1978 Philadelphia Eagles: 9-7-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-3-0 (118 points scored, 91 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (152 points scored, 159 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Vermeil 270 points scored (18th of 28 teams), 250 points allowed (5th) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 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: 207 401 2,197 (21) 4.97 16 16 587 2,456 ( 7) 4.2 16 4,653 (18) 38 Defense: 228 443 2,773 (22) 5.88 17 28 505 1,862 ( 5) 3.7 11 4,635 (11) 48
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Nick Mike-Mayer K 12 5'8 187 28 6 Temple 2 Mike Michel P 10 5'10 177 24 2 Stanford 7 Ron Jaworski QB 16 6'2 195 27 5 Youngstown State 10 John Walton QB 4 6'2 210 31 2 Elizabeth City State 13 Rick Engles P 6 5'11 180 24 3 Tulsa 17 Harold Carmichael WR 16 6'7 225 29 8 Southern 20 John Outlaw DB 14 5'10 180 33 10 Jackson State 21 John Sciarra DB 16 5'11 185 24 1 UCLA 23 Bob Howard DB 10 6'1 175 33 12 San Diego State 25 Bill Bryant DB 3 5'11 195 27 3 Grambling 26 Deac Sanders DB 15 6'1 175 28 5 South Dakota 30 Cleveland Franklin RB 16 6'2 216 23 2 Baylor 31 Wilbert Montgomery RB 14 5'10 195 24 2 Abilene Christian 32 Herb Lusk RB 3 6'0 190 25 3 Long Beach State 33 Louie Giammona RB 7 5'9 180 25 2 Utah State 34 James Betterson RB 9 6'0 210 24 2 North Carolina 35 Mike Hogan RB 14 6'2 215 23 3 Tennessee-Chattanooga 37 Billy Campfield RB 16 5'11 185 22 R Kansas 38 Larry Barnes RB 7 5'11 220 24 2 Tennessee State 41 Randy Logan DB 16 6'1 195 27 6 Michigan 46 Herman Edwards DB 16 6'0 194 24 2 San Diego State 47 Charles Williams DB 9 6'1 180 25 R Jackson State 49 Eric Johnson DB 16 6'1 192 26 2 Washington State 50 Guy Morriss C 16 6'4 255 27 6 Texas Christian 51 Reggie Wilkes LB 16 6'4 230 22 R Georgia Tech 52 Ray Phillips LB 10 6'3 221 24 2 Nebraska 53 Dennis Franks C 16 6'1 245 25 3 Michigan 54 Drew Mahalic LB 9 6'4 225 25 4 Notre Dame 55 Frank LeMaster LB 16 6'2 231 26 5 Kentucky 57 Mike Osborn LB 16 6'5 235 22 R Kansas State 58 Terry Tautolo LB 16 6'2 235 24 3 UCLA 63 Tom Luken OG 16 6'3 253 28 6 Purdue 64 Ed George OT 16 6'4 270 32 4 Wake Forest 65 Charlie Johnson DT 16 6'3 262 26 2 Colorado 66 Bill Bergey LB 16 6'2 245 33 10 Arkansas State 67 Lem Burnham DE 15 6'4 240 31 2 U.S. International 68 Dennis Harrison DE 16 6'8 275 22 R Vanderbilt 69 Woody Peoples OG 15 6'2 250 35 10 Grambling 71 Ken Clarke DT 16 6'2 255 22 R Syracuse 72 Wade Key OG 13 6'4 245 32 9 Southwest Texas State 75 Stan Walters OT 16 6'6 270 30 7 Syracuse 76 Jerry Sisemore OT 16 6'4 260 27 6 Texas 78 Carl Hairston DE 16 6'3 245 25 3 Maryland Eastern Shore 79 Manny Sistrunk DE 16 6'5 275 31 9 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 81 Oren Middlebrook WR 16 6'2 185 25 1 Arkansas State 82 Ken Payne WR 16 6'1 185 28 5 Langston 83 Vince Papale WR 13 6'2 195 32 3 St. Joseph's (PA) 84 Keith Krepfle TE 10 6'3 225 26 4 Iowa State 85 Charlie Smith WR 14 6'1 185 28 5 Grambling 86 Richard Osborne TE 16 6'3 230 24 3 Texas A&M 88 Bill Larson TE 5 6'4 220 25 3 Colorado State 89 Wally Henry WR 3 5'8 170 24 2 UCLA 95 John Bunting LB 6 6'1 220 28 7 North Carolina
