1976 Philadelphia Eagles: 4-10-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-5-0 (104 points scored, 137 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (61 points scored, 149 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Vermeil 165 points scored (27th of 28 teams), 286 points allowed (19th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 182 369 1,492 (26) 3.62 11 18 505 2,080 (16) 4.1 8 3,572 (23) 32 Defense: 237 404 2,550 (26) 6.03 17 9 532 2,053 (15) 3.9 16 4,603 (21) 24
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 6 Spike Jones P 14 6'2 195 29 7 Georgia 10 Mike Boryla QB 11 6'3 200 25 3 Stanford 11 John Walton QB 3 6'2 210 29 1 Elizabeth City State 16 Horst Muhlmann K 14 6'1 219 36 8 None 17 Harold Carmichael WR 14 6'7 225 27 6 Southern 18 Roman Gabriel QB 4 6'4 220 36 15 North Carolina State 20 John Outlaw DB 13 5'10 180 31 8 Jackson State 21 Al Clark DB 14 6'0 185 28 6 Eastern Michigan 22 Larry Marshall DB 12 5'10 195 26 5 Maryland 23 Cliff Brooks DB 1 6'1 190 27 5 Tennessee State 24 Artimus Parker DB 14 6'3 200 24 3 Southern California 25 Tom Sullivan RB 13 6'0 190 26 5 Miami 26 Art Malone RB 3 5'11 216 28 7 Arizona State 28 Bill Bradley DB 14 5'11 190 29 8 Texas 29 Mark Burke DB 1 6'1 175 22 R West Virginia 32 Herb Lusk RB 14 6'0 190 23 R Long Beach State 34 Dave Hampton RB 8 6'0 202 29 8 Wyoming 35 Mike Hogan RB 8 6'2 205 21 R Tennessee-Chattanooga 37 Tommy Campbell DB 14 6'0 188 28 1 Iowa State 39 Bill Olds RB 11 6'1 224 25 4 Nebraska 41 Randy Logan DB 14 6'1 195 25 4 Michigan 43 James McAlister RB 13 6'1 205 25 2 UCLA 50 Guy Morriss C 14 6'4 255 25 4 Texas Christian 53 Dennis Franks C 14 6'1 236 23 1 Michigan 54 Drew Mahalic LB 13 6'4 228 23 2 Notre Dame 55 Frank LeMaster LB 14 6'2 231 24 3 Kentucky 58 Terry Tautolo LB 13 6'2 234 22 R UCLA 59 Tom Ehlers LB 14 6'2 218 24 2 Kentucky 61 Bill Dunstan DT 14 6'4 250 27 4 Utah State 64 Ed George OT 14 6'4 270 30 2 Wake Forest 66 Bill Bergey LB 14 6'2 250 31 8 Arkansas State 67 Jeff Bleamer OT 10 6'4 253 23 2 Penn State 68 Blenda Gay DE 14 6'5 255 25 3 Fayetteville State 71 Will Wynn DE 14 6'4 245 27 4 Tennessee State 72 Wade Key OG 13 6'4 245 30 7 Southwest Texas State 73 Pete Lazetich DT 13 6'3 245 26 4 Stanford 75 Stan Walters OT 14 6'6 270 28 5 Syracuse 76 Jerry Sisemore OT 14 6'4 260 25 4 Texas 77 Dennis Nelson OT 14 6'5 260 30 6 Illinois State 78 Carl Hairston DE 14 6'3 245 23 R Maryland Eastern Shore 79 Manny Sistrunk DT 14 6'5 275 29 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 80 Don Zimmerman WR 1 6'3 195 26 4 Northeast Louisiana 82 Bob Picard WR 4 6'1 198 26 4 Eastern Washington 83 Vince Papale WR 14 6'2 195 30 1 St. Joseph's (PA) 84 Keith Krepfle TE 10 6'3 225 24 2 Iowa State 85 Charlie Smith WR 14 6'1 185 26 3 Grambling 86 Charle Young TE 14 6'4 238 25 4 Southern California 88 Richard Osborne TE 4 6'3 230 23 R Texas A&M 95 John Bunting LB 14 6'1 220 26 5 North Carolina
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Mike Boryla 246 123 50.0 1,247 5.07 10.1 9 3.7 14 5.7 29 235 53.4 Roman Gabriel 92 46 50.0 476 5.17 10.3 2 2.2 2 2.2 13 111 63.5 John Walton 28 12 42.9 125 4.46 10.4 0 0.0 2 7.1 1 6 26.6 Harold Carmichael 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Spike Jones 1 1 100.0 -4 -4.00 -4.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 79.2
