1936 Philadelphia Eagles season
OwnerBert Bell
Head coachBert Bell
Home fieldPhiladelphia Municipal Stadium
Results
Record1–11
Division place5th NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1936 Philadelphia Eagles season was their fourth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 2–9, winning only one game.[1] Being shut out in six of their twelve games, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.

Offseason

NFL draft

The 1936 NFL Draft was held in Philadelphia and The Eagles had the first pick. Jay Berwanger a Halfback from the University of Chicago was selected. He selected not to play in the NFL. Later in year he was traded to the Chicago Bears and still refused to play NFL football.

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[2] 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 [3] = Hall of Famer
Rd Pick # Player Position College
1 1 Jay Berwanger[4] Halfback University of Chicago
2 10 John McCauley Back Rice University
3 19 Wes Muller Center Stanford University
4 28 Bill Wallace Back Rice University
5 37 Harry Shuford Back Southern Methodist University
6 46 Al Barabas Back Columbia
7 55 Jac Weller Guard Princeton University
8 64 Pepper Constable Back Princeton University
9 73 Paul Pauk Back Princeton University

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 13 New York Giants W 10–7 1–0 Philadelphia Municipal Stadium 20,000
2 September 20 Boston Redskins L 3–26 1–1 Philadelphia Municipal Stadium 20,000
3 September 27 Chicago Bears L 0–17 1–2 Philadelphia Municipal Stadium 25,000
4 October 4 at Brooklyn Dodgers L 0–18 1–3 Ebbets Field N/A
5 October 11 Detroit Lions L 0–23 1–4 Philadelphia Municipal Stadium 15,000
5 October 14 at Pittsburgh Pirates L 0–17 1–5 Forbes Field 10,042
6 October 18 at Boston Redskins L 7–17 1–6 Fenway Park 4,000
7 October 25 at New York Giants L 17–21 1–7 Polo Grounds 15,000
8 Bye
9 November 5 Pittsburgh Pirates L 0–6 1–8 Point Stadium N/A
9 November 8 at Chicago Cardinals L 0–13 1–9 Wrigley Field 1,500
10 Bye
11 November 22 Chicago Bears L 7–28 1–10 Philadelphia Municipal Stadium N/A
12 November 29 Brooklyn Dodgers L 7–13 1–11 Philadelphia Municipal Stadium N/A
13 Bye
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Eastern Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Boston Redskins 7 5 0 .583 6–2 149 110 W3
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 6 0 .500 6–1 98 187 L3
New York Giants 5 6 1 .455 3–3–1 115 163 L1
Brooklyn Dodgers 3 8 1 .273 2–5–1 92 161 L1
Philadelphia Eagles 1 11 0 .083 1–7 51 206 L11

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

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

The Eagles had 12 rookies and 8 players with 2 years experience or less on their roster. Eleven of the 26 members on the team went to school within 15 miles of Philadelphia.

NO. Player AGE POS GP GS WT HT YRS College
Bert Bell 41 Coach 1936 record
1–11		 NFL-Eagles Lifetime
1–11		 1st Pennsylvania
Reds Bassman 23 HB 8 0 180 5–11 Rookie Ursinus
Bill Brian 23 T-C-LB 9 5 210 6–2 1 Gonzaga
Art Buss 25 T 12 12 219 6–3 2 Michigan State
Joe Carter 26 E 9 9 201 6–1 3 Austin,SMU
Glenn Frey 24 B 12 8 193 5–10 Rookie Temple
Rudy Gollomb 26 G 4 0 205 5–11 Rookie Carroll (WI),Wisconsin
Swede Hanson 29 B 12 10 192 6–1 5 Temple
Don Jackson 23 TB-DB 10 2 184 5–11 Rookie North Carolina
Carl Kane 23 B 1 0 195 5–11 Rookies St. Louis
John Kusko 22 B 12 1 194 5–11 Rookie Temple
Jim Leonard 26 B 10 10 204 6–0 2 Notre Dame
Jim MacMurdo 27 T-G 9 9 209 6–1 4 Pittsburgh
Eggs Manske 24 E 12 11 185 6–0 1 Northwestern
Walt Masters 29 B 2 0 192 5–10 Rookie Pennsylvania
Forrest McPherson 25 G-C-T 12 11 233 5–11 1 Nebraska
George Mulligan 22 E 9 0 198 6–1 Rookie Catholic
Max Padlow 24 E 1 0 199 6–1 1 Ohio State
Joe Pilconis 25 E 2 4 189 6–1 2 Temple
Joe Pivarnik 24 G 6 0 217 5–9 Rookie Notre Dame
Hank Reese 27 C-G 10 10 214 5–11 3 Temple
Jim Russell 28 G-T 11 10 210 5–11 Rookie Temple
Dave Smukler 22 FB-LB 10 8 226 6–1 Rookie Missouri,Temple
Pete Stevens 27 C 4 2 215 6–0 Rookie Temple
Stumpy Thomason 30 B 12 9 189 5–7 6 Georgia Tech
Vince Zizak 28 G-T 10 3 208 5–8 2 Villanova
26 Players
Team Average		 25.3 12 202.4 5–11.5 1.3

References

  1. ^ 1936 Philadelphia Eagles
  2. ^ Pro Football Hall of Fame. "1936 NFL Draft sorted by team".
  3. ^ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
  4. ^ Jay Berwanger, First winner of the Heisman Trophy award in 1935"Heisman Trophy". Archived from the original on June 15, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
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