You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Players > P > Pete Pihos

Pete Pihos

Peter Louis Pihos

Position: E-DE
Height: 6-1    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: October 22, 1923 in Orlando, FL
College: Indiana

Career AV: 73 (501st overall since 1950)

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1970

6-time Pro Bowler & 5-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 5th round (41st overall) of the 1945 NFL Draft.

35 35

Receiving & Rushing

Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1947 24 PHI RE 12 12 23 382 16.6 7 66 1.9 31.8 382 7 1
1948 25 PHI RE 12 11 46 766 16.7 11 48 3.8 63.8 8 -3 0 5 -0.4 -0.3 0.7 763 11 2
1949+ 26 PHI RE 11 9 34 484 14.2 4 49 3.1 44.0 484 4 0
1950* 27 PHI RE/RDE 35 12 0 38 447 11.8 6 43 3.2 37.3 447 6 3 16
1951* 28 PHI RE/RDE 35 12 0 35 536 15.3 5 38 2.9 44.7 536 5 1 12
1952*+ 29 PHI RDE 35 12 0 12 219 18.3 1 47 1.0 18.3 219 1 0 14
1953*+ 30 PHI RE 35 12 0 63 1049 16.7 10 59 5.3 87.4 1049 10 0 18
1954*+ 31 PHI RE 35 12 0 60 872 14.5 10 34 5.0 72.7 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 871 10 1 12
1955*+ 32 PHI RE 35 12 0 62 864 13.9 7 40 5.2 72.0 864 7 0 10
Career 107 32 373 5619 15.1 61 66 3.5 52.5 9 -4 0 5 -0.4 0.0 0.1 5615 61 8 82

Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1947 24 PHI RE 12 12 1 1 6 0
1948 25 PHI RE 12 11 2 0 0 0
1950* 27 PHI RE/RDE 35 12 0 3 1 0 0
1951* 28 PHI RE/RDE 35 12 0 2 30 0 30 1 0 0 0
1952*+ 29 PHI RDE 35 12 0 0 4 12 1
1953*+ 30 PHI RE 35 12 0 0 1 0 0
1954*+ 31 PHI RE 35 12 0 1 0 0 0
Career 107 32 2 30 0 30 8 7 18 1

Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1947 24 PHI RE 12 12 1 26 1 26 26.0 1 17 0 17 17.0 425
1948 25 PHI RE 12 11 1 9 0 9 9.0 772
1949+ 26 PHI RE 11 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 484
1951* 28 PHI RE/RDE 35 12 0 3 40 0 20 13.3 576
Career 107 32 1 26 1 26 26.0 6 66 0 20 11.0 5707

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1947 24 PHI RE 12 12 7 1 8 48
1948 25 PHI RE 12 11 11 11 66
1949+ 26 PHI RE 11 9 4 4 24
1950* 27 PHI RE/RDE 35 12 0 6 6 36
1951* 28 PHI RE/RDE 35 12 0 5 5 30
1952*+ 29 PHI RDE 35 12 0 1 1 2 12
1953*+ 30 PHI RE 35 12 0 10 10 60
1954*+ 31 PHI RE 35 12 0 10 10 60
1955*+ 32 PHI RE 35 12 0 7 7 42
Career 107 32 61 1 1 63 378

Similar Players

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955

First-Team All-Pro

1949
1952
1953
1954
1955

Receptions

1948 NFL 46 (2)
1949 NFL 34 (10)
1950 NFL 38 (10)
1951 NFL 35 (8)
1953 NFL 63 (1)

1954 NFL 60 (1)

1955 NFL 62 (1)

Receiving Yds

1948 NFL 766 (2)
1951 NFL 536 (10)
1953 NFL 1049 (1)

1954 NFL 872 (3)
1955 NFL 864 (1)

Career 5619 (169)

Receiving TD

1947 NFL 7 (4)
1948 NFL 11 (2)
1950 NFL 6 (6)
1951 NFL 5 (8)
1953 NFL 10 (1)

1954 NFL 10 (3)
1955 NFL 7 (5)
Career 61 (56)

Yds/Reception

1947 NFL 16.6 (8)
1948 NFL 16.7 (6)
1953 NFL 16.7 (10)

Receiving Yds/Game

1948 NFL 63.8 (2)
1953 NFL 87.4 (1/99)

1954 NFL 72.7 (3)
1955 NFL 72.0 (1)

Career 52.5 (115)

Touchdowns

1947 NFL 8 (7)
1948 NFL 11 (2)
1953 NFL 10 (2)
1954 NFL 10 (4)
1955 NFL 7 (10)
Career 63 (113)

Points Scored

1948 NFL 66 (4)
1953 NFL 60 (8)
1954 NFL 60 (9)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1947 NFL 7 (8)
1948 NFL 11 (2)
1953 NFL 10 (2)
1954 NFL 10 (4)
1955 NFL 7 (10)
Career 61 (119)

Non-Offensive TDs

1947 NFL 1 (6)

Yds From Scrimmage

1948 NFL 763 (6)
1953 NFL 1049 (4)
1954 NFL 871 (7)
1955 NFL 864 (7)

Punt Return TD

1947 NFL 1 (1/89)

Career 1 (143)

Fumbles Recovered

1952 NFL 4 (5)

Fumble Return TD

1952 NFL 1 (2)

 
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

1947Pro Foot. Illustrated: 2nd Team All-NFL
1948Sporting News: 2nd Team All-NFL/AAFC
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Chicago Herald Am.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Foot. Illustrated: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1949Int. News Service: 1st Team All-NFL/AAFC
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1950NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1952Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1953Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1954Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1955Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL