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1946 Philadelphia Eagles season
NFL team season
NFL team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| team | Philadelphia Eagles |
| year | 1946 |
| record | 6–5 |
| division_place | 2nd NFL Eastern |
| coach | Greasy Neale |
| stadium | Shibe Park |
| playoffs | *Did not qualify* |
| shortnavlink | Eagles seasons |
The 1946 Philadelphia Eagles season was the Eagles' 14th in the league. The team failed to improve on its previous output of 7–3, winning only six games.
As a result, the team also failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 14th consecutive season.
Off season
With the war restrictions over, the Eagles moved training camp from the West Chester State Teachers College (now West Chester University) in West Chester, Pennsylvania, to Saranac High School Field in (Saranac Lake, New York).
NFL draft
The 1946 NFL draft was held on January 14, 1946. The Eagles had the seventh or eighth picks in the thirty-two rounds of this draft. The top five teams in the league from the previous season were not awarded draft picks in rounds two or four, but were instead given compensatory, low value picks in the thirty-first and thirty-second rounds. As a result, the Eagles made thirty selections during this draft.
The overall number one pick in the draft was made by the Boston Yanks, which chose Frank Dancewicz, a quarterback from the University of Notre Dame.
Player selections
The table shows the Eagles selections, what picks they had that were traded away, and the teams that ended up with those picks. It is possible the Eagles' picks ended up with those teams via Eagles' trades with other teams. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.
| = Pro Bowler | Hall of Famer]] |
|---|
| **Rd** | **Pick** | **Player** | **Position** | **School** | . | **Rd** | **Pick** | **Player** | **Position** | **School** | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Leo Riggs | Back | USC | 2 | **No PICK ** | |||||
| 3 | 23 | Gordon Gray | Back | USC | 4 | **No PICK ** | |||||
| 5 | 37 | Walt Slater | Back | Tennessee | 6 | 48 | Felto Prewitt | Center | |||
| 7 | 57 | George Robotham | End | UCLA | 8 | 68 | Jim Lecture | Guard | |||
| 9 | 77 | Ernie Lewis | Back | Colorado | 10 | 88 | Al Vandeweghe | End | |||
| 11 | 97 | Bill Iancelli | End | Franklin & Marshall | 12 | 108 | Pat McHugh | Back | |||
| 13 | 117 | John Wingender | Back | Washington | 14 | 128 | Homer Paine | Tackle | |||
| 15 | 137 | John Kerns | Tackle | Ohio | 16 | 148 | Buddy Hubbard | Back | |||
| 17 | 157 | Allen Smith | Back | Tulsa | 18 | 168 | Bernie Millham | End | |||
| 19 | 177 | Lawrence Mauss | Center | Utah | 20 | 188 | Dave Butcher | Back | |||
| 21 | 197 | Don Fabling | Back | Colorado | 22 | 208 | George Feldman | Back | |||
| 23 | 217 | Ed Cameron | Guard | Miami (FL) | 24 | 228 | Charley Steed | Back | |||
| 25 | 237 | Ed Grygiel | Back | Dartmouth | 26 | 248 | Ben Raimondi | Back | |||
| 27 | 257 | Sam Bailey | End | Georgia | 28 | 268 | Bob Long | Back | |||
| 29 | 277 | Bill Fisher | Tackle | Harvard | 30 | 288 | George Slusser | Back | |||
| 31 | 292 | John Itzel | Back | Pittsburgh | 32 | 298 | Larry Kirkman | Back |
Schedule
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| September 29 | at [Los Angeles Rams](1946-los-angeles-rams-season) | **W** 25–14 | 1–0 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 30,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 6 | **[Boston Yanks](1946-boston-yanks-season)** | **W** 49–25 | 2–0 | Shibe Park | 33,986 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 13 | [Green Bay Packers](1946-green-bay-packers-season) | **L** 7–19 | 2–1 | Shibe Park | 36,127 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 20 | at [Chicago Bears](1946-chicago-bears-season) | **L** 14–21 | 2–2 | Wrigley Field | 41,221 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 27 | at **[Washington Redskins](1946-washington-redskins-season)** | **W** 28–24 | 3–2 | Griffith Stadium | 33,691 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| November 3 | **[New York Giants](1946-new-york-giants-season)** | **W** 24–14 | 4–2 | Shibe Park | 40,059 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| November 10 | at **[New York Giants](1946-new-york-giants-season)** | **L** 17–45 | 4–3 | Polo Grounds | 60,874 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| November 17 | at **[Pittsburgh Steelers](1946-pittsburgh-steelers-season)** | **L** 7–10 | 4–4 | Forbes Field | 38,882 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| November 24 | **[Washington Redskins](1946-washington-redskins-season)** | **L** 10–27 | 4–5 | Shibe Park | 36,633 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 1 | **[Pittsburgh Steelers](1946-pittsburgh-steelers-season)** | **W** 10–7 | 5–5 | Shibe Park | 29,943 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 8 | at **[Boston Yanks](1946-boston-yanks-season)** | **W** 40–14 | 6–5 | Fenway Park | 29,555 |
Game recaps
Week 2 vs Boston Yanks
For the first time in Eagles franchise history a Head coach has a .500 winning percentage. By winning this game the Eagles are 25–25–4 under Greasy Neale. The Eagles would have a 63–43–5 record, 3 Championship games appearances and winning 2 of them, under Neale lifetime as coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.
