1946 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Greasy Neale (6-5)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1946 Philadelphia Eagles Roster
1946 Philadelphia Eagles Results

The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1946 season with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.

The Eagles scored 231 points, and the defensive squad allowed 220. Steve Van Buren carried the ball for a team-leading 529 yards for Philadelphia.

Tommy Thompson passed for 745 yards, and Roy Zimmerman spent time under center, too. Jack Ferrante topped pass catchers, grabbing 28 passes for 451 yards.

Gil Steinke picked off 6 opponent throws.

Greasy Neale coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Tommy Thompson	103	57	55.3	745	7.2	6	5.8	9	8.7	45	61.3
Roy Zimmerman	79	41	51.9	597	7.6	4	5.1	8	10.1	59	54.1
Allie Sherman	33	17	51.5	264	8.0	4	12.1	3	9.1	53	80.1
Steve Van Buren	1	1	100.0	35	35.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	35	118.8
Bosh Pritchard	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	217	116	53.5	1641	7.6	14	6.5	20	9.2	59

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Steve Van Buren	116	529	4.6	58	5
Bosh Pritchard	42	218	5.2	68	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
Totals	423	1263	3.0	68	12

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jack Ferrante	28	451	16.1	48	4
Dick Humbert	18	191	10.6	22	3
Bosh Pritchard	14	309	22.1	59	3
Jim Castiglia	11	51	4.6	23	0
Larry Cabrelli	8	98	12.2	38	1
Steve Van Buren	6	75	12.5	33	0
Gil Steinke	5	107	21.4	32	2
Ernie Steele	5	69	13.8	24	0
Pete Kmetovic	4	68	17.0	38	0
Russ Craft	4	48	12.0	35	0
Rudy Smeja	3	45	15.0	17	0
Mel Bleeker	3	29	9.7	20	0
Ben Kish	3	16	5.3	7	0
Bob Krieger	2	47	23.5	35	0
Jay MacDowell	1	28	28.0	28	0
Bert Kuczynski	1	9	9.0	9	1
Totals	116	1641	14.1	59	14

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Augie Lio	27	27	100.0	11	6	54.5	45
Roy Zimmerman	2	2	100.0	4	2	50.0	8
Totals	29	29	100.0	15	8	53.3	53

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Roy Zimmerman	23	890	38.7	52
Joe Muha	22	843	38.3	64
Bosh Pritchard	7	242	34.6	64
Ben Kish	4	163	40.8	50
Steve Van Buren	1	41	41.0	41
Totals	57	2179	38.2	64

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bosh Pritchard	12	166	13.8	42	0
Gil Steinke	8	116	14.5	27	0
Steve Van Buren	5	89	17.8	50	1
Ernie Steele	9	82	9.1	18	0
Russ Craft	4	47	11.8	16	0
Jack Hinkle	1	4	4.0	4	0
Totals	39	504	12.9	50	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Steve Van Buren	11	319	29.0	63
Bosh Pritchard	8	164	20.5	42
Ernie Steele	8	120	15.0	51
Gil Steinke	3	92	30.7	56
Russ Craft	4	86	21.5	28
Jack Hinkle	1	25	25.0	25
Joe Muha	1	23	23.0	23
Dick Humbert	1	18	18.0	18
Jim Castiglia	1	17	17.0	17
Rudy Smeja	1	12	12.0	12
Elliott Ormsbee	1	5	5.0	5
Henry Gude	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	41	881	21.5	63

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Gil Steinke	6	72	12.0	52	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
Totals	26	413	15.9	52	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds
Steve Van Buren			8	5	0
Duke Maronic		0	0	4	0
Tommy Thompson			8	4	0
Russ Craft		0	4	4	0
Ernie Steele		0	4	4	10
Augie Lio			0	3	0
Joe Muha		0	4	3	0
Allie Sherman			6	3	1
Ben Kish		0	1	2	0
Roy Zimmerman		0	3	2	0
Jack Ferrante			0	2	2
Rudy Smeja			0	1	0
Mel Bleeker			1	1	0
Bosh Pritchard		0	5	1	0
Bob Krieger			0	1	0
Jay MacDowell			0	1	0
Vic Lindskog		0	0	1	0
Alex Wojciechowicz			1	1	0
Al Wistert		0	0	1	0
John Wyhonic			0	1	0
Gil Steinke		0	5	0	0
Jim Castiglia			2	0	0
Elliott Ormsbee			1	0	0
Pete Kmetovic			1	0	0
Totals	0	0	54	45	13

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Augie Lio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	27	0			51
Bosh Pritchard	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Steve Van Buren	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Jack Ferrante	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Gil Steinke	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			24
Dick Humbert	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Roy Zimmerman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0			14
Jim Castiglia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Larry Cabrelli	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Ernie Steele	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Bert Kuczynski	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Jay MacDowell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2
Totals	12	14	1	0	0	1	0	1	8	29	0	0	1	229