1945 NFL Semifinal-Philadelphia Eagles-28, Washington Redskins-21

December 16, 1945

Weather-35 degrees, wind 20 mph NW

Philadelphia QB Roy Zimmerman threw 2 TD and intercepted a pass, and Steve Van Buren ran for 103 yards and 2 TD as the Eagles advanced to the NFL Championship Game for the second consecutive season, 28-21. Philadelphia had taken a 21-14 lead early in the fourth quarter on a Van Buren 1-yard TD plunge when Washington QB Sammy Baugh threw an interception to Zimmerman. Five plays later, Zimmerman found Jack Ferrante for Ferrante's eighth TD of the season and a 28-14 lead. Washington was able to cut the deficit to 28-21, but would never cross the 50-yard line for the rest of the game.

Frank Akins ran for 136 yards for the Redskins in a losing effort. Washington finished their season at 8-3.

Philadelphia Eagles.(8-3)-7-0-7-14-28
Washington Redskins..(8-3)-0-7-7-7-21

Phi-Karnofsky 1 pass from Zimmerman (Zimmerman Kick)
Was-Moore 1 run (Aguirre Kick)
Was-Akins 43 run (Aguirre Kick)
Phi-Van Buren 27 run (Zimmerman Kick)
Phi-Van Buren 1 run (Zimmerman Kick)
Phi-Ferrante 3 pass from Zimmerman (Zimmerman Kick)
Was-Bagarus 38 run (Aguirre Kick)

Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
Phi-Van Buren-20-103-2 (163-935-17), Bleeker-10-24-0 (60-191-2), Steele-6-17-0 (26-229-2), Karnofsky-9-6-0 (50-140-2), Zimmerman-1-2-0 (30-(-9)-1)
Was-Akins-16-136-1 (163-933-7), Bagarus-6-34-1 (45-188-2), Moore-6-12-1 (35-218-2), Seymour-2-1-0 (32-103-2), Baugh-1-0-0 (20-(-71)-0)

Passing
Phi-Zimmerman-17-8-70-2-0 (144-75-1,061-11-8)
Was-Baugh-22-10-73-0-2 (204-138-1,742-11-6)

Receiving
Phi-Meyer-2-24-0 (13-159-1), Ferrante-2-19-1 (23-483-8), Van Buren-1-12-0 (11-135-2), Cabrelli-1-11-0 (16-151-0), Humbert-1-3-0 (7-56-0), Karnofsky-1-1-1 (6-114-1)
Was-Aguirre-3-19-0 (19-208-0), Millner-2-17-0 (15-147-2), Bagarus-2-16-0 (36-633-5), Moore-1-10-0 (14-125-1), Dye-1-8-0 (9-92-2), Miller-1-3-0 (12-87-0)