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Harold Carmichael 42 503 12.0 5 Charle Young 30 374 12.5 0 Charlie Smith 27 412 15.3 4 Mike Hogan 15 89 5.9 0 Tom Sullivan 14 116 8.3 1 Herb Lusk 13 119 9.2 0 James McAlister 12 72 6.0 0 Dave Hampton 12 57 4.8 0 Bill Olds 9 29 3.2 0 Keith Krepfle 6 80 13.3 1 Art Malone 1 -3 -3.0 0 Frank LeMaster 1 -4 -4.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Mike Hogan 123 561 4.6 0 Tom Sullivan 99 399 4.0 2 Dave Hampton 71 267 3.8 1 James McAlister 68 265 3.9 0 Herb Lusk 61 254 4.2 0 Mike Boryla 29 166 5.7 2 Bill Olds 36 120 3.3 1 Charlie Smith 9 25 2.8 1 Art Malone 2 14 7.0 1 Charle Young 1 6 6.0 0 Roman Gabriel 4 2 0.5 0 John Walton 2 1 0.5 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Larry Marshall 30 651 21.7 0 James McAlister 9 172 19.1 0 Herb Lusk 7 155 22.1 0 Tom Sullivan 5 108 21.6 0 Dave Hampton 3 46 15.3 0 Bill Olds 1 11 11.0 0 Tom Ehlers 1 8 8.0 0 Jeff Bleamer 1 0 0.0 0 Charlie Smith 1 -3 -3.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Larry Marshall 27 290 10.7 9 0 Bill Bradley 9 64 7.1 5 0 Al Clark 4 57 14.2 0 0 Mark Burke 1 14 14.0 0 0 |
1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 4 111 DE Mike Smith Florida [pick acquired from MIA] 5 135 DT Greg Johnson 7 Florida State 6 165 OT Kirk Johnson Howard Payne 7 191 DE Carl Hairston 224 Maryland-Eastern Shore 8 216 C Richard LaFargue Arkansas [pick acquired from NE] 9 247 RB Mike Hogan 49 Tennessee-Chattanooga [pick acquired from CHI] 9 248 TE Richard Osborne 50 Texas A&M 10 273 RB Herb Lusk 28 Long Beach State 11 300 DT Mike Gilbert San Diego State 13 353 LB Terry Tautolo 104 UCLA [pick acquired from NYJ] 13 358 DB Steve Ebbecke Villanova 14 385 DB Melvin Shy Tennessee State 15 412 P Brett White UCLA 16 439 RB Steve Campassi Kentucky 17 470 DB Anthony Terry California-Davis
Traded draft picks: #1 to CIN (Billy Brooks), #2 to CIN (Glenn Bujnoch), #3 to CIN (Danny Reece), #4 to SF (Steve Rivera), #8 to DET via NE (Rich Sorenson), #12 to NYJ (Dave Buckey)
Transactions:
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Dan Yochum in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Steve Colovito in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Bob Picard in expansion draft |
| 04-02-1976 | traded Bill Troup to Colts for Dennis Nelson |
| 06-25-1976 | traded cash to Colts for Ed George |
| 07-20-1976 | traded $100 cash to Chargers for Drew Mahalic |
| 08-04-1976 | 49ers claimed Bill Lueck on waivers |
| 08-04-1976 | traded Joe Lavender to Redskins for Manny Sistrunk, St. Louis' #6 pick in the 1977 draft, Washington's #5 pick in the 1978 draft and their #4 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-25-1976 | placed John Niland on injured reserve |
| 08-25-1976 | placed Kermit Alexander on injured reserve |
| 08-25-1976 | placed Melvin Shy on injured reserve |
| 08-25-1976 | traded ? to Rams for Ron Kecman and Gregg Butler |
1976 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/76 at Dallas Cowboys L 7-27 0-1-0 09/19/76 vs New York Giants W 20-7 1-1-0 09/27/76 vs Washington Redskins L 17-20 (OT) 1-2-0 10/03/76 at Atlanta Falcons W 14-13 2-2-0 10/10/76 at St. Louis Cardinals L 14-33 2-3-0 10/17/76 at Green Bay Packers L 13-28 2-4-0 10/24/76 vs Minnesota Vikings L 12-31 2-5-0 10/31/76 at New York Giants W 10-0 3-5-0 11/07/76 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 14-17 3-6-0 11/14/76 at Cleveland Browns L 3-24 3-7-0 11/21/76 vs Oakland Raiders L 7-26 3-8-0 11/28/76 at Washington Redskins L 0-24 3-9-0 12/05/76 vs Dallas Cowboys L 7-26 3-10-0 12/12/76 vs Seattle Seahawks W 27-10 4-10-0