1986 Philadelphia Eagles

The 1986 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 54th in the league. 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 coach Buddy Ryan's first with the team after serving as the defensive coordinator of the 1985 Chicago Bears, the team that won the Super Bowl in 1985.

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 Randall Cunningham. 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 whopping 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 3 or more sacks in every single game of the 1986 season, the only team in NFL history to do so.

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

Awards and honors

 * Keith Byars, Franchise record, most rushing yards by a rookie
 * Mike Quick, 1986 Pro Bowl selection