1947 Philadelphia Eagles season

1947 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head coach	Greasy Neale
Home field	Shibe Park
Results
Record	8–4
Division place	1st NFL American
Playoff finish	Lost NFL Championship

The 1947 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 15th in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 6–5, winning eight games. The team qualified for the playoffs for the first time in fifteen seasons.

Off season

The Eagles for the 2nd year went to Saranac High School Field / Eagles Residence, in Saranac Lake, New York to hold training camp. Greasy Neale liked having the Eagles train away from Philadelphia and they only trained near their homebase when there were wartime travel restrictions during WW II. Under Neale the Eagles trained in Wisconsin, upstate New York and Minnesota when they could travel.

NFL Draft

The 1947 NFL Draft was December 16, 1946. The NFL started a lottery of a bonus pick for the first pick in the draft. They did this until 1958.

The Eagles made 29 selections over the 32 rounds. They got the 6th or 7th pick in the rounds in which they had picks.

The top two picks in the draft was a lottery bonus pick as the number-one pick by the NFL champion Chicago Bears was Bob Fenimore, a back who attended Oklahoma A&M. With the number-two pick the Detroit Lions took 1946 Heisman Trophy winner Glenn Davis a halfback from Army. He was unable to play due to his required military service. Cal Rossi, a running back from UCLA was drafted again this year with the 4th pick by the Washington Redskins. He was taken in error with the 9th pick in the 1946 draft when he was still a junior in college. He declined to play pro football.

The future NFL Hall of Famers that were in this draft where Dante Lavelli (12th round), Art Donovan (22nd round) and Tom Landry (20th round).

Some players drafted were signed by All-America Football Conference teams.

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

= Hall of Famer

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School		Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	8	Neill Armstrong	End	Oklahoma A&M		2		No PICK
3	19	Bill Mackrides	Back	Nevada-Reno		4		No PICK
5	30	George Savitsky	Tackle	Pennsylvania		6	42	Traded Pick	to the	Chicago Bears
7	51	Tony Yovicsin	End	Miami (FL)		8	68	Al Satterfield	Tackle	Vanderbilt
9	71	Bob Leonetti	Guard	Wake Forest		10	80	Ulysses Cornogg	Tackle	Wake Forest
11	91	Alex Sarkisian	Center	Northwestern		12	102	Jerry D'Arcy	Center	Tulsa
13	110	John Hamberger	Tackle	Southern Methodist		14	121	Alvin Johnson	Back	Hardin-Simmons
15	132	Joe Cook	Back	Hardin-Simmons		16	140	Jeff Durkota	Back	Penn State
17	152	Hubert Shurtz	Tackle	Louisiana State		18	161	Hal Bell	Back	Muhlenberg
19	170	Tom Campion	Tackle	Southeastern Louisiana		20	182	Fred Hall	Guard	Louisiana State
21	191	Jim Clayton	Tackle	Wyoming		22	200	George Blomquist	End	North Carolina State
23	212	Joe Haynes	Guard	Tulsa		24	221	Stanton Hense	End	Xavier
25	230	Johnny Kelly	Back	Rice		26	242	H. J. Roberts	Guard	Rice
27	251	Phil Cutchin	Back	Kentucky		28	261	Charley Wakefield	Tackle	Stanford
29	272	Dick Langenbeck	Tackle	Cincinnati		30	281	Bernie Winkler	Tackle	Texas Tech
31	288	Bill Stephens	Tackle	Baylor		32	298	Mike Kalosh	End	Wisconsin–La Crosse

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 28, 1947	Washington Redskins	W 45–42	35,406
2	October 5, 1947	New York Giants	W 23–0	29,823
3	October 12, 1947	at Chicago Bears	L 40–7	34,338
4	October 19, 1947	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 35–24	33,538
5	October 26, 1947	Los Angeles Rams	W 14–7	36,364
6	November 2, 1947	at Washington Redskins	W 38–14	36,591
7	November 9, 1947	at New York Giants	W 41–24	29,016
8	November 16, 1947	Boston Yanks	W 32–0	26,498
9	November 23, 1947	at Boston Yanks	L 21–14	15,628
10	November 30, 1947	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 21–0	37,218
11	December 7, 1947	Chicago Cardinals	L 45–21	32,322
12	December 14, 1947	Green Bay Packers	W 28–14	24,216

Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Divisional	December 21, 1947	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 21–0	35,729
Championship	December 28, 1947	at Chicago Cardinals	L 28–21	30,759

1947 Roster

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

= 1947 Pro All-Star

+ = 1st team All-Star

NO.	Player	AGE	POS	GP	GS	WT	HT	YRS	College
	Greasy Neale	56	Coach	1947 record 8–4–0	NFL-Eagles Lifetime 37–34–4			7th	West Virginia Wesleyan
	Neill Armstrong	21	E-DB	12	1	189	6–2	Rookie	Oklahoma State
	Al Baisi	30	G	2	0	217	6–0	7	West Virginia
	Alf Bauman	27	DT-T	2	0	228	6–2	Rookie	Northwestern
	Larry Cabrelli	30	E-DB	6	0	194	5–11	6	Colgate
	T.J. Campion	29	T	5	0	235	6–2	Rookie	Southeastern Louisiana
	Russ Craft	26	DB-HB	10	4	178	5–9	1	Alabama
	Noble Doss	27	HB	9	0	186	6–0	Rookie	Texas
	Otis Douglas	36	T	12	3	224	6–1	1	William & Mary
	Jack Ferrante	31	E-DE	11	6	197	6–1	6	none
	John Green	26	DE-E	12	1	192	6–1	Rookie	Tulsa
	Roger Harding	24	C-LB	6	0	217	6–2	2	California
	Jack Hinkle	30	B	3	0	195	6–0	7	Syracuse
	Dick Humbert	29	E-DE	11	1	179	6–1	5	Richmond
	Jim Kekeris	24	T	10	2	257	6–1	Rookie	Missouri
	Bucko Kilroy	26	G-MG-T-DT	12	9	243	6–2	4	Notre Dame, and Temple
	Ben Kish	30	B	12	8	207	6–0	7	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	33	C	10	1	203	6–1	3	Stanford
	Jay MacDowell	28	T-DE	12	3	217	6–2	1	Washington
	Art Macioszczyk	27	FB	11	2	208	6–0	3	Western Michigan
	Bill Mackrides	22	QB	8	0	182	5–11	Rookie	Nevada-Reno
	Duke Maronic	26	G	4	0	209	5–9	3	none
	Pat McHugh	28	DB-HB	9	1	166	5–11	Rookie	Georgia Tech
	Joe Muha	26	FB-LB	12	12	205	6–1	1	Virginia Military Institute
	Cliff Patton	24	G-LB	12	12	243	6–2	1	TCU
	Pete Pihos	24	E-DE	12	12	210	6–1	Rookie	Indiana
	Hal Prescott	27	E	11	2	199	6–1	1	Hardin-Simmons
	Bosh Pritchard	28	HB	11	5	164	5–11	5	Georgia Tech, and VMI
	Vic Sears	29	T-DT	7	5	223	6–3	6	Oregon State
	Allie Sherman	24	QB	11	0	170	5–11	4	Brooklyn
	Ernie Steele	30	HB-DB	12	5	187	6–0	5	Washington
	Gil Steinke	28	HB	6	3	175	6–0	2	Texas A&M-Kingsville
	Dan Talcott	26	T	8	0	235	6–3	Rookie	UNLV
	Tommy Thompson	31	QB	12	1	192	6–1	7	Tulsa
	Steve Van Buren+	27	HB	12	7	200	6–0	3	LSU
	Don Weedon	28	G	12	0	220	5–11	Rookie	Texas
	Boyd Williams	25	C	6	0	218	6–3	Rookie	Syracuse
	Al Wistert+	27	T-G-DT	12	12	214	6–1	4	Michigan
	Alex Wojciechowicz	32	C-LB-E	12	11	217	5–11	9	Fordham
	John Wyhonic	28	G	12	2	213	6–0	1	Alabama
	41 Players Team Average	27.6		11		205	6–0.5	2,7

• Link to all time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history

Standings

NFL Eastern Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Philadelphia Eagles	8	4	0	.667	6–2	308	242	W1
Pittsburgh Steelers	8	4	0	.667	6–2	240	259	W1
Boston Yanks	4	7	1	.364	3–4–1	168	256	L2
Washington Redskins	4	8	0	.333	3–5	295	367	W1
New York Giants	2	8	2	.200	1–6–1	190	309	L1

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