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1977 Philadelphia Eagles: 5-9-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (126 points scored, 78 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (94 points scored, 129 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Vermeil

220 points scored (19th of 28 teams), 207 points allowed (7th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 points/team)

Team stats and rankings:
           ---------------- PASSING ----------------    ----------- RUSHING ----------    --- TOTAL ---
           Cmp   Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD  Int    Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD    Yards   (Rank)  Turnovers
Offense:   167   349   1,856   (20)   4.69   18   21    484   1,722   (24)    3.6   10    3,578    (23)      38
Defense:   183   358   1,876   ( 8)   4.63   14   21    523   1,917   (15)    3.7   10    3,793    (10)      34

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 1  Nick Mike-Mayer      K      3   5'8   187   27    5   Temple
 6  Spike Jones          P     14   6'2   195   30    8   Georgia
 7  Ron Jaworski         QB    14   6'2   195   26    4   Youngstown State
10  Ove Johansson        K      2   5'10  175   29    R   Abilene Christian
16  Horst Muhlmann       K      9   6'1   211   37    9   None
17  Harold Carmichael    WR    14   6'7   225   28    7   Southern
18  Roman Gabriel        QB    13   6'4   225   37   16   North Carolina State
20  John Outlaw          DB    14   5'10  180   32    9   Jackson State
22  Larry Marshall       DB    14   5'10  195   27    6   Maryland
25  Tom Sullivan         RB    14   6'0   190   27    6   Miami
26  Deac Sanders         DB    14   6'1   178   27    4   South Dakota
30  Cleveland Franklin   RB    14   6'2   216   22    R   Baylor
31  Wilbert Montgomery   RB    14   5'10  195   23    R   Abilene Christian
32  Herb Lusk            RB    11   6'0   190   24    2   Long Beach State
34  James Betterson      RB    14   6'0   210   23    1   North Carolina
35  Mike Hogan           RB    12   6'2   215   22    2   Tennessee-Chattanooga
41  Randy Logan          DB    14   6'1   195   26    5   Michigan
46  Herman Edwards       DB    14   6'0   194   23    1   San Diego State
48  Mark Mitchell        DB    14   6'1   180   23    R   Tulane
49  Eric Johnson         DB    14   6'1   192   25    1   Washington State
50  Guy Morriss          C     13   6'4   255   26    5   Texas Christian
53  Dennis Franks        C     14   6'1   236   24    2   Michigan
54  Drew Mahalic         LB    14   6'4   225   24    3   Notre Dame
55  Frank LeMaster       LB    14   6'2   231   25    4   Kentucky
57  James Reed           LB     4   6'2   230   22    R   California
58  Terry Tautolo        LB    14   6'2   235   23    2   UCLA
59  Tom Ehlers           LB    14   6'2   218   25    3   Kentucky
62  Johnny Jackson       DT     2   6'2   250   24    R   Southern
63  Tom Luken            OG    14   6'3   253   27    5   Purdue
64  Ed George            OT    14   6'4   270   31    3   Wake Forest
65  Charlie Johnson      DT    12   6'3   262   25    R   Colorado
66  Bill Bergey          LB    14   6'2   245   32    9   Arkansas State
67  Lem Burnham          DE    14   6'4   228   30    1   U.S. International
72  Wade Key             OG    14   6'4   245   31    8   Southwest Texas State
73  Pete Lazetich        DT    14   6'3   245   27    5   Stanford
74  Donnie Green         OT    10   6'7   261   29    7   Purdue
75  Stan Walters         OT    14   6'6   270   29    6   Syracuse
76  Jerry Sisemore       OG    14   6'4   260   26    5   Texas
77  Dennis Nelson        OT     2   6'5   260   31    7   Illinois State
78  Carl Hairston        DE    14   6'3   245   24    2   Maryland Eastern Shore
79  Manny Sistrunk       DE    14   6'5   276   30    8   Arkansas-Pine Bluff
80  Art Thoms            DT    12   6'5   250   31    8   Syracuse
83  Vince Papale         WR    14   6'2   195   31    2   St. Joseph's (PA)
84  Keith Krepfle        TE    14   6'3   225   25    3   Iowa State
85  Charlie Smith        WR    14   6'1   185   27    4   Grambling
86  Richard Osborne      TE    14   6'3   230   24    2   Texas A&M
89  Wally Henry          WR    10   5'8   170   23    R   UCLA
95  John Bunting         LB    14   6'1   220   27    6   North Carolina

