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1971 Philadelphia Eagles
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Record: 6-7-1, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 221 points (15.8/g), 22nd of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 302 points (21.6/g), 20th.
Differential of -81 points (-5.8/g), 20th.
Expected W-L: 4.5-9.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.9/g), 5th.
Coached by Jerry Williams (0-3-0) and Ed Khayat (6-4-1)
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1971 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 | Pete Liske | 29 | 7 | 10 | 143 for 269, 1,957 yards, 11 td, 15 int, & 13 rushes for 29 yards and 1 td | New York Jets / 15th / 115th pick / 1963 |
| RB | Ronnie Bull | 31 | 9 | 0 | 94 rushes for 351 yards, 0 td, & 9 catches for 75 yards and 1 td | Dallas Texans / 1st / 3rd pick / 1962 |
| FB | Lee Bouggess | 23 | 1 | 0 | 97 rushes for 262 yards, 2 td, & 24 catches for 170 yards and 1 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 59th pick / 1970 |
| FB | Sonny Davis | 23 | Rook | 0 | 47 rushes for 163 yards, 1 td, & 11 catches for 46 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 264th pick / 1971 |
| FB | Tom Woodeshick | 30 | 8 | 0 | 66 rushes for 188 yards, 0 td, & 6 catches for 36 yards and 1 td | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 28th pick / 1963 |
| WR | Ben Hawkins | 27 | 5 | 0 | 37 catches for 650 yards, 4 td, & 4 rushes for 8 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 36th pick / 1966 |
| WR | Harold Jackson | 25 | 3 | 14 | 47 catches for 716 yards, 3 td, & 5 rushes for 41 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 323rd pick / 1968 |
| TE | Gary Ballman | 31 | 9 | 6 | 13 catches for 238 yards, 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 104th pick / 1962 |
| TE | Harold Carmichael | 22 | Rook | 6 | 20 catches for 288 yards, 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 161st pick / 1971 |
| TE | Kent Kramer | 27 | 5 | 3 | 6 catches for 65 yards, 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 13th / 110th pick / 1966 |
| LT | Wade Key | 25 | 1 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 314th pick / 1969 |
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| LG | Henry Allison | 24 | Rook | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 50th pick / 1971 |
| C | Mike Evans | 25 | 3 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 232nd pick / 1968 |
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| RG | Mark Nordquist | 26 | 3 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 124th pick / 1968 |
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| RT | Steve Smith | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 71st pick / 1966 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Richard Harris | 23 | Rook | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 5th pick / 1971 |
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| LDT | Don Hultz | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDT | Ernie Calloway | 23 | 2 | 8 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 28th pick / 1969 |
| RDT | Gary Pettigrew | 27 | 5 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 20th pick / 1966 |
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| RDE | Mel Tom | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 89th pick / 1966 |
| LLB | Steve Zabel | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 6th pick / 1970 |
| MLB | Tim Rossovich | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 14th pick / 1968 |
| RLB | Ron Porter | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 126th pick / 1967 |
| LCB | Al Nelson | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 35th pick / 1965 |
| RCB | Nate Ramsey | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 5 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 14th / 186th pick / 1963 |
| SS | Leroy Keyes | 24 | 2 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 3rd pick / 1969 |
| FS | Bill Bradley*+ | 24 | 2 | 0 | 11 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 69th pick / 1969 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Happy Feller | 22 | Rook | 0 | 6 of 20 field goals & 10 of 10 extra points | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 83rd pick / 1971 |
| P | Tom McNeill | 29 | 4 | 0 | 73 punts for a 42.0 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | Bill Bradley*+ | 24 | 2 | 0 | 18 punt returns for a 6.6 average and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 69th pick / 1969 |
| KR | Billy Walik | 24 | 1 | 0 | 14 kick returns for a 26.4 average and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 268th pick / 1970 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Henry Allison | 24 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | College of the Sequoias,San Diego State | 2/11/1947 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 50th pick / 1971 |
| Rick Arrington | 24 | QB | 10 | 4 | 200 | 6-2 | Georgia,Tulsa | 2/26/1947 | 1 | |
| Tom Bailey | 22 | RB | 13 | 0 | 211 | 6-2 | Florida State | 2/7/1949 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 256th pick / 1971 |
| Tony Baker | 26 | RB | 5 | 0 | 229 | 5-11 | Iowa State | 2/16/1945 | 3 | |
| Gary Ballman | 31 | FL-TE-SE-WR | 6 | 6 | 215 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 7/6/1940 | 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 104th pick / 1962 |
| Lee Bouggess | 23 | RB | 10 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Louisville | 1/18/1948 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 59th pick / 1970 |
| Bill Bradley*+ | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Texas | 1/24/1947 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 69th pick / 1969 |
| Don Brumm | 30 | DE | 9 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Purdue | 10/4/1941 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 13th pick / 1963 |
| Ronnie Bull | 31 | RB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Baylor | 2/2/1940 | 9 | Dallas Texans / 1st / 3rd pick / 1962 |
| Ernie Calloway | 23 | DT-DE | 14 | 8 | 255 | 6-6 | Texas Southern | 1/1/1948 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 28th pick / 1969 |
| Harold Carmichael | 22 | WR-TE | 9 | 6 | 225 | 6-8 | Southern | 9/22/1949 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 161st pick / 1971 |
