1977 Philadelphia Eagles season

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1977 Philadelphia Eagles season
OwnerLeonard Tose
Head coachDick Vermeil
General managerJim Murray
Home fieldVeterans Stadium
Results
Record5–9
Division place4th NFC East
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersLB Bill Bergey
Eagles wide receiver Harold Carmichael scoring a touchdown against the New Orleans Saints in 1977

The 1977 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 45th season in the National Football League. The team improved upon their previous output of 4–10, winning five games.[1] Despite the improvement, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the seventeenth consecutive season.

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

Main article: 1977 NFL Draft

Player selections[]

The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.

= Pro Bowler[note 1] = Hall of Famer
Round Pick Player Position School
1 8 Pick Traded to Cincinnati Bengals
2 35 Pick Traded to Oakland Raiders
3 62 Pick Traded to Dallas Cowboys
4 92 Pick Traded to Kansas City Chiefs
5 119 Skip Sharp Defensive back Kansas
6 145 Kevin Russell Defensive back Tennessee State
6 154 Wilbert Montgomery Running back Abilene Christian
6 158 Mark Mitchell Defensive back Tulane
7 175 Charlie Johnson Defensive tackle Colorado
8 202 Cleveland Franklin Running back Baylor
9 229 T.J. Humphreys Guard Arkansas State
10 259 John Mastronardo Wide receiver Villanova
11 283 Rocco Moore Tackle Western Michigan
11 286 Mike Cordova Quarterback Stanford
12 313 Pick Traded to New York Jets

Roster[]

1977 Philadelphia Eagles roster
Quarterbacks
  •  7 Ron Jaworski

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

  • 10 Ove Johansson K
  •  6 Spike Jones P
  • 16 Horst Muhlmann K
 Reserve lists


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Preseason[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 18, 1977 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 13–3
63,132
2 September 25, 1977 at Los Angeles Rams L 20–0
46,031
3 October 2, 1977 at Detroit Lions L 17–13
57,236
4 October 9, 1977 at New York Giants W 28–10
48,824
5 October 16, 1977 St. Louis Cardinals L 21–17
60,535
6 October 23, 1977 Dallas Cowboys L 16–10
65,507
7 October 30, 1977 at Washington Redskins L 23–17
55,031
8 November 6, 1977 New Orleans Saints W 28–7
53,482
9 November 13, 1977 Washington Redskins L 17–14
60,702
10 November 20, 1977 at St. Louis Cardinals L 21–16
48,768
11 November 27, 1977 at New England Patriots L 14–6
57,893
12 December 4, 1977 at Dallas Cowboys L 24–14
60,289
13 December 11, 1977 New York Giants W 17–14
47,731
14 December 18, 1977 New York Jets W 27–0
19,241

Standings[]

NFC East
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 W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Dallas Cowboys(1) 12 2 0 .857 7–1 11–1 345 212 W4
Washington Redskins 9 5 0 .643 4–4 8–4 196 189 W3
St. Louis Cardinals 7 7 0 .500 4–4 7–5 272 287 L4
Philadelphia Eagles 5 9 0 .357 2–6 4–8 220 207 W2
New York Giants 5 9 0 .357 3–5 5–7 181 265 L2

Regular Season[]

Week 1: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers[]

Quarterback Ron Jaworski threw two touchdown passes and the defense allowed just 152 yards as the Eagles got their first opening day victory in 10 years. Jaworski, playing the Eagles for the first time since being traded from the Los Angeles Rams for tight end Charlie Young floated a seven-yard touchdown pass in the first period to running back Tom Sullivan. And after Dave Green kicked a 22-yard field goal in the third quarter to reduce the Eagles lead to 7-3, Jaworski hit Keith Krepfle with a 17-yard score. The last time the Eagles won the opener was 1967 when they beat the Washington Redskins. It was the 15th straight loss for the Buccaneers who entered the league in 1976. The Eagles defense led by defensive end Art Thomas who was recently obtained from Oakland, and linebacker Bill Bergey, gave up 82 yards on the ground and 70 in the air.

Week 4: at New York Giants[]

  • at Giants Stadium i East Rutherford, New Jersey
  • Television CBS
  • Announcers: Pat Summerall, Tom Brookshier

Ron jaworski hit tight end Keith Krepfle with a 55-yard touchdown and Charlie Smith with a 28-yarder and Herb Lusk ran for touchdowns of 1 and 70 yards in a steady rain as Philadelphia evened their season record at 2-2 with an impressive road victory over the New York Giants. Joe Pisarcik who would later join the Eagles in 1980 threw an 80-yard touchdown pass to Jimmy Robinson for New York's only TD for the day.

Week 8: Vs. New Orleans Saints[]

  • at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Television: CBS
  • Announcers: Don Criqui and Johnny Unitas

Ron Jaworski had a great day as he ran for two touchdowns and pass for two more touchdowns as the Eagles won their 3rd game of the season. In the first half After Jaworski ran for his first touchdown on a 13-play 68-yard drive, he drove the Eagles on a 6-play 35-yard drive that ended with a 11-yard touchdown pass from Jaworski to Harold Carmichael. In the second half, Eagles' safety John Sanders return a pass interception 26 yards to the Eagles 7, where 3 plays later, Jaworski pass to Carmichael for another score. The Saints finally got on a board with a 8-play 62-yard drive that ended with a Bobby Douglass 9-yard touchdown pass to Henry Childs. But back came the Eagles to finish off the Saints with a 10-play 57-yard drive that ended with Jaworski's 2-yard touchdown run to cap a great day for the Eagles.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.

References[]

  1. ^ 1977 Philadelphia Eagles
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