| Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Cardinals |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 24, 1948 Location: Chicago, IL Venue: Comiskey Park Attendance: 25875 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 60 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | LLB | Joe Muha | ||
| 1 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Charley Trippi 8 run (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Mal Kutner 30 pass from Paul Christman (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Bosh Pritchard 34 pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Pete Pihos 42 pass from Tommy Thompson (Cliff Patton kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Mal Kutner 64 pass from Charley Trippi (Pat Harder kick) | 14 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Neill Armstrong |
| 79 | LOT | Vic Sears |
| 64 | LOG | Mario Giannelli |
| 52 | C | Vic Lindskog |
| 76 | ROG | Bucko Kilroy |
| 70 | ROT | Al Wistert |
| 35 | ROE | Pete Pihos |
| 11 | QB | Tommy Thompson |
| 15 | LOH | Steve Van Buren |
| 30 | ROH | Bosh Pritchard |
| 36 | FB | Joe Muha |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Johnny Green |
| 79 | LDT | Vic Sears |
| 65 | MG | Cliff Patton |
| 76 | RDT | Bucko Kilroy |
| 88 | RDE | Jay MacDowell |
| 36 | LLB | Joe Muha |
| 53 | RLB | Alex Wojciechowicz |
| 33 | LDH | Russ Craft |
| 37 | LS | Ernie Steele |
| 49 | RS | Pat McHugh |
| 81 | RDH | Dick Humbert |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | LOE | Billy Dewell |
| 11 | LOT | Chet Bulger |
| 76 | LOG | Loyd Arms |
| 32 | C | Vince Banonis |
| 20 | ROG | Buster Ramsey |
| 77 | ROT | Stan Mauldin |
| 80 | ROE | Mal Kutner |
| 44 | QB | Paul Christman |
| 62 | LOH | Charley Trippi |
| 7 | ROH | Elmer Angsman |
| 34 | FB | Pat Harder |
| Defense | ||
| 42 | LDE | Bob Dove |
| 11 | LDT | Chet Bulger |
| 68 | MG | Plato Andros |
| 77 | RDT | Stan Mauldin |
| 66 | RDE | Jack Doolan |
| 32 | LLB | Vince Banonis |
| 20 | MLB | Buster Ramsey |
| 57 | RLB | Bill Blackburn |
| 99 | LDH | Marshall Goldberg |
| 31 | RDH | Jerry Davis |
| 24 | S | Red Cochran |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Steve Van Buren | 13 | 54 | 4.1538461538461538 | 11 | 0 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 11 | 31 | 2.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Muha | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Charley Trippi | 10 | 77 | 7.7 | 31 | 1 |
| Elmer Angsman | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Paul Christman | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Babe Dimancheff | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Vic Schwall | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Corwin Clatt | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Tommy Thompson | 30 | 12 | 40.0 | 1 | 207 | 6.9 | 2 | 4 | 72.5 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Paul Christman | 21 | 5 | 23.8 | 0 | 87 | 4.1 | 1 | 17 | 60.2 | ||
| Charley Trippi | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 64 | 64.0 | 64t | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | |
| Charley Eikenberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Jack Myers | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Jack Ferrante | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Pete Pihos | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 1 | |
| Neill Armstrong | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Noble Doss | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Steve Van Buren | 1 | 29 | 29/0.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Mal Kutner | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 2 | |
| Elmer Angsman | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Billy Dewell | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Vic Schwall | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Dick Humbert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Mal Kutner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Charley Trippi | 4 | 186 | 46.5 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Bosh Pritchard | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | ||
| Pat McHugh | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Jerry Davis | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| Charley Trippi | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Steve Van Buren | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | |||||||
| Bosh Pritchard | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | |||||||
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Charley Trippi | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
| Charley Trippi | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 64 | 64.0 | 64t | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | |
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