1965 Philadelphia Eagles season | |
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Owner | Jerry Wolman |
Head coach | Joe Kuharich |
Home field | Franklin Field |
Results | |
Record | 5–9 |
Division place | 5th (tied) NFL Eastern |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
The 1965 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 33rd season in the National Football League.
The Philadelphia Eagles compiled a record of 5 wins to 9 losses out of the 14 games played. The team was led by Joe Kuharich with ownership duties belonging to Jerry Wolman. The Eagles began the season with a win against the St. Louis Cardinals followed by a loss to the New York Giants. After a win against the Dallas Cowboys, the Eagles lost four straight games, dropping them from the playoff hunt. The team ended the season in 5th place within the NFL Eastern Conference.
The NFL and the American Football League (AFL) competed with each other for the same pool of college players each year. The 1965 NFL Draft and the 1965 AFL Draft both took place on Saturday, November 28, 1964. This was the day of the Army–Navy Game, which is normally the last game of the college season before the bowl games.
The two leagues' drafts were separate from each other and some players were drafted by both leagues. The AFL was going strong in wanting stars signed and would do what they could to please the players if they signed with the AFL. Joe Namath would sign with the AFL if he could play in New York; he eventually signed a three-year contract worth $427,000 with the New York Jets. (Not all of this amount was for Namath himself. $120,000 went toward salaries for three of his relatives over that three-year period as well as for lawyer's fees.) [1] As in earlier years, some players signed "AFL contracts" with the league itself as soon as their last college game was over, and when they were drafted by an AFL team the contract was transferred from the league to the team. To help fight this, the NFL moved its draft up to near the end of the college season, but this move was quickly matched by the AFL.
A new kind of job was created, "baby sitter". Their job was to hang with the draft prospect, and keep him away from the other league's representatives. [2] One of the Eagles' draft picks, Otis Taylor, was held in a motel and had to "escape" from his NFL baby sitter. He later signed with the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs for money and a "red Thunderbird convertible" that the AFL baby sitter was driving. Taylor noticed how a lot of people stared at the car when they drove by, and he wanted one. [3]
The first player selected in the NFL draft was Tucker Frederickson, running back from Auburn, by the New York Giants. The draft was marked by the failure of the St. Louis Cardinals to sign Joe Namath, who instead signed with the AFL's New York Jets. He and the Jets would go on to defeat the NFL's Baltimore Colts for the World Championship in Super Bowl III after the 1968 season.
= Pro Bowler [4] | = AFL All-Star [5] | = Hall of Famer |
Rd | PICK | PLAYER | POS | SCHOOL | AFL | Rd | Pick | Signed | |
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1 | 7 | Pick Traded to Green Bay Packers | |||||||
2 | 20 | Ray Rissmiller | Tackle | Georgia | Buffalo | 8 | 64 | Eagles | |
3 | 35 | Al Nelson | Running back | Cincinnati | Buffalo | 9 | 78 | Eagles | |
4 | 48 | Fred Hill | Wide receiver | USC | Oakland | 16 | 123 | Eagles | |
5 | 63 | John Henderson | End | Michigan | Buffalo | 17 | 136 | Buffalo | |
6 | 76 | John Huarte [6] [7] | Quarterback | Notre Dame | New York | 2 | 12 | Boston | |
6 | 77 | Gary Garrison | Wide receiver | San Diego State | |||||
7 | 91 | Erwin Will | Tackle | Dayton | |||||
8 | 104 | Al Piraino | Tackle | Wisconsin | Kansas City | 11 | 85 | ||
9 | 119 | Floyd Hudlow | Back | Arizona | Buffalo | 10 | 80 | ||
10 | 132 | Rick Redman | Center | Washington | San Diego | 5 | 38 | Eagles | |
11 | 147 | Louis James | Running back | Texas-El Paso | |||||
12 | 161 | John Kuznieski | Running back | Purdue | |||||
13 | 175 | John Fouse | End | Arizona | Buffalo | 17 | 129 | ||
14 | 188 | Tom Longo | Back | Notre Dame | |||||
15 | 203 | Otis Taylor [8] | Wide receiver | Prairie View A&M | Kansas City | 4 | 29 | Kansas City | |
16 | 216 | Jim Gray | Back | Toledo | New York | 11 | 84 | Jets | |
17 | 231 | Dave Austin | End | Georgia Tech | |||||
18 | 244 | Bill Marcordes | End | Bradley | |||||
19 | 259 | Charley Englehart | Tackle | John Carroll | |||||
20 | 272 | Bobby Shann | End | Boston College |
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
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1 | September 19 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 34–27 | 1–0 | Franklin Field | 54,260 |
2 | September 26 | New York Giants | L 14–16 | 1–1 | Franklin Field | 57,154 |
3 | October 3 | Cleveland Browns | L 17–35 | 1–2 | Franklin Field | 60,759 |
4 | October 10 | at Dallas Cowboys | W 35–24 | 2–2 | Cotton Bowl | 56,249 |
5 | October 17 | at New York Giants | L 27–35 | 2–3 | Yankee Stadium | 62,815 |
6 | October 24 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 14–20 | 2–4 | Franklin Field | 56,515 |
7 | October 31 | at Washington Redskins | L 21–23 | 2–5 | D.C. Stadium | 50,301 |
8 | November 7 | at Cleveland Browns | L 34–38 | 2–6 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 72,807 |
9 | November 14 | Washington Redskins | W 21–14 | 3–6 | Franklin Field | 60,444 |
10 | November 21 | at Baltimore Colts | L 24–34 | 3–7 | Memorial Stadium | 60,238 |
11 | November 28 | at St. Louis Cardinals | W 28–24 | 4–7 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 28,706 |
12 | December 5 | Dallas Cowboys | L 19–21 | 4–8 | Franklin Field | 54,714 |
13 | December 12 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | W 47–13 | 5–8 | Pitt Stadium | 22,002 |
14 | December 19 | Detroit Lions | L 28–35 | 5–9 | Franklin Field | 56,718 |
Conference opponents are in bold text.
