174: Steagles - NFL

Sports History Network · Oct 6, 2026 · 1h 8m · transcript

The NFL in 1943 was in an unusual spot. The Cleveland Rams- yes, the Rams played in Cleveland and won an NFL Championship before journeying west to Los Angeles - asked to pause operations for a year. The team's two owners, Dan Reeves and Frederick Levy, Jr., both were heading overseas to serve in the Armed Forces in World War II. That left the NFL with an uneven number of teams: nine. That doesn't make for an easy schedule. Each week, one team would be idle. The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers each had trouble filling out their rosters, as so many of their players were also…