Here is the account of the beating by the 33-year-old Lions fan of what happened after the Lions vs. Eagles game courtesy of Philly.com.
As he walked along Pattison near the Xfinity Live complex, a group of men in their 20s in Eagles jerseys began shouting and throwing snowballs at him.
“I tried to keep my head down and avoid them,” he said. “I didn’t want to give them the satisfaction.”
As he crossed the street, heading toward the train, six of the men blocked his path and continued to scream at him.
“I was like, ‘Are you guys serious? You won, enjoy it.’ “
The smallest man slapped his head from the side. Another man then pushed him from behind, and the group bum-rushed him, he said.
To defend himself, he threw a punch and brought one of his attackers to the ground. But then he felt punches to the back of his head, he said: “I felt like I was being choked and punched.”
That’s when he lost consciousness, he said.
According to the Lions fan after he woke up, another Eagles fan helped him up and got him to his train. He was eventually treated at the hospital for a concussion and internal injuries after urinating blood.
The Lions fan said he was targeting all game because he was wearing a Barry Sanders’ jersey.
The cops are trying to find surveillance footage to ID his attackers.