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1944 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)

2nd place • Eastern Division • 7-1-2 .875

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Head Coach: Greasy Neale

Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Tue	9/12/1944	H	Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers	22-0	W		Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	20000
Sun	9/17/1944	A	Detroit Lions	27-7	W		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	13702
Tue	9/26/1944	A	Boston Yanks	28-7	W		Boston, MA	Fenway Park	25061
Sun	10/1/1944	N	Cleveland Rams	7-7	T		Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	14753
Sun	10/8/1944	H	Washington Redskins	31-31	T		Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	32548
Sat	10/14/1944	N	Green Bay Packers	38-13	W		Nashville, TN	Dudley Field	20614
Sun	10/22/1944	H	Boston Yanks	38-0	W		Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	24638
Sun	10/29/1944	A	New York Giants	24-17	W		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	42639
Sun	11/5/1944	A	Brooklyn Tigers	21-7	W		New York, NY	Ebbets Field	15289
Sun	11/12/1944	H	New York Giants	21-21	T		Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	33248
Sun	11/19/1944	A	Washington Redskins	37-7	W		Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	35540
Sun	11/26/1944	H	Chicago Bears	7-28	L		Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	34035
Sun	12/3/1944	H	Brooklyn Tigers	34-0	W		Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	13467
Sun	12/10/1944	H	Cleveland Rams	26-13	W		Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	24123

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Bruno Banducci	63	ROG-RDG	5-11	216	23	Stanford	10	9
Jack Banta	33	LOH-LDH	5-11	191	27	Southern California	7	2
Mel Bleeker	49	ROH-RDH-FB-LB	5-10	189	24	Southern California	9	3
Larry Cabrelli	84	ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE	5-10	194	27	Colgate	9	9
Rocco Canale	75	LOT-LDT	5-11	240	24	Boston College	9	1
Enio Conti	67	LOG-LDG	5-11	204	31	Bucknell	8	5
John Durko	88	OE-DE	6-4	235	29	Albright	6	0
Carl Fagioli	77	OG-DG	6-0	200	26	none	1	0
Jack Ferrante	83	LOE-LDE	6-1	197	28	none	10	4
Bob Friedman	11	LOT-LDT	6-2	215	23	Washington	10	8
Charlie Gauer	85	LOE-LDE	6-3	213	23	Colgate	8	4
Jack Hinkle	43	ROH-RDH	6-0	195	27	Syracuse	10	7
Tommy Jarvi	32	HB-DH	6-0	200	24	Northern Illinois	3	0
Bucko Kilroy	76	ROT-RDT	6-2	243	23	Temple	10	4
Ben Kish	44	FB-LB-ROH-RDH	6-0	207	27	Pittsburgh	10	10
Ted Laux	27	QB-S	5-10	185	28	St. Joseph's (Pennsylvania)	1	0
Vic Lindskog	52	C-LB	6-1	203	30	Stanford	7	4
Art Macioszczyk	31	FB-LB	5-9	208	24	Western Michigan	10	0
Mike Mandarino	62	OT-DT-C-LB-OG-DG	5-11	240	23	La Salle	8	0
Bap Manzini	50	C-LB	5-11	195	24	St. Vincent	9	6
Duke Maronic	61	OG-DG-OT-DT	5-9	209	23	none	10	0
Don McDonald	81	OE-DE	6-2	200	23	Oklahoma	5	0
Eddie Michaels	60	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	5-11	205	30	Villanova	10	6
Tom Miller	69	ROE-RDE	6-2	202	26	Hampden-Sydney	9	3
Walt Nowak	81	OE-DE	5-11	185	29	Villanova	1	0
Allie Sherman	10	QB-S	5-11	170	21	Brooklyn	10	0
Ernie Steele	37	LOH-LDH	6-0	187	27	Washington	9	2
Johnny Tosi		OT-DT	5-10	225	31	Niagara	1	0
Steve Van Buren	15	LOH-LDH	6-0	205	24	Louisiana State	9	6
Al Wistert	70	ROT-RDT	6-1	214	24	Michigan	8	7
John Yovicsin	81	OE-DE	6-3	195	26	Gettysburg	1	0
Roy Zimmerman	7	QB-S	6-2	201	26	San Jose State	10	10

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Steve Van Buren	B	Louisiana State
3	20	Loren La Prade	G	Stanford
5	36	Joe Parker	E	Texas
6	52	Hillery Horne	T	Mississippi State
7	58	Vic Kulbitski	B	Minnesota
8	74	George Phillips	B	UCLA
9	80	Paul Sarringhaus	B	Ohio State
10	96	John Perko	G	Notre Dame
11	102	Elliott Ormsbee	B	Bradley
12	118	Earle Parsons	B	Southern California
13	124	Bob Hanzlik	E	Wisconsin
14	140	Jim Talley	C	Louisiana State
15	146	Dom Fusci	T	South Carolina
16	162	Johnny Green	E	Tulsa
17	168	Jackie Freeman	B	William & Mary
18	184	Joe Kane	B	Pennsylvania
19	190	Tony Schiro	G	Santa Clara
20	206	Norm Michael	B	Syracuse
21	212	Eddie Kulakowski	T	West Virginia
22	228	Al Postus	B	Villanova
23	234	Milt Smith	E	UCLA
24	250	Earl Klapstein	T	Pacific
25	256	Bob Frisbee	B	Stanford
26	272	Ed Eiden	B	Scranton
27	278	Barney Burdick	E	Creighton
28	294	Nick Daukas	T	Dartmouth
29	300	Pasquale Darone	G	Boston College
30	316	Bill Clark	T	Colorado College
31	322	Pete Pasko	E	East Stroudsburg
32	328	Myron Majewski	T	American International

