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{{Infobox NFL season
| team = Philadelphia Eagles
| year = 1948
| record = 9–2–1  
| division_place = 1st [[Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933-69|NFL Eastern]]
| coach = [[Earle "Greasy" Neale]] 
| stadium = [[Shibe Park]]
| playoffs = '''Won''' NFL Championship
}}

The '''[[1948 NFL season|1948]] [[Philadelphia Eagles]] season''', their 16th in the [[National Football League|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, New York|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]] [[Runningback|Back]] out of the [[University of Alabama|Alabama]]. 

The Eagles selected [[Clyde Scott]], a running back from [[University of Arkansas|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. 
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{| class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width:100%"
!style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|'''Rd''' 
!!width=5% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| '''Pick''' 
!!width=15% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|'''Player'''
!!width=5% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|'''Position'''
!!width=15% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| '''School''' 
!!width=2% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| 
!style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|'''Rd''' 
!!width=5% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| '''Pick''' 
!!width=15% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|'''Player'''
!!width=5% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|'''Position'''
!!width=15% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| '''School'''
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 1 || 8 || [[Clyde Scott]] || Back || [[University of Arkansas|Arkansas]]||
|| 2 ||  || No PICK ||  || 
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 3 || 22 ||Paul Campbell|| [[Quarterback]] || [[University of Texas|Texas]] || 
||4|| ||No PICK  || ||
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 5 ||33||Jack "Moose" Myers||Back||[[UCLA]]||  
||6||42||Howard Duncan||[[Center (American football)|Center]]||[[Ohio State]]
|- align="center" bgcolor="" 
| 7 ||54||[[Buddy Tinsley]]|| [[Offensive tackle|Tackle]] || [[Baylor University|Baylor]] ||   ||8||63||Marty Wendell||[[Offensive guard|Guard]] ||[[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] 
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 9 ||72||Scott Beasle || End || [[University of Nevada-Reno|Nevada-Reno]] ||    
|| 10 ||84 ||Ray Richeson  ||Guard ||[[University of Alabama|Alabama]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""  
|11||93||Gil Johnson||Quarterback|| [[Southern Methodist]] || 
||12||102||Bill Wyman||Tackle||   [[Rice University|Rice]]   
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 13 || 114 ||Jim Walthall ||Back || [[University of West Virginia|West Virginia]] ||   
||14||123|| [[Dick Kempthorn]] ||Back||[[University of Michigan|Michigan]]  
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 15 || 132 ||[[Dick Rifenburg]] ||End || Michigan  ||   
|| 16 || 144 || Don Stanton || Tackle || [[University of Oregon|Oregon]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 17 || 153 ||[[Ralph Kohl]] || Tackle  || Michigan    ||
||18||162||Aubrey Fowler||Back||Arkansas 
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
|19||174||Rudy Krall||Back||[[University of New Mexico|New Mexico]] ||
||20||183||Ed Claunch||Center ||[[Louisiana State University|LSU]]  
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 21 ||192 ||Negley Norton ||Tackle || Penn State      ||   
|| 22 ||204 ||Lockwood Frizzell ||Center || [[University of Virginia|Virginia]]  
|- align="center" bgcolor=""  
| 23 ||213 ||Jack Swaner ||Back || [[University of California|California]]   ||   
|| 24 ||222 ||Art Littleton ||End || [[University of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 25 ||234 || [[Jim Parmer]] ||Back || [[Oklahoma State University|Oklahoma State]] ||   
|| 26 || 243 ||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|[[Lou Creekmur]] || Tackle || William & Mary
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 27 ||252 ||Bill Stanton ||End  ||  North Carolina State  ||   
|| 28 ||264 || [[Bennie Ellender]] ||Back || [[Tulane University|Tulane]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 29 || 273 || Rex Grossman || Back || [[University of Indiana|Indiana]]   ||   
|| 30 || 282 || A. B. Kitchens || Tackle || [[University of Tulsa|Tulsa]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""  
| 31 || 292 ||[[Art Statuto]] || Center || Notre Dame   ||   
|| 32 || 298|| Tom Novak || Center || [[University of Nebraska|Nebraska]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
  
