1947 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Division 8-4-0 .667 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Greasy Neale |
| Charley Ewart | Backfield |
| John Kellison | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 9/5/1947 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 21-38 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 16282 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1947 | H | Chicago Bears | 10-13 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 61000 | |
| Wed | 9/17/1947 | A | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 42-7 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 8500 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1947 | H | Washington Redskins | 45-42 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 35406 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1947 | H | New York Giants | 23-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 29823 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-40 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 34338 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1947 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-35 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 33538 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1947 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 14-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 36364 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1947 | A | Washington Redskins | 38-14 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 36591 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | A | New York Giants | 41-24 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 29016 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | H | Boston Yanks | 32-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 26498 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1947 | A | Boston Yanks | 14-21 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 15368 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1947 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 37218 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1947 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 21-45 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 32322 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1947 | H | Green Bay Packers | 28-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 24216 | |
| 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 | |
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 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 189 | 21 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 1 |
| 63 | Al Baisi | C-LB | 6-0 | 215 | 30 | West Virginia | 3 | 1 |
| 73 | Alf Bauman | OT-DT | 6-2 | 228 | 27 | Northwestern | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | Larry Cabrelli | OE-DE | 5-10 | 194 | 30 | Colgate | 6 | 0 |
| 72 | T.J. Campion | OT-DT | 6-2 | 225 | 29 | Southeastern Louisiana | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | Russ Craft | LDH-RDH-ROH | 5-9 | 174 | 28 | Alabama | 11 | 11 |
| 45 | Noble Doss | ROH-LDH | 6-0 | 189 | 27 | Texas | 10 | 6 |
| 71 | Otis Douglas | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 224 | 36 | William & Mary | 12 | 4 |
| 83 | Jack Ferrante | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 197 | 31 | none | 11 | 10 |
| 89 | Johnny Green | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 192 | 26 | Kilgore JC; Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
| 72 | Roger Harding | DT-C | 6-2 | 211 | 24 | California | 7 | 0 |
| 43 | Jack Hinkle | HB | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | Syracuse | 3 | 0 |
| 81 | Dick Humbert | RDE-DH-ROE | 6-1 | 179 | 29 | Richmond | 11 | 6 |
| 77 | Jim Kekeris | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 266 | 24 | Missouri | 11 | 1 |
| 76 | Bucko Kilroy | ROG-RDG | 6-2 | 243 | 26 | Temple | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | Ben Kish | LLB-FB | 6-0 | 207 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | Vic Lindskog | C-LB? | 6-1 | 203 | 33 | Stanford | 9 | 9 |
| 88 | Jay MacDowell | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 217 | 28 | Washington | 12 | 3 |
| 31 | Art Macioszczyk | FB-LB | 5-9 | 208 | 27 | Western Michigan | 12 | 3 |
| 39 | Bill Mackrides | QB-S | 5-11 | 182 | 22 | Nevada-Reno | 8 | 0 |
| 61 | Duke Maronic | OG-DG | 5-9 | 209 | 26 | none | 4 | 0 |
| 49 | Pat McHugh | RDH | 5-11 | 166 | 28 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 5 |
| 36 | Joe Muha | LLB-FB | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Virginia Military Institute | 12 | 9 |
| 65 | Cliff Patton | LOG-LDG-K | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Texas Christian | 12 | 12 |
| 35 | Pete Pihos | ROE-LDE | 6-1 | 211 | 24 | Indiana | 12 | 12 |
| 86 | Hal Prescott | RDE | 6-1 | 199 | 27 | Hardin-Simmons | 11 | 6 |
| 30 | Bosh Pritchard | ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 164 | 28 | Virginia Military Institute; Georgia Tech | 12 | 5 |
| 79 | Vic Sears | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 223 | 29 | Oregon State | 8 | 8 |
| 10 | Allie Sherman | QB-S | 5-11 | 170 | 24 | Brooklyn | 12 | 0 |
| 37 | Ernie Steele | S-LOH | 6-0 | 187 | 30 | Washington | 12 | 12 |
