| 1948 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Division 9-2-1 .818 |
| Head Coach: Greasy Neale |
| Larry Cabrelli | Ends |
| Charley Ewart | Backfield |
| John Kellison | Line |
| SCORES |
|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat | 8/28/1948 | N | Chicago Bears | 23-24 | L | Indianapolis, IN | Butler Bowl | 15000 | ||
| Thu | 9/2/1948 | A | Detroit Lions | 37-35 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 14501 | ||
| Sat | 9/11/1948 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 9-23 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 65000 | Postponed from 9/10 | |
| Wed | 9/15/1948 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 21-7 | W | Dallas, TX | Dal-Hi Stadium | 15000 | ||
| Fri | 9/24/1948 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 14-21 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 25875 | ||
| Sun | 10/3/1948 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 28-28 | T | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 36884 | ||
| Sun | 10/10/1948 | H | New York Giants | 45-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 22804 | ||
| Sun | 10/17/1948 | A | Washington Redskins | 45-0 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 35584 | ||
| Sun | 10/24/1948 | H | Chicago Bears | 12-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 36227 | ||
| Sun | 10/31/1948 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 32474 | ||
| Sun | 11/7/1948 | A | New York Giants | 35-14 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 24983 | ||
| Sun | 11/14/1948 | H | Boston Yanks | 45-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 22958 | ||
| Sun | 11/21/1948 | H | Washington Redskins | 42-21 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 36254 | ||
| Sun | 11/28/1948 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 22001 | ||
| Sun | 12/5/1948 | A | Boston Yanks | 14-37 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 9652 | ||
| Sun | 12/12/1948 | H | Detroit Lions | 45-21 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 15237 | ||
| Sun | 12/19/1948 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 7-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 28864 | League Championship |
| ROSTER |
|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Neill Armstrong | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 189 | 22 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 4 |
| 74 | Walt Barnes | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 238 | 30 | Louisiana State | 11 | 0 |
| 33 | Russ Craft | ROH-LOH-DB | 5-9 | 174 | 29 | Alabama | 10 | 2 |
| 45 | Noble Doss | LOH-DB | 6-0 | 189 | 28 | Texas | 12 | 0 |
| 71 | Otis Douglas | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 224 | 37 | William & Mary | 7 | 0 |
| 83 | Jack Ferrante | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 197 | 32 | none | 12 | 0 |
| 64 | Mario Giannelli | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 265 | 28 | Boston College | 11 | 1 |
| 89 | Johnny Green | LDE | 6-1 | 192 | 27 | Kilgore JC; Tulsa | 12 | 9 |
| 73 | Fred Hartman | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 229 | 31 | Rice | 12 | 0 |
| 81 | Dick Humbert | ROE-DB | 6-1 | 179 | 30 | Richmond | 12 | 0 |
| 27 | Al Johnson | DB | 6-0 | 175 | 26 | Hardin-Simmons | 4 | 0 |
| 76 | Bucko Kilroy | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 243 | 27 | Temple | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | Ben Kish | FB-LB | 6-0 | 207 | 31 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 0 |
| 52 | Vic Lindskog | C-LB | 6-1 | 203 | 34 | Stanford | 11 | 11 |
| 88 | Jay MacDowell | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 217 | 29 | Washington | 11 | 10 |
| 39 | Bill Mackrides | QB-DB | 5-11 | 182 | 23 | Nevada-Reno | 11 | 1 |
| 67 | John Magee | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 220 | 25 | Rice; Louisiana-Lafayette; Rice | 12 | 8 |
| 66 | Bap Manzini | C-LB | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | St. Vincent | 4 | 0 |
| 61 | Duke Maronic | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-9 | 209 | 27 | none | 12 | 1 |
| 49 | Pat McHugh | DB-ROH | 5-11 | 166 | 29 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 1 |
| 36 | Joe Muha | FB-LB | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | Virginia Military Institute | 12 | 11 |
| 32 | Jack Myers | DB-LB-QB | 6-2 | 202 | 24 | UCLA | 12 | 7 |
| 40 | Les Palmer | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | North Carolina State | 7 | 0 |
| 43 | Jim Parmer | LOH-ROH-DB | 6-0 | 193 | 21 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 2 |
| 65 | Cliff Patton | LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | Texas Christian | 12 | 2 |
| 35 | Pete Pihos | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 211 | 25 | Indiana | 12 | 11 |
| 86 | Hal Prescott | RDE | 6-1 | 199 | 28 | Hardin-Simmons | 12 | 0 |
| 30 | Bosh Pritchard | ROH-DB | 5-11 | 164 | 29 | Virginia Military Institute; Georgia Tech | 12 | 9 |
| 75 | George Savitsky | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 244 | 24 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 0 |