;1st quarter
- Eagles Jack Ferrante 48 yard pass from Roy Zimmerman (Augie Lio kick), Eagles 7 – 0
- Eagles Bosh Pritchard 68 yard rush (Augie Lio kick), Eagles 14 – 0
- Yanks John Grigas 1 yard rush (kick failed), Eagles 14 – 6
- Yanks Paul Governali 3 yard rush (kick failed), Eagles 14 – 12
;2nd quarter
- Eagles Dick Humbert 7 yard pass from Allie Sherman (Augie Lio kick), Eagles 21 – 12
- Eagles Steve Van Buren 31 yard rush (Augie Lio kick), Eagles 28 – 12
;3rd quarter
- Yanks Don Currivan 60 yard pass from Paul Governali (kick failed), Eagles 28 – 18
- Eagles Steve Van Buren 2 yard rush (Augie Lio kick), Eagles 35 – 18
;4th quarter
- Eagles Bosh Pritchard 35 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Augie Lio kick), Eagles 42 – 18
- Eagles Bert Kuczynski 9 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Augie Lio kick), Eagles 49 – 18
- Yanks Hal Crisler 62 yard pass from Paul Governali (Nick Scollard kick), Eagles 49 – 25
Team Stats
- First downs – Bos 17 – Phila 21
- Rush-yards-TDs – Bos 26–59–2 – Phila 37–197–3
- Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT – Bos 13–24–282–2–3 – Phila 14–18–208–4–1
- Sacked-yards – Bos 0–0 – Phila 0–0
- Net pass yards – Bos 282 – Phila 208
- Total yards – Bos 341 – Phila 405
- Fumbles-lost – Bos 2–1 – Phila 2–1
- Turnovers – Bos 4 – Phila 2
- Penalties-yards – Bos 7–55 – Phila 6–67
;American Conference Standing
- Philadelphia (2–0–0)
- New York (2–0–0)
- Pittsburgh (1–1–1)
- Washington (0–1–1)
- Boston Yanks (0–2–0)
Standings
Roster
(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)
| Pro All-Star]] |
|---|
| NO. | Player | AGE | POS | GP | GS | WT | HT | YRS | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greasy Neale | 55 | Coach | 1946 | ||||||
| record | |||||||||
| 6–5–0 | NFL-Eagles | ||||||||
| Lifetime | |||||||||
| 29–30–4 | 6th | West Virginia Wesleyan | |||||||
| Mel Bleeker | 26 | HB | 4 | 0 | 189 | 5–11 | 2 | USC | |
| Larry Cabrelli | 29 | E-DB | 8 | 6 | 194 | 5–11 | 5 | Colgate | |
| Jim Castiglia | 28 | FB | 11 | 2 | 208 | 5–11 | 5 | Georgetown (DC) | |
| Russ Craft | 25 | DB-HB | 9 | 1 | 178 | 5–9 | Rookie | Alabama | |
| Otis Douglas | 35 | T | 11 | 0 | 224 | 6–1 | Rookie | William & Mary | |
| John Eibner | 32 | T | 9 | 0 | 228 | 6–2 | 5 | Kentucky | |
| Jack Ferrante | 30 | E-DE | 11 | 9 | 197 | 6–1 | 5 | **none** | |
| Bob Friedlund | 26 | E | 2 | 0 | 210 | 6–3 | Rookie | Michigan State | |
| Ray Graves | 28 | C | 7 | 0 | 205 | 6–1 | 4 | Tennessee, *and* | |
| Tennessee Wesleyan College | |||||||||
| Henry Gude | 27 | C-G | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6–1 | 2 | Vanderbilt | |
