1934 Philadelphia Eagles season

1934 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head Coach	Lud Wray
Home Field	Baker Bowl
Results
Record	4–7
Place	3rd NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1933	1935

The 1934 Philadelphia Eagles season was their second in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output 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.

Regular Season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 16, 1934	at Green Bay Packers	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	L 10–0
5	October 21, 1934	at Boston Redskins	L 6–0
6	October 28, 1934	at New York Giants	L 17–0
7	November 6, 1934	Cincinnati Reds	W 64–0
8	November 11, 1934	Brooklyn Dodgers	L 10–7
9	November 18, 1934	Boston Redskins	L 14–7
10	November 25, 1934	at Brooklyn Dodgers	W 13–0
11	December 2, 1934	New York Giants	W 6–0

Standings

NFL Eastern
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	8	5	0	.615	147	107	L-1
Boston Redskins	6	6	0	.500	107	94	W-1
Brooklyn Dodgers	4	7	0	.364	61	153	L-3
Philadelphia Eagles	4	7	0	.364	127	85	W-2
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	10	0	.167	51	206	L-7

Playoffs

In their second year of existence the Eagles failed to play for the NFL Championship.

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

A List of the 1933 Philadelphia Eagles.

NO.	Player	AGE	POS	GP	GS	WT	HT	YRS	College
	Lud Wray	40	Coach	1934 record 4–7	As Eagles Coach 7–12–1	NFL Lifetime 11–16–3		2nd	Pennsylvania
	Dan Barnhart	22	TB	1	0	200	6–0	Rookie	Centenary and St. Mary's (CA)
	Joe Carter	24	E	11	10	201	6–1	1	Austin and SMU
	Algy Clark	?	B	3	0	190	5–10	4	Ohio State
	Paul Cuba	26	T	10	10	212	6–0	1	Pittsburgh
	Jack Dempsey	22	T	1	0	225	6–2	Rookie	Bucknell
	Swede Ellstrom	28	WB-HB	8	7	203	6–1	Rookie	Oklahoma
	Bob Gonya	24	T	9	1	208	6–2	1	Northwewstern
	Len Gudd	24	E	1	0	212	6–3	Rookie	Temple
	Chuck Hajek	24	C-LB	11	2	210	6–1	Rookie	Northwestern and South Carolina
	Swede Hanson	27	B	11	8	192	6–1	3	Temple
	Lorne Johnson	25	FB-LB	1	0	195	6–2	Rookie	Temple
	George Kavel	24	HB	1	0	170	5–11	Rookie	Carnegie Mellon
	George Kenneally	32	E	11	10	190	6–1	8	St. Bonaventure University
	Red Kirkman	29	B	10	7	195	6–1	1	Case Western Reserve and Washington & Jefferson
	Jack Knapper	24	B	2	0	190	6–3	Rookie	Ottawa (KS)
	Joe Kresky	28	G-T	10	6	215	6–0	2	Wisconsin
	Rick Lackman	24	HB	8	0	186	5–11	1	none
	Jim Leonard	24	B	9	5	204	6–0	Rookie	Notre Dame
	John Lipski	?	C	10	9	200	5–11	1	Temple
	Jim MacMurdo	25	T-G	11	11	209	6–1	2	Pittsburgh
	Ed Matesic	27	TB-HB	11	11	198	6–1	Rookie	Pittsburgh
	Barnes Milam	28	G-T	2	0	190	6–2	Rookie	Austin
	John Norby	24	HB	1	0	195	6–0	Rookie	Idaho
	Joe Pilconis	23	E	9	2	189	6–1	Rookie	Temple
	Phil Poth	23	G	1	0	195	5–11	Rookie	Gonzaga
	Jack Roberts	24	B	1	1	210	6–0	2	Georgia
	Ed Storm	27	B	10	5	195	6–1	1	Santa Clara
	Guy Turnbow	26	T-E-DB	2	0	217	6–2	Rookie	Mississippi
	Reds Weiner	23	B	5	0	180	5–9	Rookie	Muhlenberg
	Diddie Willson	23	G-E-DE	11	11	196	5–1	1	Pennsylvania
	Vince Zizak	26	G-T	6	1	208	5–8	Rookie	Villanova
	Jim Zyntell	24	G	8	5	200	6–1	1	Holy Cross
	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 had 10, and 5 finished second with 4 each.