1970 Philadelphia Eagles season The 1970 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 38th in the league . They failed to improve on their previous output of 4 – 9 – 1 , winning only three games . The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the tenth consecutive season . Offseason . NFL Draft . In the 1970 NFL Draft , the Eagles made 14 choices , starting with Steve Zabel , a linebacker from Oklahoma . 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 . Game Recaps . Week 1 . September 20 , 1970 the Eagles host the first Regular Season game played on AstroTurf . Pittsburgh follows minutes later . The AFL in 1969 , was playing on AstroTurf in Houston at the Astrodome . Sunday , September 20 , 1970 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Franklin Field on AstoTurf playing surface in 67F degrees with wind at 7 MPH . Week 2 . The game got off to bad start when the Chicago Bears Kick off returner , Cecil Turner had 96 yard game opening kickoff return for a touchdown . Mark Moseley would miss the extra point when the Eagles answered with a touchdown of their own later in the 1st quarter making it that they only were not losing the game only from the opening kickoff to the time it took Turner to return it . Three times during the game the Bears would lead the Eagles by 1 point . Sunday , September 27 , 1970 Kickoff 12 : 00 Central Time Played at Dyche Stadium in Evanston , Illinois , the home field of the Northwestern Wildcats football team , on grass playing surface in 52F degrees with wind at 9 MPH . Week 8 . In week 8 the Eagles mark their 1st time playing a former AFL team in the regular season by winning 24 – 17 for their 1st win of the 1970 season . The defense of Philadelphia would have the Miami quarterbacks ( Bob Greise 3 and John Stofa 1 ) throw 4 interceptions . Miami kick returner , Mercury Morris would avg over 26 yrds on 4 kickoff returns Sunday , November 8 , 1970 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Franklin Field on AstoTurf playing surface in 53F degrees with wind at 7 MPH . Week 9 . Sunday , November 15 , 1970 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Franklin Field on a AstoTurf playing surface in 53F degrees with wind at 14 MPH . Week 14 . In week 14 the Eagles play cross state rival Pittsburgh Steelers . John Fuqua ] ] had 2 long runs for touchdowns . One for 72 yards and another for 85 yards , both in the first half . Mark Moseley would miss his 3rd extra point of the year . His 14th field goal of the year , out of 25 attempted , in the 4th quarter gave then lead for good . He would be cut during the 1971 training camp , play for the Houston Oilers for 13 games over 2 years , then settle in Washington for 10 years becoming the last straight on kicking style kicker left in the NFL . He won the Most Valuable Player Award during the strike - shortened 1982 season . He is the only placekicker to win the award . Sunday , December 20 , 1970 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Franklin Field on AstoTurf playing surface in 44F degrees with wind at 14 MPH . Playoffs . The Eagles failed to make the playoffs for the 1970 season .