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1946 Philadelphia Eagles

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Record: 6-5-0, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 231 points (21.0/g), 5th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 220 points (20.0/g), 7th.
 Differential of 11 points (1.0/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 5.8-5.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.3/g), 5th.

Coached by Greasy Neale (6-5-0)

1946 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 29 box W 1-0 @ Los Angeles Rams 25 14 16 316 175 141 2 15 233 117 116 4
2 Sun October 6 box W 2-0 Boston Yanks 49 25 21 405 208 197 2 17 341 282 59 4
3 Sun October 13 box L 2-1 Green Bay Packers 7 19 15 254 204 50 6 10 134 99 35 1
4 Sun October 20 box L 2-2 @ Chicago Bears 14 21 11 199 154 45 6 17 297 145 152 3
5 Sun October 27 box W 3-2 @ Washington Redskins 28 24 18 262 228 34 5 11 127 61 66 4
6 Sun November 3 box W 4-2 New York Giants 24 14 11 197 62 135 2 18 251 148 103 5
7 Sun November 10 box L 4-3 @ New York Giants 17 45 14 273 198 75 5 19 341 90 251 4
8 Sun November 17 box L 4-4 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 10 9 190 29 161 5 6 122 53 69 3
9 Sun November 24 box L 4-5 Washington Redskins 10 27 15 271 161 110 5 18 345 168 177 2
10 Sun December 1 box W 5-5 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 7 14 225 14 211 1 9 158 37 121 5
11 Sun December 8 box W 6-5 @ Boston Yanks 40 14 12 312 208 104 8 6 134 160 -26 9

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 231 2904 640 4.5 156 115 217 1641 14 20 7.6 69 423 1263 13 3.0 75 47 27 12
Team Defense 220 2483 638 3.9 146 95 220 1360 11 26 6.2 56 418 1123 17 2.7 72 44 18 18
Lg Rank Offense 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 2 4 8 6 9 9 9
Lg Rank Defense 7 2 2 4 4 5 2 4 6 3 8 1 5 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Tommy Thompson 30 10 3 57 103 55.3 745 6 5.8 9 8.7 45 7.2 4.5 13.1 74.5 61.3
Roy Zimmerman 28 QB 11 7 41 79 51.9 597 4 5.1 8 10.1 59 7.6 4.0 14.6 54.3 54.1
Allie Sherman 23 11 0 17 33 51.5 264 4 12.1 3 9.1 53 8.0 6.3 15.5 24.0 80.1
Bosh Pritchard 27 RH 11 5 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Steve Van Buren 26 LH 9 8 1 1 100.0 35 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 35.0 35.0 35.0 3.9 118.7
Team Total 27.6 11 116 217 53.5 1641 14 6.5 20 9.2 59 7.6 4.7 14.1 149.2 61.2
Opp Total 11 95 220 43.2 1360 11 5.0 26 11.8 6.2 1.9 14.3 123.6 40.9 0 0 6.2 1.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 26 LH 9 8 116 529 5 58 4.6 58.8 12.9 6 75 12.5 0 33 0.7 8.3 604 5 8
Bosh Pritchard 27 RH 11 5 42 218 3 68 5.2 19.8 3.8 14 309 22.1 3 59 1.3 28.1 527 6 5
Jim Castiglia 28 11 2 39 87 1 14 2.2 7.9 3.5 11 51 4.6 0 23 1.0 4.6 138 1 2
Gil Steinke 27 10 0 38 154 1 40 4.1 15.4 3.8 5 107 21.4 2 32 0.5 10.7 261 3 5
Tommy Thompson 30 10 3 34 -116 0 6 -3.4 -11.6 3.4 -116 0 8
Ernie Steele 29 9 4 31 108 1 43 3.5 12.0 3.4 5 69 13.8 0 24 0.6 7.7 177 1 4
Russ Craft 27 9 1 27 108 0 24 4.0 12.0 3.0 4 48 12.0 0 35 0.4 5.3 156 0 4
Roy Zimmerman 28 QB 11 7 23 43 1 12 1.9 3.9 2.1 43 1 3
Allie Sherman 23 11 0 21 8 0 12 0.4 0.7 1.9 8 0 6
Jack Hinkle 29 10 3 18 33 0 8 1.8 3.3 1.8 33 0 0
Joe Muha 25 FB 10 8 12 41 0 16 3.4 4.1 1.2 41 0 4
Mel Bleeker 26 4 0 6 -7 0 6 -1.2 -1.8 1.5 3 29 9.7 0 20 0.8 7.3 22 0 1
Ben Kish 29 10 2 6 13 0 4 2.2 1.3 0.6 3 16 5.3 0 7 0.3 1.6 29 0 1
Pete Kmetovic 27 5 0 5 30 0 27 6.0 6.0 1.0 4 68 17.0 0 38 0.8 13.6 98 0 1
Elliott Ormsbee 25 4 0 4 12 0 11 3.0 3.0 1.0 12 0 1
Dick Humbert 28 11 4 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 18 191 10.6 3 22 1.6 17.4 193 3 0
Jack Ferrante 30 LE 11 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 451 16.1 4 48 2.5 41.0 451 4 0
Larry Cabrelli 29 RE 8 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 98 12.3 1 38 1.0 12.3 98 1 0
Rudy Smeja 26 11 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 45 15.0 0 17 0.3 4.1 45 0 0
Bob Krieger 28 7 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 47 23.5 0 35 0.3 6.7 47 0 0
Bert Kuczynski 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 1 9 0.3 3.0 9 1 0
Jay MacDowell 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 28 28.0 0 28 0.2 4.7 28 0 0
Team Total 27.6 11 423 1263 12 68 3.0 114.8 38.5 116 1641 14.1 14 59 10.5 149.2 2904 26 54
Opp Total 11 418 1123 17 2.7 102.1 38.0 95 1360 14.3 11 8.6 123.6 2483 28 36

