| Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1956 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 40960 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 65 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Bobby Walston 15 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Ben Agajanian 20 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ben Agajanian 39 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Alex Webster 1 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 20 pass from Charley Conerly (Ben Agajanian kick) | 3 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Bobby Walston |
| 75 | LOT | Frank Wydo |
| 63 | LOG | Ken Huxhold |
| 50 | C | Bob Kelley |
| 66 | ROG | Frank D'Agostino |
| 65 | ROT | Tom Dimmick |
| 80 | ROE | Bill Stribling |
| 10 | QB | Adrian Burk |
| 23 | LOH | Kenny Keller |
| 25 | ROH | Pete Retzlaff |
| 24 | FB | Don Schaefer |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Tom Scott |
| 77 | LDT | Jim Weatherall |
| 78 | MG | Marion Campbell |
| 73 | RDT | Sid Youngelman |
| 86 | RDE | Norm Willey |
| 60 | LLB | Chuck Bednarik |
| 52 | RLB | Wayne Robinson |
| 81 | LDH | Eddie Bell |
| 20 | LS | Bibbles Bawel |
| 42 | RS | Jerry Norton |
| 40 | RDH | Tom Brookshier |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | LOE | Kyle Rote |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 62 | LOG | Jack Spinks |
| 55 | C | Ray Wietecha |
| 66 | ROG | Jack Stroud |
| 72 | ROT | Dick Yelvington |
| 80 | ROE | Ken MacAfee |
| 11 | QB | Don Heinrich |
| 16 | LOH | Frank Gifford |
| 29 | ROH | Alex Webster |
| 33 | FB | Mel Triplett |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Walt Yowarsky |
| 77 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 76 | RDT | Rosey Grier |
| 81 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 30 | LLB | Bill Svoboda |
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff |
| 84 | RLB | Harland Svare |
| 48 | LDH | Ed Hughes |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 27 | RS | Herb Rich |
| 25 | RDH | Dick Nolan |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Adrian Burk | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Don Schaefer | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 12 | 13 | 1.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Thomason | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Kenny Keller | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 14 | 77 | 5.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 16 | 47 | 2.9 | 17 | 1 |
| Mel Triplett | 13 | 33 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Gene Filipski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Adrian Burk | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 47 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 25.4 | |
| Bobby Thomason | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 68 | 6.8 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 32.5 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 85 | 7.7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 | |
| Don Heinrich | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Bobby Walston | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Dick Bielski | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| John Bredice | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Schaefer | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kenny Keller | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Alex Webster | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20t | 0 |
| Ken MacAfee | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Adrian Burk | 9 | 327 | 36.3 | 53 | 1 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 5 | 237 | 47.4 | 63 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Norm Willey | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
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