1944 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-1-2
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Greasy Neale (7-1-2)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1944 Philadelphia Eagles RosterTeam Record: 7-1-2
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Greasy Neale (7-1-2)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1944 Philadelphia Eagles Results
The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1944 season with a record of 7 wins and 1 losses and 2 ties, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.
Offensively, Philadelphia led the circuit with 267 points. At the same time, the rigid defensive squad allowed 131 points. Steve Van Buren carried the ball for a team-leading 444 yards for the Eagles, while Jack Hinkle also contributed to the rushing attack.
Roy Zimmerman passed for 785 yards. Larry Cabrelli grabbed 14 passes, while Mel Bleeker added 299 receiving yards.
Ernie Steele picked off 6 opponent throws.
Greasy Neale coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Zimmerman | 105 | 39 | 37.1 | 785 | 7.5 | 8 | 7.6 | 10 | 9.5 | 75 | 50.0 |
| Allie Sherman | 31 | 16 | 51.6 | 156 | 5.0 | 1 | 3.2 | 2 | 6.5 | 23 | 49.9 |
| Totals | 136 | 55 | 40.4 | 941 | 6.9 | 9 | 6.6 | 12 | 8.8 | 75 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 80 | 444 | 5.6 | 70 | 5 |
| Jack Hinkle | 92 | 421 | 4.6 | 26 | 2 |
| Mel Bleeker | 60 | 315 | 5.2 | 37 | 4 |
| Ernie Steele | 59 | 247 | 4.2 | 56 | 5 |
| Jack Banta | 38 | 198 | 5.2 | 60 | 3 |
| Ben Kish | 22 | 96 | 4.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Art Macioszczyk | 16 | 55 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Toimi Jarvi | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Ted Laux | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Miller | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Larry Cabrelli | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Allie Sherman | 22 | -42 | -1.9 | 17 | 1 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 26 | -84 | -3.2 | 5 | 2 |
| Totals | 424 | 1661 | 3.9 | 70 | 22 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Cabrelli | 14 | 169 | 12.1 | 30 | 1 |
| Mel Bleeker | 8 | 299 | 37.4 | 75 | 4 |
| Tom Miller | 8 | 135 | 16.9 | 49 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 45 | 1 |
| Flip McDonald | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Jack Ferrante | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 45 | 1 |
| Art Macioszczyk | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Charlie Gauer | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Jack Hinkle | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 |
| John Durko | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Ernie Steele | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Toimi Jarvi | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ted Laux | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 55 | 941 | 17.1 | 75 | 9 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Zimmerman | 34 | 32 | 94.1 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 44 |
| Ben Kish | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 35 | 33 | 94.3 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 45 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Zimmerman | 39 | 1531 | 39.3 | 61 |
| Jack Banta | 9 | 398 | 44.2 | 56 |
| Ben Kish | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 65 |
| Steve Van Buren | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 |
| Allie Sherman | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 |
| Ted Laux | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 |
| Totals | 55 | 2191 | 39.8 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 15 | 230 | 15.3 | 55 | 1 |
| Ernie Steele | 11 | 181 | 16.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Jack Hinkle | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Toimi Jarvi | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Art Macioszczyk | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mel Bleeker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 563 | 13.7 | 55 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 8 | 266 | 33.2 | 97 | 1 |
| Jack Hinkle | 6 | 134 | 22.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Ernie Steele | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 51 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Tom Miller | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Art Macioszczyk | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 630 | 24.2 | 97 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Steele | 6 | 113 | 18.8 | 62 | 0 |
| Steve Van Buren | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Hinkle | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 50 | 1 |
| Allie Sherman | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Vic Lindskog | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65 | 1 |
| Tom Miller | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 1 |
| Jack Banta | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Duke Maronic | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Bap Manzini | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Flip McDonald | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Friedman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Charlie Gauer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Toimi Jarvi | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Bleeker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 544 | 16.5 | 65 | 3 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Roy Zimmerman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 62 | |||||||
| Mel Bleeker | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| Steve Van Buren | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| Ernie Steele | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Jack Banta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Jack Hinkle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Ben Kish | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Tom Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Allie Sherman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Flip McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Larry Cabrelli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jack Ferrante | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Durko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Vic Lindskog | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 267 |