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	69	88	48	62	267
Opponents Totals	41	29	19	42	131

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		110	73	27	10	/ %	/ %	66	523
Opponents Totals		86	43	35	8	/ %	/ %	79	570

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Roy Zimmerman	3	32	34	94.1	4	8	50.0	0	62
Mel Bleeker	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Steve Van Buren	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Ernie Steele	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Jack Banta	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jack Hinkle	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Ben Kish	1	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	7
Larry Cabrelli	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Durko	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jack Ferrante	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Vic Lindskog	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Don McDonald	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tom Miller	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Allie Sherman	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	37	33	37	89.2	4	8	50.0	0	267
Opponents Totals	19	14	19	73.7	1	5	20.0	0	131

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Roy Zimmerman	4	8	50.0	0	49	0/1	1/2	2/2	1/3	0/0
Team Totals	4	8	50.0	0	49	0/1	1/2	2/2	1/3	0/0
Opponents Totals	1	5	20.0		26	0/	1/	0/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Steve Van Buren	80	444	5.6	70t	5
Jack Hinkle	92	421	4.6	26	2
Mel Bleeker	60	315	5.3	37	4
Ernie Steele	59	247	4.2	56t	5
Jack Banta	38	198	5.2	60t	2
Ben Kish	22	96	4.4	20	0
Art Macioszczyk	16	55	3.4	12	0
Tommy Jarvi	5	16	3.2	4	0
Ted Laux	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Larry Cabrelli	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Tom Miller	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Allie Sherman	22	-42	-1.9	17	1
Roy Zimmerman	26	-84	-3.2	5	2
Team Totals	424	1661	3.9	70t	21
Opponents Totals	321	558	1.7		6

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Roy Zimmerman	105	39	37.1	56	785	7.5	20.1	75t	8	7.6	10	9.5				50.0
Allie Sherman	31	16	51.6	13	156	5.0	9.8	23t	1	3.2	2	6.5				49.9
Team Totals	136	55	40.4	69	941	6.9	17.1	75t	9	6.6	12	8.8				49.9
Opponents Totals	231	105	45.5	93	1379	6.0	13.1		12	5.2	33	14.3				42.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Cabrelli	14	169	12.1	30t	1
Mel Bleeker	8	299	37.4	75t	4
Tom Miller	8	135	16.9	49	0
Ben Kish	5	73	14.6	45t	1
Don McDonald	4	26	6.5	9	1
Jack Ferrante	3	66	22.0	45t	1
Art Macioszczyk	3	28	9.3	21	0
John Durko	2	31	15.5	23t	1
Charlie Gauer	2	35	17.5	18	0
Jack Hinkle	2	34	17.0	22	0
Jack Banta	1	8	8.0	8	0
Tommy Jarvi	1	9	9.0	9	0
Ted Laux	1	6	6.0	6	0
Ernie Steele	1	22	22.0	22	0
Team Totals	55	941	17.1	75t	9
Opponents Totals	105	1379	13.1		12

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ernie Steele	6	113	18.8	62	0
Steve Van Buren	5	47	9.4	13	0
Ben Kish	4	52	13.0	15	0
Roy Zimmerman	4	36	9.0	14	0
Jack Hinkle	2	62	31.0	50t	1
Allie Sherman	2	34	17.0	29	0
Vic Lindskog	1	65	65.0	65t	1
Tom Miller	1	35	35.0	35t	1
Jack Banta	1	34	34.0	34	0
Duke Maronic	1	32	32.0	32	0
Bap Manzini	1	16	16.0	16	0
Don McDonald	1	14	14.0	14	0
Bob Friedman	1	2	2.0	2	0
Charlie Gauer	1	2	2.0	2	0
Mel Bleeker	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tommy Jarvi	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	33	544	16.5	65t	3
Opponents Totals	12	160	13.3		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Roy Zimmerman	39	1531	39.3	61	0	1
Jack Banta	9	398	44.2	56	0	0
Ben Kish	4	182	45.5	65	0	0
Steve Van Buren	1	35	35.0	35	0	0
Allie Sherman	1	27	27.0	27	0	0
Ted Laux	1	18	18.0	18	0	0
Team Totals	55	2191	39.8	61	0	4?				35.1
Opponents Totals	71	2826	39.8	76	2	4		563		31.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Steve Van Buren	15		230	15.3	55t	1
Ernie Steele	11		181	16.5	25	0
Jack Banta	7		81	11.6	19	0
Jack Hinkle	4		32	8.0	14	0
Tommy Jarvi	2		23	11.5	15	0
Art Macioszczyk	1		14	14.0	14	0
Mel Bleeker	1		3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	41		563	13.7	55t	1
Opponents Totals	26		264	10.2	27	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Steve Van Buren	8		266	33.3	97	1
Jack Hinkle	6		134	22.3	30	0
Ernie Steele	5		128	25.6	51	0
Jack Banta	3		54	18.0	25	0
Ben Kish	2		36	18.0	27	0
Tom Miller	1		8	8.0	8	0
Art Macioszczyk	1		4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	26		630	24.2	97	1
Opponents Totals	46		828	18.0	41	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals	36	20	16	4	20		0
Opponents Totals	29	4	25	20	45		1

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