| 79 | Vic Sears | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 223 | 30 | Oregon State | 12 | 2 |
| 37 | Ernie Steele | DB-LOH-ROH | 6-0 | 187 | 31 | Washington | 12 | 2 |
| 41 | Gil Steinke | LOH-DB | 6-0 | 175 | 29 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 1 | 1 |
| 51 | Frank Szymanski | C-LB | 5-11 | 225 | 25 | Notre Dame | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Tommy Thompson | QB-DB | 6-1 | 192 | 32 | Tulsa | 12 | 4 |
| 15 | Steve Van Buren | LOH-DB | 6-0 | 205 | 28 | Louisiana State | 11 | 8 |
| 70 | Al Wistert | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 214 | 28 | Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| 53 | Alex Wojciechowicz | C-LB | 5-11 | 217 | 33 | Fordham | 12 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST |
|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Clyde Scott | B | Arkansas | |
| 3 | 22 | Paul Campbell | QB | Texas | |
| 5 | 33 | Jack Myers | B | UCLA | |
| 6 | 42 | Howard Duncan | C | Ohio State | |
| 7 | 54 | Buddy Tinsley | T | Baylor | |
| 8 | 63 | Marty Wendell | G | Notre Dame | |
| 9 | 72 | Scott Beasley | E | Nevada-Reno | |
| 10 | 84 | Ray Richeson | G | Alabama | |
| 11 | 93 | Gil Johnson | QB | Southern Methodist | |
| 12 | 102 | Bill Wyman | T | Rice | |
| 13 | 114 | Jim Walthall | B | West Virginia | |
| 14 | 123 | Dick Kempthorn | B | Michigan | |
| 15 | 132 | Dick Rifenburg | E | Michigan | |
| 16 | 144 | Don Stanton | T | Oregon | |
| 17 | 153 | Ralph Kohl | T | Michigan | |
| 18 | 162 | Aubrey Fowler | B | Arkansas | |
| 19 | 174 | Rudy Krall | B | New Mexico | |
| 20 | 183 | Ed Claunch | C | Louisiana State | |
| 21 | 192 | Neg Norton | T | Penn State | |
| 22 | 204 | Lockwood Frizzell | C | Virginia | |
| 23 | 213 | Jack Swaner | B | California | |
| 24 | 222 | Art Littleton | E | Pennsylvania | |
| 25 | 234 | Jim Parmer | B | Oklahoma State | |
| 26 | 243 | Lou Creekmur | T | William & Mary | |
| 27 | 252 | Bill Stanton | E | North Carolina State | |
| 28 | 264 | Bennie Ellender | B | Tulane | |
| 29 | 273 | Rex Grossman | B | Indiana | |
| 30 | 282 | Gus Kitchens | T | Tulsa | |
| 31 | 292 | Art Statuto | C | Notre Dame | |
| 32 | 298 | Tom Novak | C | Nebraska |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 83 | 121 | 73 | 99 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 56 | 28 | 55 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rushing | Passing | Penalty | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 241 | 119 | 99 | 23 | / % | / % | 86 | 773 | |
| Opponents Totals | 158 | 62 | 83 | 13 | / % | / % | 87 | 860 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Patton | 0 | 50 | 50 | 100.0 | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 0 | 74 |
| Pete Pihos | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Steve Van Buren | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Bosh Pritchard | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Jack Ferrante | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Neill Armstrong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Parmer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Russ Craft | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ernie Steele | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ben Kish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Muha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Jack Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walt Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 50 | 50 | 50 | 100.0 | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 1 | 376 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 21 | 22 | 95.5 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 156 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Muha | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Cliff Patton | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 0/ | 4/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| Team Totals | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 0/ | 4/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 0/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 201 | 945 | 4.7 | 29 | 10 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 117 | 517 | 4.4 | 65t | 4 |
| Noble Doss | 62 | 193 | 3.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Parmer | 30 | 167 | 5.6 | 42t | 3 |
| Jack Myers | 21 | 118 | 5.6 | 29t | 1 |
| Ben Kish | 10 | 106 | 10.6 | 66t | 1 |
| Ernie Steele | 13 | 99 | 7.6 | 56 | 1 |
| Joe Muha | 25 | 90 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Russ Craft | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 13 | 1 |
| Gil Steinke | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Pat McHugh | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Mackrides | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Pete Pihos | 8 | -3 | -0.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 528 | 2378 | 4.5 | 66t | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 376 | 1209 | 3.2 | 40 | 5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Thompson | 246 | 141 | 57.3 | 94 | 1965 | 8.0 | 13.9 | 70t | 25 | 10.2 | 11 | 4.5 | 74 | 1891 | 98.4 | |