| Jack Hinkle | 29 | B | 10 | 3 | 195 | 6–0 | 6 | Syracuse | |
| Dick Humbert | 28 | E-DE | 11 | 4 | 179 | 6–1 | 4 | Richmond | |
| Bucko Kilroy | 25 | G-MG-T-DT | 9 | 1 | 243 | 6–2 | 3 | Notre Dame, **and** | |
| Temple | |||||||||
| Ben Kish | 29 | B | 10 | 2 | 207 | 6–0 | 6 | Pittsburgh | |
| Pete Kmetovic | 27 | HB | 5 | 0 | 175 | 5–9 | Rookie | Stanford | |
| Bob Krieger | 28 | E | 7 | 2 | 190 | 6–1 | 5 | Dartmouth | |
| Bert Kuczynski | 26 | E | 3 | 0 | 196 | 6–0 | 3 | Pennsylvania | |
| Vic Lindskog | 32 | C | 11 | 10 | 203 | 6–1 | 2 | Stanford | |
| Augie Lio | 28 | G-T-PK | 11 | 5 | 234 | 6–0 | 5 | Georgetown (DC) | |
| Jay MacDowell | 27 | T-DE | 6 | 0 | 217 | 6–2 | Rookie | Washington | |
| Duke Maronic | 25 | G | 11 | 11 | 209 | 5–9 | 2 | **none** | |
| Flip McDonald | 25 | E | 1 | 0 | 200 | 6–2 | 2 | Oklahoma | |
| Bob McDonough | 27 | G | 10 | 0 | 205 | 5–11 | Rookie | Duke | |
| Eddie Michaels | 32 | G | 10 | 5 | 205 | 5–11 | 10 | Villanova | |
| Joe Muha | 25 | FB-LB | 10 | 8 | 205 | 6–1 | Rookie | Virginia Military Institute | |
| Elliott Ormsbee | 25 | HB | 4 | 0 | 185 | 5–11 | Rookie | Bradley | |
| Cliff Patton | 23 | G-LB | 4 | 0 | 243 | 6–2 | Rookie | TCU | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 27 | HB | 11 | 5 | 164 | 5–11 | 4 | Georgia Tech, *and* | |
| VMI | |||||||||
| Vic Sears | 28 | T-DT | 11 | 11 | 223 | 6–3 | 5 | Oregon State | |
| Allie Sherman | 23 | QB | 11 | 0 | 170 | 5–11 | 3 | Brooklyn | |
| Rudy Smeja | 26 | E | 11 | 1 | 195 | 6–2 | 2 | Michigan | |
| Ernie Steele | 29 | HB-DB | 9 | 4 | 187 | 6–0 | 4 | Washington | |
| Gil Steinke | 27 | HB | 10 | 0 | 175 | 6–0 | 1 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | |
| Tommy Thompson | 30 | QB | 10 | 3 | 192 | 6–1 | 6 | Tulsa | |
| Steve Van Buren | 26 | HB | 9 | 8 | 200 | 6–0 | 2 | LSU | |
| Al Wistert+ | 26 | T-G-DT | 9 | 9 | 214 | 6–1 | 3 | Michigan | |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 31 | C-LB-E | 7 | 1 | 217 | 5–11 | 8 | Fordham | |
| John Wyhonic | 27 | G | 11 | 2 | 213 | 6–0 | Rookie | Alabama | |
| Roy Zimmerman | 28 | QB-WB-K | 11 | 7 | 201 | 6–2 | 6 | San Jose State | |
| 41 Players | |||||||||
| Team Average | 27.6 | 11 | 202.6 | 6–0.3 | 3.1 |
- Link to all time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history
References
References
- [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/phi/1946.htm 1946 Philadelphia Eagles]
- Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
- Players are identified as a 1946 Pro All-Star.
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