1965 Philadelphia Eagles season

1965 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head coach	Joe Kuharich
Owner	Jerry Wolman
Home field	Franklin Field
Results
Record	5–9
Division place	5th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The Philadelphia Eagles had a season of 5 wins to 9 losses out of the 14 games they played. The coach of the Eagles in the season was Joe Kuharich, and the owner as Jerry Wolman. The Eagles began the season with a win against the St. Louis Cardinals that followed with a lost against the New York Giants. In the season, for every win they had a lose followed. The Eagles lost four games in a row after winning against Dallas Cowboys. Those chains of losses caused the team to fall in 5th place of the NFL Eastern Division, costed them from entering the play offs.

Off Season

NFL Draft

The 1965 NFL Draft and the 1965 AFL Draft both took place on Saturday, November 28, 1964. This was the day of the Army-Navy game that is normally the last game of the college season before the bowl games.

They were separate from each other and some players were drafted by both leagues. The AFL was going strong in wanting stars signed and would do what they could to please them if they signed with the AFL. Joe Namath would sign if he could play in New York, and he was given a salary of $427,000. As in earlier years some players had signed "AFL contracts" they signed with the league as soon as their last college game was over and when drafted by an AFL team the contract was transferred to them. To help fight this the NFL moved the draft up to near the end of the college season.

A new kind of job was created, "baby sitter". Their job was to hang with the draft prospect, and keep him away from the other leagues representative. The Eagles draft pick, Otis Taylor was held in a motel and had to "escape" from the NFL baby sitter. He later signed with the AFL for money and a "Red Thunderbird Convertible" that the AFL baby sitter was driving. Taylor noticed how a lot of people stared at the car when they drove by, and he wanted one.

The first player selected was Tucker Frederickson, back from Auburn, by the New York Giants. The draft was marked by the failure of the St. Louis Cardinals to sign Joe Namath, who signed with the American Football League's New York Jets, and went on to defeat the NFL's Colts for the World Championship after the 1968 season.

Player Selections

= Pro Bowler [1]

= AFL All-Star [2]

= Hall of Famer

Rd	PICK	PLAYER	POS	SCHOOL		AFL	Rd	Pick	Signed
1	7	^Pick Traded to Green Bay Packers
2	20	Ray Rissmiller	Tackle	Georgia		Buffalo	8	64	Eagles
3	35	Al Nelson	Running back	Cincinnati		Buffalo	9	78	Eagles
4	48	Fred Hill	Wide receiver	USC		Oakland	16	123	Eagles
5	63	John Henderson	End	Michigan		Buffalo	17	136	Buffalo
6	76	John Huarte [3][4]	Quarterback	Notre Dame		New York	2	12	Boston
6	77	Gary Garrison	Wide receiver	San Diego State
7	91	Erwin Will	Tackle	Dayton
8	104	Al Piraino	Tackle	Wisconsin		Kansas City	11	85
9	119	Floyd Hudlow	Back	Arizona		Buffalo	10	80
10	132	Rick Redman	Center	Washington		San Diego	5	38	Eagles
11	147	Louis James	Running back	Texas-El Paso
12	161	John Kuznieski	Running back	Purdue
13	175	John Fouse	End	Arizona		Buffalo	17	129
14	188	Tom Longo	Back	Notre Dame
15	203	Otis Taylor [5]	Wide receiver	Prairie View A&M		Kansas City	4	29	Kansas City
16	216	Jim Gray	Back	Toledo		New York	11	84	Jets
17	231	Dave Austin	End	Georgia Tech
18	244	Bill Marcordes	End	Bradley
19	259	Charley Englehart	Tackle	John Carroll
20	272	Bobby Shann	End	Boston College

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 19, 1965	St. Louis Cardinals	W 34–27	54,260
2	September 26, 1965	New York Giants	L 16–14	57,154
3	October 3, 1965	Cleveland Browns	L 35–17	60,759
4	October 10, 1965	at Dallas Cowboys	W 35–24	56,249
5	October 17, 1965	at New York Giants	L 35–27	62,815
6	October 24, 1965	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 20–14	56,515
7	October 31, 1965	at Washington Redskins	L 23–21	50,301
8	November 7, 1965	at Cleveland Browns	L 38–34	72,807
9	November 14, 1965	Washington Redskins	W 21–14	60,444
10	November 21, 1965	at Baltimore Colts	L 34–24	60,238
11	November 28, 1965	St. Louis Cardinals	W 28–24	28,706
12	December 5, 1965	Dallas Cowboys	L 21–19	54,714
13	December 12, 1965	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 47–13	22,002
14	December 19, 1965	Detroit Lions	L 35–28	56,718