| Bob Creech | 22 | LB | 3 | 0 | 236 | 6-3 | TCU | 1/26/1949 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 14th / 342nd pick / 1971 |
| Sonny Davis | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 5-11 | Tennessee State | 1/16/1948 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 264th pick / 1971 |
| Vern Davis | 22 | DB | 3 | 0 | 208 | 6-4 | Western Michigan | 11/2/1949 | Rook | |
| Tom Dempsey | 24 | K | 5 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Palomar College | 1/12/1947 | 2 | |
| Mike Dirks | 25 | DT-G | 5 | 0 | 246 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 8/28/1946 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 122nd pick / 1968 |
| Mike Evans | 25 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Boston College | 8/6/1946 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 232nd pick / 1968 |
| Happy Feller | 22 | K | 9 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Texas | 6/13/1949 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 83rd pick / 1971 |
| Richard Harris | 23 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Grambling State | 1/21/1948 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 5th pick / 1971 |
| Ben Hawkins | 27 | WR-SE-FL | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 3/22/1944 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 36th pick / 1966 |
| Fred Hill | 28 | TE-SE-WR | 7 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | USC | 8/13/1943 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 48th pick / 1965 |
| Bill Hobbs | 25 | LB | 11 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Texas A&M | 9/18/1946 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 184th pick / 1969 |
| Don Hultz | 31 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 241 | 6-3 | Southern Miss | 12/16/1940 | 8 | |
| Harold Jackson | 25 | WR-FL | 14 | 14 | 175 | 5-10 | Jackson State | 1/6/1946 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 323rd pick / 1968 |
| Ike Kelley | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 5-11 | Ohio State | 7/14/1944 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 17th / 249th pick / 1966 |
| Wade Key | 25 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-5 | Texas,Texas State | 10/14/1946 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 314th pick / 1969 |
| Leroy Keyes | 24 | DB-RB | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-3 | Purdue | 2/18/1947 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 3rd pick / 1969 |
| Kent Kramer | 27 | TE | 10 | 3 | 235 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 7/21/1944 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 13th / 110th pick / 1966 |
| Pete Liske | 29 | QB | 14 | 10 | 200 | 6-3 | Penn State | 5/24/1942 | 7 | New York Jets / 15th / 115th pick / 1963 |
| Tom McNeill | 29 | P | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Stephen F. Austin | 8/12/1942 | 4 | |
| Al Nelson | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Cincinnati | 10/27/1943 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 35th pick / 1965 |
| Mark Nordquist | 26 | G-C | 14 | 0 | 246 | 6-4 | Pacific | 11/3/1945 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 124th pick / 1968 |
| Gary Pettigrew | 27 | DT-DE | 13 | 6 | 255 | 6-5 | Stanford | 10/10/1944 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 20th pick / 1966 |
| Ron Porter | 26 | LB | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6-3 | Idaho | 7/27/1945 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 126th pick / 1967 |
| Steve Preece | 24 | DB | 7 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Oregon State | 2/15/1947 | 2 | |
| Nate Ramsey | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Indiana State | 7/12/1941 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 14th / 186th pick / 1963 |
| Tim Rossovich | 25 | LB-DE | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | USC | 3/14/1946 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 14th pick / 1968 |
| Jim Skaggs | 31 | G-T | 10 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Washington | 1/3/1940 | 8 | Oakland Raiders / 12th / 89th pick / 1962 |
| Jack Smith | 24 | DB | 5 | 0 | 204 | 6-4 | Memphis,Troy State | 12/4/1947 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 133rd pick / 1971 |
| Steve Smith | 27 | T-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Michigan | 5/29/1944 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 71st pick / 1966 |
| Dick Stevens | 23 | T | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Baylor | 2/23/1948 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 318th pick / 1970 |
| Jim Thrower | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 11/6/1947 | 1 | |
| Mel Tom | 30 | DE | 14 | 0 | 249 | 6-4 | Hawaii,San Jose State | 8/4/1941 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 89th pick / 1966 |
| Tuufuli Uperesa | 23 | G | 2 | 0 | 254 | 6-3 | Montana | 1/20/1948 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 16th / 396th pick / 1970 |
| Billy Walik | 24 | WR-DB | 8 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Villanova | 11/8/1947 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 268th pick / 1970 |
| Jim Ward | 27 | QB | 2 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Gettysburg | 7/16/1944 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 14th / 215th pick / 1966 |
| Larry Watkins | 25 | RB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Alcorn State | 10/5/1946 | 2 | |
| Jim Whalen | 28 | TE | 2 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Boston College | 5/20/1943 | 6 | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| Fred Whittingham | 32 | LB-G | 4 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | BYU,Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 2/4/1939 | 7 | |
| Tom Woodeshick | 30 | RB | 11 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | West Virginia | 12/3/1941 | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 28th pick / 1963 |
| Adrian Young | 25 | LB | 2 | 0 | 232 | 6-1 | USC | 1/31/1946 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 68th pick / 1968 |
| Steve Zabel | 23 | LB-TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 3/20/1948 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 6th pick / 1970 |
| Team Total | 25.9 | 14 | 222.5 | 6-2.2 | 3.3 |