1949 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 11-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Greasy Neale (11-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1949 Philadelphia Eagles RosterTeam Record: 11-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Greasy Neale (11-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1949 Philadelphia Eagles Results
The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1949 season with a record of 11 wins and 1 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.
On offense, the Eagles led the league with 364 points. Defensively, Philadelphia relinquished 134 points, fewest in the league. Steve Van Buren carried the ball for a team-leading 1,146 yards.
Tommy Thompson threw for 1,727 yards. Jack Ferrante topped all receivers, grabbing 34 passes for 508 yards.
Frank Reagan and Dick Humbert each seized 7 opponent throws.
Greasy Neale coached the team. The 1949 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 | 214 | 116 | 54.2 | 1727 | 8.1 | 16 | 7.5 | 11 | 5.1 | 75 | 84.4 | Bill Mackrides | 36 | 14 | 38.9 | 182 | 5.1 | 2 | 5.6 | 2 | 5.6 | 37 | 50.9 | Bosh Pritchard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 251 | 130 | 51.8 | 1909 | 7.6 | 18 | 7.2 | 14 | 5.6 | 75 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Steve Van Buren | 263 | 1146 | 4.4 | 41 | 11 | Bosh Pritchard | 84 | 506 | 6.0 | 77 | 3 | Frank Ziegler | 84 | 283 | 3.4 | 41 | 1 | Jim Parmer | 66 | 234 | 3.5 | 34 | 5 | Clyde Scott | 40 | 195 | 4.9 | 39 | 1 | Jack Myers | 48 | 182 | 3.8 | 12 | 1 | Joe Muha | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 | Bill Mackrides | 14 | 17 | 1.2 | 17 | 1 | Tommy Thompson | 15 | 17 | 1.1 | 5 | 2 | Pat McHugh | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | Russ Craft | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 | Ben Kish | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 632 | 2607 | 4.1 | 77 | 25 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jack Ferrante | 34 | 508 | 14.9 | 64 | 5 | Pete Pihos | 34 | 484 | 14.2 | 49 | 4 | Neill Armstrong | 24 | 271 | 11.3 | 45 | 5 | Bosh Pritchard | 8 | 185 | 23.1 | 75 | 2 | Clyde Scott | 8 | 148 | 18.5 | 70 | 1 | Jack Myers | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 | Jim Parmer | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 30 | 0 | Steve Van Buren | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 50 | 1 | Frank Ziegler | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 24 | 0 | Russ Craft | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | Dick Humbert | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Joe Muha | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
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| Totals | 130 | 1909 | 14.7 | 75 | 18 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Cliff Patton | 43 | 42 | 97.7 | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 69 | Joe Muha | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 |
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| Totals | 48 | 47 | 97.9 | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 74 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Frank Reagan | 21 | 266 | 12.7 | 42 | 1 | Clyde Scott | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 70 | 1 | Bosh Pritchard | 13 | 99 | 7.6 | 23 | 0 | Russ Craft | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 19 | 0 | Pat McHugh | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 20 | 0 | Frank Ziegler | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Joe Muha | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
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| Totals | 48 | 577 | 12.0 | 70 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Steve Van Buren | 12 | 288 | 24.0 | 35 | 0 | Bosh Pritchard | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 36 | 0 | Clyde Scott | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 | John Green | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 | Jack Myers | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 21 | 0 | Frank Ziegler | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Joe Muha | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Pete Pihos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 25 | 542 | 21.7 | 54 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Frank Reagan | 7 | 146 | 20.9 | 52 | 0 | Dick Humbert | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 37 | 0 | Pat McHugh | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 36 | 1 | Joe Muha | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 28 | 1 | Alex Wojciechowicz | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 | Jim Parmer | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | Russ Craft | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Frank Ziegler | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Mike Jarmoluk | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 29 | 409 | 14.1 | 52 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Russ Craft | 0 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 0 | Clyde Scott | 4 | 3 | -8 | 0 | 0 | Frank Ziegler | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | George Savitsky | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tommy Thompson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Ferrante | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jay MacDowell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Reagan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Jarmoluk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Alex Wojciechowicz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vic Sears | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mario Giannelli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cliff Patton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Duke Maronic | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Bucko Kilroy | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Joe Muha | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Parmer | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat McHugh | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Mackrides | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bosh Pritchard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Van Buren | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 31 | 54 | 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 | Steve Van Buren | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | Cliff Patton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 69 | Jim Parmer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Neill Armstrong | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Bosh Pritchard | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Jack Ferrante | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Pete Pihos | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Clyde Scott | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Tommy Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Joe Muha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | Bill Mackrides | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Frank Ziegler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Pat McHugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Frank Reagan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jack Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Russ Craft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mario Giannelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 25 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 364 |
