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1962 Philadelphia Eagles
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Record: 3-10-1, Finished 7th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 282 points (20.1/g), 11th of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 356 points (25.4/g), 9th.
Differential of -74 points (-5.3/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 5.1-8.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.4/g), 11th.
Coached by Nick Skorich (3-10-1)
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1962 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Sonny Jurgensen | 28 | 5 | 13 | 196 for 366, 3,261 yards, 22 td, 26 int, & 17 rushes for 44 yards and 2 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 43rd pick / 1957 |
| HB | Timmy Brown* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 137 rushes for 545 yards, 5 td, & 52 catches for 849 yards and 6 td | Green Bay Packers / 27th / 313th pick / 1959 |
| FB | Clarence Peaks | 27 | 5 | 0 | 137 rushes for 447 yards, 3 td, & 39 catches for 347 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 7th pick / 1957 |
| FL | Tommy McDonald* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 58 catches for 1,146 yards, 10 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 31st pick / 1957 |
| SE | Pete Retzlaff | 31 | 6 | 0 | 30 catches for 584 yards, 3 td | Detroit Lions / 22nd / 265th pick / 1953 |
| SE | Howard Cassady | 28 | 6 | 0 | 14 catches for 188 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for 6 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1956 |
| TE | Dick Lucas | 28 | 4 | 0 | 19 catches for 236 yards, 1 td | Chicago Bears / 10th / 119th pick / 1956 |
| LT | Jim McCusker | 26 | 4 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 14th pick / 1958 |
| LG | John Wittenborn | 26 | 4 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 17th / 203rd pick / 1958 |
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| C | Jim Schrader | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 20th pick / 1954 |
| RG | Roy Hord | 28 | 2 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 88th pick / 1957 |
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| RG | Pete Case | 22 | Rook | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1962 |
| RT | J.D. Smith | 26 | 3 | 14 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 15th pick / 1959 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | John Baker | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 56th pick / 1958 |
| LDE | Gene Gossage | 27 | 2 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 28th / 328th pick / 1958 |
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| LDT | Riley Gunnels | 25 | 2 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 115th pick / 1959 |
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| RDT | Joe Lewis | 26 | 4 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 17th / 199th pick / 1958 |
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| RDE | Bobby Richards | 24 | Rook | 0 | Oakland Raiders / 32nd / 249th pick / 1962 |
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| LLB | Bob L. Harrison | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 17th pick / 1959 |
| LLB | John Nocera | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 16th / 182nd pick / 1957 |
| MLB | Chuck Bednarik | 37 | 13 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 1st pick / 1949 |
| RLB | Maxie Baughan | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 20th pick / 1960 |
| LCB | Ben Scotti | 25 | 3 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Irv Cross | 23 | 1 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 98th pick / 1961 |
| LS | Jimmy Carr | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RS | Don Burroughs | 31 | 7 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bobby Walston | 34 | 11 | 0 | 4 of 15 field goals & 36 of 38 extra points | Philadelphia Eagles / 14th / 166th pick / 1951 |
| P | King Hill | 26 | 4 | 1 | 64 punts for a 42.9 average, 0 blocked | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 1st pick / 1958 |
| PR | Timmy Brown* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 6 punt returns for a 13.5 average and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 27th / 313th pick / 1959 |
| KR | Timmy Brown* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 30 kick returns for a 27.7 average and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 27th / 313th pick / 1959 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| John Baker | 27 | DE-DT-T | 7 | 0 | 279 | 6-6 | North Carolina Central | 6/10/1935 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 56th pick / 1958 |
| Maxie Baughan | 24 | LB | 14 | 14 | 227 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 8/3/1938 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 20th pick / 1960 |
| Jim Beaver | 24 | DT | 1 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Florida | 5/18/1938 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 29th / 228th pick / 1962 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 37 | LB-C | 14 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Pennsylvania | 5/1/1925 | 13 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 1st pick / 1949 |
| Timmy Brown* | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 198 | 5-11 | Ball State | 5/24/1937 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 27th / 313th pick / 1959 |
| Frank Budd | 23 | WR | 13 | 0 | 187 | 5-10 | Villanova | 7/20/1939 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 96th pick / 1962 |
| Don Burroughs | 31 | DB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-4 | Colorado State | 8/19/1931 | 7 | |
