1964 Philadelphia Eagles season

1964 Philadelphia Eagles season
Owner	Jerry Wolman
Head coach	Joe Kuharich
Results
Record	6–8
Division place	3rd (tied) NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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The 1964 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 32nd season in the National Football League.

Offseason[]

Joe Kuharich is hired as Head Coach after he leaves Notre Dame. He is still their only head coach with a lifetime losing record while coaching there, going 17–23 in 4 years. Owner Jerry Wolman give Kuharich an unheard of contract of $1 million over 15 years. He then trades future Hall of Famers Sonny Jurgensen to the Washington Redskins and Tommy McDonald to the Dallas Cowboys.

Earl Gros and Pro Bowler and Hall of Fame member Jim Ringo are acquired reportedly when he tried to have an agent talk for him during Ringo's 1964 contract talks with Green Bay. The Eagles send Lee Roy Caffey and their 1965 1st round draft pick to the Packers.

NFL Draft[]

The 1964 NFL Draft and the 1964 AFL Draft were 2 different draft held by the respected leagues. The NFL Draft was held on December 2, 1963, and the AFL Draft was held on November 30, 1963.

Where the NFL teams could draft any eligible player coming out of college, the AFL had territorial picks in the early rounds. These were players that lived in a certain area or went to college there. This could be why the Eagles 2nd round pick (16th pick), was the AFL's 1st pick in the draft. Some players made arrangements with the AFL leaders that they would sign for a set if a certain team drafted them, this was relayed to the AFL teams. Some of these players signed contracts as soon as their last college game was over on the field or in the parking lot.

The NFL Draft was for 20 rounds with 14 teams picking. The Eagles had the second pick in those rounds. They ended up picking 18 players.

The overall pick in the draft was Dave Parks, an End out of Texas Tech. The Eagle choose future Hall of Fame member Bob Brown, an offensive tackle out of Nebraska. There were 10 Hall of Fame members taken in this draft, 4 of them in the first round. The Dallas Cowboys get 2 of them when they take a chance on Bob Hayes in the 7th round and Roger Staubach in the 10th round. Roger Staubach had to serve a 4-year military obligation in the US Navy before he could play NFL football because he attended the United States Naval Academy.

= Pro Bowler [1]

= AFL All-Star[2]

= Hall of Famer

Rd	PICK	PLAYER	POS	SCHOOL		AFL	Rd	Pick	Signed
1	2	Bob Brown HOF	Tackle	Nebraska					Eagles
2	16	Jack Concannon	Quarterback	Boston College		Boston	1	1	Eagles
3	30	Trade to Detroit Lions
4	46	Ray Kubala	Center	Texas A&M		Denver	7	49	Denver
5	58	Mickey Babb	End	Georgia		Oakland	13	103
6	72	Al Denson	End	Florida A&M		Denver	6	47	Denver
7	86	Pete Goimarac	Center	West Virginia		San Diego	5	36
8	100	Traded To New York Giants
9	114	Larry Smith	Back	Mississippi
10	128	Tom Boris	Back	Purdue
11	142	Bob Berry	Quarterback	Oregon		Denver	26	201	Acquired by Minnesota
12	156	John Sapinsky	Tackle	William & Mary		Oakland	7	55
13	170	Howard Kindig	Center	Cal State-Los Angeles		San Diego	14	112	San Diego
14	184	Ernie Arizzi	Back	Maryland
15	198	Bob Burrows	Tackle	East Texas State		Kansas City	21	162
16	212	Will Radosevich	Tackle	Wyoming		New York	22	171
17	226	Mike Morgan	End	Louisiana State					Eagles
18	240	Izzy Lang	Running back	Tennessee State					Eagles
19	254	Dick Bowe	Tackle	Rice		Houston	25	198
20	268	Tommy Lucas	Guard	Mississippi		San Diego	25	200

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 13	New York Giants	W 38–7	1–0	Franklin Field	60,671	Recap
2	September 20	San Francisco 49ers	L 24–28	1–1	Franklin Field	57,353	Recap
3	September 27	Cleveland Browns	L 28–20	1–2	Franklin Field	60,671	Recap
4	October 4	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 21–7	2–2	Franklin Field	59,354	Recap
5	October 11	at Washington Redskins	L 20–35	2–3	DC Stadium	49,219	Recap
6	October 18	at New York Giants	W 23–17	3–3	Yankee Stadium	62,978	Recap
7	October 25	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 34–10	4–3	Pitt Stadium	38,393	Recap
8	November 1	Washington Redskins	L 10–21	4–4	Franklin Field	60,671	Recap
9	November 8	at Los Angeles Rams	L 10–20	4–5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	53,994	Recap
10	November 15	at Dallas Cowboys	W 17–14	5–5	Cotton Bowl	55,972	Recap
11	November 22	St. Louis Cardinals	L 13–38	5–6	Franklin Field	60,671	Recap
12	November 29	at Cleveland Browns	L 24–38	5–7	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	79,289	Recap
13	December 6	Dallas Cowboys	W 24–14	6–7	Franklin Field	60,671	Recap
14	December 13	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 34–36	6–8	Busch Stadium I	24,636	Recap

Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Season summary[]

Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns[]

Week 12: at Cleveland Browns[]

Standings[]

NFL Eastern Conference
view talk	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	10	3	1	.769	9–2–1	415	293	W1
St. Louis Cardinals	9	3	2	.750	8–2–2	357	331	W4
Philadelphia Eagles	6	8	0	.429	6–6	312	313	L1
Washington Redskins	6	8	0	.429	5–7	307	305	L2
Dallas Cowboys	5	8	1	.385	4–7–1	250	289	W1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	9	0	.357	5–7	253	315	L1
New York Giants	2	10	2	.167	2–8–2	241	399	L4

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster[]

Awards and honors[]

Pro Bowl Players

Sam Baker (P)

Maxie Baughan (LB)

Irv Cross (DB)

Floyd Peters (DT)

Pete Retzlaff (TE)

Jim Ringo (C)

References[]

• Eagles on Pro Football Reference
• Eagles on jt-sw.com
• Eagles on Eagles.net