1946 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Division • 6-5-0 .545 |
| Head Coach: Greasy Neale |
| John Kellison | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 9/6/1946 | A | Green Bay Packers | 7-6 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 25000 | |
| Fri | 9/13/1946 | H | Chicago Bears | 12-24 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 92800 | |
| Thu | 9/19/1946 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-7 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty High School Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1946 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 25-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 30500 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1946 | H | Boston Yanks | 49-25 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 33986 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1946 | H | Green Bay Packers | 7-19 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 36127 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1946 | A | Chicago Bears | 14-21 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 41221 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | A | Washington Redskins | 28-24 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 33691 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1946 | H | New York Giants | 24-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 40059 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1946 | A | New York Giants | 17-45 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 60784 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-10 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 38882 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | H | Washington Redskins | 10-27 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 36633 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1946 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 29943 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1946 | A | Boston Yanks | 40-14 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 29555 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Mel Bleeker | 49 | HB-DH | 5-10 | 189 | 26 | Southern California | 4 | 0 |
| Larry Cabrelli | 84 | ROE-RDE | 5-10 | 194 | 29 | Colgate | 8 | 8 |
| Jim Castiglia | 31 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 208 | 28 | Georgetown (DC) | 11 | 2 |
| Russ Craft | 33 | ROH-RDH | 5-9 | 174 | 27 | Alabama | 9 | 1 |
| Otis Douglas | 71 | OT-DT | 6-1 | 224 | 35 | William & Mary | 11 | 0 |
| John Eibner | 74 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 228 | 32 | Kentucky | 8 | 0 |
| Jack Ferrante | 83 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 197 | 30 | none | 11 | 11 |
| Bob Friedlund | 85 | OE-DE | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | Michigan State | 2 | 0 |
| Ray Graves | 51 | C-LB | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Tennessee Wesleyan; Tennessee | 8 | 0 |
| Henry Gude | 73 | C-LB | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Hinkle | 43 | ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | Syracuse | 10 | 3 |
| Dick Humbert | 81 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 179 | 28 | Richmond | 11 | 4 |
| Bucko Kilroy | 76 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 243 | 25 | Temple | 9 | 1 |
| Ben Kish | 44 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 207 | 29 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 10 |
| Pete Kmetovic | 27 | DB-HB | 5-9 | 175 | 27 | Stanford | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Krieger | 89 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Dartmouth | 7 | 2 |
| Bert Kuczynski | 80 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 196 | 26 | Pennsylvania | 3 | 0 |
| Vic Lindskog | 52 | C-LB | 6-1 | 203 | 32 | Stanford | 11 | 10 |
| Augie Lio | 62 | LOG-LDG-K | 6-0 | 234 | 28 | Georgetown (DC) | 10 | 10 |
| Jay MacDowell | 85 | OE-DE-OT | 6-2 | 217 | 27 | Washington | 7 | 0 |
| Duke Maronic | 61 | ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 209 | 25 | none | 11 | 11 |
| Don McDonald | 81 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Oklahoma | 2 | 0 |
| Bob McDonough | 64 | DG-OG | 5-11 | 205 | 27 | Duke | 6 | 0 |
| Eddie Michaels | 60 | LOG | 5-11 | 205 | 32 | Villanova | 11 | 4 |
| Joe Muha | 36 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Virginia Military Institute | 11 | 11 |
| Elliott Ormsbee | 40 | HB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Bradley | 4 | 0 |
| Cliff Patton | 65 | DG-OG | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Texas Christian | 3 | 0 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 30 | ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 164 | 27 | Virginia Military Institute; Georgia Tech | 11 | 11 |
| Vic Sears | 79 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 223 | 28 | Oregon State | 11 | 11 |
| Allie Sherman | 10 | QB-S | 5-11 | 170 | 23 | Brooklyn | 11 | 0 |
| Rudy Smeja | 82 | RDE-ROE | 6-2 | 196 | 26 | Michigan | 11 | 3 |
| Ernie Steele | 37 | ROH-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 187 | 29 | Washington | 10 | 4 |
| Gil Steinke | 41 | LDH-LOH | 6-0 | 175 | 27 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 11 | 6 |
| Tommy Thompson | 11 | QB-S | 6-1 | 192 | 28 | Tulsa | 10 | 8 |
