1939 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Division • 1-9-1 .100 |
| Head Coach: Bert Bell |
| Jim MacMurdo | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 8/22/1939 | H | Eastern All-Stars | 17-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Muncipal Stadium | 25000 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1939 | H | Washington Redskins | 0-7 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 33528 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1939 | H | New York Giants | 3-13 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 30864 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1939 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 0-0 | T | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 1880 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1939 | A | New York Giants | 10-27 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 34471 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1939 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14-23 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 13051 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1939 | A | Washington Redskins | 6-7 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 20444 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1939 | H | Green Bay Packers | 16-23 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 23862 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1939 | A | Chicago Bears | 14-27 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 21398 | |
| Thu | 11/23/1939 | H | Pittsburgh Pirates | 17-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 20000 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1939 | A | Pittsburgh Pirates | 12-24 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 8788 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1939 | N2 | Cleveland Rams | 13-35 | L | Colorado Springs, CO | Broadmoor Stadium | 9189 | |
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 | BB-LDH-FB-LB | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Texas | 10 | 10 |
| Rankin Britt | 18 | E | 6-2 | 206 | 24 | Texas A&M | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Bukant | 36 | WB-RDH-FB-LB | 5-11 | 216 | 24 | Washington-St. Louis | 11 | 2 |
| Joe Carter | 17 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 201 | 30 | Austin; Jefferson | 11 | 11 |
| Zed Coston | 23 | C-LB | 6-2 | 222 | 24 | Texas A&M | 1 | 0 |
| Bree Cuppoletti | 37 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 200 | 29 | Oregon | 10 | 8 |
| Woody Dow | 14 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | West Texas A&M | 9 | 2 |
| Drew Ellis | 35 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Texas Christian | 11 | 9 |
| Maurice Harper | 10 | C-LB | 6-4 | 227 | 25 | Austin | 11 | 8 |
| Bill Hewitt | 56 | LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 190 | 30 | Michigan | 10 | 2 |
| Billy Hughes | 29 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 226 | 24 | Texas | 11 | 6 |
| Ray Keeling | 28 | OT-DT-LOG-DG | 6-3 | 242 | 24 | Texas | 9 | 0 |
| Elmer Kolberg | 16 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 201 | 23 | Oregon State | 8 | 3 |
| Emmett Kriel | 25 | OG-DG | 6-2 | 199 | 23 | Baylor | 1 | 0 |
| Emmett Mortell | 31 | TB-S | 6-1 | 181 | 26 | Notre Dame; Wisconsin | 10 | 2 |
| Franny Murray | 11 | WB-RDH-FB-LB | 6-0 | 204 | 24 | Pennsylvania | 11 | 7 |
| Chuck Newton | 40 | WB-RDH-FB-LB | 6-0 | 204 | 23 | Washington | 10 | 7 |
| Davey O'Brien | 8 | TB-S | 5-7 | 150 | 22 | Texas Christian | 11 | 8 |
| Bob Pylman | 39 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 220 | 26 | South Dakota State | 11 | 2 |
| Herschel Ramsey | 12 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 196 | 28 | Texas Tech | 11 | 6 |
| Hank Reese | 20 | C-LB-OG-DG | 5-11 | 214 | 30 | Temple | 5 | 3 |
| Dick Riffle | 45 | BB-LDH-TB-S-WB-RDH | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Albright | 10 | 2 |
| Ted Schmitt | 41 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 219 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 8 |
| Jake Schuehle | 38 | HB-DH | 6-0 | 196 | 22 | Rice | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Smukler | 13 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 226 | 25 | Temple | 4 | 4 |
| George Somers | 19 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 253 | 24 | La Salle | 9 | 3 |
| Allie White | 21 | OT-DT-OG-DG | 5-11 | 212 | 24 | Texas Christian | 8 | 0 |
| Clem Woltman | 15 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 214 | 25 | Purdue | 11 | 8 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Davey O'Brien | B | Texas Christian |
| 2 | 14 | Chuck Newton | T | Washington |
| 3 | 19 | Joe Mihal | T | Purdue |
| 4 | 29 | Billy Dewell | E | Southern Methodist |
| 5 | 34 | Zed Coston | G | Texas A&M |
| 6 | 44 | Jake Schuehle | B | Rice |
| 7 | 54 | Tony Ippolito | B | Purdue |
| 8 | 64 | George Somers | T | La Salle |
| 9 | 74 | Rankin Britt | E | Texas A&M |
| 10 | 84 | Bill McKeever | T | Cornell |
| 11 | 94 | Paul Humphrey | C | Purdue |
| 12 | 104 | Jack Kraynick | B | North Carolina |
