1969 Philadelphia Eagles season

1969 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head Coach	Jerry Williams
Home Field	Franklin Field
Results
Record	4–9–1
Place	4th NFL Capitol
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1968	1970

The 1969 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 37th in the league. They improved on their previous output of 2–12, winning four games. Despite the improvement, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season.

Offseason

1969 NFL Draft

The 1969 National Football League Draft was part of the Common Draft, the third and final year in which the NFL and American Football League (AFL) held a joint draft of college players. The draft took place on January 28–29, 1969. The Philadelphia Eagles would alternate with the Atlanta Falcons in picking 2nd and 3rd in the 17 rounds.

The draft began with first overall pick of O. J. Simpson, the Heisman-Trophy winning running back from USC, by the American Football League's Buffalo Bills. In a 14 game season the Eagles would have no wins until Nov 28th in week 12 when they defeated the Detroit Lions (4–8–2) in Detroit 12–0, and on Dec 8th in week 13 the New Orleans Saints (4–9–1) in Philadelphia 29–17. This gave the Eagles a better record than the Buffalo Bills (1–12–1) by half a game, and equaled the record of the Atlanta Falcons (2–12) who would win the coin flip for the rights to the second pick in the draft, George Kunz OT from Notre Dame. Future Hall of Famer "Mean" Joe Greene DT from North Texas would go as a 4th pick, by the Pittsburgh Steelers (2–11–1).

Player Selections

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	3	Leroy Keyes	RB	Purdue
2	28	Ernest Calloway	LB	Texas Southern
3	55	Pick Traded to Cleveland Browns
3	69	Bill Bradley	DB	Texas
4	80	Bob Kuechenberg	G	Notre Dame
5	107	Jim Anderson	G	Missouri
6	132	Richard Barnhorst	TE	Xavier
7	159	Mike Schmeising	RB	St. Olaf
8	184	Bill Hobbs	LB	Texas A&M
9	211	Kent Lawrence	WR	Georgia
9	218	Lynn Buss	LB	Wisconsin
10	236	Sonny Wade	QB	Emory & Henry
10	243	Donnie Shanklin	RB	Kansas
11	263	Jim Marcum	DB	Texas-Arlington
12	288	Gary Adams	DB	Arkansas
13	314	Wade Key	TE	Southwest Texas State
14	340	James Ross	T	Bishop
15	367	Leon Angevine	WR	Penn State
16	392	Tom McClinton	DB	Southern
17	419	Bob Haack	T	Linfield (Ore.)

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 21, 1969	Cleveland Browns	L 27–20	60,658
2	September 28, 1969	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 41–27	60,658
3	October 5, 1969	Dallas Cowboys	L 38–7	60,658
4	October 13, 1969	at Baltimore Colts	L 24–20	56,864
5	October 19, 1969	at Dallas Cowboys	L 49–14	71,509
6	October 26, 1969	New Orleans Saints	W 13–10	60,658
7	November 2, 1969	at New York Giants	W 23–20	62,912
8	November 9, 1969	at Washington Redskins	T 28–28	50,502
9	November 16, 1969	Los Angeles Rams	L 23–17	60,658
10	November 23, 1969	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 34–30	45,512
11	November 30, 1969	at New Orleans Saints	L 26–17	72,805
12	December 7, 1969	Washington Redskins	L 34–29	60,658
13	December 14, 1969	Atlanta Falcons	L 27–3	60,658
14	December 21, 1969	at San Francisco 49ers	L 14–13	25,391

Standings

NFL Capitol
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Dallas Cowboys	11	2	1	.846	369	223	W-3
Washington Redskins	7	5	2	.583	307	319	L-1
New Orleans Saints	5	9	0	.357	311	393	W-1
Philadelphia Eagles	4	9	1	.308	279	377	L-4