1947 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Greasy Neale (8-4)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1947 Philadelphia Eagles Roster
1947 Philadelphia Eagles Results

The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1947 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.

The Eagles moved the ball well, scoring 308 points, and the defensive squad allowed 242. Steve Van Buren carried the pigskin for a team-leading 1,008 yards for Philadelphia.

Tommy Thompson tossed for 1,680 yards. Pete Pihos grabbed 23 passes for 382 yards.

Ernie Steele picked off 6 opponent throws.

Greasy Neale coached the team. The 1947 Philadelphia Eagles lost in the Championship.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Tommy Thompson	201	106	52.7	1680	8.4	16	8.0	15	7.5	69	76.3
Bill Mackrides	17	8	47.1	58	3.4	2	11.8	3	17.6	15	55.1
Allie Sherman	5	2	40.0	23	4.6	0	0.0	1	20.0	13	15.0
Totals	223	116	52.0	1761	7.9	18	8.1	19	8.5	69

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Steve Van Buren	217	1008	4.6	45	13
Bosh Pritchard	69	294	4.3	31	1
Pat McHugh	22	171	7.8	41	1
Ernie Steele	26	138	5.3	49	1
Joe Muha	27	107	4.0	28	1
Art Macioszczyk	30	104	3.5	11	0
Tommy Thompson	23	52	2.3	16	2
Gil Steinke	16	50	3.1	15	0
Noble Doss	11	45	4.1	20	0
Allie Sherman	17	17	1.0	16	1
Jack Hinkle	1	2	2.0	2	0
Ben Kish	3	-1	-0.3	1	0
Russ Craft	5	-1	-0.2	4	0
Bill Mackrides	7	-15	-2.1	2	1
Totals	474	1971	4.2	49	21

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Pete Pihos	23	382	16.6	66	7
Jack Ferrante	18	341	18.9	54	4
Neill Armstrong	17	197	11.6	46	2
Bosh Pritchard	16	315	19.7	69	3
Dick Humbert	13	139	10.7	19	0
Steve Van Buren	9	79	8.8	35	0
Gil Steinke	4	90	22.5	60	1
Ernie Steele	4	62	15.5	44	0
Art Macioszczyk	3	20	6.7	8	0
Russ Craft	2	66	33.0	34	1
Noble Doss	2	17	8.5	19	0
Pat McHugh	2	16	8.0	10	0
Hal Prescott	1	15	15.0	15	0
Ben Kish	1	12	12.0	12	0
Joe Muha	1	10	10.0	10	0
Totals	116	1761	15.2	69	18

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Cliff Patton	40	36	90.0	14	3	21.4	45
Joe Muha				5	1	20.0	3
Jim Kekeris	3	2	66.7	1		0.0	2
Totals	43	38	88.4	20	4	20.0	50

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Joe Muha	53	2303	43.5	75
Ben Kish	8	301	37.6	47
Bosh Pritchard	2	64	32.0	36
Totals	63	2668	42.3	75

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bosh Pritchard	24	271	11.3	30	0
Ernie Steele	11	183	16.6	42	0
Pat McHugh	10	156	15.6	69	1
Gil Steinke	6	69	11.5	30	0
Pete Pihos	1	26	26.0	26	1
Vic Sears	1	6	6.0	6	0
Russ Craft	1	5	5.0	5	0
Totals	54	716	13.3	69	2

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Steve Van Buren	13	382	29.4	95	1
Bosh Pritchard	8	148	18.5	27	0
Jack Ferrante	7	99	14.1	34	0
Joe Muha	3	55	18.3	24	0
Pat McHugh	3	50	16.7	30	0
Neill Armstrong	3	38	12.7	15	0
Art Macioszczyk	2	36	18.0	18	0
Pete Pihos	1	17	17.0	17	0
Ernie Steele	2	17	8.5	14	0
Ben Kish	1	10	10.0	10	0
Gil Steinke	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	44	854	19.4	95	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ernie Steele	6	103	17.2	43
Pat McHugh	3	52	17.3	48
Hal Prescott	3	5	1.7	5
Noble Doss	2	31	15.5	23
Dick Humbert	2	12	6.0	12
Ben Kish	1	37	37.0	37
Gil Steinke	1	17	17.0	17
Vic Lindskog	1	15	15.0	15
Bosh Pritchard	1	12	12.0	12
Alex Wojciechowicz	1	3	3.0	3
Russ Craft	1	0	0.0	0
Steve Van Buren	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	23	287	12.5	48

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Tommy Thompson			6	8	-1
Pat McHugh		0	7	4	0
Al Wistert			0	2	0	0
Hal Prescott		0	0	2	2	0
Gil Steinke		0	3	2	0
Alex Wojciechowicz		0	0	2	5	0
Bucko Kilroy			0	2	0	0
Bill Mackrides			3	2	-1
Ernie Steele		0	3	2	-4
Art Macioszczyk			2	2	1	0
Ben Kish		0	3	1	0	0
Russ Craft		0	0	1	0
Joe Muha			1	1	2	1
Vic Sears			0	1	0	0
Allie Sherman			2	1	-9
Pete Pihos			1	1	6
Steve Van Buren		0	4	1	-4
Jack Ferrante			0	1	0
Bosh Pritchard		0	1	0	0
Neill Armstrong			1	0	0
Totals	0	0	37	36	-3	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Steve Van Buren	13	0		1		0			0	0	0			84
Pete Pihos		7	1	0					0	0	0			48
Cliff Patton									3	36	0			45
Bosh Pritchard	1	3	0	0		0			0	0	0			24
Jack Ferrante		4		0					0	0	0			24
Joe Muha	1	0		0			1		1	0	0			15
Tommy Thompson	2								0	0	0			12
Pat McHugh	1	0	1	0		0			0	0	0			12
Neill Armstrong		2		0					0	0	0			12
Allie Sherman	1								0	0	0			6
Ernie Steele	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0			6
Russ Craft	0	1	0			0			0	0	0			6
Bill Mackrides	1								0	0	0			6
Gil Steinke	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0			6
Jim Kekeris									0	2	0			2
Totals	21	18	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	38	0	0	0	308