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1939 Philadelphia Eagles

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Record: 1-9-1, Finished 4th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 105 points (9.5/g), 9th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 200 points (18.2/g), 7th.
 Differential of -95 points (-8.6/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 2.0-9.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.7/g), 7th.

Coached by Bert Bell

Training Camp: St. Joseph's University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 105 2147 596 3.6 97 119 267 1516 7 22 5.7 329 631 5 1.9 97 22 0
Team Defense 200 2951 665 4.4 98 210 1290 11 17 6.1 455 1661 11 3.7 30 13
Lg Rank Offense 9 9 10 1 4 7 8 6 9 10 9 10 8 1
Lg Rank Defense 7 7 1 5 4 7 7 4 10 9 5 9 6 3

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 17 L 0-1 Washington Redskins 0 7 9 171 75 96 1 13 290 106 184 4
2 Sun September 24 L 0-2 New York Giants 3 13 7 151 45 106 1 12 258 63 195
3 Sun October 1 T 0-2-1 Brooklyn Dodgers 0 0 12 237 11 226 2 1 23 5 18
4 Sun October 15 L 0-3-1 @ New York Giants 10 27 7 113 51 62 8 13 225 116 109 2
6 Sun October 22 L 0-4-1 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 14 23 10 170 142 28 3 10 268 116 152 3
7 Sun November 5 L 0-5-1 @ Washington Redskins 6 7 6 121 87 34 1 7 199 64 135 1
7 Sun November 12 L 0-6-1 Green Bay Packers 16 23 14 243 189 54 3 14 250 73 177 3
10 Sun November 19 L 0-7-1 @ Chicago Bears 14 27 11 211 247 -36 4 18 531 285 246 5
9 Thu November 23 W 1-7-1 Pittsburgh Pirates 17 14 6 248 208 40 3 7 294 165 129 6
11 Sun November 26 L 1-8-1 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 12 24 14 199 173 26 2 8 210 44 166 2
11 Sun December 3 L 1-9-1 @ Cleveland Rams 13 35 175 175 3 102 102

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
Davey O'Brien* 22 QB 11 8 99 201 49.3 1324 6 3.0 17 8.5 85 6.6 3.4 13.4 120.4 45.3 0 0
Emmett Mortell 23 b 8 2 12 41 29.3 134 1 2.4 0 0.0 0 3.3 3.8 11.2 16.8 48.8 0 0
Dave Smukler 25 fb 4 4 7 20 35.0 56 0 0.0 4 20.0 0 2.8 -6.2 8.0 14.0 4.2 0 0
Dick Riffle 24 b 10 3 1 4 25.0 2 0 0.0 1 25.0 2 0.5 -10.8 2.0 0.2 0.0 0 0
Joe Bukant 24 b 11 3 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
Team Total 25.1 11 119 267 44.6 1516 7 2.6 22 8.2 85 5.7 2.5 12.7 137.8 37.3 0 0
Opp Total 11 98 210 46.7 1290 11 5.2 17 8.1 6.1 3.55 13.2 117.3 50.3 0 0 6.1 3.5 0.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Davey O'Brien* 22 QB 11 8 108 -14 1 0 -0.1 -1.3 9.8 -14 1 0
Joe Bukant 24 b 11 3 59 136 3 0 2.3 12.4 5.4 136 3 0
Fran Murray 24 K/P/RH 11 6 49 137 1 0 2.8 12.5 4.5 13 144 11.1 1 0 1.2 13.1 281 2 0
Dave Smukler 25 fb 4 4 45 218 0 0 4.8 54.5 11.3 218 0 0
Emmett Mortell 23 b 8 2 37 88 0 0 2.4 11.0 4.6 88 0 0
Dick Riffle 24 b 10 3 18 61 0 0 3.4 6.1 1.8 6 57 9.5 0 0 0.6 5.7 118 0 0
Jay Arnold 27 KR/LH/PR 10 9 8 1 0 0 0.1 0.1 0.8 13 207 15.9 1 38 1.3 20.7 208 1 0
Joe Carter* 29 RE 11 11 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.4 0.1 24 292 12.2 2 0 2.2 26.5 296 2 0
Bill Hewitt 30 e 10 2 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 15 243 16.2 1 0 1.5 24.3 244 1 0
Chuck Newton 23 FB 9 7 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 9 123 13.7 1 22 1.0 13.7 123 1 0
Woody Dow 23 bb 9 2 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 -0.8 0.1 5 58 11.6 0 0 0.6 6.4 51 0 0
Drew Ellis 25 LT 11 9 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.5 0.1 6 0 0
Red Ramsey 28 LE 11 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 359 11.6 1 85 2.8 32.6 359 1 0
Elmer Kolberg 23 hb 8 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 33 11.0 0 0 0.4 4.1 33 0 0
Team Total 25.1 11 329 631 5 6 1.9 57.4 29.9 119 1516 12.7 7 85 10.8 137.8 2147 12 0
Opp Total 11 455 1661 11 3.7 151.0 41.4 98 1290 13.2 11 8.9 117.3 2951 22 0

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Fran Murray 24 K/P/RH 11 6 4 2 50.0% 12 8 66.7% 33 1220 54 0 37.0
Emmett Mortell 23 b 8 2 23 907 62 0 39.4
Dick Riffle 24 b 10 3 17 683 51 0 40.2
Dave Smukler 25 fb 4 4 10 483 62 0 48.3
Hank Reese 30 c 5 3 4 2 50.0% 1 1 100.0%
Davey O'Brien* 22 QB 11 8 3 120 64 0 40.0
Jay Arnold 27 KR/LH/PR 10 9 1 42 42 0 42.0
Joe Bukant 24 b 11 3 1 54 54 0 54.0
Team Total 25.1 11 8 4 50.0% 13 9 69.2% 88 3509 64 0 39.9
Opp Total 11 9 25 23 92.0%

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Fran Murray 24 K/P/RH 11 6 1 1 2 8 2 26
Joe Bukant 24 b 11 3 3 3 18
Jay Arnold 27 KR/LH/PR 10 9 1 1 2 12
Joe Carter* 29 RE 11 11 2 2 12
Hank Reese 30 c 5 3 1 2 7
Bill Hewitt 30 e 10 2 1 1 6
Chuck Newton 23 FB 9 7 1 1 6
Davey O'Brien* 22 QB 11 8 1 1 6
Red Ramsey 28 LE 11 6 1 1 6
Theodore Schmitt 23 LG 11 8 1 1 6
Team Total 25.1 11 5 7 1 1 14 9 4 105
Opp Total 11 11 11 23 9 200