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1979 Philadelphia Eagles Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-5-0, 2nd in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dick Vermeil (11-5-0)

Points For: 339 (21.2/g) 12th of 28

Points Against: 282 (17.6/g) 9th of 28

Expected W-L: 9.7-6.3

SRS: 2.70 (10th of 28), SOS: -0.87

Playoffs:
Won Wild Card 27-17 vs. Chicago Bears
Lost Divisional Round 17-24 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Defensive Coordinator: Marion Campbell

Other Notable Asst.: Fred Bruney (Defensive Backs), Dick Coury (Wide Receivers) and Sid Gillman (Quality Control)

Stadium: Veterans Stadium

Principal Owner: Leonard Tose

General Manager: Jim Murray

Offensive Scheme: Air Coryell

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +4000

Training Camp: Widener University (Chester, Pennsylvania)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	339	5031	1011	5.0	29	16	292	209	410	2610	21	13	5.9	150	567	2421	17	4.3	122	90	680	20
Opp. Stats	282	4745	1019	4.7	33	11	274	243	459	2474	18	22	4.9	125	515	2271	16	4.4	128	86	681	21
Lg Rank Offense	12	15			2	11	18		22	19	8	1	15		10	9	11	6
Lg Rank Defense	9	9			22	26	11		12	4	11	13	4		8	18	12	23

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		New York Giants	23	17	16	315	161	154	2	18	285	222	63	2	-5.15	14.76	3.35
2	Mon	September 10	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		Atlanta Falcons	10	14	16	241	184	57	2	14	247	102	145	2	-12.12	1.35	2.59
3	Sun	September 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1	@	New Orleans Saints	26	14	18	361	162	199		12	235	160	75	2	3.12	6.55	3.31
4	Sun	September 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1	@	New York Giants	17	13	19	326	139	187	3	14	229	83	146	2	-7.84	11.89	1.41
5	Sun	September 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	17	14	18	283	148	135	2	19	308	169	139	4	-10.94	7.98	2.85
6	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1		Washington Redskins	28	17	22	352	143	209		22	318	157	161	1	19.14	-6.61	-0.71
7	Sun	October 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	24	20	19	262	123	139	4	18	322	191	131	3	-6.81	4.67	4.57
8	Sun	October 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-2	@	Washington Redskins	7	17	12	200	139	61	4	20	327	116	211	3	-15.95	6.59	-2.11
9	Sun	October 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-3	@	Cincinnati Bengals	13	37	17	260	187	73	4	17	290	92	198		-19.64	-2.54	-1.23
10	Sun	November 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-4		Cleveland Browns	19	24	21	435	199	236	4	23	341	187	154	3	0.55	-0.04	-4.52
11	Mon	November 12	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4	@	Dallas Cowboys	31	21	17	328	158	170		17	408	285	123	3	-2.65	0.93	4.95
12	Sun	November 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4		St. Louis Cardinals	16	13	14	287	130	157		12	306	172	134		-5.09	2.49	4.39
13	Sun	November 25	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-4	@	Green Bay Packers	21	10	16	347	118	229		25	331	213	118	3	4.91	13.50	-8.71
14	Sun	December 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-4		Detroit Lions	44	7	29	384	217	167	2	5	180	127	53	1	4.88	28.33	4.46
15	Sat	December 8	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		10-5		Dallas Cowboys	17	24	18	284	204	80	1	19	279	94	185	1	-2.51	-3.97	-1.01
16	Sun	December 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-5	@	Houston Oilers	26	20	20	366	198	168	1	19	339	104	235	3	7.28	5.02	-2.29
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sun	December 23	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		12-5		Chicago Bears	27	17	18	315	176	139	3	15	241	142	99	3	-3.24	12.04	5.90
Division	Sat	December 29	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		12-6	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	24	15	227	179	48	1	17	318	132	186	1	-7.55	4.07	-2.25

