1942 Philadelphia Eagles season

NFL team season November 2013 March 2026 Philadelphia Eagles 1942 2–9 5th NFL Eastern Greasy Neale Shibe Park Did not qualify 1943 (Steagles) Eagles seasons The 1942 Philadelphia Eagles season was their tenth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 2–8–1, losing nine games.1942 Philadelphia Eagles The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 10th consecutive season. Offseason The Eagles held training camp for the second year at the High School Bowl, in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. NFL draft The 1942 NFL draft was held on December 22, 1941. The draft was 22 rounds long and each team received 20 picks for a total of 200 players. The Eagles got to select 3rd in each of the 1st 20 rounds. The top 5 teams record wise in 1941 did not get picks in rounds 2 and 4, as the lowest 5 teams do not pick in rounds 21 and 22. With the first pick in the draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers select Bill Dudley a Halfback out of Virginia. Dudley was the first Virginia player to earn All-America honors and was awarded the Maxwell Award for best college football player of the year for 1941. He was also named the best college player of the year by the DC Touchdown Club. The Eagles first pick was the third player in the draft, Pete Kmetovic, a Halfback from Stanford University. He would not play Pro football until 1946 for the Eagles. 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. = Pro BowlerPlayers are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.= Hall of Famer Rd PickPlayerPosition School 1 3 Pete Kmetovic Halfback Stanford University 2 13 Vic Lindskog Center Stanford University 3 18 Ted WilliamsBack Boston College 4 28 Gordon Paschka Guard Minnesota 5 33 Ernie BlandinTackleTulane 6 43 Earl YoungloveEndWashington 7 53 Billy SewellBackWashington State 8 63 Bill HalversonGuardOregon State 9 73 Ray GravesCenterTennessee 10 83 Jack Stackpool BackWashington 11 93 Noble DossBackTexas 12 103 Fred MeyerEndStanford 13 113 Bob BrentonTackleMissouri 14 123 John WyhonicGuardAlabama 15 133 O'Dell GriffinGuardBaylor 16 143 Bill SmaltzBackPenn State 17 153 Arnie MeinersEndStanford 18 163 Bill BraunTackleSanta Clara 19 173 Charley DvoracekBackTexas Tech 20 183 Marv TommervikBackPacific Lutheran Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap 1 September 13 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 24–14 1–0 Forbes Field 13,349 Recap 2 September 20 at Cleveland Rams L 14–24 1–1 Rubber Bowl 6,434 Recap 3 September 27 Brooklyn Dodgers L 14–35 1–2 Erie Stadium 5,286 Recap 4 October 4 Washington Redskins L 10–14 1–3 Shibe Park 15,500 Recap 5 October 11 at New York Giants L 17–35 1–4 Polo Grounds 28,264 Recap 6 October 18 Pittsburgh Steelers L 0–14 1–5 Shibe Park 12,500 Recap 7 October 25 at Chicago Bears L 14–45 1–6 Wrigley Field 15,372 Recap 8 November 1 at Washington Redskins L 27–30 1–7 Griffith Stadium 32,658 Recap 9 November 8 New York Giants L 0–14 1–8 Shibe Park 13,600 Recap 10 November 15 Brooklyn Dodgers W 14–7 2–8 Ebbets Field 3,858 Recap 11 Bye 12 November 29 Green Bay Packers L 0–7 2–9 Shibe Park 13,700 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. On November 22, during their bye week, the Eagles tied the independent Wilmington Clippers 21–21 at Wilmington Park before 8,500 fans.https://www.profootballarchives.com/1942wil.html/ 1942 Wilmington Clippers Pro Football Archives December 12, 2021 December 7, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201207071440/https://www.profootballarchives.com/1942wil.html dead Standings Roster (All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history) = 1942 Pro All-StarPlayers are identified as a 1942 Pro All-Star. NO.″PlayerAGEPOSGPGSWTHTYRSCollege Greasy Neale 51 Coach 1941record2–9NFL-Eagles Lifetime4–17–1 2nd West Virginia Wesleyan Len Barnum *30B1052006–04West Virginia Wesleyan John Binotto23HB201855–10RookieDuquesne Leo Brennan23T1122106–0Rookie Holy Cross Larry Cabrelli25E-DB11111945–11 1 Colgate Bill Combs22E-DB1001835–11RookiePurdue Enio Conti29G11102045–11 1 Arkansas, and Bucknell Leon Cook22T202456–0RookieNorthwestern Bob Davis28HB-FBQB-P1061806–14 Kentucky John Eibner28T1072286–2 1 Kentucky Dick Erdlitz22HB10 1 1815–10RookieNorthwestern Joe Frank27T 1 02176–1 1 Georgetown (DC) Woody Gerber22G1192236–0 1 Alabama Ray Graves24C1162056–1Rookie Tennessee, andTennessee Wesleyan Irv Hall29FB832106–0RookieBrown Bill Halverson23T802426–3RookieOregon State Ken Hayden25C952056–0RookieArkansas Frank Hrabetin27T7 1 2336–4RookieLoyola Marymount Billy Jefferson24HB502086–2 1 Mississippi State Bert Johnson30FB-BB-HB732126–05Kentucky Bernie Kaplan29G301955–117Western Maryland Ed Kasky23T1032206–1RookieVillanova Jim Lankas24B102206–2RookieSt. Mary's (CA) Steve Levanitis22T502206–1RookieBoston College Basilio Marchi33G-C7 1 2206–28NYU Bob Masters31HB302005–115Baylor Fred Meyer23E-DE10101906–2RookieStanford Bert Milling21G201855–10RookieRichmond Rupert Pate25G702056–12Wake Forest Bob Priestley22E901925–11Rookie Brown Bosh Pritchard23HB641645–11RookieGeorgia Tech, andVMI Vic Sears24T-DT11112236–3 1 Oregon State Jack Smith25DE-E602006–1RookieStanford Jack Stackpool25FB842076–1RookieWashington Ernie Steele25HB-DB10 1 1876–0RookieWashington Len Supulski22E901756–0RookieDickinson Al Thacker23G302005–10RookieMorris Harvey College, Charleston (WV) Tommy Thompson26QB11101926–12Tulsa Lou Tomasetti26FB-HB1051986–03Bucknell Bob Wear23C-LB302055–11RookiePenn State, andSacramento State Ted Williams26B1121835–11RookieBoston College, andNotre Dame Tex Williams23C-LB501935–11Rookie Auburn 40 Players Team Average 25 11 203.4 6–0.3 1.1 References Category:Philadelphia Eagles seasons Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eag