1960_Philadelphia_Eagles_season

1960 Philadelphia Eagles season
1960 Philadelphia Eagles season
Owner	Happy Hundred
General manager	Vince McNally
Head coach	Buck Shaw
Home field	Franklin Field
Results
Record	10–2
Division place	1st NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Won NFL Championship; (vs. Packers) 17–13
	← 1959; Eagles seasons; 1961 →;

1960 Philadelphia Eagles season

NFL team season

The 1960 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 28th season in the National Football League, and finished with the Eagles' win over the Green Bay Packers in the NFL championship game to get their third league title. The victory over the Packers was also the first and only playoff defeat of the Packers' Vince Lombardi's coaching career. The 1960 season was the Eagles' first postseason appearance since their last NFL championship season of 1949. It was their only postseason appearance in the 28 seasons from 1950 to 1977, and their last NFL title until their victory in Super Bowl LII, 57 years later.

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Off Season

On March 13, 1960, there was an expansion draft to stock the Dallas Rangers, who soon changed their name to the "Cowboys."^[1] In this draft the Eagles lost tight end Dick Bielski, tackle Jerry DeLucca, and linebacker Bill Striegel to Dallas.

As since 1951, the Eagles held training camp at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Regular season

During the 1960 season, Chuck Bednarik is perhaps best known for knocking Frank Gifford of the New York Giants out of football for over eighteen months, considered one of the most famous tackles in NFL history.^[9] It occurred late in the game at Yankee Stadium on November 20.^[10]^[11]

Bednarik was the last player to play the whole game. He averaged 58 minutes a game, starting at center and linebacker in the second half of season.^[12]

Game summaries

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The Dallas Cowboys were initially called the Dallas Rangers but were renamed to avoid confusion with a local minor league baseball club in Dallas."Dallas Will Get Gigantic Test In Grid Season". Free Lance-Star. February 1, 1960. p. S4.

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Ron Burton signed with the Boston Patriots of the AFL

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Don Norton signed with the Dallas Texans of the AFL

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Rd	PICK	PLAYER	POS	SCHOOL	AFL	Rd	Signed
1	9	Ron Burton^[5]	Halfback	Northwestern	Boston Patriots	1	Boston
2	20	Maxie Baughan	Linebacker	Georgia Tech	Minneapolis^[6]	1	Eagles
3	31	Curt Merz	End	Iowa	New York Titans	1	Dallas Texans
4	40	Ted Dean _{Pick from Washington Redskins}	Running back	Wichita State	Buffalo Bills	1	Eagles
4	45	Jack Cummings	Quarterback	North Carolina	Boston Patriots	1
5	56	Don Norton^[7]	End	Iowa	Dallas Texans	1	Los Angeles Chargers
6	67	Emmett Wilson	Tackle	Georgia Tech	Buffalo Bills	2
7	81	John Wilkins	Tackle	USC	Denver Broncos	2	Eagles
8	92	Monte Lee	End	Texas
9	103	_{Pick Taken by Baltimore Colts}
10	117	_{Pick Taken by Detroit Lions}
11	129	_{Pick Taken by Chicago Bears}
12	139	Dave Grosz	Quarterback	Oregon	Minneapolis	1
13	153	Dave Graham	End	Virginia	Houston Oilers	2	Eagles
14	164	Ray Petersen	Back	West Virginia	Buffalo	1
15	175	John Wilcox	Tackle	Oregon	Minneapolis	1	Eagles
16	189	Larry Lancaster	Tackle	Georgia	Los Angeles Chargers	2
17	200	Mike Graney	End	Notre Dame	Buffalo Bills	2
18	211	Emory Turner	Guard	Purdue	Dallas	1
19	225	Bob Hain	Tackle	Iowa	Los Angeles Chargers	2
20	236	Ramon Armstrong	Guard	Texas Christian	New York Titans	2	Oakland Raiders

