1945 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Division • 7-3-0 .700 |
| Head Coach: Greasy Neale |
| John Kellison | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/9/1945 | N | Detroit Lions | 35-7 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 9314 | |
| Thu | 9/13/1945 | H | Green Bay Packers | 28-21 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 90218 | |
| Wed | 9/19/1945 | H | Chicago Bears | 38-21 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty High School Stadium | 19326 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1945 | A | Cleveland Rams | 17-7 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 20000 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1945 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 21-6 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 25581 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1945 | A | Detroit Lions | 24-28 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 22580 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1945 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-24 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 34788 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1945 | H | Cleveland Rams | 28-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 38149 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1945 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 45-3 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 23018 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1945 | H | New York Giants | 38-17 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 30047 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1945 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 30-6 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 23838 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1945 | H | Washington Redskins | 16-16 | T | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 37306 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1945 | A | New York Giants | 21-28 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 45372 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1945 | H | Boston Yanks | 35-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 27905 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/19/1945 | Chicago Bears | Postponed from 9/18 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ben Agajanian | 89 | K | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Compton JC; New Mexico | 2 | 1 |
| Bruno Banducci | 63 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 216 | 24 | Stanford | 8 | 8 |
| Jack Banta | 33 | LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 191 | 28 | Southern California | 5 | 1 |
| Mel Bleeker | 49 | ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 189 | 25 | Southern California | 5 | 4 |
| Johnny Butler | 27 | HB-DH | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Tennessee | 6 | 0 |
| Larry Cabrelli | 84 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 5-10 | 194 | 28 | Colgate | 10 | 8 |
| Rocco Canale | 75 | OT-DT | 5-11 | 240 | 25 | Boston College | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Castiglia | 31 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 208 | 27 | Georgetown (DC) | 2 | 1 |
| Enio Conti | 51 | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 204 | 32 | Bucknell | 2 | 1 |
| Dick Erdlitz | 30 | QB-S | 5-10 | 181 | 26 | Northwestern | 5 | 0 |
| Jack Ferrante | 83 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 197 | 29 | none | 9 | 8 |
| Terry Fox | 36 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 208 | 27 | Miami (Florida) | 2 | 0 |
| George Fritts | 71 | LOT-LDT | 5-11 | 205 | 26 | Clemson | 10 | 1 |
| Charlie Gauer | 85 | OE-DE | 6-3 | 213 | 24 | Colgate | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Hinkle | 48 | ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | Syracuse | 4 | 2 |
| Dick Humbert | 86 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 179 | 27 | Richmond | 4 | 2 |
| Abe Karnofsky | 40 | ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | Arizona | 8 | 2 |
| Bucko Kilroy | 76 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 243 | 24 | Temple | 9 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 44 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 207 | 28 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 5 |
| Vic Lindskog | 52 | C-LB | 6-1 | 203 | 31 | Stanford | 10 | 6 |
| Mike Mandarino | 62 | OG-DG | 5-11 | 240 | 24 | La Salle | 7 | 0 |
| Bap Manzini | 50 | C-LB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | St. Vincent | 10 | 4 |
| Duke Maronic | 61 | ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 209 | 24 | none | 8 | 2 |
| Don McDonald | 81 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Oklahoma | 9 | 2 |
| Fred Meyer | 89 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 193 | 26 | Stanford | 8 | 0 |
| Eddie Michaels | 60 | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 205 | 31 | Villanova | 9 | 8 |
| Herschel Ramsey | 88 | OE-DE | 6-0 | 196 | 34 | Texas Tech | 2 | 0 |
| John Rogalla | 32 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 215 | 28 | Scranton | 8 | 4 |
| Jack Sanders | 67 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 219 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 4 | 0 |
| Vic Sears | 79 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 223 | 27 | Oregon State | 10 | 9 |
| Allie Sherman | 10 | QB-S | 5-11 | 170 | 22 | Brooklyn | 9 | 0 |
| Marshall Shires | 73 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 220 | 28 | Tennessee | 7 | 0 |
| John Smith | 83 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | Florida | 1 | 0 |
| Milt Smith | 82 | OE-DE | 6-3 | 185 | 26 | UCLA | 5 | 0 |
| Ernie Steele | 37 | ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 187 | 28 | Washington | 7 | 1 |
| Gil Steinke | 41 | ROH-DH-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 175 | 26 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 7 | 1 |
| Bob Suffridge | 65 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 205 | 29 | Tennessee | 10 | 1 |
| Tommy Thompson | 11 | QB-S | 6-1 | 192 | 27 | Tulsa | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Van Buren | 15 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Louisiana State | 10 | 9 |
| Buist Warren | 41 | HB-DH | 5-11 | 175 | 29 | Tennessee | 1 | 0 |
| Al Wistert | 70 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 214 | 25 | Michigan | 10 | 10 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 7 | QB-S-K | 6-2 | 201 | 27 | San Jose State | 10 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | John Yonakor | E | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 25 | Alvin Dark | B | Louisiana-Lafayette |
| 5 | 41 | Pete Pihos | E | Indiana |
| 6 | 52 | Chuck Dellago | G | Minnesota |
| 7 | 63 | Gonzalo Morales | B | St. Mary's (California) |
| 8 | 74 | Sam Robinson | B | Washington |
| 9 | 85 | Forrest Hall | B | San Francisco |
| 10 | 96 | Joe Sadonis | T | Fordham |
| 11 | 107 | Rudy Mobley | B | Hardin-Simmons |
| 12 | 118 | Jim Newmeyer | T | St. Vincent |
| 13 | 129 | Bill Chambers | T | UCLA |
| 14 | 140 | John Duda | B | Virginia |
| 15 | 151 | Bill Montgomery | B | Louisiana State |
| 16 | 162 | Howard Werner | E | Syracuse |
| 17 | 173 | Jim Austin | B | Missouri |
| 18 | 184 | Quentin Klenk | T | Southern California |
| 19 | 195 | Joe Spencer | T | Oklahoma State |
| 20 | 206 | Leo Pratt | T | Oklahoma State |
| 21 | 217 | Phil Teschner | T | Brown |
| 22 | 228 | John Magee | G | Rice |
| 23 | 239 | Norm Mosley | B | Alabama |
| 24 | 250 | Blair Brown | G | Oklahoma State |
| 25 | 261 | Bob Hall | E | Stanford |
| 26 | 272 | Don Talcott | T | Nevada-Reno |
| 27 | 283 | Bill Thompson | T | New Mexico |
| 28 | 294 | Al Fleming | C | Wichita State |
| 29 | 305 | Leo Benjamin | C | West Virginia |
| 30 | 316 | Jim Dougherty | B | Miami (Ohio) |
| 31 | 322 | Kenny Reese | B | Alabama |
