1971 Philadelphia Eagles: 6-7-1
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Home record: 3-4-0 (82 points scored, 136 allowed) Road record: 3-3-1 (139 points scored, 166 allowed) Head Coaches: Jerry Williams (0-3-0), Ed Khayat (6-4-1)
221 points scored (22nd of 26 teams), 302 points allowed (20th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 200 390 2,323 ( 8) 5.58 13 20 407 1,248 (25) 3.1 6 3,571 (20) 35 Defense: 220 407 2,660 (25) 6.06 16 22 450 1,962 (17) 4.4 16 4,622 (26) 47
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Happy Feller K 9 5'11 185 22 R Texas 7 Jim Ward QB 2 6'2 200 27 3 Gettysburg 9 Billy Walik WR 8 5'11 180 23 2 Villanova 11 Rick Arrington QB 10 6'2 190 24 2 Tulsa 14 Pete Liske QB 14 6'2 200 29 4 Penn State 16 Vern Davis DB 3 6'4 208 21 R Western Michigan 17 Harold Carmichael WR 9 6'7 225 22 R Southern 18 Ben Hawkins WR 14 6'0 180 27 6 Arizona State 19 Tom Dempsey K 5 6'1 264 30 3 Palomar J.C. (CA) 20 Leroy Keyes DB 14 6'3 208 24 3 Purdue 24 Nate Ramsey DB 14 6'1 200 30 9 Indiana State 26 Al Nelson DB 14 5'11 186 28 7 Cincinnati 28 Bill Bradley DB 14 5'11 190 24 3 Texas 29 Harold Jackson WR 14 5'10 175 25 4 Jackson State 31 Tom Bailey RB 13 6'2 211 22 R Florida State 32 Jack Smith DB 5 6'4 204 23 R Troy State 33 Steve Preece DB 7 6'1 195 24 3 Oregon State 34 Larry Watkins RB 12 6'2 215 25 3 Alcorn State 35 Adrian Young LB 2 6'1 232 25 4 Southern California 36 Tom McNeill P 14 6'1 195 29 5 Stephen F. Austin 37 Tom Woodeshick RB 11 6'0 222 29 9 West Virginia 38 Tony Baker RB 5 5'11 225 26 4 Iowa State 43 Sonny Davis RB 14 5'11 215 23 R Tennessee State 46 Lee Bouggess RB 10 6'2 210 23 2 Louisville 47 Ronnie Bull RB 13 6'0 200 31 10 Baylor 49 Jim Thrower DB 14 6'2 194 23 2 East Texas State 50 Ron Porter LB 12 6'3 232 26 5 Idaho 51 Ike Kelley LB 14 5'11 224 27 5 Ohio State 53 Fred Whittingham LB 4 6'1 240 32 7 Cal Poly-S.L.O. 56 Bill Hobbs LB 11 6'0 220 25 3 Texas A&M 58 Bob Creech LB 3 6'3 222 22 R Texas Christian 59 Mike Evans C 14 6'5 250 25 4 Boston College 62 Mike Dirks DT 5 6'2 245 25 4 Wyoming 65 Henry Allison OG 14 6'2 255 24 R San Diego State 68 Mark Nordquist OG 14 6'4 245 25 4 Pacific 70 Jim Skaggs OG 10 6'2 250 31 8 Washington 72 Wade Key OT 14 6'4 245 25 2 Southwest Texas State 73 Dick Stevens OT 14 6'4 240 23 2 Baylor 75 Tuufuli Uperesa OG 2 6'3 255 23 1 Montana 77 Ernie Calloway DT 14 6'6 240 23 3 Texas Southern 78 Steve Smith OT 14 6'5 250 27 5 Michigan 80 Don Brumm DE 9 6'3 245 30 9 Purdue 81 Jim Whalen TE 2 6'2 210 28 7 Boston College 82 Tim Rossovich LB 13 6'4 240 25 4 Southern California 83 Don Hultz DT 14 6'3 240 30 9 Southern Mississippi 84 Richard Harris DE 14 6'4 260 23 R Grambling 85 Gary Ballman WR 6 6'0 210 31 10 Michigan State 86 Fred Hill TE 7 6'2 215 28 7 Southern California 87 Kent Kramer TE 10 6'5 235 27 5 Minnesota 88 Gary Pettigrew DT 13 6'4 255 27 6 Stanford 89 Steve Zabel LB 14 6'4 235 23 2 Oklahoma 99 Mel Tom DE 14 6'4 250 30 5 San Jose State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Pete Liske 269 143 53.2 1,957 7.28 13.7 11 4.1 15 5.6 13 134 67.1 Rick Arrington 118 55 46.6 576 4.88 10.5 2 1.7 5 4.2 13 95 49.3 Ronnie Bull 1 1 100.0 15 15.00 15.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Jim Ward 1 1 100.0 4 4.00 4.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 83.3 Sonny Davis 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Harold Jackson 47 716 15.2 3 Ben Hawkins 37 650 17.6 4 Lee Bouggess 24 170 7.1 1 Harold Carmichael 20 288 14.4 0 Gary Ballman 13 238 18.3 0 Sonny Davis 11 46 4.2 0 Ronnie Bull 9 75 8.3 1 Fred Hill 7 92 13.1 0 Tom Bailey 7 55 7.9 0 Kent Kramer 6 65 10.8 1 Larry Watkins 6 40 6.7 0 Tom Woodeshick 6 36 6.0 1 Tony Baker 4 36 9.0 0 Steve Zabel 2 4 2.0 2 Jim Whalen 1 41 41.