered that question almost immediately.
The Eagles were hosting the New York Giants that day at Veterans Stadium. It was a typical Bill Parcells team, tough on defense and stout across the offensive line. The Giants had only a sketchy scouting report on White. They weren't prepared for the 6-5, 295-pounder to take over the game but that's what he did. And the Giants had LT and Harry Carson on their defensive side.
White wore jersey number 91 in his debut and he lined up at defensive tackle. The Giants could not handle him. White finished with 10 tackles and two and a half sacks in his first NFL game. He was in the face of Giants quarterback Phil Simms all day. Reggie also tipped a Simm's pass which DB Herm Edwards returned for a TD to pushed the game into OT.
In overtime, the Eagles lost 16-10 on an interception return by Elvis Patterson. Still, they knew they had found something in the man they called The Minister of Defense. He was a one-man wrecking crew.
White finished the season with 13 sacks and he was named the NFL's Defensive Rookie of the Year. It was remarkable when you consider he played an entire 18-game USFL season before he joined the Eagles. He played the equivalent of two seasons back to back and never slowed down.
He never missed a game in eight seasons with the Eagles and he earned Pro Bowl honors seven times. When he left the Eagles following the 1992 season, he had more sacks (124) than games played (121). No other defensive player in the league could say that.
Reggie went to Green Bay and won a SUPER BOWL and later to Carolina.
He passed away in 2004 way too soon but he was the greatest NFL player I ever had the pleasure to watch play the game.
White was a first-ballot selection to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006.
REGGIE WAS VOTED THE 7TH GREATEST PLAYER OF THE BEST EVER IN THE NFL in 2010 (and as the 2nd greatest defensive player - only behind NYG LB Lawrence Taylor)
ENDED CAREER WITH 13x PRO BOWL & 8x ALL-PRO HONORS
PSA POP lists ONE (1) full game ticket for REGGIE WHITE'S NFL debut game with a Grade of 1.5; this ticket will grade well above a 1.5! And there are TEN (10) ticket stubs with none higher than a 3.5 grading as of August 2023.
EAGLES Team-Issued Regular Season Full Home Game Ticket
GAME PLAYED 09/29/1985 @ VETERANS STADIUM, PHILADELPHIA
EAGLES lose to GIANTS 10-16
HC BILL PARCELLS vs HC MARION CAMPBELL
Came to me via a local NFL PR Contact
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