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Ron Jaworski	28	QB	16	16	11-5-0	190	374	50.8	2669	18	4.8	12	3.2	139	38.2	53	7.1	6.7	14.0	166.8	76.8	34	272	8.33	5.88	5.4	2	2
2	John Walton	32	QB	8	0		19	36	52.8	213	3	8.3	1	2.8	11	33.3	31	5.9	6.3	11.2	26.6	86.9	0	0	0.00	5.92	6.3	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	11-5-0	209	410	51.0	2610	21	5.1	13	3.2	150	37.8	53	7.0	6.6	13.8	163.1	77.7	34	272	7.66	5.88	5.51	2	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Ron Jaworski	28	QB	2	2	1-1-0	27	62	43.5	403	5	8.1	1	1.6	17	32.8	63	6.5	7.4	14.9	201.5	85.6	5	48	7.46	5.30	6.1	0	1
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	27	62	43.5	355	5	8.1	1	1.6	17	32.8	63	5.2	7.4	14.9	177.5	74.3	5	48	7.46	4.48	5.48	0	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Wilbert Montgomery	25	RB	16	16	338	1512	9	64	48.2	62	4.5	94.5	21.1	63	41	494	12.0	5	24	49.2	53	2.6	30.9	65.1	7.8	379	5.3	2006	14	14	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-8
2	Harold Carmichael	30	WR	16	16	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	105	52	872	16.8	11	45	44.8	50	3.3	54.5	49.5	8.3	53	16.5	872	11	0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-6
3	Keith Krepfle	27	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	79	41	760	18.5	3	37	50.6	45	2.6	47.5	51.9	9.6	41	18.5	760	3	1
4	Leroy Harris	25	FB	15	13	107	504	2	32	57.0	80	4.7	33.6	7.1	32	22	107	4.9	0	4	25.0	15	1.5	7.1	68.8	3.3	129	4.7	611	2	3
5	Charlie Smith	29	WR	16	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	67	24	399	16.6	1	21	34.3	39	1.5	24.9	35.8	6.0	24	16.6	399	1	0
6	Billy Campfield	23	RB	16	0	30	165	3	8	53.3	40	5.5	10.3	1.9	25	16	115	7.2	0	8	32.0	17	1.0	7.2	64.0	4.6	46	6.1	280	3	1
7	Ron Jaworski	28	QB	16	16	43	119	2	11	39.5	21	2.8	7.4	2.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			43	2.8	119	2	12
8	Scott Fitzkee	22	WR	15	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	15	8	105	13.1	1	8	53.3	19	0.5	7.0	53.3	7.0	8	13.1	105	1	0
9	Larry Barnes	25	RB	16	3	25	74	1	6	36.0	21	3.0	4.6	1.6	5	1	6	6.0	0	1	20.0	6	0.1	0.4	20.0	1.2	26	3.1	80	1	3
10	Louie Giammona	26	RB	15	0	15	38	0	0	0.0	9	2.5	2.5	1.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15	2.5	38	0	0
11	John Spagnola	22	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	2	24	12.0	0	2	100.0	14	0.1	1.5	100.0	12.0	2	12.0	24	0	0
12	Frank LeMaster	27	RILB	16	16	1	15	0	1	100.0	15	15.0	0.9	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	15.0	15	0	0
13	Earl Carr	24	RB	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	1.0	1	1	2	2.0	0	0	0.0	2	1.0	2.0	100.0	2.0	2	0.5	1	0	0
14	Wally Henry	25	WR	12	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	2	PB
15	Jerrold McRae	24	WR	5	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	-2	-2.0	0	0	0.0	-2	0.2	-0.4	50.0	-1.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
16	John Walton	32	QB	8	0	6	-5	0	1	16.7	2	-0.8	-0.6	0.8	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			6	-0.8	-5	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	567	2421	17	123	47.3	80	4.3	151.3	35.4	398	209	2882	13.8	21	150	42.2	53	13.1	180.1	52.5	7.2	776	6.8	5303	38	37

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Harold Carmichael	30	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	16	9	203	22.6	3	8	56.3	37	4.5	101.5	56.3	12.7	9	22.6	203	3	0
2	Wilbert Montgomery	25	RB	2	2	39	122	0	8	38.5	12	3.1	61.0	19.5	12	6	35	5.8	0	1	33.3	30	3.0	17.5	50.0	2.9	45	3.5	157	0	2
3	Billy Campfield	23	RB	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	3	68	22.7	1	2	33.3	63	1.5	34.0	50.0	11.3	3	22.7	68	1	0
4	Leroy Harris	25	FB	2	2	12	46	0	3	50.0	16	3.8	23.0	6.0	4	2	17	8.5	0	1	25.0	15	1.0	8.5	50.0	4.3	14	4.5	63	0	1
5	Charlie Smith	29	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	4	57	14.3	1	3	50.0	25	2.0	28.5	50.0	7.1	4	14.3	57	1	0
6	Keith Krepfle	27	TE	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	3	23	7.7	0	2	22.2	12	1.5	11.5	33.3	2.6	3	7.7	23	0	0
7	Ron Jaworski	28	QB	2	2	4	20	0	1	25.0	20	5.0	10.0	2.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	5.0	20	0	2
8	Larry Barnes	25	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
9	Jerry Sisemore	28	RT	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	55	188	0	12	40.0	20	3.4	93.5	27.5	59	27	403	14.9	5	17	37.3	63	13.5	201.5	45.8	6.8	82	7.2	591	5	5

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Harold Carmichael	30	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-6
2	Herm Edwards	25	RCB	16	16	3	6	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Bob Howard	35	LCB	16	16	3	34	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Claude Humphrey	35	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	0	0	0	0
5	Ron Jaworski	28	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	12	5	-23	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Charlie Johnson	27	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	-1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	PB
7	Keith Krepfle	27	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Frank LeMaster	27	RILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
9	Randy Logan	28	SS	16	16	3	57	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Wilbert Montgomery	25	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-8
11	Jerry Sisemore	28	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
12	Reggie Wilkes	23	RLB	16	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
13	John Bunting	29	LLB	15	15	2	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
14	Carl Hairston	27	RDE	15	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	15.5	0	0	0	0
15	Brenard Wilson	24	FS	14	14	4	70	0	50	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Leroy Harris	25	FB	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Charlie Smith	29	WR	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Terry Tautolo	25	LILB	16	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
19	Jerry Robinson	23	LILB	16	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	AP DRoY-2
20	Larry Barnes	25	RB	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Bill Bergey	34	LB	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
22	John Spagnola	22	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	John Sciarra	25	SS	16	2	2	47	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Dennis Harrison	23	DE	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
25	Richard Blackmore	23	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Lem Burnham	32	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
27	Billy Campfield	23	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Al Chesley	22	LB	16	0	2	39	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Ken Clarke	23	NT	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.5	0	0	0	0
30	Louie Giammona	26	RB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Wally Henry	25	WR	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
32	Max Runager	23	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	John Walton	32	QB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	22	266	0	50	13	38	31	7	0	45.0	0	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Ron Jaworski	28	QB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	0	0.0	0	0
2	Wilbert Montgomery	25	RB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Jerry Robinson	23	LILB	2	2	1	37	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	John Bunting	29	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
5	Herm Edwards	25	RCB	1	1	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Leroy Harris	25	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Bob Howard	35	LCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Charlie Johnson	27	NT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
9	Wade Key	33	LG	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Wally Henry	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	3	42	0	37	0	0	6	4	-1	0	1.0	0	0

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