1964 Philadelphia Eagles season

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1964 Philadelphia Eagles season
Owner Jerry Wolman
Head coach Joe Kuharich
Results
Record6–8
Division place3rd (tied) NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1964 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's thirty-second season in the National Football League.

Contents

Offseason

Joe Kuharich was hired as head coach of the Eagles after leaving the University of Notre Dame. He is still the only head coach with a lifetime losing record while coaching there, going 17–23 in four years. Owner Jerry Wolman gave Kuharich a fourteen-year, $1 million contract, and then traded future Hall of Famers Sonny Jurgensen and Tommy McDonald to the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys.

The Eagles sent Lee Roy Caffey and their 1965 first round draft pick to the Packers. Earl Gros and Pro Bowler and Hall of Fame member Jim Ringo were acquired during Ringo's 1964 contract talks with Green Bay.

NFL Draft

The 1964 NFL draft and the 1964 AFL Draft were two different drafts held by their respective leagues. The NFL Draft was held on December 2, 1963; its teams could draft any eligible player coming out of college. The AFL Draft was held on November 30, 1963; it had territorial picks during the early rounds. These picks were players who lived in, or attended college, in certain areas, and was possibly the reason why the Eagles second round pick (sixteenth pick), was the AFL's first pick during the draft.

Some players made arrangements with AFL leaders to sign if certain teams drafted them; some signed contracts as soon as their last college games were over (on the field or in the parking lot).

The NFL Draft lasted twenty rounds with fourteen teams picking. The Eagles had the second pick in those rounds and picked eighteen players.

The overall pick in the draft was Dave Parks, an end from Texas Tech. The Eagles choose future Hall of Fame member Bob Brown, an offensive tackle from Nebraska. There were ten Hall of Fame members chosen during this draft, four of whom were chosen in the first round. The Dallas Cowboys had two, selecting Bob Hayes in the seventh round and Roger Staubach in the tenth round; however, Staubach was required to serve a four-year military obligation in the United States Navy before he could play NFL football because he was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy.

= Pro Bowler [1] = AFL All-Star [2] = Hall of Famer
RdPICKPLAYERPOSSCHOOLAFLRdPickSigned
12 Bob Brown HOF Tackle Nebraska Eagles
216 Jack Concannon Quarterback Boston College Boston 11Eagles
330Trade to Detroit Lions
446 Ray Kubala CenterTexas A&M Denver 749Denver
558Mickey BabbEndGeorgia Oakland 13103
672 Al Denson EndFlorida A&MDenver647Denver
786Pete GoimaracCenterWest Virginia San Diego 536
8100Traded To New York Giants
9114Larry SmithBackMississippi
10128Tom BorisBackPurdue
11142 Bob Berry QuarterbackOregonDenver26201 Acquired by Minnesota
12156John SapinskyTackleWilliam & MaryOakland755
13170 Howard Kindig CenterCal State-Los AngelesSan Diego14112San Diego
14184Ernie ArizziBackMaryland
15198Bob BurrowsTackleEast Texas State Kansas City 21162
16212Will RadosevichTackleWyoming New York 22171
17226 Mike Morgan EndLouisiana StateEagles
18240 Izzy Lang Running backTennessee StateEagles
19254Dick BoweTackleRice Houston 25198
20268Tommy LucasGuardMississippiSan Diego25200

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecap
1September 13 New York Giants W 38–71–0 Franklin Field 60,671 Recap
2September 20 San Francisco 49ers L 24–281–1Franklin Field57,353 Recap
3September 27 Cleveland Browns L 28–201–2Franklin Field60,671 Recap
4October 4 Pittsburgh Steelers W 21–72–2Franklin Field59,354 Recap
5October 11at Washington Redskins L 20–352–3 DC Stadium 49,219 Recap
6October 18at New York Giants W 23–173–3 Yankee Stadium 62,978 Recap
7October 25at Pittsburgh Steelers W 34–104–3 Pitt Stadium 38,393 Recap
8November 1 Washington Redskins L 10–214–4Franklin Field60,671 Recap
9November 8at Los Angeles Rams L 10–204–5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 53,994 Recap
10November 15at Dallas Cowboys W 17–145–5 Cotton Bowl 55,972 Recap
11November 22 St. Louis Cardinals L 13–385–6Franklin Field60,671 Recap
12November 29at Cleveland Browns L 24–385–7 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 79,289 Recap
13December 6 Dallas Cowboys W 24–146–7Franklin Field60,671 Recap
14December 13at St. Louis Cardinals L 34–366–8 Busch Stadium I 24,636 Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Season summary

Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns 28, Philadelphia Eagles 20
Period1234Total
Browns7014728
Eagles760720

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia

Game information

Week 12: at Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns 38, Philadelphia Eagles 24
Period1234Total
Eagles3071424
Browns71410738

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Date: November 29
  • Game time: 1:30 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: 32 °F (0 °C), relative humidity 65%, wind 15 mph, wind chill 22 °F (−6 °C)
  • Game attendance: 79,289
  • TV announcers (CBS): Jack Whitaker (PHI) (second half) and Ken Coleman (CLE) (first half) (play-by-play), Al Pollard (PHI) (second half) and Warren Lahr (CLE) (first half) (color commentators)
  • Pro-Football-Reference.com
Game information

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
WLTPCTCONFPFPASTK
Cleveland Browns 1031.7699–2–1415293W1
St. Louis Cardinals 932.7508–2–2357331W4
Philadelphia Eagles 680.4296–6312313L1
Washington Redskins 680.4295–7307305L2
Dallas Cowboys 581.3854–7–1250289W1
Pittsburgh Steelers 590.3575–7253315L1
New York Giants 2102.1672–8–2241399L4
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)

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References

  1. Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their careers.
  2. Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star team at any time in their careers.