1941 Philadelphia Eagles

1941 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head Coach	Greasy Neale
Home Field	Municipal Stadium
Results
Record	2–8–1
Place	4th NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1940	1942

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

Off Season

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

In late 1940, the football Pittsburgh Pirates 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 and 90 miles north of Milwaukee on 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

= Hall of Famer

= Picks made by Pittsburgh Pirates that became Eagles in 1941

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	1	PICK WAS TAKEN BY THE		CHICAGO BEARS
2	11	Art Jones	Back	Richmond
3	16	Marion Pugh	Back	Texas A&M
4	26	Al Ghesquiere	Back	University of Detroit
5	31	Royal Kahler	Tackle	Nebraska
	Pitt 33	Vic Sears	Tackle	Oregon State
6	41	Howard "Red" Hickey	End	Arkansas
	Pitt 42	Bob Suffridge	Guard	Tennessee
7	51	Julius "Mush" Battista	Guard	Florida
8	61	PICK WAS TAKEN BY THE		CHICAGO BEARS
9	71	P. K. Rogers	Back	East Texas State
10	81	Don Williams	Tackle	Texas
	Pitt 82	Ralph Fritz	Guard	Michigan
11	91	Marshall Stenstrom	Back	Oregon
12	101	John Patrick	Back	Penn State
13	111	Joe Hoague	Back	Colgate
14	121	Les Dodson	Back	Mississippi
15	131	Alex Lukachick	End	Boston College
16	141	Bill Conatser	Back	Texas A&M
17	151	John Yauckoes	Tackle	Boston College
18	161	Joe McFadden	Back	Georgetown (DC)
19	171	John Shonk	End	West Virginia
	Pitt 173	George Kerr	Guard	Boston College
20	181	L. B. Russell	Back	Hardin-Simmons
21	201	Charley Henke(From Washington)	Guard	Texas A&M
	Pitt 202	Jim Castiglia	Back	Georgetown (DC)
22	203	Mike Fernella(From Chicago Bears)	Tackle	Akron

Schedule

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

Game Recaps

The Eagles played 11 games over a 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 re-named Pittsburgh Steelers for the first time since the franchises swapped cities.

Week 2: Philadelphia Eagles at Pittsburgh Steelers – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 0 3 7 0 10 Steelers 0 0 7 0 7 at Forbes Field on Grass, Date: Sunday, September 21, 1941 Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST Game weather: degrees, wind mph [1] Game information 1st quarter No Scoring 2nd quarter Eagles – Len Barnum 43 yard field goal, Eagles 3 – 0 3rd quarter Steelers – Boyd Brumbaugh 4 yard rush (Jack Sanders kick) Steelers 7 – 3 Eagles – Lou Tomasetti 40 yard pass from Dan DeSantis (Len Barnum kick) Eagles 10 – 7 4th quarter No Scoring NFL Eastern Standing Brooklyn Dodgers (1–0) New York Giants (1–0) Philadelphia Eagles (1–1) Washington Redskins (0–0) Pittsburgh Steelers (0–2) Passing Eagles – Steelers – Rushing Eagles – Steelers – Receiving Eagles – Steelers –

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, DC 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 3 4 Total Redskins 0 14 0 7 21 Eagles 14 0 3 0 17 at Phila. Municipal Stadium on Grass, Date: Sunday, October 19, 1941 Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST Game weather: degrees, wind mph [2] Game information 1st quarter Eagles – Dick Humbert 4 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Nick Basca kick), Eagles 7 – 0 Eagles – Bob Krieger 21 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Nick Basca kick), Eagles 14 – 0 2nd quarter Redskins – Andy Farkas 5 yard rush (Joe Aguirre kick), Eagles 14 – 7 Redskins – Ed Justice 31 yard pass from Sammy Baugh (Joe Aguirre kick), Tied 14 – 14 3rd quarter Eagles – Nick Basca 15 yard field goal, Eagles 17 – 14 4th quarter Redskins – Bob Masterson 22 yard pass from Sammy Baugh (Bob Masterson kick), Redskins 21 – 17 NFL Eastern Standing New York Giants (5–0) Washington Redskins (3–1) Brooklyn Dodgers (2–3) Philadelphia Eagles (1–4) Pittsburgh Steelers (0–5) Passing Redskins – Eagles – Rushing Redskins – Eagles – Receiving Redskins – Eagles –

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 3 4 Total Steelers 0 0 7 0 7 Eagles 7 0 0 0 7 at Phila. Municipal Stadium on Grass, Date: Sunday, November 9, 1941 Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST Game weather: degrees, wind mph [3] Game information 1st quarter Eagles – Jim Castiglia 47 yard rush (Nick Basca kick) , Eagles 7 – 0 2nd quarter No Scoring 3rd quarter Steelers – Art Jones 25 yard rush (Jack Sanders kick), Tied 7 – 7 4th quarter No Scoring NFL Eastern Standing New York Giants (6–2) Washington Redskins (5–2) Brooklyn Dodgers (5–3) Philadelphia Eagles (2–5–1) Pittsburgh Steelers (0–7–1) Passing Steelers – Eagles – Rushing Steelers – Eagles – Receiving Steelers – Eagles –

Week 12 Bye

The Eagles were not scheduled to play this weekend.

