1966 Philadelphia Eagles season

1966 Philadelphia Eagles season
Owner	Jerry Wolman
Head coach	Joe Kuharich
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Results
Record	9–5
Division place	T–2nd NFL Eastern
Playoffs	Lost NFL Playoff Bowl (vs. Colts) 14–20
All-Pros	RT Bob Brown
Pro Bowlers	RT Bob Brown DT Floyd Peters

The 1966 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 34th season in the National Football League. The team finished with 9 wins and 5 losses and qualified for the NFL Playoff Bowl. In that game the Eagles lost to the Baltimore Colts 20–14.

Off season

NFL draft

The 1966 NFL draft was held on November 27, 1965,^[1] the last year in which the NFL and the AFL had separate drafts. As a result, many players selected by teams from both leagues would choose to play for the more established NFL, or in a rarer case, the AFL. The expansion Atlanta Falcons were awarded the first pick in the draft as well as the final pick in each of the first five rounds.^[1] The league also provided the Falcons with an expansion draft six weeks later, selecting players from NFL rosters.^[1]

Player selections

= Pro Bowler ^[2]

= AFL All-Star^[3]

= Hall of Famer

Rd	PICK	PLAYER	POS	SCHOOL	AFL	Rd	Pick	Signed
1	4	Randy Beisler	Defensive End	Indiana
2	20	Gary Pettigrew	Defensive end	Stanford	San Diego	6	49	Eagles
3	36	Ben Hawkins	Wide receiver	Arizona State	New York	5	38	Eagles
4	52	Frank Emanuel	Linebacker	Tennessee	Miami	2	9	Miami
5	68	Dan Berry	Running back	California
6	84	Bob Sherlag	Defensive back	Memphis State
6	89	Mel Tom	Linebacker	San Jose State
7	99	David Lince	Tackle	North Dakota	Houston	14	122	Eagles
8	114	John Mason	End	Stanford
9	129	Jim Todd	Running back	Ball State
10	144	John Osmond	Center	Tulsa	Kansas City	6	47
11	159	Welford Walton	Defensive end	Nevada-Reno
12	174	Bruce Van Dyke	Guard	Missouri	Kansas City	15	133	Eagles
13	189	Jim Bohl	Running back	New Mexico State
14	204	Ron Medved	Running back	Washington
15	219	Harry Day	Tackle	Memphis State	Houston	12	104
16	234	Arunas Vasys	Linebacker	Notre Dame
17	249	Ike Kelley	Linebacker	Ohio State
18	264	Bill Moorer	Center	Georgia Tech
19	279	Taft Reed	Defensive back	Jackson State	San Diego	9	81	Eagles
20	294	Bill Risio	Tackle	Boston College
20	298	Gerald Circo	Kicker	Cal State-Chico

Undrafted free agents

1966 undrafted free agents of note
Player	Position	College
Bob Miller	Quarterback	Sacramento State
Ken Woodeshick	Guard	West Virginia

Personnel

Staff / Coaches

**1966 Philadelphia Eagles staff**
	Front office Principal / Majority Owner – Jerry Wolman General manager – Joe Kuharich (de facto) Head coaches Head coach - Joe Kuharich Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator / Receivers - Herman Ball Offensive Assistant - Mike Nixon Offensive Line – Dick Stanfel			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator - Dick Evans Defensive Backs / Secondary – Fred Bruney

Roster

**1966 Philadelphia Eagles roster**
Quarterbacks (QB) 3 Jack Concannon 10 King Hill P 16 Norm Snead Running backs (RB) 22 Timmy Brown 38 Earl Gros 29 Izzy Lang 33 Ollie Matson 37 Tom Woodeshick Wide receivers (WR) 81 Ron Goodwin 18 Ben Hawkins 86 Fred Hill 27 T. J. Jackson Tight ends (TE) 86 Dave Lince 44 Pete Retzlaff		Offensive linemen (OL) 64 Ed Blaine G 76 Bob Brown T 78 Dave Graham T 79 Lane Howell T 63 Lynn Hoyem G 50 Dave Recher C 54 Jim Ringo C 77 Ray Rissmiller T 70 Jim Skaggs G 66 Bruce Van Dyke G Defensive linemen (DL) 80 Randy Beisler DE 58 Dave Cahill DT 83 Don Hultz DE 75 John Meyers DT 72 Floyd Peters DT 88 Gary Pettigrew DE		Linebackers (LB) 51 Ike Kelley OLB 52 Dave Lloyd MLB 53 Harold Wells OLB 61 Arunas Vasys MLB 56 Fred Whittingham OLB Defensive backs (DB) 42 Aaron Martin CB 45 Ron Medved SS 26 Al Nelson CB 9 Jim Nettles CB 24 Nate Ramsey SS 21 Joe Scarpati FS Special teams (ST) 38 Sam Baker K/P		Practice squad 71 Dick Hart G 17 Taft Reed CB Reserve 55 Fred Brown LB (IR) 74 Frank Molden DT (IR) 89 Mike Morgan LB (IR) 35 Ray Poage WR (IR) Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 11	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 13–16	0–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	39,066
2	September 18	Atlanta Falcons	W 23–10	1–1	Franklin Field	54,049
3	September 25	New York Giants	W 35–17	2–1	Franklin Field	60,177
4	October 2	St. Louis Cardinals	L 10–41	2–2	Franklin Field	59,305
5	October 9	at Dallas Cowboys	L 7–56	2–3	Cotton Bowl	69,372
6	October 16	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 31–14	3–3	Pitt Stadium	28,233
7	October 23	at New York Giants	W 31–3	4–3	Yankee Stadium	63,018
8	October 30	Washington Redskins	L 13–27	4–4	Franklin Field	60,652
9	November 6	Dallas Cowboys	W 24–23	5–4	Franklin Field	60,658
10	November 13	at Cleveland Browns	L 7–27	5–5	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	77,968
11	November 20	at San Francisco 49ers	W 35–34	6–5	Kezar Stadium	31,993
12	Bye
13	December 4	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 27–23	7–5	Franklin Field	54,275
14	December 11	Cleveland Browns	W 33–21	8–5	Franklin Field	58,074
15	December 18	at Washington Redskins	W 37–28	9–5	D.C. Stadium	50,405
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 3 vs New York Giants

