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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 (1-9-1)
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1939 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | 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 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 22 | L | 0-4-1 | @ | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14 | 23 | 10 | 170 | 142 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 268 | 116 | 152 | 3 | |
| 6 | 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 | ||
| 8 | 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 | ||
| 10 | 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 | ||||||
Team Stats and Rankings
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 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 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davey O'Brien* | 22 | QB | 11 | 8 | 99 | 201 | 49.3 | 1324 | 6 | 3.0 | 17 | 8.5 | 85 | 6.6 | 3.1 | 13.4 | 120.4 | 45.3 | ||||||
| Emmett Mortell | 23 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 29.3 | 134 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 11.2 | 16.8 | 48.8 | |||||||
| Dave Smukler | 25 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 35.0 | 56 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 2.8 | -6.2 | 8.0 | 14.0 | 4.2 | |||||||
| Dick Riffle | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 0.5 | -10.8 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Joe Bukant | 24 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 25.1 | 11 | 119 | 267 | 44.6 | 1516 | 7 | 2.6 | 22 | 8.2 | 85 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 12.7 | 137.8 | 37.3 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 11 | 98 | 210 | 46.7 | 1290 | 11 | 5.2 | 17 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 13.2 | 117.3 | 50.3 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 3.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | 11 | 3 | 59 | 136 | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | 12.4 | 5.4 | 136 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Fran Murray | 24 | 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 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 218 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 54.5 | 11.3 | 218 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Emmett Mortell | 23 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 11.0 | 4.6 | 88 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dick Riffle | 24 | 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 | LH | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Fran Murray | 24 | RH | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | 12 | 8 | 66.7% | 33 | 1220 | 54 | 0 | 37.0 | ||||||||||
| Emmett Mortell | 23 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 907 | 62 | 0 | 39.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Riffle | 24 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 683 | 51 | 0 | 40.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Smukler | 25 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 483 | 62 | 0 | 48.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hank Reese | 30 | 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 | LH | 10 | 9 | 1 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 42.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Bukant | 24 | 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% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Murray | 24 | RH | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 26 | |||||||
| Joe Bukant | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Jay Arnold | 27 | LH | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Joe Carter* | 29 | RE | 11 | 11 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Hank Reese | 30 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Bill Hewitt | 30 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Newton | 23 | FB | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Davey O'Brien* | 22 | QB | 11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Red Ramsey | 28 | LE | 11 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Theodore Schmitt | 23 | LG | 11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 105 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 11 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 200 |