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1958 Philadelphia Eagles season

1958 Philadelphia Eagles season
OwnerHappy Hundred
Head coachBuck Shaw
Results
Record2–9–1
Division place5th (tied) NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify
The Eagles team of 1958

The 1958 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 26th season in the National Football League (NFL). They failed to improve on their previous output of 4–8, winning only two games.[1] The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season. In the offseason, Vince Lombardi was offered the Eagles head coaching position but he refused it. He opted to stay as the Offensive Coordinator of the New York Giants.[2]

Off-season

The Eagles hired the Air Force Academy's 1st head coach Buck Shaw. Shaw took over a last-place Eagles team and started rebuilding. He was also the 1st coach of the San Francisco 49ers when they formed in the AAFC in 1946. He immediately dealt Buck Lansford, Jimmy Harris, and a first-round draft choice to the Los Angeles Rams for 32-year-old, nine-year veteran quarterback Norm Van Brocklin.

NFL Draft

The 1958 NFL draft was held on December 2, 1957 (rounds 1–4) and January 28, 1958 (rounds 5–30). The draft was 30 rounds long with 12 teams making picks. A total of 360 players were selected.

With a 4–8 record in 1957 the Eagles made the 6th pick in the 1st round.

This was the last year in which the Lottery Bonus Pick was used. The Chicago Cardinals had the number 1 pick of the draft and the Bonus Pick. They used the picks to select as Lottery Bonus Pick King Hill a Quarterback out of Rice University. With the 2nd pick they chose 1957 Heisman Trophy winner John David Crow[3] a Halfback out of Texas A&M University

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.[4] 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 [5] = Hall of Famer
Rd Pick # Player Position College Rd Pick # Player Position College
1 6 Walt Kowalczyk Fullback Michigan State 2 17 Proverb Jacobs Tackle California
3 31 Pick Taken by
Washington Redskins		 4 43 Frank Rigney Tackle Iowa
5 52 Bobby Mulgado Back Arizona State 6 64 John Kersey Tackle Duke
7 76 Len Mansfield Tackle Pittsburg State 8 88 Bill Striegel Linebacker Pacific
9 100 Pick Taken by
Pittsburgh Steelers		 10 112 Theron Sapp Back Georgia
11 124 Mel Dillard Back Purdue 12 136 Jack Crabtree Back Oregon
13 148 Mickey Trimarki Quarterback West Virginia 14 160 Bill Lapham Center Iowa
15 172 Stan Hinos Tackle Mississippi Valley State 16 184 Mike Meatheringham Tackle Georgia
17 196 Bill Van Buren Center Iowa 18 208 John Burroughs Tackle Iowa
19 220 Ron Sabal Guard Purdue 20 232 Kent Lovelace Back Mississippi
21 244 John Madden Offensive tackle Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 22 256 George Sherwood End St. Joseph's (IN)
23 268 Billy Templeton End Mississippi 24 280 Jim Padget Center Clemson
25 292 Hal Divine Tackle Memphis State 26 304 Neil MacLean Back Wake Forest
27 316 Hindman Wall End Auburn 28 328 Gene Gossage Tackle Northwestern
29 340 Don McDonald Back Houston 30 351 Jim Thompson End Temple
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 August 16 Baltimore Colts W 30–28 1–0 Hershey Stadium 16,894
2 August 24 vs. Chicago Bears L 0–3 1–1 Ohio State Fairgrounds Stadium 15,365
3 September 1 at Green Bay Packers L 17–20 1–2 City Stadium 17,857
4 September 6 vs. Washington Redskins L 31–35 1–3 Gator Bowl 26,242
5 September 13 vs. Detroit Lions W 31–24 2–3 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium 61,000
6 September 21 at San Francisco 49ers W 31–28 3–3 Kezar Stadium 33,398

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Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 28 Washington Redskins L 14–24 0–1 Franklin Field 36,850
2 October 5 New York Giants W 27–24 1–1 Franklin Field 23,178
3 October 12 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 3–24 1–2 Pitt Stadium 23,153
4 October 19 San Francisco 49ers L 24–30 1–3 Franklin Field 33,110
5 October 26 at Green Bay Packers L 35–38 1–4 City Stadium 31,043
6 November 2 at Chicago Cardinals T 21–21 1–4–1 Comiskey Park 17,486
7 November 9 Pittsburgh Steelers L 24–31 1–5–1 Franklin Field 26,306
8 November 16 Chicago Cardinals W 49–21 2–5–1 Franklin Field 18,315
9 November 23 at Cleveland Browns L 14–28 2–6–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 51,319
10 November 30 at New York Giants L 10–24 2–7–1 Yankee Stadium 35,438
11 December 7 Cleveland Browns L 14–21 2–8–1 Franklin Field 36,773
12 December 14 at Washington Redskins L 0–20 2–9–1 Griffith Stadium 22,621
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
New York Giants 9 3 0 .750 7–3 246 183 W4
Cleveland Browns 9 3 0 .750 8–2 302 217 L1
Pittsburgh Steelers 7 4 1 .636 6–3–1 261 230 W1
Washington Redskins 4 7 1 .364 3–6–1 214 268 W1
Chicago Cardinals 2 9 1 .182 2–7–1 261 356 L6
Philadelphia Eagles 2 9 1 .182 2–7–1 235 306 L4

