1938 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-6
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Bert Bell (5-6)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1938 Philadelphia Eagles RosterTeam Record: 5-6
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Bert Bell (5-6)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1938 Philadelphia Eagles Results
The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1938 season with a record of 5 wins and 6 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.
The Eagles chalked up 154 points, but the defense surrendered 164. Dave Smukler carried the ball for a team-leading 313 yards for Philadelphia, while Emmett Mortell also contributed to the rushing attack.
Dave Smukler passed for 524 yards. Joe Carter topped all receivers, grabbing 27 passes for 386 yards.
Bert Bell coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Smukler | 102 | 42 | 41.2 | 524 | 5.1 | 7 | 6.9 | 8 | 7.8 | 0 | 48.0 |
| Emmett Mortell | 57 | 12 | 21.1 | 201 | 3.5 | 6 | 10.5 | 7 | 12.3 | 0 | 37.3 |
| Dick Riffle | 31 | 9 | 29.0 | 178 | 5.7 | 2 | 6.5 | 4 | 12.9 | 39 | 32.9 |
| Joe Bukant | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 191 | 64 | 33.5 | 917 | 4.8 | 15 | 7.9 | 19 | 9.9 | 39 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Smukler | 96 | 313 | 3.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Emmett Mortell | 110 | 296 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Riffle | 65 | 227 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Bukant | 48 | 119 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Arnold | 19 | 22 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Woody Dow | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rabbit Keen | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 |
| John Cole | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 346 | 1011 | 2.9 | 4 | 2 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Carter | 27 | 386 | 14.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Bill Hewitt | 18 | 237 | 13.2 | 0 | 4 |
| Jay Arnold | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 34 | 2 |
| Red Ramsey | 5 | 122 | 24.4 | 40 | 1 |
| Woody Dow | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 0 | 1 |
| John Cole | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Pylman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 64 | 917 | 14.3 | 40 | 15 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Reese | 13 | 10 | 76.9 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 13 |
| Dave Smukler | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Jay Arnold | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 16 | 19 | 118.8 | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 22 |
Kick Returns:
Interceptions:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Pylman | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Jay Arnold | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Joe Carter | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Joe Carter | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Jay Arnold | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | ||||||
| Bill Hewitt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Dave Smukler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Hank Reese | 1 | 10 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Bob Pylman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Woody Dow | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Red Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dick Riffle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 |
