1948 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-2-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Greasy Neale (9-2-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1948 Philadelphia Eagles RosterTeam Record: 9-2-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Greasy Neale (9-2-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1948 Philadelphia Eagles Results
The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1948 season with a record of 9 wins and 2 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.
Philadelphia piled up points with 376 points, while the solid defense yielded 156. Steve Van Buren carried the ball for a team-leading 945 yards for the Eagles.
Tommy Thompson passed for 1,965 yards. Pete Pihos grabbed 46 passes for 766 yards.
Ernie Steele picked off 6 opponent throws.
Greasy Neale coached the team. The 1948 Philadelphia Eagles won the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Tommy Thompson | 246 | 141 | 57.3 | 1965 | 8.0 | 25 | 10.2 | 11 | 4.5 | 70 | 98.4 | Bill Mackrides | 53 | 18 | 34.0 | 276 | 5.2 | 2 | 3.8 | 4 | 7.5 | 28 | 33.2 | Steve Van Buren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Ernie Steele | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 301 | 159 | 52.8 | 2241 | 7.4 | 27 | 9.0 | 16 | 5.3 | 70 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Steve Van Buren | 201 | 945 | 4.7 | 29 | 10 | Bosh Pritchard | 117 | 517 | 4.4 | 65 | 4 | Noble Doss | 62 | 193 | 3.1 | 18 | 0 | Jim Parmer | 30 | 167 | 5.6 | 42 | 3 | Jack Myers | 21 | 118 | 5.6 | 29 | 1 | Ben Kish | 10 | 106 | 10.6 | 66 | 1 | Ernie Steele | 13 | 99 | 7.6 | 56 | 1 | Joe Muha | 25 | 90 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 | Russ Craft | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 23 | 0 | Tommy Thompson | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 13 | 1 | Gil Steinke | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 | Pat McHugh | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | Bill Mackrides | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 9 | 0 | Pete Pihos | 8 | -3 | -0.4 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 528 | 2378 | 4.5 | 66 | 21 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Pete Pihos | 46 | 766 | 16.7 | 48 | 11 | Jack Ferrante | 28 | 444 | 15.9 | 66 | 7 | Bosh Pritchard | 27 | 252 | 9.3 | 34 | 2 | Neill Armstrong | 24 | 325 | 13.5 | 33 | 3 | Steve Van Buren | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 34 | 0 | Noble Doss | 8 | 96 | 12.0 | 30 | 0 | Jack Myers | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 31 | 0 | Russ Craft | 4 | 138 | 34.5 | 70 | 2 | Ernie Steele | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 32 | 1 | Joe Muha | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20 | 1 | Dick Humbert | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 159 | 2241 | 14.1 | 70 | 27 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Cliff Patton | 50 | 50 | 100.0 | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 74 | Joe Muha | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 50 | 50 | 100.0 | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 74 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Joe Muha | 57 | 2694 | 47.3 | 82 | Les Palmer | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 47 | Al Johnson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 62 | 2847 | 45.9 | 82 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bosh Pritchard | 24 | 282 | 11.8 | 55 | 1 | Pat McHugh | 18 | 220 | 12.2 | 55 | 0 | Russ Craft | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 17 | 0 | Les Palmer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Dick Humbert | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | Ernie Steele | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Noble Doss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Kish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 51 | 554 | 10.9 | 55 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Steve Van Buren | 14 | 292 | 20.9 | 34 | 0 | Bosh Pritchard | 9 | 249 | 27.7 | 50 | 0 | Ernie Steele | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 | Noble Doss | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | John Green | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 | Les Palmer | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Gil Steinke | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Jim Parmer | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Pete Pihos | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 681 | 21.3 | 50 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ernie Steele | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 33 | 0 | Dick Humbert | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 20 | 0 | Ben Kish | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 22 | 0 | Steve Van Buren | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 | Neill Armstrong | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 | Pat McHugh | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 | Jack Myers | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 | Jim Parmer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Alex Wojciechowicz | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 23 | 228 | 9.9 | 33 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Bosh Pritchard | 9 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | Steve Van Buren | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Green | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Russ Craft | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Alex Wojciechowicz | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Vic Lindskog | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cliff Patton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bucko Kilroy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Muha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bap Manzini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al Wistert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jay MacDowell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Kish | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Pat McHugh | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mario Giannelli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neill Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | John Magee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Mackrides | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ernie Steele | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pete Pihos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Myers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Parmer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Noble Doss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 33 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Cliff Patton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 74 | Pete Pihos | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | Steve Van Buren | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Bosh Pritchard | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Jack Ferrante | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Neill Armstrong | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Jim Parmer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Russ Craft | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Ernie Steele | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Tommy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jack Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Joe Muha | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ben Kish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Walt Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 21 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 376 |
