1971 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-7-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jerry Williams (0-3)
Coach: Ed Khayat (6-4-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1971 Philadelphia Eagles RosterTeam Record: 6-7-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jerry Williams (0-3)
Coach: Ed Khayat (6-4-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1971 Philadelphia Eagles Results
The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 6 wins and 7 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Eagles scored 221 points, but the defensive squad allowed 302. Pete Liske threw for 1,957 yards. Harold Jackson topped pass catchers, grabbing 47 passes for 716 yards. Ben Hawkins contributed to the receiving game, too.
Ronnie Bull carried the ball for a team-leading 351 yards for Philadelphia.
The sticky-fingered defense pounced on 47 turnovers. Bill Bradley picked off 11 opponent throws.
Jerry Williams and Ed Khayat coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Liske | 269 | 143 | 53.2 | 1957 | 7.3 | 11 | 4.1 | 15 | 5.6 | 69 | 13 | 134 | 67.1 |
| Rick Arrington | 118 | 55 | 46.6 | 576 | 4.9 | 2 | 1.7 | 5 | 4.2 | 65 | 13 | 95 | 49.3 |
| Ronnie Bull | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Jim Ward | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 |
| Sonny Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 390 | 200 | 51.3 | 2552 | 6.5 | 13 | 3.3 | 20 | 5.1 | 69 | 26 | 229 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Bull | 94 | 351 | 3.7 | 39 | 0 |
| Lee Bouggess | 97 | 262 | 2.7 | 26 | 2 |
| Tom Woodeshick | 66 | 188 | 2.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Sonny Davis | 47 | 163 | 3.5 | 21 | 1 |
| Larry Watkins | 35 | 98 | 2.8 | 11 | 1 |
| Tony Baker | 17 | 49 | 2.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Harold Jackson | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Bailey | 23 | 41 | 1.8 | 7 | 1 |
| Pete Liske | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 9 | 1 |
| Rick Arrington | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Ben Hawkins | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Zabel | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 407 | 1248 | 3.1 | 39 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Jackson | 47 | 716 | 15.2 | 69 | 3 |
| Ben Hawkins | 37 | 650 | 17.6 | 65 | 4 |
| Lee Bouggess | 24 | 170 | 7.1 | 27 | 1 |
| Harold Carmichael | 20 | 288 | 14.4 | 50 | 0 |
| Gary Ballman | 13 | 238 | 18.3 | 57 | 0 |
| Sonny Davis | 11 | 46 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Ronnie Bull | 9 | 75 | 8.3 | 15 | 1 |
| Fred Hill | 7 | 92 | 13.1 | 35 | 0 |
| Tom Bailey | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Kent Kramer | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Larry Watkins | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Woodeshick | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Tony Baker | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Zabel | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 |
| Jim Whalen | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Totals | 200 | 2552 | 12.8 | 69 | 13 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Dempsey | 14 | 13 | 92.9 | 17 | 12 | 70.6 | 49 |
| Happy Feller | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 20 | 6 | 30.0 | 28 |
| Totals | 24 | 23 | 95.8 | 37 | 18 | 48.6 | 77 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McNeill | 73 | 3063 | 42.0 | 64 |
| Bill Bradley | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 45 |
| Totals | 75 | 3139 | 41.9 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bradley | 18 | 118 | 6.6 | 33 | 0 |
| Billy Walik | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 50 | 0 |
| Ben Hawkins | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 172 | 7.2 | 50 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Walik | 14 | 369 | 26.4 | 52 | 0 |
| Al Nelson | 13 | 358 | 27.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Jim Thrower | 12 | 299 | 24.9 | 45 | 0 |
| Harold Jackson | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Sonny Davis | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Gary Pettigrew | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Richard Harris | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Steve Zabel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 1183 | 24.1 | 52 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bradley | 11 | 248 | 22.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Leroy Keyes | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Al Nelson | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 44 | 1 |
| Tim Rossovich | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Steve Zabel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Hultz | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 374 | 17.0 | 51 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nate Ramsey | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ike Kelley | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Porter | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Zabel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Allison | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Nelson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Keyes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Rossovich | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Bradley | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vern Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Calloway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Hawkins | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Smith | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pete Liske | 5 | 1 | -4 | 0 | |||
| Don Hultz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Tom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sonny Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Arrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Thrower | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Woodeshick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronnie Bull | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lee Bouggess | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harold Carmichael | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Ballman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 64 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Tom Dempsey | 12 | 13 | 0 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Ben Hawkins | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Happy Feller | 6 | 10 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Harold Jackson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Lee Bouggess | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Steve Zabel | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Al Nelson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Kent Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tom Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Sonny Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bill Hobbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Larry Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ronnie Bull | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Steve Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tom Woodeshick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Pete Liske | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 221 |
