1960 Philadelphia Eagles season

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

The 1960 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 28th in the National Football League, and culminated in the Eagles' defeat of the Green Bay Packers in the NFL championship game to win their third league title. The victory over the Packers was also the first and only playoff defeat of the great 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.

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. This is the longest they have trained at one site continuously up to then and into 1995, when they started at Lehigh University in Bethlehem. The last year at Hershey was 1967.

NFL Draft

The 1960 NFL draft and the 1960 AFL Draft were held separately for college players (the common draft was initiated in 1967).

The NFL Draft was a draft of 20 rounds with 12 teams picking. The Eagles would rotate having the 7th, 8th or 9th pick in the draft rounds, with Chicago and Cleveland. The quickly assembled NFL franchise of the Dallas Cowboys did not have a chance to pick, as the draft was held on November 30, 1959, before they were formed, January 28, 1960.

The AFL draft was a list made the teams of territorial players they claimed first. Then a draft was held by drafting players by position instead of any available player. When Minneapolis left league other AFL teams pursued those picks. Oakland got the rights after they joined the league.

The Philadelphia Eagles lost 4 players to the AFL including 1st round pick Ron Burton a running back out of the Northwestern University. A total of 6 NFL 1st round picks in this draft would sign with the AFL this year.

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.^[2] 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^[3]

= AFL All-Star^[4]

= Hall of Famer

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	1
5	56	Don Norton^[7]	End	Iowa	Dallas Texans	1	Los Angeles Chargers
6	67	Emmett Wilson	Tackle	Georgia Tech	Buffalo Bills
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	2
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
16	189	Larry Lancaster	Tackle	Georgia	Los Angeles	1
17	200	Mike Graney	End	Notre Dame	Buffalo	2
18	211	Emory Turner	Guard	Purdue	Dallas	1
19	225	Bob Hain	Tackle	Iowa	Los Angeles	2
20	236	Ramon Armstrong	Guard	Texas Christian	New York	2	Oakland Raiders

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.^[8] It occurred late in the game at Yankee Stadium on November 20.^[9]^[10]

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.^[11]

Schedule

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

A bye week was necessary in 1960, as the league expanded to an odd-number (13) of teams (Dallas); one team was idle each week.

Game summaries

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Browns	14	10	7	10	41
Eagles	3	7	0	14	24

Date: September 25
Location: Franklin Field, Philadelphia
Game attendance: 56,303
Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C); Wind 9 mph (14 km/h)

^[12]

Week 2

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Eagles	3	10	0	14	27
Cowboys	3	3	6	13	25

Date: September 30
Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas
Game attendance: 18,500
Game weather: 77 °F (25 °C); Wind 11 mph (18 km/h)

^[13]

Week 3

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	7	7	3	10	27
• Eagles	7	14	0	10	31

Date: October 9
Location: Franklin Field, Philadelphia
Game attendance: 33,701
Game weather: 56 °F (13 °C); Wind 5 mph (8 km/h)

^[14]

Week 4

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	3	7	0	10
• Eagles	7	7	0	14	28

Date: October 16
Location: Franklin Field, Philadelphia
Game attendance: 38,065
Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); Wind 7 mph (11 km/h)

^[15]

Week 5

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Eagles	7	0	14	10	31
Browns	3	12	7	7	29

Date: October 23
Location: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Game attendance: 64,850
Game weather: 52 °F (11 °C); Wind 18 mph (29 km/h)

^[16]

Week 6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	0	0	7	7
• Eagles	14	3	7	10	34

Date: November 6
Location: Franklin Field, Philadelphia
Game attendance: 58,324
Game weather: 42 °F (6 °C); Wind 12 mph (19 km/h)

^[17]

Week 7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redskins	3	0	7	3	13
• Eagles	0	3	6	10	19

Date: November 13
Location: Franklin Field, Philadelphia
Game attendance: 39,361
Game weather: 39 °F (4 °C); Wind 5 mph (8 km/h)