| 41 | Gil Steinke | ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 175 | 28 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 6 | 5 |
| 62 | Don Talcott | OG-DG-OT-DT | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Nevada-Reno | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | Tommy Thompson | QB | 6-1 | 192 | 29 | Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
| 15 | Steve Van Buren | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | Louisiana State | 12 | 7 |
| 60 | Don Weedon | OG-DG | 5-11 | 220 | 28 | Texas | 12 | 0 |
| 51 | Boyd Williams | C-LB | 6-3 | 218 | 25 | Syracuse | 6 | 0 |
| 70 | Al Wistert | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 214 | 27 | Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| 53 | Alex Wojciechowicz | RLB-C | 5-11 | 217 | 32 | Fordham | 12 | 12 |
| 66 | John Wyhonic | ROG-RLB | 6-0 | 213 | 28 | Alabama | 12 | 2 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Neill Armstrong | E | Oklahoma State |
| 3 | 19 | Bill Mackrides | B | Nevada-Reno |
| 5 | 30 | George Savitsky | T | Pennsylvania |
| 7 | 51 | Tony Yovicsin | E | Miami (Florida) |
| 8 | 61 | Al Satterfield | T | Vanderbilt |
| 9 | 71 | Bob Leonetti | G | Wake Forest |
| 10 | 80 | Ulysses Cornogg | T | Wake Forest |
| 11 | 91 | Alex Sarkisian | C | Northwestern |
| 12 | 102 | Jerry D'Arcy | C | Tulsa |
| 13 | 110 | John Hamberger | T | Southern Methodist |
| 14 | 121 | Al Johnson | B | Hardin-Simmons |
| 15 | 132 | Joe Cook | B | Hardin-Simmons |
| 16 | 140 | Jeff Durkota | B | Penn State |
| 17 | 152 | Hub Shurtz | T | Louisiana State |
| 18 | 161 | Bill Bell | B | Muhlenberg |
| 19 | 170 | T.J. Campion | T | Southeastern Louisiana |
| 20 | 182 | Fred Hall | G | Louisiana State |
| 21 | 191 | Jim Clayton | T | Wyoming |
| 22 | 200 | George Blomquist | E | North Carolina State |
| 23 | 212 | Joe Haynes | G | Tulsa |
| 24 | 221 | Stanton Hense | E | Xavier |
| 25 | 230 | Johnny Kelly | B | Rice |
| 26 | 242 | H.J. Roberts | G | Rice |
| 27 | 251 | Phil Cutchin | B | Kentucky |
| 28 | 261 | Charley Wakefield | T | Stanford |
| 29 | 272 | Dick Langenbeck | T | Cincinnati |
| 30 | 281 | Bernie Winkler | T | Texas Tech |
| 31 | 288 | Bill Stephens | T | Baylor |
| 32 | 298 | Mike Kalosh | E | Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 88 | 66 | 82 | 72 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 66 | 47 | 105 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 203 | 109 | 68 | 26 | / % | / % | 92 | 848 | |
| Opponents Totals | 188 | 75 | 86 | 27 | / % | / % | 110 | 1017 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||
| Pete Pihos | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Cliff Patton | 0 | 36 | 40 | 90.0 | 3 | 14 | 21.4 | 0 | 45 |
| Jack Ferrante | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bosh Pritchard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Joe Muha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Neill Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Pat McHugh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tommy Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Russ Craft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Mackrides | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Allie Sherman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ernie Steele | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gil Steinke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Kekeris | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 43 | 38 | 43 | 88.4 | 4 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 308 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 32 | 34 | 94.1 | 2 | 10 | 20.0 | 0 | 242 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Patton | 3 | 14 | 21.4 | 0 | 17 | 3/11 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Joe Muha | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 40 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| Jim Kekeris | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 40 | 3/16 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 10 | 20.0 | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 217 | 1008 | 4.6 | 45 | 13 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 69 | 294 | 4.3 | 31 | 1 |
| Pat McHugh | 22 | 171 | 7.8 | 41 | 2 |
| Ernie Steele | 26 | 138 | 5.3 | 49 | 1 |
| Joe Muha | 27 | 107 | 4.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Art Macioszczyk | 30 | 104 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 23 | 52 | 2.3 | 16 | 2 |
| Gil Steinke | 16 | 50 | 3.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Noble Doss | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Allie Sherman | 17 | 17 | 1.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jack Hinkle | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Russ Craft | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | -1 | 0 |
| Bill Mackrides | 7 | -15 | -2.1 | 2 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 474 | 1971 | 4.2 | 49 | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 380 | 1329 | 3.5 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Thompson | 201 | 106 | 106 | 80 | 1680 | 8.4 | 15.8 | 69t | 16 | 8.0 | 15 | 7.5 | 126 | 1554 | 76.3 | |
| Bill Mackrides | 17 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 58 | 3.4 | 7.3 | 15 | 2 | 11.8 | 3 | 17.6 | 9 | 49 | 55.1 | |
