| New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles Game Statistics |
| Date: December 15, 1956 Location: Philadelphia, PA |
| Venue: Connie Mack Stadium Attendance: 16562 |
| Weather: Light Drizzle Temp: 39 F Humidty: 96% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | PHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Kyle Rote 6 pass from Frank Gifford (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 10 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Alex Webster 7 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Bobby Walston 15 pass from Adrian Burk (Bobby Walston kick) | 21 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | LOE | Kyle Rote |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 65 | LOG | Gerry Huth |
| 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 |
| 89 | RLB | Cliff Livingston |
| 48 | LDH | Ed Hughes |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton |
| 25 | RDH | Dick Nolan |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Bobby Walston |
| 79 | LOT | Buck Lansford |
| 63 | LOG | Ken Huxhold |
| 50 | C | Bob Kelley |
| 53 | ROG | Bob Pellegrini |
| 75 | ROT | Frank Wydo |
| 84 | ROE | Hank Burnine |
| 11 | QB | Bobby Thomason |
| 33 | LOH | Willie Berzinski |
| 25 | ROH | Pete Retzlaff |
| 36 | FB | Dick Bielski |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Tom Scott |
| 77 | LDT | Jim Weatherall |
| 78 | MG | Marion Campbell |
| 73 | RDT | Sid Youngelman |
| 68 | RDE | Dick Murley |
| 60 | LLB | Chuck Bednarik |
| 52 | RLB | Wayne Robinson |
| 81 | LDH | Eddie Bell |
| 20 | LS | Bibbles Bawel |
| 22 | RS | Lee Riley |
| 40 | RDH | Tom Brookshier |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Alex Webster | 23 | 132 | 5.7 | 34 | 1 |
| Frank Gifford | 16 | 81 | 5.1 | 11 | 1 |
| Mel Triplett | 14 | 72 | 5.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Don Chandler | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Gene Filipski | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Henry Moore | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Ted Wegert | 11 | 31 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Bielski | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Schaefer | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Adrian Burk | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Berzinski | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Don Heinrich | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 1 | 35 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 | 0 | 131.2 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Adrian Burk | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 0 | 124 | 4.8 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 73.2 | |
| Bobby Thomason | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 17 | 4.3 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 21.9 | |
| Don Schaefer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Kyle Rote | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Frank Gifford | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Bobby Walston | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 18 | 1 |
| Don Schaefer | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Hank Burnine | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| John Bredice | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Bielski | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Lee Riley | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Adrian Burk | 7 | 274 | 39.1 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Lee Riley | 2 | 45 | 45.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Lee Riley | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Bob Pellegrini | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
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