| Chicago Cardinals at Philadelphia Eagles Game Statistics |
| Date: November 21, 1953 Location: Philadelphia, PA |
| Venue: Connie Mack Stadium Attendance: 19402 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 57 F Humidty: 80% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIC | PHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Frank Ziegler 1 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Hal Giancanelli 37 pass from Bobby Thomason (Bobby Walston kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Bobby Walston 27 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Jerry Williams 1 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Jerry Williams 4 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Don Johnson 2 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 0 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Gern Nagler |
| 73 | LOT | Tom Higgins |
| 61 | LOG | Dave Suminski |
| 50 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 64 | ROG | Jerry Watford |
| 70 | ROT | Jack Jennings |
| 80 | ROE | Don Stonesifer |
| 9 | QB | Jim Root |
| 41 | LOH | Al Campana |
| 20 | ROH | Billy Cross |
| 33 | FB | Johnny Olszewski |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Pat Summerall |
| 76 | LDT | Volney Peters |
| 68 | MG | Nick Chickillo |
| 71 | RDT | Don Joyce |
| 82 | RDE | Tom Bienemann |
| 31 | LLB | Bill Svoboda |
| 34 | MLB | John Panelli |
| 51 | RLB | Leo Sanford |
| 87 | LDH | Ray Ramsey |
| 47 | S | Willie Carter |
| 22 | RDH | Don Paul |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Bobby Walston |
| 75 | LOT | Frank Wydo |
| 68 | LOG | Maury Nipp |
| 53 | C | Ken Farragut |
| 67 | ROG | John Magee |
| 73 | ROT | Lum Snyder |
| 35 | ROE | Pete Pihos |
| 11 | QB | Bobby Thomason |
| 25 | LOH | Toy Ledbetter |
| 41 | ROH | Frank Ziegler |
| 21 | FB | Al Pollard |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Tom Scott |
| 79 | LDT | Vic Sears |
| 76 | MG | Bucko Kilroy |
| 78 | RDT | Mike Jarmoluk |
| 86 | RDE | Norm Willey |
| 52 | LLB | Wayne Robinson |
| 60 | RLB | Chuck Bednarik |
| 33 | LDH | Russ Craft |
| 88 | LS | Bob Hudson |
| 44 | RS | Bob Stringer |
| 45 | RDH | Tom Brookshier |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Cross | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Root | 8 | -7 | -0.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Don Johnson | 11 | 57 | 5.2 | 25 | 1 |
| Jerry Williams | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 14 | 2 |
| Toy Ledbetter | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Frank Ziegler | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 14 | 1 |
| Jim Parmer | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Root | 27 | 7 | 25.9 | 2 | 77 | 2.9 | 33 | 0 | 32 | 8.7 | |
| Charley Trippi | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20.8 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Bobby Thomason | 34 | 18 | 52.9 | 3 | 264 | 7.8 | 50 | 1 | 15 | 51.6 | |
| Bob Gambold | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 39 | 6.5 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 17.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Billy Cross | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Ray Ramsey | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Stonesifer | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Gern Nagler | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Pete Pihos | 7 | 113 | 16.1 | 0 | |
| Jerry Williams | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Parmer | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Walston | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 37t | 1 |
| Toy Ledbetter | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Don Johnson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Frank Ziegler | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Ray Ramsey | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Leo Sanford | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Psaltis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Russ Craft | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Stringer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Brookshier | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Jack Simmons | 7 | 255 | 36.4 | 47 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Adrian Burk | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Don Paul | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
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