1946 Philadelphia Eagles season

With the war restrictions over, the Eagles moved training camp from the West Chester State Teachers College (now West Chester University) in West Chester, Pennsylvania, to Saranac High School Field in (Saranac Lake, New York).

The 1946 NFL draft was held on January 14, 1946. The Eagles had the seventh or eighth picks in the thirty-two rounds of this draft. The top five teams in the league from the previous season were not awarded draft picks in rounds two or four, but were instead given compensatory, low value picks in the thirty-first and thirty-second rounds. As a result, the Eagles made thirty selections during this draft.

The overall number one pick in the draft was made by the Boston Yanks, which chose Frank Dancewicz, a quarterback from the University of Notre Dame.

The table shows the Eagles selections, what picks they had that were traded away, and the teams that ended up with those picks. It is possible the Eagles' picks ended up with those teams via Eagles' trades with other teams. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.

For the first time in Eagles franchise history a Head coach has a .500 winning percentage. By winning this game the Eagles are 25–25–4 under Greasy Neale. The Eagles would have a 63–43–5 record, 3 Championship games appearances and winning 2 of them, under Neale lifetime as coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.

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|title= Week 2: Philadelphia Eagles (2–0–0) vs Boston Yanks (0–2–0)

|date=October 6, 1946

|time=1:00 p.m. EST

|road=Yanks

|R1=12 |R2=0 |R3=6 |R4=7

|home=Eagles

|H1=14 |H2=14 |H3=7 |H4=14

|stadium=Shibe Park on Grass,

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|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194610060phi.htm]

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;1st quarter

• Eagles Jack Ferrante 48 yard pass from Roy Zimmerman (Augie Lio kick), Eagles 7 – 0
• Eagles Bosh Pritchard 68 yard rush (Augie Lio kick), Eagles 14 – 0
• Yanks John Grigas 1 yard rush (kick failed), Eagles 14 – 6
• Yanks Paul Governali 3 yard rush (kick failed), Eagles 14 – 12

;2nd quarter

• Eagles Dick Humbert 7 yard pass from Allie Sherman (Augie Lio kick), Eagles 21 – 12
• Eagles Steve Van Buren 31 yard rush (Augie Lio kick), Eagles 28 – 12

;3rd quarter

• Yanks Don Currivan 60 yard pass from Paul Governali (kick failed), Eagles 28 – 18
• Eagles Steve Van Buren 2 yard rush (Augie Lio kick), Eagles 35 – 18

;4th quarter

• Eagles Bosh Pritchard 35 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Augie Lio kick), Eagles 42 – 18
• Eagles Bert Kuczynski 9 yard pass from Tommy Thompson (Augie Lio kick), Eagles 49 – 18
• Yanks Hal Crisler 62 yard pass from Paul Governali (Nick Scollard kick), Eagles 49 – 25

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Team Stats

• First downs – Bos 17 – Phila 21
• Rush-yards-TDs – Bos 26–59–2 – Phila 37–197–3
• Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT – Bos 13–24–282–2–3 – Phila 14–18–208–4–1
• Sacked-yards – Bos 0–0 – Phila 0–0
• Net pass yards – Bos 282 – Phila 208
• Total yards – Bos 341 – Phila 405
• Fumbles-lost – Bos 2–1 – Phila 2–1
• Turnovers – Bos 4 – Phila 2
• Penalties-yards – Bos 7–55 – Phila 6–67

;American Conference Standing

• Philadelphia (2–0–0)
• New York (2–0–0)
• Pittsburgh (1–1–1)
• Washington (0–1–1)
• Boston Yanks (0–2–0)

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