1986 Philadelphia Eagles season

1986 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head coach	Buddy Ryan
Owner	Norman Braman
Home field	Veterans Stadium
Results
Record	5–10–1
Division place	4th NFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1986 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 54th in the league. The team was unable to improve upon their previous output win total of seven. Instead, the team finished with five wins, ten losses and one tie.^[1] This was the fifth consecutive season in which the team failed to qualify for the playoffs.

The season was coach Buddy Ryan's first with the team after serving as the defensive coordinator of the 1985 Chicago Bears, the team that won the Super Bowl in 1985.

Quarterback duties were split between 35-year-old veteran Ron Jaworski (who started nine games in his final season with the team) and second-year quarterback Randall Cunningham. Veteran quarterback Matt Cavanaugh also started two games.^[2] The Eagles' passing game struggled, with the third-fewest passing yards in the league (2,540), and the fewest yards-per-attempt (4.1).

The Eagles set dubious NFL records by giving up a record number of sacks (a still-standing NFL-record of 104) and yardage allowed on sacks (708). No other team in football history had ever given up more than 78 sacks or 554 yards on quarterback sacks.^[3]The team gave up three-or-more sacks in every single game of the 1986 season, the only team in NFL history to do so.^[4]

The lone highlights of the season came on the road. On October 5, the Birds entered Fulton County Stadium and shut out the previously-undefeated Atlanta Falcons, 16–0. then gained a comeback 33–27 OT win against the Raiders at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on November 30, the Eagles' first win over the club since the 1980 season and first-ever victory on the road against the Oakland/LA franchise.

NFL draft

The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.

= Pro Bowler [5]

= Hall of Famer

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	10	Keith Byars	Running back	Ohio State
2	37	Anthony Toney	Running back	Texas A&M
2	48	Alonzo Johnson	Linebacker	Florida
4	106	Matt Darwin	Center	Texas A&M
5	121	Ray Criswell	Punter	Florida
5	128	Dan McMillen	Defensive end	Colorado
6	149	Bob Landsee	Center	Wisconsin
7	169	Cornelius Redick	Wide receiver	Fullerton State
7	176	Byron Lee	Linebacker	Ohio State
7	*	Charles Crawford	Running back	Oklahoma State
8	208	Seth Joyner	Linebacker	Texas-El Paso
9	233	Clyde Simmons	Defensive end	Western Carolina
10	261	Junior Tautalatasi	Running back	Washington State
11	288	Steve Bogdalek	Guard	Michigan State
12	315	Reggie Singletary	Defensive end	North Carolina State
12	325	Bobby Howard	Running back	Indiana

• Supplemental pick

Personnel

Staff

1986 Philadelphia Eagles staff
	Front office Owner – Norman Braman President and Chief Operating Officer – Harry Gamble Director of Player Personnel – Joe Woolley Head coaches Head Coach – Buddy Ryan Offensive coaches Assistant Head Coach/Offense – Ted Plumb Quarterbacks – Doug Scovil Offensive Backs – Dave Atkins Offensive Line – Ken Iman			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Wade Phillips Defensive Line – Dale Haupt Defensive Backs – Jeff Fisher Special teams coaches Special Teams – Dan Neal

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 7, 1986	at Washington Redskins	L 41–14	53,982
2	September 14, 1986	at Chicago Bears	L 13–10	65,130
3	September 21, 1986	Denver Broncos	L 33–7	63,839
4	September 28, 1986	Los Angeles Rams	W 34–20	65,646
5	October 5, 1986	at Atlanta Falcons	W 16–0	57,104
6	October 12, 1986	at New York Giants	L 35–3	74,221
7	October 19, 1986	Dallas Cowboys	L 17–14	68,572
8	October 26, 1986	San Diego Chargers	W 23–7	41,469
9	November 2, 1986	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 13–10	33,051
10	November 9, 1986	New York Giants	L 17–14	60,601
11	November 16, 1986	Detroit Lions	L 13–11	54,568
12	November 23, 1986	at Seattle Seahawks	L 24–20	55,786
13	November 30, 1986	at Los Angeles Raiders	W 33–27	53,338
14	December 7, 1986	St. Louis Cardinals	T 10–10	50,148
15	December 14, 1986	at Dallas Cowboys	W 23–21	46,117
16	December 21, 1986	Washington Redskins	L 21–14	61,816

