1942 Philadelphia Eagles season

1942 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head Coach	Greasy Neale
Home Field	Shibe Park
Results
Record	2–9
Place	5th NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1941	1943

The 1942 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 10th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 2–8–1, losing nine games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 10th consecutive season.

Offseason

The Eagles hold 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 is 22 rounds long and each team get 20 picks. A total of 200 players. The Eagles get to select 3rd in each of the 1st 20 rounds. The top 5 teams record wise in 1941 do not get picks in rounds 2 and 4, as the lowest 5 teams do not pick in rounds 21 and 22.

With the over first pick in the draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Bill Dudley a Halfback out of Virginia he 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 Washington D.C. Touchdown Club.

The Eagles first pick in the draft is the third player is 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 Bowler

= Hall of Famer

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	3	Pete Kmetovic	Halfback	Stanford University
2	13	Vic Lindskog	Center	Stanford University
3	18	Ted Williams	Back	Boston College
4	28	Gordon Paschka	Guard	Minnesota
5	33	Ernie Blandin	Tackle	Tulane
6	43	Earl Younglove	End	Washington
7	53	Billy Sewell	Back	Washington State
8	63	Bill Halverson	Guard	Oregon State
9	73	Ray Graves	Center	Tennessee
10	83	Jack Stackpool	Back	Washington
11	93	Noble Doss	Back	Texas
12	103	Fred Meyer	End	Stanford
13	113	Bob Brenton	Tackle	Missouri
14	123	John Wyhonic	Guard	Alabama
15	133	O'Dell Griffin	Guard	Baylor
16	143	Bill Smaltz	Back	Penn State
17	153	Arnie Meiners	End	Stanford
18	163	Bill Braun	Tackle	Santa Clara
19	173	Charley Dvoracek	Back	Texas Tech
20	183	Marv Tommervik	Back	Pacific Lutheran

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 13, 1942	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 24–14
2	September 20, 1942	at Cleveland Browns	L 24–14
3	September 27, 1942	Brooklyn Dodgers	L 35–14
4	October 4, 1942	Washington Redskins	L 14–10
5	October 11, 1942	at New York Giants	L 35–17
6	October 18, 1942	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 14–0
7	October 25, 1942	at Chicago Bears	L 45–14
8	November 1, 1942	at Washington Redskins	L 30–27
9	November 8, 1942	New York Giants	L 14–0
10	November 15, 1942	Brooklyn Dodgers	W 14–7
11	November 29, 1942	Green Bay Packers	L 7–0

Standings

NFL Eastern
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Washington Redskins	10	1	0	.909	227	102	W-9
Pittsburgh Steelers	7	4	0	.636	167	119	L-1
New York Giants	5	5	1	.500	155	139	W-2
Brooklyn Dodgers	3	8	0	.273	100	168	L-6
Philadelphia Eagles	2	9	0	.182	134	239	L-1

1942 Roster

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

= 1942 Pro All-Star

NO.	Player	AGE	POS	GP	GS	WT	HT	YRS	College
	Greasy Neale	51	Coach	1941 record 2–9	NFL-Eagles Lifetime 4–17–1			2nd	West Virginia Wesleyan
	Len Barnum *	30	B	10	5	200	6–0	4	West Virginia Wesleyan
	John Binotto	23	HB	2	0	185	5–10	Rookie	Duquesne
	Leo Brennan	23	T	11	2	210	6–0	Rookie	Holy Cross
	Larry Cabrelli	25	E-DB	11	11	194	5–11	1	Colgate
	Bill Combs	22	E-DB	10	0	183	5–11	Rookie	Purdue
	Enio Conti	29	G	11	10	204	5–11	1	Arkansas,and Bucknell
	Leon Cook	22	T	2	0	245	6–0	Rookie	Northwestern
	Bob Davis	28	HB-FBQB-P	10	6	180	6–1	4	Kentucky
	John Eibner	28	T	10	7	228	6–2	1	Kentucky
	Dick Erdlitz	22	HB	10	1	181	5–10	Rookie	Northwestern
	Joe Frank	27	T	1	0	217	6–1	1	Georgetown (DC)
	Woody Gerber	22	G	11	9	223	6–0	1	Alabama
	Ray Graves	24	C	11	6	205	6–1	Rookie	Tennessee,and Tennessee Wesleyan
	Irv Hall	29	FB	8	3	210	6–0	Rookie	Brown
	Bill Halverson	23	T	8	0	242	6–3	Rookie	Oregon State
	Ken Hayden	25	C	9	5	205	6–0	Rookie	Arkansas
	Frank Hrabetin	27	T	7	1	233	6–4	Rookie	Loyola Marymount
	Billy Jefferson	24	HB	5	0	208	6–2	1	Mississippi State
	Bert Johnson	30	FB-BB-HB	7	3	212	6–0	5	Kentucky
	Bernie Kaplan	29	G	3	0	195	5–11	7	Western Maryland
	Ed Kasky	23	T	10	3	220	6–1	Rookie	Villanova
	Jim Lankas	24	B	1	0	220	6–2	Rookie	St. Mary's (CA)
	Steve Levanitis	22	T	5	0	220	6–1	Rookie	Boston College
	Basilio Marchi	33	G-C	7	1	220	6–2	8	NYU
	Bob Masters	31	HB	3	0	200	5–11	5	Baylor
	Fred Meyer	23	E-DE	10	10	190	6–2	Rookie	Stanford
	Bert Milling	21	G	2	0	185	5–10	Rookie	Richmond
	Rupert Pate	25	G	7	0	205	6–1	2	Wake Forest
	Bob Priestley	22	E	9	0	192	5–11	Rookie	Brown
	Bosh Pritchard	23	HB	6	4	164	5–11	Rookie	Georgia Tech, and VMI
	Vic Sears	24	T-DT	11	11	223	6–3	1	Oregon State
	Jack Smith	25	DE-E	6	0	200	6–1	Rookie	Stanford
	Jack Stackpool	25	FB	8	4	207	6–1	Rookie	Washington
	Ernie Steele	25	HB-DB	10	1	187	6–0	Rookie	Washington
	Len Supulski	22	E	9	0	175	6–0	Rookie	Dickinson
	Al Thacker	23	G	3	0	200	5–10	Rookie	Charleston (WV)
	Tommy Thompson	26	QB	11	10	192	6–1	2	Tulsa
	Lou Tomasetti	26	FB-HB	10	5	198	6–0	3	Bucknell
	Bob Wear	23	C-LB	3	0	205	5–11	Rookie	Penn State, and Sacramento State
	Ted Williams	26	B	11	2	183	5–11	Rookie	Boston College, and Notre Dame
	Tex Williams	23	C-LB	5	0	193	5–11	Rookie	Auburn
	40 Players Team Average	25		11		203.4	6–0.3	1.1