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'{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox NFL season | team = Philadelphia Eagles | year = 1959 | record = 7–5 | division_place = 2nd [[NFL Eastern]] | coach = [[Buck Shaw]] | owner = [[Happy Hundred]] | stadium = | playoffs = ''did not qualify'' | shortnavlink = Eagles seasons }} The '''[[1959 NFL season|1959]] [[Philadelphia Eagles]] season''' was their 27th in the [[National Football League|league]]. They improved on their [[1958 Philadelphia Eagles season|previous output]] of 2–9–1, winning seven games.<ref>[http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/phi/1959.htm 1959 Philadelphia Eagles]</ref> The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the tenth consecutive season. ==Off-season== The Eagles held training camp in Hershey, Pennsylvania. ===NFL Draft=== The [[1959 NFL Draft]] was held on December 2, 1958 (rounds 1–4) and January 21, 1959 (rounds 5–30). The draft was 30 rounds long, and had 12 teams making picks. A total of 360 players were selected in this year draft. There was no Lottery bonus pick this year as it had run the course as all 12 teams had been given the bonus pick. As the [[Green Bay Packers]] had the worst record, a 1-10- 1, in the [[1958 NFL season]] they had the first draft pick and selected [[Randy Duncan]] who played [[Quarterback]] for the [[Iowa Hawkeyes]] was the first pick. The Packers lone win was on Sunday, October 26, 1958 38–35 over the Eagles in Green Bay. The Philadelphia Eagles and the [[Chicago Cardinals]] both had a 2–9–1 record in the 1958 season, and that was the 2nd worst record in the league, rotated in picking 2nd or 3rd in each round. Both of these teams defeated during the season the eventful Eastern Division champion New York Giants during the regular season. The Eagle 1st round pick, 2nd in the draft, was traded to the Los Angeles Rams for Norm Van Brocklin. The Eagles' first pick in the draft was in round 2 with the 15th pick. In this year's NFL Season the Eagles and Packer would both improve to 7–5–0. Then in 1960 the Eagles and Packers would meet in the [[1960 NFL Championship Game]] in Philadelphia. ===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.<ref>http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.aspx?release_id=1449</ref> 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. {| |- |style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= [[Pro Bowl]]er <ref name="Pro Bowler note">Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.</ref>|| |style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]]r |} {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 80%" |- !width=3% style="background:#006633;" |<span style="color:silver;">Rd </span> !!width=1% style="background:#006633;"|<span style="color:silver;">Pick # </span> !!width=15% style="background:#006633;"|<span style="color:silver;">Player </span> !!width=7% style="background:#006633;"|<span style="color:silver;">Position</span> !!style="background:#006633;"|<span style="color:silver;">College </span> |- align="center" | 1 || 2 ||_{Pick Taken By <br>[[Chicago Bears]]}|| || |- align="center" | 2 || 15 ||[[J. D. Smith (offensive lineman)|J. D. Smith]]||Tackle||[[Rice Owls football|Rice Owls]] |- align="center" | 3 || 26 ||[[Wray Carlton]]||Back||[[Duke Blue Devils football|Duke Blue Devils]] |- align="center" | 4 || 39 ||Jim Grazione || Quarterback ||[[Villanova Wildcats football|Villanova Wildcats]] |- align="center" | 5 || 51 ||Nick Mumley || Tackle ||[[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue Boilermakers]] |- align="center" | 6 || 62 ||[[Al Benecick]]||Guard||[[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse Orange]] |- align="center" | 7 || 75 ||_{Pick Taken By <br>[[Los Angeles Rams]]}|| || |- align="center" | 8 || 86 ||Wilmer Fowler || Back || [[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern Wildcats]] |- align="center" | 9 || 99 ||[[Gene Johnson (defensive back)|Gene Johnson]]||Back||[[Cincinnati Bearcats football|Cincinnati Bearcats]] |- align="center" | 10 || 110 ||Rollie West || Back ||Villanova Wildcats |- align="center" | 11 || 123 ||[[Art Powell (wide receiver)|Art Powell]]||Wide receiver||[[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State