PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Fans pumped up the volume outside Lincoln Financial Field on Thursday night ahead of the NFL season opener, with the popular chant heard across Philadelphia and beyond: E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles!

"My family is at home. They know better. They would rather me come here by myself, and it's all my friends," said Joe Hooven from Magnolia, N.J. "I've been doing this since 1996, and I'm going to keep doing it until I can."

The Eagles are up against their rivals - the Cowboys.

But the division did not keep one couple apart.

"We were married 11 years yesterday," said Kate Briggs from Wilmington, Delaware.

Briggs soars with the Eagles while her husband, Tim, cheers on the Cowboys.

"I'm not one of those fans that really get into the hate and all that stuff like that. I just en

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