1996 Philadelphia Eagles season

NFL team season December 2013 March 2026 Philadelphia Eagles 1996 10–6 2nd NFC East Ray Rhodes Jon Gruden Emmitt Thomas Jeffrey Lurie Veterans Stadium Lost Wild Card Playoffs(at 49ers) 0–14 RB Ricky WattersWR Irving FryarDE William Fuller Eagles seasons The 1996 season was the Philadelphia Eagles' sixty-fourth in the National Football League (NFL). The team matched its 10–6 record from the previous season and qualified for the playoffs for the second year in a row. Background After a season-ending injury to Rodney Peete, Ty Detmer took over the starting role. For the second time in three seasons, the Eagles stood at 7–2 at the nine-game mark, thanks to a fan-thrilling win November 3 on the road against Dallas. The cap to that contest was a combined 104-yard interception return between James Willis and Troy Vincent during the game's final moments, which turned a potential game-winning drive by the Cowboys into a Philadelphia victory. But, as it did in 1994 under Rich Kotite, the team wilted. This time, after piling up four losses in five games, including an embarrassing 27-point setback on national TV at Indianapolis, the team scrambled in the playoff picture. Wins against the Jets and Cardinals managed to right the ship, however, resulting in a wild-card matchup with the San Francisco 49ers. Despite that success, the Eagles' season ended in San Francisco with a 14–0 first-round loss to the 49ers. The 1996 season was also the first season the Eagles debuted the midnight green, white, and black look, with new helmet designs and the logo and endzone font as well. Offseason The Eagles held training camp for the first year at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, home of the Lehigh Mountain Hawks. The Eagles signed college free agent Hollis Thomas, a defensive tackle out of Northern Illinois, and also signed former Miami Dolphins cornerback Troy Vincent as a free agent. Veteran San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Steve Wallace was signed via free agency to a one-year contract, but after a poor showing in the preseason was cut at the end of training camp and promptly re-signed by the 49ers.https://apnews.com/article/70f46142cd3553f322b64299d3d677a6 Eagles Land 49ers' Veteran Steve Wallace Associated Press April 19, 1996 July 12, 2021https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/super-bowl-eagles-you-may-have-forgotten 10 former Eagles you may have forgotten won Super Bowls Reuben Frank NBC Sports Philadelphia July 12, 2021 NFL draft The 1996 NFL draft was held April 20–21, 1996. No teams elected to claim any players in the supplemental draft that year. With a 10–6 record in 1995, and tying with two other teams, the Eagles rotated picking between the twenty-third pick to the twenty-fifth pick during the seven-round draft and chose eight players in the six rounds in which it had picks. During its first pick, the Eagles chose Jermane Mayberry, an offensive tackle from Texas A&M-Kingsville. The table below shows the Eagles selections, what picks it had that were traded away, and the teams that ended up with those picks. (It is possible that Eagles' picks ended up with those team via trades made by the Eagles with other teams.) 1996 Philadelphia Eagles 1 25 Jermane Mayberry OT Texas A&M-Kingsville yes yes 2 54 Jason Dunn TE Eastern Kentucky 2 61 Brian Dawkins FS Clemson Compensatory pick yes yes yes 3 85 Bobby Hoying QB Ohio State yes 4 121 Ray Farmer DB Duke 5 147 Whit Marshall LB Georgia 6 194 Steve White DE Tennessee 6 197 Tony Johnson TE Alabama Staff 1996 Philadelphia Eagles Owner/Chief Executive Officer – Jeffrey Lurie Senior Vice President of Administration – Joe Banner Director of Football Operations – Dick Daniels Director of College Scouting – John Wooten Director of Scouting – Chuck Banker Head Coach – Ray Rhodes Offensive Coordinator – Jon Gruden Running Backs – Dick Jamieson Wide Receivers – Gerald Carr Tight Ends – Ted Williams Offensive Line – Bill Callahan Offensive Assistant – Juan Castillo Defensive Coordinator – Emmitt Thomas Defensive Line – Mike Trgovac Linebackers – Joe Vitt Defensive Assistant – Chuck Knox Jr. Special Teams – Danny Smith Strength and Conditioning – Mike Wolf Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Tom Kanavy Part-Time Strength and Conditioning – Martin Streight Volunteer Strength and Conditioning – Kevin Tolbert Roster 1996 Philadelphia Eagles 14 Ty Detmer  7 Bobby Hoying y 11 Mark Rypien 30 Charlie Garner 34 Kevin Turner running back FB 29 Adam Walker American football, born 1968 32 Ricky Watters 31 Derrick Witherspoon KR 86 Dialleo Burks y 80 Irving Fryar 82 Chris T. Jones 81 Mark Seay PR 84 Freddie Solomon American football, born 1972 89 Calvin Williams 87 Jason Dunn American football y 88 Jimmie Johnson American football 83 Ed West American football 76 Barrett Brooks T 77 Richard Cooper American football T 75 Troy Drake T 73 Lester Holmes G 71 