1969 Philadelphia Eagles season

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1969 Philadelphia Eagles season
OwnerLeonard Tose
Head coachJerry Williams
Home fieldFranklin Field
Results
Record4–9–1
Division place4th NFL Capitol
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1969 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 37th season in the National Football League. They improved on their previous output of 2–12, winning four games.[1] Despite the improvement, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season.

The Eagles wore both green (for road games) and white (for home games) helmets during the season. [2] The white helmets would become part of the Eagles' permanent uniform for the subsequent four seasons.[3]

Philadelphia became the first NFL team to play home games on artificial turf as Franklin Field installed AstroTurf prior to this season. The Houston Oilers of the AFL were in their second season on AstroTurf; they moved into the Astrodome the previous year.

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

The 1969 NFL/AFL draft was the third and final year in which the NFL and American Football League (AFL) held a joint draft of college players. The draft took place on January 28–29, and the Eagles alternated with the Atlanta Falcons in picking second and third over the seventeen rounds.

The draft began with first overall pick of O. J. Simpson, the Heisman Trophy-winning running back from USC, by the AFL's Buffalo Bills. In a 14-game 1968 season the Eagles had no wins until November 28 (week 12) when they defeated the Detroit Lions (4–8–2) in Detroit 12–0, and on December 8 (week 13) the New Orleans Saints (4–9–1) in Philadelphia 29–17. This gave the Eagles a better record than Buffalo (1–12–1) by half a game, and equaled the record of the Atlanta Falcons (2–12), who won the coin flip for the rights to the second pick in the draft, offensive tackle George Kunz from Notre Dame. Future hall of famer "Mean" Joe Greene, defensive tackle from North Texas State, was taken fourth by the Pittsburgh Steelers (2–11–1).

Player selections[]

Round Pick Player Position School
1 3 Leroy Keyes RB Purdue
2 28 Ernest Calloway LB Texas Southern
3 55 Pick Traded to Cleveland Browns
3 69 Bill Bradley DB Texas
4 80 Bob Kuechenberg G Notre Dame
5 107 Jim Anderson G Missouri
6 132 Richard Barnhorst TE Xavier
7 159 Mike Schmeising RB St. Olaf
8 184 Bill Hobbs LB Texas A&M
9 211 Kent Lawrence WR Georgia
9 218 Lynn Buss LB Wisconsin
10 236 Sonny Wade QB Emory & Henry
10 243 Donnie Shanklin RB Kansas
11 263 Jim Marcum DB Texas-Arlington
12 288 Gary Adams DB Arkansas
13 314 Wade Key TE Southwest Texas State
14 340 James Ross T Bishop
15 367 Leon Angevine WR Penn State
16 392 Tom McClinton DB Southern
17 419 Bob Haack T Linfield (Ore.)

Roster[]

1969 Philadelphia Eagles roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Schedule[]

Main article: 1969 NFL season
Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance
1 September 21 Cleveland Browns L 20–27 0–1 60,658
2 September 28 Pittsburgh Steelers W 41–27 1–1 60,658
3 October 5 Dallas Cowboys L 7–38 1–2 60,658
4 October 13 at Baltimore Colts L 20–24 1–3 56,864
5 October 19 at Dallas Cowboys L 14–49 1–4 71,509
6 October 26 New Orleans Saints W 13–10 2–4 60,658
7 November 2 at New York Giants W 23–20 3–4 62,912
8 November 9 at Washington Redskins T 28–28 3–4–1 50,502
9 November 16 Los Angeles Rams L 17–23 3–5–1 60,658
10 November 23 at St. Louis Cardinals W 34–30 4–5–1 45,512
11 November 30 at New Orleans Saints L 17–26 4–6–1 72,805
12 December 7 Washington Redskins L 29–34 4–7–1 60,658
13 December 14 Atlanta Falcons L 3–27 4–8–1 60,658
14 December 21 at San Francisco 49ers L 13–14 4–9–1 25,391

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings[]

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 W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Dallas Cowboys 11 2 1 .846 6–0 9–1 369 223 W3
Washington Redskins 7 5 2 .583 3–2–1 6–3–1 307 319 L1
New Orleans Saints 5 9 0 .357 1–5 4–6 311 393 W1
Philadelphia Eagles 4 9 1 .308 1–4–1 4–5–1 279 377 L4

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

References[]

  1. ^ 1969 Philadelphia Eagles
  2. ^ "1969 season". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  3. ^ "Gridiron Uniform Database: Philadelphia Eagles". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
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