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ronnie Bull 94 351 3.7 0 Lee Bouggess 97 262 2.7 2 Tom Woodeshick 66 188 2.8 0 Sonny Davis 47 163 3.5 1 Larry Watkins 35 98 2.8 1 Tony Baker 17 49 2.9 0 Harold Jackson 5 41 8.2 0 Tom Bailey 23 41 1.8 1 Pete Liske 13 29 2.2 1 Rick Arrington 5 23 4.6 0 Ben Hawkins 4 8 2.0 0 Steve Zabel 1 -5 -5.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Billy Walik 14 369 26.4 0 Al Nelson 13 358 27.5 0 Jim Thrower 12 299 24.9 0 Harold Jackson 2 48 24.0 0 Sonny Davis 2 44 22.0 0 Gary Pettigrew 2 37 18.5 0 Richard Harris 2 28 14.0 0 Kent Kramer 1 0 0.0 0 Steve Zabel 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Bill Bradley 18 118 6.6 12 0 Billy Walik 5 48 9.6 4 0 Ben Hawkins 1 6 6.0 0 0 |
1971 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 5 DE Richard Harris 93 Grambling 2 50 OG Henry Allison 55 San Diego State [pick acquired from MIN] 4 83 K Happy Feller 21 Texas 5 108 OT Tom Shellabarger San Diego State 6 133 DB Jack Smith 5 Troy State 6 154 DB Wyck Neely Mississippi [pick acquired from MIN] 7 161 WR Harold Carmichael 182 Southern 8 186 C Len Gotschalk 66 Humboldt State 9 211 LB Len Pettigrew Ashland 10 256 RB Tom Bailey 50 Florida State [pick acquired from DET] 11 264 RB Sonny Davis 14 Tennessee State 12 289 DE Rich Saathoff Northern Arizona 13 317 DB Danny Lester Texas 14 342 LB Bob Creech 18 Texas Christian 15 367 OG Ed Fisher Prairie View 16 395 LB Bruce James Arkansas 17 420 LB John Sage LSU
Traded draft picks: #2 to DET (Dave Thompson), #3 to SF (Sam Dickerson), #10 to NO (Rocky Pamplin)
Transactions:
01-1971 | traded Philadelphia's #5 pick in the 1972 draft to Broncos for Pete Liske |
01-28-1971 | traded Philadelphia's #2 pick in the 1971 draft and #2 and #3 picks in the 1972 draft to Lions for Greg Barton |
01-28-1971 | traded Norm Snead to Vikings for Steve Smith, Minnesota's #2 and # 6 picks in the 1971 draft and their #3 pick in the 1972 draft |
06-11-1971 | claimed Tom McNeill on waivers from Vikings |
07-21-1971 | traded Philadelphia's #5 pick in the 1973 draft to Bears for Ronnie Bull |
07-27-1971 | claimed Dick Hill on waivers from Patriots |
08-23-1971 | traded Richard Harvey to Saints for Jim Ward |
09-01-1971 | traded Joe Carollo to Rams for a draft pick |
09-13-1971 | traded Cyril Pinder to Bears for Chicago's #2 pick in the 1972 draft and #4 pick in the 1973 draft |
09-13-1971 | placed Dick Hart on injured reserve |
09-13-1971 | traded Philadelphia's #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Vikings for Bill Cappleman |
09-29-1971 | traded Bill Cappleman to Lions for Detroit's #3 pick in the 1972 draft |
10-27-1971 | traded Washington's #4 pick in the 1972 draft to Saints for Tony Baker |
1971 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/71 at Cincinnati Bengals L 14-37 0-1-0 09/26/71 vs Dallas Cowboys L 7-42 0-2-0 10/03/71 vs San Francisco 49ers L 3-31 0-3-0 10/10/71 vs Minnesota Vikings L 0-13 0-4-0 10/17/71 at Oakland Raiders L 10-34 0-5-0 10/24/71 vs New York Giants W 23-7 1-5-0 10/31/71 vs Denver Broncos W 17-16 2-5-0 11/07/71 at Washington Redskins T 7-7 2-5-1 11/14/71 at Dallas Cowboys L 7-20 2-6-1 11/21/71 at St. Louis Cardinals W 37-20 3-6-1 11/28/71 vs Washington Redskins L 13-20 3-7-1 12/05/71 at Detroit Lions W 23-20 4-7-1 12/12/71 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 19-7 5-7-1 12/19/71 at New York Giants W 41-28 6-7-1
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