1948 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-2-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Greasy Neale (9-2-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1948 Philadelphia Eagles Roster
1948 Philadelphia Eagles Results

The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1948 season with a record of 9 wins and 2 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.

The Eagles piled up points with 376 points, and the solid defense yielded 156. Steve Van Buren carried the ball for a team-leading 945 yards for Philadelphia.

Tommy Thompson passed for 1,965 yards. Pete Pihos grabbed 46 passes for 766 yards.

Ernie Steele picked off 6 opponent throws.

Greasy Neale coached the team. The 1948 Philadelphia Eagles won the Championship.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Tommy Thompson	246	141	57.3	1965	8.0	25	10.2	11	4.5	70	98.4
Bill Mackrides	53	18	34.0	276	5.2	2	3.8	4	7.5	28	33.2
Steve Van Buren	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Ernie Steele	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0
Totals	301	159	52.8	2241	7.4	27	9.0	16	5.3	70

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Steve Van Buren	201	945	4.7	29	10
Bosh Pritchard	117	517	4.4	65	4
Noble Doss	62	193	3.1	18	0
Jim Parmer	30	167	5.6	42	3
Jack Myers	21	118	5.6	29	1
Ben Kish	10	106	10.6	66	1
Ernie Steele	13	99	7.6	56	1
Joe Muha	25	90	3.6	14	0
Russ Craft	13	67	5.2	23	0
Tommy Thompson	12	46	3.8	13	1
Gil Steinke	5	17	3.4	8	0
Pat McHugh	4	12	3.0	5	0
Bill Mackrides	7	4	0.6	9	0
Pete Pihos	8	-3	-0.4	5	0
Totals	528	2378	4.5	66	21

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Pete Pihos	46	766	16.7	48	11
Jack Ferrante	28	444	15.9	66	7
Bosh Pritchard	27	252	9.3	34	2
Neill Armstrong	24	325	13.5	33	3
Steve Van Buren	10	96	9.6	34	0
Noble Doss	8	96	12.0	30	0
Jack Myers	7	57	8.1	31	0
Russ Craft	4	138	34.5	70	2
Ernie Steele	2	43	21.5	32	1
Joe Muha	2	22	11.0	20	1
Dick Humbert	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	159	2241	14.1	70	27

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Cliff Patton	50	50	100.0	12	8	66.7	74
Joe Muha				5		0.0	0
Totals	50	50	100.0	17	8	47.1	74

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Joe Muha	57	2694	47.3	82
Les Palmer	4	148	37.0	47
Al Johnson	1	5	5.0	5
Totals	62	2847	45.9	82

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bosh Pritchard	24	282	11.8	55	1
Pat McHugh	18	220	12.2	55	0
Russ Craft	3	32	10.7	17	0
Les Palmer	1	8	8.0	8	0
Dick Humbert	2	7	3.5	7	0
Ernie Steele	1	5	5.0	5	0
Noble Doss	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ben Kish	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	51	554	10.9	55	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Steve Van Buren	14	292	20.9	34
Bosh Pritchard	9	249	27.7	50
Ernie Steele	2	30	15.0	20
Noble Doss	1	26	26.0	26
John Green	2	24	12.0	21
Les Palmer	1	20	20.0	20
Gil Steinke	1	17	17.0	17
Jim Parmer	1	14	14.0	14
Pete Pihos	1	9	9.0	9
Totals	32	681	21.3	50

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ernie Steele	6	55	9.2	33
Dick Humbert	4	35	8.8	20
Ben Kish	3	32	10.7	22
Steve Van Buren	2	32	16.0	20
Neill Armstrong	2	30	15.0	19
Pat McHugh	2	27	13.5	15
Jack Myers	2	9	4.5	8
Jim Parmer	1	6	6.0	6
Alex Wojciechowicz	1	2	2.0	2
Totals	23	228	9.9	33

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Bosh Pritchard			9	5	18	1
Steve Van Buren		0	6	4	0
John Green			1	3	0	0
Russ Craft			2	3	9
Alex Wojciechowicz		0	0	3	5	0
Vic Lindskog			0	2	0	0
Cliff Patton			0	1	0
Bucko Kilroy			0	1	0	0
Joe Muha			1	1	0
Bap Manzini			0	1	0	0
Al Wistert			0	1	0	0
Jay MacDowell			0	1	0	0
Ben Kish		0	0	1	5
Pat McHugh		0	3	1	0	0
Mario Giannelli			0	1	0	0
Neill Armstrong		0	0	1	1
John Magee			0	1	0	0
Bill Mackrides			0	1	0	0
Ernie Steele		0	3	1	0
Pete Pihos			2	0	0
Jack Myers		0	2	0	0
Jim Parmer		0	2	0	0
Noble Doss			4	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	35	33	38	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Cliff Patton									8	50	0			74
Pete Pihos	0	11		0					0	0	0			66
Steve Van Buren	10	0		0		0			0	0	0			60
Bosh Pritchard	4	2	1	0			1		0	0	0			48
Jack Ferrante		7							0	0	0			42
Neill Armstrong		3				0			0	0	0			18
Jim Parmer	3			0		0			0	0	0			18
Russ Craft	0	2	0						0	0	0			12
Ernie Steele	1	1	0	0		0			0	0	0			12
Tommy Thompson	1								0	0	0			6
Jack Myers	1	0				0			0	0	0			6
Joe Muha	0	1							0	0	0			6
Ben Kish	1		0			0			0	0	0			6
Walt Barnes									0	0	0		1	2
Totals	21	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	50	0	0	1	376