1976 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 4th place • National Football Conference • Eastern Division • 4-10-0 .286 |
| Head Coach: Dick Vermeil |
| Chuck Clausen | Defensive Line |
| Dick Coury | Wide Receivers |
| John Idzik | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
| Ken Iman | Special Teams/Offensive Line |
| Johnny Mazur | Defensive Coordinator/Secondary |
| Carl Peterson | Tight Ends |
| Duane Putnam | Offensive Line |
| Johnny Roland | Offensive Backfield |
| Rod Rust | Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/31/1976 | A | San Diego Chargers | 7-20 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 23862 | |
| Mon | 8/9/1976 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-14 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 16823 | |
| Sat | 8/14/1976 | A | Miami Dolphins | 16-24 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 51869 | |
| Mon | 8/23/1976 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-21 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 20600 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1976 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 16-20 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46512 | |
| Sun | 9/5/1976 | A | New England Patriots | 7-20 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 32254 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1976 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 7-27 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 53540 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1976 | H | New York Giants | 20-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 60643 | |
| Mon | 9/27/1976 | H | Washington Redskins | 17-20 | L | OT | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 60131 |
| Sun | 10/3/1976 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 14-13 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 45535 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1976 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 14-33 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 44933 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1976 | A | Green Bay Packers | 13-28 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 55115 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1976 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 12-31 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 56233 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1976 | A | New York Giants | 10-0 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 68690 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1976 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 14-17 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 71516 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1976 | A | Cleveland Browns | 3-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 62120 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1976 | H | Oakland Raiders | 7-26 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 62113 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1976 | A | Washington Redskins | 0-24 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 54292 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1976 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 7-26 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 55072 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1976 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 27-10 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 37949 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bill Bergey | 66 | MLB | 6-2 | 240 | 31 | Arkansas State | 14 | 14 |
| Jeff Bleamer | 67 | LOG | 6-4 | 253 | 23 | Penn State | 10 | 1 |
| Mike Boryla | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 200 | 25 | Stanford | 11 | 10 |
| Bill Bradley | 28 | FS-P | 5-11 | 190 | 29 | Texas | 14 | 12 |
| Cliff Brooks | 23 | CB | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Tennessee State | 1 | 0 |
| John Bunting | 95 | RLB | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | North Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Mark Burke | 29 | S | 6-1 | 175 | 22 | West Virginia | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Campbell | 37 | LCB | 6-0 | 188 | 27 | Rochester JC; Iowa State | 14 | 2 |
| Harold Carmichael | 17 | WR | 6-7 | 255 | 27 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| Al Clark | 21 | RCB | 6-0 | 180 | 28 | Grambling State; Northern Arizona; Eastern Michigan | 14 | 13 |
| Bill Dunstan | 61 | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 27 | Utah State | 14 | 2 |
| Tom Ehlers | 59 | LB | 6-2 | 218 | 24 | Kentucky | 14 | 0 |
| Dennis Franks | 53 | C | 6-1 | 245 | 23 | Michigan | 14 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 18 | QB | 6-4 | 225 | 36 | North Carolina State | 4 | 4 |
| Blenda Gay | 68 | LDE | 6-5 | 254 | 26 | Fayetteville State | 14 | 13 |
| Ed George | 84 | ROT | 6-4 | 270 | 30 | Ferrum JC; Wake Forest | 14 | 14 |
| Carl Hairston | 78 | RDT-LDE | 6-3 | 267 | 24 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 9 |
| Dave Hampton | 34 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 29 | Wyoming | 8 | 3 |
| Mike Hogan | 35 | RB | 6-2 | 215 | 22 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 8 | 8 |
| Spike Jones | 6 | P | 6-2 | 193 | 29 | Middle Georgia JC; Georgia | 14 | 0 |
| Wade Key | 72 | LOG | 6-5 | 245 | 30 | Texas; Texas State | 13 | 13 |
