1953 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 7-4-1 .636 |
| Head Coach: Jim Trimble |
| Vic Lindskog | Line |
| Frank Reagan | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/15/1953 | N | Baltimore Colts | 10-7 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 14000 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1953 | H | Chicago Bears | 24-10 | W | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 13405 | |
| Mon | 9/7/1953 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 28-31 | L | San Antonio, TX | Alamo Stadium | 15378 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1953 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 28-17 | W | Little Rock, AR | War Memorial Stadium | 44300 | |
| Thu | 9/17/1953 | H | Detroit Lions | 28-17 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 44300 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1953 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-31 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 27819 | |
| Fri | 10/2/1953 | H | Washington Redskins | 21-21 | T | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 19099 | |
| Sat | 10/10/1953 | A | Cleveland Browns | 13-37 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 45802 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1953 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 23-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 18681 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1953 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 56-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 22064 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1953 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 35-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 27547 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1953 | H | New York Giants | 30-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 24331 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1953 | H | Baltimore Colts | 45-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 27813 | |
| Sat | 11/21/1953 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 38-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 19402 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1953 | A | New York Giants | 28-37 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 20294 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1953 | A | Washington Redskins | 0-10 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 21579 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1953 | H | Cleveland Browns | 42-27 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 38654 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Chuck Bednarik | 60 | RLB | 6-3 | 233 | 28 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 12 |
| Johnny Brewer | 36 | FB | 6-4 | 230 | 25 | Louisville | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Brookshier | 45 | RDH | 6-0 | 196 | 22 | Colorado | 11 | 11 |
| Adrian Burk | 10 | QB-P | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | Kilgore JC; Baylor | 10 | 4 |
| Russ Craft | 33 | LDH | 5-9 | 174 | 34 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| Ken Farragut | 53 | C-LLB | 6-4 | 240 | 25 | Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Gambold | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 215 | 24 | Washington State | 3 | 0 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 27 | ROH-LOH | 5-10 | 177 | 24 | Loyola Marymount | 12 | 1 |
| Bob Hudson | 88 | LS | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | Clemson | 12 | 12 |
| Willie Irvin | 81 | RCB | 6-3 | 207 | 23 | Florida A&M | 3 | 1 |
| Mike Jarmoluk | 78 | RDT | 6-5 | 252 | 31 | Temple | 12 | 12 |
| Don Johnson | 40 | ROH-LOH | 6-0 | 189 | 22 | Bakersfield CC; California | 12 | 4 |
| Bucko Kilroy | 76 | MG | 6-2 | 243 | 32 | Temple | 12 | 12 |
| Toy Ledbetter | 25 | LOH | 5-10 | 198 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 6 |
| John Magee | 67 | ROG | 5-10 | 220 | 30 | Rice; Louisiana-Lafayette; Rice | 12 | 12 |
| John Michels | 62/61 | ROG-LOG | 5-11 | 200 | 22 | Tennessee | 11 | 0 |
| George Mrkonic | 72 | LOT | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Kansas | 10 | 0 |
| Maury Nipp | 68 | LOG | 6-0 | 219 | 23 | Loyola Marymount | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Parmer | 43 | LOH-FB | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 2 |
| Pete Pihos | 35 | ROE | 6-1 | 211 | 30 | Indiana | 12 | 12 |
| Al Pollard | 21 | FB-K | 6-0 | 196 | 25 | Loyola Marymount; Army | 12 | 10 |
| Jesse Richardson | 65 | RDT-MG | 6-2 | 261 | 23 | Alabama | 12 | 0 |
| Wayne Robinson | 52 | LLB | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Minnesota | 11 | 11 |
| Bob Schnelker | 85 | LOE | 6-3 | 214 | 25 | Bowling Green State | 8 | 2 |
| Tom Scott | 82 | LDE | 6-2 | 219 | 23 | Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| Vic Sears | 79 | LDT | 6-3 | 223 | 35 | Oregon State | 12 | 12 |
