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1944 Philadelphia Eagles

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Record: 7-1-2, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 267 points (26.7/g), 1st of 11 in the NFL.
 Allowed 131 points (13.1/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 136 points (13.6/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 8.4-1.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.5/g), 4th.

Coached by Greasy Neale

Training Camp: West Chester University (State Teachers College) (West Chester, Pennsylvania)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 267 2604 560 4.7 110 55 136 941 9 12 6.9 27 424 1663 23 3.9 73 32 20 10
Team Defense 131 1937 552 3.5 86 105 231 1379 12 33 6.0 35 321 558 6 1.7 43 37 4 8
Lg Rank Offense 1 5 4 9 9 6 1 3 1 1 1 1 5 10
Lg Rank Defense 2 1 1 8 7 7 2 5 2 1 2 1 5 10

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Tue September 26 boxscore W 1-0 @ Boston Yanks 28 7 11 228 23 205 6 66 58 8 3
2 Sun October 8 boxscore T 1-0-1 Washington Redskins 31 31 11 313 154 159 1 15 394 291 103
3 Sun October 22 boxscore W 2-0-1 Boston Yanks 38 0 8 291 135 156 1 7 111 121 -10 3
4 Sun October 29 boxscore W 3-0-1 @ New York Giants 24 17 16 219 74 145 4 8 273 116 157 4
6 Sun November 5 boxscore W 4-0-1 @ Brooklyn Tigers 21 7 4 263 60 203 1 6 132 106 26 5
6 Sun November 12 boxscore T 4-0-2 New York Giants 21 21 11 274 102 172 6 6 257 148 109 3
7 Sun November 19 boxscore W 5-0-2 @ Washington Redskins 37 7 10 306 114 192 2 10 287 266 21 4
8 Sun November 26 boxscore L 5-1-2 Chicago Bears 7 28 13 96 94 2 6 9 176 85 91 2
9 Sun December 3 boxscore W 6-1-2 Brooklyn Tigers 34 0 11 300 47 253 3 6 29 16 13 4
10 Sun December 10 boxscore W 7-1-2 Cleveland Rams 26 13 13 317 140 177 5 7 216 179 37 7

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
Roy Zimmerman 26 K/P/QB 10 10 39 105 37.1 785 8 7.6 10 9.5 75 7.5 4.7 20.1 78.5 50.0 0 0
Allie Sherman 21 10 0 16 31 51.6 156 1 3.2 2 6.5 23 5.0 2.8 9.8 15.6 49.9 0 0
Team Total 25.7 10 55 136 40.4 941 9 6.6 12 8.8 75 6.9 4.3 17.1 94.1 49.9 0 0
Opp Total 10 105 231 45.5 1379 12 5.2 33 14.3 6.0 0.58 13.1 137.9 42.6 0 0 6.0 0.6 0.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Jack Hinkle 27 RH 10 7 92 421 2 26 4.6 42.1 9.2 2 34 17.0 0 22 0.2 3.4 455 2 0
Steve Van Buren+ 24 KR/LH/PR 9 6 80 444 5 70 5.6 49.3 8.9 444 5 0
Mel Bleeker 24 hb 9 3 60 315 4 37 5.3 35.0 6.7 8 299 37.4 4 75 0.9 33.2 614 8 0
Ernie Steele 27 hb 9 2 59 247 5 56 4.2 27.4 6.6 1 22 22.0 0 22 0.1 2.4 269 5 0
Jack Banta 27 hb 7 2 38 198 3 60 5.2 28.3 5.4 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 1.1 206 3 0
Roy Zimmerman 26 K/P/QB 10 10 26 -84 2 5 -3.2 -8.4 2.6 -84 2 0
Ben Kish 27 FB 10 10 22 96 0 20 4.4 9.6 2.2 5 73 14.6 1 45 0.5 7.3 169 1 0
Allie Sherman 21 10 0 22 -42 1 17 -1.9 -4.2 2.2 -42 1 0
Art Macioszczyk 24 10 0 16 55 0 12 3.4 5.5 1.6 3 28 9.3 0 21 0.3 2.8 83 0 0
Toimi Jarvi 24 5 0 5 16 0 4 3.2 3.2 1.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.2 1.8 25 0 0
Ted Laux 26 1 0 2 -1 0 0 -0.5 -1.0 2.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 1.0 6.0 5 0 0
Larry Cabrelli 27 RE 9 9 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.2 0.1 14 169 12.1 1 30 1.6 18.8 167 1 0
Tom Miller 26 de 10 3 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.2 0.1 8 135 16.9 0 49 0.8 13.5 133 0 0
Flip McDonald 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 26 6.5 1 9 0.8 5.2 26 1 0
Jack Ferrante 28 LE 10 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 66 22.0 1 45 0.3 6.6 66 1 0
John Durko 30 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 31 15.5 1 23 0.3 5.2 31 1 0
Charlie Gauer 23 fb 7 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 35 17.5 0 18 0.3 5.0 35 0 0
Team Total 25.7 10 424 1661 22 70 3.9 166.1 42.4 55 941 17.1 9 75 5.5 94.1 2602 31 0
Opp Total 10 321 558 6 1.7 55.8 32.1 105 1379 13.1 12 10.5 137.9 1937 18 29

