1948 Philadelphia Eagles - Pro Football Archives

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

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

Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
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	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Joe Muha	57	2694	47.3	82	4
Les Palmer	4	148	37.0	47	0
Al Johnson	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	62	2847	45.9	82	4	411	2356	38.0
Opponents Totals	88	3412	38.8	66	5	554	2758	31.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	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	YDS	AVG	LG
Bosh Pritchard	9	249	27.7	50
Steve Van Buren	14	292	20.9	34
Ernie Steele	2	30	15.0	20
Johnny Green	2	24	12.0	21
Noble Doss	1	26	26.0	26
Les Palmer	1	20	20.0	20
Gil Steinke	1	17	17.0	17
Jim Parmer	1	14	14.0	14
Pete Pihos	1	9	9.0	9
Team Totals	32	681	21.3	50
Opponents Totals	48	990	20.6	48

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

Larry Cabrelli	Ends
Charley Ewart	Backfield
John Kellison	Line