1948 Philadelphia Eagles season The 1948 Philadelphia Eagles season , their 16th in the league , resulted in winning the NFL Championship . Off Season . The Eagles travel to New York state to hold Training Camp at Saranac High School Field in Saranac Lake , New York in upper New York state near Lake Placid and in Adirondack Park NFL Draft . In the first round of the 1948 NFL Draft , That was held December 19 , 1947 that was 5 days after the end of the regular season and 9 days before the 1947 NFL Championship Game , Eagles ( 21 ) @ Chicago Cardinals ( 28 ) , was played . , New York The Eagles finished the 1947 NFL season with a 8 – 4 record . Tied with the Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers they would pick 7th , 8th or 9th normally in the 32 rounds that they had picks . The Washington Redskins had a lottery bonus pick at number one and chose Harry Gilmer Back out of the Alabama . The Eagles selected Clyde Scott , a running back from Arkansas . The Eagles 243rd pick in the 26th round would not make the team but end up becoming a Hall of Fame player for the Detroit Lions . Some of the draft picks made by NFL teams ended up playing for teams in the rival All - America Football Conference ( AAFC ) which was around from 1946 to 1949 . The 1948 NFL Draft 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 . Game Recaps . Week 1 . Sunday , September 14 , 1948 Played at Comiskey Park in Chicago Week 2 . Sunday , October 3 , 1948 Played at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles , CA Week 3 . Sunday , October 10 , 1948 Played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia , PA Week 4 . Sunday , October 17 , 1948 Played at Griffith Stadium in Washington , DC Week 5 . Sunday , October 24 , 1948 Played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia , PA Week 6 . Sunday , October 31 , 1948 Played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh , PA Week 7 . Sunday , November 7 , 1948 Played at Polo Grounds in the Queens Boro of New York City , NY Week 8 . Sunday , November 14 , 1948 Played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia , PA For third time in the 1948 season , and the second time playing at Shibe Park , the Eagles win a game by the score of 45 – 0 . Week 9 . Sunday , November 21 , 1948 Played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia , PA Week 10 . Sunday , November 28 , 1948 Played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia , PA Week 11 . Sunday , December 5 , 1948 Played at Fenway Park in Boston , MA Week 12 . Sunday , December 12 , 1948 Played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia , PA Playoffs . NFL Championship Game . The NFL Championship game was played at Philadelphia ' s Shibe Park on December 19 , 1948 during a blizzard . Thinking the game would not 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 . The Cardinals disputed that the ball or Van Buren had crossed the snow covered goal line . This game turned out be the Cardinals ' last appearance in any NFL Championship game in the 20th Century . There is said to be a curse on the football Cardinals that followed them from Chicago to St . Louis and onto Arizona . NFL Championship Game Recap . 1948 NFL Championship Game Sunday , December 19 , 1948 Played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia , PA Weather : Snow , Blizzard conditions Attendance : 36 , 309 1948 Roster . " All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history " Awards and Honors . Pro Football Hall of Fame members