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Ron Jaworski         346  166   48.0  2,183   6.31  13.2  18   5.2   21   6.1    47   342    60.4
Roman Gabriel          3    1   33.3     15   5.00  15.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    50.7
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Harold Carmichael      46    665   14.5    7
Charlie Smith          33    464   14.1    4
Keith Krepfle          27    530   19.6    3
Tom Sullivan           26    223    8.6    2
Mike Hogan             19    118    6.2    1
Herb Lusk               5    102   20.4    1
James Betterson         4     41   10.2    0
Wilbert Montgomery      3     18    6.0    0
Wally Henry             2     16    8.0    0
Vince Papale            1     15   15.0    0
Richard Osborne         1      6    6.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Mike Hogan            155    546    3.5    0
Tom Sullivan          125    363    2.9    0
James Betterson        62    233    3.8    1
Herb Lusk              52    229    4.4    2
Wilbert Montgomery     45    183    4.1    2
Ron Jaworski           40    127    3.2    5
Frank LeMaster          1     30   30.0    0
Charlie Smith           2     13    6.5    0
Cleveland Franklin      1      0    0.0    0
Wally Henry             1     -2   -2.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Wilbert Montgomery     23    619   26.9    1
Larry Marshall         20    455   22.8    0
Herb Lusk               1     23   23.0    0
James Betterson         1     13   13.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Larry Marshall         46    489   10.6    5    0
Wally Henry             2     25   12.5    0    0
Mark Mitchell           2      4    2.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Spike Jones 93 3,463 37.2 5 22 2 45 244 32.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Horst Muhlmann 0/0 1/1 1/5 1/2 0/0 3/ 8 17/19 26 Nick Mike-Mayer 0/0 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/0 3/ 3 7/ 7 16 Ove Johansson 0/1 0/0 1/3 0/0 0/0 1/ 4 1/ 3 4 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bill Bergey 2 4 0 John Bunting 5.0 Lem Burnham 10.0 Herman Edwards 6 9 0 Carl Hairston 9.5 Charlie Johnson 7.0 Pete Lazetich 1.0 Frank LeMaster 3.5 Randy Logan 2.0 5 124 0 Drew Mahalic 3.0 John Outlaw 1.0 2 41 0 Deac Sanders 6 122 0 Manny Sistrunk 4.0

1977 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 5 119 DB Skip Sharp Kansas 6 145 DB Kevin Russell Tennessee State 6 154 RB Wilbert Montgomery 107 Abilene Christian [pick acquired from CHI] 6 158 DB Mark Mitchell 14 Tulane [pick acquired from STL via WAS] 7 175 DT Charlie Johnson 117 Colorado 8 202 RB Cleveland Franklin 61 Baylor 9 229 OG T.J. Humphreys Arkansas State 10 259 WR John Mastronardo Villanova 11 283 OT Rocco Moore 7 Western Michigan [pick acquired from NYJ] 11 286 QB Mike Cordova Stanford

Traded draft picks: #1 to CIN (Wilson Whitley), #2 to OAK (Mike Davis), #3 to DAL (Tony Hill), #4 to KC (Mark Bailey), #12 to NYJ (Dave Conrad)


Transactions:

03-1977traded Philadelphia's #4 pick in the 1977 draft and #5 pick in the 1978 draft to Chiefs for Cliff Frazier
03-09-1977traded the rights to Charle Young to Rams for the rights to Ron Jaworski
04-15-1977traded Bill Dunstan to Bills for Buffalo's #8 pick in the 1978 draft
04-27-1977traded $20,000 cash to Chargers for Art Riley
05-02-1977traded Cliff Frazier to Rams for a pick in the 1978 draft
06-20-1977traded Bill Bradley to Vikings for Minnesota's #7 pick in the 1978 draft
08-24-1977traded Philadelphia's #6 pick in the 1978 draft to Bills for Donnie Green
09-01-1977traded Philadelphia's #7 pick in the 1978 draft and a #8 pick in the 1979 draft to Raiders for Art Thoms
09-05-1977Al Clark retired
09-06-1977traded Buffalo's #8 pick in the 1978 draft to Patriots for John Sanders


1977 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/18/77 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 13-3 1-0-0 09/25/77 at Los Angeles Rams L 0-20 1-1-0 10/02/77 at Detroit Lions L 13-17 1-2-0 10/09/77 at New York Giants W 28-10 2-2-0 10/16/77 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 17-21 2-3-0 10/23/77 vs Dallas Cowboys L 10-16 2-4-0 10/30/77 at Washington Redskins L 17-23 2-5-0 11/06/77 vs New Orleans Saints W 28-7 3-5-0 11/13/77 vs Washington Redskins L 14-17 3-6-0 11/20/77 at St. Louis Cardinals L 16-21 3-7-0 11/27/77 at New England Patriots L 6-14 3-8-0 12/04/77 at Dallas Cowboys L 14-24 3-9-0 12/11/77 vs New York Giants W 17-14 4-9-0 12/18/77 vs New York Jets W 27-0 5-9-0

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