^[18]

Week 8

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

Date: November 20
Location: Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York
Game attendance: 63,571
Game weather: 49 °F (9 °C); Wind 12 mph (19 km/h)

Scoring summary

1	NYG	Joe Morrison 1 yard run (Pat Summerall kick)	NYG 7–0

2	NYG	Pat Summerall 26 yard field goal	NYG 10–0

3	PHI	Tommy McDonald 35 yard pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bobby Walston kick)	NYG 10–7

4	PHI	Bobby Walston 12 yard field goal	Tie 10–10

4	PHI	Jimmy Carr 38 yard fumble return (Bobby Watson kick)	PHI 17–10

^[19]

Week 9

	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	17	3	3	0	23
• Eagles	0	17	0	14	31

Date: November 27
Location: Franklin Field, Philadelphia
Game attendance: 60,547
Game weather: 49 °F (9 °C); Wind 7 mph (11 km/h)

^[20]

Week 10

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Eagles	3	7	3	7	20
Cardinals	0	0	6	0	6

Date: December 4
Location: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Game attendance: 21,358
Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C); Wind 16 mph (26 km/h)

^[21]

Week 11

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	0	0	21	21
• Steelers	13	14	0	0	27

Date: December 11
Location: Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game attendance: 22,101
Game weather: 28 °F (−2 °C); Wind 12 mph (19 km/h)

^[22]

Week 12

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Eagles	7	10	7	14	38
Redskins	7	7	7	7	28

Date: December 18
Location: Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Game attendance: 20,558
Game weather: 29 °F (−2 °C); Wind 3 mph (5 km/h)

^[23]

Playoffs

1960 NFL Championship Game unused ticket

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Championship	December 26, 1960	Green Bay Packers	W 17–13	67,325

NFL Championship

NFL Championship
Green Bay Packers (8–4) vs. Philadelphia Eagles (10–2)

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

Date: December 26
Location: Franklin Field, Philadelphia
Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 67,325
Game weather: 48 °F (9 °C); Wind 7 mph (11 km/h)
Referee: Ron Gibbs
Television network: NBC

Scoring summary

1	GB	Paul Hornung 20 yard field goal	GB 3–0

2	GB	Paul Hornung 20 yard field goal	GB 6–0

2	PHI	Tommy McDonald 35 yard pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bobby Walston kick)	PHI 7–6

2	PHI	Bobby Walston 15 yard field goal	PHI 10–6

4	GB	Max McGee 7 yard pass from Bart Starr (Paul Hornung kick)	GB 13–10

4	PHI	Ted Dean 5 yard run (Bobby Walston kick)	PHI 17–13

^[24]

You can get up now, Taylor. This (expletive deleted) game's over.

“

”

~Chuck Bednarik, as he lay on top of Jim Taylor after making the tackle on the game's final play.

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	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

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

Results

NFL Championship

Main article: 1960 NFL Championship Game

Personnel

1960 Philadelphia Eagles final roster

Quarterbacks

9 Sonny Jurgensen QB
11 Norm Van Brocklin QB

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

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
25 Tommy McDonald FL
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

Special teams

Reserve lists

Practice squad

Source: pro-football-reference.com, Retrieved 2016-Feb-06
Head coach

Buck Shaw

Assistant coaches

Charley Gauer
Nick Skorich

Rookies in italics
Active, Inactive, Practice squad

Post season

Soon after the championship game against Green Bay, 61-year-old Buck Shaw retired as head coach of the Eagles.^[25] Quarterback and 12-year veteran Norm Van Brocklin retired after the game also and expected to be named head coach, bur assistant coach Nick Skorich was promoted;^[26] he led the Eagles for the next three years, through the 1963 season.

Van Brocklin, age 34, was named head coach of the expansion Minnesota Vikings in January 1961.^[27]^[28] In the 1961 expansion draft the Eagles lost guard Gerry Huth, defensive back Gene Johnson, and center Bill Lapham to Minnesota.