| 32 | 328 | Loren Braner | C | Pittsburgh |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 75 | 57 | 99 | 272 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 21 | 35 | 41 | 133 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 131 | 74 | 47 | 10 | / % | / % | 61 | 529 | |
| Opponents Totals | 104 | 54 | 37 | 13 | / % | / % | 56 | 422 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 18 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | |
| Roy Zimmerman | 1 | 29 | 34 | 85.3 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 47 |
| Jack Ferrante | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Mel Bleeker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Abe Karnofsky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ernie Steele | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jack Banta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fred Meyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Allie Sherman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gil Steinke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Rogalla | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jack Sanders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 32 | 38 | 84.2 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 272 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 16 | 18 | 88.9 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 133 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Zimmerman | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 48 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 48 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 143 | 832 | 5.8 | 69t | 15 |
| Ernie Steele | 20 | 212 | 10.6 | 46 | 1 |
| Mel Bleeker | 50 | 167 | 3.3 | 20 | 2 |
| Abe Karnofsky | 41 | 134 | 3.3 | 19t | 2 |
| Ben Kish | 9 | 82 | 9.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Johnny Butler | 21 | 61 | 2.9 | 18 | 1 |
| Jack Banta | 15 | 49 | 3.3 | 22t | 1 |
| Gil Steinke | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 18 | 1 |
| Jack Hinkle | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 40 | 0 |
| Jim Castiglia | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Erdlitz | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| John Rogalla | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Allie Sherman | 16 | -7 | -0.4 | 8 | 1 |
| Buist Warren | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 29 | -11 | -0.4 | 9 | 1 |
| Tommy Thompson | 8 | -13 | -1.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 392 | 1640 | 4.2 | 69t | 25 |
| Opponents Totals | 318 | 817 | 2.6 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Zimmerman | 127 | 67 | 52.8 | 52 | 991 | 7.5 | 14.8 | 74t | 9 | 7.1 | 8 | 6.3 | 74.7 | |||
| Allie Sherman | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 11 | 172 | 5.9 | 11.5 | 26t | 2 | 6.9 | 3 | 10.3 | 53.3 | |||
| Tommy Thompson | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 11 | 146 | 5.2 | 9.7 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7.1 | 38.7 | |||
| Ernie Steele | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 29.2 | |||
| Steve Van Buren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 187 | 98 | 52.4 | 75 | 1321 | 7.1 | 13.5 | 74 | 11 | 5.7 | 14 | 7.5 | 63.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 205 | 89 | 43.4 | 97 | 1243 | 6.1 | 14.0 | 10 | 4.9 | 19 | 9.3 | 41.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Ferrante | 21 | 474 | 22.6 | 74t | 7 |
| Larry Cabrelli | 15 | 140 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Fred Meyer | 11 | 125 | 11.4 | 27t | 1 |
| Steve Van Buren | 10 | 123 | 12.3 | 44t | 2 |
| Ben Kish | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Don McDonald | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 21t | 1 |
| Dick Humbert | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Abe Karnofsky | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Mel Bleeker | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Ernie Steele | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Johnny Butler | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Rogalla | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Gil Steinke | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jack Hinkle | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 98 | 1321 | 13.5 | 74t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 89 | 1243 | 14.0 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Zimmerman | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Johnny Butler | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Abe Karnofsky | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Vic Lindskog | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jack Hinkle | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jack Ferrante | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ernie Steele | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dick Erdlitz | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Van Buren | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Cabrelli | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 257 | 13.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 127 | 9.1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Zimmerman | 47 | 1778 | 37.8 | 64 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Team Totals | 47 | 1778 | 37.8 | 64 | 1 | 3 | 27.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 2360 | 37.5 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 452 | 25.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 14 | 154 | 11.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Abe Karnofsky | 7 | 103 | 14.7 | 32 | 0 | |
| Jack Banta | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Mel Bleeker | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jack Hinkle | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 | |
| Gil Steinke | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Ernie Steele | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Roy Zimmerman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 452 | 12.2 | 32 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 290 | 10.4 | 27 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 13 | 373 | 28.7 | 98t | 1 | |
| Abe Karnofsky | 6 | 164 | 27.3 | 57 | 0 | |
| Ernie Steele | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Jack Banta | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Larry Cabrelli | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Johnny Butler | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Gil Steinke | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jack Hinkle | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Frank Kilroy | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 734 | 24.5 | 98t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 823 | 21.1 | 47 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Banta | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Bleeker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Johnny Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Cabrelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Fritts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hinkle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Humbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Abe Karnofsky | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vic Lindskog | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bap Manzini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Sears | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Allie Sherman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 0 | |
| Ernie Steele | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gil Steinke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Thompson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Van Buren | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | |
| Roy Zimmerman | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 24 | -16 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 0 |
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