The team improved on their previous output of 2–8–1, winning five games.
[1] The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.
With the pick they chose Corbett Davis, a back from Indiana University.
The Eagles had a 5–6–0 record and failed to make it to the 1938 NFL Championship Game.
(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history) As in the 1937 roster, this year's team is mostly rookies and players with one or two years' NFL experience.