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1938 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)

4th place Eastern Division 5-6-0 .455

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Head Coach: Bert Bell

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SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
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.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
34	Jay Arnold	WB-RDH	6-1	210	26	Texas	11	11
36	Joe Bukant	FB-LB	5-11	216	23	Washington-St. Louis	11	1
19	Tom Burnette	WB-RDH	6-1	194	23	North Carolina	7	0
17	Joe Carter	ROE-RDE	6-1	201	29	Austin; Jefferson	11	11
37	John Cole	BB-S	5-9	194	23	St. Joseph's (Pennsylvania)	11	0
14	Woody Dow	BB-S-WB-RDH	6-0	195	22	West Texas A&M	10	10
35	Drew Ellis	LOT-LDT	6-1	215	24	Texas Christian	11	10
19	Fritz Ferko	OT-DT	6-1	238	28	Mount St. Mary's	2	0
38	Bill Fiedler	OG-DG	5-9	195	24	Pennsylvania	1	0
26	Wimpy Giddens	LOT-LDT	6-2	221	24	Louisiana Tech	8	0
10	Maurice Harper	C-LB	6-4	227	24	Austin	11	9
56	Bill Hewitt	LOE-LDE	5-11	190	29	Michigan	11	11
29	Billy Hughes	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	6-1	226	23	Texas	11	6
28	Ray Keeling	ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT	6-3	242	23	Texas	9	3
24	Allen Keen	BB-S	5-9	170	24	Connors State JC; Arkansas	2	0
30	Bob Masters	BB-S	5-11	200	25	Baylor	1	1
31	Emmett Mortell	TB-LDH	6-1	181	25	Notre Dame; Wisconsin	11	7
39	Bob Pylman	LOT-LDT	6-4	220	25	South Dakota State	9	1
27	George Rado	ROG-RDG	5-9	194	26	Duquesne	10	6
12	Herschel Ramsey	LOE-LDE	6-0	196	27	Texas Tech	10	0
20	Hank Reese	C-LB	5-11	214	29	Temple	11	2
45	Dick Riffle	TB-LDH-FB-LB	6-1	200	23	Albright	11	4
41	Ted Schmitt	LOG-LDG	5-11	219	22	Pittsburgh	10	2
13	Dave Smukler	FB-LB	6-1	226	24	Temple	11	10
21	Herschel Stockton	LOG-LDG	6-1	218	25	McMurry	11	8
15	Clem Woltman	ROT-RDT	6-1	214	24	Purdue	10	8

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
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
Team Totals	31	40	56	27
Opponents Totals	28	65	39	32

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
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	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jay Arnold	0	1	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Hank Reese	1	6	16.7	0/	1/	0/	0/	0/
Dave Smukler	0	2	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	1	9	11.1	0/	1/	0/	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
Woody Dow	5	88	17.6		1
Herschel Ramsey	5	122	24.4		1
John Cole	2	9	4.5		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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