1948 Philadelphia Eagles season

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1948 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head Coach Earle "Greasy" Neale
Home Field Shibe Park
Results
Record 9-2-1
Place First
Playoff Finish Won NFL Championship
Timeline
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1947 1949

The 1948 Philadelphia Eagles season resulted in winning the NFL Championship.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

[edit] NFL Draft

In the first Round of the 1948 NFL Draft, the EAgles selected Steve Van Buren, Runningback from Louisiana State

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Season Standings

Eastern Division
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Philadelphia Eagles 9 2 1 .818 376 156
Washington Redskins 7 5 0 .583 291 287
New York Giants 4 8 0 .333 297 388
Pittsburgh Steelers 4 8 0 .333 200 243
Boston Yanks 3 9 0 .250 174 372

[edit] Season Schedule

[edit] Roster

[edit] Postseason

[edit] NFL Championship Game

The NFL Championship game was played at Philadelphia's Shibe Park on December 19, 1948 during a blizzard. Thinking the game wouldn't be played in the blizzard, Van Buren remained home until Eagles coach Earle "Greasy" Neale called him and told him the game was still on. He had to catch 3 trolleys and walk 12 blocks in order to make the game on time.

The attendance for the game was 36,309 and both teams played a scoreless game until early in the fourth quarter. The Eagles recovered a fumble that set up Steve Van Buren's five yard touchdown at 1:05 into the fourth quarter. This game turned out be the Cardinals' last appearance in any NFL Championsship game in the 20th Century.

[edit] Awards and Honors

[edit] References

1948 NFL Season
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Eastern Division Western Division
Boston Chicago Bears
New York Chicago Cardinals
Philadelphia Detroit
Pittsburgh Green Bay
Washington Los Angeles
1948 NFL Draft • NFL Championship
Related: 1948 AAFC Season
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Philadelphia Eagles 1948 NFL Champions
Neill Armstrong | Walt Barnes | Russ Craft | Noble Doss | Otis Douglas | Jack Ferrante | Mario Giannelli | John Green | Fred Hartman | Dick Humbert | Tom Johnson | Bucko Kilroy | Ben Kish | Vic Lindskog | Jay McDowell | Bill Mackrides | John Magee | Bap Manzini | Duke Maronic | Pat McHugh | Joe Muha | Jack Myers | Les Palmer | Jim Parmer | Cliff Patton | Pete Pihos | Hal Prescott | Bosh Pritchard | George Savitsky | Vic Sears | Ernie Steele | Gil Steinke | Frank Szymanski | Tommy Thompson | Steve Van Buren | Al Wistert | Alex Wojciechowicz
Head Coach Greasy Neale
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Philadelphia Eagles
Franchise
Stadiums
Culture
Lore
Head Coaches
Wray • Bell • Neale • McMillin • Millner • Trimble • Devore • Shaw • Skorich • Kuharich • Williams • Khayat • McCormack • Vermeil • Campbell • Bruney • Ryan • Kotite • Rhodes • Reid
Starting Quarterbacks
O'Brien • Thompson • Zimmerman • Burk • Thomason • Van Brocklin • Jurgensen • Hill • Snead • Liske • Arrington • Reaves • Gabriel • Boryla • Jaworski • Cunningham • Brister • O'Brien • Peete • Detmer • Hoying • Detmer • Pederson • McNabb • McMahon • Garcia • Feeley
Retired Numbers
15, 40, 44, 60, 70, 92, 99
Division Championships (11)
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Super Bowl Appearances (2)
XV • XXXIX
League Championships (3)
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