1940 Philadelphia Eagles season

The team continued down the path of the 1939 Eagles, registering a second consecutive one-win season and languishing in the league's basement.

After 4 years playing at larger Philadelphia Municipal Stadium the Eagles move to Shibe Park for the 1940 season.

[2] In February, Eagles owner Bert Bell met with Connie Mack and hammered out an agreement for the team to play all six of their home games at Shibe — two in the afternoon and four under the lights at night.

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.

(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history) In the off season Davey O'Brien turned down a salary raise and retired from the NFL.

Before the start of the 1941 season Rooney, Bell, and Thompson swapped city and NFL rights for Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Eighth round draft pick Don Looney led the NFL in receiving yards as a rookie in 1940. His career would be cut short by World War II.