1971 Philadelphia Eagles season

NFL team season December 2013 March 2026 Philadelphia Eagles 1971 6–7–1 3rd NFC East Jerry WilliamsEd Khayat Leonard Tose S Bill Bradley Veterans Stadium Did not qualify Eagles seasons The 1971 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 39th in the National Football League. They improved on their previous output of 3–10–1, winning six games.https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/phi/1971.htm 1971 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics & Players Pro-Football-Reference.com Despite the improvement, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the eleventh consecutive season. This was the team's inaugural season in Veterans Stadium. After the Eagles lost their first three games of the season, head coach Jerry Williams was fired and replaced by Ed Khayat. Offseason NFL draft 1971 NFL draft The table https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1970.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071221231832/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1970.htm 2007-12-21 1970 NFL Draft Listing Pro-Football-Reference.com shows the Eagles' selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away. = Pro Bowler Players are identified as Pro Bowlers if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their careers.= Hall of Famer Rd PickPlayer Pos.College 1 5 Richard HarrisDefensive EndGrambling2 30 Pick Taken By Detroit Lions 50 Hank Allison Acquired Minn Vikings Pick GuardSan Diego State 3 55 Pick Taken By San Francisco 49ers 4 83Happy FellerKickerTexas 5 108 Tom ShellabargerTackleSan Diego State6 133 Jack SmithDefensive backTroy State 154 Wyck NeelyDefensive backMississippi 7 161 Harold CarmichaelWide receiverSouthern 8 186 Leonard GotschalkCenterHumboldt State 9 211 Len PettigrewLinebackerAshland10 239 Pick Taken By New Orleans Saints 256Tom BaileyRunning backFlorida State 11 264 Albert DavisRunning backTennessee State 12 289 Rich SaathoffDefensive endNorthern Arizona 13 317Danny LesterDefensive backTexas 14 342 Robert CreechLinebackerTexas Christian 15 367 Ed FisherGuardPrairie View A&M 16 395 Bruce JamesLinebackerArkansas 17 420 John SageLinebackerLouisiana State Personnel Staff / Coaches 1971 Philadelphia Eagles Owner – Leonard Tose General manager – Pete Retzlaff Head coach - Jerry Williams (0-3, fired) Head coach – Ed Khayat (Interim, 6-4-1) Offensive Coordinator - Tom Fears Quarterbacks - John Rauch Running Backs – Jack Zilly Offensive Line – Brad Ecklund Defensive Coordinator – Walt Michaels Defensive Line - Ed Khayat Defensive Line – Jesse Richardson Defensive Line - Joe Moss Linebackers - Jim Carr Special Teams Assistant – Jack Zilly Roster 1971 Philadelphia Eagles 11 Rick Arrington 14 Pete Liske  7 Jim Ward quarterback 38 Tony Baker running back, born 1945 46 Lee Bouggess 47 Ronnie Bull American football 43 Sonny Davis y 34 Larry Watkins 37 Tom Woodeshick 18 Ben Hawkins American football 29 Harold Jackson American football  9 Billy Walik 86 Fred Hill American football 87 Kent Kramer 61 Hank Allison y G 59 Mike Evans offensive lineman C 72 Wade Key T 68 Mark Nordquist G 70 Jim Skaggs G 74 Steve Smith offensive lineman T 73 Dick Stevens T 80 Don Brumm DE 77 Ernie Calloway DT/DE 84 Richard Harris American football y DE 73 Don Hultz DT 88 Gary Pettigrew DT 99 Mel Tom DE 56 Bill Hobbs American football OLB 51 Ike Kelley MLB 50 Ron Porter OLB 82 Tim Rossovich MLB 89 Steve Zabel OLB 28 Bill Bradley American football FS 20 Leroy Keyes SS 26 Al Nelson CB 24 Nate Ramsey CB 32 Jack Smith defensive back y CB 49 Jim Thrower CB 19 Tom Dempsey K 36 Tom McNeill P 85 Gary Ballman TE IR 17 Harold Carmichael y WR IR 71 Dick Hart American football G IR 21 Joe Scarpati S IR 35 Adrian Young American football LB IR 31 Tom Bailey American football y RB 58 Bob Creech y LB 62 Mike Dirks DT  5 Happy Feller y K 33 Steve Preece S 81 Jim Whalen TE Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 19 at Cincinnati Bengals L 14–37 0–1 Riverfront Stadium 55,880 2 September 26 Dallas Cowboys L 7–42 0–2 Veterans Stadium 65,358 3 October 3 San Francisco 49ers L 3–31 0–3 Veterans Stadium 65,358 4 October 10 Minnesota Vikings L 0–13 0–4 Veterans Stadium 65,358 5 October 17 at Oakland Raiders L 10–34 0–5 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 54,615 6 October 24 New York Giants W 23–7 1–5 Veterans Stadium 65,358 7 October 31 Denver Broncos W 17–16 2–5 Veterans Stadium 65,358 8 November 7 at Washington Redskins T 7–7 2–5–1 RFK Stadium 53,041 9 November 14 at Dallas Cowboys L 7–20 2–6–1 Texas Stadium 60,178 10 November 21 at St. Louis Cardinals W 37–20 3–6–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 48,658 11 November 28 Washington Redskins L 13–20 3–7–1 Veterans Stadium 65,358 12 December 5 at Detroit Lions W 23–20 4–7–1 Tiger Stadium 54,418 13 December 12 St. Louis Cardinals W 19–7 5–7–1 Veterans Stadium 65,358 14 December 19 at New York Giants W 41–28 6–7–1 Yankee Stadium 62,774 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Standings Awards and honors Records Breakers Al Nelson 102 yard missed field goal return, Eagles vs Dallas on September 26, 1971 Pro Bowl Bill Bradley named Pro Bowl starter League leaders Bill Bradley leads league with 11 interceptions. External links 1971 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics at jt-sw.com 1971 Philadelphia Eagles Schedule at jt-sw.com https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/phi/1971.htm 1971 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics & Players Pro-Football-Reference.com VIDEO: 1971 Week 1, Eagles at Cincinnati Bengals by NFL Films at YouTube VIDEO: 1971 Week 4, Minnesota Vikings at Eagles by NFL Films at YouTube References Category:Philadelphia Eagles seasons Philadelphia Eagles Philadel Category:1971 in Philadelphia