| Allie Sherman | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 4.6 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 15.0 |
| Team Totals | 223 | 116 | 116 | 88 | 1761 | 7.9 | 15.2 | 69t | 18 | 8.1 | 19 | 8.5 | 69.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 334 | 151 | 151 | 160 | 2410 | 7.2 | 16.0 | 19 | 5.7 | 23 | 6.9 | 60.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Pihos | 23 | 382 | 16.6 | 66t | 7 |
| Jack Ferrante | 18 | 341 | 18.9 | 54t | 4 |
| Neill Armstrong | 17 | 197 | 11.6 | 46 | 2 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 16 | 315 | 19.7 | 69t | 3 |
| Dick Humbert | 13 | 139 | 10.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Steve Van Buren | 9 | 79 | 8.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Ernie Steele | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 44 | 0 |
| Gil Steinke | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 60t | 1 |
| Art Macioszczyk | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Russ Craft | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 34 | 1 |
| Noble Doss | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Pat McHugh | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Muha | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Hal Prescott | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 116 | 1761 | 15.2 | 69t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 151 | 2410 | 16.0 | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Steele | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Pat McHugh | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 48 | 0 |
| Hal Prescott | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Noble Doss | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Dick Humbert | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Gil Steinke | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Vic Lindskog | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Russ Craft | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Van Buren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 287 | 12.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 236 | 12.4 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Muha | 53 | 2303 | 43.5 | 75 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ben Kish | 8 | 301 | 37.6 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bosh Pritchard | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 63 | 2668 | 42.3 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 350 | 31.5 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 2690 | 38.4 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 690 | 28.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Steele | 11 | 183 | 16.6 | 42 | 0 | |
| Pat McHugh | 10 | 156 | 15.6 | 69t | 1 | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 24 | 271 | 11.3 | 30 | 0 | |
| Gil Steinke | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| Pete Pihos | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 | |
| Vic Sears | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Russ Craft | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 54 | 716 | 13.3 | 69t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 350 | 10.9 | 23 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 13 | 382 | 29.4 | 95t | 1 | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 8 | 148 | 18.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Jack Ferrante | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 34 | 0 | |
| Joe Muha | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Pat McHugh | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Neill Armstrong | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 15 | 0 | |
| Art Macioszczyk | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Ernie Steele | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Pete Pihos | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Ben Kish | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Gil Steinke | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 854 | 19.4 | 95t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 989 | 20.2 | 94t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neill Armstrong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Craft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Ferrante | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Kilroy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Macioszczyk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Mackrides | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | |
| Pat McHugh | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Muha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Pete Pihos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Hal Prescott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vic Sears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Allie Sherman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -9 | 0 | |
| Ernie Steele | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | |
| Gil Steinke | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Thompson | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8 | -1 | 0 | |
| Steve Van Buren | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | |
| Al Wistert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 36 | -3 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 0 |
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