Thursday was the 37th anniversary of Wilbert Montgomery’s stirring jaunt across the frozen Vet turf and through the Dallas Cowboys’ defense, Montgomery carrying the Eagles to Super Bowl XV with 194 yards on 26 carries, including a touchdown scored on the second play of the NFC championship game.
Torrey Smith, a wide receiver for the current Eagles, who face the Atlanta Falcons on Saturday in the divisional round of the playoffs, didn’t know what Montgomery meant to Philadelphia when he met Montgomery in 2011, Smith’s rookie season with the Baltimore Ravens.
Smith knew Montgomery as the Ravens’ running backs coach, a position he held from 2008-13.