Spartans]] |- align="center" | 12 || 134 ||[[Howard Keys]]||Tackle||[[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma State Cowboys]] |- align="center" | 13 || 147 ||Dick Stillwagon || Back || Purdue Boilermakers |- align="center" | 14 || 158 ||Jack Smith || Tackle || [[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson Tigers]] |- align="center" | 15 || 171 ||Jim Poteete || Center || [[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State Bulldogs]] |- align="center" | 16 || 182 ||Ken Paduch || Tackle || [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn Tigers]] |- align="center" | 17 || 195 || Bill Craig || Tackle || Villanova |- align="center" | 18 || 206 ||Jim Benson || Back || Georgia Tech |- align="center" | 19 || 219 ||[[Alan Miller (American football)|Alan Miller]]||Back||Boston College |- align="center" | 20 || 230||Jim Payne || Guard || Clemson |- align="center" | 21 || 243 || Bob Salerno || Guard || Colorado |- align="center" | 22 || 254 ||Jim Bowie || Tackle || Kentucky |- align="center" | 23 || 267 || Dick Williams || End || Southern |- align="center" | 24 || 278 || Gerry Benn || Tackle || Oklahoma State |- align="center" | 25 || 291 ||Dick Jamieson || Quarterback || Bradley |- align="center" | 26 || 302 ||Jim Burks || Tackle || Virginia Tech |- align="center" | 27 || 315 || Lowell Jenkins || Tackle || Wisconsin |- align="center" | 28 || 326 || Leo Sexton || End || Auburn Tigers |- align="center" | 29 || 339 ||John Stolte || Tackle || Kansas State Wildcats |- align="center" | 30 || 350 ||[[Angelo Mosca]]||Tackle||Notre Dame Fighting Irish |} * 30th round pick Angelo Mosca already choose to play in the [[Canadian Football League]] for the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] in the 1958 season after 3 years at Notre Dame and his SR year at [[Wyoming Cowboys football|Wyoming Cowboys]]<ref>http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/m/mosca_angelo.htm|Angelo Mosca page on www.cflapedia.com</ref> ==Schedule== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Week ! Date ! Opponent ! Result ! Attendance |-style="background: #ffdddd;" | 1 | September 27, 1959 | at [[San Francisco 49ers]] | L 24–14 | <center>41,697</center> |-style="background: #ddffdd;" | 2 | October 4, 1959 | [[New York Giants]] | W 49–21 | <center>27,023</center> |-style="background: #ddffdd;" | 3 | October 11, 1959 | [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] | W 28–24 | <center>27,343</center> |-style="background: #ffdddd;" | 4 | October 18, 1959 | at [[New York Giants]] | L 24–7 | <center>68,783</center> |-style="background: #ddffdd;" | 5 | October 25, 1959 | at [[Chicago Cardinals (NFL, 1920–59)|Chicago Cardinals]] (Bloomington, Minnesota) | W 28–24 | <center>20,112</center> |-style="background: #ddffdd;" | 6 | November 1, 1959 | [[Washington Redskins]] | W 30–23 | <center>39,854</center> |-style="background: #ffdddd;" | 7 | November 8, 1959 | at [[Cleveland Browns]] | L 28–7 | <center>58,275</center> |-style="background: #ddffdd;" | 8 | November 15, 1959 | [[Chicago Cardinals (NFL, 1920–59)|Chicago Cardinals]] | W 27–17 | <center>28,887</center> |-style="background: #ddffdd;" | 9 | November 22, 1959 | [[Los Angeles Rams]] | W 23–20 | <center>47,425</center> |-style="background: #ffdddd;" | 10 | November 29, 1959 | at [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] | L 31–0 | <center>22,191</center> |-style="background: #ddffdd;" | 11 | December 6, 1959 | at [[Washington Redskins]] | W 34–14 | <center>24,325</center> |-style="background: #ffdddd;" | 12 | December 13, 1959 | [[Cleveland Browns]] | L 28–21 | <center>45,952</center> |} ===Standings=== {{1959 NFL Eastern standings}} ==Playoffs== With a 7–5–0 record, and a 2nd-place finish, in the 1959 season the Eagles failed to make the playoffs. ==Roster== ''(All time [[List of Philadelphia Eagles players]] in franchise history)'' {| |style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= 1959 [[Pro Bowl|All-Star Selection]] <ref name="Pro All-Star">Players are identified as a 1959 Pro Bowl selections.