The 1990 Philadelphia Eagles season was the team's 58th in the National Football League (NFL).
The team made the postseason yet again with a 10–6 overall record, despite beginning the season with disappointing early-season records of 1–3 and 2–4.
The Eagles ran for 2,556 rushing yards in 1990, which is the most of any team in a single season in the 1990s.Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1990 to 1999, in the NFL, in the regular season, sorted by descending Rushing Yds
Other season highlights were a 28–14 win at Veterans Stadium over the Washington Redskins on November 12, known as the Body Bag Game, since the defense managed to knock both Redskins quarterbacks from the contest plus several other key players. The Redskins came back to the Vet later in the season to defeat the Eagles in the Wild Card Playoff, however. Against the Buffalo Bills in a 30–23 loss on December 2, Randall Cunningham made one of the signature plays of his career, eluding Bills Hall of Fame defensive end Bruce Smith in the end zone before launching the ball into the middle of the field to wide receiver Fred Barnett, who completed the 95-yard touchdown play.
One week prior, the Eagles avenged an opening-night loss at the Meadowlands, whipping the 10–0 New York Giants by a 31–13 score. The Redskins would get the last laugh, beating the Eagles 20–6 in the Wild Card round.
Following the season, the team fired head coach Buddy Ryan. Offensive coordinator Rich Kotite was promoted to replace Ryan as Eagles head coach, and would hold the position for the next four seasons.
Offseason
NFL draft
The 1990 NFL draft was held April 22–23, 1990. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season. For the number 1 pick in the draft, the Indianapolis Colts traded with the Atlanta Falcons to select Jeff George a quarterback from Illinois
Under the rules of the draft at the time, the Eagles would pick 24th or 25th in each full round. Teams that went to Super Bowl XXIV would have last 2 picks and then teams sorted out by 1989 record in each round. The Eagles at 11–5 in the previous year tied with Los Angeles Rams. With the 22nd pick in the 1st round the Eagles selected Ben Smith a cornerback from Georgia The Eagles made 12 total picks in the 1990 draft.
Training camp The Eagles held training camp at West Chester State University in West Chester, PA about 20 miles from Veterans Stadium where they play their home games.
Personnel
Staff
Roster
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 9 at New York Giants L 20–27 0–1 Giants Stadium 76,202 2 September 16 Phoenix Cardinals L 21–23 0–2 Veterans Stadium 64,396 3 September 23 at Los Angeles Rams W 27–21 1–2 Anaheim Stadium 63,644 4 September 30 Indianapolis Colts L 23–24 1–3 Veterans Stadium 62,067 5 Bye 6 Minnesota Vikings W 32–24 2–3 Veterans Stadium 66,296 7 October 21 at Washington Redskins L 7–13 2–4 RFK Stadium 53,567 8 October 28 at Dallas Cowboys W 21–20 3–4 Texas Stadium 62,605 9 November 4 New England Patriots W 48–20 4–4 Veterans Stadium 65,514 10 November 12 Washington Redskins W 28–14 5–4 Veterans Stadium 65,857 11 November 18 at Atlanta Falcons W 24–23 6–4 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 53,755 12 November 25 New York Giants W 31–13 7–4 Veterans Stadium 66,706 13 December 2 at Buffalo Bills L 23–30 7–5 Rich Stadium 79,320 14 December 9 at Miami Dolphins L 20–23 (OT) 7–6 Joe Robbie Stadium 67,034 15 December 16 Green Bay Packers W 31–0 8–6 Veterans Stadium 65,627 16 December 23 Dallas Cowboys W 17–3 9–6 Veterans Stadium 63,895 17 at Phoenix Cardinals W 23–21 10–6 Sun Devil Stadium 31,796 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries
Week 1
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Week 6
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Week 7
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Week 8
The Porkchop Bowl
Week 9
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Week 10
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This game came to be known as The Body Bag Game.
Week 11
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Week 13
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Week 14
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Week 15
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Week 16
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Week 17 at Cardinals
Standings
Postseason
Schedule Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Recap Wild Card Washington Redskins (5) L 6–20 0–1 Veterans Stadium Recap
Game summaries NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (5) Washington Redskins
Awards and honors Randall Cunningham, Bert Bell Award
References
External links 1990 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro-Football-Reference.com