Week 14 at Redskins

At the Eagles – Washington Redskins game in Washington, DC 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
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	8	3	0	.727	238	114	L-1
Brooklyn Dodgers	7	4	0	.636	158	127	W-2
Washington Redskins	6	5	0	.545	176	174	W-1
Philadelphia Eagles	2	8	1	.200	119	218	L-3
Pittsburgh Steelers	1	9	1	.100	103	276	L-2

1941 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

NO.	Player	AGE	POS	GP	GS	WT	HT	YRS	College
	Greasy Neale	50	Coach	1941 record 2–8–1	NFL-Eagles Lifetime 2–8–1			1st	West Virginia Wesleyan
	Jack Banta	24	HB	6	5	191	5–11	Rookie	USC
	Len Barnum	29	B-P-PK	11	8	200	6–0	3	West Virginia Wesleyan
	Sam Bartholomew	24	FB	9	2	188	5–11	Rookie	Tennessee
	Nick Basca	25	HB-PK	11	0	170	5–8	Rookie	Villanova
	Frank Bausch	33	C	4	4	220	6–3	7	Kansas
	Bob Bjorklund	23	C-LB-E	7	0	225	6–2	Rookie	Minnesota
	Larry Cabrelli	24	E-DB	7	2	194	5–11	Rookie	Colgate
	Jim Castiglia	23	FB	11	6	208	5–11	Rookie	Georgetown (DC)
	Tony Cemore	24	G	10	1	210	6–0	Rookie	Creighton
	Enio Conti	28	G	9	8	204	5–11	Rookie	Arkansas, Bucknell
	Dan DeSantis	23	HB	11	4	180	6–0	Rookie	Niagara
	Dave DiFilippo	25	G	5	2	210	5–10	Rookie	Villanova
	John Eibner	27	T	11	9	228	6–2	Rookie	Kentucky
	Bernie Feibish	22	C	3	0	223	6–2	Rookie	NYU
	Jack Ferrante	25	E-DE	3	0	197	6–1	Rookie	none
	Terry Fox	23	FB-LB	11	2	208	6–1	Rookie	Miami (FL)
	Joe Frank	26	T	11	0	217	6–1	Rookie	Georgetown (DC)
	Ralph Fritz	24	G	10	1	202	5–9	Rookie	Michigan
	Woody Gerber	21	G	5	1	223	6–0	Rookie	Alabama
	Lou Ghecas	23	HB	8	0	175	5–9	Rookie	Georgetown (DC)
	Fred Gloden	23	HB	6	0	187	5–10	Rookie	Tulane
	Lyle Graham	26	C	11	7	210	6–3	Rookie	Richmond
	Gran Harrison	24	E	1	0	211	6–3	Rookie	Mississippi State
	Kirk Hershey	23	E	6	0	215	6–2	Rookie	Carroll (WI), Cornell
	Jack Hinkle	24	B	1	0	195	6–0	1	Syracuse
	Dick Humbert*	23	E-DE	11	8	179	6–1	Rookie	Richmond
	Bob Krieger	23	E	11	11	190	6–1	Rookie	Dartmouth
	Mort Landsberg	22	HB	11	7	180	5–11	Rookie	Cornell
	Wes McAfee	23	HB	8	1	175	5–11	Rookie	Duke
	Rupert Pate	24	G	1	0	205	6–1	1	Wake Forest
	Hank Piro	24	E	10	1	186	6–0	Rookie	Syracuse
	Phil Ragazzo	26	T-G	10	10	216	6–0	3	Case Western Reserve
	Vic Sears	23	T-DT	11	2	223	6–3	Rookie	Oregon State
	John Shonk	23	E	10	0	190	6–1	Rookie	West Virginia
	Cecil Sturgeon	22	T	6	0	254	6–2	Rookie	North Dakota State
	Bob Suffridge	25	G	10	9	205	6–0	Rookie	Tennessee
	Tommy Thompson	25	QB	11	5	192	6–1	1	Tulsa
	Lou Tomasetti	25	FB-HB	6	3	198	6–0	2	Bucknell
	Foster Watkins	24	QB-HB	11	1	163	5–9	1	West Texas A&M
	Burr West	23	T	10	1	220	6–1	Rookie	Tennessee
	39 Players Team Average	24.3		11		201.7	6–0.2	0.5

• Link to all time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history

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.