1951 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 5th place American Conference 4-8-0 .333 |
| Head Coach: Bo McMillin (2-0-0); Wayne Millner (2-8-0) |
| Wayne Millner | Ends/Backs |
| Jim Trimble | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/18/1951 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-9 | W | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 18256 | |
| Mon | 8/27/1951 | N | Detroit Lions | 17-17 | T | Shreveport, LA | Independence Stadium | 17000 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1951 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 26-31 | L | Little Rock, AR | War Memorial Stadium | 27000 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1951 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-10 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 19282 | |
| Sat | 9/15/1951 | H | Chicago Bears | 6-31 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 48221 | |
| Mon | 9/24/1951 | H | New York Giants | 6-21 | L | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 14807 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1951 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 17-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 16129 | |
| Sat | 10/6/1951 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 21-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 23432 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1951 | A | Green Bay Packers | 24-347 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 18489 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1951 | A | New York Giants | 24-26 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 28656 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1951 | H | Washington Redskins | 23-27 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 20437 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1951 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34-13 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 19649 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1951 | A | Cleveland Browns | 17-20 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 36571 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1951 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 25350 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1951 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-17 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 15537 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1951 | A | Washington Redskins | 35-21 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 23738 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1951 | H | New York Giants | 7-23 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 19342 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1951 | H | Cleveland Browns | 9-24 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 16623 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 80 | Neill Armstrong | RS | 6-2 | 189 | 25 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 6 |
| 74 | Walt Barnes | ROG0LOG | 6-1 | 238 | 33 | Louisiana State | 12 | 11 |
| 60 | Chuck Bednarik | LB-C-OG | 6-3 | 233 | 26 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 12 |
| 10 | Adrian Burk | QB-P | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | Kilgore JC; Baylor | 12 | 12 |
| 36 | Gerry Cowhig | LB | 6-2 | 215 | 30 | Notre Dame | 11 | 9 |
| 33 | Russ Craft | LDH | 5-9 | 174 | 32 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| 53 | Ken Farragut | C-LB | 6-4 | 240 | 23 | Mississippi | 12 | 0 |
| 64 | Mario Giannelli | MG | 6-0 | 265 | 31 | Boston College | 11 | 11 |
| 86 | Bud Grant | LDE | 6-2 | 199 | 24 | Minnesota | 12 | 11 |
| 89 | Johnny Green | LDE | 6-1 | 192 | 30 | Kilgore JC; Tulsa | 1 | 1 |
| 73 | Roscoe Hansen | LOT | 6-3 | 215 | 22 | North Carolina | 9 | 0 |
| 78 | Mike Jarmoluk | RDT | 6-5 | 252 | 29 | Temple | 12 | 12 |
| 76 | Bucko Kilroy | ROT | 6-2 | 243 | 30 | Temple | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | Vic Lindskog | C | 6-1 | 203 | 37 | Stanford | 11 | 10 |
| 88 | Jay MacDowell | RDE | 6-2 | 217 | 32 | Washington | 12 | 12 |
| 39 | Bill Mackrides | QB | 5-11 | 182 | 26 | Nevada-Reno | 7 | 0 |
| 67 | John Magee | ROG-MG | 5-10 | 220 | 28 | Rice; Louisiana-Lafayette; Rice | 12 | 1 |
| 49 | Pat McHugh | S | 5-11 | 166 | 32 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 6 |
| 81 | Red O'Quinn | OE | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Wake Forest | 4 | 0 |
| 43 | Jim Parmer | FB-ROH | 6-0 | 193 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 11 |
| 35 | Pete Pihos | ROE-RDH | 6-1 | 211 | 28 | Indiana | 12 | 6 |
| 21 | Al Pollard | DB-OHB | 6-0 | 196 | 23 | Loyola Marymount; Army | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | Bosh Pritchard | ROH | 5-11 | 164 | 32 | Virginia Military Institute; Georgia Tech | 6 | 2 |
| 11 | John Rauch | QB | 6-0 | 197 | 24 | Georgia | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | Frank Reagan | S-P | 5-11 | 182 | 32 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 12 |
| 68 | Ray Romero | LOG-ROG | 5-11 | 213 | 24 | Kansas State | 7 | 0 |
| 31 | Dan Sandifer | LS-OHB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Louisiana State | 12 | 0 |
| 27 | Clyde Scott | LOH-ROH | 6-0 | 174 | 27 | Navy; Arkansas | 12 | 0 |
| 79 | Vic Sears | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 223 | 33 | Oregon State | 12 | 2 |
| 72 | Dick Steere | LOT | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | Drake | 5 | 0 |
| 75 | Walt Stickel | LDT | 6-3 | 247 | 29 | Tulsa; Pennsylvania | 11 | 10 |
| 45 | Joe Sutton | RDH | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | Temple | 11 | 6 |
| 17 | Ebert Van Buren | FB-RLB | 6-2 | 208 | 27 | Louisiana State | 12 | 3 |
| 15 | Steve Van Buren | LOH | 6-0 | 205 | 31 | Louisiana State | 10 | 8 |
| 83 | Bobby Walston | LOE-K | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | Norm Willey | RDE-LDE | 6-2 | 224 | 24 | Marshall | 11 | 0 |
| 70 | Al Wistert | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 214 | 31 | Michigan | 12 | 0 |
| 41 | Frank Ziegler | ROH-LOH | 5-11 | 175 | 28 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 7 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Ebert Van Buren | B | Louisiana State |
| 1 | 8 | Chet Mutryn | B | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 3 | 32 | Al Bruno | E | Kentucky |
| 4 | 43 | Fran Nagle | B | Nebraska |
| 5 | 57 | Jack Dwyer | B | Loyola Marymount |
| 6 | 68 | Ken Farragut | C | Mississippi |
| 7 | 79 | Frank Boydstun | B | Baylor |
| 8 | 93 | Jack Richards | E | Arkansas |
| 9 | 104 | Denny Doyle | G | Tulane |
| 10 | 116 | Louis Schaufele | B | Arkansas |
| 11 | 130 | Bob Pope | T | Kentucky |
| 12 | 141 | Hank Rich | B | Arizona State |
| 13 | 152 | Pete Mastellone | C | Miami (Florida) |
| 14 | 166 | Bobby Walston | E | Georgia |
| 15 | 177 | Bobby North | B | Georgia Tech |
| 16 | 188 | Hal Hatfield | E | Southern California |
| 17 | 202 | Hal Waggoner | B | Tulane |
| 18 | 213 | Bill Weeks | B | Iowa State |
| 19 | 224 | John Bove | T | West Virginia |
| 20 | 238 | John Glorioso | B | Missouri |
| 21 | 249 | Neal Franklin | T | Southern Methodist |
| 22 | 260 | Jack Rucker | B | Mississippi State |
| 23 | 274 | Jack Bighead | E | Pepperdine |
| 24 | 285 | Tony Kotowski | E | Mississippi State |
| 25 | 296 | Glenn Drahn | B | Iowa |
| 26 | 310 | Billy Stewart | B | Mississippi State |
| 27 | 321 | Bob Winship | T | Rice |
| 28 | 332 | Marv Stendel | E | Arkansas |
| 29 | 346 | Roscoe Hansen | T | North Carolina |
| 30 | 357 | John Ford | QB | Hardin-Simmons |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 44 | 75 | 53 | 62 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 55 | 101 | 74 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 200 | 111 | 73 | 16 | / % | / % | 50 | 430 | |
| Opponents Totals | 183 | 92 | 77 | 14 | / % | / % | 53 | 458 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walston | 8 | 28 | 31 | 90.3 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 94 |
| Steve Van Buren | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Pete Pihos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Clyde Scott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jim Parmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dan Sandifer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Frank Ziegler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Adrian Burk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gerry Cowhig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walt Stickel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 28 | 31 | 90.3 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 1 | 234 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 0 | 264 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walston | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 44 | 0/3 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 44 | 0/3 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 4/ | 5/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Ziegler | 113 | 418 | 3.7 | 34 | 2 |
| Steve Van Buren | 112 | 327 | 2.9 | 17 | 6 |
| Jim Parmer | 92 | 316 | 3.4 | 15t | 2 |
| Clyde Scott | 45 | 161 | 3.6 | 40 | 1 |
| Al Pollard | 24 | 119 | 5.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Dan Sandifer | 35 | 113 | 3.2 | 13 | 1 |
| Ebert Van Buren | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| John Rauch | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Adrian Burk | 28 | 12 | 0.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Bill Mackrides | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 31 | 6 | 0.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 509 | 1562 | 3.1 | 40 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 462 | 1816 | 3.9 | 80t | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Burk | 218 | 92 | 92 | 103 | 1329 | 6.1 | 14.4 | 53t | 14 | 6.4 | 23 | 10.6 | 179 | 1150 | 44.5 | |
| Bill Mackrides | 54 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 333 | 6.2 | 14.5 | 43t | 3 | 5.6 | 5 | 9.3 | 11 | 322 | 43.2 | |
| John Rauch | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 4.3 | 10.2 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 33 | 18 | 19.8 | |