|}

==Regular season==
===Schedule===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Week
! Date
! Opponent
! Result
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 1
| September 24, 1948
| at [[Chicago Cardinals]]
| L 21–14
|-style="background: #ffeeaa;"
| 2
| October 3, 1948
| at [[Los Angeles Rams]]
| T 28–28
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 3
| October 10, 1948
| [[New York Giants]]
| W 45–0
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 4
| October 17, 1948
| at [[Washington Redskins]]
| W 45–0
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 5
| October 24, 1948
| [[Chicago Bears]]
| W 12–7
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 6
| October 31, 1948
| at [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
| W 34–7
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 7
| November 7, 1948
| at [[New York Giants]]
| W 35–14
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 8
| November 14, 1948
| [[Boston Yanks]]
| W 45–0
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 9
| November 21, 1948
| [[Washington Redskins]]
| W 42–21
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 10
| November 28, 1948
| [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
| W 17–0
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 11
| December 5, 1948
| at [[Boston Yanks]]
| L 37–14
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 12
| December 12, 1948
| [[Detroit Lions]]
| W 45–21
|}

==Game Recaps==
===Week 1===
Sunday, September 14, 1948  

Played at [[Comiskey Park]]  in Chicago

{|class="wikitable" 80%
|- align=center
|       || '''1Q''' || '''2Q''' || '''3Q''' || '''4Q''' || '''Final'''
|- align=center 
| – align=left|Philadelphia Eagles (0–1) ||0 ||7 ||7 ||0 || 14 
|- align=center 
| – align=left|Chicago Cardinals (1–0) ||7 ||7 || 7 || 0 || 21 
|- align=center 
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
|  ||   || '''SCORING PLAYS'''|| '''PHIL''' || '''CHI C'''  ||  '''TIME'''
|- align=left 
| 1st || Cardinals || Charlie Trippi 8 yard rush (Pat Harder kick) ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 7
|- align=left 
| 2nd || Cardinals || Mal Kutner 30 yard pass from Paul Christman (Pat Harder kick) ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 14
|- align=left 
|      || Eagles || Bosh Pritchard 34 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)     ||- align="center"| 7 ||- align="center"| 14
|- align=left 
| 3rd || Eagles || Pete Pihos 42 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick) ||- align="center"| 14 ||- align="center"| 14
|- align=left 
| 4th || Cardinals || Mal Kutner 64 yard pass from Charlie Trippi (Pat Harder kick) ||- align="center"| 14 ||- align="center"| 21
|- align=left
|}

===Week 2===
Sunday, October 3, 1948

Played at [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]  in Los Angeles, CA

{|class="wikitable" 80%
|- align=center
|       || '''1Q''' || '''2Q''' || '''3Q''' || '''4Q''' || '''Final'''
|- align=center 
| – align=left|Philadelphia Eagles (0–1–1) || 7 || 14 || 7 || 0 || 28 
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Los Angeles Rams (1–0–1)  ||| 0 || 0 || 7 || 21 || 28 
|- align=center 
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
|  ||   || '''SCORING PLAYS'''|| '''PHIL''' || '''LA'''  ||  '''TIME'''
|- align=left 
| 1st || Eagles || Pete Pihos 40 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick) ||- align="center"| 7 ||- align="center"| 0
|- align=left 
| 2nd || Eagles || Pete Pihos 36 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick) ||- align="center"| 14 ||- align="center"| 0
|- align=left 
|      || Eagles || Neill Armstrong 13 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick) ||- align="center"| 21 ||- align="center"| 0
|- align=left 
| 3rd || Eagles || Bosh Pritchard 52 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick) ||- align="center"| 28 ||- align="center"| 0
|- align=left 
|  || Rams || Jack Zilly 27 yard pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) ||- align="center"| 28 ||- align="center"| 7
|- align=left
| 4th || Rams || Bill Smyth 3 yard pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick)	 ||- align="center"| 28 ||- align="center"| 14
|- align=left
|  || Rams || Bob Hoffman 1 yard rush (Bob Waterfield kick) ||- align="center"| 28 ||- align="center"| 21
|- align=left
|  || Rams || Jack Zilly 20 yard pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) ||- align="center"| 28 ||- align="center"| 28
|- align=left
|}

