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October 9th, 1943: And to think the Steagles actually fumbled ten times
Anyone who loves the current NFL would never recognize it if they had a time machine and were able to transport themselves back to the good old days. There were eight teams (more on that in a sec). They played ten regular-season games.
Well, depending on who you talk to that was present (if you’re lucky enough to know anyone who was), 1943 may not actually qualify as ‘good times’ seeing as how much of the world was forced to deal with the effects of World War II.
From a football standpoint, that meant the Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers would need to combine resources (and rosters) just to be able to field enough players (many of theirs went off to war). They’d be known as the ‘Steagles’, and on October 9th of 1943, they gave the Eagles’ portion of the fan base a reason to smile and forget about the chaos that was going on around them, if only for a moment.
That was due, in large part, to a 28-14 victory over a Giants team that had beaten the Eagles nine straight times beforehand.
Who knows how they did it. Their head coaches, Philadelphia’s Greasy Neale (perhaps the greatest in Eagles history) and Pittsburgh’s Walt Kiesling, never learned to like one another, and the Steagles actually fumbled ten times in the game.