| Lum Snyder | 73 | ROT | 6-5 | 228 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Stringer | 44 | RS-ROH | 6-1 | 197 | 24 | Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
| Bobby Thomason | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 25 | Virginia Military Institute | 12 | 8 |
| Ebert Van Buren | 31 | FB-LOH | 6-2 | 208 | 29 | Louisiana State | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Walston | 83 | LOE-K | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Georgia | 12 | 10 |
| Norm Willey | 86 | RDE | 6-2 | 224 | 26 | Marshall | 12 | 12 |
| Jerry Williams | 49 | LOH-ROH | 5-10 | 175 | 30 | Idaho; Washington State | 12 | 4 |
| Frank Wydo | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 225 | 29 | Duquesne; Cornell | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Ziegler | 41 | ROH | 5-11 | 175 | 30 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 20 | Al Conway | B | William Jewell |
| 3 | 34 | Don Johnson | B | California |
| 4 | 46 | George Mrkonic | G | Kansas |
| 5 | 57 | Eddie Bell | E | Pennsylvania |
| 5 | 62 | Rex Smith | E | Illinois |
| 7 | 77 | Jack Erickson | T | Beloit |
| 7 | 82 | Ray Malavasi | G | Mississippi State |
| 8 | 93 | Jesse Richardson | T | Alabama |
| 9 | 107 | Roger French | E | Minnesota |
| 10 | 118 | Tom Brookshier | B | Colorado |
| 11 | 129 | Bob Pollard | B | Penn State |
| 12 | 143 | George Porter | T | San Jose State |
| 13 | 154 | Ray Westort | G | Utah |
| 14 | 165 | Roy Bailey | B | Tulane |
| 15 | 179 | Willie Irvin | E | Florida A&M |
| 16 | 190 | Bud Wallace | B | North Carolina |
| 17 | 201 | Tony Rados | B | Penn State |
| 18 | 215 | Marv Trauth | T | Mississippi |
| 19 | 226 | Pete Bachouros | B | Illinois |
| 20 | 237 | Rollie Arns | C | Iowa State |
| 21 | 251 | Hal Brooks | T | Washington & Lee |
| 22 | 262 | Larry LeClaire | B | Michigan |
| 23 | 273 | Jeff Knox | E | Georgia Tech |
| 24 | 287 | Eli Romero | B | Wichita State |
| 25 | 298 | John Michels | G | Tennessee |
| 26 | 309 | Harvey Achziger | T | Colorado State |
| 27 | 323 | Earl Hersh | B | West Chester |
| 28 | 334 | Joe Gratson | B | Penn State |
| 29 | 345 | Ralph Paolone | B | Kentucky |
| 30 | 358 | Chuck Hren | B | Northwestern |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 72 | 94 | 68 | 118 | 352 |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 41 | 48 | 72 | 215 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 256 | 97 | 144 | 15 | / % | / % | 84 | 779 | |
| Opponents Totals | 186 | 69 | 98 | 19 | / % | / % | 63 | 606 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walston | 5 | 45 | 48 | 93.8 | 4 | 13 | 30.8 | 0 | 87 |
| Pete Pihos | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Don Johnson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Hal Giancanelli | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Frank Ziegler | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jerry Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Adrian Burk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Toy Ledbetter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Parmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Chuck Bednarik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Brewer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Thomason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Pollard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 49 | 46 | 49 | 93.9 | 4 | 15 | 26.7 | 0 | 352 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 26 | 27 | 96.3 | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 0 | 215 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walston | 4 | 13 | 30.8 | 1 | 27 | 2/9 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Al Pollard | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 15 | 26.7 | 1 | 27 | 2/10 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 4/ | 4/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Johnson | 83 | 439 | 5.3 | 66t | 5 |
| Jerry Williams | 61 | 345 | 5.7 | 48t | 3 |
| Frank Ziegler | 83 | 320 | 3.9 | 52t | 5 |
| Jim Parmer | 38 | 158 | 4.2 | 15 | 2 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 44 | 131 | 3.0 | 30 | 1 |
| Toy Ledbetter | 41 | 120 | 2.9 | 32 | 1 |
| Johnny Brewer | 17 | 85 | 5.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Adrian Burk | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 32t | 3 |
| Al Pollard | 23 | 44 | 1.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Thomason | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 20 | 1 |
| Bob Stringer | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Gambold | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 410 | 1722 | 4.2 | 66t | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 331 | 1117 | 3.4 | 40 | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Thomason | 304 | 162 | 162 | 122 | 2462 | 8.1 | 15.2 | 62t | 21 | 6.9 | 20 | 6.6 | 129 | 2333 | 75.8 | |
