1965 Philadelphia Eagles season
OwnerJerry Wolman
Head coachJoe Kuharich
Home fieldFranklin Field
Results
Record5–9
Division place5th (tied) NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1965 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's thirty-third season in the National Football League.

The Philadelphia Eagles compiled a record of five wins to nine losses out of the fourteen 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 the team from the playoff hunt. It ended the season in fifth place within the NFL Eastern Conference.

Off Season

NFL Draft

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; as a result, several players were drafted by both leagues. The AFL's representatives were aggressive in pursuing potential stars and did what they could to please the players who agreed to sign with the AFL. Joe Namath, who agreed to sign if he could play in New York, ultimately signed a three-year contract with the New York Jets that was worth $427,000. (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; when they were drafted by an AFL team, those contracts were transferred from the league to their respective teams. 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.

League representatives were assigned to various draft prospects to keep them away from the other league's recruiters.[2] One of the Eagles' draft picks, Otis Taylor, was held in a motel and had to "escape" from his NFL advisor. He later signed with the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs for money and a "red Thunderbird convertible" that the AFL advisor had been driving.[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 went on to defeat the NFL's Baltimore Colts for the World Championship in Super Bowl III after the 1968 season.

Player selections

= Pro Bowler [4] = AFL All-Star[5] = Hall of Famer
Rd PICK PLAYER POS SCHOOL AFL Rd Pick Signed
17Pick Traded to Green Bay Packers
220Ray RissmillerTackleGeorgiaBuffalo864Eagles
335Al NelsonRunning backCincinnatiBuffalo978Eagles
448Fred HillWide receiverUSCOakland16123Eagles
563John HendersonEndMichiganBuffalo17136Buffalo
676John Huarte[6][7]QuarterbackNotre DameNew York212Boston
677Gary GarrisonWide receiverSan Diego State
791Erwin WillTackleDayton
8104Al PirainoTackleWisconsinKansas City1185
9119Floyd HudlowBackArizonaBuffalo1080
10132Rick RedmanCenterWashingtonSan Diego538Eagles
11147Louis JamesRunning backTexas-El Paso
12161John KuznieskiRunning backPurdue
13175John FouseEndArizonaBuffalo17129
14188Tom LongoBackNotre Dame
15203Otis Taylor[8]Wide receiverPrairie View A&MKansas City429Kansas City
16216Jim GrayBackToledoNew York1184Jets
17231Dave AustinEndGeorgia Tech
18244Bill MarcordesEndBradley
19259Charley EnglehartTackleJohn Carroll
20272Bobby ShannEndBoston College

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
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.

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
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.

Roster

= 1965 Pro Bowl[9] = Hall of Famer
NO. Player AGE POS GP GS WT HT YRS College
Joe KuharichCOACHNotre Dame
38Sam Baker36K-FB1202176–212Oregon State
55Maxie Baughan*27LB12122276–25Georgia Tech
64Ed Blaine25G14142406–13Missouri
76Bob Brown*+24T14142806–41Nebraska
22Timmy Brown*28RB1301985–116Ball State
3Jack Concannon22QB302056–31Boston College
23Claude Crabb25DB-WR1001926–13Colorado and USC
87Bill Cronin22TE202316–5RookieBoston College
27Irv Cross*26DB1401956–24Northwestern
32Roger Gill25WR-HB1302006–11Texas Tech
49Glenn Glass25DB-WR1202056–13Tennessee
81Ron Goodwin24FL-SE-WR1101805–112Baylor
78Dave Graham26T1402506–32Virginia
34Earl Gros25FB1402206–33LSU
43Ralph Heck24LB1202306–12Colorado
86Fred Hill22TE-SE-WR1202156–2RookieUSC
10King Hill29QB752126–37Rice
79Lane Howell24T-DT1402576–52Grambling
63Lynn Hoyem26G-T1402446–43Long Beach State
83Don Hultz25DE-DT1402416–32Southern Miss
84Jim Kelly23TE102186–21Notre Dame
73Ed Khayat30DT-DE-T1452406–38Tulane
29Izzy Lang23RB1402326–11Tennessee State
52Dave Lloyd29LB-C13132476–36Georgia,Texas Tech
33Ollie Matson35RB-FL1402206–213San Francisco
75John Meyers25DT14142766–63Washington
89Mike Morgan23LB14142426–41LSU
26Al Nelson22DB14141865–11RookieCincinnati
9Jim Nettles23DB1401775–10RookieWisconsin
72Floyd Peters29DT992546–46San Francisco State
35Ray Poage25TE-SE-FL-WR1302086–42Texas
24Nate Ramsey24DB14142006–12Indiana State
51Dave Recher23C1402456–1RookieIowa
44Pete Retzlaff*+34E-HB-TE1402116–1RookieSouth Dakota State
68Bobby Richards27DE-DT14122456–23LSU
54Jim Ringo*34C14142326–112Syracuse
21Joe Scarpati22DB1401855–101North Carolina State Wolfpack
25Bob Shann22DB401896–1RookieBoston College
70Jim Skaggs25G-T14142506–32Washington
16Norm Snead*26QB1192156–44Wake Forest
82George Tarasovic35DE-LB-C1402456–413Boston College,LSU
53Harold Wells27LB1402206–2RookiePurdue
67Erwin Will22DT502756–5RookieDayton
37Tom Woodeshick24RB1302256–02West Virginia

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ MacCambridge, Michael (2005). America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation. Anchor Books. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-375-72506-7.
  2. ↑ MacCambridge, Michael (2005). America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation. Anchor Books. pp. 208–210. ISBN 978-0-375-72506-7.
  3. ↑ MacCambridge, Michael (2005). America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation. Anchor Books. pp. 210–211. ISBN 978-0-375-72506-7.
  4. ↑ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their careers.
  5. ↑ Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star team at any time in their careers.
  6. ↑ John Huarte, 1964 Heisman Trophy winner "Heisman Trophy". Archived from the original on June 25, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
  7. ↑ John Huarte signed with the Boston Patriots of the American Football League.
  8. ↑ Otis Taylor signed with the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League.
  9. ↑ Players are identified as a 1965 All-Star.
  10. ↑ "Bert Bell Award – Professional Player of the Year: Past Recipients". Maxwell Football Club. Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
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