1949 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Division 11-1-0 .917 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Greasy Neale |
| Larry Cabrelli | Ends |
| John Kellison | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/12/1949 | A | College All-Stars | 38-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 93780 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1949 | A | Green Bay Packers | 35-0 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 18785 | |
| Mon | 8/29/1949 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 51-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Comsikey Park | 36236 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1949 | N | Detroit Lions | 45-14 | W | New Orleans, LA | City Park Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1949 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 24-24 | T | Little Rock, AR | War Memorial Stadium | 24000 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1949 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 88000 | |
| Thu | 9/22/1949 | A | New York Bulldogs | 7-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 8426 | |
| Mon | 10/3/1949 | A | Detroit Lions | 22-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 20163 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1949 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 28-3 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 34596 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1949 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-38 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 50129 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | H | Washington Redskins | 49-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 28855 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1949 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 38-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 37803 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1949 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 38-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 38320 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1949 | A | Washington Redskins | 44-21 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 31107 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | H | New York Bulldogs | 42-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 22165 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1949 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34-17 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 22191 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1949 | A | New York Giants | 24-3 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 25446 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1949 | H | New York Giants | 17-3 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 21022 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/18/1949 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-0 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 22245 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 80 | Neill Armstrong | ROE-LDE-LOE-RDE | 6-2 | 189 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 3 |
| 74 | Walt Barnes | MG | 6-1 | 238 | 31 | Louisiana State | 12 | 0 |
| 60 | Chuck Bednarik | C-RLB | 6-3 | 233 | 24 | Pennsylvania | 10 | 7 |
| 33 | Russ Craft | LDH-LOH | 5-9 | 174 | 30 | Alabama | 10 | 0 |
| 71 | Otis Douglas | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 224 | 38 | William & Mary | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | Jack Ferrante | LOE | 6-1 | 197 | 33 | none | 12 | 11 |
| 64 | Mario Giannelli | LOG-MG | 6-0 | 265 | 29 | Boston College | 11 | 0 |
| 89 | Johnny Green | LDE-LOE | 6-1 | 192 | 28 | Kilgore JC; Tulsa | 7 | 0 |
| 81 | Dick Humbert | RLB-RDH-ROE | 6-1 | 179 | 31 | Richmond | 11 | 0 |
| 78 | Mike Jarmoluk | RDT-RDE | 6-5 | 252 | 27 | Temple | 8 | 0 |
| 76 | Bucko Kilroy | ROG-MG | 6-2 | 243 | 28 | Temple | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | Ben Kish | FB | 6-0 | 207 | 32 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 0 |
| 52 | Vic Lindskog | C | 6-1 | 203 | 35 | Stanford | 7 | 5 |
| 88 | Jay MacDowell | RDE-ROT | 6-2 | 217 | 30 | Washington | 10 | 0 |
| 39 | Bill Mackrides | RS-QB | 5-11 | 182 | 24 | Nevada-Reno | 7 | 0 |
| 67 | John Magee | LOG | 5-10 | 220 | 26 | Rice; Louisiana-Lafayette; Rice | 12 | 0 |
| 61 | Duke Maronic | DG-ROG | 5-9 | 209 | 28 | none | 9 | 0 |
| 49 | Pat McHugh | RDH-ROH | 5-11 | 166 | 30 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 0 |
| 36 | Joe Muha | LLB-FB | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Virginia Military Institute | 11 | 10 |
| 32 | Jack Myers | FB-ROE | 6-2 | 202 | 25 | UCLA | 12 | 4 |
| 43 | Jim Parmer | RDH-ROH | 6-0 | 193 | 22 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 0 |
| 65 | Cliff Patton | LOG-K | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Texas Christian | 12 | 12 |
| 35 | Pete Pihos | ROE | 6-1 | 211 | 26 | Indiana | 11 | 9 |
| 86 | Hal Prescott | RDE | 6-1 | 199 | 29 | Hardin-Simmons | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Bosh Pritchard | ROH | 5-11 | 164 | 30 | Virginia Military Institute; Georgia Tech | 8 | 9 |
| 40 | Frank Reagan | LS | 5-11 | 182 | 30 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 0 |
| 75 | George Savitsky | LDT | 6-2 | 244 | 25 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 0 |
| 27 | Clyde Scott | ROH | 6-0 | 174 | 25 | Navy; Arkansas | 8 | 1 |
| 79 | Vic Sears | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 223 | 31 | Oregon State | 12 | 12 |
| 82 | Leo Skladany | LDE | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Tommy Thompson | QB | 6-1 | 192 | 31 | Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
| 15 | Steve Van Buren | LOH | 6-0 | 205 | 29 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| 70 | Al Wistert | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 214 | 29 | Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| 53 | Alex Wojciechowicz | RLB-C | 5-11 | 217 | 34 | Fordham | 12 | 0 |
| 41 | Frank Ziegler | ROH-LOH | 5-11 | 175 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 3 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| Bonus | 1 | Chuck Bednarik | C | Pennsylvania |
| 1 | 9 | Frank Tripucka | QB | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 19 | Frank Burns | B | Rutgers |
| 3 | 29 | Frank Ziegler | B | Georgia Tech |
| 4 | 41 | Don Panciera | B | San Francisco |
| 5 | 51 | Terry Brennan | B | Notre Dame |
| 6 | 58 | Warren Huey | E | Michigan State |
| 7 | 71 | Frank Gillespie | G | Clemson |
| 8 | 81 | Bob Dean | B | Cornell |
| 9 | 91 | Jon Jenkins | T | Dartmouth |
| 10 | 101 | Roy Lester | E | West Virginia |
| 11 | 111 | Bobby Wilson | B | Mississippi |
| 12 | 121 | Dale Armstrong | E | Dartmouth |
| 13 | 131 | Lyle Button | T | Illinois |
| 14 | 141 | Bobby Lund | B | Tennessee |
| 15 | 151 | Carl Copp | T | Vanderbilt |
| 16 | 161 | Frank Reno | E | West Virginia |
| 17 | 171 | Leo Skladany | E | Pittsburgh |
| 18 | 181 | Russ Strait | B | Muhlenberg |
| 19 | 191 | Paul Odom | G | Rollins |
| 20 | 201 | Loyd Brinkman | B | Missouri |
| 21 | 211 | Louie Futrell | B | Southern California |
| 22 | 221 | Harvey Kingry | B | Colorado Mines |
| 23 | 231 | Hank Kalver | T | Oklahoma City |
| 24 | 241 | Fred Leon | T | Nevada-Reno |
| 25 | 251 | John Schweder | G | Pennsylvania |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 72 | 122 | 98 | 72 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 24 | 31 | 31 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 243 | 143 | 87 | 13 | / % | / % | 81 | 729 | |
