A 1976 Philadelphia Story | Eagles 1976 Season Recap

Relive the Philadelphia Eagles' 1976 season, the first under head coach Dick Vermeil.
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[@markhouse256]

This is awesome! Bring back the 70s Eagles appareil!

[@surfshack2]

My dad took me to the Raiders game in November. It was my first game i ever went to, i was 9 years old. I remember that opening kickoff fumble by the Raiders, the crowd went nuts and a couple plays later Roman Gabriel alley-ooped a year pass to Harold Carmichael for a touchdown but that was it they never scored again. Still what a thrill to go to my first game with my dad and i became a big fan after that. I remember my mom got me a cool 76 Eagles poster for the 77 season which i put over my bed. Those were the days.

[@countdown2xstacy]

I’m a Giants fan, but never disliked the Eagles in 70’s because they stunk as bad as my Giants in those days. Love all these Eagles highlights.

[@kman215]

I love watching these

[@markhouse256]

Kyle Adrien same!

[@royraven8623]

Luved those uni’s

[@russellpavlov1343]

Vince Papale "The Real Rocky". Even Hollywood did a story on Papale "Invinceable" (2006) starring Mark Wahlberg as Vince Papale.

[@spencerpearson3986]

@Christopher Hagee huh

[@aaropajari7058]

Great movie though largely made up.

[@tommysimmons5266]

The year i hitchiked twice across country ( NYC TO LA) came back on Sunday September 12,1976 and put a game on, Philly and the giants. Caught the play of #83 putting a hit on a giant and scored a touchdown from that play.

[@amontehoggard4640]

Forever in these uniforms because I saw the 76ers logo on the side uniforms,

[@thomasfoster3094]

That was the Bicentennial logo.

[@adamsamels3024]

the way they tackled BRING THIS BACK

[@christopherengel7436]

Very fun nostalgia. Fun little bits on a bunch of Eagles players. I love that the main quarterback highlights are about "the Polish Rifle" Ron Jaworski who is very clearly in a Rams uniform the whole time. Lol. Vermeil got them going the right way.

[@conlanding]

When Dick Vermeil arrived in 1976 as Eagles head coach, the previous regime tried to go with the "quick fix" by trading away high draft picks for players who they thought would make an immediate impact on the team. In 1973, the Eagles traded their 1st round pick in 1974 and their 1st & 3rd round picks in 1975 to the L.A. Rams for QB Roman Gabriel who many said was past his prime. In 1974 they traded their 1976 1st round pick & 1977 1st and 2nd round picks to Cincinnati for LB Bill Bergey, who was one of 10 players left from the team Dick Vermeil inherited from his predecessor Mike McCormick who would help the Eagles reach the Super Bowl in 1980.

[@kennedymcgovern5413]

Gabriel was past hie prime, and I am sure everyone knew that. But he was still the best option available. Don't forget that after Gabriel left...we were down to Mike Boryla. He was so bad that they had to talk Gabriel out of retirement, shot knees and all, to finish the next season in Boryla's place. I don't know if that gets mentioned here, as I am just about to start watching the video...but I remember that it happened. And Bergey was a great acquisition. I wore his "6's" every year I played the game, in his honor. There were deep problems, but I disagree that these were the problems. Besides, Vermeil raided the Rams again for Jaworski, where he had been riding the pine. Granted, he did not give away as much and got a younger QB with his trade, but it is always a deep risk drafting a QB out of college. When you do that, you roll the dice. They could come up Donovan McNabb...or they could come up Ryan Leaf.

[@conlanding]

@@kennedymcgovern5413 Agree totally! The Eagles prior to Dick Vermeil's hiring as head coach in 1976 looked like they were heading in the right direction under his predecessor Mike McCormick, who inherited a team that went 2-11-1 in 1972 and the Eagles improved their win totals in 1973 (5-8-1) & 1974 (7-7) before it bottoming out with a 4-10 record in 1975. The NFC East at the time was very competative with the Cowboys, Redskins and Cardinals each winning 10 to 12 games a year, fighting for the NFC East title and the one NFC wild-card playoff spot available at the time. From 1971 to 1976, that one NFC wild card spot was taken by either Washington or Dallas.

