| Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 16, 1938 Location: New York, NY Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 33187 |
| Weather: Haze Temp: 75 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Bull Karcis 76 fumble recovery (Ward Cuff kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Tuffy Leemans 3 run (Ward Cuff kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Woody Dow 25 pass from Emmett Mortell (Hank Reese kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Ward Cuff 20 FG | 7 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| 56 | LOE/LDE | Bill Hewitt |
| 35 | LOT/LDT | Drew Ellis |
| 21 | LOG/LDG | Herschel Stockton |
| 10 | C/MG | Maurice Harper |
| 29 | ROG/RDG | Billy Hughes |
| 15 | ROT/RDT | Clem Woltman |
| 17 | ROE/RDE | Joe Carter |
| 14 | BB/S | Woody Dow |
| 31 | TB/LDH | Emmett Mortell |
| 34 | WB/RDH | Jay Arnold |
| 13 | FB/LB | Dave Smukler |
| New York Giants | ||
| 23 | LOE/LDE | Jim Poole |
| 50 | LOT/LDT | Ed Widseth |
| 5 | LOG/LDG | Ken Lunday |
| 7 | C/MG | Mel Hein |
| 42 | ROG/RDG | Orville Tuttle |
| 9 | ROT/RDT | Jack Haden |
| 21 | ROE/RDE | Jim Lee Howell |
| 22 | TB/S | Ed Danowski |
| 15 | FB/LDH | Hank Soar |
| 14 | WB/RDH | Ward Cuff |
| 20 | BB/LB | Leland Shaffer |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Joe Bukant | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Emmett Mortell | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Dave Smukler | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 0 | |
| Jay Arnold | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Riffle | 4 | -27 | -6.8 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Hank Soar | 18 | 45 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Bull Karcis | 13 | 40 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Ed Danowski | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Kink Richards | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Len Barnum | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Tuffy Leemans | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hugh Wolfe | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Bill Hewitt | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Carter | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Woody Dow | 1 | ||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Jim Lee Howell | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Dale Burnett | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Ray Hanken | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Poole | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
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