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 |
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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