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Steve Van Buren+ 24 KR/LH/PR 9 6 15 230 1 55 15.3 8 266 1 97 33.3 940
Ernie Steele 27 hb 9 2 11 181 0 25 16.5 5 128 0 51 25.6 578
Jack Banta 27 hb 7 2 7 81 0 10 11.6 3 54 0 25 18.0 341
Jack Hinkle 27 RH 10 7 4 32 0 14 8.0 6 134 0 30 22.3 621
Toimi Jarvi 24 5 0 2 22 0 15 11.0 47
Ben Kish 27 FB 10 10 2 36 0 27 18.0 205
Art Macioszczyk 24 10 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 1 4 0 4 4.0 101
Mel Bleeker 24 hb 9 3 1 3 0 3 3.0 617
Tom Miller 26 de 10 3 1 8 0 8 8.0 141
Team Total 25.7 10 41 563 1 55 13.7 26 630 1 97 24.2 3795
Opp Total 10 26 0 46 830 1 18.0

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Roy Zimmerman 26 K/P/QB 10 10 8 4 50.0% 34 32 94.1% 39 1531 61 0 39.3
Jack Banta 27 hb 7 2 9 398 56 0 44.2
Ben Kish 27 FB 10 10 1 1 100.0% 4 182 65 0 45.5
Ted Laux 26 1 0 1 18 18 0 18.0
Allie Sherman 21 10 0 1 27 27 0 27.0
Steve Van Buren+ 24 KR/LH/PR 9 6 1 35 35 0 35.0
Team Total 25.7 10 8 4 50.0% 35 33 94.3% 55 2191 65 0 39.8
Opp Total 10 5 1 20.0% 19 14 73.7% 71 2826 39.8

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Ernie Steele 27 hb 9 2 6 113 0 62 0
Steve Van Buren+ 24 KR/LH/PR 9 6 5 47 0 13 0
Ben Kish 27 FB 10 10 4 52 0 15 0
Roy Zimmerman 26 K/P/QB 10 10 4 36 0 14 0
Jack Hinkle 27 RH 10 7 2 62 1 50 0
Allie Sherman 21 10 0 2 34 0 20 0
Jack Banta 27 hb 7 2 1 34 0 34 0
Mel Bleeker 24 hb 9 3 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Friedman 23 LT 10 8 1 2 0 2 0
Charlie Gauer 23 fb 7 4 1 2 0 2 0
Toimi Jarvi 24 5 0 1 0 0 0 0
Vic Lindskog 30 c 7 4 1 65 1 65 0
Bap Manzini 24 C 10 6 1 16 0 16 0
Duke Maronic 23 9 0 1 32 0 32 0
Flip McDonald 23 5 0 1 14 0 14 0
Tom Miller 26 de 10 3 1 35 1 35 0
Team Total 25.7 10 33 544 3 65 0
Opp Total 10 29 25

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Roy Zimmerman 26 K/P/QB 10 10 2 1 3 32 4 62
Mel Bleeker 24 hb 9 3 4 4 8 48
Steve Van Buren+ 24 KR/LH/PR 9 6 5 1 1 7 42
Ernie Steele 27 hb 9 2 5 5 30
Jack Banta 27 hb 7 2 3 3 18
Jack Hinkle 27 RH 10 7 2 1 3 18
Ben Kish 27 FB 10 10 1 1 1 7
Larry Cabrelli 27 RE 9 9 1 1 6
John Durko 30 6 0 1 1 6
Jack Ferrante 28 LE 10 4 1 1 6
Vic Lindskog 30 c 7 4 1 1 6
Flip McDonald 23 5 0 1 1 6
Tom Miller 26 de 10 3 1 1 6
Allie Sherman 21 10 0 1 1 6
Team Total 25.7 10 22 9 1 1 3 1 37 33 4 267
Opp Total 10 6 12 1 14 1 131