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	August 13	at Los Angeles Rams	W 20–7	1–0	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	39,480
2	August 21	at San Francisco 49ers	L 28–45	1–1	Kezar Stadium	17,677
3	August 27	at Washington Redskins	W 24–6	2–1	Foreman Field	20,132
4	September 3	vs. Detroit Lions	W 40–10	3–1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium	32,500
5	September 9	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 13–34	3–2	Busch Stadium	23,666
6	September 17	Baltimore Colts	W 35–21	4–2	Hershey Stadium	20,125

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 25	Cleveland Browns	L 24–41	0–1	Franklin Field	56,303
2	September 30	at Dallas Cowboys	W 27–25	1–1	Cotton Bowl	18,500
3	October 9	St. Louis Cardinals	W 31–27	2–1	Franklin Field	33,701
4	October 16	Detroit Lions	W 28–10	3–1	Franklin Field	38,065
5	October 23	at Cleveland Browns	W 31–29	4–1	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	64,850
6	Bye
7	November 6	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 34–7	5–1	Franklin Field	58,324
8	November 13	Washington Redskins	W 19–13	6–1	Franklin Field	39,361
9	November 20	at New York Giants	W 17–10	7–1	Yankee Stadium	63,571
10	November 27	New York Giants	W 31–23	8–1	Franklin Field	60,547
11	December 4	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 20–6	9–1	Busch Stadium	21,358
12	December 11	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 21–27	9–2	Forbes Field	22,101
13	December 18	at Washington Redskins	W 38–28	10–2	Griffith Stadium	20,558
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

NFL Eastern Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Philadelphia Eagles	10	2	0	.833	8–2	321	246	W1
Cleveland Browns	8	3	1	.727	6–3–1	362	217	W3
New York Giants	6	4	2	.600	5–4–1	271	261	L1
St. Louis Cardinals	6	5	1	.545	4–5–1	288	230	W1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	6	1	.455	4–5–1	240	275	L1
Washington Redskins	1	9	2	.100	0–8–2	178	309	L8


	Quarterbacks 9 Sonny Jurgensen QB 11 Norm Van Brocklin QB Running backs 33 Billy Ray Barnes HB 22 Timmy Brown RB 35 Ted Dean FB 26 Clarence Peaks FB 30 Theron Sapp FB Wide receivers 25 Tommy McDonald FL 44 Pete Retzlaff SE Tight ends 87 Dick Lucas E 17 Jerry Reichow E 83 Bobby Walston E/PK		Offensive linemen 60 Chuck Bednarik C/LB 67 Stan Campbell OG 65 Gerry Huth OG 61 Howard Keys OL 54 Bill Lapham C 75 Jim McCusker OT 76 J. D. Smith OT 62 John Wittenborn OG Defensive linemen 78 Marion Campbell DE		Linebackers 55 Maxie Baughan LB 79 Gene Gossage DL 71 Riley Gunnels DL 73 Eddie Khayat DT 29 John Nocera LB 70 Don Owens DT 53 Bob Pellegrini LB 72 Jess Richardson DT 66 Joe Robb DE 51 Chuck Weber LB 71 John Wilcox DT 88 Jerry Wilson DE Defensive backs 40 Tom Brookshier CB 45 Don Burroughs S 21 Jimmy Carr CB 41 Bobby Freeman S 28 Bobby Jackson 27 Gene Johnson Special teams		Practice squad Head coach Buck Shaw Assistant coaches Charley Gauer Jerry Williams Nick Skorich Rookies in italics

1960_Philadelphia_Eagles_season

1960 Philadelphia Eagles season

Off Season

NFL Draft

Player selections

Preseason

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9: at New York Giants

Week 10: vs. New York Giants

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Playoffs

NFL Championship

Standings

Results

NFL Championship

Personnel

Postseason

Awards and honors

References

External links

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

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	3	3	0	7	13
Eagles	0	10	0	7	17