Week Three: New York Giants (0-1-1) at Philadelphia Eagles (1-1)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	0	3	7	7	17
Eagles	7	14	7	7	35

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia

Date: September 25
Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C)
Box Score

Game information

First quarter

Philadelphia – Timmy Brown 1-yard rush (Baker kick), Eagles 7–0.

Second quarter

Philadelphia – Timmy Brown 7-yard pass from Norm Snead (Baker kick), Eagles 14–0.
Philadelphia – Pete Retzlaff 37-yard pass from Norm Snead (Baker kick), Eagles 21–0.
New York – Pete Gogolak 18-yard field goal. Eagles 21–3.

Third quarter

New York– Homer Jones 34-yard pass from Earl Morrall (Gogolak kick), Eagles 21–10.
Philadelphia – Earl Gros 30-yard pass from Norm Snead (Baker kick), Eagles 28–10.

Fourth quarter

Philadelphia – Earl Gros 1-yard rush (Baker kick), Eagles 35 – 10.
New York – Joe Morrison 8-yard pass from Gary Wood (Gogolak kick), Eagles 35 – 17.

Top Passers

Giants – Earl Morrall: 14/25, 181 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Eagles – Norm Snead: 10/18, 179 yds, 3 TD

Top rushers

Giants – Chuck Mercein: 18 car, 82 yds
Eagles – Timmy Brown: 16 car, 40 yds, 1 TD

Top receivers

Giants – Homer Jones: 5 rec, 95 yds. 1 TD
Eagles – Pete Retzlaff: 5 rec, 120 yds. 1 TD

Week 7 at New York Giants

Week Seven: Philadelphia Eagles (3-3) at New York Giants (1-4-1)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	24	0	7	31
Giants	3	0	0	0	3

at Yankee Stadium, New York City

Date: October 23
Game weather: 59 °F (15 °C)
Box Score

Game information

First quarter

New York – Pete Gogolak 29-yard field goal, Giants 3–0.

Second quarter

Philadelphia – Pete Retzlaff 30-yard pass from Norm Snead (Baker kick), Eagles 7–3.
Philadelphia – Sam Baker 15-yard field goal, Eagles 10–3.
Philadelphia – Earl Gros 2-yard rush (Baker kick), Eagles 17–3.
Philadelphia – Timmy Brown 18-yard pass from Norm Snead (Baker kick), Eagles 24–3.

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

Philadelphia – Earl Gros 1-yard rush (Baker kick), Eagles 31–3.

Top Passers

Giants – Gary Wood: 10/21, 141 yds, 3 INT
Eagles – Norm Snead: 8/13, 100 yds, 2 TD 1 INT

Top rushers

Giants – Chuck Mercein: 9 car, 27 yds
Eagles – Timmy Brown: 21 car, 100 yds

Top receivers

Giants – Homer Jones: 4 rec, 66 yds
Eagles – Timmy Brown: 5 rec, 66 yds. 1 TD

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Dallas Cowboys	10	3	1	.769	9–3–1	445	239	W1
Cleveland Browns	9	5	0	.643	9–4	403	259	W1
Philadelphia Eagles	9	5	0	.643	8–5	326	340	W4
St. Louis Cardinals	8	5	1	.615	7–5–1	264	265	L3
Washington Redskins	7	7	0	.500	7–6	351	355	L1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	8	1	.385	4–8–1	316	347	W2
Atlanta Falcons	3	11	0	.214	2–5	204	437	L1
New York Giants	1	12	1	.077	1–11–1	263	501	L8

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

Playoff Bowl

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
Playoff Bowl	January 8, 1967	Baltimore Colts	L 14–20	0–1	Orange Bowl	58,088

^[4]

Awards and honors

Pro Bowl Selections

Bob Brown selected starting Tackle.

Floyd Peters is selected as Defensive Tackle

League leaders

Tim Browns leads league in Kickoff Returns for TDs with 2.

Tim Browns finishes 3 rd in Kick return Avg. with 28.1

Joe Scarpati finishes 2nd in Interception with 8.

References

"1966 NFL Draft". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their careers.
Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star team at any time in their careers.
NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 369