</ref>|| |style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]]r |} * + After name means 1st team selection {| class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width:100%" !width 2% style="background:#006633;"|<span style="color:silver;">NO. </span> !!width=20% style="background:#006633;"|<span style="color:silver;">Player</span> !!width=2% style="background:#006633;"|<span style="color:silver;">AGE </span> !!width=6% style="background:#006633;"|<span style="color:silver;">POS </span> !!width=2% style="background:#006633;"|<span style="color:silver;">GP </span> !!width=2% style="background:#006633;"|<span style="color:silver;">GS</span> !!width=2% style="background:#006633;"|<span style="color:silver;">WT</span> !!width=2% style="background:#006633;"|<span style="color:silver;">HT</span> !!width=4% style="background:#006633;"|<span style="color:silver;">YRS</span> !!width=15% style="background:#006633;"|<span style="color:silver;">College</span> |- align=center | ||- align=left| [[Buck Shaw]] || 61 || '''COACH''' ||_{1958<br> record}<br>7–5–0||_{Eagles <br>Lifetime}<br> 9–14–1 ||_{NFL <br>Lifetime}<br> 80–53–5 || || 2||- align=left| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] |- align=center |50||- align=left|Darrel Aschbacher||24||G||11||0||220||6–1||Rookie||Boise State,Oregon |- align=center bgcolor=#ffcc00 |33||- align=left|[[Billy Ray Barnes]]||24||HB||12||0||201||5–11||2||- align=left|Wake Forest |- align=center |60||- align=left bgcolor=#CCFFCC|[[Chuck Bednarik]]||33||LB-C||12||0||233||6–3||10||- align=left|[[Pennsylvania Quakers football|Pennsylvania Quakers]] |- align=center |36||- align=left|[[Dick Bielski]]||27||E-FB||12||0||224||6–1||4||- align=left|[[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland Terrapins]] |- align=center |40||- align=left|[[Tom Brookshier]]||28||DB||12||0||196||6–0||6||- align=left|[[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado Buffalos]] |- align=center |78||- align=left|[[Marion Campbell]]||30||DE-DT-MG-G-T||11||0||250||6–3||5||- align=left|[[Georgia Bulldogs]] |- align=center |67||- align=left|[[Stan Campbell]]||29||G||12||12||226||6–0||7||- align=left|Iowa State |- align=center |21||- align=left|Jimmy Carr||26||DB-LB-HB||12||0||206||6–1||4|| Charleston (WV) |- align=center |63||- align=left|[[Tom Catlin]]||28||LB-C||12||0||213||6–1||6||- align=left|[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma Sooners]] |- align=center |45||- align=left|Paige Cothren||24||K||7||0||201||5–11||2||- align=left|Mississippi |- align=center |74||- align=left|[[Jerry DeLucca]]||23||T-DT||12||0||247||6–2||Rookie||- align=left|[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football|Middle Tenn. State Blue Raiders]] |- align=center |65||- align=left|Jerry Huth||26||G||10||0||226||6–0||3||- align=left|[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Wake Forest Demon Deacons]] |- align=center |27||- align=left|[[Gene Johnson (defensive back)|Gene Johnson]]||24||DB||12||0||187||6–0||Rookie||- align=left|[[Cincinnati Bearcats football|Cincinnati Bearcats]] |- align=center |9||- align=left bgcolor=#CCFFCC|[[Sonny Jurgensen]]||25||QB||12||0||202||5–11||2||- align=left|[[Duke Blue Devils football|Duke Blue Devils]] |- align=center |73||- align=left|[[Ed Khayat]]||24||DT-DE-T||9||0||240||6–3||2||- align=left|[[Tulane Green Wave football|Tulane Green Wave]] |- align=center |43||- align=left|[[Walt Kowalczyk]]||24||FB-DB||12||0||208||6–0||1||- align=left|[[Michigan State Spartans football|Michigan State Spartans]] |- align=center |61||- align=left|[[Tom Louderback]]||26||LB-C-G||12||0||235||6–2||1||- align=left|[[San Jose State Spartans|San Jose State]] |- align=center |80||- align=left|[[Ken MacAfee]]||30||E-TE||4||0||212||6–2||5||- align=left|[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama Crimson Tide]] |- align=center |75||- align=left|[[Jim McCusker]]||23||T||12||0||246||6–2||1||- align=left|[[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh Panthers]] |- align=center bgcolor=#ffcc00 |25||- align=left bgcolor=#CCFFCC|[[Tommy McDonald (American football)|Tommy McDonald]]||25||FL-HB-SE-WR||12||0||178||5–9||2||- align=left|Oklahoma Sooners |- align=center |29||- align=left|[[John Nocera]]||25||LB||12||0||220||6–1||Rookie||- align=left|[[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa Hawkeyes]] |- align=center |70||- align=left|[[Don Owens (American football)|Don Owens]]||27||DT-T||12||0||255||6–5|| 2||- align=left|[[Southern Miss Golden Eagles]] |- align=center |32||- align=left|Joe Pagliei||25||FB||7||0||220||6–0||Rookie||- align=left|[[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson Tigers]] |- align=center |26||- align=left|[[Clarence Peaks]]||24||FB||12||0||218||6–1||2||- align=left|Michigan State Spartans |- align=center |53||- align=left|[[Bob Pellegrini]]||25||LB-G||12||0||233||6–2||3||- align=left|[[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland Terrapins]] |- align=center |87||- align=left|[[Art Powell (wide receiver)|Art Powell]]||22||SE-DB-WR||12||0||211||6–3||Rookie||- align=left|San Jose State Spartans |- align=center |44||- align=left|[[Pete Retzlaff]]||28||E-HB-TE||10||0||211||6–1||3||- align=left|[[South Dakota State Jackrabbits football|South Dakota State Jackrabbits]] |- align=center bgcolor=#ffcc00 |72||- align=left|[[Jess Richardson]]||29||DT||12||0||261||6–2||6||- align=left|Alabama Crimson Tide |- align=center |22||- align=left|[[Lee Riley]]||27||DB||12||0||192||6–1||4||- align=left|[[Detroit Titans|Univ. of Detroit-Mercy Titans]] |- align=center |66||- align=left|[[Joe Robb]]||22||DE-LB||12||0||238||6–3||Rookie||- align=left|[[TCU Horned Frogs football|TCU Horned Frogs]] |- align=center |30||- align=left|[[Theron Sapp]]||24||FB-HB||12||0||203||6–1||Rookie||- align=left|[[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia Bulldogs]] |- align=center |76||- align=left|[[J. D. Smith (offensive lineman)|J.D. Smith]]||23||T||11||11||250||6–2||Rookie||- align=left|[[Rice Owls football|Rice Owls]] |- align=center |68||- align=left|Bill Striegel||23||G-T-LB||12||0||235||6–2||Rookie||- align=left|Pacific |- align=center bgcolor=#ffcc00 |11||- align=left|[[Norm Van Brocklin]]||33||QB||12||12||190||6–1||10||- align=left|[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon Ducks]] |- align=center |83||- align=left|[[Bobby Walston]]||31||E-HB-K||12||0||190||6–0||8||- align=left|[[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia Bulldogs]] |- align=center |51||- align=left|[[Chuck Weber]]||29||LB-DE-G||12||0||229||6–1||4||- align=left|[[West Chester Golden Rams football|West Chester Golden Rams]] |- align=center |88||- align=left|[[Jerry Wilson (defensive end)|Jerry Wilson]]||23||DE||12||0||238||6–3||Rookie||- align=left|[[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn Tigers]] |- align=center bgcolor="90EE90" | || 37 Players<br> Team Average || 26.1 || || 12 || ||220.1 || 6–1.2 || 2.8 || |} ==Postseason== Before the start of the 1960 Season, but after the [[1960 NFL Draft]], on March 19, the NFL had an [[1960 NFL Expansion Draft|expansion draft]] for the [[Dallas Cowboys]]. The Philadelphia Eagles lost, Dick Bielski a tight end, Gerry Delucca an offensive tackle, and Bil Striegel, a linebacker. ==Honors and awards== '''Pro Bowl selections''' – East Team **Norm Van Brocklin – QB **Billy Barnes – HB **Tommy McDonald – Flanker **Marion Campbell – DT **Tom Brookshier – CB '''League leaders'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/leagues/leagueyear.htm?lg=nfl&yr=1959 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-06-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610211355/http://www.databasefootball.com/leagues/leagueyear.htm?lg=nfl&yr=1959 |archivedate=June 10, 2011 |df= }}</ref> **Norm Van Brocklin finishes 2nd in Pass Attempts with 340 **Norm Van Brocklin finishes 2nd in Pass Completions with 191 **Norm Van Brocklin finishes 2nd in Passing Yards with 2617 **Norm Van Brocklin finishes 3rd in Passing Yards per Attempt Avg with 7.70 **Norm Van Brocklin finishes 3rd in Passing Touchdowns with 14 **Tommy McDonald finishes 2nd in Pass Receptions with 47 **Tommy McDonald finishes 3rd in Pass Receiving Yards with 846 **Tommy McDonald finishes 2nd in Pass Receptions Touchdowns with 47 **Tommy McDonald finishes 2nd (tied with 8) in Punt Return for a Touchdown with 1 **Tommy McDonald finishes 2nd in Kickoff Returns with 24 **Art Powell finishes 2nd in Kickoff Returns Avg. 27.1 ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} {{1959 NFL season by team}} {{Philadelphia Eagles seasons}} {{Philadelphia Eagles}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1959 Philadelphia Eagles Season}} [[Category:Philadelphia Eagles seasons]] [[Category:1959 National Football League season by team|Philadelphia Eagles]]'