| Steve Van Buren | 15 | LOH | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Louisiana State | 9 | 8 |
| Al Wistert | 70 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 214 | 26 | Michigan | 10 | 10 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 53 | LB-C | 5-11 | 217 | 31 | Fordham | 7 | 1 |
| John Wyhonic | 66 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 213 | 27 | Alabama | 10 | 3 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 7 | S-QB-K | 6-2 | 201 | 28 | San Jose State | 11 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Leo Riggs | B | Southern California |
| 3 | 23 | Gordon Gray | B | Southern California |
| 5 | 37 | Walt Slater | B | Tennessee |
| 6 | 48 | Felto Prewitt | C | Tulsa |
| 7 | 57 | George Robotham | E | UCLA |
| 8 | 68 | Jim Lecture | G | Northwestern |
| 9 | 77 | Ernie Lewis | B | Colorado |
| 10 | 88 | Al Vandeweghe | E | William & Mary |
| 11 | 97 | Bill Iannicelli | E | Franklin & Marshall |
| 12 | 108 | Pat McHugh | B | Georgia Tech |
| 13 | 117 | John Wingender | B | Washington |
| 14 | 128 | Homer Paine | T | Oklahoma |
| 15 | 137 | John Kerns | T | Ohio University |
| 16 | 148 | Buddy Hubard | B | William & Mary |
| 17 | 157 | Allen Smith | B | Tulsa |
| 18 | 168 | Bernie Millham | E | Fordham* |
| 19 | 177 | Laurie Mauss | C | Utah |
| 20 | 188 | Dave Bucher | B | William & Mary |
| 21 | 197 | John Fabling | B | Colorado |
| 22 | 208 | George Feldman | B | Tufts |
| 23 | 217 | Ed Cameron | G | Miami (Florida) |
| 24 | 228 | Charley Steed | B | Arkansas-Monticello |
| 25 | 237 | Ed Grygiel | B | Dartmouth |
| 26 | 248 | Ben Raimondi | B | Indiana |
| 27 | 257 | Sam Bailey | E | Georgia |
| 28 | 268 | Bob Long | B | Tennessee |
| 29 | 277 | Bill Fisher | T | Harvard |
| 30 | 288 | George Slusser | B | Ohio State |
| 31 | 292 | Jack Itzel | B | Pittsburgh |
| 32 | 298 | Larry Kirkman | B | Boston University |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 58 | 61 | 58 | 231 |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 59 | 48 | 56 | 220 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 156 | 75 | 69 | 12 | / % | / % | 86 | 769 | |
| Opponents Totals | 146 | 72 | 56 | 18 | / % | / % | 91 | 817 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augie Lio | 1 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 51 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Steve Van Buren | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jack Ferrante | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Gil Steinke | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dick Humbert | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Roy Zimmerman | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Larry Cabrelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Castiglia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bert Kuczynski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ernie Steele | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jay MacDowell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Joe Muha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 29 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 2 | 231 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 26 | 30 | 86.7 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 220 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augie Lio | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 42 | 2/5 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 22 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 0 | 42 | 3/6 | 3/3 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 116 | 529 | 4.6 | 58 | 5 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 42 | 218 | 5.2 | 68t | 3 |
| Gil Steinke | 38 | 154 | 4.1 | 40 | 1 |
| Russ Craft | 27 | 108 | 4.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Ernie Steele | 31 | 108 | 3.5 | 43 | 1 |
| Jim Castiglia | 39 | 87 | 2.2 | 14 | 1 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 23 | 43 | 1.9 | 12 | 1 |
| Joe Muha | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Jack Hinkle | 18 | 33 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Pete Kmetovic | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Elliott Ormsbee | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Allie Sherman | 21 | 8 | 0.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Humbert | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mel Bleeker | 6 | -7 | -1.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 34 | -116 | -3.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 423 | 1263 | 3.0 | 68t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 418 | 1123 | 2.7 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Thompson | 103 | 57 | 55.3 | 37 | 745 | 7.2 | 13.1 | 45t | 6 | 5.8 | 9 | 8.7 | 61.3 | |||
| Roy Zimmerman | 79 | 41 | 51.9 | 30 | 597 | 7.6 | 14.6 | 59t | 4 | 5.1 | 8 | 10.1 | 54.1 | |||
| Allie Sherman | 33 | 17 | 51.5 | 13 | 264 | 8.0 | 15.5 | 53 | 4 | 12.1 | 3 | 9.1 | 80.1 | |||
| Steve Van Buren | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Bosh Pritchard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 217 | 116 | 53.5 | 81 | 1641 | 7.6 | 14.1 | 59t | 14 | 6.5 | 20 | 9.2 | 61.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 220 | 95 | 43.2 | 99 | 1360 | 6.2 | 14.3 | 11 | 5.0 | 26 | 11.8 | 40.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Ferrante | 28 | 451 | 16.1 | 48 | 4 |
