1940 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 1-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Bert Bell (1-10)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1940 Philadelphia Eagles Roster
1940 Philadelphia Eagles Results

The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1940 season with a record of 1 wins and 10 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.

Philadelphia labored to change the scoreboard with just 111 points, while the shaky defensive squad allowed 211. Davey O'Brien tossed for 1,290 yards. Don Looney topped pass catchers, grabbing 58 passes for 707 yards.

Dick Riffle carried the ball for a team-leading 238 yards for the Eagles.

Davey O'Brien intercepted 4 opponent throws.

Bert Bell coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Davey O'Brien	277	124	44.8	1290	4.7	5	1.8	17	6.1	47	39.2
Foster Watkins	85	28	32.9	565	6.6	1	1.2	3	3.5	0	46.4
Totals	362	152	42.0	1855	5.1	6	1.7	20	5.5	47

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dick Riffle	81	238	2.9	0	4
Elmer Hackney	32	101	3.2	0	1
Frank Emmons	29	77	2.7	0	1
John Cole	26	75	2.9	0	0
Joe Bukant	18	50	2.8	0	1
Jay Arnold	3	9	3.0	0	0
Fran Murray	8	7	0.9	0	0
Theodore Schmitt	1	6	6.0	6	0
Les McDonald	2	-2	-1.0	0	0
Joe Carter	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Don Looney	2	-4	-2.0	0	0
Foster Watkins	14	-76	-5.4	0	0
Davey O'Brien	100	-180	-1.8	0	1
Totals	317	298	0.9	6	8

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Don Looney	58	707	12.2	47	4
Red Ramsey	17	143	8.4	0	0
Les McDonald	14	289	20.6	0	0
Joe Carter	12	201	16.8	0	0
Fran Murray	12	125	10.4	0	0
Joe Wendlick	8	67	8.4	0	0
Dick Riffle	8	58	7.2	0	1
Jay Arnold	7	145	20.7	0	0
Elmer Kolberg	6	43	7.2	0	0
Frank Emmons	3	19	6.3	19	1
John Cole	2	11	5.5	0	0
Elmer Hackney	2	4	2.0	0	0
Chuck Newton	1	22	22.0	22	0
Joe Bukant	1	13	13.0	13	0
Theodore Schmitt	1	8	8.0	8	0
Totals	152	1855	12.2	47	6

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
George Somers	1	1	100.0	9	2	22.2	7
John Cole	5	3	60.0	1	1	100.0	6
Fran Murray	8	6	75.0	1		0.0	6
Foster Watkins	2	2	100.0				2
Totals	16	12	75.0	11	3	27.3	21

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Fran Murray	30	1098	36.6	50
Joe Bukant	15	568	37.9	52
Dick Riffle	14	479	34.2	48
Elmer Kolberg	10	401	40.1	50
John Cole	10	336	33.6	66
Davey O'Brien	6	246	41.0	56
Foster Watkins	2	45	22.5	35
Totals	87	3173	36.5	66

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Davey O'Brien	4	92	23.0	0
Fran Murray	2	10	5.0	0
Elmer Kolberg	1	15	15.0	15
Chuck Newton	1	12	12.0	12
Joe Bukant	1	10	10.0	10
Red Ramsey	1	5	5.0	5
Jay Arnold	1	4	4.0	4
Chuck Cherundolo	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	12	148	12.3	15

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Don Looney			0			1
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Don Looney	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			30
Dick Riffle	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Frank Emmons	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
George Somers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0			7
Fran Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0			6
Joe Bukant	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Elmer Hackney	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
John Cole	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0			6
Davey O'Brien	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Foster Watkins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0			2
Totals	8	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	12	0	0	0	111