1966 Philadelphia Eagles season

1966 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head coach	Joe Kuharich
Home field	Franklin Field
Results
Record	9–5
Division place	2nd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Lost Playoff Bowl
Timeline
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Off Season

NFL Draft

The 1966 NFL Draft and the 1966 AFL Draft The 1966 National Football League Draft was held on November 27, 1965. It was the last draft in which the NFL and the AFL drafted their players separate of one another. As a result, many players selected by teams from both leagues would choose to play for the more established NFL, or in a rarer case, the AFL. The expansion Atlanta Falcons were awarded the first pick in the draft as well as the final pick in each of the first five rounds. The league also provided the Falcons with an expansion draft six weeks later.

Player Selections

= Pro Bowler

= AFL All-Star

= Hall of Famer

Rd	PICK	PLAYER	POS	SCHOOL	AFL	Rd	Pick	Signed
1	4	Randy Beisler	Defensive End	Indiana
2	20	Gary Pettigrew	Defensive end	Stanford	San Diego	6	49	Eagles
3	36	Ben Hawkins	Wide receiver	Arizona State	New York	5	38	Eagles
4	52	Frank Emanuel	Linebacker	Tennessee	Miami	2	9	Miami
5	68	Dan Berry	Running back	California
6	84	Bob Sherlag	Defensive back	Memphis State
6	89	Mel Tom	Linebacker	San Jose State
7	99	David Lince	Tackle	North Dakota	Houston	14	122	Eagles
8	114	John Mason	End	Stanford
9	129	Jim Todd	Running back	Ball State
10	144	John Osmond	Center	Tulsa	Kansas City	6	47
11	159	Welford Walton	Defensive end	Nevada-Reno
12	174	Bruce Van Dyke	Guard	Missouri	Kansas City	15	133	Eagles
13	189	Jim Bohl	Running back	New Mexico State
14	204	Ron Medved	Running back	Washington
15	219	Harry Day	Tackle	Memphis State	Houston	12	104
16	234	Arunas Vasys	Linebacker	Notre Dame
17	249	Ike Kelley	Linebacker	Ohio State
18	264	Bill Moorer	Center	Georgia Tech
19	279	Taft Reed	Defensive back	Jackson State	San Diego	9	81	Eagles
20	294	Bill Risio	Tackle	Boston College
20	298	Gerald Circo	Kicker	Cal State-Chico

Regular season

Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Attendance 1 September 11, 1966 St. Louis Cardinals L 16–13 39,066 2 September 18, 1966 Atlanta Falcons W 23–10 54,049 3 September 25, 1966 New York Giants W 35–17 60,177 4 October 2, 1966 St. Louis Cardinals L 41–10 59,305 5 October 9, 1966 at Dallas Cowboys L 56–7 69,372 6 October 16, 1966 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 31–14 28,233 7 October 23, 1966 at New York Giants W 31–3 63,018 8 October 30, 1966 Washington Redskins L 27–13 60,652 9 November 6, 1966 Dallas Cowboys W 24–23 60,658 10 November 13, 1966 at Cleveland Browns L 27–7 77,968 11 November 20, 1966 at San Francisco 49ers W 35–34 31,993 12 Bye 13 December 4, 1966 Pittsburgh Steelers W 27–23 54,275 14 December 11, 1966 Cleveland Browns W 33–21 58,074 15 December 18, 1966 at Washington Redskins W 37–28 50,405

Standings NFL Eastern W L T PCT PF PA STK Dallas Cowboys 10 3 1 .769 445 239 W-1 Cleveland Browns 9 5 0 .643 403 259 W-1 Philadelphia Eagles 9 5 0 .643 326 340 W-1 St. Louis Cardinals 8 5 1 .615 264 265 L-3 Washington Redskins 7 7 0 .500 351 355 L-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 5 8 1 .385 316 347 W-2 Atlanta Falcons 3 11 0 .214 204 437 L-1 New York Giants 1 12 1 .077 263 501 L-8 Playoff Bowl Season Date Winner Score Runner up Attendance 1966 January 8, 1967 Baltimore Colts 20–14 Philadelphia Eagles 58,088

Awards and Honors

Pro Bowl Selections

Bob Brown selected starting Tackle.

Floyd Peters is selected as Defensive Tackle

League Leaders

Tim Browns leads league in Kickoff Returns for TDs with 2.

Tim Browns finishes 3 rd in Kick return Avg. with 28.1

Joe Scarpati finishes 2nd in Interception with 8.

References

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