1949 Philadelphia Eagles season

1949 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head coach Greasy Neale
Owner Happy Hundred
Home field Shibe Park
Results
Record 11–1
Division place 1st NFL Eastern
Playoff finish Won NFL Championship

The 1949 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 17th in the National Football League. The Eagles won their second-consecutive NFL championship.

Off season

The Eagles hold training camp for the 1st time at UM North Central Agriculture school in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

NFL Draft

The 1949 NFL draft was held on December 21, 1948. It would be 25 rounds long. The Eagles had the Lottery Bonus Pick in the draft and picked 1st. The Eagles would choose 26 players total during this draft. They had the last pick in each round as all teams picked in exery round. The All-America Football Conference was still a rival league and signing some of the NFL cast offs and draft picks. With the bonus and 1st pick overall, the Eagles took a local hero from the University of Pennsylvania, a center and linebacker, Chuck Bednarik. Along with him, the other future NFL Hall of Famers picked this year were Norm Van Brocklin, George Blanda, and Doak Walker.

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
11Chuck Bednarik
(Lottery bonus pick) 		CenterPennsylvania
1 9 Frank TripuckaQuarterbackNotre Dame
2 19 Frank BurnsBack Rutgers
3 29 Frank ZieglerBack Georgia Tech
4 41 Don PancieraBack San Francisco
5 51 Terry BrennanBackNotre Dame
6 58 Warren HueyEndMichigan State
7 71 Frank GillespieGuardClemson
8 81 Bob DeanBackCornell
9 91 Jonathan JenkinsTackleDartmouth
10 101 Roy LesterEndWest Virginia
11 111 Bobby WilsonBackMississippi
12 121 Dale ArmstrongEndDartmouth
13 131 Lyle ButtonTackleIllinois
14 141 Bobby LundBackTennessee
15 151 Carl CoppTackleVanderbilt
16 161 Frank RenoEndWest Virginia
17 171Leo SkladanyEndPittsburgh
18 181 Russ StraitBackMuhlenberg
19 191 Paul OdomGuard Rollins
20 201 Lloyd BrinkmanBackMissouri
21 211 Lou FutrellBackUSC
22 221 Harvey KingryBackColorado Mines
23 231 Hank KalverTackleOklahoma City
24 241 Fred LeonTackleNevada-Reno
25 251 John "Bull" Schweder[2] GuardPennsylvania

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 22, 1949 at New York Bulldogs W 7–0
4,355
2 October 3, 1949 at Detroit Lions W 22–14
20,163
3 October 8, 1949 Chicago Cardinals W 28–3
33,716
4 October 16, 1949 at Chicago Bears L 38–21
47,248
5 October 23, 1949 Washington Redskins W 49–14
28,602
6 October 30, 1949 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 38–7
37,840
7 November 6, 1949 Los Angeles Rams W 38–14
38,230
8 November 13, 1949 at Washington Redskins W 44–21
31,170
9 November 20, 1949 New York Bulldogs W 42–0
22,165
10 November 27, 1949 Pittsburgh Steelers W 34–17
22,191
11 December 4, 1949 at New York Giants W 24–3
25,446
12 December 11, 1949 New York Giants W 17–3
21,022

Game Recaps

Week 4 at Chi Bears

The Eagles get the only loss of the season against the Chicago Bears in a game played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The last points of the game were made by 22 years 29 days old George Blanda. Blanda would score his last points against Philadelphia in his career 22 years and 1 day later on October 17, 1971. Also a placekicker, Blanda had one of the longest pro football careers, a total of 26 years.

Week 4: Philadelphia Eagles (3–1) at Chicago Bears (3–1)
1 2 34Total
Eagles 7 7 7021
Bears 7 14 71038

at Wrigley Field on Grass,

  • Date: October 16, 1949
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: degrees, wind mph
Game information

1st quarter
  • Bears – George Gulyanics 1 yard rush (Johnny Lujack kick), Bears 7 – 0
  • Eagles – Pete Pihos 16 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick)Tied 7 – 7
2nd quarter
  • Eagles – Steve Van Buren 50 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick) Eagles 14 – 7
  • Bears – Ken Kavanaugh 32 yard pass from Johnny Lujack (Johnny Lujack kick) Tied 14 – 14
  • Bears – Johnny Lujack 1 yard rush (Johnny Lujack kick) Bears 21 – 14
3rd quarter
  • Bears – Jim Keane 15 yard pass from Johnny Lujack (Johnny Lujack kick) Bears 28 – 14
  • Eagles – Jack Ferrante 64 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick) Bears 28 – 21
4th quarter
  • Bears – George McAfee 54 yard interception return (Johnny Lujack kick) Bears 35 – 21
  • Bears – George Blanda 20 yard field goal, Bears 38 – 21

Team Stats

  • First downs – Phila 14 – Chi 28
  • Rush-yards-TDs – Phila 32–42–0 – Chi 45–200–2
  • Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT – Phila 16–29–213–3–2 – Chi 16–26–257–2–1
  • Sacked-yards – Phila 0–0 – Chi 0–0
  • Net pass yards – Phila 213 – Chi 257
  • Total yards – Phila 255 – Chi 457
  • Fumbles-lost – Phila 0–0 – Chi 0–0
  • Turnovers – Phila 2 – Chi 1
  • Penalties-yards – Phila 4–38 – Chi 9–99
Eastern Division Standing
  • Philadelphia Eagles(3–1–0)
  • Pittsburgh Steelers (3–1–0)
  • New York Giants (2–2–0)
  • Washington Redskins (2–2–0)
  • New York Bulldogs (0–4–0)