Awards and honors

1960 Pro Bowl Players:

QB – Norm Van Brocklin
TE – Pete Retzlaff
OE – Bobby Walston
FL – Tommy McDonald

DT – Marion Campbell
LB – Maxie Baughan
LB – Chuck Bednarik
CB – Tom Brookshier

League Leaders^[29]

Norm Van Brocklin finishes 2nd to Johnny Unitas in Passing Attempts, Completions,Yards, and TDs
Norm Van Brocklin finishes 2nd to Mike Plum in Yards per Attempt and Passer Rating
Ted Dean leads league in KO Returns and 2nd in Punt Returns

Other Awards

Chuck Bednarik, All-Pro Selection
Norm Van Brocklin, Bert Bell Award^[30]
AP NFL MVP – Norm Van Brocklin
UPI MVP – Norm Van Brocklin

References

↑ 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.
↑ http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.aspx?release_id=1450
↑ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their careers.
↑ Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star team at any time in their careers.
↑ Ron Burton signed with the Boston Patriots of the AFL
↑ Minneapolis owners were offered a NFL franchise. To replace Minneapolis the AFL put a team in Oakland
↑ Don Norton signed with the Dallas Texans of the AFL
↑ http://prosportsblogging.com/psb/uploads/2010/12/Chuck-Bedrarick-vs-Frank-Gifford-1960.jpg Photo after the hit with Gifford on ground and Bednarik standing over him
↑ "Gifford of Giants hurt as Eagles rally, 17-10". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. November 21, 1960. p. 13, part 2.
↑ "Bad blood erupts as high-flying Eagles bounce New York 17-10". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. UPI. November 21, 1960. p. 2.
↑ "Bednarik may play both ways Sunday". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. November 25, 1960. p. 2, final.
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↑ "Buck Shaw makes retirement official". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. December 28, 1960. p. 1D.
↑ "Nick Skorich named Eagles head coach". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. January 23, 1961. p. 11, part 2.
↑ "Van Brocklin signs as Vikings' coach". Times-News. Hendersonville, North Carolina. January 19, 1961. p. 10.
↑ "Van Brocklin hired to coach Vikings". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. January 18, 1961. p. 1D.
↑ http://www.databasefootball.com/leagues/leagueyear.htm?lg=nfl&yr=1960
↑ http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bell/past_bell.htm

Philadelphia Eagles seasons

1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship (1920–1966) or Super Bowl (1967–present) victory Italics indicates NFL Championship (1920–1966) or Super Bowl (1967–present) appearance

Philadelphia Eagles 1960 NFL champions

Philadelphia Eagles

Founded in 1933 Based and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Franchise	Franchise History Seasons Coaches Quarterbacks Players

Stadiums	Baker Bowl Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Connie Mack Stadium Franklin Field Veterans Stadium Lincoln Financial Field

Culture	Fly, Eagles Fly Swoop Curse of Billy Penn Invincible Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame Matt Guokas Sr. Dan Baker Cheerleaders Silver Linings Playbook The Philadelphia Phenomenon

Lore	Frankford Yellow Jackets Pennsylvania Keystoners Steagles "Happy Hundred" Miracle at the Meadowlands Buddy Ball Fog Bowl Bounty Bowl series Body Bag Game 4th and 26 Miracle at the New Meadowlands

Rivalries	New York Giants Dallas Cowboys Washington Redskins

Division championships (13)	1947 1948 1949 1960 1980 1988 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2010 2013

Conference championships (3)	1960 1980 2004

League championships (3)	1948 1949 1960

Media	WTEL WIP-FM Merrill Reese Mike Quick

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: National Football Conference Division: East Division

Seasons (83)	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

1960 NFL season

Eastern Conference	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	Baltimore	Green Bay	Western Conference
	New York	St. Louis	Chicago	Los Angeles
	Philadelphia	Washington	Dallas	San Francisco
			Detroit

Related: 1960 AFL Season

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