1964 Philadelphia Eagles season

1964 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head coach	Joe Kuharich
Owner	Jerry Wolman
Results
Record	6–8
Division place	3rd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	did not qualify

Offseason

Joe Kuharich is hired as Head Coach after he leaves Notre Dames. He is still their only head coach with a lifetime losing record while coaching there, going 17 – 23 in 4 years. Owner Jerry Wolman give Kuharich an unheard of contract of $1 million over 15 years. He then trades future Hall of Famers Sonny Jurgensen to the Washington Redskins and Tommy McDonald to the Dallas Cowboys.

Earl Gros and Pro Bowler and Hall of Fame member Jim Ringo are acquired reportedly when he tried to have an agent talk for him during Ringo's 1964 contract talks with Green Bay. The Eagles send Lee Roy Caffey and their 1965 1st round draft pick to the Packers.

NFL Draft

The 1964 NFL Draft and the 1964 AFL Draft were 2 different draft held by the respected leagues. The NFL Draft was held on December 2, 1963, and the AFL Draft was held on November 30, 1963.

Where the NFL teams could draft any eligible player coming out of college, the AFL had territorial picks in the early rounds. These were players that lived in a certain area or went to college there. This could be why the Eagles 2nd round pick (16th pick), was the AFL's 1st pick in the draft. Some players made arrangements with the AFL leaders that they would sign for a set if a certain team drafted them, this was relayed to the AFL teams. Some of these players signed contracts as soon as their last college game was over on the field or in the parking lot.

The NFL Draft was for 20 rounds with 14 teams picking. The Eagles had the second pick in those rounds. They ended up picking 18 players.

The overall pick in the draft was Dave Parks, an End out of Texas Tech. The Eagle choose future Hall of Fame member Bob Brown, an offensive tackle out of Nebraska. There were 10 Hall of Fame members taken in this draft, 4 of them in the first round. The Dallas Cowboys get 2 of them when they take a chance on Bob Hayes in the 7th round and Roger Staubach in the 10th round. Roger Staubach had to serve a 4-year military obligation in the US Navy before he could play NFL football because he attended the United States Naval Academy.

= Pro Bowler ^[1]

= AFL All-Star ^[2]

= Hall of Famer

Rd	PICK	PLAYER	POS	SCHOOL	AFL	Rd	Pick	Signed
1	2	Bob Brown ^HOF	Tackle	Nebraska				Eagles
2	16	Jack Concannon	Quarterback	Boston College	Boston	1	1	Eagles
3	30	_{Trade to Detroit Lions}
4	46	Ray Kubala	Center	Texas A&M	Denver	7	49	Denver
5	58	Mickey Babb	End	Georgia	Oakland	13	103
6	72	Al Denson	End	Florida A&M	Denver	6	47	Denver
7	86	Pete Goimarac	Center	West Virginia	San Diego	5	36
8	100	_{Traded To New York Giants}
9	114	Larry Smith	Back	Mississippi
10	128	Tom Boris	Back	Purdue
11	142	Bob Berry	Quarterback	Oregon	Denver	26	201	_{Acquired by Minnesota}
12	156	John Sapinsky	Tackle	William & Mary	Oakland	7	55
13	170	Howard Kindig	Center	Cal State-Los Angeles	San Diego	14	112	San Diego
14	184	Ernie Arizzi	Back	Maryland
15	198	Bob Burrows	Tackle	East Texas State	Kansas City	21	162
16	212	Will Radosevich	Tackle	Wyoming	New York	22	171
17	226	Mike Morgan	End	Louisiana State				Eagles
18	240	Izzy Lang	Running back	Tennessee State				Eagles
19	254	Dick Bowe	Tackle	Rice	Houston	25	198
20	268	Tommy Lucas	Guard	Mississippi	San Diego	25	200

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 13, 1964	New York Giants	W 38–7	60,671
2	September 20, 1964	San Francisco 49ers	L 28–24	57,353
3	September 27, 1964	Cleveland Browns	L 28–20	60,671
4	October 4, 1964	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 21–7	59,354
5	October 11, 1964	at Washington Redskins	L 35–20	49,219
6	October 18, 1964	at New York Giants	W 23–17	62,978
7	October 25, 1964	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 34–10	38,393
8	November 1, 1964	Washington Redskins	L 21–10	60,671
9	November 8, 1964	at Los Angeles Rams	L 20–10	53,994
10	November 15, 1964	at Dallas Cowboys	W 17–14	55,972
11	November 22, 1964	St. Louis Cardinals	L 38–13	60,671
12	November 29, 1964	at Cleveland Browns	L 38–24	79,289
13	December 6, 1964	Dallas Cowboys	W 24–14	60,671
14	December 13, 1964	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 36–34	24,636

Season summary

Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns 28, Philadelphia Eagles 20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	7	0	14	7	28
Eagles	7	6	0	7	20

