1976 Philadelphia Eagles season
| 1976 Philadelphia Eagles season | |
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| Head coach | Dick Vermeil |
| General manager | Jim Murray |
| Owner | Leonard Tose |
| Home field | Veterans Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 4–10 |
| Division place | 4th NFC East |
| Playoff finish | did not qualify |
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| Scoring summary | ||||
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| 2 | PHI | Harold Carmichael 21 yard pass from Mike Boryla (Horst Muhlmann kick) | Eagles 7–0 | |
| 2 | PHI | Horst Muhlmann 44 yard field goal | Eagles 10–0 | |
| 3 | PHI | Horst Muhlmann 38 yard field goal | Eagles 13–0 | |
| 4 | PHI | Mike Boryla 1 yard run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | Eagles 20–0 | |
| 4 | NYG | Walker Gillette 7 yard pass from Craig Morton (Joe Danelo kick) | Eagles 20–7 | |
The 1976 Philadelphia Eagles season was the team's 44th in the National Football League. It was the first year with the team for head coach Dick Vermeil, who would bring the Eagles to their first playoff berth in 18 years in 1978 and then their first Super Bowl just three years later. As for this season, the Eagles matched their 4-10 record from last season and failed to reach the playoffs for the 16th consecutive season. It was also the 10th straight season for Philadelphia in which they did not end the season with an above .500 record.
After coaching #12 UCLA (8–2–1) to a win over #1 Ohio State (11–0) in the 1976 Rose Bowl by the score of 23–10 Dick Vermeil was offered the Head coaching job of the Philadelphia Eagles. Because of bad trades by past Eagles coaches, Vermeil did not have a 1st round draft pick until 1978, but Vermeil did big things with the talent he had inherited from previous coaches.
The 1976 NFL Draft was an annual player selection meeting held on April 8–9, 1976. It lasted 17 rounds, with the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks making the first two selections. The expansion teams were also given a pair of extra picks at the end of each of rounds 2–5.
The Philadelphia Eagles would pick 9th in the 17 rounds. They still had to overcome the traded away draft picks of the Mike McCormack era.
The draft began with first overall pick of Hall of Famer Lee Roy Selmon, Defensive End from Oklahoma, Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Eagles had to wait until the fourth round and make a selection with the 111th pick.
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