1941 Philadelphia Eagles season

The 1941 Philadelphia Eagles season was their ninth in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 1–10, winning two games.[1] The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season.

1941 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head coachGreasy Neale
Home fieldMunicipal Stadium
Results
Record2–8–1
Division place4th NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Off Season

Eagle make move back to larger Municipal Stadium from Shibe Park where they played in 1940.

In late 1940, the football Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney bought half interest in the Eagles and sold the Pirates to Alexis Thompson. Before the start of the 1941 season Rooney and Thompson swap city and NFL rights for Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Pirates players of 1940 and before are now Philadelphia Eagles and the Philadelphia Eagles players are now members of the renamed Pittsburgh Steelers.

Coach Greasy Neal has the Eagles hold training camp in the High School Bowl, in Two Rivers, Wisconsin about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Green Bay, Wisconsin and 90 miles north of Milwaukeeon Lake Michigan.

NFL Draft

The 1941 NFL Draft was held on December 10, 1940. The Eagles would get the 1st pick in the 22 rounds of the draft. Because these player were drafted before the Eagles and Steelers franchise swap of cities, these players ended up playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1941. The Pittsburgh draft picks would come to Philadelphia.

The Chicago Bears (From Philadelphia Eagles) had the number one pick in the draft. They choose Tom Harmon, the 1940 Heisman Trophy winner, a Halfback out of the University of Michigan

Player selections

The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away. These picks were the players that the Pittsburgh Pirates made before the team swap between owners.

= Pro Bowler[2] = Hall of Famer = Picks made by Pittsburgh Pirates that became Eagles in 1941
Rd Pick Player Position School
11PICK WAS TAKEN BY THECHICAGO BEARS
211Art JonesBackRichmond
316Marion PughBackTexas A&M
426Al GhesquiereBackUniversity of Detroit
531Royal KahlerTackleUniversity of Nebraska
Pitt
33
Vic SearsTackleOregon State
641Howard "Red" HickeyEndUniversity of Arkansas
Pitt
42
Bob SuffridgeGuardTennessee
751Julius "Mush" BattistaGuardFlorida
861PICK WAS TAKEN BY THECHICAGO BEARS
971P. K. RogersBackEast Texas State
1081Don WilliamsTackleTexas
Pitt
82
Ralph FritzGuardMichigan
1191Marshall StenstromBackOregon
12101John PatrickBackPenn State
13111Joe HoagueBackColgate
14121Les DodsonBackMississippi
15131Alex LukachickEndBoston College
16141Bill ConatserBackTexas A&M
17151John YauckoesTackleBoston College
18161Joe McFaddenBackGeorgetown (DC)
19171John ShonkEndWest Virginia
Pitt
173
George KerrGuardBoston College
20181L. B. RussellBackHardin–Simmons
21201Charley Henke(From Washington)GuardTexas A&M
Pitt
202
Jim CastigliaBackGeorgetown (DC)
22203Mike Fernella(From Chicago Bears)TackleAkron

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 13, 1941 New York Giants L 24–0
25,478
2 September 21, 1941 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 10–7
12,893
3 September 27, 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers L 24–13
16,341
4 October 12, 1941 at New York Giants L 16–0
30,842
5 October 19, 1941 Washington Redskins L 21–17
19,071
6 October 26, 1941 Chicago Cardinals W 21–14
12,683
7 November 2, 1941 at Brooklyn Dodgers L 15–6
15,899
8 November 9, 1941 Pittsburgh Steelers T 7–7
15,601
9 November 16, 1941 at Detroit Lions L 21–17
16,306
10 November 30, 1941 Chicago Bears L 49–14
32,608
11 December 7, 1941 at Washington Redskins L 20–14
27,102

Game recaps

The Eagles played 11 games over an NFL season that was 14 weeks long. The season started Sunday, September 7 and ended Sunday, December 7, 1941.

Week 1 Bye

The Eagles had the week off as the NFL only scheduled 1 game this week end, Pittsburgh at Cleveland Rams.

Week 3 at Steelers

The Eagles travel across the state of Pennsylvania to play the renamed Pittsburgh Steelers for the first time since the franchises swapped cities.

Week 2: Philadelphia Eagles at Pittsburgh Steelers – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Eagles 0 3 7010
Steelers 0 0 707

at Forbes Field on Grass,

  • Date: September 21, 1941
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: degrees, wind mph
Game information

Week 5 Bye

The Eagles were not scheduled to play this weekend.

Week 7 vs Redskins

The defending 1940 NFL Eastern Division Champions, Washington Redskins make a visit to Philadelphia to play the Eagles. Washington lost the 1940 NFL Championship Game to the Chicago Bears 73–0. The Eagles will host the Bears in week 12 and travel to Washington, D.C. to re-play the Redskins in week 14 to close out the 1941 season.