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Ron Jaworski 398 206 51.8 2,487 6.25 12.1 16 4.0 16 4.0 41 288 67.9 Rick Engles 1 1 100.0 -2 -2.00 -2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 79.2 John Sciarra 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 John Walton 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 Carmichael 55 1,072 19.5 8 Wilbert Montgomery 34 195 5.7 1 Mike Hogan 31 164 5.3 1 Keith Krepfle 26 374 14.4 3 Billy Campfield 15 101 6.7 0 Ken Payne 13 238 18.3 1 Richard Osborne 13 145 11.2 0 Charlie Smith 11 142 12.9 2 Cleveland Franklin 7 46 6.6 0 James Betterson 2 8 4.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Wilbert Montgomery 259 1,220 4.7 9 Mike Hogan 145 607 4.2 4 Billy Campfield 61 247 4.0 0 Cleveland Franklin 60 167 2.8 0 Ron Jaworski 30 79 2.6 0 James Betterson 11 32 2.9 0 Frank LeMaster 2 29 14.5 0 Harold Carmichael 1 21 21.0 0 Ken Payne 1 17 17.0 0 Rick Engles 1 16 16.0 0 John Sciarra 8 11 1.4 2 Louie Giammona 4 6 1.5 0 Larry Barnes 1 4 4.0 1 Mike Michel 1 0 0.0 0 John Walton 2 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Billy Campfield 18 368 20.4 0 Louie Giammona 12 245 20.4 0 James Betterson 7 185 26.4 0 Wilbert Montgomery 6 154 25.7 0 Herb Lusk 3 61 20.3 0 Wally Henry 3 54 18.0 0 Terry Tautolo 3 45 15.0 0 Larry Barnes 2 22 11.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD John Sciarra 37 251 6.8 9 0 Wally Henry 11 165 15.0 1 1 Louie Giammona 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 3 66 LB Reggie Wilkes 137 Georgia Tech 4 92 DT Dennis Harrison 136 Vanderbilt 5 130 RB Norris Banks Kansas [pick acquired from WAS] 7 186 DT Greg Marshall 2 Oregon State [pick acquired from MIN] 9 230 DB Charles Williams 7 Jackson State 11 288 RB Billy Campfield 73 Kansas 12 315 C Mark Slater 82 Minnesota
Traded draft picks: #1 to CIN (Ross Browner), #2 to CIN (Ray Griffin), #5 to KC (Dwight Carey), #6 to BUF (Eric Smith), #7 to OAK (Art Whittington), #8 to NYJ (Mike Mock), #10 to ATL (Ricky Patton)
Transactions:
| 03-28-1978 | traded future considerations to Buccaneers for John Sciarra |
| 04-26-1978 | traded Philadelphia's #10 pick in the 1979 draft to Chargers for Tom Graham |
| 05-30-1978 | traded Pete Lazetich to Bills for future considerations |
| 06-07-1978 | claimed Mitch Hoopes on waivers from Lions |
| 07-22-1978 | traded Philadelphia's #12 pick in the 1979 draft to Steelers for Rick Engles |
| 07-27-1978 | traded Harvey Goodman to Chargers for future considerations |
| 08-09-1978 | traded Tom Sullivan to Browns for Cleveland's #7 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-21-1978 | traded Tom Ehlers and Tom Graham to Bills for Buffalo's #8 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-30-1978 | Chiefs claimed Larry Marshall on waivers |
| 10-13-1978 | claimed Mike Michel on waivers from Dolphins |
| 11-01-1978 | placed Charlie Williams on injured reserve |
| 11-14-1978 | placed Keith Krepfle on injured reserve |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/24/78 at Atlanta Falcons L 13-14
1978 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/03/78 vs Los Angeles Rams L 14-16 0-1-0 09/10/78 at Washington Redskins L 30-35 0-2-0 09/17/78 at New Orleans Saints W 24-17 1-2-0 09/24/78 vs Miami Dolphins W 17-3 2-2-0 10/01/78 at Baltimore Colts W 17-14 3-2-0 10/08/78 at New England Patriots L 14-24 3-3-0 10/15/78 vs Washington Redskins W 17-10 4-3-0 10/22/78 at Dallas Cowboys L 7-14 4-4-0 10/29/78 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 10-16 4-5-0 11/05/78 vs Green Bay Packers W 10-3 5-5-0 11/12/78 vs New York Jets W 17-9 6-5-0 11/19/78 at New York Giants W 19-17 7-5-0 11/26/78 at St. Louis Cardinals W 14-10 8-5-0 12/03/78 at Minnesota Vikings L 27-28 8-6-0 12/10/78 vs Dallas Cowboys L 13-31 8-7-0 12/17/78 vs New York Giants W 20-3 9-7-0