| Keith Krepfle | 84 | TE | 6-3 | 226 | 24 | Iowa State | 10 | 1 |
| Pete Lazetich | 73 | RDT | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | Stanford | 13 | 5 |
| Frank LeMaster | 55 | LLB | 6-2 | 232 | 24 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| Randy Logan | 41 | LS | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Herb Lusk | 32 | RB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Monterey Peninsula JC; Long Beach State | 14 | 1 |
| Drew Mahalic | 54 | LB | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | Notre Dame | 13 | 0 |
| Art Malone | 26 | RB | 5-11 | 211 | 28 | Arizona State | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Marshall | 22 | CB | 5-10 | 195 | 26 | Maryland | 12 | 0 |
| James McAlister | 43 | RB | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | UCLA | 13 | 4 |
| Guy Morriss | 50 | C | 6-4 | 275 | 25 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| Horst Muhlmann | 16 | K | 6-1 | 210 | 36 | none | 14 | 0 |
| Dennis Nelson | 77 | OT | 6-5 | 260 | 30 | Illinois State | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Olds | 38 | RB | 6-1 | 224 | 25 | Nebraska | 11 | 4 |
| Richard Osborne | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Texas A&M | 4 | 0 |
| Johnny Outlaw | 20 | LCB | 5-10 | 160 | 31 | Jackson State | 13 | 13 |
| Vince Papale | 83 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 30 | St. Joseph's (Pennsylvania) | 14 | 0 |
| Artimus Parker | 24 | RS | 6-3 | 200 | 24 | Southern California | 14 | 1 |
| Bob Picard | 82 | WR | 6-3 | 205 | 27 | Eastern Washington | 4 | 0 |
| Jerry Sisemore | 76 | ROG | 6-4 | 260 | 25 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Manny Sistrunk | 79 | LDT | 6-5 | 275 | 29 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 13 |
| Charlie Smith | 85 | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Sullivan | 25 | RB | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 13 | 8 |
| Terry Tautolo | 58 | LB | 6-2 | 232 | 22 | Long Beach CC; UCLA | 13 | 0 |
| Stan Walters | 75 | LOT | 6-6 | 270 | 28 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| Johnnie Walton | 11 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | Elizabeth City State | 3 | 0 |
| Will Wynn | 71 | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| Charle Young | 86 | TE | 6-4 | 234 | 25 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Don Zimmerman | 80 | WR | 6-3 | 195 | 27 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 4 | 111 | Mike Smith | DE | Florida |
| 5 | 135 | Greg Johnson | DT | Florida State |
| 6 | 165 | Kirk Johnson | T | Howard Payne |
| 7 | 191 | Carl Hairston | DE | Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| 8 | 216 | Rich LaFargue | C | Arkansas |
| 9 | 247 | Mike Hogan | RB | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 9 | 248 | Richard Osborne | TE | Texas A&M |
| 10 | 273 | Herb Lusk | RB | Long Beach State |
| 11 | 300 | Mike Gilbert | DT-DE | San Diego State |
| 13 | 353 | Terry Tautolo | LB | UCLA |
| 13 | 358 | Steve Ebbecke | DB | Villanova |
| 14 | 385 | Melvin Shy | DB | Tennessee State |
| 15 | 412 | Brett White | P | UCLA |
| 16 | 439 | Steve Campassi | RB | Kentucky |
| 17 | 470 | Anthony Terry | DB | California-Davis |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34 | 53 | 23 | 55 | 0 | 165 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 100 | 69 | 73 | 3 | 286 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 220 | 109 | 91 | 20 | 71/220 32.3% | / % | 91 | 722 | |
| Opponents Totals | 262 | 113 | 129 | 20 | 95/227 41.9% | / % | 105 | 907 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horst Muhlmann | 0 | 18 | 19 | 94.7 | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 0 | 51 |
| Harold Carmichael | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Charlie Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Tom Sullivan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Mike Boryla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dave Hampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Keith Krepfle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Art Malone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Olds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 19 | 18 | 19 | 94.7 | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 0 | 165 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 33 | 35 | 94.3 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 2 | 286 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horst Muhlmann | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 1 | 44 | 1/1 | 5/5 | 4/4 | 1/6 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 1 | 44 | 1/1 | 5/5 | 4/4 | 1/6 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 0/ | 5/ | 4/ | 4/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Hogan | 123 | 561 | 4.6 | 32 | 0 |
| Tom Sullivan | 99 | 399 | 4.0 | 26 | 2 |
| Dave Hampton | 71 | 267 | 3.8 | 59 | 1 |
| James McAlister | 68 | 265 | 3.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Herb Lusk | 61 | 254 | 4.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Mike Boryla | 29 | 166 | 5.7 | 22 | 2 |
| Bill Olds | 36 | 120 | 3.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Charlie Smith | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Art Malone | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Charle Young | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnnie Walton | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 505 | 2080 | 4.1 | 59 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 532 | 2053 | 3.9 | 46 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Boryla | 246 | 123 | 50.0 | 109 | 1247 | 5.1 | 10.1 | 48t | 9 | 3.7 | 14 | 5.7 | 29 | 235 | 1012 | 53.4 |
