1964 Philadelphia Eagles season

1964 Philadelphia Eagles season
Owner(s)	{{{owner}}}
Head Coach	Joe Kuharich
Home Field
Results
Record	6–8
Place	3rd NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1963	1965

Offseason

Joe Kuharich is hired as Head Coach after he leaves Notre Dames. He is still their only head coach with a lifetime losing record while coaching there, going 17 – 23 in 4 years. Owner Jerry Wolman give Kuharich a unheard of contract of $1 million over 15 years. He then trades future Hall of Famers Sonny Jurgensen to the Washington Redskins and Tommy McDonald to the Dallas Cowboys.

Earl Gros and Pro Bowler and Hall of Fame member Jim Ringo are acquired reportedly when he tried to have an agent talk for him during Ringo's 1964 contract talks with Green Bay. The Eagles send Lee Roy Caffey and their 1965 1st round draft pick to the Packers.

NFL Draft

The 1964 NFL Draft and the 1964 AFL Draft were 2 different draft held by the respected leagues. The NFL Draft was held on December 2, 1963, and the AFL Draft was held on November 30, 1963.

Where the NFL teams could draft any eligible player coming out of college, the AFL had territorial picks in the early rounds. These were players that lived in a certain area or went to college there. This could be why the Eagles 2nd round pick (16th pick), was the AFL's 1st pick in the draft. Some players made arrangements with the AFL leaders that they would sign for a set if a certain team drafted them, this was relayed to the AFL teams. Some of these players signed contracts as soon as their last college game was over on the field or in the parking lot.

The NFL Draft was for 20 rounds with 14 teams picking. The Eagles had the second pick in those rounds. They ended up picking 18 players.

The over all pick in the draft was Dave Parks an End out of Texas Tech. The Eagle choose future Hall of Fame member Bob Brown an Offensive Tackle out of Nebraska. There were 10 Hall of Fame members taken in this draft, 4 of them in the first round. The Dallas Cowboys get 2 of them when they take a chance on Bob Hayes in the 7th round and Roger Staubach in the 10th round. Roger Staubach had to serve a 4 year military obligation in the US Navy before he could play NFL football because he attended the United State Naval Academy.

= Pro Bowler

= AFL All-Star

= Hall of Famer

Rd	PICK	PLAYER	POS	SCHOOL		AFL	Rd	Pick	Signed
1	2	Bob Brown HOF	Tackle	Nebraska					Eagles
2	16	Jack Concannon	Quarterback	Boston College		Boston	1	1	Eagles
3	30	Trade to Detroit Lions
4	46	Ray Kubala	Center	Texas A&M		Denver	7	49	Denver
5	58	Mickey Babb	End	Georgia		Oakland	13	103
6	72	Al Denson	End	Florida A&M		Denver	6	47	Denver
7	86	Pete Goimarac	Center	West Virginia		San Diego	5	36
8	100	Traded To New York Giants
9	114	Larry Smith	Back	Mississippi
10	128	Tom Boris	Back	Purdue
11	142	Bob Berry	Quarterback	Oregon		Denver	26	201	Acquired by Minnesota
12	156	John Sapinsky	Tackle	William & Mary		Oakland	7	55
13	170	Howard Kindig	Center	Cal State-Los Angeles		San Diego	14	112	San Diego
14	184	Ernie Arizzi	Back	Maryland
15	198	Bob Burrows	Tackle	East Texas State		Kansas City	21	162
16	212	Will Radosevich	Tackle	Wyoming		New York	22	171
17	226	Mike Morgan	End	Louisiana State					Eagles
18	240	Izzy Lang	Running back	Tennessee State					Eagles
19	254	Dick Bowe	Tackle	Rice		Houston	25	198
20	268	Tommy Lucas	Guard	Mississippi		San Diego	25	200

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 13, 1964	New York Giants	W 38–7	60,671
2	September 20, 1964	San Francisco 49ers	L 28–24	57,353
3	September 27, 1964	Cleveland Browns	L 28–20	60,671
4	October 4, 1964	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 21–7	59,354
5	October 11, 1964	at Washington Redskins	L 35–20	49,219
6	October 18, 1964	at New York Giants	W 23–17	62,978
7	October 25, 1964	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 34–10	38,393
8	November 1, 1964	Washington Redskins	L 21–10	60,671
9	November 8, 1964	at Los Angeles Rams	L 20–10	53,994
10	November 15, 1964	at Dallas Cowboys	W 17–14	55,972
11	November 22, 1964	St. Louis Cardinals	L 38–13	60,671
12	November 29, 1964	at Cleveland Browns	L 38–24	79,289
13	December 6, 1964	Dallas Cowboys	W 24–14	60,671
14	December 13, 1964	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 36–34	24,636

Standings

NFL Eastern
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	10	3	1	.769	415	293	W-1
St. Louis Cardinals	9	3	2	.750	357	331	W-4
Philadelphia Eagles	6	8	0	.429	312	313	L-1
Washington Redskins	6	8	0	.429	307	305	L-2
Dallas Cowboys	5	8	1	.385	250	289	W-1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	9	0	.357	253	315	L-1
New York Giants	2	10	2	.167	241	399	L-4

Awards and honors

Pro Bowl Players

Sam Baker (P)

Maxie Baughan (LB)

Irv Cross (DB)

Floyd Peters (DT)

Pete Retzlaff (TE)

Jim Ringo (C)

References

• Eagles on Pro Football Reference
• Eagles on jt-sw.com
• Eagles on Eagles.net