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1938 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season
Owner Dan Topping
Head coach Potsy Clark
Home field Ebbets Field
Results
Record4–4–3
Division place3rd NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers season was their ninth in the league. The team improved on their previous season's output of 3–7–1, winning four games. [1] They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue
1 Bye
2 September 18 at Washington Redskins T 16–16 0–0–1 Griffith Stadium
3 September 23 Pittsburgh Pirates L 3–17 0–1–1 Ebbets Field
4 October 2 Chicago Cardinals W 13–0 1–1–1 Ebbets Field
5 October 9 at Pittsburgh Pirates W 17–7 2–1–1 Forbes Field
6 October 16 at Green Bay Packers L 7–35 2–2–1 Wisconsin State Fair Park
7 October 23 at New York Giants L 14–28 2–3–1 Polo Grounds
8 October 30 Washington Redskins T 6–6 2–3–2 Ebbets Field
9 November 6 at Philadelphia Eagles W 10–7 3–3–2 Philadelphia Municipal Stadium
10 November 13 Philadelphia Eagles W 32–14 4–3–2 Ebbets Field
11 November 20 Chicago Bears L 6–24 4–4–2 Ebbets Field
12 November 24 New York Giants T 7–7 4–4–3 Ebbets Field
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Eastern Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
New York Giants 8 2 1 .800 5–2–1 194 79 W1
Washington Redskins 6 3 2 .667 4–2–2 148 154 L1
Brooklyn Dodgers 4 4 3 .500 3–2–3 131 161 T1
Philadelphia Eagles 5 6 0 .455 3–5 154 164 W2
Pittsburgh Pirates 2 9 0 .182 2–6 79 169 L6

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

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