| Opponents Totals | 148 | 60 | 68 | 20 | / % | / % | 62 | 533 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Cliff Patton | 0 | 42 | 43 | 97.7 | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 0 | 69 |
| Neill Armstrong | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jack Ferrante | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jim Parmer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bosh Pritchard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Pete Pihos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Clyde Scott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tommy Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Muha | 1 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Russ Craft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Mackrides | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pat McHugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Reagan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Ziegler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mario Giannelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 48 | 47 | 48 | 97.9 | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 1 | 364 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 17 | 17 | 100.0 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 0 | 134 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Muha | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Cliff Patton | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 5/ | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| Team Totals | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 5/ | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 0/ | 2/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 263 | 1146 | 4.4 | 41 | 11 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 84 | 506 | 6.0 | 77t | 3 |
| Frank Ziegler | 84 | 283 | 3.4 | 41 | 1 |
| Jim Parmer | 66 | 234 | 3.5 | 34 | 5 |
| Clyde Scott | 40 | 195 | 4.9 | 39 | 1 |
| Jack Myers | 48 | 182 | 3.8 | 12 | 1 |
| Joe Muha | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Bill Mackrides | 14 | 17 | 1.2 | 17 | 1 |
| Tommy Thompson | 15 | 17 | 1.1 | 3 | 2 |
| Russ Craft | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Pat McHugh | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 632 | 2607 | 4.1 | 77t | 25 |
| Opponents Totals | 353 | 1217 | 3.4 | 54t | 5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Thompson | 214 | 116 | 54.2 | 87 | 1727 | 8.1 | 14.9 | 75t | 16 | 7.5 | 11 | 5.1 | 73 | 1654 | 84.4 | |
| Bill Mackrides | 36 | 14 | 38.9 | 20 | 182 | 5.1 | 13.0 | 37 | 2 | 5.6 | 2 | 5.6 | 12 | 170 | 50.9 | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 251 | 130 | 51.8 | 107 | 1909 | 7.6 | 14.7 | 75t | 18 | 7.2 | 14 | 5.6 | 85 | 1824 | 77.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 303 | 121 | 39.9 | 153 | 1607 | 5.3 | 13.3 | 63t | 11 | 3.6 | 29 | 9.6 | 359 | 1248 | 30.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Ferrante | 34 | 508 | 14.9 | 64t | 5 |
| Pete Pihos | 34 | 484 | 14.2 | 49 | 4 |
| Neill Armstrong | 24 | 271 | 11.3 | 45t | 5 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 8 | 185 | 23.1 | 75t | 2 |
| Clyde Scott | 8 | 148 | 18.5 | 70t | 1 |
| Jack Myers | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Parmer | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Steve Van Buren | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 50t | 1 |
| Frank Ziegler | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Russ Craft | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Dick Humbert | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Muha | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 130 | 1909 | 14.7 | 75t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 121 | 1607 | 13.3 | 63t | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Reagan | 7 | 146 | 20.9 | 52 | 0 |
| Dick Humbert | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 37 | 0 |
| Pat McHugh | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 36 | 1 |
| Joe Muha | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 28t | 1 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Parmer | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Russ Craft | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Frank Ziegler | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Jarmoluk | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 409 | 14.1 | 52 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 241 | 17.2 | 54t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Muha | 45 | 1800 | 40.0 | 59 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Frank Reagan | 8 | 362 | 45.3 | 63 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 53 | 2162 | 40.8 | 63 | 1 | 6 | 384 | 1658 | 31.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 81 | 3127 | 38.6 | 64 | 5 | 4 | 577 | 2470 | 32.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Reagan | 21 | 266 | 12.7 | 42 | 1 | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 13 | 99 | 7.6 | 23 | 0 | |
| Clyde Scott | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 70t | 1 | |
| Russ Craft | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 19 | 0 | |
| Pat McHugh | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 20 | 0 | |
| Frank Ziegler | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Joe Muha | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 48 | 577 | 12.0 | 70t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 384 | 10.7 | 49 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 12 | 288 | 24.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 36 | 0 | |
| Johnny Green | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jack Myers | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Clyde Scott | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 | |
| Frank Ziegler | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Joe Muha | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Pete Pihos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 542 | 21.7 | 54 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 1087 | 20.5 | 40 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Craft | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 1 | |
| Jack Ferrante | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Giannelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Jarmoluk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Bucko Kilroy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Jay MacDowell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Mackrides | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duke Maronic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Pat McHugh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Muha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Parmer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Patton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Reagan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Savitsky | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde Scott | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 0 | |
| Vic Sears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Van Buren | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Ziegler | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 54 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 0 |
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