1969 Philadelphia Eagles season
OwnerLeonard Tose
Head coachJerry Williams
Home fieldFranklin Field
Results
Record4–9–1
Division place4th NFL Capitol
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1969 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's thirty-seventh season in the National Football League. The team improved on its previous output of 2–12, winning four games.[1]

Despite the improvement, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season.

Background

The Eagles wore both green (for road games) and white (for home games) helmets during the 1969 season.[2] The white helmets then became part of the Eagles' permanent uniform for the next four seasons.[3]

Philadelphia became the first NFL team to play home games on artificial turf when Franklin Field installed AstroTurf prior to this season. The Houston Oilers of the AFL was on its second season on AstroTurf; the team moved into the Astrodome the previous year.

Offseason

NFL Draft

The 1969 NFL/AFL draft was the third and final year in which the NFL and American Football League (AFL) held a joint draft of college players. The draft took place on January 28–29, and the Eagles alternated with the Atlanta Falcons in picking second and third over the seventeen rounds.

The draft began with first overall pick of O. J. Simpson, the Heisman Trophy-winning running back from USC, by the AFL's Buffalo Bills.

During the fourteen-game 1968 season, the Eagles had no wins until November 28 (week twelve) when the team defeated the Detroit Lions (4–8–2) in Detroit 12–0, and on December 8 (week thirteen), defeated the New Orleans Saints (4–9–1) in Philadelphia 29–17.

These victories gave the Eagles a better record than Buffalo (1–12–1) by half a game, and equaled the record of the Atlanta Falcons (2–12), which won the coin flip for the rights to the second pick in the draft, offensive tackle George Kunz from Notre Dame. Future hall of famer "Mean" Joe Greene, defensive tackle from North Texas State, was taken fourth by the Pittsburgh Steelers (2–11–1).

Player selections

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool
13Leroy KeyesRBPurdue
228Ernest CallowayLBTexas Southern
355Pick Traded to Cleveland Browns
369Bill BradleyDBTexas
480Bob KuechenbergGNotre Dame
5107Jim AndersonGMissouri
6132Richard BarnhorstTEXavier
7159Mike SchmeisingRBSt. Olaf
8184Bill HobbsLBTexas A&M
9211Kent LawrenceWRGeorgia
9218Lynn BussLBWisconsin
10236Sonny WadeQBEmory & Henry
10243Donnie ShanklinRBKansas
11263Jim MarcumDBTexas-Arlington
12288Gary AdamsDBArkansas
13314Wade KeyTESouthwest Texas State
14340James RossTBishop
15367Leon AngevineWRPenn State
16392Tom McClintonDBSouthern
17419Bob HaackTLinfield (Ore.)

Roster

1969 Philadelphia Eagles roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists
  • -- Gary Adams DB


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 21 Cleveland Browns L 20–27 0–1 Franklin Field 60,658
2 September 28 Pittsburgh Steelers W 41–27 1–1 Franklin Field 60,658
3 October 5 Dallas Cowboys L 7–38 1–2 Franklin Field 60,658
4 October 13 at Baltimore Colts L 20–24 1–3 Municipal Stadium 56,864
5 October 19 at Dallas Cowboys L 14–49 1–4 Cotton Bowl 71,509
6 October 26 New Orleans Saints W 13–10 2–4 Frankin Field 60,658
7 November 2 at New York Giants W 23–20 3–4 Yankee Stadium 62,912
8 November 9 at Washington Redskins T 28–28 3–4–1 RFK Stadium 50,502
9 November 16 Los Angeles Rams L 17–23 3–5–1 Franklin Field 60,658
10 November 23 at St. Louis Cardinals W 34–30 4–5–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 45,512
11 November 30 at New Orleans Saints L 17–26 4–6–1 Tulane Stadium 72,805
12 December 7 Washington Redskins L 29–34 4–7–1 Franklin Field 60,658
13 December 14 Atlanta Falcons L 3–27 4–8–1 Franklin Field 60,658
14 December 21 at San Francisco 49ers L 13–14 4–9–1 Kezar Stadium 25,391
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Capitol
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Dallas Cowboys 11 2 1 .846 6–0 9–1 369 223 W3
Washington Redskins 7 5 2 .583 3–2–1 6–3–1 307 319 L1
New Orleans Saints 5 9 0 .357 1–5 4–6 311 393 W1
Philadelphia Eagles 4 9 1 .308 1–4–1 4–5–1 279 377 L4

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

References

  1. ↑ 1969 Philadelphia Eagles
  2. ↑ "1969 season". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Gridiron Uniform Database: Philadelphia Eagles". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
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