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	11	3	0	.786	11–1	363	325	W1
Dallas Cowboys	7	7	0	.500	6–6	325	280	W3
New York Giants	7	7	0	.500	7–5	270	338	L1
Washington Redskins	6	8	0	.429	6–6	257	301	W1
Philadelphia Eagles	5	9	0	.357	5–7	363	359	L1
St. Louis Cardinals	5	9	0	.357	5–7	296	309	L6
Pittsburgh Steelers	2	12	0	.143	2–10	202	397	L7

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

1965 Roster

= 1965 Pro Bowl [6]

= Hall of Famer

NO.	Player	AGE	POS	GP	GS	WT	HT	YRS	College
	Joe Kuharich		COACH						Notre Dame
38	Sam Baker	36	K-FB	12	0	217	6–2	12	Oregon State
55	Maxie Baughan*	27	LB	12	12	227	6–2	5	Georgia Tech
64	Ed Blaine	25	G	14	14	240	6–1	3	Missouri
76	Bob Brown*+	24	T	14	14	280	6–4	1	Nebraska
22	Timmy Brown*	28	RB	13	0	198	5–11	6	Ball State
3	Jack Concannon	22	QB	3	0	205	6–3	1	Boston College
23	Claude Crabb	25	DB-WR	10	0	192	6–1	3	Colorado and USC
87	Bill Cronin	22	TE	2	0	231	6–5	Rookie	Boston College
27	Irv Cross*	26	DB	14	0	195	6–2	4	Northwestern
32	Roger Gill	25	WR-HB	13	0	200	6–1	1	Texas Tech
49	Glenn Glass	25	DB-WR	12	0	205	6–1	3	Tennessee
81	Ron Goodwin	24	FL-SE-WR	11	0	180	5–11	2	Baylor
78	Dave Graham	26	T	14	0	250	6–3	2	Virginia
34	Earl Gros	25	FB	14	0	220	6–3	3	LSU
43	Ralph Heck	24	LB	12	0	230	6–1	2	Colorado
86	Fred Hill	22	TE-SE-WR	12	0	215	6–2	Rookie	USC
10	King Hill	29	QB	7	5	212	6–3	7	Rice
79	Lane Howell	24	T-DT	14	0	257	6–5	2	Grambling
63	Lynn Hoyem	26	G-T	14	0	244	6–4	3	Long Beach State
83	Don Hultz	25	DE-DT	14	0	241	6–3	2	Southern Miss
84	Jim Kelly	23	TE	1	0	218	6–2	1	Notre Dame
73	Ed Khayat	30	DT-DE-T	14	5	240	6–3	8	Tulane
29	Izzy Lang	23	RB	14	0	232	6–1	1	Tennessee State
52	Dave Lloyd	29	LB-C	13	13	247	6–3	6	Georgia,Texas Tech
33	Ollie Matson	35	RB-FL	14	0	220	6–2	13	San Francisco
75	John Meyers	25	DT	14	14	276	6–6	3	Washington
89	Mike Morgan	23	LB	14	14	242	6–4	1	LSU
26	Al Nelson	22	DB	14	14	186	5–11	Rookie	Cincinnati
9	Jim Nettles	23	DB	14	0	177	5–10	Rookie	Wisconsin
72	Floyd Peters	29	DT	9	9	254	6–4	6	San Francisco State
35	Ray Poage	25	TE-SE-FL-WR	13	0	208	6–4	2	Texas
24	Nate Ramsey	24	DB	14	14	200	6–1	2	Indiana State
51	Dave Recher	23	C	14	0	245	6–1	Rookie	Iowa
44	Pete Retzlaff*+	34	E-HB-TE	14	0	211	6–1	Rookie	South Dakota State
68	Bobby Richards	27	DE-DT	14	12	245	6–2	3	LSU
54	Jim Ringo*	34	C	14	14	232	6–1	12	Syracuse
21	Joe Scarpati	22	DB	14	0	185	5–10	1	North Carolina State Wolfpack
25	Bob Shann	22	DB	4	0	189	6–1	Rookie	Boston College
70	Jim Skaggs	25	G-T	14	14	250	6–3	2	Washington
16	Norm Snead*	26	QB	11	9	215	6–4	4	Wake Forest
82	George Tarasovic	35	DE-LB-C	14	0	245	6–4	13	Boston College,LSU
53	Harold Wells	27	LB	14	0	220	6–2	Rookie	Purdue
67	Erwin Will	22	DT	5	0	275	6–5	Rookie	Dayton
37	Tom Woodeshick	24	RB	13	0	225	6–0	2	West Virginia

Awards and honors

• Pete Retzlaff, Bert Bell Award^[7]

References

1. Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their careers.
2. Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star team at any time in their careers.
3. John Huarte, 1964 Heisman Trophy winner ^{"Heisman Trophy". Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2008.}
4. John Huarte signed with the Boston Patriots of the American Football League.
5. Otis Taylor signed with the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League.
6. Players are identified as a 1965 All-Star.
7. http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bell/past_bell.htm Archived June 19, 2009 at the Wayback Machine

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