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1945 Philadelphia Eagles

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Record: 7-3-0, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 272 points (27.2/g), 1st of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 133 points (13.3/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 139 points (13.9/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 8.4-1.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.2/g), 3rd.

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 272 2959 568 5.2 131 98 187 1321 11 14 7.1 47 381 1638 26 4.3 74 24 10 10
Team Defense 133 2060 523 3.9 104 89 205 1243 10 19 6.1 37 318 817 8 2.6 54 26 7 13
Lg Rank Offense 1 4 4 8 8 7 3 5 3 3 1 3 3 5
Lg Rank Defense 2 1 1 5 2 5 5 3 1 1 2 2 7 8

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 Sun October 7 boxscore W 1-0 Chicago Cardinals 21 6 9 240 76 164 14 213 170 43
3 Sun October 14 boxscore L 1-1 @ Detroit Lions 24 28 8 236 100 136 4 9 178 125 53 3
3 Sun October 21 boxscore L 1-2 @ Washington Redskins 14 24 15 199 50 149 3 19 413 161 252
4 Sun October 28 boxscore W 2-2 Cleveland Rams 28 14 6 185 144 41 1 10 243 171 72 4
6 Sun November 4 boxscore W 3-2 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 45 3 12 425 225 200 2 5 141 108 33 5
6 Sun November 11 boxscore W 4-2 New York Giants 38 17 15 437 176 261 2 7 153 131 22 2
7 Sun November 18 boxscore W 5-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 30 6 15 277 106 171 3 13 194 52 142 2
8 Sun November 25 boxscore W 6-2 Washington Redskins 16 0 14 268 157 111 2 11 124 101 23 4
9 Sun December 2 boxscore L 6-3 @ New York Giants 21 28 18 307 148 159 3 8 258 187 71
10 Sun December 9 boxscore W 7-3 Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers 35 7 18 366 139 227 4 8 131 33 98 5

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 27 K/P/QB 10 8 67 127 52.8 991 9 7.1 8 6.3 74 7.8 6.4 14.8 99.1 75.9 0 0
Allie Sherman 22 qb 10 1 15 29 51.7 172 2 6.9 3 10.3 26 5.9 2.7 11.5 17.2 53.3 0 0
Tommy Thompson 29 8 0 15 28 53.6 146 0 0.0 2 7.1 27 5.2 2.0 9.7 18.3 38.7 0 0
Ernie Steele 28 hb 7 1 1 2 50.0 12 0 0.0 1 50.0 12 6.0 -16.5 12.0 1.7 29.2 0 0
Steve Van Buren+ 25 KR/LH/PR 10 9 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
Team Total 26.3 10 98 187 52.4 1321 11 5.9 14 7.5 74 7.1 4.9 13.5 132.1 63.6 0 0
Opp Total 10 89 205 43.4 1243 10 4.9 19 9.3 6.1 2.87 14.0 124.3 41.2 0 0 6.1 2.9 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
Steve Van Buren+ 25 KR/LH/PR 10 9 143 832 15 69 5.8 83.2 14.3 10 123 12.3 2 44 1.0 12.3 955 17 7
Mel Bleeker 25 RH 4 4 50 167 2 20 3.3 41.8 12.5 3 32 10.7 0 15 0.8 8.0 199 2 2
Abe Karnofsky 23 qb 8 2 41 134 2 19 3.3 16.8 5.1 5 113 22.6 0 38 0.6 14.1 247 2 3
Roy Zimmerman 27 K/P/QB 10 8 29 -11 1 9 -0.4 -1.1 2.9 -11 1 3
Johnny Butler 27 7 0 21 61 1 18 2.9 8.7 3.0 2 14 7.0 0 9 0.3 2.0 75 1 0
Ernie Steele 28 hb 7 1 20 212 2 46 10.6 30.3 2.9 3 42 14.0 0 31 0.4 6.0 254 2 2
Allie Sherman 22 qb 10 1 16 -7 1 8 -0.4 -0.7 1.6 -7 1 2
Jack Banta 28 hb 5 1 15 49 1 22 3.3 9.8 3.0 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.2 2.0 59 1 1
Jim Castiglia 27 fb 1 1 13 29 0 6 2.2 29.0 13.0 29 0 0
Jack Hinkle 28 b 3 2 11 40 0 14 3.6 13.3 3.7 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.3 2.7 48 0 1
Ben Kish 28 FB 9 5 9 82 0 22 9.1 9.1 1.0 8 78 9.8 0 18 0.9 8.7 160 0 0
Tommy Thompson 29 8 0 8 -13 0 7 -1.6 -1.6 1.0 -13 0 3
Gil Steinke 26 hb 7 1 7 46 1 18 6.6 6.6 1.0 2 12 6.0 0 9 0.3 1.7 58 1 1
Dick Erdlitz 25 7 0 6 24 0 16 4.0 3.4 0.9 24 0 0
John Rogalla 28 fb 8 4 2 2 0 6 1.0 0.3 0.3 2 22 11.0 0 17 0.3 2.8 24 0 0
Buzz Warren 29 1 0 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 -7.0 1.0 -7 0 1
Jack Ferrante 29 LE 10 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 464 22.1 7 74 2.1 46.4 464 7 0
Larry Cabrelli 28 RE 10 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 140 9.3 0 19 1.5 14.0 140 0 0
Fred Meyer 26 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 135 12.3 1 27 1.4 16.9 135 1 0
Flip McDonald 24 e 9 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 75 9.4 1 21 0.9 8.3 75 1 0
Dick Humbert 27 e 4 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 53 8.8 0 12 1.5 13.3 53 0 0
Team Total 26.3 10 392 1640 26 69 4.2 164.0 39.2 98 1321 13.5 11 74 9.8 132.1 2961 37 26
Opp Total 10 318 817 8 2.6 81.7 31.8 89 1243 14.0 10 8.9 124.3 2060 18 22

