1962 Philadelphia Eagles season

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1962 Philadelphia Eagles season
Owner Happy Hundred
Head coach Nick Skorich
Home stadium Franklin Field
Results
Record3–10–1
Division place7th NFL Eastern
PlayoffsDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers FL Tommy McDonald
HB Timmy Brown

The 1962 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 30th season in the National Football League. The team had a very disappointing record of 3 wins 10 losses and 1 tie.

Contents

Offseason

The 1962 NFL draft and the 1962 AFL Draft

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1September 16 St. Louis Cardinals L 21–270–1 Franklin Field 60,671
2September 23 New York Giants L 13–290–2Franklin Field60,671
3September 30 Cleveland Browns W 35–71–2Franklin Field60,671
4October 6at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–131–3 Forbes Field 23,164
5October 14at Dallas Cowboys L 19–411–4 Cotton Bowl 18,645
6October 21 Washington Redskins L 21–271–5Franklin Field60,671
7October 28at Minnesota Vikings L 21–311–6 Metropolitan Stadium 30,071
8November 4at Cleveland Browns T 14–141–6–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 63,848
9November 11 Green Bay Packers L 0–491–7–1Franklin Field60,671
10November 18at New York Giants L 14–191–8–1 Yankee Stadium 62,705
11November 25 Dallas Cowboys W 28–142–8–1Franklin Field58,070
12December 2at Washington Redskins W 37–143–8–1 RFK Stadium 32,229
13December 9 Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–263–9–1Franklin Field60,671
14December 16at St. Louis Cardinals L 35–453–10–1 Busch Stadium 14,989

Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
WLTPCTCONFPFPASTK
New York Giants 1220.85710–2398283W9
Pittsburgh Steelers 950.6438–4312363W3
Cleveland Browns 761.5386–5–1291257W1
Washington Redskins 572.4174–6–2305376L1
Dallas Cowboys 581.3854–7–1398402L2
St. Louis Cardinals 491.3084–7–1287361W2
Philadelphia Eagles 3101.2313–8–1282356L2
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.