championship game against Dallas, he led the Eagles into the Super Bowl by rushing for over 200 yards. He added six more in the postseason for a total of 37 on the season and rushed for 1,181 yards. Wilbert Montgomery: Pos: RB, Career: 107 G, 58 TD, 6789 Yds (70th), 4.4 Y/A (54th), 2xProBowl, Eagles/Lions 1977-1985, born MS 1954 Jackson Preparatory School and Mississippi State University football coach Ricky Black, former Mississippi State University quarterback and coach Rockey Felker, former LPGA golfer Cissye Gallagher, former MLB pitcher Roy Oswalt and former University of Mississippi star lineman Richard "Possum" Price join him.Ultimately, Philadelphia lost to Oakland 27-10 in Super Bowl XV that season, as the Raiders' defense held Montgomery to 44 yards on 16 carries with 91 receiving yards on six catches.The rest of his college career wasn't as spectacular as his first year at Abilene, as injuries hampered him from putting up bigger numbers. He was named All-Pro and made the Pro Bowl for the second and final time in his career. He played with the Eagles through the 1984 season and left the team holding most of Philadelphia's rushing records. Montgomery was set to head to Jackson State University, but he would have had to sit behind a stockpile of talented running backs, including Walter Payton. He caught 273 passes for 2,502 yards with 12 touchdowns during his nine year NFL career.He rushed for 1,402 yards in the 1981 season, the last time he had more than 1,000 rushing yards in his pro career. United States . During Dick Vermeil’s tenure as Eagles coach, his biggest goal was to beat the Dallas Cowboys any chance he could. He then played for one season with the Detroit Lions in 1985, playing in seven games with six starts and just 251 yards on 75 carries.Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.As a freshman in 1973, he set the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics record for touchdowns with 31 regular-season scores. He eventually had to confess that he was playing the sport when college recruiters started coming by their family home, trying to get him to attend their respective universities. While there, his teams went 19-1 in his final two years and beat Callaway High School in the 1974 Capital Bowl.While he was starring on the football field, Montgomery had to hide that fact from his mother, Gladys, who didn't want him playing football. Jaworski turned and handed the ball off to running back Wilbert Montgomery. Pro Bowl selection. He rushed for 1,220 yards on 259 yards with nine touchdowns and started all 14 games for the Eagles that season.During his rookie season of 1977, he did not run the ball often, with 45 carries for 183 yards and two touchdowns. Wilbert’s run against Dallas. Instead, he ended up becoming a star at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, even running for a touchdown the first time he touched the ball.Montgomery only played in 12 games during the 1980 season. Wilbert Montgomery (born September 16, 1954) is a former American football player in the National Football League for nine years with the Philadelphia Eagles and Detroit Lions.In the past, Montgomery has been the running backs and tight ends coach for St. Louis Rams (1997–2005), the running backs coach for the Detroit Lions (2006–2007), the running backs coach for the Baltimore Ravens …
He added 494 receiving yards on 41 receptions with five touchdowns, and started in all 16 games.