| Bill Mackrides | 53 | 18 | 34.0 | 31 | 276 | 5.2 | 15.3 | 28 | 2 | 3.8 | 4 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 276 | 33.2 |
| Ernie Steele | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Steve Van Buren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 301 | 159 | 52.8 | 126 | 2241 | 7.4 | 14.1 | 70t | 27 | 9.0 | 16 | 5.3 | 84.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 338 | 139 | 41.1 | 176 | 1951 | 5.8 | 14.0 | 83 | 14 | 4.1 | 23 | 6.8 | 202 | 1749 | 45.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Pihos | 46 | 766 | 16.7 | 48 | 11 |
| Jack Ferrante | 28 | 444 | 15.9 | 66t | 7 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 27 | 252 | 9.3 | 34t | 2 |
| Neill Armstrong | 24 | 325 | 13.5 | 33 | 3 |
| Steve Van Buren | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 34 | 0 |
| Noble Doss | 8 | 96 | 12.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Jack Myers | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 31 | 0 |
| Russ Craft | 4 | 138 | 34.5 | 70t | 2 |
| Joe Muha | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Ernie Steele | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 32t | 1 |
| Dick Humbert | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 159 | 2241 | 14.1 | 70t | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 139 | 1951 | 14.0 | 83 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Steele | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Dick Humbert | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Steve Van Buren | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Neill Armstrong | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Pat McHugh | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Jack Myers | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Parmer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 228 | 9.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 257 | 16.1 | 89t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Muha | 57 | 2694 | 47.3 | 82 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Les Palmer | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Al Johnson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 62 | 2847 | 45.9 | 82 | 0 | 4 | 411 | 2356 | 38.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 88 | 3412 | 38.8 | 66 | 0 | 5 | 554 | 2758 | 31.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosh Pritchard | 24 | 282 | 11.8 | 55t | 1 | |
| Pat McHugh | 18 | 220 | 12.2 | 55 | 0 | |
| Russ Craft | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 17 | 0 | |
| Dick Humbert | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | |
| Les Palmer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Ernie Steele | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Noble Doss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Kish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 51 | 554 | 10.9 | 55t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 411 | 10.8 | 38 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosh Pritchard | 9 | 249 | 27.7 | 50 | 0 | |
| Steve Van Buren | 14 | 292 | 20.9 | 34 | 0 | |
| Ernie Steele | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Johnny Green | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Noble Doss | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Les Palmer | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Gil Steinke | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Jim Parmer | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Pete Pihos | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 681 | 21.3 | 50 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 990 | 20.6 | 48 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neill Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Russ Craft | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |
| Noble Doss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mario Giannelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Green | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bucko Kilroy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Vic Lindskog | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay MacDowell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Mackrides | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Magee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bap Manzini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat McHugh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Muha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Myers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Parmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Patton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Pihos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 1 | |
| Ernie Steele | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Van Buren | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Wistert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 35 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 38 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 1 |
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