NFL Eastern Conference | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | CONF | PF | PA | STK | ||
Cleveland Browns | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 11–1 | 363 | 325 | W1 | |
Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 6–6 | 325 | 280 | W3 | |
New York Giants | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 7–5 | 270 | 338 | L1 | |
Washington Redskins | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 6–6 | 257 | 301 | W1 | |
Philadelphia Eagles | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 5–7 | 363 | 359 | L1 | |
St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 5–7 | 296 | 309 | L6 | |
Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 12 | 0 | .143 | 2–10 | 202 | 397 | L7 |
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
= 1965 Pro Bowl [9] | = Hall of Famer |
NO. | Player | AGE | POS | GP | GS | WT | HT | YRS | College |
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Joe Kuharich | COACH | Notre Dame | |||||||
38 | Sam Baker | 36 | K-FB | 12 | 0 | 217 | 6–2 | 12 | Oregon State |
55 | Maxie Baughan* | 27 | LB | 12 | 12 | 227 | 6–2 | 5 | Georgia Tech |
64 | Ed Blaine | 25 | G | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6–1 | 3 | Missouri |
76 | Bob Brown*+ | 24 | T | 14 | 14 | 280 | 6–4 | 1 | Nebraska |
22 | Timmy Brown* | 28 | RB | 13 | 0 | 198 | 5–11 | 6 | Ball State |
3 | Jack Concannon | 22 | QB | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6–3 | 1 | Boston College |
23 | Claude Crabb | 25 | DB-WR | 10 | 0 | 192 | 6–1 | 3 | Colorado and USC |
87 | Bill Cronin | 22 | TE | 2 | 0 | 231 | 6–5 | Rookie | Boston College |
27 | Irv Cross* | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6–2 | 4 | Northwestern |
32 | Roger Gill | 25 | WR-HB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6–1 | 1 | Texas Tech |
49 | Glenn Glass | 25 | DB-WR | 12 | 0 | 205 | 6–1 | 3 | Tennessee |
81 | Ron Goodwin | 24 | FL-SE-WR | 11 | 0 | 180 | 5–11 | 2 | Baylor |
78 | Dave Graham | 26 | T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6–3 | 2 | Virginia |
34 | Earl Gros | 25 | FB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6–3 | 3 | LSU |
43 | Ralph Heck | 24 | LB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6–1 | 2 | Colorado |
86 | Fred Hill | 22 | TE-SE-WR | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6–2 | Rookie | USC |
10 | King Hill | 29 | QB | 7 | 5 | 212 | 6–3 | 7 | Rice |
79 | Lane Howell | 24 | T-DT | 14 | 0 | 257 | 6–5 | 2 | Grambling |
63 | Lynn Hoyem | 26 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 244 | 6–4 | 3 | Long Beach State |
83 | Don Hultz | 25 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 241 | 6–3 | 2 | Southern Miss |
84 | Jim Kelly | 23 | TE | 1 | 0 | 218 | 6–2 | 1 | Notre Dame |
73 | Ed Khayat | 30 | DT-DE-T | 14 | 5 | 240 | 6–3 | 8 | Tulane |
29 | Izzy Lang | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6–1 | 1 | Tennessee State |
52 | Dave Lloyd | 29 | LB-C | 13 | 13 | 247 | 6–3 | 6 | Georgia,Texas Tech |
33 | Ollie Matson | 35 | RB-FL | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6–2 | 13 | San Francisco |
75 | John Meyers | 25 | DT | 14 | 14 | 276 | 6–6 | 3 | Washington |
89 | Mike Morgan | 23 | LB | 14 | 14 | 242 | 6–4 | 1 | LSU |
26 | Al Nelson | 22 | DB | 14 | 14 | 186 | 5–11 | Rookie | Cincinnati |
9 | Jim Nettles | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 177 | 5–10 | Rookie | Wisconsin |
72 | Floyd Peters | 29 | DT | 9 | 9 | 254 | 6–4 | 6 | San Francisco State |
35 | Ray Poage | 25 | TE-SE-FL-WR | 13 | 0 | 208 | 6–4 | 2 | Texas |
24 | Nate Ramsey | 24 | DB | 14 | 14 | 200 | 6–1 | 2 | Indiana State |
51 | Dave Recher | 23 | C | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6–1 | Rookie | Iowa |
44 | Pete Retzlaff*+ | 34 | E-HB-TE | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6–1 | Rookie | South Dakota State |
68 | Bobby Richards | 27 | DE-DT | 14 | 12 | 245 | 6–2 | 3 | LSU |
54 | Jim Ringo* | 34 | C | 14 | 14 | 232 | 6–1 | 12 | Syracuse |
21 | Joe Scarpati | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5–10 | 1 | North Carolina State Wolfpack |
25 | Bob Shann | 22 | DB | 4 | 0 | 189 | 6–1 | Rookie | Boston College |
70 | Jim Skaggs | 25 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6–3 | 2 | Washington |
16 | Norm Snead* | 26 | QB | 11 | 9 | 215 | 6–4 | 4 | Wake Forest |
82 | George Tarasovic | 35 | DE-LB-C | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6–4 | 13 | Boston College,LSU |
53 | Harold Wells | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6–2 | Rookie | Purdue |
67 | Erwin Will | 22 | DT | 5 | 0 | 275 | 6–5 | Rookie | Dayton |
37 | Tom Woodeshick | 24 | RB | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6–0 | 2 | West Virginia |
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