1946 Philadelphia Eagles season

The 1946 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 14th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 7–3, winning only six games.[1] The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 14th consecutive season.

1946 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head coachGreasy Neale
Home fieldShibe Park
Results
Record6–5
Division place2nd NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Off Season

With the war restrictions over the Eagles move their training camp from West Chester State Teachers College 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. There was 32 rounds and the Eagles had the 7 or 8th pick in the rounds. The top 5 teams in the league from the previous season did not get a draft pick in rounds 2 and 4 and were instead the recipients of compensatory low value picks in the 31st and 32nd rounds. The Eagles thus made 30 selections in this draft.

The overall number one pick in the draft was by the Boston Yanks and the choose Frank Dancewicz a quarterback from the Notre Dame.

Player selections

The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.

= Pro Bowler [2] = Hall of Famer
Rd Pick Player Position School. Rd Pick Player Position School
18Leo RiggsBackUSC 2No PICK
322Gordon GrayBackUSC 4No PICK
537Walt SlaterBackTennessee 648Felto PrewittCenterTulsa
757George RobothamEndUCLA 868Jim LectureGuardNorthwestern
977Ernie LewisBackColorado 1088Al VandewegheEndWilliam & Mary
1197Bill IancelliEndFranklin & Marshall 12108Pat McHughBackGeorgia Tech
13117John WingenderBackWashington 14128Homer PaineTackleTulsa
15137John KernsTackleOhio 16148Buddy HubbardBackWilliam & Mary
17157Allen SmithBackTulsa 18168Bernie MillhamEndFordham
19177Lawrence MaussCenterUtah 20188Dave ButcherBackWilliam & Mary
21197Don FablingBackColorado 22208George FeldmanBackTufts
23217Ed CameronGuardMiami (FL) 24228Charley SteedBackArkansas-Monticello
25237Ed GrygielBackDartmouth 26248Ben RaimondiBackIndiana
27257Sam BaileyEndGeorgia 28268Bob LongBackTennessee
29277Bill FisherTackleHarvard 30288George SlusserBackOhio State
31292John ItzelBackPittsburgh 32298Larry KirkmanBackBoston University

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 29, 1946 at Los Angeles Rams W 25–14
30,500
2 October 6, 1946 Boston Yanks W 49–25
33,986
3 October 13, 1946 Green Bay Packers L 19–7
36,127
4 October 20, 1946 at Chicago Bears L 21–14
41,221
5 October 27, 1946 at Washington Redskins W 28–24
33,691
6 November 3, 1946 New York Giants W 24–14
40,059
7 November 10, 1946 at New York Giants L 45–17
60,874
8 November 17, 1946 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10–7
38,882
9 November 24, 1946 Washington Redskins L 27–10
36,633
10 December 1, 1946 Pittsburgh Steelers W 10–7
29,943
11 December 8, 1946 at Boston Yanks W 40–14
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.

Week 2: Philadelphia Eagles (2–0–0) vs Boston Yanks (0–2–0)
1 2 34Total
Yanks 12 0 6725
Eagles 14 14 71449

at Shibe Park on Grass,

  • Date: October 6, 1946
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: degrees, wind mph
Game information

Standings

NFL Eastern Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
New York Giants 7 3 1 .700 5–2–1 236 162 W1
Philadelphia Eagles 6 5 0 .545 5–3 231 220 W2
Pittsburgh Steelers 5 5 1 .500 4–3–1 136 117 L2
Washington Redskins 5 5 1 .500 4–3–1 171 191 L2
Boston Yanks 2 8 1 .200 0–7–1 189 273 L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)

= 1946 Pro All-Star[3]
  • + = 1st team All-Star
NO. Player AGE POS GP GS WT HT YRS College
Greasy Neale55Coach1946
record

6–5–0
NFL-Eagles
Lifetime

29–30–4
6thWest Virginia Wesleyan
Mel Bleeker26HB401895–112USC
Larry Cabrelli29E-DB861945–115Colgate
Jim Castiglia28FB1122085–115Georgetown (DC)
Russ Craft25DB-HB911785–9RookieAlabama
Otis Douglas35T1102246–1RookieWilliam & Mary
John Eibner32T902286–25Kentucky
Jack Ferrante30E-DE1191976–15none
Bob Friedlund26E202106–3RookieMichigan State
Ray Graves28C702056–14Tennessee, and
Tennessee Wesleyan College
Henry Gude27C-G202256–12Vanderbilt
Jack Hinkle29B1031956–06Syracuse
Dick Humbert28E-DE1141796–14Richmond
Bucko Kilroy25G-MG-T-DT912436–23Notre Dame, and
Temple
Ben Kish29B1022076–06Pittsburgh
Pete Kmetovic27HB501755–9RookieStanford
Bob Krieger28E721906–15Dartmouth
Bert Kuczynski26E301966–03Pennsylvania
Vic Lindskog32C11102036–12Stanford
Augie Lio28G-T-PK1152346–05Georgetown (DC)
Jay MacDowell27T-DE602176–2RookieWashington
Duke Maronic25G11112095–92none
Flip McDonald25E102006–22Oklahoma
Bob McDonough27G1002055–11RookieDuke
Eddie Michaels32G1052055–1110Villanova
Joe Muha25FB-LB1082056–1RookieVirginia Military Institute
Elliott Ormsbee25HB401855–11RookieBradley
Cliff Patton23G-LB402436–2RookieTCU
Bosh Pritchard27HB1151645–114Georgia Tech, and
VMI
Vic Sears28T-DT11112236–35Oregon State
Allie Sherman23QB1101705–113Brooklyn
Rudy Smeja26E1111956–22Michigan
Ernie Steele29HB-DB941876–04Washington
Gil Steinke27HB1001756–01Texas A&M-Kingsville
Tommy Thompson30QB1031926–16Tulsa
Steve Van Buren26HB982006–02LSU
Al Wistert+26T-G-DT992146–13Michigan
Alex Wojciechowicz31C-LB-E712175–118Fordham
John Wyhonic27G1122136–0RookieAlabama
Roy Zimmerman28QB-WB-K1172016–26San Jose State
41 Players
Team Average
27.611202.66–0.33.1

References

  1. 1946 Philadelphia Eagles
  2. Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
  3. Players are identified as a 1946 Pro All-Star.
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