[1] The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.
This was the first season to feature the Eagle wings logo on the helmets.
Philadelphia finished second in the last 2 seasons to the Cleveland Browns, with that Trimble is awarded a three-year contract after the team's second straight runner-up finish in 1953.
The Eagles hold training camp in Hershey, PA again.
(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)