2019 Team Records (Coach, Quarterback, Rushers, Receivers)

2019 Team Records (Coach, Quarterback, Rushers, Receivers) – Eagles

by Chase Stuart on July 10, 2019

In this series, I will be looking at the history of coaches, quarterbacks, rushers, and receivers for all 32 franchises. For coaches and quarterbacks, I will be looking at how much their franchise’s career records (regular season only) would change if we removed the games with that person. For rushers and receivers, I will note how many times that player was the team’s leading rusher/receiver over the course of their time with that franchise (regular plus postseason).

Previous Teams:

Dolphins
Cowboys
Bills

Over the course of their franchise, Philadelphia has won 49% of its games. But if you removed the games coached by former NFL commissioner Bert Bell, the Eagles actually are above .500 for the rest of their history! The best coach in Philadelphia history is Andy Reid, even if he never won a Super Bowl. He won 58.3% of his games with the team, while all other Eagles head coaches have won just 46.9% of games. Doug Pederson is off to a good start, and so far has a slightly better winning percentage with the Eagles, but he’s got a long way to go before he passes Reid on this list.

Ovr Rk	Coach	G	W	L	T	HC Win %	FrG	FrW	FL	FrT	Fr W%	Win% w/o HC	Diff
35	Andy Reid	224	130	93	1	0.583	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.469	2.1%
58	Greasy Neale	111	63	43	5	0.59	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.48	1%
98	Doug Pederson	48	29	19	0	0.604	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.485	0.5%
104	Buddy Ryan	79	43	35	1	0.551	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.486	0.4%
105	Dick Vermeil	101	54	47	0	0.535	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.486	0.4%
106	Rich Kotite	64	36	28	0	0.563	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.486	0.4%
127	Jim Trimble	48	25	20	3	0.552	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.487	0.3%
128	Chip Kelly	47	26	21	0	0.553	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.487	0.3%
143	Buck Shaw	36	19	16	1	0.542	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.488	0.2%
156	Bo McMillin	2	2	0	0	1	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.489	0.1%
174	Pat Shurmur	1	1	0	0	1	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.49	0%
175	Fred Bruney	1	1	0	0	1	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.49	0%
267	Ray Rhodes	64	29	34	1	0.461	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.492	-0.2%
297	Wayne Millner	10	2	8	0	0.2	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.492	-0.2%
314	Ed Khayat	25	8	15	2	0.36	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.493	-0.3%
342	Nick Skorich	42	15	24	3	0.393	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.494	-0.4%
343	Mike McCormack	42	16	25	1	0.393	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.494	-0.4%
348	Hugh Devore	24	7	16	1	0.313	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.494	-0.4%
375	Marion Campbell	47	17	29	1	0.372	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.495	-0.5%
377	Lud Wray	31	9	21	1	0.306	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.495	-0.5%
385	Joe Kuharich	70	28	41	1	0.407	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.495	-0.5%
403	Jerry Williams	31	7	22	2	0.258	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.496	-0.6%
497	Bert Bell	56	10	44	2	0.196	1204	577	601	26	0.49	0.504	-1.4%

Likewise, when it comes to winning regular season games, no quarterback to wear the Eagles uniform could match Donovan McNabb’s success. For quarterbacks in this series, I am only going to go back to 1950. That’s because we don’t have quarterback starts data prior to 1950. That didn’t matter for the first three teams, but it does matter here for the Eagles. Since 1950, Philadelphia has a nearly perfectly average record of 501-499-18. With McNabb as the starter, Philadelphia won 65.1% of their games; overall, the team has won 50.1% of games since ’50, and without McNabb, that number drops to 47.7%.

Ovr Rk	QB	G	W	L	T	QB Win %	FrG	FrW	FL	FrT	Fr W%	Win% w/o QB	Diff
20	Donovan McNabb	142	92	49	1	0.651	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.477	2.4%
57	Randall Cunningham	107	63	43	1	0.593	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.490	1.1%
105	Nick Foles	32	21	11	0	0.656	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.496	0.5%
147	Carson Wentz	40	23	17	0	0.575	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.498	0.3%
148	Rodney Peete	24	15	9	0	0.625	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.498	0.3%
149	Jim McMahon	12	9	3	0	0.750	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.498	0.3%
194	Jeff Garcia	6	5	1	0	0.833	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.499	0.2%
225	Norm Van Brocklin	36	19	16	1	0.542	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.499	0.1%
227	Jack Concannon	3	3	0	0	1.000	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.500	0.1%
260	Ron Jaworski	137	69	67	1	0.507	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.500	0.1%
338	A.J. Feeley	7	4	3	0	0.571	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.500	0%
426	Matt Cavanaugh	2	1	1	0	0.500	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.501	0%
427	Jeff Kemp	2	1	1	0	0.500	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.501	0%
428	Tommy Thompson	12	6	6	0	0.500	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.501	0%
430	Sam Bradford	14	7	7	0	0.500	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.501	0%
432	Ty Detmer	18	9	9	0	0.500	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.501	0%
440	Michael Vick	40	20	20	0	0.500	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.501	0%
537	John Huarte	1	0	1	0	0.000	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.501	0%
538	George Mira	1	0	1	0	0.000	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.501	0%
539	Joe Pisarcik	3	1	2	0	0.333	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.501	0%
540	Vince Young	3	1	2	0	0.333	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.501	0%
564	Kevin Kolb	7	3	4	0	0.429	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.501	-0.1%
719	Brad Goebel	2	0	2	0	0.000	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.502	-0.1%
724	Rick Arrington	5	1	3	1	0.300	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.502	-0.1%
728	Koy Detmer	8	3	5	0	0.375	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.502	-0.1%
729	Bubby Brister	10	4	6	0	0.400	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.502	-0.1%
730	Mark Sanchez	10	4	6	0	0.400	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.502	-0.1%
740	Pete Liske	17	7	9	1	0.441	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.502	-0.1%
741	Mike Boryla	18	8	10	0	0.444	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.502	-0.1%
832	Scott Tinsley	3	0	3	0	0.000	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.502	-0.1%
836	Mike McMahon	7	2	5	0	0.286	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.502	-0.1%
870	Sonny Jurgensen	39	17	20	2	0.462	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.503	-0.2%
929	Ken O'Brien	4	0	4	0	0.000	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.503	-0.2%
987	Doug Pederson	9	2	7	0	0.222	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.503	-0.2%
1001	Adrian Burk	37	15	20	2	0.432	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.504	-0.3%
1004	Bobby Thomason	43	18	23	2	0.442	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.504	-0.3%
1035	Bobby Hoying	13	3	9	1	0.269	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.504	-0.3%
1064	John Reaves	7	0	7	0	0.000	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.504	-0.3%
1065	King Hill	18	5	12	1	0.306	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.505	-0.4%
1159	Roman Gabriel	38	12	25	1	0.329	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.508	-0.7%
1209	Norm Snead	81	28	50	3	0.364	1018	501	499	18	0.501	0.513	-1.2%

