| Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 12, 1941 Location: New York, NY Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 35842 |
| Weather: Obscured Temp: 65 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Jim Poole 5 lateral from John Mellus blocked punt recovery (Ward Cuff kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Andy Marefos 38 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Howie Yeager 39 run (kick failed) | 0 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| 82 | LOE/DE | Bob Krieger |
| 76 | LOT/DT | John Eibner |
| 67 | LOG/DG | Enio Conti |
| 55 | C/LB | Frank Bausch |
| 69 | ROG/DG | Dave diFilippo |
| 77 | ROT/DT | Phil Ragazzo |
| 81 | ROE/DE | Dick Humbert |
| 10 | QB/DB | Tommy Thompson |
| 49 | LOH/DB | Dan DeSantis |
| 13 | ROH/DB | Len Barnum |
| 27 | FB/LB | Sam Bartholomew |
| New York Giants | ||
| 23 | LOE/DE | Jim Poole |
| 66 | LOT/DT | Win Pedersen |
| 60 | LOG/DG | Monk Edwards |
| 7 | C/LB | Mel Hein |
| 39 | ROG/DG | Doug Oldershaw |
| 33 | ROT/DT | John Mellus |
| 21 | ROE/DE | Jim Lee Howell |
| 26 | BB/DB | Nello Falaschi |
| 2 | TB/DB | Len Eshmont |
| 14 | WB/DB | Ward Cuff |
| 4 | FB/LB | Tuffy Leemans |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Bob Krieger | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dan DeSantis | 9 | 12 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Sam Bartholomew | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Nick Basca | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Castiglia | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Fred Gloden | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Len Barnum | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry Fox | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Foster Watkins | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Reagan | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 0 | |
| Howie Yeager | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Andy Marefos | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Clint McClain | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Kay Eakin | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| George Franck | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Marion Pugh | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 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 | |||||
| Dick Humbert | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Terry Fox | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Hank Piro | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dan DeSantis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Willie Walls | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Poole | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Howie Yeager | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Andy Marefos | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Dan DeSantis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Nick Basca | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Wes McAfee | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| George Franck | 2 | 118 | 59.0 | 70 | 0 |
| Kay Eakin | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 56 | 0 |
| Frank Reagan | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| 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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