[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.
[2] The Eagles hired the Air Force Academy's 1st head coach Buck Shaw.
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.
[6] (All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)