1979 Philadelphia Eagles roster and stats

1979 Philadelphia Eagles: 11-5-0
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Home record: 5-3-0 (174 points scored, 130 allowed) Road record: 6-2-0 (165 points scored, 152 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Vermeil 339 points scored (12th of 28 teams), 282 points allowed (9th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 209 410 2,610 (19) 5.88 21 13 567 2,421 ( 9) 4.3 17 5,031 (15) 29 Defense: 243 459 2,474 ( 4) 4.91 18 22 515 2,271 (18) 4.4 16 4,745 ( 9) 33

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Tony Franklin K 16 5'8 182 22 R Texas A&M 4 Max Runager P 16 6'1 189 23 R South Carolina 7 Ron Jaworski QB 16 6'2 195 28 6 Youngstown State 10 John Walton QB 8 6'2 210 32 3 Elizabeth City State 17 Harold Carmichael WR 16 6'7 225 30 9 Southern 20 Leroy Harris RB 15 5'9 230 25 3 Arkansas State 21 John Sciarra DB 16 5'11 185 25 2 UCLA 22 Brenard Wilson DB 14 6'0 170 24 R Vanderbilt 23 Bob Howard DB 16 6'1 175 34 13 San Diego State 24 Henry Monroe DB 3 5'11 180 22 R Mississippi State 26 Deac Sanders DB 1 6'1 175 29 6 South Dakota 27 Richard Blackmore DB 16 5'10 174 23 R Mississippi State 29 Al Latimer DB 13 5'11 172 22 R Clemson 31 Wilbert Montgomery RB 16 5'10 195 25 3 Abilene Christian 32 Earl Carr RB 1 6'0 224 24 2 Florida 33 Louie Giammona RB 15 5'9 180 26 3 Utah State 37 Billy Campfield RB 16 5'11 205 23 2 Kansas 38 Larry Barnes RB 16 5'11 220 25 3 Tennessee State 41 Randy Logan DB 16 6'1 195 28 7 Michigan 46 Herman Edwards DB 16 6'0 194 25 3 San Diego State 50 Guy Morriss C 16 6'4 255 28 7 Texas Christian 51 Reggie Wilkes LB 16 6'4 235 23 2 Georgia Tech 52 Ray Phillips LB 11 6'4 217 25 3 Nebraska 55 Frank LeMaster LB 16 6'2 231 27 6 Kentucky 56 Jerry Robinson LB 16 6'2 216 22 R UCLA 58 Terry Tautolo LB 16 6'2 235 25 4 UCLA 59 Al Chesley LB 16 6'3 240 22 R Pittsburgh 61 Mark Slater C 16 6'1 257 24 2 Minnesota 62 Petey Perot OG 14 6'2 261 22 R Northwestern State-Louisiana 64 Garry Puetz OG 2 6'4 265 27 7 Valparaiso 65 Charlie Johnson DT 16 6'3 262 27 3 Colorado 66 Bill Bergey LB 3 6'2 245 34 11 Arkansas State 67 Lem Burnham DE 16 6'4 240 32 3 U.S. International 68 Dennis Harrison DE 12 6'8 275 23 2 Vanderbilt 69 Woody Peoples OG 16 6'2 252 36 11 Grambling 71 Ken Clarke DT 16 6'2 255 23 2 Syracuse 72 Wade Key OG 12 6'4 245 33 10 Southwest Texas State 75 Stan Walters OT 16 6'6 270 31 8 Syracuse 76 Jerry Sisemore OT 16 6'4 260 28 7 Texas 77 Rufus Mayes OT 16 6'5 256 31 11 Ohio State 78 Carl Hairston DE 15 6'3 260 26 4 Maryland Eastern Shore 79 Manny Sistrunk DT 16 6'5 275 32 10 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 81 Scott Fitzkee WR 15 6'0 187 22 R Penn State 82 Jerrold McRae WR 5 6'0 187 24 2 Tennessee State 84 Keith Krepfle TE 16 6'3 225 27 5 Iowa State 85 Charlie Smith WR 16 6'1 185 29 6 Grambling 87 Claude Humphrey DE 16 6'5 265 35 11 Tennessee State 88 John Spagnola TE 16 6'4 240 22 R Yale 89 Wally Henry WR 12 5'8 170 25 3 UCLA 95 John Bunting LB 15 6'1 220 29 8 North Carolina

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Ron Jaworski 374 190 50.8 2,669 7.14 14.0 18 4.8 12 3.2 34 272 76.8 John Walton 36 19 52.8 213 5.92 11.2 3 8.3 1 2.8 0 0 86.9

