| New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles Game Statistics |
| Date: September 28, 1940 Location: Philadelphia, PA |
| Venue: Shibe Park Attendance: 26431 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | PHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Joe Bukant 1 run (Franny Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Ward Cuff 37 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Ward Cuff 41 run (Ward Cuff kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ward Cuff 30 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Jim Poole 39 pass from Eddie Miller (Ward Cuff kick) | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Dick Riffle 2 run (Franny Murray kick) | 20 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| 23 | LE | Jim Poole |
| 36 | LT | Frank Cope |
| 2 | LG | Johnny Dell Isola |
| 7 | C | Mel Hein |
| 42 | RG | Orville Tuttle |
| 66 | RT | Gerry Dennerlein |
| 21 | RE | Jim Lee Howell |
| 9 | TB | Eddie Miller |
| 8 | LH | Walt Nielsen |
| 14 | WB | Ward Cuff |
| 28 | FB | Nello Falaschi |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| 12 | LE | Herschel Ramsey |
| 27 | LT | Milt Trost |
| 48 | LG | Elbie Schultz |
| 10 | C | Maurice Harper |
| 29 | RG | Billy Hughes |
| 25 | RT | Russ Thompson |
| 30 | RE | Don Looney |
| 8 | TB | Davey O'Brien |
| 34 | BB | Jay Arnold |
| 40 | HB | Chuck Newton |
| 36 | FB | Joe Bukant |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41t | 1 |
| Walt Nielsen | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Eddie Miller | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Tuffy Leemans | 19 | 16 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Kay Eakin | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Al Owen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dom Principe | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Leland Shaffer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Dick Riffle | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 1 | |
| John Cole | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Bukant | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| Jay Arnold | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Franny Murray | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Davey O'Brien | 8 | -24 | -3.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Kay Eakin | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 112.5 | |||
| Eddie Miller | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 39 | 19.5 | 39t | 1 | 135.4 | ||
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Davey O'Brien | 30 | 14 | 46.7 | 4 | 173 | 5.8 | 0 | 25.4 | |||
| Foster Watkins | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Chuck Gelatka | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Poole | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Don Looney | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| Joe Carter | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Herschel Ramsey | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Dick Riffle | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Franny Murray | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jay Arnold | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Hank Soar | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Doug Oldershaw | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Kay Eakin | 4 | 143 | 35.8 | 52 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Franny Murray | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Dick Riffle | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
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