The team failed to improve on their previous output of 3–5–1, losing seven games.

Not only that, but the team allowed 7.7 points per game (the best in franchise history).

If one excludes the 1920 Rochester Jeffersons' victory over the non-league team Fort Porter, the Eagles' 64–0 defeat of the Cincinnati Reds remains the largest regular season shutout in league history as of 2023.

(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history) Being a 2nd year expansion team the Eagles were mostly stocked with Rookies and 1st or 2nd years players.

All the NFL teams competed for the same players in an open market.