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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
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Davey O'Brien* | 22 | Rook | 8 | 99 for 201, 1,324 yards, 6 td, 17 int, & 108 rushes for -14 yards and 1 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1939 |
| FB | Chuck Newton | 23 | Rook | 7 | 1 rush for 0 yards, 0 td, & 9 catches for 123 yards and 1 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 14th pick / 1939 |
| LH | Jay Arnold | 27 | 2 | 9 | 8 rushes for 1 yards, 0 td, & 13 catches for 207 yards and 1 td | |
| RH | Fran Murray | 24 | Rook | 6 | 49 rushes for 137 yards, 1 td, & 13 catches for 144 yards and 1 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 11th pick / 1937 |
| LE | Red Ramsey | 28 | 1 | 6 | 31 catches for 359 yards, 1 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 42nd pick / 1938 |
| LT | Drew Ellis | 25 | 1 | 9 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 21st pick / 1937 |
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| LG | Theodore Schmitt | 23 | 1 | 8 | ||
| LG | Bill Hughes | 24 | 2 | 6 | ||
| C | Maurice Harper | 29 | 2 | 8 | ||
| RG | Bree Cuppoletti | 29 | 5 | 8 | ||
| RT | Clem Woltman | 25 | 1 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 62nd pick / 1938 |
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| RE | Joe Carter* | 29 | 6 | 11 | 24 catches for 292 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for 4 yards and 0 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Fran Murray | 24 | Rook | 6 | 2 of 4 field goals & 8 of 12 extra points | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 11th pick / 1937 |
| P | Fran Murray | 24 | Rook | 6 | 33 punts for a 37.0 average, 0 blocked | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 11th pick / 1937 |
| PR | Jay Arnold | 27 | 2 | 9 | ||
| KR | Jay Arnold | 27 | 2 | 9 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Jay Arnold | 27 | HB-WB-DB-BB | 10 | 9 | 210 | 6-1 | Texas | 9/9/1912 | 2 | |
| Rankin Britt | 26 | E | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 7/3/1913 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 74th pick / 1939 |
| Joe Bukant | 24 | B | 11 | 3 | 216 | 6-0 | Washington (MO) | 10/31/1915 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 17th pick / 1938 |
| Joe Carter* | 29 | E | 11 | 11 | 201 | 6-1 | Austin,SMU | 7/23/1910 | 6 | |
| Zed Coston | 24 | C | 1 | 0 | 222 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 7/12/1915 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 34th pick / 1939 |
| Bree Cuppoletti | 29 | G | 10 | 8 | 200 | 5-10 | Oregon | 6/19/1910 | 5 | |
| Woody Dow | 23 | BB-FB | 9 | 2 | 195 | 6-0 | West Texas A&M | 12/16/1916 | 1 | |
| Drew Ellis | 25 | T | 11 | 9 | 215 | 6-1 | TCU | 12/27/1914 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 21st pick / 1937 |
| Maurice Harper | 29 | C | 11 | 8 | 227 | 6-4 | Austin | 5/14/1910 | 2 | |
| Bill Hewitt | 30 | E-DE | 10 | 2 | 190 | 5-9 | Michigan | 10/8/1909 | 7 | |
| Bill Hughes | 24 | G-C | 11 | 6 | 226 | 6-1 | Texas | 4/11/1915 | 2 | |
| Ray Keeling | 24 | T-G | 9 | 0 | 242 | 6-3 | Texas | 8/24/1915 | 1 | |
| Elmer Kolberg | 23 | HB-E | 8 | 3 | 201 | 6-4 | Oregon State | 1/21/1916 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 72nd pick / 1938 |
| Emmett Kriel | 23 | G | 1 | 0 | 199 | 6-2 | Baylor | 5/12/1916 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 82nd pick / 1938 |
| Emmett Mortell | 23 | B | 8 | 2 | 181 | 6-1 | Notre Dame,Wisconsin | 4/8/1916 | 2 | |
| Fran Murray | 24 | B | 11 | 6 | 200 | 6-0 | Pennsylvania | 7/21/1915 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 11th pick / 1937 |
| Chuck Newton | 23 | FB-HB | 9 | 7 | 204 | 6-0 | Washington | 11/15/1916 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 14th pick / 1939 |
| Davey O'Brien* | 22 | QB-TB | 11 | 8 | 151 | 5-7 | TCU | 6/22/1917 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1939 |
| Bob Pylman | 26 | T | 10 | 2 | 214 | 6-4 | South Dakota State | 10/30/1913 | 1 | |
| Red Ramsey | 28 | E | 11 | 6 | 196 | 6-0 | Texas Tech | 4/9/1911 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 42nd pick / 1938 |
| Hank Reese | 30 | C-G | 5 | 3 | 214 | 5-11 | Temple | 10/24/1909 | 6 | |
| Dick Riffle | 24 | B | 10 | 3 | 200 | 6-1 | Albright | 2/2/1915 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 12th pick / 1938 |
| Theodore Schmitt | 23 | G | 11 | 8 | 219 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 10/2/1916 | 1 | |
| Jake Schuehle | 22 | HB | 2 | 0 | 196 | 6-0 | Rice | 9/28/1917 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 44th pick / 1939 |
| Dave Smukler | 25 | FB-LB | 4 | 4 | 226 | 6-1 | Missouri,Temple | 5/28/1914 | 3 | |
| George Somers | 24 | T | 9 | 3 | 253 | 6-2 | La Salle | 10/5/1915 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 64th pick / 1939 |
| Allie White | 24 | G-T | 7 | 0 | 212 | 5-11 | TCU | 3/23/1915 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 114th pick / 1939 |
| Clem Woltman | 25 | T | 11 | 8 | 214 | 6-1 | Purdue | 12/4/1914 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 62nd pick / 1938 |
| Team Total | 25.1 | 11 | 208.2 | 6-0.6 | 1.6 |