1945 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-3
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Greasy Neale (7-3)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1945 Philadelphia Eagles RosterTeam Record: 7-3
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Greasy Neale (7-3)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1945 Philadelphia Eagles Results
The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1945 season with a record of 7 wins and 3 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.
Offensively, the Eagles paced the league with 272 points. On the other side of the ball, the rigid defensive squad surrendered 133 points. Steve Van Buren carried the pigskin for a team-leading 832 yards.
Roy Zimmerman tossed for 991 yards. Jack Ferrante topped pass catchers, grabbing 21 passes for 464 yards.
Roy Zimmerman intercepted 7 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 | 127 | 67 | 52.8 | 991 | 7.8 | 9 | 7.1 | 8 | 6.3 | 74 | 75.9 |
| Allie Sherman | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 172 | 5.9 | 2 | 6.9 | 3 | 10.3 | 26 | 53.3 |
| Tommy Thompson | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 146 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7.1 | 27 | 38.7 |
| Ernie Steele | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 12 | 29.2 |
| Steve Van Buren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 187 | 98 | 52.4 | 1321 | 7.1 | 11 | 5.9 | 14 | 7.5 | 74 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 143 | 832 | 5.8 | 69 | 15 |
| Ernie Steele | 20 | 212 | 10.6 | 46 | 2 |
| Mel Bleeker | 50 | 167 | 3.3 | 20 | 2 |
| Abe Karnofsky | 41 | 134 | 3.3 | 19 | 2 |
| Ben Kish | 9 | 82 | 9.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Johnny Butler | 21 | 61 | 2.9 | 18 | 1 |
| Jack Banta | 15 | 49 | 3.3 | 22 | 1 |
| Gil Steinke | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 18 | 1 |
| Jack Hinkle | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Castiglia | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Erdlitz | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| John Rogalla | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Buzz Warren | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Allie Sherman | 16 | -7 | -0.4 | 8 | 1 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 29 | -11 | -0.4 | 9 | 1 |
| Tommy Thompson | 8 | -13 | -1.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 392 | 1640 | 4.2 | 69 | 26 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Ferrante | 21 | 464 | 22.1 | 74 | 7 |
| Larry Cabrelli | 15 | 140 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Fred Meyer | 11 | 135 | 12.3 | 27 | 1 |
| Steve Van Buren | 10 | 123 | 12.3 | 44 | 2 |
| Ben Kish | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Flip McDonald | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 21 | 1 |
| Dick Humbert | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Abe Karnofsky | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Ernie Steele | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Mel Bleeker | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 15 | 0 |
| John Rogalla | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Johnny Butler | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gil Steinke | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jack Hinkle | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 98 | 1321 | 13.5 | 74 | 11 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Zimmerman | 33 | 29 | 87.9 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 41 |
| Steve Van Buren | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | |||
| John Rogalla | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 36 | 32 | 88.9 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 44 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Zimmerman | 47 | 1778 | 37.8 | 64 |
| Totals | 47 | 1778 | 37.8 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 14 | 154 | 11.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Abe Karnofsky | 7 | 103 | 14.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Mel Bleeker | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Jack Hinkle | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Gil Steinke | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Ernie Steele | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 452 | 12.2 | 32 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Van Buren | 13 | 373 | 28.7 | 98 | 1 |
| Abe Karnofsky | 6 | 164 | 27.3 | 57 | 0 |
| Ernie Steele | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Larry Cabrelli | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Johnny Butler | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Gil Steinke | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jack Hinkle | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bucko Kilroy | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 734 | 24.5 | 98 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Zimmerman | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Johnny Butler | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Abe Karnofsky | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Vic Lindskog | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jack Hinkle | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jack Ferrante | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ernie Steele | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dick Erdlitz | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Van Buren | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Cabrelli | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 257 | 13.5 | 32 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Thompson | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Zimmerman | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Van Buren | 0 | 7 | 2 | -6 | 0 | ||
| Vic Sears | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Banta | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bap Manzini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gil Steinke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Hinkle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Bleeker | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Dick Humbert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buzz Warren | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Lindskog | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allie Sherman | 2 | 1 | -10 | 0 | |||
| Ernie Steele | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Abe Karnofsky | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Cabrelli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Butler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Fritts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 24 | -15 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Steve Van Buren | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 110 | |||||
| Roy Zimmerman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 47 | |||||||
| Jack Ferrante | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Mel Bleeker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Abe Karnofsky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Ernie Steele | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Allie Sherman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Flip McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Gil Steinke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Fred Meyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jack Banta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Johnny Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| John Rogalla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 26 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 272 |