| Adrian Burk | 119 | 56 | 56 | 54 | 788 | 6.6 | 14.1 | 61 | 4 | 3.4 | 9 | 7.6 | 120 | 668 | 48.6 | |
| Bob Gambold | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 107 | 7.6 | 17.8 | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14.3 | 19 | 88 | 30.1 | |
| Frank Ziegler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 438 | 224 | 224 | 183 | 3357 | 7.7 | 15.0 | 62t | 25 | 5.7 | 31 | 7.1 | 268 | 3089 | 66.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 374 | 167 | 167 | 183 | 2289 | 6.1 | 13.7 | 66t | 17 | 4.5 | 24 | 6.4 | 408 | 1881 | 53.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Pihos | 63 | 1049 | 16.7 | 59 | 10 |
| Bobby Walston | 41 | 750 | 18.3 | 62t | 5 |
| Jerry Williams | 31 | 438 | 14.1 | 40 | 1 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 20 | 346 | 17.3 | 47t | 5 |
| Frank Ziegler | 15 | 211 | 14.1 | 43 | 0 |
| Jim Parmer | 14 | 89 | 6.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Toy Ledbetter | 13 | 137 | 10.5 | 34t | 2 |
| Don Johnson | 12 | 227 | 18.9 | 41 | 2 |
| Al Pollard | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Johnny Brewer | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Schnelker | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 224 | 3357 | 15.0 | 62t | 25 |
| Opponents Totals | 167 | 2289 | 13.7 | 66t | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brookshier | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 41 | 1 |
| Russ Craft | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Hudson | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 42 | 0 |
| Ebert Van Buren | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Stringer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Jarmoluk | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 299 | 12.5 | 42 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 351 | 11.3 | 39 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Burk | 41 | 1765 | 43.0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chuck Bednarik | 12 | 483 | 40.3 | 54 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 53 | 2248 | 42.4 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 257 | 1991 | 37.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 79 | 3354 | 42.5 | 64 | 0 | 7 | 166 | 3048 | 38.6 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Pollard | 20 | 106 | 5.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jerry Williams | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 | |
| Don Johnson | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 14 | 0 | |
| Hal Giancanelli | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 | |
| Bob Hudson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 46 | 166 | 3.6 | 20 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 257 | 5.7 | 54 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Williams | 14 | 343 | 24.5 | 62 | 0 | |
| Al Pollard | 13 | 301 | 23.2 | 49 | 0 | |
| Don Johnson | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Hal Giancanelli | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 38 | 0 | |
| Jim Parmer | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bob Stringer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Bob Hudson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Scott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 787 | 21.3 | 62 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 1208 | 24.7 | 104t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Bednarik | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
| Johnny Brewer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Brookshier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adrian Burk | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Farragut | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gambold | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hal Giancanelli | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Hudson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Irvin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Jarmoluk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Johnson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Toy Ledbetter | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Magee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maury Nipp | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Pihos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | |
| Jesse Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Vic Sears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Thomason | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ebert Van Buren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Wydo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Ziegler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 39 | 33 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 2 |
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