1939 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 1-9-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Bert Bell (1-9-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1939 Philadelphia Eagles RosterTeam Record: 1-9-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Bert Bell (1-9-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1939 Philadelphia Eagles Results
The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1939 season with a record of 1 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.
Philadelphia floundered, tallying only 105 points, while the defensive unit allowed 200. Davey O'Brien passed for 1,324 yards. Red Ramsey grabbed 31 passes for 359 yards, while Joe Carter was targeted regularly, too.
Dave Smukler carried the ball for a team-leading 218 yards for the Eagles.
Bert Bell coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davey O'Brien | 201 | 99 | 49.3 | 1324 | 6.6 | 6 | 3.0 | 17 | 8.5 | 85 | 45.3 |
| Emmett Mortell | 41 | 12 | 29.3 | 134 | 3.3 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 48.8 |
| Dave Smukler | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 56 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 4.2 |
| Dick Riffle | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Joe Bukant | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 267 | 119 | 44.6 | 1516 | 5.7 | 7 | 2.6 | 22 | 8.2 | 85 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Smukler | 45 | 218 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Fran Murray | 49 | 137 | 2.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Bukant | 59 | 136 | 2.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Emmett Mortell | 37 | 88 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Riffle | 18 | 61 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Ellis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Carter | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Hewitt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jay Arnold | 8 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Newton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Woody Dow | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Davey O'Brien | 108 | -14 | -0.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 329 | 631 | 1.9 | 6 | 5 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Ramsey | 31 | 359 | 11.6 | 85 | 1 |
| Joe Carter | 24 | 292 | 12.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Hewitt | 15 | 243 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jay Arnold | 13 | 207 | 15.9 | 38 | 1 |
| Fran Murray | 13 | 144 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chuck Newton | 9 | 123 | 13.7 | 22 | 1 |
| Dick Riffle | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Woody Dow | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Kolberg | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 119 | 1516 | 12.7 | 85 | 7 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Murray | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 14 |
| Hank Reese | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 7 |
| Totals | 13 | 9 | 69.2 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 21 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Murray | 33 | 1220 | 37.0 | 54 |
| Emmett Mortell | 23 | 907 | 39.4 | 62 |
| Dick Riffle | 17 | 683 | 40.2 | 51 |
| Dave Smukler | 10 | 483 | 48.3 | 62 |
| Davey O'Brien | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 64 |
| Joe Bukant | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 |
| Jay Arnold | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 |
| Totals | 88 | 3509 | 39.9 | 64 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Fran Murray | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||
| Joe Bukant | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Joe Carter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Jay Arnold | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Hank Reese | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Davey O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Chuck Newton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bill Hewitt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Red Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Theodore Schmitt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