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Bosh Pritchard 27 RH 11 5 12 166 0 42 13.8 8 164 0 42 20.5 857
Ernie Steele 29 9 4 9 82 0 18 9.1 8 120 0 51 15.0 379
Steve Van Buren 26 LH 9 8 5 89 1 50 17.8 11 319 0 63 29.0 1012
Gil Steinke 27 10 0 8 116 0 27 14.5 3 92 0 56 30.7 469
Russ Craft 27 9 1 4 47 0 16 11.8 4 86 0 28 21.5 289
Jack Hinkle 29 10 3 1 4 0 4 4.0 1 25 0 25 25.0 62
Jim Castiglia 28 11 2 1 17 0 17 17.0 155
Henry Gude 27 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Dick Humbert 28 11 4 1 18 0 18 18.0 211
Joe Muha 25 FB 10 8 1 23 0 23 23.0 64
Elliott Ormsbee 25 4 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 17
Rudy Smeja 26 11 1 1 12 0 12 12.0 57
Team Total 27.6 11 39 504 1 50 12.9 41 881 0 63 21.5 4289
Opp Total 11 30 0 40 822 0 20.6

Kicking & Punting

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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
Augie Lio 28 lg 11 5 11 6 54.5% 27 27 100.0%
Roy Zimmerman 28 QB 11 7 4 2 50.0% 2 2 100.0% 23 890 52 0 38.7
Joe Muha 25 FB 10 8 22 843 64 0 38.3
Bosh Pritchard 27 RH 11 5 7 242 64 0 34.6
Ben Kish 29 10 2 4 163 50 0 40.8
Steve Van Buren 26 LH 9 8 1 41 41 0 41.0
Team Total 27.6 11 15 8 53.3% 29 29 100.0% 57 2179 64 0 38.2
Opp Total 11 10 4 40.0% 30 26 86.7% 64 2579 40.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Mel Bleeker 26 4 0 1 1 0 0
Jim Castiglia 28 11 2 2 0 0 0
Russ Craft 27 9 1 3 105 0 49 4 4 0 0
Jack Ferrante 30 LE 11 9 0 2 2 0
Jack Hinkle 29 10 3 2 37 0 34
Bucko Kilroy 25 9 1 1 0 0 0
Ben Kish 29 10 2 1 13 0 13 1 2 0 0
Pete Kmetovic 27 5 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Krieger 28 7 2 0 1 0 0
Vic Lindskog 32 C 11 10 1 10 0 10 0 1 0 0
Augie Lio 28 lg 11 5 0 3 0 0
Jay MacDowell 27 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
Duke Maronic 25 RG 11 11 1 7 0 7 0 4 0 0
Joe Muha 25 FB 10 8 1 8 0 8 4 3 0 0
Elliott Ormsbee 25 4 0 1 0 0 0
Bosh Pritchard 27 RH 11 5 3 7 0 4 5 1 0 0
Allie Sherman 23 11 0 6 3 1 0
Rudy Smeja 26 11 1 0 1 0 0
Ernie Steele 29 9 4 3 69 0 30 4 4 10 0
Gil Steinke 27 10 0 6 72 1 52 5 0 0 0
Tommy Thompson 30 10 3 8 4 0 0
Steve Van Buren 26 LH 9 8 8 5 0 0
Al Wistert+ 26 RT 9 9 1 27 0 27 0 1 0 0
Alex Wojciechowicz 31 7 1 1 1 0 0
John Wyhonic 27 11 2 0 1 0 0
Roy Zimmerman 28 QB 11 7 3 58 0 37 3 2 0 0
Team Total 27.6 11 26 413 1 52 54 45 13 0 1
Opp Total 11 36 18 1

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Augie Lio 28 lg 11 5 1 1 27 6 51
Bosh Pritchard 27 RH 11 5 3 3 6 36
Steve Van Buren 26 LH 9 8 5 1 6 36
Jack Ferrante 30 LE 11 9 4 4 24
Gil Steinke 27 10 0 1 2 1 4 24
Dick Humbert 28 11 4 3 3 18
Roy Zimmerman 28 QB 11 7 1 1 2 2 14
Larry Cabrelli 29 RE 8 6 1 1 6
Jim Castiglia 28 11 2 1 1 6
Bert Kuczynski 26 3 0 1 1 6
Ernie Steele 29 9 4 1 1 6
Jay MacDowell 27 6 0 1 2
Team Total 27.6 11 12 14 1 1 1 29 29 8 1 229
Opp Total 11 17 11 26 4 1 220