1955 Philadelphia Eagles season

1955 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head coach Jim Trimble
Owner Happy Hundred
Results
Record 4–7–1
Division place 6th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1955 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 23rd in the league. They failed to improve on their previous output of 7–4–1, winning only four games.[1] The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

Off Season

NFL Draft

The 1955 NFL Draft was held on January 27–28, 1955. This was a draft that lasted for 30 rounds, with 12 teams selecting 360 players. This was also a lottery pick year again and the Baltimore Colts had that and the third pick in the draft. With the Lottery bonus pick, they chose George Shaw a Quarterback from the University of Oregon football program. Two picks later they chose 1954 Heisman Trophy winner Alan Ameche [2] a Fullback that played in the Wisconsin Badgers football program.

Because of a 7–4–1 record in the 1954 Philadelphia Eagles season the Eagles normally will pick 8th in the odd rounds and 9th in the even rounds. They alternated with the San Francisco 49ers The Eagle made a pick in every round.

The Philadelphia Eagles used their 1st round pick, 9th pick in the draft, to select Dick Bielski a Fullback from Maryland

Only draftee from this year draft to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame is Johnny Unitas, Quarterback from the Louisville taken 9th round 102nd overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was a Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1979 [3] member.

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 [4] = Hall of Famer
Rd Pick Player Position School Rd Pick Player Position School
1 9 Dick BielskiFullbackMaryland 2 22 Alex "Buck" LansfordTackleTexas
3 33 Frank EidomBackSouthern Methodist 4 46 Dean DuggerEndOhio State
5 57 Gene LamoneGuardWest Virginia 6 70 Billy QuinnBackTexas
7 81 Bill McKennaEndBrandeis 8 94 Herman WatsonTackleVanderbilt
9 105 Von MorganEndAbilene Christian 10 118 Talmadge "Duke" WashingtonBackWashington State
11 129 Bob HardyBackKentucky 12 142 Andy NacrelliEndFordham
13 153 Jerry KrisherCenterOhio State 14 166 Tommy BellBackArmy
15 177 Don BrougherCenterMaryland 16 190 Clyde WhiteGuardClemson
17 18
19 225 Terry FailsEndVanderbilt 20
21 22
23 24 286 Vic "Hootie" PostulaBackMichigan State
25 26 310 George PalachunikGuardMaryland
27 28
29 345 Ron LloydTackleBucknell 30 357 Dave FinneyBackTexas Christian

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 24, 1955 New York Giants W 27–17
29,597
2 October 1, 1955 Washington Redskins L 31–30
31,891
3 October 9, 1955 at Cleveland Browns L 21–17
43,974
4 October 15, 1955 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 13–7
33,413
5 October 23, 1955 at Chicago Cardinals T 24–24
24,620
6 October 30, 1955 Pittsburgh Steelers W 24–0
31,164
7 November 6, 1955 at Washington Redskins L 34–21
25,741
8 November 13, 1955 Cleveland Browns W 33–17
39,303
9 November 20, 1955 at New York Giants L 31–7
22,075
10 November 27, 1955 Los Angeles Rams L 23–21
21,668
11 December 4, 1955 Chicago Cardinals W 27–3
19,478
12 December 11, 1955 at Chicago Bears L 17–10
34,783

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Cleveland Browns 9 2 1 .818 7–2–1 349 218 W2
Washington Redskins 8 4 0 .667 6–4 246 222 W1
New York Giants 6 5 1 .545 4–5–1 267 223 W2
Philadelphia Eagles 4 7 1 .364 4–5–1 248 231 L1
Chicago Cardinals 4 7 1 .364 3–6–1 224 252 L2
Pittsburgh Steelers 4 8 0 .333 4–6 195 285 L7

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

1955 Roster

(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)

= 1955 Pro Bowl [5] = Hall of Famer
NO. Player AGE POS GP GS WT HT YRS College
Jim Trimble 35 COACH 1945
record

4–7–1
NFL-Eagles
Lifetime

25–20–3
4th Indiana University
33Roy Barni28DB401855–113San Francisco
20Bibbles Bawel25DB1201856–13 Evansville
60Chuck Bednarik29LB-C1202336–35Pennsylvania
81Eddie Bell24DB-LB1202126–1RookiePennsylvania
36Dick Bielski23E-FB1202246–1RookieMaryland
10Adrian Burk27QB1281906–24Baylor
64Russ Carroccio24G-T-DT-DG702356–11Virginia
44Harry Dowda33DB-HB1201956–26Wake Forest
27Hal Giancanelli26HB1201825–102Loyola Marymount
22Ralph Goldston26HB-DB1001955–113Youngstown State
71Tom Higgins25T-G-DT1202306–22North Carolina
42Bob Hudson25DB-LB-E1202256–44Clemson
63Ken Huxhold26G1202266–1 1 Wisconsin
78Mike Jarmoluk33DT-T-MG1202326–59Temple
40Don Johnson24HB201876–02California
50Bob Kelley25C1202326–2RookieWest Texas A&M
76Bucko Kilroy34G-MG-T-DT102436–212Temple
79Buck Lansford22G-T12122326–2RookieTexas
25Toy Ledbetter28HB801985–105Oklahoma State
67John Magee32G702205–107La-Lafayette, and
Rice
41Jerry Norton24DB-HB1201955–11 1 SMU
43Jim Parmer29FB-HB1201936–07Oklahoma State
35Pete Pihos +32E-DE1202106–18Indiana
71Jim Ricca28MG-T-G-DT602706–44Georgetown (DC)
72Jess Richardson25DT1202616–22Alabama
52Wayne Robinson25LB-C1202256–23Minnesota
82Tom Scott25DE-LB1202186–2 2 Virginia
66Ed Sharkey28LB-G-T-DG702296–38Duke, and
Nevada-Reno
73Lum Snyder25T1202286–53Georgia Tech
80Bill Stribling28E1202066–14Mississippi
24George Taliaferro28HB-TB-QB-DB301965–116Indiana
11Bobby Thomason27QB1031966–16VMI
83Bobby Walston27E-HB-K1201906–04Georgia ... Uga's page
77Jim Weatherall26DT-T1202456–4RookieOklahoma
46Ted Wegert23HB702025–11Rookie none
86Norm Willey +27DE-G-E1202246–24Marshall
75Frank Wydo31T-DT1202256–48Cornell
37 Players
Team Average
27.1 12 215.7 6–1.4 3.9

References

  1. 1955 Philadelphia Eagles
  2. Alan Ameche, 1954 Heisman Trophy winner "Heisman Trophy". Archived from the original on June 30, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
  3. List of 1970s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com "Pro Football Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2008.
  4. Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
  5. Players are identified as a 1955 All-Star.
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