1938 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Division • 5-6-0 .455 |
| Head Coach: Bert Bell |
| Jim MacMurdo | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/24/1938 | H | Eastern College All-Stars | 14-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 25000 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1938 | H | Washington Redskins | 23-26 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 20000 | |
| Fri | 9/16/1938 | A | Pittsburgh Pirates | 27-7 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 19749 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1938 | H | New York Giants | 14-10 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 23877 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1938 | H | Chicago Bears | 6-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 22246 | |
| Mon | 10/10/1938 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 27-0 | W | Wilmington, DE | Pennsy Field | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1938 | A | New York Giants | 7-17 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 33187 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1938 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-20 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 3000 | |
| Wed | 10/26/1938 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 7-0 | W | Erie, PA | Erie Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1938 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7-10 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 11477 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1938 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14-32 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 13052 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1938 | H | Pittsburgh Pirates | 14-7 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 6500 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1938 | A | Detroit Lions | 21-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 18985 | |
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 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Texas | 11 | 11 |
| Joe Bukant | 36 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 216 | 23 | Washington-St. Louis | 11 | 1 |
| Tom Burnette | 19 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 194 | 23 | North Carolina | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Carter | 17 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 201 | 29 | Austin; Jefferson | 11 | 11 |
| John Cole | 37 | BB-S | 5-9 | 194 | 23 | St. Joseph's (Pennsylvania) | 11 | 0 |
| Woody Dow | 14 | BB-S-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | West Texas A&M | 11 | 10 |
| Drew Ellis | 35 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Texas Christian | 11 | 10 |
| Fritz Ferko | 19 | OT-DT | 6-1 | 238 | 28 | Mount St. Mary's | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Fiedler | 38 | OG-DG | 5-9 | 195 | 24 | Pennsylvania | 1 | 0 |
| Wimpy Giddens | 26 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 221 | 24 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 0 |
| Maurice Harper | 10 | C-LB | 6-4 | 227 | 24 | Austin | 11 | 9 |
| Bill Hewitt | 56 | LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 190 | 29 | Michigan | 11 | 11 |
| Billy Hughes | 29 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 226 | 23 | Texas | 11 | 6 |
| Ray Keeling | 28 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 242 | 23 | Texas | 9 | 3 |
| Allen Keen | 24 | BB-S | 5-9 | 170 | 24 | Connors State JC; Arkansas | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Masters | 30 | BB-S | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | Baylor | 1 | 1 |
| Emmett Mortell | 31 | TB-LDH | 6-1 | 181 | 25 | Notre Dame; Wisconsin | 11 | 7 |
| Bob Pylman | 39 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 220 | 25 | South Dakota State | 9 | 1 |
| George Rado | 27 | ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 194 | 26 | Duquesne | 10 | 6 |
| Herschel Ramsey | 12 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 196 | 27 | Texas Tech | 10 | 0 |
| Hank Reese | 20 | C-LB | 5-11 | 214 | 29 | Temple | 11 | 2 |
| Dick Riffle | 45 | TB-LDH-FB-LB | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Albright | 11 | 4 |
| Ted Schmitt | 41 | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 219 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 2 |
| Dave Smukler | 13 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 226 | 24 | Temple | 11 | 10 |
| Herschel Stockton | 21 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 218 | 25 | McMurry | 11 | 8 |
| Clem Woltman | 15 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 214 | 24 | Purdue | 10 | 8 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Jim McDonald | B | Ohio State |
| 2 | 12 | Dick Riffle | B | Albright |
| 3 | 17 | Joe Bukant | B | Washington-St. Louis |
| 4 | 27 | John Meek | B | California |
| 5 | 32 | Fred Shirey | T | Nebraska |
| 6 | 42 | Herschel Ramsey | E | Texas Tech |
| 7 | 52 | Bob Lannon | E | Iowa |
| 8 | 62 | Clem Woltman | T | Purdue |
| 9 | 72 | Elmer Kolberg | B | Oregon State |
| 10 | 82 | Emmett Kriel | T | Baylor |
| 11 | 92 | Carl Hinkle | C | Vanderbilt |
| 12 | 102 | Johnny Michelosen | B | Pittsburgh |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31 | 40 | 56 | 27 | 154 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 65 | 39 | 32 | 164 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 86 | 47 | 30 | 9 | / % | / % | 220 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 146 | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Carter | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Jay Arnold | 4 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 27 |
| Bill Hewitt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dave Smukler | 2 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 18 |
| Hank Reese | 0 | 10 | 13 | 76.9 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 0 | 13 |
| Woody Dow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Pylman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Herschel Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Riffle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 22 | 19 | 22 | 86.4 | 1 | 9 | 11.1 | 0 | 154 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 18 | 22 | 81.8 | 4 | 1 | 164 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Reese | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 0 | 22 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Dave Smukler | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Jay Arnold | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 9 | 11.1 | 0 | 22 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 0/ | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Smukler | 96 | 313 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Emmett Mortell | 110 | 296 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Dick Riffle | 65 | 227 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Joe Bukant | 48 | 119 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Jay Arnold | 19 | 22 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| Woody Dow | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Allen Keen | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| John Cole | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 346 | 1011 | 2.9 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 463 | 1855 | 4.0 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Smukler | 102 | 42 | 41.2 | 52 | 524 | 5.1 | 12.5 | 7 | 6.9 | 8 | 7.8 | 48.0 | ||||
| Emmett Mortell | 57 | 12 | 21.1 | 38 | 201 | 3.5 | 16.8 | 7 | 12.3 | 7 | 12.3 | 41.8 | ||||
| Dick Riffle | 31 | 9 | 29.0 | 18 | 178 | 5.7 | 19.8 | 1 | 3.2 | 4 | 12.9 | 22.2 | ||||
| Joe Bukant | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Team Totals | 191 | 64 | 33.5 | 108 | 917 | 4.8 | 14.3 | 15 | 7.9 | 19 | 9.9 | 36.6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 197 | 97 | 49.2 | 84 | 1396 | 7.1 | 14.4 | 7 | 3.6 | 16 | 8.1 | 50.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Carter | 27 | 386 | 14.3 | 7 | |
| Bill Hewitt | 18 | 237 | 13.2 | 4 | |
| Jay Arnold | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 2 | |
| Herschel Ramsey | 5 | 122 | 24.4 | 1 | |
| Woody Dow | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 1 | |
| John Cole | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Pylman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 64 | 917 | 14.3 | 15 | |
| Opponents Totals | 97 | 1396 | 14.4 | 7 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Arnold | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 16 | 1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 373 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 373 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Smukler | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Arnold | 1 | ||||||
| Joe Carter | 1 | ||||||
| Bob Pylman | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 13 | 17 | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 1 |
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