# 1942 Philadelphia Eagles season

The 1942 Philadelphia Eagles season was their tenth 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 DC 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 | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap |
| 1 | September 13 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | W 24–14 | 1–0 | Forbes Field | 13,349 | Recap |
| 2 | September 20 | at Cleveland Rams | L 14–24 | 1–1 | Rubber Bowl | 6,434 | Recap |
| 3 | September 27 | Brooklyn Dodgers | L 14–35 | 1–2 | Erie Stadium | 5,286 | Recap |
| 4 | October 4 | Washington Redskins | L 10–14 | 1–3 | Shibe Park | 15,500 | Recap |
| 5 | October 11 | at New York Giants | L 17–35 | 1–4 | Polo Grounds | 28,264 | Recap |
| 6 | October 18 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 0–14 | 1–5 | Shibe Park | 12,500 | Recap |
| 7 | October 25 | at Chicago Bears | L 14–45 | 1–6 | Wrigley Field | 15,372 | Recap |
| 8 | November 1 | at Washington Redskins | L 27–30 | 1–7 | Griffith Stadium | 32,658 | Recap |
| 9 | November 8 | New York Giants | L 0–14 | 1–8 | Shibe Park | 13,600 | Recap |
| 10 | November 15 | Brooklyn Dodgers | W 14–7 | 2–8 | Ebbets Field | 3,858 | Recap |
| 11 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 12 | November 29 | Green Bay Packers | L 0–7 | 2–9 | Shibe Park | 13,700 | Recap |
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. ||||||||
On November 22, during their bye week, the Eagles tied the independent Wilmington Clippers 21–21 at Wilmington Park before 8,500 fans.

## Standings

NFL Eastern Division :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK |
| Washington Redskins | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 7–1 | 227 | 102 | W9 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 5–3 | 167 | 119 | L1 |
| New York Giants | 5 | 5 | 1 | .500 | 4–4 | 155 | 139 | W2 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 2–6 | 100 | 168 | L6 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | 9 | 0 | .182 | 2–6 | 134 | 239 | L1 |
       Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

## Roster

(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)
* = 1942 Pro All-Star
| Player | AGE | POS | GP | GS | WT | HT | YRS | College |
| Greasy Neale | 51 | Coach | $_{1941record}$ 2–9 | $_{NFL-EaglesLifetime}$ 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 | $_{Arkansas,andBucknell}$ |
| 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 | $_{Tennessee,andTennesseeWesleyan}$ |
| 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 | $_{GeorgiaTech,andVMI}$ |
| 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 | Morris Harvey College, 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 | $_{PennState,andSacramentoState}$ |
| Ted Williams | 26 | B | 11 | 2 | 183 | 5–11 | Rookie | $_{BostonCollege,andNotreDame}$ |
| 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 | |