The 1934

1934 NFL season

The 1934 NFL season was the 15th regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, the Portsmouth Spartans moved to Detroit, Michigan and were renamed the Detroit Lions....

 Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

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 season was their second in the league

National Football League

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. The team failed to improve on their previous output

1933 Philadelphia Eagles season

The 1933 Philadelphia Eagles season was their inaugural in the league. The team went 3–5–1 failing to qualify for the playoffs.-Off Season:When Pennsylvania eased some of the Blue Laws and allowed Sunday sporting events, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh became available for NFL franchises as they could...

 of 3–5–1, losing seven games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Off Season

The Eagles held their preseason training camp in the New Jersey resort city of Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

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.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 16, 1934	at Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	L 19–6
2	September 26, 1934	at Pittsburgh Pirates	W 17–0
3	October 7, 1934	Pittsburgh Pirates	L 9–7
4	October 14, 1934	Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...	L 10–0
5	October 21, 1934	at Boston Redskins	L 6–0
6	October 28, 1934	at New York Giants New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	L 17–0
7	November 6, 1934	Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Reds (NFL) The Cincinnati Reds were a National Football League team that played the 1933 season and the first eight games of the 1934 season. The football Reds played most of their home games at Crosley Field...	W 64–0
8	November 11, 1934	Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field. In 1945, because of financial difficulties, the team was merged with the Boston Yanks...	L 10–7
9	November 18, 1934	Boston Redskins	L 14–7
10	November 25, 1934	at Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field. In 1945, because of financial difficulties, the team was merged with the Boston Yanks...	W 13–0
11	December 2, 1934	New York Giants New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	W 6–0

Standings

NFL Eastern Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933-69 The Eastern and Western Divisions of the National Football League, renamed the American and National Conferences in 1950 and then the Eastern and Western Conferences in 1953, were organized as a result of the disputed NFL championship of 1932...
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants 1934 New York Giants season The 1934 New York Giants season was the tenth season for the club in the National Football League. The Giants denied the Bears a perfect season as the Giants went on to win what would become known as the "Sneakers Game".-Schedule:-Standings:...	8	5	0	.615	147	107	L-1
Boston Redskins 1934 Boston Redskins season The Boston Redskins finished the 1934 season with a record of six wins and six losses, and finished in second place in the Eastern Division of the National Football League. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.-Schedule:...	6	6	0	.500	107	94	W-1
Brooklyn Dodgers 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season The 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers season was their fifth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 5-4-1, winning only four games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.-Schedule:-Standings:...	4	7	0	.364	61	153	L-3
Philadelphia Eagles	4	7	0	.364	127	85	W-2
Pittsburgh Pirates 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season The 1934 NFL Pittsburgh Pirates began the season with a new coach, Luby DiMeolo, but again found themselves finishing in 5th place in the Eastern Division...	2	10	0	.167	51	206	L-7

1934 Roster

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

Being an 2nd year expansion team the Eagles were mostly stocked with Rookies and 1st or 2nd years players.
This was before the NFL Draft

NFL Draft

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 was started. All the NFL teams competed for the same players in a open market.

A List of the 1933 Philadelphia Eagles. Centenary

Centenary College of New Jersey

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 and
St. Mary's (CA)

Saint Mary's College of California

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> SMU

Southern Methodist University

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  > Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

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> Bucknell

Bucknell University

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> Oklahoma

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> Northwewstern

Northwestern University

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> Temple

Temple University

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> South Carolina

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  > St. Bonaventure University

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> Washington & Jefferson> Ottawa (KS)

Ottawa University

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  > none > Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

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  > Idaho

University of Idaho

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> Gonzaga

Gonzaga University

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> Georgia

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  > Mississippi

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  > Villanova

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> Holy Cross

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NO.		|AGE		|GP		|WT		|YRS		Lud Wray Lud Wray James R. Ludlow "Lud" Wray was a professional American football player, coach, and co-founder, with college teammate Bert Bell, of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He was the first coach of the Boston Braves in 1932 and of the Eagles, 1933-1935...  >	40	Coach	1934 record 4–7	As Eagles Coach 7–12–1	NFL Lifetime 11–16–3		2nd
22	TB	1	0	200	6–0	Rookie
24	E	11	10	201	6–1	1
?	B	3	0	190	5–10	4
26	T	10	10	212	6–0	1
22	T	1	0	225	6–2	Rookie
28	WB-HB	8	7	203	6–1	Rookie
24	T	9	1	208	6–2	1
24	E	1	0	212	6–3	Rookie
24	C-LB	11	2	210	6–1	Rookie
27	B	11	8	192	6–1	3
25	FB-LB	1	0	195	6–2	Rookie
24	HB	1	0	170	5–11	Rookie
32	E	11	10	190	6–1	8
29	B	10	7	195	6–1	1
24	B	2	0	190	6–3	Rookie
28	G-T	10	6	215	6–0	2
24	HB	8	0	186	5–11	1
24	B	9	5	204	6–0	Rookie
?	C	10	9	200	5–11	1
25	T-G	11	11	209	6–1	2
27	TB-HB	11	11	198	6–1	Rookie
28	G-T	2	0	190	6–2	Rookie
24	HB	1	0	195	6–0	Rookie
23	E	9	2	189	6–1	Rookie
23	G	1	0	195	5–11	Rookie
24	B	1	1	210	6–0	2
27	B	10	5	195	6–1	1
26	T-E-DB	2	0	217	6–2	Rookie
23	B	5	0	180	5–9	Rookie
23	G-E-DE	11	11	196	5–1	1
26	G-T	6	1	208	5–8	Rookie
24	G	8	5	200	6–1	1
	32 Players Team Average	23.6		11		199.4	6–0.3	0.9

Awards and Honors

• Tom "Swede" Hanson ties as NFL Leader in Rushing Attempts with 146 attempts
• Tom Hanson finishes 2nd in yards rushing with 805 yards.
• Joe Carter ties for league lead with 16 receptions, and Receiving yards with 14.9 yards/catch.
• Joe Carter finished 2nd in 4 Receiving TDs
• Ed Matesic ties for league lead in Interception TD Returns with 1
• Al Weiner finished the season with only 1 FG with. The leader Jack Manders
  Jack Manders
  Jack "Automatic Jack" Manders was a National Football League running back for the Chicago Bears from 1933 through 1940. He is the older brother of Clarence Manders....
  
  had 10, and 5 finished second with 4 each.