1940 Philadelphia Eagles season The 1940 Philadelphia Eagles season was their eighth in the league . The team failed to improve on their previous output of 1 – 9 – 1 , losing ten games . The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season . Off Season . After 4 years playing at larger Philadelphia Municipal Stadium the Eagles move to Shibe Park for the 1940 season Eagles training camp was held at West Chester State Teachers College , West Chester , Pennsylvania . NFL Draft . The 1940 NFL Draft was held on December 9 , 1939 . This year again it was to have 22 rounds , with each team getting 20 picks . The weaker teams only picked in the 2nd and 4th rounds and were passed over in rounds 21 and 22 . The Eagles and Pittsburgh Pirates , before being called Steelers , both finished with 1 – 9 – 1 , . 100 records , but the 1939 Chicago Cardinals ended up at 1 – 10 , . 091 and would get the first pick in the draft . The Eagles and Pirates would alternate picking 2nd or 3rd in each round . 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 . Game Recaps . A recap of the scoring plays and the game scores by quarters during the year . The record after the team ' s name reflects this games outcome also . WEEK 1 . Sunday September 15 , 1940 WEEK 2 . Sunday September 22 , 1940 Scoring 1st Quarter Scoring Plays 2nd Quarter Scoring Plays 3rd Quarter Scoring Plays 4th Quarter Scoring Plays WEEK 3 . Saturday September 28 , 1940 Scoring 1st Quarter Scoring Plays 2nd Quarter Scoring Plays 3rd Quarter Scoring Plays 4th Quarter Scoring Plays NONE WEEK 4 . Friday , October 4 , 1940 Scoring 1st Quarter Scoring Plays 2nd Quarter Scoring Plays 3rd Quarter Scoring Plays Eagles Elmer Hackney 1 yard rush ( Fran Murray kick ) 4th Quarter Scoring Plays WEEK 5 . Sunday , October 13 , 1940 Scoring 1st and 2nd Quarter Scoring Plays 3rd Quarter Scoring Plays 4th Quarter Scoring Plays WEEK 6 . Sunday , October 20 , 1940 Scoring 1st Quarter Scoring Plays 2nd Quarter Scoring Plays 3rd Quarter Scoring Plays 4th Quarter Scoring Plays WEEK 7 . Saturday , October 26 , 1940 Scoring 1st Quarter Scoring Plays 2nd Quarter Scoring Plays 3rd Quarter Scoring Plays 4th Quarter Scoring Plays WEEK 8 . Sunday , November 10 , 1940 Scoring 1st Quarter Scoring Plays 3rd Quarter Scoring Plays WEEK 9 . Sunday , November 17 , 1940 Scoring 1st Quarter Scoring Plays 3rd Quarter Scoring Plays WEEK 10 . Thursday November 28 , 1940 – Thanksgiving Day WEEK 11 . Sunday , December 1 , 1940 This was the Eagles 2nd game in 3 days . Scoring 1st Quarter Scoring Plays 2nd Quarter Scoring Plays 3rd Quarter Scoring Plays 4th Quarter Scoring Plays Playoffs . The Eagles with a 1 – 10 – 1 record finished last in the NFL Eastern Division and fail to make it to the 1940 NFL Championship Game . The game was played at Griffith Stadium in Washington , D . C . on December 8 , 1940 . The Chicago Bears , with a 8 – 3 record , defeated the Washington Redskins , with a 9 – 2 record , 73 – 0 , the most one - sided victory in NFL history . The Bears scored on 3 interception returns of Washington passes during the game . This was the first NFL title game that was broadcast nationwide on radio by Mutual Broadcasting System . 1940 Roster . " ( All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history ) " Post Season . In the off season Davey O ' Brien turned down a salary raise and retired from the NFL . In late 1940 , the football Pittsburgh Pirates owner Art Rooney bought half interest in the Eagles and sold the Pirates to Alexis Thompson . Before the start of the 1941 season Rooney and Thompson swap city and NFL rights for Philadelphia and Pittsburgh . The Pittsburgh Pirates players of 1940 and before are now Philadelphia Eagles and the Philadelphia Eagles players are now members of the renamed Pittsburgh Steelers .