===Week 3===
Sunday, October 10, 1948

Played at [[Shibe Park]]  in Philadelphia, PA

{|class="wikitable" 80%
|- align=center
|       || '''1Q''' || '''2Q''' || '''3Q''' || '''4Q''' || '''Final'''
|- align=center 
| – align=left| New York Giants (1–2–0)       || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Philadelphia Eagles (1–1–1)   || 14 || 7 || 3 || 21 || 45 
|- align=center 
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
|  ||   || '''SCORING PLAYS'''|| '''NY G''' || '''PHIL'''  ||  '''TIME'''
|- align=left 
| 1st || Eagles || Steve Van Buren 1 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick) ||- align="center"| 7 ||- align="center"| 7
|- align=left 
|      || Eagles || Pete Pihos 28 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)	||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 14
|- align=left 
| 2nd || Eagles || Eagles	Ernie Steele 32 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick) ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 21
|- align=left 
| 3rd || Eagles || Cliff Patton 27 yard field goal ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 24
|- align=left 
| 4th || Rams || Tommy Thompson 1 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick) ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 31
|- align=left
|      || Rams || Ben Kish 66 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick)  ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 38
|- align=left
|      || Rams || Jim Parmer 7 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick) ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 45
|- align=left
|}

=== Week 4===
Sunday, October 17, 1948

Played at [[Griffith Stadium]]  in Washington, DC

{|class="wikitable" 80%
|- align=center
|       || '''1Q''' || '''2Q''' || '''3Q''' || '''4Q''' || '''Final'''
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Philadelphia Eagles (1–1–1)   || 14 || 10 || 14 || 7 || 45 
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Washington Redskins (2–2–0)   || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
|- align=center 
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
|  ||   || '''SCORING PLAYS'''|| '''PHIL''' || '''WASH'''  ||  '''TIME'''
|- align=left 
| 1st || Eagles || Pete Pihos 19 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)	 ||- align="center"| 7 ||- align="center"| 0
|- align=left 
|      || Eagles || Steve Van Buren 1 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick) ||- align="center"| 14 ||- align="center"| 0
|- align=left 
| 2nd || Eagles || Cliff Patton 23 yard field goal ||- align="center"| 17 ||- align="center"| 0
|- align=left 
|     || Eagles || Steve Van Buren 3 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick) ||- align="center"| 24 ||- align="center"| 0
|- align=left 
| 3rd || Rams || Bosh Pritchard 32 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick) ||- align="center"| 31 ||- align="center"| O
|- align=left
|     || Rams || Steve Van Buren 7 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick) ||- align="center"| 38 ||- align="center"| 0 
|- align=left
| 4th || Rams || Ernie Steele 4 yard rush  (Cliff Patton kick) ||- align="center"| 45 ||- align="center"| 0
|- align=left
|}

=== Week 5===
Sunday, October 24, 1948

Played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, PA 

{|class="wikitable" 80%
|- align=center
|       || '''1Q''' || '''2Q''' || '''3Q''' || '''4Q''' || '''Final'''
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Chicago Bears (4–1–0)   || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 7 
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Philadelphia Eagles (3–1–1)   || 7 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 12 
|- align=center 
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
|  ||   || '''SCORING PLAYS'''|| '''CHI B''' || '''PHIL'''  ||  '''TIME'''
|- align=left 
| 1st || Eagles || Steve Van Buren 8 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick)  ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 7
|- align=left 
|  3rd || Bears || Ken Kavanaugh 42 yard pass from Johnny Lujack (Johnny Lujack kick)  ||- align="center"| 7 ||- align="center"| 7
|- align=left 
| 4th || Eagles || Cliff Patton 38 yard field goal ||- align="center"| 7 ||- align="center"| 10
|- align=left 
|     || Eagles ||  Safety, Luckman tackled in end zone by Barnes||- align="center"| 7 ||- align="center"| 12
|}

