The

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays ...

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was their 54th in the

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(NFL). The team was unable to improve upon their previous output win total of seven. Instead, the team finished with five wins, ten losses and one tie. This was the fifth consecutive season in which the team failed to qualify for the playoffs. The season was head coach

Buddy Ryan James David "Buddy" Ryan (February 17, 1931 – June 28, 2016) was an American football coach in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). During his 35-season coaching career, Ryan served as the head coach of the ...

's first with the team after serving as the defensive coordinator of the

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, who had won the

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the previous season. Quarterback duties were split between 35-year-old veteran Ron Jaworski, who started nine games in his final season with the team, and second-year quarterback

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. Veteran quarterback Matt Cavanaugh also started two games. The Eagles' passing game struggled, with the third-fewest passing yards in the league (2,540), and the fewest yards-per-attempt (4.1). The Eagles set dubious NFL records by giving up a record number of sacks (a still-standing NFL-record of 104) and yardage allowed on sacks (708). No other team in football history had ever given up more than 78 sacks or 554 yards on quarterback sacks. The team gave up three-or-more sacks in every single game of the 1986 season, the only team in NFL history to do so. The lone highlights of the season came on the road. On October 5, the Eagles entered Fulton County Stadium and shut out the

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, 16–0. then gained a comeback 33–27 overtime win against the

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on November 30, the Eagles’ first win over the club since the 1980 season and first-ever victory on the road against the Raiders.

NFL draft

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. * Supplemental pick

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Schedule

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 2

Week 6: at New York Giants

Week 10: vs. New York Giants

Week 13

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8 Rec, 145 Yds, 3 TD

Standings

Awards and honors

* Keith Byars, Franchise record, most rushing yards by a rookie

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:1986 Philadelphia Eagles season Philadelphia Eagles seasons