1986 Philadelphia Eagles season
| 1986 Philadelphia Eagles season | |
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| Head coach | Buddy Ryan |
| Owner | Norman Braman |
| Home field | Veterans Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 5–10–1 |
| Division place | 4th NFC East |
| Playoff finish | did not qualify |
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| Scoring summary | ||||
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| 1 | LA | Fulton Walker 70 yard punt return (Chris Bahr kick) | LA 7–0 | |
| 1 | PHI | Mike Quick 62 yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick) | Tie 7–7 | |
| 1 | PHI | Gregg Garrity 76 yard punt return (kick failed) | PHI 13–7 | |
| 2 | LA | Chris Bahr 38 yard field goal | PHI 13–10 | |
| 3 | LA | Jessie Hester 49 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick) | LA 17–13 | |
| 3 | PHI | Mike Quick 5 yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick) | PHI 20–17 | |
| 3 | LA | Jessie Hester 81 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick) | LA 24–20 | |
| 4 | PHI | Mike Quick 10 yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Paul McFadden kick) | PHI 27–24 | |
| 4 | LA | Chris Bahr 27 yard field goal | Tie 27–27 | |
| OT | PHI | Randall Cunningham 1 yard run | PHI 33–27 | |
The 1986 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 54th in the league. The team was unable to improve upon their previous output win total of seven. Instead, the team finished with five wins, ten losses and one tie. This was the fifth consecutive season in which the team failed to qualify for the playoffs.
The season was coach Buddy Ryan's first with the team after serving as the defensive coordinator of the 1985 Chicago Bears, the team that won the Super Bowl in 1985.
Quarterback duties were split between 35-year-old veteran Ron Jaworski (who started nine games in his final season with the team) and second-year quarterback Randall Cunningham. Veteran quarterback Matt Cavanaugh also started two games. The Eagles' passing game struggled, with the third-fewest passing yards in the league (2,540), and the fewest yards-per-attempt (4.1).
The Eagles set dubious NFL records by giving up a record number of sacks (a still-standing NFL-record of 104) and yardage allowed on sacks (708). No other team in football history had ever given up more than 78 sacks or 554 yards on quarterback sacks. The team gave up three-or-more sacks in every single game of the 1986 season, the only team in NFL history to do so.
The lone highlights of the season came on the road. On October 5, the Birds entered Fulton County Stadium and shut out the previously-undefeated Atlanta Falcons, 16–0. then gained a comeback 33–27 OT win against the Raiders at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on November 30, the Eagles' first win over the club since the 1980 season and first-ever victory on the road against the Oakland/LA franchise.
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