===Week 6===
Sunday, October 31, 1948

Played at [[Forbes Field]] in Pittsburgh, PA 

{|class="wikitable" 80%
|- align=center
|       || '''1Q''' || '''2Q''' || '''3Q''' || '''4Q''' || '''Final'''
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Philadelphia Eagles (4–1–1)	|| 3 || 14 || 0 || 17 || 34
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Pittsburgh Steelers (2–4–0)	|| 0 || 7 || 0  || 0 ||	7
|- align=center 
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
|  ||   || '''SCORING PLAYS'''|| '''PHIL''' || '''PITT'''  ||  '''TIME'''
|- align=left 
| 1st || Eagles || Cliff Patton 42 yard field goal    ||- align="center"| 3 ||- align="center"| 7
|- align=left 
| 2nd || Steelers || Jerry Shipkey 1 yard rush (Joe Glamp kick)  ||- align="center"| 3 ||- align="center"| 7
|- align=left 
|     || Eagles || Steve Van Buren 20 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick)  ||- align="center"| 10 ||- align="center"| 7
|- align=left 
|     || Eagles ||  Jack Ferrante 7 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)  ||- align="center"| 17 ||- align="center"| 7
|- align=left 
| 4th || Eagles || Bosh Pritchard 55 yard punt return (Cliff Patton kick)   ||- align="center"| 24 ||- align="center"| 7 
|- align=left
|     || Eagles || Cliff Patton 23 yard field goal  ||- align="center"| 27 ||- align="center"| 7 
|- align=left
|     || Eagles || Bosh Pritchard 18 yard fumble return  (Cliff Patton kick) ||- align="center"| 34 ||- align="center"| 7 
|- align=left
|}

=== Week 7===
Sunday, November 7, 1948

Played at [[Polo Grounds]] in the Queens Boro of New York City, NY

{|class="wikitable" 80%
|- align=center
|       || '''1Q''' || '''2Q''' || '''3Q''' || '''4Q''' || '''Final'''
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Philadelphia Eagles (5–1–1)	|| 7 || 7 || 14 || 7 || 35
|- align=center 
| – align=left| New York Giants (2–5–0)         || 0 || 7 || 7  || 0 || 14
|- align=center 
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
|  ||   || '''SCORING PLAYS'''|| '''PHIL''' || '''PITT'''  ||  '''TIME'''
|- align=left 
| 1st || Eagles || Pete Pihos 26 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)  ||- align="center"| 7 ||- align="center"| 0
|- align=left 
| 2nd || Eagles || Pete Pihos 34 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)  ||- align="center"| 14 ||- align="center"| 0
|- align=left 
| 3rd || Eagles || Steve Van Buren 6 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick)  ||- align="center"| 21 ||- align="center"| 0 
|- align=left 
|      || Giants||  Joe Scott 11 yard pass from Charlie Conerly (Len Younce kick)  ||- align="center"| 21 ||- align="center"| 7
|- align=left 
|     || Eagles || Bosh Pritchard 65 yard rush  (Cliff Patton kick)   ||- align="center"| 28 ||- align="center"| 7 
|- align=left
| 4th || Eagles || Steve Van Buren 3 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick)	||- align="center"| 35 ||- align="center"| 7 
|- align=left
|     || Giants || John Atwood 26 yard pass from Ray Coates (Len Younce kick)  ||- align="center"| 35 ||- align="center"| 14 
|- align=left
|}

===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. 
{|class="wikitable" 80%
|- align=center
|       || '''1Q''' || '''2Q''' || '''3Q''' || '''4Q''' || '''Final'''
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Boston Yanks (2–7–0)	|| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Philadelphia Eagles (6–2–1)   || 3 || 14 || 7 || 21 || 45 
|- align=center 
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
|  ||   || '''SCORING PLAYS'''|| '''BOS  ''' || '''PHIL'''  ||  '''TIME'''
|- align=left
| 2nd  ||  Eagles  ||  Russ Craft 70 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)  ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 7
|- align=left
|   || Eagles   ||  Jack Ferrante 20 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)	  ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 14
|- align=left
|   || Eagles   ||  Pete Pihos 26 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)  ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 21
|- align=left
|   || Eagles   || Cliff Patton 37 yard field goal   ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 24
|- align=left
| 3rd  || Eagles   ||  Bosh Pritchard 2 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)	  ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 31
|- align=left
| 4th  || Eagles   ||  Neill Armstrong 14 yard pass from Bill Mackrides (Cliff Patton kick)	  ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 38
|- align=left|- align=left
|   || Eagles   ||  Jim Parmer 5 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick)	  ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 45
|}

===Week 9===
Sunday, November 21, 1948

Played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, PA

{|class="wikitable" 80%
|- align=center
|       || '''1Q''' || '''2Q''' || '''3Q''' || '''4Q''' || '''Final'''
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Washington Redskins (6–3–0)  || 0  || 14 || 0  || 7 || 21 
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Philadelphia Eagles (7–1–1)      || 14 || 7 || 14 || 7 || 42 
|- align=center 
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
|  ||   || '''SCORING PLAYS'''|| '''WASH''' || '''PHIL'''  ||  '''TIME'''
|- align=left
| 1st  || Eagles ||  Steve Van Buren 6 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick)	  ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 7
|- align=left
|   || Eagles   || Neill Armstrong 25 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 14
|- align=left
| 2nd  || Eagles   || Jack Myers 29 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick)	   ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 21
|- align=left|- align=left
|   || Redskins   ||  Hal Crisler 30 yard pass from Sammy Baugh (Dick Poillon kick)	  ||- align="center"| 7 ||- align="center"| 21
|- align=left
|   || Redskins  ||  Hal Crisler 79 yard pass from Sammy Baugh (Dick Poillon kick)	  ||- align="center"| 14 ||- align="center"| 21
|- align=left
| 3rd  || Eagles   ||  Russ Craft 24 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)  ||- align="center"| 14 ||- align="center"| 28
|- align=left|- align=left
|   || Eagles   ||  Pete Pihos 19 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)	  ||- align="center"| 14 ||- align="center"| 35
|- align=left
| 4th  || Redskins  ||  Dick Poillon 93 yard fumble return (Dick Poillon kick)	  ||- align="center"| 21 ||- align="center"| 35
|- align=left
|   || Eagles   || Jack Ferrante 15 yard pass from Bill Mackrides (Cliff Patton kick)   ||- align="center"| 21 ||- align="center"| 42
|}

===Week 10===
Sunday, November 28, 1948

Played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, PA
{|class="wikitable" 80%
|- align=center
|       || '''1Q''' || '''2Q''' || '''3Q''' || '''4Q''' || '''Final'''
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Pittsburgh Steelers (3–7–0)	|| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Philadelphia Eagles (8–1–1)   || 7 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 17 
|- align=center 
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
|  ||   || '''SCORING PLAYS'''|| '''PITT  ''' || '''PHIL'''  ||  '''TIME'''
|- align=left
| 1st  || Eagles ||  Eagles	Bosh Pritchard 5 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick)	  ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 7
|- align=left
| 2nd  || Eagles ||  Pete Pihos 13 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)	  ||- align="center"| 0  ||- align="center"| 14
|- align=left
|      || Eagles   ||  Cliff Patton 31 yard field goal  ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 17
|- align=left
|}

===Week 11===
Sunday, December 5, 1948

Played at [[Fenway Park]] in Boston, MA

{|class="wikitable" 80%
|- align=center
|       || '''1Q''' || '''2Q''' || '''3Q''' || '''4Q''' || '''Final'''
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Philadelphia Eagles (8–2–1)	|| 7 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 14
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Boston Yanks (3–9–0)         || 10 || 21 || 0  || 6 || 37
|- align=center 
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
|  ||   || '''SCORING PLAYS'''|| '''PHIL''' || '''BOS'''  ||  '''TIME'''
|- align=left 
| 1st || Eagles ||  Jack Ferrante 14 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)  ||- align="center"| 7 ||- align="center"| 0
|- align=left 
|  || Yanks || Frank Muehlheuser 35 yard rush (Nick Scollard kick) ||- align="center"| 7 ||- align="center"| 7
|- align=left 
|  || Yanks || Nick Scollard 35 yard field goal  ||- align="center"| 7 ||- align="center"| 10
|- align=left
| 2nd || Yanks || Frank Seno 68 yard pass from Phil Slosburg (Nick Scollard kick) ||- align="center"| 7 ||- align="center"| 17
|- align=left
|  || Yanks || Bill Chipley 38 yard interception return (Nick Scollard kick)  ||- align="center"| 7 ||- align="center"| 24 
|- align=left 
|  || Eagles || Joe Muha 20 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)  ||- align="center"| 14 ||- align="center"| 24
|- align=left 
|  || Yanks || Joe Golding 89 yard interception return (Nick Scollard kick) ||- align="center"| 14 ||- align="center"| 31
|- align=left
| 4th || Yanks || Rudy Romboli 2 yard rush (kick failed)||- align="center"| 14 ||- align="center"| 37 
|- align=left
|}