[@jesustirado7779]

Fly Eagle's fly win power 1976 and 2018 remember me long time cry never see watch TV my 1979 yes to year TV all watch love me 2018 my happy God wow win super bowl cry me real very good Eagle's you thanks all Eagle's game power 👍💪

[@amontehoggard4640]

I wish the Philadelphia Eagles unload the 1976 home and away uniforms because they haven’t wore a throw back uniforms since Michael Vick era in 2010,

[@michaelleroy9281]

2023 vs Miami and Buffalo

[@conlanding]

Going into the 1976 season, the Eagles hadn’t made the playoffs since 1960.

[@michaelleroy9281]

The playoffs in 1960 was just one game

[@rwyatt26]

Man my birds stunk in the mid-1970s!!!!

[@brandonmorris92]

Hey, at least the Flyers won the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975 🙂

[@franknberry6397]

They were lousy in the 60s too!

[@michaelleroy9281]

​@@brandonmorris92This was 1976 they went down in 4 straight to the high flying Habs in the final

[@markhouse256]

I like how the uniforms look like shear mesh

[@ervinghenderson4780]

What is that music at 8:37? I LOVE it.

[@zeposgrave]

I was in 3rd grade in 1976. This was my 4th Eagles season as a fan.

[@BlazeOfGlory742]

Facenda nuff said

[@ljlava]

no offense to Harry Kalas but John was the voice of NFL films

[@pauljberger8059]

Holding #64 Ed George

[@frankwolf389]

"The Claw"

[@ECWnWWF]

no mention of the Flyers in 1976? who went to their third Stanley Cup Finals in a row? ...only Philadelphia would celebrate a fictitious athlete like Sylvester Stallone.

[@kennedymcgovern5413]

No, because they lost. When you lose, your fans should stay loyal...but you don't get to make the newsreels. I was six years old in '76, and had a banner in my room that said "Hat Trick in '76." I remember the hopes, as well as the repeat in '74 and '75. But the '76 team just didn't finish the job.

[@jamesfarrington9030]

I think the Cards were under AIr Coryell at this time.

[@lukepetrocelli697]

No mention of the Quarterback Boryla

[@rpjac49]

Bob Picard 82 my hero !!!

[@kennedymcgovern5413]

I remember this season well. I was six years old, still living in Philly, and just falling in love with what would be MY team until I was 47. Unfortunately, yeah I said 47 and the math will tell you I am 52. It is a damned shame that the America haters, Communists and Libtards (I know I just said the same thing three times) had to ruin it for everyone. Haven't watched a game for 5 seasons now, and have no plans to ever watch one again.

[@roastbeef441]

Why? What happened?

[@kennedymcgovern5413]

@@roastbeef441 The league started disrespecting my brother Veterans. They forced me to choose between loyalties, and they lost.

[@ghettogadget206]

You know ya season sucked, when the first 90 seconds was dedicated to another team in ya city and a fictional movie character.

[@russellseilhamer4552]

NFL films loves doing those time consuming tricks when there really weren’t many highlights. You’re really bad when the new coach coming in starts talking about his philosophy and blah, blah,blah. There was a lot more meat in the 1977 highlights simply because there were many more. Also notice that like 75 percent of the highlights were either special teams or defense. No mention of Gabriel or Boryla.

[@marcussmith1338]

A lot of people are clamoring for those old uniforms. In my opinion they are where they belong.Retired. That was a loser uniform. I prefer seeing the present day uniforms. The uniforms of the 2017 Super Bowl Champions! I watch these videos because it brings back my childhood but the birds sucked bad back then