Jermane Mayberry y T 62 Guy McIntyre G 63 Raleigh McKenzie C 65 Bubba Miller y C 72 Joe Panos G 90 Ronnie Dixon DT 95 William Fuller American football DE 97 Rhett Hall DT 79 Greg Jefferson DE 59 Mike Mamula DE 96 Keith Rucker DT 98 Michael Samson y DT 78 Hollis Thomas y DT 55 Ray Farmer y OLB 93 Darion Conner OLB 56 Joe Kelly American football MLB 58 Whit Marshall y OLB 51 William Thomas linebacker OLB 50 James Willis American football MLB 57 Marc Woodard OLB 52 Sylvester Wright OLB 25 Deral Boykin SS 20 Brian Dawkins y FS 22 James Fuller American football FS 28 Don Griffin CB 21 Bobby Taylor American football CB 42 Johnny Thomas cornerback CB 23 Troy Vincent CB 36 Mike Zordich SS  1 Gary Anderson placekicker K  4 Tom Hutton American football P 68 Morris Unutoa y LS 91 Andy Harmon DT IR 85 Mark Ingram Sr. WR IR  9 Rodney Peete QB IR 53 active, 3 inactive, 5 practice squad 39 Chris Buckhalter y RB 64 Ben Cavil G 46 Fred Ford defensive back y S 16 Brandon Harrison wide receive WR 27 Thomas McGaughey y S Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Network TV Announcers Kickoff (ET) Attendance 1 September 1, 1996 at Washington Redskins W 17–14 FOX Pat Summerall & John Madden 1:00pm 53,415 2 September 9, 1996 at Green Bay Packers L 13–39 ABC Al Michaels, Frank Gifford & Dan Dierdorf 9:00pm 60,666 3 September 15, 1996 Detroit Lions W 24–17 FOX Dick Stockton & Matt Millen 1:00pm 66,007 4 September 22, 1996 at Atlanta Falcons W 33–18 TNT Verne Lundquist & Pat Haden 8:00pm 40,107 5 September 30, 1996 Dallas Cowboys L 19–23 ABC Al Michaels, Frank Gifford & Dan Dierdorf 9:00pm 67,201 6 Bye 7 October 13, 1996 at New York Giants W 19–10 FOX Dick Stockton & Matt Millen 4:00pm 72,729 8 October 20, 1996 Miami Dolphins W 35–28 NBC Marv Albert & Sam Wyche 1:00pm 66,240 9 October 27, 1996 Carolina Panthers W 20–9 FOX Kevin Harlan & Jerry Glanville 1:00pm 65,982 10 November 3, 1996 at Dallas Cowboys W 31–21 FOX Pat Summerall & John Madden 1:00pm 64,952 11 November 10, 1996 Buffalo Bills L 17–24 NBC Charlie Jones & Randy Cross 1:00pm 66,613 12 November 17, 1996 Washington Redskins L 21–26 FOX Pat Summerall & John Madden 1:00pm 66,834 13 November 24, 1996 at Arizona Cardinals L 30–36 FOX Joe Buck & Bill Maas 4:00pm 36,175 14 December 1, 1996 New York Giants W 24–0 FOX Kevin Harlan & Jerry Glanville 1:00pm 51,468 15 December 5, 1996 at Indianapolis Colts L 10–37 ESPN Mike Patrick & Joe Theismann 8:00pm 52,689 16 December 14, 1996 at New York Jets W 21–20 FOX Dick Stockton & Matt Millen 12:30pm 29,176 17 December 22, 1996 Arizona Cardinals W 29–19 FOX Kenny Albert & Tim Green 1:00pm 63,658 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Game summaries Week 10 Eagles 7 7 7 10 Cowboys 7 3 3 8 November 3 Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas 12:00 p.m. 64,952 50 °F °C; wind 8 mph km/h knots Pat Summerall and John Madden Fox yes Q1 DAL Emmitt Smith 1 yard run (Chris Boniol kick) DAL 7–0 Q1 PHI Ricky Watters 5 yard run (Gary Anderson kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 DAL Chris Boniol 19 yard field goal DAL 10–7 Q2 PHI Ty Detmer 6 yard run (Gary Anderson kick) PHI 14–10 Q3 DAL Chris Boniol 37 yard field goal PHI 14–13 Q3 PHI Irving Fryar 14 yard pass from Ty Detmer (Gary Anderson kick) PHI 21–13 Q4 DAL Emmitt Smith 7 yard run (Eric Bjornson pass from Troy Aikman) Tie 21–21 Q4 PHI Gary Anderson 30 yard field goal PHI 24–21 Q4 PHI Troy Vincent 90 yard interception return (Gary Anderson kick) PHI 31–21 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2013-Dec-30. Standings Postseason 1996–97 NFL playoffs Schedule Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Recap Wild Card December 29, 1996 San Francisco 49ers (4) L 0–14 0–1 3Com Park Recap Game summaries NFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (4) San Francisco 49ers text-align:center; Philadelphia Eagles 1996 2 NFC Wild Card Playoffs: (5) Philadelphia Eagles at (4) San Francisco 49ers – Game summary Eagles 0 0 0 0 49ers 0 7 7 0 3Com Park at Candlestick Point, San Francisco, California December 29, 1996 4:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m. PST 61 °F °C, rain Fox Pat Summerall (play-by-play) and John Madden (color commentator) Walt Coleman 56,460 First quarter No scoring plays Second quarter SF – Steve Young 9-yard run (Jeff Wilkins kick). 49ers 7–0. Third quarter SF – Jerry Rice 3-yard pass from Steve Young (Jeff Wilkins kick). 49ers 14–0. Fourth quarter No scoring plays Top passers PHI – Ty Detmer – 14/21, 148 yards, 2 INT SF – Steve Young – 14/21, 161 yards, TD Top rushers PHI – Ricky Watters – 20 rushes, 57 yards SF – Steve Young – 11 rushes, 65 yards, TD Top receivers PHI – Irving Fryar – 5 receptions, 62 yards SF – Jerry Rice – 4 receptions, 50 yards, TD References External links 1996 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro-Football-Reference.com Category:Philadelphia Eagles seasons Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles