On the play, quarterback Nick Foles moved up behind his offensive line, and Jason Kelce snapped the ball directly to running back Corey Clement.

"[6][7] A play identical to the Philly Special had been successfully run at the college level on a two-point conversion attempt in 2012 by Clemson with Andre Ellington, DeAndre Hopkins and Tajh Boyd against Georgia Tech.

[10] Like Clemson, the Bears' attempt, led by Matt Barkley, Jeremy Langford and Cameron Meredith, was a success as they scored a touchdown on the play.

Ameer Abdullah took a direct snap, reversed to Golden Tate, who completed a pass to Matthew Stafford for a successful conversion.

Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich considered running the play against the Vikings in the NFC Championship Game before Super Bowl LII, but relented due to the lopsided score.

During his freshman year at the University of Florida, he scored six touchdowns in a single game, breaking the team record set by Tim Tebow.

[16] During Philadelphia's drive previous to their attempt at a trick play at the end of the second quarter, Nick Foles's pass was intercepted by Patriots defensive back Duron Harmon.

[17] The Patriots, led by Tom Brady, drove down the field and scored on a James White 26 yard touchdown run to cut the Eagles lead to 3.

Nick Foles was able to find Corey Clement on a wheel route for 55 yards, which set up first-and-goal, but the Eagles' drive stalled, which brought up fourth-and-goal on the Patriots' 1-yard line.

Finally, Burton threw the ball to Foles, who ran a route to the right corner of the end zone and made the catch for a Philadelphia touchdown.

Fox Sports rules expert and former NFL referee Mike Pereira even said "...They lined up wrong ... Not only that, [but] it's a trick play.

They go to the very, very, very back of the playbook for the touchdown!Eagles broadcasters Merrill Reese and Mike Quick made the call for 94.1 WIP, the team's flagship station.

"[34] Two days after the game, Showtime's Inside the NFL released footage with audio between Coach Doug Pederson and Nick Foles.

"[35][36] On February 20, ESPN's Darren Rovell announced that the Philadelphia Eagles had filed for a trademark for the term "Philly Special."

The bezel of the ring contained 127 diamonds, which is the total from the numbers of the jerseys of the three players who handled the ball after the snap on the Philly Special—Corey Clement (30), Trey Burton (88) and Nick Foles (9).

[40][41] In September 2018, a statue commemorating the Philly Special, showing the moment of discussion between Nick Foles and Doug Pederson, was unveiled at Lincoln Financial Field.

Running back Duke Johnson took the snap and handed the ball off to wide receiver Jarvis Landry, who threw a pass to quarterback Baker Mayfield.

[49] On December 2, 2018, the Chicago Bears successfully ran the play for a touchdown against the New York Giants as time expired in the fourth quarter to tie the game and force overtime.

[50] On October 11, 2020, the Dallas Cowboys successfully ran a very similar play to score a touchdown in their week 5 game against the New York Giants, but with a couple of key differences: The snap went to QB Dak Prescott who handed the ball off to RB Ezekiel Elliott instead of directly to Elliott, and thrower Cedrick Wilson was a Wide Receiver, not a Tight End.

In Super Bowl LVI, the Cincinnati Bengals ran a trick-play where running back Joe Mixon threw a touchdown to wide receiver Tee Higgins.

[58] The North Carolina Tar Heels ran an adaptation of the play on two occasions, first in the 2019 Military Bowl against Temple, and secondly against Miami in the final game of the 2020 regular season.

The Tar Heels' variation was run from under center, with wide receiver Rontavius "Toe" Groves throwing the pass to quarterback Sam Howell both times.

On September 11, 2021, Notre Dame tried to execute a Philly Special against Toledo, but quarterback Jack Coan was covered on the play.

On September 18, 2021, San Diego State and backup quarterback Lucas Johnson successfully executed the Philly Special to defeat the Utah Utes in the third overtime.