1965 Philadelphia Eagles season

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1965 Philadelphia Eagles season
Owner Jerry Wolman
Head coach Joe Kuharich
Home field Franklin Field
Results
Record5–9
Division place5th (tied) NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1965 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's thirty-third season in the National Football League.

Contents

The Philadelphia Eagles compiled a record of five wins to nine losses out of the fourteen games played. The team was led by Joe Kuharich with ownership duties belonging to Jerry Wolman. The Eagles began the season with a win against the St. Louis Cardinals followed by a loss to the New York Giants. After a win against the Dallas Cowboys, the Eagles lost four straight games, dropping the team from the playoff hunt. It ended the season in fifth place within the NFL Eastern Conference.

Off Season

NFL Draft

The NFL and the American Football League (AFL) competed with each other for the same pool of college players each year. The 1965 NFL draft and the 1965 AFL Draft both took place on Saturday, November 28, 1964. This was the day of the Army–Navy Game, which is normally the last game of the college season before the bowl games.

The two leagues' drafts were separate from each other; as a result, several players were drafted by both leagues. The AFL's representatives were aggressive in pursuing potential stars and did what they could to please the players who agreed to sign with the AFL. Joe Namath, who agreed to sign if he could play in New York, ultimately signed a three-year contract with the New York Jets that was worth $427,000. (Not all of this amount was for Namath himself. $120,000 went toward salaries for three of his relatives over that three-year period, as well as for lawyer's fees.) [1]

As in earlier years, some players signed "AFL contracts" with the league itself as soon as their last college game was over; when they were drafted by an AFL team, those contracts were transferred from the league to their respective teams. To help fight this, the NFL moved its draft up to near the end of the college season, but this move was quickly matched by the AFL.

League representatives were assigned to various draft prospects to keep them away from the other league's recruiters. [2] One of the Eagles' draft picks, Otis Taylor, was held in a motel and had to "escape" from his NFL advisor. He later signed with the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs for money and a "red Thunderbird convertible" that the AFL advisor had been driving. [3]

The first player selected in the NFL draft was Tucker Frederickson, running back from Auburn, by the New York Giants. The draft was marked by the failure of the St. Louis Cardinals to sign Joe Namath, who instead signed with the AFL's New York Jets. He and the Jets went on to defeat the NFL's Baltimore Colts for the World Championship in Super Bowl III after the 1968 season.

Player selections

= Pro Bowler [4] = AFL All-Star [5] = Hall of Famer
RdPICKPLAYERPOSSCHOOLAFLRdPickSigned
17Pick Traded to Green Bay Packers
220 Ray Rissmiller TackleGeorgia Buffalo 864Eagles
335 Al Nelson Running backCincinnatiBuffalo978Eagles
448 Fred Hill Wide receiverUSC Oakland 16123Eagles
563 John Henderson EndMichiganBuffalo17136Buffalo
676 John Huarte [6] [7] QuarterbackNotre Dame New York 212Boston
677 Gary Garrison Wide receiverSan Diego State
791Erwin WillTackleDayton
8104Al PirainoTackleWisconsinKansas City1185
9119Floyd HudlowBackArizonaBuffalo1080
10132 Rick Redman CenterWashington San Diego 538Eagles
11147Louis JamesRunning backTexas-El Paso
12161John KuznieskiRunning backPurdue
13175John FouseEndArizonaBuffalo17129
14188Tom LongoBackNotre Dame
15203 Otis Taylor [8] Wide receiverPrairie View A&MKansas City429Kansas City
16216Jim GrayBackToledoNew York1184Jets
17231Dave AustinEndGeorgia Tech
18244Bill MarcordesEndBradley
19259Charley EnglehartTackleJohn Carroll
20272Bobby ShannEndBoston College

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1September 19 St. Louis Cardinals W 34–271–0 Franklin Field 54,260
2September 26 New York Giants L 14–161–1Franklin Field57,154
3October 3 Cleveland Browns L 17–351–2Franklin Field60,759
4October 10at Dallas Cowboys W 35–242–2 Cotton Bowl 56,249
5October 17at New York Giants L 27–352–3 Yankee Stadium 62,815
6October 24 Pittsburgh Steelers L 14–202–4Franklin Field56,515
7October 31at Washington Redskins L 21–232–5 D.C. Stadium 50,301
8November 7at Cleveland Browns L 34–382–6 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 72,807
9November 14 Washington Redskins W 21–143–6Franklin Field60,444
10November 21at Baltimore Colts L 24–343–7 Memorial Stadium 60,238
11November 28at St. Louis Cardinals W 28–244–7 Busch Memorial Stadium 28,706
12December 5 Dallas Cowboys L 19–214–8Franklin Field54,714
13December 12at Pittsburgh Steelers W 47–135–8 Pitt Stadium 22,002
14December 19 Detroit Lions L 28–355–9Franklin Field56,718

Conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
WLTPCTCONFPFPASTK
Cleveland Browns 1130.78611–1363325W1
Dallas Cowboys 770.5006–6325280W3
New York Giants 770.5007–5270338L1
Washington Redskins 680.4296–6257301W1
Philadelphia Eagles 590.3575–7363359L1
St. Louis Cardinals 590.3575–7296309L6
Pittsburgh Steelers 2120.1432–10202397L7

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

Roster

= 1965 Pro Bowl [9] = Hall of Famer
NO.PlayerAGEPOSGPGSWTHTYRSCollege
Joe KuharichCOACH Notre Dame
38Sam Baker36K-FB1202176–212 Oregon State
55Maxie Baughan*27LB12122276–25 Georgia Tech
64Ed Blaine25G14142406–13 Missouri
76Bob Brown*+24T14142806–41Nebraska
22Timmy Brown*28RB1301985–116Ball State
3Jack Concannon22QB302056–31 Boston College
23Claude Crabb25DB-WR1001926–13 Colorado and USC
87Bill Cronin22TE202316–5RookieBoston College
27Irv Cross*26DB1401956–24 Northwestern
32Roger Gill25WR-HB1302006–11 Texas Tech
49Glenn Glass25DB-WR1202056–13 Tennessee
81Ron Goodwin24FL-SE-WR1101805–112 Baylor
78Dave Graham26T1402506–32 Virginia
34Earl Gros25FB1402206–33 LSU
43Ralph Heck24LB1202306–12Colorado
86Fred Hill22TE-SE-WR1202156–2Rookie USC
10King Hill29QB752126–37 Rice
79Lane Howell24T-DT1402576–52 Grambling
63Lynn Hoyem26G-T1402446–43Long Beach State
83Don Hultz25DE-DT1402416–32Southern Miss
84Jim Kelly23TE102186–21Notre Dame
73Ed Khayat30DT-DE-T1452406–38 Tulane
29Izzy Lang23RB1402326–11 Tennessee State
52Dave Lloyd29LB-C13132476–36Georgia,Texas Tech
33Ollie Matson35RB-FL1402206–213San Francisco
75John Meyers25DT14142766–63 Washington
89Mike Morgan23LB14142426–41LSU
26Al Nelson22DB14141865–11Rookie Cincinnati
9Jim Nettles23DB1401775–10Rookie Wisconsin
72Floyd Peters29DT992546–46San Francisco State
35Ray Poage25TE-SE-FL-WR1302086–42 Texas
24Nate Ramsey24DB14142006–12Indiana State
51Dave Recher23C1402456–1RookieIowa
44Pete Retzlaff*+34E-HB-TE1402116–1RookieSouth Dakota State
68Bobby Richards27DE-DT14122456–23LSU
54Jim Ringo*34C14142326–112Syracuse
21Joe Scarpati22DB1401855–101 North Carolina State Wolfpack
25Bob Shann22DB401896–1RookieBoston College
70Jim Skaggs25G-T14142506–32Washington
16Norm Snead*26QB1192156–44 Wake Forest
82George Tarasovic35DE-LB-C1402456–413Boston College,LSU
53Harold Wells27LB1402206–2Rookie Purdue
67Erwin Will22DT502756–5Rookie Dayton
37Tom Woodeshick24RB1302256–02 West Virginia

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References

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  2. ↑ MacCambridge, Michael (2005). America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation. Anchor Books. pp. 208–210. ISBN   978-0-375-72506-7.
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  4. ↑ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their careers.
  5. ↑ Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star team at any time in their careers.
  6. ↑ John Huarte, 1964 Heisman Trophy winner "Heisman Trophy". Archived from the original on June 25, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
  7. ↑ John Huarte signed with the Boston Patriots of the American Football League.
  8. ↑ Otis Taylor signed with the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League.
  9. ↑ Players are identified as a 1965 All-Star.
  10. ↑ "Bert Bell Award – Professional Player of the Year: Past Recipients". Maxwell Football Club. Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
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