The 1937 Philadelphia Eagles season marked their fifth year in the National Football League (NFL).
While the team improved on their previous output of 1–11, winning two games, it remained mired at the bottom of its division, missing the Championship Playoff for the fifth consecutive season.
They used this pick to choose, running up in the Heisman Trophy, Sam Francis, a back out of Nebraska.
The Eagles 1937 NFL season started on September 5 and ended 11 weeks later on November 14.
With a record of 2–8–1 the Philadelphia Eagles failed to make it to the NFL Championship game