The Eagles have had a lot of very good running backs in their history, including some borderline Hall of Famers. Ricky Watters led the team in rushing in 88% of his games, Brian Westbrook was an all-purpose threat who led the team in rushing 81 times, and LeSean McCoy is a YPC star who led the Eagles in rushing in more games than Watters and more frequently than Westbrook. But it was late ’70s/early ’80s star Wilbert Montgomery who has led the team in rushing most often. Oh, and you might notice a certain quarterback led the Eagles in rushing 37 times, too.

Rusher	First Yr	Last Yr	Leading Rusher	Total Games	%
Wilbert Montgomery	1977	1984	82	107	77%
Brian Westbrook	2002	2009	81	118	69%
LeSean McCoy	2009	2014	71	93	76%
Duce Staley	1997	2003	52	105	50%
Timmy Brown	1960	1967	45	97	46%
Ricky Watters	1995	1997	45	51	88%
Tom Woodeshick	1963	1971	43	111	39%
Randall Cunningham	1985	1995	37	129	29%
Tom Sullivan	1972	1977	36	80	45%
Clarence Peaks	1957	1963	27	83	33%
Billy Ray Barnes	1957	1961	26	61	43%
Herschel Walker	1992	1994	25	50	50%
Keith Byars	1986	1992	23	110	21%
Donovan McNabb	1999	2009	22	164	13%
Heath Sherman	1989	1993	18	80	23%
Correll Buckhalter	2001	2008	17	84	20%
Anthony Toney	1986	1990	17	70	24%
Steve Van Buren	1944	1951	14	87	16%
Earnest Jackson	1985	1985	13	16	81%
Charlie Garner	1994	1998	13	69	19%
Earl Gros	1964	1966	12	41	29%
Cyril Pinder	1968	1970	12	42	29%
Mike Hogan	1976	1980	12	42	29%
Jim Parmer	1948	1956	12	89	13%
Jay Ajayi	2017	2018	11	14	79%
Po James	1972	1975	11	49	22%
Wendell Smallwood	2016	2018	11	39	28%
Ryan Mathews	2015	2016	10	26	38%

What about the leaders in receiving in Eagles history? Terrell Owens did so in 68% of his games, but he only suited up with the Eagles 22 times. Hall of Famer Pete Pihos did so in 37 games while being an outstanding defensive player, but it’s 6’8 Harold Carmichael who easily paces the field here.

Receiver	First Yr	Last Yr	Leading Receiver	Total Games	%
Harold Carmichael	1971	1983	84	187	45%
Pete Retzlaff	1956	1966	48	133	36%
Mike Quick	1982	1990	47	102	46%
Pete Pihos	1947	1955	37	111	33%
DeSean Jackson	2008	2013	36	93	39%
Fred Barnett	1990	1995	33	86	38%
Bobby Walston	1951	1962	31	149	21%
Ben Hawkins	1966	1973	30	102	29%
Tommy McDonald	1957	1963	26	89	29%
Zach Ertz	2013	2018	26	97	27%
Jeremy Maclin	2009	2014	25	77	32%
Calvin Williams	1990	1996	25	99	25%
Harold Jackson	1969	1972	23	56	41%
Irving Fryar	1996	1998	21	49	43%
Charlie Smith	1974	1981	21	123	17%
Todd Pinkston	2000	2004	20	90	22%
Jordan Matthews	2014	2018	19	62	31%
Keith Jackson	1988	1991	18	63	29%
Duce Staley	1997	2003	18	105	17%
Timmy Brown	1960	1967	17	97	18%
Brent Celek	2007	2017	16	184	9%
Terrell Owens	2004	2005	15	22	68%
Reggie Brown	2005	2009	15	77	19%
Keith Krepfle	1975	1981	15	99	15%
Keith Byars	1986	1992	15	110	14%
Brian Westbrook	2002	2009	14	118	12%
James Thrash	2001	2003	12	54	22%
Jason Avant	2006	2013	12	124	10%
Alshon Jeffery	2017	2018	11	34	32%
Gary Ballman	1967	1972	11	66	17%
John Spagnola	1979	1987	10	117	9%

That’s it for the Philadelphia version of this series. Please leave your thoughts in the comments.

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