| Bob Butler | 22 | G | 3 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 10/27/1940 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 124th pick / 1962 |
| Jimmy Carr | 29 | DB-LB-HB | 14 | 0 | 206 | 6-1 | Charleston (WV) | 3/25/1933 | 7 | |
| Pete Case | 22 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Georgia | 12/27/1940 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1962 |
| Howard Cassady | 28 | HB-SE-FL | 5 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 3/2/1934 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1956 |
| Irv Cross | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Northwestern | 7/27/1939 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 98th pick / 1961 |
| Ted Dean | 24 | FB-HB | 2 | 0 | 213 | 6-2 | Wichita State | 3/24/1938 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 40th pick / 1960 |
| Merrill Douglas | 26 | FB-HB | 13 | 0 | 204 | 6-0 | Utah | 3/15/1936 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 65th pick / 1958 |
| Gene Gossage | 27 | DE-DT-G | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Cincinnati,Northwestern | 2/17/1935 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 28th / 328th pick / 1958 |
| Ken Gregory | 25 | E | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Whittier | 2/1/1937 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 49th pick / 1961 |
| Riley Gunnels | 25 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Georgia | 9/24/1937 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 115th pick / 1959 |
| Bob L. Harrison | 25 | LB | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 8/8/1937 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 17th pick / 1959 |
| King Hill | 26 | QB | 14 | 1 | 212 | 6-3 | Rice | 11/8/1936 | 4 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 1st pick / 1958 |
| Roy Hord | 28 | G | 11 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | Duke | 12/25/1934 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 88th pick / 1957 |
| Don Jonas | 24 | HB | 1 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Penn State | 12/3/1938 | Rook | New York Titans / 32nd / 253rd pick / 1962 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 28 | QB | 14 | 13 | 202 | 5-11 | Duke | 8/23/1934 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 43rd pick / 1957 |
| John Kapele | 25 | DE-DT-T | 6 | 0 | 240 | 6-0 | BYU,Utah | 10/19/1937 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 114th pick / 1960 |
| Howard Keys | 27 | C-T | 13 | 0 | 239 | 6-3 | Oklahoma State | 1/24/1935 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 12th / 134th pick / 1959 |
| Joe Lewis | 26 | DT | 13 | 0 | 256 | 6-2 | Compton Community College (CA) | 1/23/1936 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 17th / 199th pick / 1958 |
| Dick Lucas | 28 | E | 9 | 0 | 213 | 6-2 | Boston College | 1/9/1934 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 10th / 119th pick / 1956 |
| Mike McClellan | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 10/10/1939 | Rook | New York Titans / 30th / 237th pick / 1962 |
| Jim McCusker | 26 | T | 14 | 14 | 246 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 5/19/1936 | 4 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 14th pick / 1958 |
| Tommy McDonald* | 28 | FL-HB-SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 178 | 5-9 | Oklahoma | 7/26/1934 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 31st pick / 1957 |
| John Nocera | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Iowa | 5/4/1934 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 16th / 182nd pick / 1957 |
| Don Oakes | 24 | T-DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 7/22/1938 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 42nd pick / 1961 |
| Clarence Peaks | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 9/23/1935 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 7th pick / 1957 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 31 | E-HB-TE | 8 | 0 | 211 | 6-1 | North Dakota-Ellendale,South Dakota State | 8/21/1931 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 22nd / 265th pick / 1953 |
| Bobby Richards | 24 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | LSU | 10/2/1938 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 32nd / 249th pick / 1962 |
| Theron Sapp | 27 | FB-HB | 12 | 0 | 203 | 6-1 | Georgia | 6/15/1935 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 112th pick / 1958 |
| Jim Schrader | 30 | C-T | 13 | 0 | 244 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 6/27/1932 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 20th pick / 1954 |
| Ben Scotti | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 185 | 6-1 | Maryland | 6/9/1937 | 3 | |
| J.D. Smith | 26 | T | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | Rice | 5/27/1936 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 15th pick / 1959 |
| Ralph Smith | 24 | TE | 13 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 12/1/1938 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 93rd pick / 1962 |
| Dick Stafford | 22 | DE | 7 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Texas Tech | 8/21/1940 | Rook | |
| Bobby Walston | 34 | E-HB-K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Georgia | 10/17/1928 | 11 | Philadelphia Eagles / 14th / 166th pick / 1951 |
| John Wittenborn | 26 | G-K | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-2 | Southeast Missouri State | 3/1/1936 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 17th / 203rd pick / 1958 |
| Mike Woulfe | 23 | LB | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Colorado | 8/14/1939 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 15th / 208th pick / 1962 |
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 220.9 | 6-1.5 | 3.2 |