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia

Date: September 27
Game time: 1:30 p.m. EDT
Game weather: 64°F, relative humidity 70%, wind 12 mph
Game attendance: 60,671
TV announcers (CBS): Ken Coleman (CLE) (second half) and Jack Whitaker (PHI) (first half) (play-by-play), Warren Lahr (CLE) (second half) and Al Pollard (PHI) (first half) (color commentators)
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Game information

First Quarter

CLE – Ernie Green 37 yard rush – (Lou Groza kick) Browns 7-0
PHI – Ollie Matson 1 yard rush – (Sam Baker kick) Tied 7-7

Second Quarter

PHI – Sam Baker 12 yard field goal – Eagles 10-7
PHI – Sam Baker 42 yard field goal – Eagles 13-7

Third Quarter

CLE – Paul Warfield 24 yard pass from Frank Ryan – (Lou Groza kick) Browns 14-13
CLE – Jim Brown 40 yard pass from Frank Ryan – (Lou Groza kick) Browns 21-13

Fourth Quarter

CLE – Gary Collins 12 yard pass from Frank Ryan – (Lou Groza kick) Browns 28-13
PHI – Ollie Matson 7 yard rush – (Sam Baker kick) Browns 28-20

Browns

Eagles

Week 12: at Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns 38, Philadelphia Eagles 24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	0	7	14	24
Browns	7	14	10	7	38

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Date: November 29
Game time: 1:30 p.m. EDT
Game weather: 32°F, relative humidity 65%, wind 15 mph, wind chill 22°F
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

First Quarter

CLE – Roger Shoals 0 yard fumble return – (Lou Groza kick) Browns 7-0
PHI – Sam Baker 14 yard field goal – Browns 7-3

Second Quarter

CLE – Sid Williams 0 yard fumble return – (Lou Groza kick) Browns 14-3
CLE – Jim Houston 42 yard interception return – (Lou Groza kick) Browns 21-3

Third Quarter

CLE – Lou Groza 37 yard field goal – Browns 24-3
PHI – Timmy Brown 20 yard run – (Sam Baker kick) Browns 24-10
CLE – Johnny Brewer 24 yard pass from Frank Ryan – (Lou Groza kick) Browns 31-10

Fourth Quarter

PHI – Ron Goodwin 19 yard pass from Norm Snead – (Sam Baker kick) Browns 31-17
CLE – Johnny Brewer 13 yard pass from Frank Ryan – (Lou Groza kick) Browns 38-17
PHI – Pete Retzlaff 32 yard pass from Norm Snead – (Sam Baker kick) Browns 38-24

Eagles

Browns

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	10	3	1	.769	9–2–1	415	293	W1
St. Louis Cardinals	9	3	2	.750	8–2–2	357	331	W4
Philadelphia Eagles	6	8	0	.429	6–6	312	313	L1
Washington Redskins	6	8	0	.429	5–7	307	305	L2
Dallas Cowboys	5	8	1	.385	4–7–1	250	289	W1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	9	0	.357	5–7	253	315	L1
New York Giants	2	10	2	.167	2–8–2	241	399	L4

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

Awards and honors

Pro Bowl Players

Sam Baker (P)

Maxie Baughan (LB)

Irv Cross (DB)

Floyd Peters (DT)

Pete Retzlaff (TE)

Jim Ringo (C)

References

↑ 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.

Philadelphia Eagles

Founded in 1933 Based and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Culture	Fly, Eagles Fly Swoop Curse of Billy Penn Invincible Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame Matt Guokas Sr. Dan Baker Cheerleaders Silver Linings Playbook The Philadelphia Phenomenon

Lore	Frankford Yellow Jackets Pennsylvania Keystoners Steagles "Happy Hundred" Miracle at the Meadowlands Buddy Ball Fog Bowl Bounty Bowl series Body Bag Game 4th and 26 Miracle at the New Meadowlands

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Media	WTEL WIP-FM Merrill Reese Mike Quick

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Championship seasons in bold

Philadelphia Eagles seasons

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Bold indicates NFL Championship (1920–1966) or Super Bowl (1967–present) victory Italics indicates NFL Championship (1920–1966) or Super Bowl (1967–present) appearance

Philadelphia Eagles 1964 NFL draft selections

Bob Brown Jack Concannon Ray Kubala Mickey Babb Al Denson Pete Goimarac Larry Smith Tom Boris Bob Berry John Sapinsky Howard Kindig Ernie Arizzi Bob Burrows Will Radosevich Mike Morgan Izzy Lang Dick Bowe Tommy Lucas

1964 NFL season

Eastern Conference	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	Baltimore	Los Angeles	Western Conference
	Dallas	St. Louis	Chicago	Minnesota
	New York	Washington	Detroit	San Francisco
	Philadelphia		Green Bay

Related: 1964 AFL Season

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