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+ 25 KR/LH/PR 10 9 14 154 0 24 11.0 13 373 1 98 28.7 1482
Abe Karnofsky 23 qb 8 2 7 103 0 32 14.7 6 164 0 57 27.3 514
Jack Banta 28 hb 5 1 4 74 0 20 18.5 2 37 0 19 18.5 170
Ernie Steele 28 hb 7 1 2 22 0 12 11.0 3 72 0 27 24.0 348
Mel Bleeker 25 RH 4 4 4 37 0 18 9.3 236
Jack Hinkle 28 b 3 2 3 28 0 14 9.3 1 17 0 17 17.0 93
Gil Steinke 26 hb 7 1 2 27 0 15 13.5 1 18 0 18 18.0 103
Larry Cabrelli 28 RE 10 8 2 25 0 17 12.5 165
Johnny Butler 27 7 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 96
Bucko Kilroy 24 9 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
Roy Zimmerman 27 K/P/QB 10 8 1 7 0 7 7.0 -4
Team Total 26.3 10 37 452 0 32 12.2 30 734 1 98 24.5 4147
Opp Total 10 28 0 39 866 0 22.2

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 27 K/P/QB 10 8 8 4 50.0% 33 29 87.9% 47 1778 64 1 37.8
Steve Van Buren+ 25 KR/LH/PR 10 9 2 2 100.0%
John Rogalla 28 fb 8 4 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 26.3 10 8 4 50.0% 36 32 88.9% 47 1778 64 1 37.8
Opp Total 10 6 3 50.0% 18 16 88.9% 63 2362 37.5

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
Roy Zimmerman 27 K/P/QB 10 8 7 90 0 23 0 0 3 2 -1 0
Steve Van Buren+ 25 KR/LH/PR 10 9 1 2 0 2 0 0 7 2 -6 0
Tommy Thompson 29 8 0 2 33 0 25 0 0 3 3 0 0
Abe Karnofsky 23 qb 8 2 1 27 0 27 0 0 3 1 0 0
Ernie Steele 28 hb 7 1 1 15 0 15 0 0 2 1 0 0
Jack Banta 28 hb 5 1 0 1 2 0 0
Mel Bleeker 25 RH 4 4 0 2 1 2 0
Jack Hinkle 28 b 3 2 1 17 0 17 0 0 1 1 0 0
Allie Sherman 22 qb 10 1 0 2 1 -10 0
Johnny Butler 27 7 0 1 32 0 32 0 0 0 1 0 0
Larry Cabrelli 28 RE 10 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Vic Lindskog 31 C 10 6 1 22 0 22 0 0 0 1 0 0
Vic Sears 27 LT 10 9 0 0 2 0 0
Gil Steinke 26 hb 7 1 0 1 1 0 0
Buzz Warren 29 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
Dick Erdlitz 25 7 0 1 3 0 3 0
Jack Ferrante 29 LE 10 8 1 15 0 15 0
George Fritts 26 t 10 1 0 0 1 0 0
Dick Humbert 27 e 4 2 0 0 1 0 0
Ben Kish 28 FB 9 5 1 0 0 0 0
Bap Manzini 25 c 9 4 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.3 10 19 257 0 32 0 0 26 24 -15 0
Opp Total 10 22 15

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
Steve Van Buren+ 25 KR/LH/PR 10 9 15 2 1 18 2 110
Roy Zimmerman 27 K/P/QB 10 8 1 1 29 4 47
Jack Ferrante 29 LE 10 8 7 7 42
Mel Bleeker 25 RH 4 4 2 2 12
Abe Karnofsky 23 qb 8 2 2 2 12
Ernie Steele 28 hb 7 1 2 2 12
Jack Banta 28 hb 5 1 1 1 6
Johnny Butler 27 7 0 1 1 6
Flip McDonald 24 e 9 2 1 1 6
Fred Meyer 26 8 0 1 1 6
Allie Sherman 22 qb 10 1 1 1 6
Gil Steinke 26 hb 7 1 1 1 6
John Rogalla 28 fb 8 4 1 1
Team Total 26.3 10 26 11 1 38 32 4 272
Opp Total 10 8 10 16 3 133