===Week 12===
Sunday, December 12, 1948

Played at Shibe Park  in Philadelphia, PA
{|class="wikitable" 80%
|- align=center
|       || '''1Q''' || '''2Q''' || '''3Q''' || '''4Q''' || '''Final'''
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Detroit Lions (2–10–0)	|| 0 || 7 || 7 || 7 || 21 
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Philadelphia Eagles (9–2–1)   || 3 || 14 || 7 || 21 || 45 
|- align=center 
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
|  ||   || '''SCORING PLAYS'''|| '''DET''' || '''PHIL'''  ||  '''TIME'''
|- align=left 
| 1st || Eagles || Cliff Patton 23 yard field goal  ||- align="center"| 0  ||- align="center"| 3
|- align=left
| 2nd || Eagles || Pete Pihos 10 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)   ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 10
|- align=left
|   || Eagles || Jack Ferrante 66 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)   ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 17
|- align=left
|   || Lions  || Bill Dudley 4 yard pass from Clyde LeForce (Merv Pregulman kick)         ||- align="center"| 7 ||- align="center"| 17
|- align=left
| 3rd || Lions  ||  Bill Dudley 10 yard pass from Clyde LeForce (Merv Pregulman kick)   ||- align="center"| 14 ||- align="center"| 17
|- align=left
|   || Eagles || Steve Van Buren 16 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick)   ||- align="center"| 14 ||- align="center"| 24
|- align=left
| 4th || Lions  ||  John Greene 38 yard pass from Clyde LeForce (Merv Pregulman kick)  ||- align="center"| 21 ||- align="center"| 24
|- align=left
|   || Eagles ||  Jack Ferrante 15 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)	  ||- align="center"| 21 ||- align="center"| 31
|- align=left
|   || Eagles || Jim Parmer 42 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick)  ||- align="center"| 21 ||- align="center"| 38
|- align=left
|   || Eagles || Jack Ferrante 23 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)	   ||- align="center"| 21 ||- align="center"| 45
|}

==Standings==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! colspan="8" style="background-color: #FFCBCB;" align="center" valign="middle" | [[Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933-69|NFL Eastern]]
|-
!
! W
! L
! T
! PCT
! PF
! PA
! STK
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| '''Philadelphia Eagles'''
| align="center" | 9
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | .818
| align="center" | 376
| align="center" | 156
| align="center" | W-1
|-
| [[1948 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]]
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .583
| align="center" | 291
| align="center" | 287
| align="center" | W-1
|-
| [[1948 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .333
| align="center" | 297
| align="center" | 388
| align="center" | L-2
|-
| [[1948 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .333
| align="center" | 200
| align="center" | 243
| align="center" | L-1
|-
| [[1948 Boston Yanks season|Boston Yanks]]
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 9
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .250
| align="center" | 174
| align="center" | 372
| align="center" | W-1
|}

==Playoffs==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Week
! Date
! Opponent
! Result
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| Championship
| December 19, 1948
| [[Chicago Cardinals]]
| W 7–0
|}

===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 [[Sports-related_curses#Cardinals_football_curse|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
{|class="wikitable" 80%
|- align=center
|       || '''1Q''' || '''2Q''' || '''3Q''' || '''4Q''' || '''Final'''
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Chicago Cardinals (11–2–0)    || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
|- align=center 
| – align=left| Philadelphia Eagles (10–1–1)   || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 7 
|- align=center 
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
|  ||   || '''SCORING PLAYS'''|| '''CHI C''' || '''PHIL'''  ||  '''TIME'''
|- align=left 
| 1st || Eagles || Steve Van Buren 5 yard rush (Cliff Patton kick) ||- align="center"| 0 ||- align="center"| 7 || 13:55
|}
Attendance:36,309