| Team Totals | 284 | 120 | 120 | 135 | 1713 | 6.0 | 14.3 | 53t | 17 | 6.0 | 29 | 10.2 | 223 | 1490 | 42.8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 287 | 119 | 119 | 150 | 1748 | 6.1 | 14.7 | 53t | 17 | 5.9 | 18 | 6.3 | 270 | 1478 | 55.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Pihos | 35 | 536 | 15.3 | 38t | 5 |
| Bobby Walston | 31 | 512 | 16.5 | 43t | 8 |
| Jim Parmer | 13 | 80 | 6.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Clyde Scott | 10 | 212 | 21.2 | 53t | 3 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 8 | 103 | 12.9 | 38 | 0 |
| Frank Ziegler | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Steve Van Buren | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Red O'Quinn | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Neill Armstrong | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Dan Sandifer | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 30t | 1 |
| Vic Lindskog | 0 | 21 | 21L | 0 | |
| John Magee | 0 | 7 | 7L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 120 | 1713 | 14.3 | 53t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 119 | 1748 | 14.7 | 53t | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Reagan | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Neill Armstrong | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Russ Craft | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Pete Pihos | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Joe Sutton | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dan Sandifer | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ebert Van Buren | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Pat McHugh | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Jarmoluk | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 256 | 14.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 475 | 16.4 | 88t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Burk | 67 | 2646 | 39.5 | 60 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Frank Reagan | 10 | 367 | 36.7 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 77 | 3013 | 39.1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 261 | 2732 | 35.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 3108 | 44.4 | 66 | 0 | 10 | 382 | 2526 | 36.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sandifer | 14 | 137 | 9.8 | 16 | 0 | |
| Al Pollard | 15 | 114 | 7.6 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 7 | 50 | 7.1 | 21 | 0 | |
| Clyde Scott | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Russ Craft | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bud Grant | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 382 | 8.9 | 30 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 261 | 7.7 | 71t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Pollard | 14 | 326 | 23.3 | 36 | 0 | |
| Clyde Scott | 8 | 171 | 21.4 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dan Sandifer | 8 | 147 | 18.4 | 40 | 0 | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walston | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 17 | 0 | |
| Pete Pihos | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Russ Craft | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 38 | 0 | |
| Frank Kilroy | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Walt Barnes | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Gerry Cowhig | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 48 | 920 | 19.2 | 40 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 923 | 22.5 | 38 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Barnes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Adrian Burk | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | |
| Gerry Cowhig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 1 |
| Russ Craft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Farragut | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Grant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Jarmoluk | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Kilroy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Vic Lindskog | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Mackrides | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Parmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Pihos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Pollard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Rauch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Reagan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Dan Sandifer | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clyde Scott | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Stickel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Sutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ebert Van Buren | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | |
| Steve Van Buren | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Wistert | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Ziegler | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 82 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 0 |
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