1947 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 8-4-0 .667 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Eastern Division Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/21/1947 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-0 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 35729 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/28/1947 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 21-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 30759 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Neill Armstrong | 80 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 189 | 21 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 0 |
| Alf Bauman | 73 | T | 6-2 | 228 | 27 | Northwestern | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Cabrelli | 84 | OE-DE | 5-10 | 194 | 30 | Colgate | 2 | 0 |
| Russ Craft | 33 | HB-DH | 5-9 | 174 | 28 | Alabama | 2 | 1 |
| Otis Douglas | 71 | OT-DT | 6-1 | 224 | 36 | William & Mary | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Ferrante | 82 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 197 | 31 | none | 2 | 2 |
| Johnny Green | 89 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 192 | 26 | Kilgore JC; Tulsa | 2 | 0 |
| Roger Harding | 72 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 211 | 24 | California | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Humbert | 81 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 179 | 29 | Richmond | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Kekeris | 77 | OT-DT | 6-1 | 266 | 24 | Missouri | 2 | 0 |
| Bucko Kilroy | 76 | ROG-RDG | 6-2 | 243 | 26 | Temple | 2 | 2 |
| Ben Kish | 44 | B | 6-0 | 207 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 |
| Vic Lindskog | 52 | C-LB | 6-1 | 203 | 33 | Stanford | 2 | 0 |
| Jay MacDowell | 88 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 217 | 28 | Washington | 2 | 1 |
| Art Macioszczyk | 31 | B | 5-9 | 208 | 27 | Western Michigan | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Mackrides | 39 | B | 5-11 | 182 | 22 | Nevada-Reno | 1 | 0 |
| Pat McHugh | 49 | QB-S | 5-11 | 166 | 28 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 |
| Joe Muha | 36 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Virginia Military Institute | 2 | 2 |
| Cliff Patton | 65 | LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Texas Christian | 2 | 2 |
| Pete Pihos | 35 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 211 | 24 | Indiana | 2 | 2 |
| Hal Prescott | 86 | QB-E | 6-1 | 199 | 27 | Hardin-Simmons | 2 | 1 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 30 | ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 164 | 28 | Virginia Military Institute; Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 |
| Vic Sears | 79 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 223 | 29 | Oregon State | 2 | 1 |
| Allie Sherman | 10 | B | 5-11 | 170 | 24 | Brooklyn | 2 | 0 |
| Ernie Steele | 37 | ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 187 | 30 | Washington | 2 | 1 |
| Don Talcott | 62 | T | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Nevada-Reno | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 11 | B | 6-1 | 192 | 29 | Tulsa | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Van Buren | 15 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | Louisiana State | 2 | 1 |
| Don Weedon | 60 | G | 5-11 | 220 | 28 | Texas | 1 | 0 |
| Boyd Williams | 51 | C | 6-3 | 218 | 25 | Syracuse | 1 | 0 |
| Al Wistert | 70 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 214 | 27 | Michigan | 2 | 2 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 53 | C-LB | 5-11 | 217 | 32 | Fordham | 2 | 2 |
| John Wyhonic | 66 | OG0DG | 6-0 | 213 | 28 | Alabama | 2 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 39 | 16 | 19 | 4 | / % | / % | 7 | 49 | |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | / % | / % | 15 | 163 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Russ Craft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Ferrante | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pat McHugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Cliff Patton | 0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWN | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| OPP | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 36 | 71 | 2.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Joe Muha | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Ernie Steele | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Allie Sherman | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Russ Craft | 16 | 11 | 0.7 | 1 | |
| Tommy Thompson | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Ben Kish | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Pat McHugh | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 89 | 184 | 2.1 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 384 | 5.6 | 3 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Thompson | 61 | 38 | 62.3 | 20 | 428 | 7.0 | 11.3 | 28t | 3 | 4.9 | 3 | 4.9 | 25 | 403 | 79.1 | |
| Allie Sherman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 62 | 38 | 61.3 | 21 | 428 | 6.9 | 11.3 | 3 | 4.8 | 3 | 4.8 | 28 | 400 | 77.9 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 7 | 21.9 | 23 | 106 | 3.3 | 15.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6.3 | 34 | 72 | 14.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Ferrante | 13 | 146 | 11.2 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Russ Craft | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Bosh Pritchard | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Pete Pihos | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Steve Van Buren | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 15t | 1 | ||
| Pat McHugh | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 53t | 1 | ||
| Dick Humbert | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Joe Muha | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Neill Armstrong | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 38 | 428 | 11.3 | 3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 106 | 15.1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Pihos | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Russ Craft | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Muha | 13 | 462 | 35.5 | 69 | 0 | 184 | ||||
| Ben Kish | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 14 | 474 | 33.9 | 0 | 184 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 636 | 37.4 | 0 | 122 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosh Pritchard | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 79t | 1 | |
| Ernie Steele | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| Pat McHugh | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 8 | 122 | 15.3 | 1 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 184 | 23.0 | 75t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Steele | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jack Ferrante | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Pete Pihos | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Steve Van Buren | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Neill Armstrong | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 121 | 24.2 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 28.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
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