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| 1948 Philadelphia Eagles season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lex Thompson |
| Head coach | Earle "Greasy" Neale |
| Home field | Shibe Park |
| Results | |
| Record | 9–2–1 |
| Division place | 1st NFL Eastern |
| Playoff finish | Won NFL Championship (vs. Cardinals) 7–0 |
The 1948 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 16th season in the National Football League (NFL). The Eagles repeated as Eastern Division champions and returned to the NFL Championship game, this time defeating the Chicago Cardinals to win their first NFL title.
Off season
The Eagles travel to New York State to hold training camp at Saranac Lake High School Field in Saranac Lake, New York, in northern New York State near Lake Placid and in the Adirondack Park. As of 2014 the building where the Eagles stayed is still a local landmark and is located on Lake Street in Saranac Lake and it is still called the Eagles Nest.
NFL draft
The 1948 NFL draft was held on December 19, 1947, five days after the end of the regular season, and nine days before the championship game was played. The Eagles finished the 1947 season with an 8–4 record. Tied with the Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers they picked 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 University of Alabama. In the first round, the Eagles selected Clyde Scott, a running back from the University of Arkansas.
The Eagles' 26th round pick, Lou Creekmur, did not make the team but ended up becoming a Hall of Fame player for the Detroit Lions.
Many of the draft picks made by NFL teams ended up playing for teams in the rival All-America Football Conference (AAFC).
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.
| = Pro Bowler [1] | = Hall of Famer |
| Rd | Pick | Player | Position | School | Rd | Pick | Player | Position | School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Clyde Scott | Back | Arkansas | 2 | No PICK | ||||
| 3 | 22 | Paul Campbell | Quarterback | Texas | 4 | No PICK | ||||
| 5 | 33 | Jack "Moose" Myers | Back | UCLA | 6 | 42 | Howard Duncan | Center | Ohio State | |
| 7 | 54 | Buddy Tinsley | Tackle | Baylor | 8 | 63 | Marty Wendell | Guard | Notre Dame | |
| 9 | 72 | Scott Beasle | End | Nevada-Reno | 10 | 84 | Ray Richeson | Guard | Alabama | |
| 11 | 93 | Gil Johnson | Quarterback | Southern Methodist | 12 | 102 | Bill Wyman | Tackle | Rice | |
| 13 | 114 | Jim Walthall | Back | West Virginia | 14 | 123 | Dick Kempthorn | Back | Michigan | |
| 15 | 132 | Dick Rifenburg | End | Michigan | 16 | 144 | Don Stanton | Tackle | Oregon | |
| 17 | 153 | Ralph Kohl | Tackle | Michigan | 18 | 162 | Aubrey Fowler | Back | Arkansas | |
| 19 | 174 | Rudy Krall | Back | New Mexico | 20 | 183 | Ed Claunch | Center | LSU | |
| 21 | 192 | Negley Norton | Tackle | Penn State | 22 | 204 | Lockwood Frizzell | Center | Virginia | |
| 23 | 213 | Jack Swaner | Back | California | 24 | 222 | Art Littleton | End | Pennsylvania | |
| 25 | 234 | Jim Parmer | Back | Oklahoma State | 26 | 243 | Lou Creekmur | Tackle | William & Mary | |
| 27 | 252 | Bill Stanton | End | North Carolina State | 28 | 264 | Bennie Ellender | Back | Tulane | |
| 29 | 273 | Rex Grossman | Back | Indiana | 30 | 282 | A. B. Kitchens | Tackle | Tulsa | |
| 31 | 292 | Art Statuto | Center | Notre Dame | 32 | 298 | Tom Novak | Center | Nebraska |
Regular season
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 24 | at Chicago Cardinals | L 14–21 | 0–1 | Comiskey Park | 24,159 | |
| 2 | October 3 | at Los Angeles Rams | T 28–28 | 0–1–1 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 24,597 | |
| 3 | October 10 | New York Giants | W 45–0 | 1–1–1 | Shibe Park | 22,804 | |
| 4 | October 17 | at Washington Redskins | W 45–0 | 2–1–1 | Griffith Stadium | 35,580 | |
| 5 | October 24 | Chicago Bears | W 12–7 | 3–1–1 | Shibe Park | 36,227 | |
| 6 | October 31 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | W 34–7 | 4–1–1 | Forbes Field | 32,859 | |
| 7 | November 7 | at New York Giants | W 35–14 | 5–1–1 | Polo Grounds | 24,983 | |
| 8 | November 14 | Boston Yanks | W 45–0 | 6–1–1 | Shibe Park | 22,958 | |
| 9 | November 21 | Washington Redskins | W 42–21 | 7–1–1 | Shibe Park | 36,254 | |
| 10 | November 28 | Pittsburgh Steelers | W 17–0 | 8–1–1 | Shibe Park | 22,001 | |
| 11 | December 5 | at Boston Yanks | L 14–37 | 8–2–1 | Fenway Park | 9,652 | |
| 12 | December 12 | Detroit Lions | W 45–21 | 9–2–1 | Shibe Park | 15,322 | |
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. | |||||||
Game recaps
Week 1
Sunday, September 14, 1948
Played at Comiskey Park in Chicago
| 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Final | |
| Philadelphia Eagles (0–1) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Chicago Cardinals (1–0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |