# 1975 Philadelphia Eagles season

The 1975 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise’s 43rd in the National Football League. 1975 was the third season under head coach Mike McCormack, but became the Eagles’ ninth consecutive season without a winning record. The Eagles also missed the playoffs for a fifteenth consecutive season, a franchise record. Following the season, McCormack was fired and replaced for 1976 by Dick Vermeil.

## Offseason
### 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. 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 | = Hall of Famer |
| Rd | PICK | PLAYER | POS | COLLEGE |
| 1 | $_{PickTradedtoLosAngelesRamsforQBRomanGabrielin1973}$ | $_{PickTradedtoLosAngelesRamsforQBRomanGabrielin1973}$ | $_{PickTradedtoLosAngelesRamsforQBRomanGabrielin1973}$ | $_{PickTradedtoLosAngelesRamsforQBRomanGabrielin1973}$ |
| 2 | $_{PickTradedtoBuffaloBillsforDTJerryPattonin1975}$ | $_{PickTradedtoBuffaloBillsforDTJerryPattonin1975}$ | $_{PickTradedtoBuffaloBillsforDTJerryPattonin1975}$ | $_{PickTradedtoBuffaloBillsforDTJerryPattonin1975}$ |
| 3 | $_{PickTradedtoLosAngelesRamsforQBRomanGabrielin1973}$ | $_{PickTradedtoLosAngelesRamsforQBRomanGabrielin1973}$ | $_{PickTradedtoLosAngelesRamsforQBRomanGabrielin1973}$ | $_{PickTradedtoLosAngelesRamsforQBRomanGabrielin1973}$ |
| 4 | $_{PickTradedtoNewOrleansSaintsforLBDickAbsherin1972}$ | $_{PickTradedtoNewOrleansSaintsforLBDickAbsherin1972}$ | $_{PickTradedtoNewOrleansSaintsforLBDickAbsherin1972}$ | $_{PickTradedtoNewOrleansSaintsforLBDickAbsherin1972}$ |
| 5 | $_{PickTradedtoNewEnglandPatriotsforRBJohnTarverin1975}$ | $_{PickTradedtoNewEnglandPatriotsforRBJohnTarverin1975}$ | $_{PickTradedtoNewEnglandPatriotsforRBJohnTarverin1975}$ | $_{PickTradedtoNewEnglandPatriotsforRBJohnTarverin1975}$ |
| 6 | $_{PickTradedtoCincinnatiBengalsforQBMikeBorylain1974}$ | $_{PickTradedtoCincinnatiBengalsforQBMikeBorylain1974}$ | $_{PickTradedtoCincinnatiBengalsforQBMikeBorylain1974}$ | $_{PickTradedtoCincinnatiBengalsforQBMikeBorylain1974}$ |
| 7 | 167 | Bill Capraum | T | Miami (Fla) |
| 8 | 198 | Jeff Bleamer | T | Penn State |
| 9 | $_{PickTradedtoSanFrancisco49ersforRBRandyJacksonin1974}$ | $_{PickTradedtoSanFrancisco49ersforRBRandyJacksonin1974}$ | $_{PickTradedtoSanFrancisco49ersforRBRandyJacksonin1974}$ | $_{PickTradedtoSanFrancisco49ersforRBRandyJacksonin1974}$ |
| 10 | 248 | Ken Schroy | DB | Maryland |
| 11 | 273 | Keith Rowen | G | Stanford |
| 12 | 298 | Dick Pawlewicz | RB | William & Mary |
| 13 | 324 | Tom Ehlers | LB | Kentucky |
| 14 | 354 | Larry O'Rouke | DT | Ohio State |
| 15 | 379 | Clayton Korver | DE | Northwestern College |
| 16 | 404 | Calvin Jones | WR | Texas Tech |
| 17 | 429 | Gary Webb | DE | Temple |

## Regular season
### Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
| 1 | September 21, 1975 | New York Giants | L 23–14 | 60,798 |
| 2 | September 28, 1975 | at Chicago Bears | L 15–13 | 48,071 |
| 3 | October 5, 1975 | Washington Redskins | W 26–10 | 64,397 |
| 4 | October 12, 1975 | at Miami Dolphins | L 24–16 | 60,127 |
| 5 | October 19, 1975 | at St. Louis Cardinals | L 31–20 | 45,242 |
| 6 | October 26, 1975 | Dallas Cowboys | L 20–17 | 64,889 |
| 7 | November 3, 1975 | Los Angeles Rams | L 42–3 | 64,601 |
| 8 | November 9, 1975 | St. Louis Cardinals | L 24–23 | 60,277 |
| 9 | November 16, 1975 | at New York Giants | W 13–10 | 53,434 |
| 10 | November 23, 1975 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 27–17 | 57,893 |
| 11 | November 30, 1975 | San Francisco 49ers | W 27–17 | 56,694 |
| 12 | December 7, 1975 | Cincinnati Bengals | L 31–0 | 56,984 |
| 13 | December 14, 1975 | at Denver Broncos | L 25–10 | 36,860 |
| 14 | December 21, 1975 | at Washington Redskins | W 26–3 | 49,385 |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

### Game summaries
#### Week 1: vs. New York Giants

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Giants | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| Eagles | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
The Eagles lose this game, the first of ten losses during their season.

#### Week 2: at Chicago Bears

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| • Bears | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 15 |

#### Week 3: vs. Washington Redskins

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redskins | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| • Eagles | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
Eagles’ head coach Mike McCormack had called his team out for “dogging it” prior to the game.

#### Week 4: at Miami Dolphins

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| • Dolphins | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

#### Week 5: at St. Louis Cardinals

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| • Cardinals | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

#### Week 6: vs. Dallas Cowboys

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Cowboys | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Eagles | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |

#### Week 7: vs. Los Angeles Rams

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Rams | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| Eagles | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

#### Week 8: vs. St. Louis Cardinals

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| Eagles | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 23 |

#### Week 9: at New York Giants

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Eagles | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |

#### Week 10: at Dallas Cowboys

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| • Cowboys | 3 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 27 |

#### Week 11: vs. San Francisco 49ers

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| 49ers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| • Eagles | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 27 |

#### Week 12: vs. Cincinnati Bengals

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Bengals | 7 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The game was featured in the beginning of the 2006 film Invincible.

#### Week 13: at Denver Broncos

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| • Broncos | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 |

#### Week 14: at Washington Redskins

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Eagles | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| Redskins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Standings

NFC East :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK |
| St. Louis Cardinals$^{(3)}$ | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 6–2 | 9–2 | 356 | 276 | W3 |
| Dallas Cowboys$^{(4)}$ | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 6–2 | 8–3 | 350 | 268 | W2 |
| Washington Redskins | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 4–4 | 7–4 | 325 | 276 | L2 |
| New York Giants | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 1–7 | 3–8 | 216 | 306 | W2 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 3–5 | 4–7 | 225 | 302 | W1 |