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

Roster

(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)

= 1958 Pro Bowl Selection [7] = Hall of Famer
  • + After name means 1st team selection
NO. Player AGE POS GP GS WT HT YRS College
Buck Shaw 61 COACH 1958
record
2–9–1		 Eagles
Lifetime
2–9–1		 NFL
Lifetime
73–48–5		 1 Notre Dame
33 Billy Ray Barnes 23 HB 12 0 201 5–11 1 Wake Forest
60 Chuck Bednarik 33 LB-C 12 0 233 6–3 9 Pennsylvania Quakers
81 Eddie Bell 27 DB-LB 12 0 212 6–1 3 Pennsylvania Quakers
36 Dick Bielski 26 E-FB 12 0 224 6–1 3 Maryland Terrapins
65 Harold Bradley 29 G 12 12 230 6–2 4 Iowa Hawkeyes
40 Tom Brookshier 27 DB 11 0 196 6–0 5 Colorado Buffalos
78 Marion Campbell 29 DE-DT-MG-G-T 11 0 250 6–3 4 Georgia Bulldogs
86 Ed Cooke 23 DE-LB 7 0 250 6–4 Rookie Maryland Terrapins
42 Bob Hudson 28 DB-LB-E 11 0 225 6–4 7 Clemson Tigers
63 Ken Huxhold 29 G 12 0 226 6–1 4 Wisconsin Badgers
67 Proverb Jacobs 23 T-DT 12 0 258 6–4 Rookie California Golden Bears
9 Sonny Jurgensen 24 QB 12 0 202 5–11 1 Duke Blue Devils
73 Ed Khayat 23 DT-DE-T 5 0 240 6–3 1 Tulane Green Wave
68 Bill Koman 24 LB 12 12 229 6–2 2 North Carolina Tarheels
43 Walt Kowalczyk 23 FB-DB 12 0 208 6–0 Rookies Michigan State Spartans
64 Galen Laack 26 G 8 0 230 6–0 Rookie Pacific Tigers
61 Tom Louderback 25 LB-C-G 12 0 235 6–2 Rookie San Jose State Spartans
25 Tommy McDonald 24 FL-HB-SE-WR 10 0 178 5–9 1 Oklahoma Sooners
66 Ed Meadows 26 DE-E 12 0 221 6–2 4 Duke Blue Devils
80 Gene Mitcham 26 E 2 0 206 6–2 Rookie Arizona State Sun Devils
46 Brad Myers 29 B-E 9 0 197 6–1 5 Bucknell Bison
87 Andy Nacrelli 25 E 2 0 190 6–1 Rookie Fordham Rams
41 Jerry Norton 27 DB-HB 9 0 195 5–11 4 SMU Mustangs
70 Don Owens 26 DT-T 12 0 255 6–5 1 Southern Miss Golden Eagles
26 Clarence Peaks 23 FB 11 0 218 6–1 1 Michigan State Spartans
53 Bob Pellegrini 24 LB-G 12 0 233 6–2 2 Maryland Terrapins
76 Volney Peters 30 DT-T-DE 10 0 237 6–4 6 USC Trojans
44 Pete Retzlaff 27 E-HB-TE 12 0 211 6–1 2 South Dakota St. Jackrabbits
72 Jess Richardson 28 DT 12 0 261 6–2 5 Alabama Crimson Tide
22 Lee Riley 26 DB 12 0 192 6–1 3 Univ. of Detroit Mercy Titans
45 Rocky Ryan 26 DB-E 3 0 202 6–1 2 Illinois
82 Tom Scott 28 DE-LB 12 0 218 6–2 5 Virginia
64 John Simerson 23 C-T 4 0 257 6–3 1 Purdue Boilermakers
79 Lum Snyder 28 T 12 0 228 6–5 6 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
74 Len Szafaryn 30 T-G-LB-DT 7 0 226 6–2 9 North Carolina Tarheels
11 Norm Van Brocklin 32 QB 12 12 190 6–1 9 Oregon Ducks
83 Bobby Walston 30 E-HB-K 12 0 190 6–0 7 Georgia Bulldogs
27 Billy Wells 27 HB 12 0 180 5–9 4 Michigan State Spartans
73 Sid Youngelman 27 DT-DE 5 0 257 6–3 3 Alabama Crimson Tide
35 Players
Team Average		 26.5 12 220.3 6–1.5 3.2


Honors and swards

References

  1. ^ 1958 Philadelphia Eagles
  2. ^ Giants Among Men, Jack Cavanaugh, p.138, 2008, Random House, ISBN 978-1-4000-6717-6
  3. ^ John David Crow, 1957 Heisman Trophy winner "Heisman Trophy". Heisman. Archived from the original on September 20, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
  4. ^ "1958 National Football League Draft | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site".
  5. ^ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
  6. ^ "1958 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  7. ^ Players are identified as a 1958 Pro Bowl selections.
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