1943 Philadelphia Eagles/Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-4-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Walt Kiesling (5-4-1)
Coach: Greasy Neale (5-4-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1943 Philadelphia Eagles/Pittsburgh Steelers Roster
1943 Philadelphia Eagles/Pittsburgh Steelers Results

The Philadelphia Eagles/Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1943 season with a record of 5 wins and 4 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.

Philadelphia/Pittsburgh chalked up 225 points, while the defensive unit allowed 230. Jack Hinkle carried the ball for a team-leading 571 yards for the Eagles/Steelers.

Roy Zimmerman threw for 846 yards. Tony Bova grabbed 17 passes for 419 yards.

Roy Zimmerman and Ben Kish each snatched 5 opponent throws.

Walt Kiesling and Greasy Neale coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Roy Zimmerman	124	43	34.7	846	6.8	9	7.3	17	13.7	60	44.0
Allie Sherman	37	16	43.2	208	5.6	2	5.4	1	2.7	49	68.3
Johnny Butler	13	6	46.2	84	6.5	0	0.0	1	7.7	26	35.4
Ernie Steele	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0
Totals	175	65	37.1	1138	6.5	11	6.3	20	11.4	60

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jack Hinkle	116	571	4.9	56	3
Ernie Steele	85	409	4.8	47	4
Johnny Butler	87	362	4.2	69	3
Bob Thurbon	71	291	4.1	25	5
Charlie Gauer	12	69	5.8	25	0
Ben Kish	22	50	2.3	11	0
Ted Laux	9	23	2.6	12	0
Tony Bova	1	11	11.0	11	0
Bob Masters	2	6	3.0	0	0
Steve Sader	3	5	1.7	16	0
Dean Steward	1	-6	-6.0	-6	0
Allie Sherman	17	-20	-1.2	5	1
Roy Zimmerman	33	-41	-1.2	12	1
Totals	459	1730	3.8	69	17

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tony Bova	17	419	24.6	51	5
Larry Cabrelli	12	199	16.6	49	1
Ernie Steele	9	168	18.7	60	2
Ben Kish	8	67	8.4	17	1
Bob Thurbon	6	100	16.7	43	1
Johnny Butler	3	63	21.0	37	0
Tom Miller	3	60	20.0	32	1
Bill Hewitt	2	22	11.0	11	0
Ted Laux	2	19	9.5	15	0
Charlie Gauer	2	18	9.0	14	0
Jack Hinkle	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	65	1138	17.5	60	11

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Roy Zimmerman	28	26	92.9	6	1	16.7	29
Ted Laux	2	2	100.0				2
Gordon Paschka	2	2	100.0				2
Totals	32	30	93.8	6	1	16.7	33

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Roy Zimmerman	44	1521	34.6	53
Johnny Butler	11	407	37.0	45
Jack Hinkle	4	78	19.5	45
Dean Steward	2	84	42.0	47
Ben Kish	1	42	42.0	42
Totals	62	2132	34.4	53

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ernie Steele	12	152	12.7	19
Johnny Butler	13	108	8.3	15
Jack Hinkle	4	45	11.2	14
Bob Thurbon	2	19	9.5	14
Ted Laux	1	11	11.0	11
Totals	32	335	10.5	19

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ernie Steele	11	236	21.5	28
Jack Hinkle	11	217	19.7	30
Bob Thurbon	6	150	25.0	35
Johnny Butler	6	92	15.3	22
Roy Zimmerman	3	55	18.3	20
Bob Masters	2	37	18.5	19
Vic Sears	1	15	15.0	15
Totals	40	802	20.0	35

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ben Kish	5	114	22.8	86	1
Roy Zimmerman	5	19	3.8	10	0
Jack Hinkle	4	98	24.5	91	0
Ted Laux	1	24	24.0	24	0
Larry Cabrelli	1	24	24.0	24	1
Ray Graves	1	15	15.0	15	0
Al Wukits	1	7	7.0	7	0
Bob Thurbon	1	3	3.0	3	0
Tom Miller	1	0	0.0	0	0
Charlie Gauer	1	0	0.0	0	0
Enio Conti	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	22	304	13.8	91	2

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Jack Hinkle					1
Al Wukits					1
Totals	0	0	0	0	2	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bob Thurbon	5	1	0	0		0			0	0	0			36
Ernie Steele	4	2	0	0					0	0	0			36
Roy Zimmerman	1			0		0			1	26	0			35
Tony Bova	0	5							0	0	0			30
Jack Hinkle	3	0	0	0		0	1		0	0	0			24
Johnny Butler	3	0	0	0					0	0	0			18
Larry Cabrelli		1				1			0	0	0			12
Ben Kish	0	1				1			0	0	0			12
Tom Miller		1				0			0	0	0			6
Allie Sherman	1								0	0	0			6
Al Wukits						0	1		0	0	0			6
Gordon Paschka									0	2	0			2
Ted Laux	0	0	0			0			0	2	0			2
Totals	17	11	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	30	0	0	0	225