Week 7: Philadelphia Eagles vs Washington Redskins – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Redskins 0 14 0721
Eagles 14 0 3017

at Phila. Municipal Stadium on Grass,

  • Date: October 19, 1941
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: degrees, wind mph
Game information

Week 10 vs Steelers

The Eagles' across state rivals return to Philadelphia for a rematch of a game of game won by the Eagles played in week 3. The Eagles enter the game with 2 wins and the Steelers are winless.

Week 10: Philadelphia Eagles vs Pittsburgh Steelers – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Steelers 0 0 707
Eagles 7 0 007

at Phila. Municipal Stadium on Grass,

  • Date: November 9, 1941
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: degrees, wind mph
Game information

Week 12 Bye

The Eagles were not scheduled to play this weekend.

Week 14 at Redskins

At the Eagles – Washington Redskins game in Washington, D.C. military personnel and US Gov't officials were getting paged concerning the attack on Pearl Harbor, in the US territory of Hawaii. The attack started about time of kickoff for game.

Standings

NFL Eastern Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
New York Giants 8 3 0 .727 6–2 238 114 L1
Brooklyn Dodgers 7 4 0 .636 6–2 158 127 W2
Washington Redskins 6 5 0 .545 5–3 176 174 W1
Philadelphia Eagles 2 8 1 .200 1–6–1 119 218 L3
Pittsburgh Steelers 1 9 1 .100 1–6–1 103 276 L2

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)

The 1941 Philadelphia Eagles roster is made up of 39 players which 32 are rookies. The average years in NFL is 1/2 a year.

= 1941 Pro Bowl Pro All-Star[3]
NO. Player AGE POS GP GS WT HT YRS College
Greasy Neale50Coach1941
record

2–8–1
NFL-Eagles
Lifetime

2–8–1
1stWest Virginia Wesleyan
Jack Banta24HB651915–11RookieUSC
Len Barnum29B-P-PK1182006–03West Virginia Wesleyan
Sam Bartholomew24FB921885–11RookieTennessee
Nick Basca25HB-PK1101705–8RookieVillanova
Frank Bausch33C442206–37Kansas
Bob Bjorklund23C-LB-E702256–2RookieMinnesota
Larry Cabrelli24E-DB721945–11RookieColgate
Jim Castiglia23FB1162085–11RookieGeorgetown (DC)
Tony Cemore24G1012106–0RookieCreighton
Enio Conti28G982045–11RookieArkansas,
Bucknell
Dan DeSantis23HB1141806–0RookieNiagara
Dave DiFilippo25G522105–10RookieVillanova
John Eibner27T1192286–2RookieKentucky
Bernie Feibish22C302236–2RookieNYU
Jack Ferrante25E-DE301976–1Rookienone
Terry Fox23FB-LB1122086–1RookieMiami (FL)
Joe Frank26T1102176–1RookieGeorgetown (DC)
Ralph Fritz24G1012025–9RookieMichigan
Woody Gerber21G512236–0RookieAlabama
Lou Ghecas23HB801755–9RookieGeorgetown (DC)
Fred Gloden23HB601875–10RookieTulane
Lyle Graham26C1172106–3RookieRichmond
Gran Harrison24E102116–3RookieMississippi State
Kirk Hershey23E602156–2RookieCarroll (WI),
Cornell
Jack Hinkle24B101956–01Syracuse
Dick Humbert*23E-DE1181796–1RookieRichmond
Bob Krieger23E11111906–1RookieDartmouth
Mort Landsberg22HB1171805–11RookieCornell
Wes McAfee23HB811755–11RookieDuke
Rupert Pate24G102056–11Wake Forest
Hank Piro24E1011866–0RookieSyracuse
Phil Ragazzo26T-G10102166–03Case Western Reserve
Vic Sears23T-DT1122236–3RookieOregon State
John Shonk23E1001906–1RookieWest Virginia
Cecil Sturgeon22T602546–2RookieNorth Dakota State
Bob Suffridge25G1092056–0RookieTennessee
Tommy Thompson25QB1151926–11Tulsa
Lou Tomasetti25FB-HB631986–02Bucknell
Foster Watkins24QB-HB1111635–91West Texas A&M
Burr West23T1012206–1RookieTennessee
39 Players
Team Average
24.311201.76–0.20.5

Honors and Rewards

  • Dick Humbert finishes 2nd in Receptions with 29. NFL Leader had twice as many
  • Dick Humbert a rookie End – Defensive end makes the All-Star team.

References

  1. 1941 Philadelphia Eagles
  2. Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
  3. Players are identified as a 1940 Pro All-Star.
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