| League Championship - Chicago Cardinals at Philadelphia Eagles Game Statistics | 
| Date: December 19, 1948 Location: Philadelphia, PA | 
| Venue: Shibe Park Attendance: 28864 | 
| Weather: Ice Pellets Temp: 29 F Humidty: 96% Wind: 18 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIC | PHI | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Steve Van Buren 5 run (Cliff Patton kick) | 0 | 7 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | LOE | Billy Dewell | 
| 11 | LOT | Chet Bulger | 
| 68 | LOG | Plato Andros | 
| 32 | C | Vince Banonis | 
| 20 | ROG | Buster Ramsey | 
| 15 | ROT | Bob Zimny | 
| 80 | ROE | Mal Kutner | 
| 22 | QB | Ray Mallouf | 
| 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 | 
| 15 | RDT | Bob Zimny | 
| 66 | RDE | Jack Doolan | 
| 32 | LLB | Vince Banonis | 
| 20 | MLB | Buster Ramsey | 
| 57 | RLB | Bill Blackburn | 
| 99 | LDH | Marshall Goldberg | 
| 24 | S | Red Cochran | 
| 31 | RDH | Jerry Davis | 
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Neill Armstrong | 
| 79 | LOT | Vic Sears | 
| 65 | LOG | Cliff Patton | 
| 52 | C | Vic Lindskog | 
| 76 | ROG | Frank 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 | Frank Kilroy | 
| 88 | RDE | Jay MacDowell | 
| 32 | LLB | Jack Myers | 
| 53 | RLB | Alex Wojciechowicz | 
| 33 | LDH | Russ Craft | 
| 37 | LS | Ernie Steele | 
| 49 | RS | Pat McHugh | 
| 81 | RDH | Dick Humbert | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Elmer Angsman | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 | 
| Pat Harder | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 | 
| Charley Trippi | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 6 | 0 | 
| Ray Mallouf | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 
| Corwin Clatt | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Vic Schwall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Steve Van Buren | 26 | 98 | 3.8 | 12 | 1 | 
| Bosh Pritchard | 16 | 67 | 4.2 | 17 | 0 | 
| Tommy Thompson | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 17 | 0 | 
| Jack Myers | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 
| Joe Muha | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Ray Mallouf | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 35 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 58.6 | 
| Charley Trippi | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Pat Harder | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Charley Eikenberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Tommy Thompson | 12 | 2 | 16.7 | 2 | 7 | 0.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Billy Dewell | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 
| Mal Kutner | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 
| Babe Dimancheff | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Pete Pihos | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Red Cochran | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Ernie Steele | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Ray Mallouf | 8 | 299 | 37.4 | 52 | 0 | 
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Joe Muha | 5 | 185 | 37.0 | 59 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Charley Trippi | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 | 
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Pat McHugh | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Vic Schwall | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Jerry Davis | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Joe Muha | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS | 
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Walt Barnes | 1.0 | 12.0 | 
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