The team failed to improve on their previous output of 2–8–1, losing nine games.
The Eagles hold training camp for the second year at the High School Bowl, in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
With the over first pick in the draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Bill Dudley a Halfback out of Virginia he was the first Virginia player to earn All-America honors and was awarded the Maxwell Award for best college football player of the year for 1941.
He was also named the best college player of the year by the DC Touchdown Club.
The Eagles first pick in the draft is the third player is Pete Kmetovic a Halfback from Stanford University.