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1969 Philadelphia Eagles season

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The 1969 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's thirty-seventh season in the National Football League. The team improved on its previous output of 2–12, winning four games.[1]

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Despite the improvement, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season.

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Background

The Eagles wore both green (for road games) and white (for home games) helmets during the 1969 season.[2] The white helmets then became part of the Eagles' permanent uniform for the next four seasons.[3]

Philadelphia became the first NFL team to play home games on artificial turf when Franklin Field installed AstroTurf prior to this season. The Houston Oilers of the AFL was on its second season on AstroTurf; the team moved into the Astrodome the previous year.

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Offseason

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NFL draft

The 1969 NFL/AFL draft was the third and final year in which the NFL and American Football League (AFL) held a joint draft of college players. The draft took place on January 28–29, and the Eagles alternated with the Atlanta Falcons in picking second and third over the seventeen rounds.

The draft began with first overall pick of O. J. Simpson, the Heisman Trophy-winning running back from USC, by the AFL's Buffalo Bills.

During the fourteen-game 1968 season, the Eagles had no wins until November 28 (week twelve) when the team defeated the Detroit Lions (4–8–2) in Detroit 12–0, and on December 8 (week thirteen), defeated the New Orleans Saints (4–9–1) in Philadelphia 29–17.

These victories gave the Eagles a better record than Buffalo (1–12–1) by half a game, and equaled the record of the Atlanta Falcons (2–12), which won the coin flip for the rights to the second pick in the draft, offensive tackle George Kunz from Notre Dame. Future hall of famer "Mean" Joe Greene, defensive tackle from North Texas State, was taken fourth by the Pittsburgh Steelers (2–11–1).

Player selections

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool
13Leroy KeyesRBPurdue
228Ernest CallowayLBTexas Southern
355Pick Traded to Cleveland Browns
369Bill BradleyDBTexas
480Bob KuechenbergGNotre Dame
5107Jim AndersonGMissouri
6132Richard BarnhorstTEXavier
7159Mike SchmeisingRBSt. Olaf
8184Bill HobbsLBTexas A&M
9211Kent LawrenceWRGeorgia
9218Lynn BussLBWisconsin
10236Sonny WadeQBEmory & Henry
10243Donnie ShanklinRBKansas
11263Jim MarcumDBTexas-Arlington
12288Gary AdamsDBArkansas
13314Wade KeyTESouthwest Texas State
14340James RossTBishop
15367Leon AngevineWRPenn State
16392Tom McClintonDBSouthern
17419Bob HaackTLinfield (Ore.)


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Personnel

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Staff / Coaches

1969 Philadelphia Eagles staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches
  • Defensive Line - Joe Moss
  • Defensive Backs / Secondary – Irv Cross
  • Linebackers - Jim Carr

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams Assistant – Jack Zilly
  • Assistant (Kicking Teams) - Marv Levy


Roster

1969 Philadelphia Eagles roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

Practice squad
  • -- Gary Adams CB
  • -- Len Persin DE
  • -- Jim Marcum CB

Reserve


Rookies in italics

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Schedule

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Standings

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

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References

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