==1948 Roster==
''All time [[List of Philadelphia Eagles players]] in franchise history''
{|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= 1940 [[Pro Bowl|All-Star Selection]] <ref name="Pro All-Star">Players are identified as a 1940 All-Star.</ref>|| 
|style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]]r
|} 
*  +  After name means 1st team selection
{| class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-

!style="background:#00cc00;" width=5%|NO. 
!!width=20% style="background:#00cc00;"|Player
!!width=4% style="background:#00cc00;"|AGE 
!!width=6% style="background:#00cc00;"|POS 
!!width=2% style="background:#00cc00;"|GP 
!!width=1% style="background:#00cc00;"|GS
!!width=4% style="background:#00cc00;"|WT
!!width=4% style="background:#00cc00;"|HT
!!width=4% style="background:#00cc00;"|YRS
!!width=20% style="background:#00cc00;"|College
|-
|- align=center  
| ||- align=left bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|[[Earle "Greasy" Neale]]||58 ||'''COACH''' || || || || || ||- align=left|[[West Virginia Wesleyan College|West Virginia Wesleyan]]	
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Neill Armstrong]]||22 ||E-DB ||12||4 ||189||6–2||1||- align=left|[[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma State]] 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Walt Barnes]]||30||G||11||0||238||6–1||Rookie||- align=left|[[LSU Tigers football|LSU]] 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Russ Craft]]||29||DB-HB||12||2||178||5–9||2||- align=left|[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Noble Doss]]||28||HB||11||0||186||6–0||1||- align=left|[[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]] 	
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Otis Douglas]]||37||T||5||0||224||6–1||2||- align=left|[[William & Mary Tribe football|William & Mary]] 
	
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Jack Ferrante]]||32||E-DE||12||0||197||6–1||7||	''none'' 		
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Mario Giannelli]]||28||MG-G||12|| 1 ||265||6–0||Rookie||- align=left|[[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]] 	
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[John Green (defensive end)|John Green]]||27||DE-E||12||9||192||6–1||1||- align=left|[[Tulsa Golden Hurricane football|Tulsa]] 	 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Fred Hartman]]||31||T||12||0||229||6–1||1||- align=left|<sub>[[Rice Owls football|Rice]],and <br> [[Schreiner College]] 	
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Dick Humbert]]||30||E-DE||12||0||179||6–1||7||- align=left|[[Richmond Spiders football|Richmond]]  	

|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Al Johnson (punter)|Al Johnson]]||26||QB-P||5||0||  ||6–0||Rookie||- align=left|[[Hardin-Simmons]] 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Bucko Kilroy]]||27||G-MG-T-DT||12||12||243||6–2||5||- align=left|<sub> [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] and <br> [[Temple Owls football|Temple]] 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Ben Kish]]||31||B||9||0||207||6–0||8||- align=left|	[[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Vic Lindskog]]||34||C||12||11||203||6–1||4||- align=left|[[Stanford Cardinals football|Stanford]] 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Jay MacDowell]]||29||T-DE||12||10||217||6–2||2||- align=left|[[Washington Huskies football|Washington]] 

|- align=center
| 39 ||- align=left|[[Bill Mackrides]] ||23|| 	QB|| 	10 ||	1 ||	182 ||	5–11 ||	1		||- align=left|[[Nevada Wolf Pack football|Nevada-Reno]] 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[John Magee (American football)|John Magee]] ||	25|| 	G ||	12 ||	8 ||	220 ||	5–10 ||Rookie		||- align=left|<sub>[[Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football|La-Lafayette]], and <br>[[Rice Owls football|Rice]] 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|Bap Manzini||28||C||3||0||195||5–11||4||- align=left|[[St._Vincent_College#Football|St. Vincent]] 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Duke Maronic]]||27||G||12|| 1 ||209||5–9||4||  ''none'' 	
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Pat McHugh]]||	29 ||	DB-HB||	10 ||	1 ||	166 ||	5–11 ||	1		||- align=left|	Georgia Tech 

|- align=center
| 36 ||- align=left|[[Joe Muha]]||27||FB-LB||11||11||205||6–1||2||- align=left|[[VMI Keydets football|Virginia Military Institute]] 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Jack Myers (American football)|Jack Myers]]||24||FB-QB-LB||12||7||200||6–2||Rookie||- align=left|[[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA]] 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|Les Palmer||25||HB||5||0||190||6–0||Rookie||- align=left|[[North Carolina State Wolfpack football|North Carolina State]]  	
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Jim Parmer]]||22||FB-HB||11||2||193||6–0||Rookie||- align=left|<sub>	Oklahoma State, and <br>[[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]]
|- align=center
| 65 ||- align=left|[[Cliff Patton]]||25||G-LB||12||2||243||6–2||2||- align=left|[[TCU Horned Frogs football|TCU]] 

|- align=center bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 35 ||- align=left| [[Pete Pihos]]||25||E-DE||12||11||210||6–1|| 1 ||- align=left|	[[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]]	
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Hal Prescott]]||28||E||11||0||199||6–1||2||- align=left|Hardin-Simmons 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Bosh Pritchard]]||29||HB||12||9||164||5–11||6||- align=left|<sub>[[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]], ''and''<br>VMI 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[George Savitsky]]||24||T||12||0||244||6–2||Rookie||- align=left|	[[Pennsylvania Quakers football|Pennsylvania]]  	
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Vic Sears]]||30||T-DT||12||2||223||6–3||7||- align=left|[[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]]  
	
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Ernie Steele]]||31||HB-DB||12||2||187||6–0||6||- align=left|[[University of Washington|Washington]] 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Gil Steinke]]||29||HB||2||1||175||6–0||3||- align=left|[[Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas|Texas A&M-Kingsville]] 
|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Frank Szymanski]]||25||C||9||0||225||5–11||3||- align=left|	Notre Dame 
|- align=center 
| 11 ||- align=left|[[Tommy Thompson (quarterback)|Tommy Thompson]]||32||QB||12||4||192||6–1||8	||- align=left|Tulsa 
|- align=center bgcolor="#FFCC00"
| 15 ||- align=left bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|[[Steve Van Buren]]+||28||HB||11||8||200||6–0||4||- align=left|LSU 

|- align=center
|  ||- align=left|[[Al Wistert]]||28||T-G-DT||12||12||214||6–1||5||- align=left|Michigan 
|- align=center bgcolor="#CCFFCC
| 53 ||- align=left| [[Alex Wojciechowicz]]||33||C-LB-E||10||	1 ||217||5–11|| 1 ||- align=left|[[Fordham Rams football|Fordham]]
|- align=center  bgcolor="90EE90"
| || Team Totals  <br> 37 players|| 	28.1 ||   ||  12  || ||200.0||6–0.4||3.0  ||
|}

==Postseason==
{{Empty section|date=March 2011}}

==Awards and Honors==
* Tommy Thompson leads league in Passing TDs – 25<ref>http://www.databasefootball.com/leagues/leagueyear.htm?lg=nfl&yr=1948 database football league leaders for 1948 page</ref>
* Tommy Thompson leads league in Passer Rating- PHI 98.4
* Steve Van Buren leads league in Rushing Attempts – 201
* Steve Van Buren leads league in Rushing Yards – 945
* Steve Van Buren leads league in Rushing TDs – 10
* Cliff Patton Leads League in Field Goals Made – 8
* QB Tommy Thompson, LH Steve Van Buren, RG Bucko Kilroy, RT Al Wistert, RE Pete Pihos, and P Joe Muha are named to numerous All-Pro teams at seasons end <ref>http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1948/allpro.htm Pro Football Reference 1948 All-Pro teams page</ref>

[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] members
* Alex Wojciechowicz – 1968
* Steve Van Buren – 1965
* Pete Pihos – 1970
* Greasy Neale – 1969 as coach

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/phi/1948.htm?redir Eagles on Pro Football Reference]
* [http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/results.nsf/Teams/1948-phi Eagles on jt-sw.com]
* [http://philadelphia-Eagles.net/history/1948-index.html Eagles on Eagles.net]

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