NFL Championship Game

Week Date Opponent Result
Championship December 18, 1949 at Los Angeles Rams W 14–0
1949 NFL Championship: Philadelphia Eagles (11–1) at Los Angeles Rams (8–2–2)
1 2 34Total
Eagles 0 7 7014
Rams 0 0 000

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on natural grass

  • Date: December 18, 1949
  • Game time: 1:30 p.m. PST
  • Game weather: Heavy rain
  • Game attendance: 27,980
Game information

1st quarter
  • No Scoring
2nd quarter
  • Eagles – Pete Pihos 31 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick), Eagles 7 – 0
3rd quarter
  • Eagles – Leo Skladany 2 yard blocked punt return (Cliff Patton kick), Eagles 14 – 0
4th quarter
  • No Scoring

Team Stats

  • First downs – Phila 1 – LA 7
  • Rush-yards-TDs – Phila 61–274–0 – LA 24–21–0
  • Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT – Phila 5–9–68–1–2 – Chi 10–27–98–0–1
  • Sacked-yards – Phila 0–0 – LA 1–10
  • Net pass yards – Phila 68 – LA 88
  • Total yards – Phila 342 – LA 109
  • Fumbles-lost – Phila 4–1 – LA 1–0
  • Turnovers – Phila 3 – LA 1
  • Penalties-yards – Phila 6–40 – LA 4–25

Standings

NFL Eastern Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Philadelphia Eagles 11 1 0 .917 8–0 364 134 W8
Pittsburgh Steelers 6 5 1 .545 4–4 224 214 W1
New York Giants 6 6 0 .500 3–5 287 298 L2
Washington Redskins 4 7 1 .364 3–4–1 268 339 L1
New York Bulldogs 1 10 1 .091 1–6–1 153 368 L5

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

1949 Roster

(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)

= 1949 Pro Bowl [3] = Hall of Famer
NO. Player AGE POS GP GS WT HT YRS College
[4] Greasy Neale 58 Coach 1949 record
11–1		Lifetime
57–37–5 		9th West Virginia Wesleyan
Neill Armstrong23E-DB1241896–22Oklahoma State
Walt Barnes31G1202386–1 1LSU
60Chuck Bednarik24LB-C1072336–3RookiePennsylvania
Russ Craft30DB-HB1021785–93Alabama
Otis Douglas38T 202246–13William & Mary
Jack Ferrante33E-DE1271976–18 none
Mario Giannelli29MG-G1012656–01Boston College
John Green28DE-E721926–12Tulsa
Dick Humbert31E-DE1101796–18Richmond
Mike Jarmoluk27DT-T-MG902326–53Temple
Bucko Kilroy28G-MG-T-DT12122436–26Notre Dame,
Temple
Ben Kish32B702076–09Pittsburgh
Vic Lindskog35C542036–15Stanford
Jay MacDowell30T-DE812176–23Washington
Bill Mackrides24QB701825–112Nevada-Reno
John Magee26G1232205–10 1La-Lafayette,
Rice
Duke Maronic28G1122095–9 5none
Pat McHugh30DB-HB1201665–11 2Georgia Tech
Joe Muha28FB-LB12112056–1 3VMI
Jack Myers25FB-QB-LB1232006–21UCLA
Jim Parmer23FB-HB1211936–0 1Oklahoma State,
Texas A&M
Cliff Patton26G-LB1272436–2 3TCU
Pete Pihos+ 26E-DE1192106–1 2Indiana
Hal Prescott29E301996–1 3Hardin-Simmons
Bosh Pritchard30 HB871645–11 7Georgia Tech,
VMI
Frank Reagan30B1201825–11 8Pennsylvania
George Savitsky25T1202446–2 1Pennsylvania
Clyde Scott25HB-DB821746–0 RookieArkansas,
Navy
Vic Sears31T-DT11112236–3 8Oregon State
Leo Skladany22E312106–1 RookiePittsburgh
Tommy Thompson33QB1291926–1 9Tulsa
15Steve Van Buren+29HB12102006–05LSU
Al Wistert29T-G-DT12112146–16Michigan
Alex Wojciechowicz34C-LB-E1212175–1111Fordham
Frank Ziegler26HB-DB1041755–11 RookieGeorgia Tech
35 Players
Team Average 		28.5 12 206.3 6–0.6 3.8

Postseason

The NFL and the AAFC agree to form one league as the NFL. The Philadelphia Eagles are scheduled to meet the AAFC 4 time Champion Cleveland Browns on the 1950 opening weekend in Philadelphia.

Awards and Honors

All-Star Selections

League Leaders[5]

References

  1. ↑ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
  2. ↑ This last selection is commonly referred to as Mr. Irrelevant.
  3. ↑ Players are identified as a 1949 All-Star.
  4. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/NealGr0.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.databasefootball.com/leagues/leagueyear.htm?lg=nfl&yr=1949
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