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Harold Carmichael      52    872   16.8   11
Keith Krepfle          41    760   18.5    3
Wilbert Montgomery     41    494   12.0    5
Charlie Smith          24    399   16.6    1
Leroy Harris           22    107    4.9    0
Billy Campfield        16    115    7.2    0
Scott Fitzkee           8    105   13.1    1
John Spagnola           2     24   12.0    0
Larry Barnes            1      6    6.0    0
Earl Carr               1      2    2.0    0
Jerrold McRae           1     -2   -2.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Wilbert Montgomery    338  1,512    4.5    9
Leroy Harris          107    504    4.7    2
Billy Campfield        30    165    5.5    3
Ron Jaworski           43    119    2.8    2
Larry Barnes           25     74    3.0    1
Louie Giammona         15     38    2.5    0
Frank LeMaster          1     15   15.0    0
Harold Carmichael       1      0    0.0    0
Earl Carr               1     -1   -1.0    0
John Walton             6     -5   -0.8    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Wally Henry            28    668   23.9    0
Louie Giammona         15    294   19.6    0
Billy Campfield         7    251   35.9    1
Brenard Wilson          2      0    0.0    0
Larry Barnes            1     23   23.0    0
Al Latimer              1     18   18.0    0
Wilbert Montgomery      1      6    6.0    0
Charlie Smith           1      1    1.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Wally Henry            35    320    9.1    7    0
John Sciarra           16    182   11.4    0    0
Louie Giammona          5     42    8.4    0    0
Richard Blackmore       1      0    0.0    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Max Runager 74 2,927 39.6 6 13 1 34 200 34.8 Tony Franklin 1 32 32.0 0 1 0 0 0 32.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Tony Franklin 1/1 5/5 7/8 7/10 3/7 23/31 36/39 105 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bill Bergey 1.0 1 0 0 John Bunting 2.0 2 13 0 Lem Burnham 2.0 Al Chesley 2 39 0 Ken Clarke 1.5 Herman Edwards 3 6 0 Carl Hairston 15.5 Dennis Harrison 4.0 Bob Howard 3 34 0 Claude Humphrey 11.0 Charlie Johnson 3.0 Frank LeMaster 3.0 Randy Logan 3 57 0 John Sciarra 2 47 0 Terry Tautolo 1.0 Reggie Wilkes 1.0 2 0 0 Brenard Wilson 4 70 0

1979 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 21 LB Jerry Robinson 184 UCLA 2 48 OG Petey Perot 74 N.W. Louisiana 3 74 K Tony Franklin 140 Texas A&M 4 94 RB Ben Cowins Arkansas [pick acquired from WAS] 5 126 WR Scott Fitzkee 36 Penn State 7 178 OT Don Swafford Florida [pick acquired from CLE] 7 185 DE Curtis Bunche Albany State (Ga.) 8 196 C Chuck Correal 16 Penn State [pick acquired from BUF] 8 211 P Max Runager 144 South Carolina 11 296 LB Al Chesley 56 Pittsburgh

Traded draft picks: #4 to ATL (Lynn Cain), #6 to NYG (Eddie Hicks), #9 to OAK (Jim Rourke), #10 to SD (Tony Petruccio), #12 to PIT (Ed Smith)

Transactions:

03-05-1979	traded Philadelphia's #4 picks in the 1979 and 1980 drafts to Falcons for Claude Humphrey
07-01-1979	traded Mike Hogan to 49ers for San Francisco's #7 pick in the 1981 draft
07-24-1979	claimed Earl Carr on waivers from ?
07-30-1979	Sonny Wade retired
08-14-1979	placed Mike Morgan on injured reserve
08-27-1979	traded Tom Luken to Bills for a draft pick
08-27-1979	placed Cleveland Franklin on injured reserve
08-27-1979	placed Dennis Franks on injured reserve
08-27-1979	traded Philadelphia's #5 pick in the 1981 draft to Dolphins for Leroy Harris
08-28-1979	traded a pick in the 1980 draft to Chiefs for Mark Bailey (trade voided when Bailey refused to report)
12-04-1979	placed Brenard Wilson on injured reserve

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/23/79    vs Chicago Bears           W 27-17
12/29/79    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    L 17-24

1979 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/02/79    vs New York Giants         W 23-17       1-0-0
09/10/79    vs Atlanta Falcons         L 10-14       1-1-0
09/16/79    at New Orleans Saints      W 26-14       2-1-0
09/23/79    at New York Giants         W 17-13       3-1-0
09/30/79    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 17-14       4-1-0
10/07/79    vs Washington Redskins     W 28-17       5-1-0
10/14/79    at St. Louis Cardinals     W 24-20       6-1-0
10/21/79    at Washington Redskins     L 7-17        6-2-0
10/28/79    at Cincinnati Bengals      L 13-37       6-3-0
11/04/79    vs Cleveland Browns        L 19-24       6-4-0
11/12/79    at Dallas Cowboys          W 31-21       7-4-0
11/18/79    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 16-13       8-4-0
11/25/79    at Green Bay Packers       W 21-10       9-4-0
12/02/79    vs Detroit Lions           W 44-7        10-4-0
12/08/79    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 17-24       10-5-0
12/16/79    at Houston Oilers          W 26-20       11-5-0

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