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1961 Philadelphia Eagles

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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 361 points (25.8/g), 3rd of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 297 points (21.2/g), 8th.
 Differential of 64 points (4.6/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 8.6-5.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.5/g), 12th.

Simple Rating System: Total 1.9, Offense: 3.8, Defense: -1.8, SoS: -2.6, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Nick Skorich

Training Camp: (Hershey, Pennsylvania)

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Drafted Players

Draft Index · Full 1961 Draft Results
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos Yrs From To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
1 14 PHI Art Baker FB 2 1961 1962 0 0 1 7 17 154 507 3 9 85 0 Syracuse
2 28 PHI Bo Strange C 0 0 0 LSU
3 36 PHI Jim Wright DB 1 1964 1964 0 0 0 1 10 Memphis
3 42 PHI Don Oakes T 8 1961 1968 0 1 5 30 104 Virginia Tech
4 53 PHI Dan Ficca G 5 1962 1966 0 0 2 12 70 USC
6 84 PHI Ben Balme G 0 0 0 Yale
7 98 PHI Irv Cross DB 9 1961 1969 0 2 8 56 125 Northwestern
8 112 PHI Jim Beaver DT 1 1962 1962 0 0 0 0 1 Florida
9 126 PHI Wayne Fontes DB 1 1962 1962 0 0 0 2 9 Michigan St.
10 140 PHI Luther Hayes E 1 1961 1961 0 0 0 3 14 14 280 3 USC
11 154 PHI L.E. Hicks T 0 0 0 Florida
12 168 PHI Billy Majors DB 1 1961 1961 0 0 0 0 1 Tennessee
13 182 PHI Don Jonas HB 1 1962 1962 0 0 0 0 1 Penn St.
14 196 PHI Willie Fleming HB 0 0 0 Iowa
15 210 PHI Bobby Richards DE 6 1962 1967 0 0 5 28 84 LSU
16 224 PHI G.W. Clapp G 0 0 0 Auburn
17 238 PHI Larry Lavery T 0 0 0 Illinois
18 252 PHI Nick Maravich T 0 0 0 North Carolina St.
19 266 PHI Dick Wilson C 0 0 0 Penn St.
20 280 PHI Jacque MacKinnon TE 10 1961 1970 0 2 2 33 118 86 381 2 112 2109 20 Colgate