| Dick Humbert | 18 | 191 | 10.6 | 22 | 3 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 14 | 309 | 22.1 | 59t | 3 |
| Jim Castiglia | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Larry Cabrelli | 8 | 98 | 12.3 | 38t | 1 |
| Steve Van Buren | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Ernie Steele | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Gil Steinke | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 32 | 2 |
| Russ Craft | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Pete Kmetovic | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Mel Bleeker | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Rudy Smeja | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Krieger | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Bert Kuczynski | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| Jay MacDowell | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 116 | 1641 | 14.1 | 59t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 95 | 1360 | 14.3 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gil Steinke | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 52t | 1 |
| Russ Craft | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Ernie Steele | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 37 | 0 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Hinkle | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Al Wistert | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Vic Lindskog | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Muha | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Duke Maronic | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bucko Kilroy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 413 | 15.9 | 52t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 380 | 19.0 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Zimmerman | 23 | 890 | 38.7 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Muha | 22 | 843 | 38.3 | 64 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bosh Pritchard | 7 | 242 | 34.6 | 64 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ben Kish | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Van Buren | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 57 | 2179 | 38.2 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 356 | 31.3 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 2577 | 40.3 | 69 | 1 | 3 | 504 | 31.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosh Pritchard | 12 | 166 | 13.8 | 42 | 0 | |
| Gil Steinke | 8 | 116 | 14.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Ernie Steele | 9 | 82 | 9.1 | 18 | 0 | |
| Steve Van Buren | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 50 | 1 | |
| Russ Craft | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 10 | 0 | |
| Jack Hinkle | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 504 | 12.9 | 50 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 356 | 11.9 | 38 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 11 | 319 | 29.0 | 63 | 0 | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 8 | 164 | 20.5 | 42 | 0 | |
| Ernie Steele | 8 | 120 | 15.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Russ Craft | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Gil Steinke | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 56 | 0 | |
| Jack Hinkle | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Joe Muha | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Dick Humbert | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jim Castiglia | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Rudy Smeja | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Elliott Ormsbee | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Henry Gude | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 881 | 21.5 | 63 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 822 | 20.6 | 50 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Bleeker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Castiglia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Craft | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Ferrante | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Kmetovic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Krieger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Lindskog | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Augie Lio | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay MacDowell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Duke Maronic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Muha | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elliott Ormsbee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allie Sherman | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rudy Smeja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Steele | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |
| Gil Steinke | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Thompson | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Van Buren | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Wistert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Wyhonic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 54 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 45 | 13 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 18 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 1 |
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