| Roman Gabriel | 92 | 46 | 50.0 | 44 | 476 | 5.2 | 10.3 | 34 | 2 | 2.2 | 2 | 2.2 | 13 | 111 | 365 | 63.5 |
| Johnnie Walton | 28 | 12 | 42.9 | 14 | 125 | 4.5 | 10.4 | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7.1 | 1 | 6 | 119 | 26.6 |
| Spike Jones | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 79.2 |
| Harold Carmichael | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 369 | 182 | 49.3 | 169 | 1844 | 5.0 | 10.1 | 48t | 11 | 3.0 | 18 | 4.9 | 43 | 352 | 1492 | 53.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 404 | 237 | 58.7 | 158 | 2688 | 6.7 | 11.3 | 69t | 17 | 4.2 | 9 | 2.2 | 19 | 138 | 2550 | 83.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Carmichael | 42 | 503 | 12.0 | 24 | 5 |
| Charle Young | 30 | 374 | 12.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Charlie Smith | 27 | 412 | 15.3 | 48t | 4 |
| Mike Hogan | 15 | 89 | 5.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Sullivan | 14 | 116 | 8.3 | 20t | 1 |
| Herb Lusk | 13 | 119 | 9.2 | 42 | 0 |
| James McAlister | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Dave Hampton | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Bill Olds | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Keith Krepfle | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 30 | 1 |
| Art Malone | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Frank LeMaster | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 182 | 1844 | 10.1 | 48t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 237 | 2688 | 11.3 | 69t | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bradley | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 52 | 0 |
| Bill Bergey | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Johnny Outlaw | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Randy Logan | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Tom Ehlers | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Al Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 195 | 21.7 | 52 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 189 | 10.5 | 37t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spike Jones | 94 | 3445 | 36.6 | 57 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 405 | 2900 | 29.9 |
| Team Totals | 97 | 3445 | 35.5 | 57 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 405 | 2900 | 29.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 86 | 3260 | 37.9 | 58 | 425 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Marshall | 27 | 9 | 290 | 10.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Bill Bradley | 9 | 5 | 64 | 7.1 | 23 | 0 |
| Al Clark | 4 | 0 | 57 | 14.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Mark Burke | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 14 | 425 | 10.4 | 29 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 10 | 405 | 7.6 | 55 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Marshall | 30 | 651 | 21.7 | 41 | 0 | |
| James McAlister | 9 | 172 | 19.1 | 28 | 0 | |
| Herb Lusk | 7 | 155 | 22.1 | 27 | 0 | |
| Tom Sullivan | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 26 | 0 | |
| Dave Hampton | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bill Olds | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Tom Ehlers | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Jeff Bleamer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Smith | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 58 | 1148 | 19.8 | 41 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 912 | 20.7 | 53 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Manny Sistrunk | 5.0 | |
| Will Wynn | 3.5 | |
| Bill Dunstan | 3.0 | |
| Pete Lazetich | 3.0 | |
| John Bunting | 2.0 | |
| Blenda Gay | 2.0 | |
| Bill Bergey | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals | 19.0 | 138.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 43.0 | 352.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Boryla | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |
| Bill Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Bunting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Carmichael | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | |
| Blenda Gay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed George | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Hampton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Hogan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spike Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wade Key | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Krepfle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herb Lusk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drew Mahalic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Marshall | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| James McAlister | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Olds | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vince Papale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Sisemore | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Will Wynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Charle Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 4 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 1 |
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