The 1975 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise’s 43rd in the National Football League. 1975 was the third season under head coach Mike McCormack, but became the Eagles’ ninth consecutive season without a winning record. The Eagles also missed the playoffs for a fifteenth consecutive season, a franchise record. Following the season, McCormack was fired and replaced for 1976 by Dick Vermeil.
Offseason NFL draft
Player selections 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 Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.= Hall of Famer Rd PICKPLAYER POS COLLEGE 1 Pick Traded to Los Angeles Rams for QB Roman Gabriel in 1973 2 Pick Traded to Buffalo Bills for DT Jerry Patton in 1975 3 Pick Traded to Los Angeles Rams for QB Roman Gabriel in 1973 4 Pick Traded to New Orleans Saints for LB Dick Absher in 1972 5 Pick Traded to New England Patriots for RB John Tarver in 1975 6 Pick Traded to Cincinnati Bengals for QB Mike Boryla in 1974 7 167 Bill Capraum T Miami (Fla) 8 198 Jeff Bleamer T Penn State 9 Pick Traded to San Francisco 49ers for RB Randy Jackson in 1974 10 248 Ken Schroy DB Maryland 11 273 Keith Rowen G Stanford 12 298 Dick Pawlewicz RB William & Mary 13 324 Tom Ehlers LB Kentucky 14 354 Larry O'Rourke DT Ohio State 15 379 Clayton Korver DE Northwestern College 16 404 Calvin Jones WR Texas Tech 17 429 Gary Webb DE Temple
Personnel
Staff / Coaches
Roster
Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Attendance 1 September 21, 1975 New York Giants L 23–14 60,798 2 September 28, 1975 at Chicago Bears L 15–13 48,071 3 October 5, 1975 Washington Redskins W 26–10 64,397 4 October 12, 1975 at Miami Dolphins L 24–16 60,127 5 October 19, 1975 at St. Louis Cardinals L 31–20 45,242 6 October 26, 1975 Dallas Cowboys L 20–17 64,889 7 November 3, 1975 Los Angeles Rams L 42–3 64,601 8 November 9, 1975 St. Louis Cardinals L 24–23 60,277 9 November 16, 1975 at New York Giants W 13–10 53,434 10 November 23, 1975 at Dallas Cowboys L 27–17 57,893 11 November 30, 1975 San Francisco 49ers W 27–17 56,694 12 December 7, 1975 Cincinnati Bengals L 31–0 56,984 13 December 14, 1975 at Denver Broncos L 25–10 36,860 14 December 21, 1975 at Washington Redskins W 26–3 49,385 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries Week 1: vs. New York Giants
New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles – September 21st, 1975
The Eagles lose this game, the first of ten losses during their season.
Week 2: at Chicago Bears
Source:Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Bears – September 28th, 1975
Week 3: vs. Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins at Philadelphia Eagles – October 5th, 1975
Eagles’ head coach Mike McCormack had called his team out for “dogging it” prior to the game. Week 4: at Miami Dolphins
Source:Philadelphia Eagles at Miami Dolphins – October 12th, 1975
Week 5: at St. Louis Cardinals
Source:Philadelphia Eagles at St. Louis Cardinals – October 19th, 1975
Week 6: vs. Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles – October 26th, 1975
Week 7: vs. Los Angeles Rams
Los Angeles Rams at Philadelphia Eagles – November 3rd, 1975
Week 8: vs. St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals at Philadelphia Eagles – November 9th, 1975
Week 9: at New York Giants
Source:Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants – November 16th, 1975
Week 10: at Dallas Cowboys
Source:Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys – November 23rd, 1975
Week 11: vs. San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers at Philadelphia Eagles – November 30th, 1975
Week 12: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals at Philadelphia Eagles – December 7th, 1975
The game was featured in the beginning of the 2006 film Invincible.
Week 13: at Denver Broncos
Source:Philadelphia Eagles at Denver Broncos – December 14th, 1975
Week 14: at Washington Redskins
Source:Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins – December 21st, 1975
Standings
Notes
References
External links
1975 Eagles on jt-sw.com 1975 Eagles on Eagles.net