1937 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 5th place • Eastern Division • 2-8-1 .200 |
| Head Coach: Bert Bell |
| John DaGrosa | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/19/1937 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 14-6 | W | Wilmington, DE | Pennsy Field | 4000 | |
| Fri | 8/27/1937 | H | College All-Stars | 14-6 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 20000 | |
| Sun | 9/5/1937 | A | Pittsburgh Pirates | 14-27 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 8588 | |
| Fri | 9/10/1937 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7-13 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 5221 | |
| Tue | 9/21/1937 | H | Cleveland Rams | 3-21 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 11376 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1937 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 6-6 | T | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 3912 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1937 | H | New York Giants | 7-16 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 12127 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1937 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-0 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 7370 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1937 | A | New York Giants | 0-21 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 20089 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1937 | H | Washington Redskins | 7-10 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 13167 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1937 | A | Pittsburgh Pirates | 7-16 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 2772 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1937 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14-10 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 8373 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1937 | A | Green Bay Packers | 7-37 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 13340 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jay Arnold | 34 | QB-S-LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Texas | 10 | 6 |
| Winnie Baze | 26 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH-QB-S | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Schreiner Institute JC; Texas Tech | 10 | 4 |
| Art Buss | 12 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 219 | 26 | Michigan State | 11 | 11 |
| Joe Carter | 17 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 201 | 28 | Austin; Jefferson | 10 | 8 |
| Jack Dempsey | 22 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Bucknell | 2 | 1 |
| Fritz Ferko | 11 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 238 | 27 | Mount St. Mary's | 11 | 5 |
| Glenn Frey | 32 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH-QB-S | 5-10 | 193 | 25 | Temple | 6 | 5 |
| Swede Hanson | 14 | B | 6-1 | 192 | 30 | Temple | 2 | 0 |
| Maurice Harper | 10 | C-LB | 6-4 | 227 | 23 | Austin | 8 | 3 |
| Bill Hewitt | 56 | LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 190 | 28 | Michigan | 11 | 11 |
| Bill Holcomb | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | |
| Billy Hughes | 15 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 226 | 22 | Texas | 11 | 8 |
| Allen Keen | 24 | QB-S | 5-9 | 170 | 23 | Connors State JC; Arkansas | 8 | 0 |
| Charlie Knox | 29 | B | 5-11 | 185 | St. Edmond's | 1 | 0 | |
| Johnny Kusko | 16 | ROH-RDH-FB-LB-QB-S | 5-11 | 194 | 23 | Temple | 10 | 4 |
| Jim Leonard | 19 | B | 6-0 | 204 | 27 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 |
| Jim MacMurdo | 20 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 209 | 28 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Masters | 30 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | Baylor | 8 | 3 |
| Forrest McPherson | 35 | OG-DG | 5-11 | 233 | 26 | Nebraska | 3 | 0 |
| Emmett Mortell | 31 | LOH-LDH-QB-S-ROH-RDH | 6-1 | 181 | 24 | Notre Dame; Wisconsin | 11 | 11 |
| Joe Pilconis | 28 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 189 | 26 | Temple | 11 | 3 |
| George Rado | 27 | ROG-RDG-LOT-LDT | 5-9 | 194 | 25 | Duquesne | 9 | 1 |
| Hank Reese | 25 | C-LB | 5-11 | 214 | 28 | Temple | 11 | 8 |
| Herb Roton | 18 | LOE-LDE-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Auburn | 8 | 1 |
| Jim Russell | 22 | ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 210 | 29 | Temple | 3 | 1 |
| Dave Smukler | 13 | FB-LB-LOH-LDH | 6-1 | 226 | 23 | Temple | 11 | 11 |
| Ray Spillers | 33 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 218 | 25 | Arkansas | 10 | 3 |
| Herschel Stockton | 21 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 218 | 24 | McMurry | 11 | 11 |
| Vince Zizak | 23 | ROG-RDG | 5-8 | 208 | 29 | Villanova | 2 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Sam Francis | B | Nebraska |
| 2 | 11 | Franny Murray | B | Pennsylvania |
| 3 | 21 | Drew Ellis | T | Texas Christian |
| 4 | 31 | Walt Gilbert | B | Auburn |
| 5 | 41 | Alex Drobnitch | G | Denver |
| 6 | 51 | Bill Guckeyson | B | Maryland |
| 7 | 61 | Herb Barna | E | West Virginia |
| 8 | 71 | Nestor Henrion | E | Carnegie Mellon |
| 9 | 81 | Paul Fanning | T | Kansas State |
| 10 | 91 | Ray Antil | E | Minnesota |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 21 | 31 | 0 | 34 | 86 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 43 | 28 | 71 | 177 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 68 | / % | / % | 25 | 146 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 130 | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hewitt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Joe Carter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Dave Smukler | 1 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 1 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Swede Hanson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Maurice Harper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Joe Pilconis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Hank Reese | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Team Totals | 12 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 1 | 0 | 86 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 18 | 24 | 75.0 | 5 | 0 | 177 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Smukler | 1 | 12 | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Team Totals | 1 | 12 | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 1/ | 4/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmett Mortell | 100 | 312 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Dave Smukler | 92 | 247 | 2.7 | 1 | |
| Allen Keen | 34 | 154 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Swede Hanson | 18 | 59 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Bob Masters | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Johnny Kusko | 17 | 27 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Joe Pilconis | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Winnie Baze | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Glenn Frey | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Jay Arnold | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 285 | 884 | 3.1 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 502 | 1812 | 3.6 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Smukler | 118 | 42 | 42 | 71 | 432 | 3.7 | 10.3 | 6 | 5.1 | 5 | 4.2 | 46.3 | ||||
| Emmett Mortell | 71 | 18 | 18 | 45 | 320 | 4.5 | 17.8 | 1 | 1.4 | 8 | 11.3 | 11.0 | ||||
| Allen Keen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 86 | 17.2 | 86.0 | 86t | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Johnny Kusko | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1.6 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0.0 | |||
| Glenn Frey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Swede Hanson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Winnie Baze | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 207 | 63 | 63 | 129 | 849 | 4.1 | 13.5 | 8 | 3.9 | 15 | 7.2 | 27.2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 196 | 79 | 79 | 93 | 1315 | 6.7 | 16.6 | 14 | 7.1 | 24 | 12.2 | 47.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hewitt | 16 | 197 | 12.3 | 5 | |
| Joe Carter | 15 | 282 | 18.8 | 3 | |
| Jay Arnold | 8 | 142 | 17.8 | 50 | 0 |
| Joe Pilconis | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| Allen Keen | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Masters | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Glenn Frey | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Johnny Kusko | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Winnie Baze | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Emmett Mortell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Smukler | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 63 | 849 | 13.5 | 8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 79 | 1315 | 16.6 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Harper | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 19 | 1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 594 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 594 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Pilconis | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 17 | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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