# 1946 Philadelphia Eagles season

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 | Tulsa |
| 7 | 57 | George Robotham | End | UCLA | 8 | 68 | Jim Lecture | Guard | Northwestern |
| 9 | 77 | Ernie Lewis | Back | Colorado | 10 | 88 | Al Vandeweghe | End | William & Mary |
| 11 | 97 | Bill Iancelli | End | Franklin & Marshall | 12 | 108 | Pat McHugh | Back | Georgia Tech |
| 13 | 117 | John Wingender | Back | Washington | 14 | 128 | Homer Paine | Tackle | Tulsa |
| 15 | 137 | John Kerns | Tackle | Ohio | 16 | 148 | Buddy Hubbard | Back | William & Mary |
| 17 | 157 | Allen Smith | Back | Tulsa | 18 | 168 | Bernie Millham | End | Fordham |
| 19 | 177 | Lawrence Mauss | Center | Utah | 20 | 188 | Dave Butcher | Back | William & Mary |
| 21 | 197 | Don Fabling | Back | Colorado | 22 | 208 | George Feldman | Back | Tufts |
| 23 | 217 | Ed Cameron | Guard | Miami (FL) | 24 | 228 | Charley Steed | Back | Arkansas-Monticello |
| 25 | 237 | Ed Grygiel | Back | Dartmouth | 26 | 248 | Ben Raimondi | Back | Indiana |
| 27 | 257 | Sam Bailey | End | Georgia | 28 | 268 | Bob Long | Back | Tennessee |
| 29 | 277 | Bill Fisher | Tackle | Harvard | 30 | 288 | George Slusser | Back | Ohio State |
| 31 | 292 | John Itzel | Back | Pittsburgh | 32 | 298 | Larry Kirkman | Back | Boston University |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | September 29 | at Los Angeles Rams | W 25–14 | 1–0 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 30,500 |
| 2 | October 6 | Boston Yanks | W 49–25 | 2–0 | Shibe Park | 33,986 |
| 3 | October 13 | Green Bay Packers | L 7–19 | 2–1 | Shibe Park | 36,127 |
| 4 | October 20 | at Chicago Bears | L 14–21 | 2–2 | Wrigley Field | 41,221 |
| 5 | October 27 | at Washington Redskins | W 28–24 | 3–2 | Griffith Stadium | 33,691 |
| 6 | November 3 | New York Giants | W 24–14 | 4–2 | Shibe Park | 40,059 |
| 7 | November 10 | at New York Giants | L 17–45 | 4–3 | Polo Grounds | 60,874 |
| 8 | November 17 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 7–10 | 4–4 | Forbes Field | 38,882 |
| 9 | November 24 | Washington Redskins | L 10–27 | 4–5 | Shibe Park | 36,633 |
| 10 | December 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | W 10–7 | 5–5 | Shibe Park | 29,943 |
| 11 | December 8 | at Boston Yanks | 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.
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Yanks | 12 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| Eagles | 14 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 49 |
at Shibe Park on Grass,
* Date: October 6, 1946
* Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
* Game weather: degrees, wind mph
Game information :
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

NFL Eastern Division :
| viewtalkedit | 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 | + = 1st team All-Star |
| Player | AGE | POS | GP | GS | WT | HT | YRS | College |
| Greasy Neale | 55 | Coach | $_{1946record}$ 6–5–0 | $_{NFL-EaglesLifetime}$ 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 | $_{Tennessee,andTennesseeWesleyanCollege}$ |
| 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 | $_{NotreDame,andTemple}$ |
| 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 | $_{GeorgiaTech,andVMI}$ |
| 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