Game summaries

Week 2

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Eagles	3	0	0	7	0	10
Bears	0	0	10	0	3	13

at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

• Date: September 14
• Game time: 12:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 61°F, wind 12 mph
• Game attendance: 65,130
• Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

First Quarter PHI – Paul McFadden 49 yard field goal – Eagles 3–0 Third Quarter CHI – Walter Payton 1 yard run (Kevin Butler kick) – Bears 7–3 CHI – Kevin Butler 23 yard field goal – Bears 10–3 Fourth Quarter PHI – Mike Quick 26 yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Paul McFadden kick) – Tied 10–10 Overtime CHI – Kevin Butler 23 yard field goal – Bears 13–10 Eagles Ron Jaworski 18/30, 165 Yds, TD, 2 INT Michael Haddix 9 Rush, 34 Yds Mike Quick 5 Rec, 67 Yds, TD Bears Mike Tomczak 10/20, 116 Yds, 2 INT Walter Payton 34 Rush, 177 Yds, TD Willie Gault 2 Rec, 31 Yds

Week 6: at New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	3	0	0	3
Giants	0	14	14	7	35

at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

• Date: October 12
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. EDT
• Game weather: 55°F, wind 12 mph
• Game attendance: 74,221
• Referee: Jerry Markbreit
• TV announcers (CBS): Dick Stockton (play-by-play), Dan Dierdorf (color commentator)

Week 10: vs. New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	0	10	7	0	17
Eagles	0	0	0	14	14

at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Date: November 9
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST
• Game weather: 64°F, wind 12 mph
• Game attendance: 60,601
• Referee: Fred Wyant
• TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall (play-by-play), John Madden (color commentary)

Week 13

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Eagles 13 0 7 7 6 33 Raiders 7 3 14 3 0 27 Date: November 30 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game weather: 61°F; wind 5

Scoring summary 1 LA Fulton Walker 70 yard punt return (Chris Bahr kick) LA 7–0 1 PHI Mike Quick 62 yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick) Tie 7–7 1 PHI Gregg Garrity 76 yard punt return (kick failed) PHI 13–7 2 LA Chris Bahr 38 yard field goal PHI 13–10 3 LA Jessie Hester 49 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick) LA 17–13 3 PHI Mike Quick 5 yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick) PHI 20–17 3 LA Jessie Hester 81 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick) LA 24–20 4 PHI Mike Quick 10 yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick) PHI 27–24 4 LA Chris Bahr 27 yard field goal Tie 27–27 OT PHI Randall Cunningham 1 yard run PHI 33–27

• Mike Quick 8 Rec, 145 Yds, 3 TD

^[6]

Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants^(1)	14	2	0	.875	7–1	11–1	371	236	W9
Washington Redskins^(4)	12	4	0	.750	5–3	9–3	368	296	W1
Dallas Cowboys	7	9	0	.438	5–3	6–6	346	337	L5
Philadelphia Eagles	5	10	1	.344	1–6–1	3–8–1	256	312	L1
St. Louis Cardinals	4	11	1	.281	1–6–1	3–10–1	218	351	W1

Awards and honors

• Keith Byars, Franchise record, most rushing yards by a rookie
• Mike Quick, 1986 Pro Bowl selection

References

1. 1986 Philadelphia Eagles
2. Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1986 Philadelphia Eagles
3. Pro-Football-Reference: In a single season, from 1978 to 2011, in the regular season, sorted by descending Sacked
4. Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the NFL, in the regular season, requiring Sacked >= 3, sorted by most games in season matching criteria.
5. Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
6. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2013-Dec-11.

External links

• 1986 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro-Football-Reference.com