| 13 | 114 | Allie White | T | Texas Christian |
| 14 | 124 | Joe Aleskus | T | Ohio State |
| 15 | 134 | Foster Watkins | B | West Texas A&M |
| 16 | 144 | Irv Hall | B | Brown |
| 17 | 154 | Bob Riddell | E | South Dakota State |
| 18 | 164 | Charlie Gainor | E | North Dakota |
| 19 | 174 | Morris White | B | Tulsa |
| 20 | 184 | Dick Gormley | C | Louisiana State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 9 | 34 | 16 | 46 | 105 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 54 | 48 | 61 | 200 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 97 | 43 | 44 | 10 | / % | / % | 237 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 107 | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franny Murray | 3 | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 32 |
| Joe Bukant | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joe Carter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Hank Reese | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jay Arnold | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Hewitt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Newton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Davey O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Herschel Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ted Schmitt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 14 | 9 | 14 | 64.3 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 105 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 23 | 25 | 92.0 | 9 | 0 | 200 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franny Murray | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 32 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Hank Reese | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 43 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 43 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 2/ | 2/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Smukler | 45 | 218 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Franny Murray | 49 | 137 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| Joe Bukant | 59 | 136 | 2.3 | 3 | |
| Emmett Mortell | 37 | 88 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Dick Riffle | 18 | 61 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Drew Ellis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Carter | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jay Arnold | 8 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | |
| Bill Hewitt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chuck Newton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Woody Dow | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Davey O'Brien | 108 | -14 | -0.1 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 329 | 631 | 1.9 | 5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 455 | 1661 | 3.7 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davey O'Brien | 201 | 99 | 49.3 | 85 | 1324 | 6.6 | 13.4 | 6 | 3.0 | 17 | 8.5 | 45.3 | ||||
| Emmett Mortell | 41 | 12 | 29.3 | 29 | 134 | 3.3 | 11.2 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 48.8 | ||||
| Dave Smukler | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 9 | 56 | 2.8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 20.0 | 4.2 | ||||
| Dick Riffle | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Joe Bukant | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 267 | 119 | 44.6 | 126 | 1516 | 5.7 | 12.7 | 7 | 2.6 | 22 | 8.2 | 37.3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 210 | 98 | 46.7 | 95 | 1290 | 6.1 | 13.2 | 11 | 5.2 | 17 | 8.1 | 50.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herschel Ramsey | 31 | 359 | 11.6 | 1 | |
| Joe Carter | 24 | 292 | 12.2 | 2 | |
| Bill Hewitt | 15 | 243 | 16.2 | 1 | |
| Jay Arnold | 13 | 207 | 15.9 | 1 | |
| Franny Murray | 13 | 144 | 11.1 | 1 | |
| Chuck Newton | 9 | 123 | 13.7 | 1 | |
| Dick Riffle | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Woody Dow | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 0 | |
| Elmer Kolberg | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 119 | 1516 | 12.7 | 7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 98 | 1290 | 13.2 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 17 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franny Murray | 33 | 1220 | 37.0 | 54 | 0 | |||||
| Emmett Mortell | 23 | 907 | 39.4 | 62 | 1 | |||||
| Dick Riffle | 17 | 683 | 40.2 | 51 | 0 | |||||
| Dave Smukler | 10 | 483 | 48.3 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| Davey O'Brien | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 64 | 0 | |||||
| Joe Bukant | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 | |||||
| Jay Arnold | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 88 | 3509 | 39.9 | 64 | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 2890 | 39.6 | 80 | 2 | 384 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 384 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Schmitt | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 28 | 13 | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 0 |
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