| Dallas Texans at Philadelphia Eagles Game Statistics | 
| Date: December 7, 1952 Location: Philadelphia, PA | 
| Venue: Shibe Park Attendance: 18367 | 
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 45 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 13 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas TexansDAL | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 | 
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 17 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 38 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | PHI | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | John Huzvar 5 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 0 | 7 | 
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Bud Grant 41 pass from Bobby Thomason (Bobby Walston kick) | 0 | 14 | 
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Bobby Walston 29 FG | 0 | 17 | 
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Ebert Van Buren EZ opponents fumble recovery (Bobby Walston kick) | 0 | 24 | 
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Buddy Young 1 run (Pat Cannamela kick) | 7 | 24 | 
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Bud Grant 23 pass from Bobby Thomason (Bobby Walston kick) | 7 | 31 | 
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Vic Sears 9 interception return (Bobby Walston kick) | 7 | 38 | 
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Stan Williams 24 opponents fumble recovery (Pat Cannamela kick) | 14 | 38 | 
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Dick Wilkins 42 pass from Frank Tripucka (Pat Cannamela kick) | 21 | 38 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Dick Wilkins | 
| 71 | LOT | Jim Lansford | 
| 66 | LOG | Weldon Humble | 
| 50 | C | Brad Ecklund | 
| 65 | ROG | John Wozniak | 
| 74 | ROT | Ken Jackson | 
| 85 | ROE | Ray Pelfrey | 
| 11 | QB | Frank Tripucka | 
| 20 | LOH | George Taliaferro | 
| 22 | ROH | Buddy Young | 
| 36 | FB | Zollie Toth | 
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Gino Marchetti | 
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan | 
| 60 | MG | Sisto Averno | 
| 73 | RDT | Joe Campanella | 
| 83 | RDE | Art Tait | 
| 52 | LLB | Joe Reid | 
| 64 | RLB | Keith Flowers | 
| 23 | LDH | Johnny Petitbon | 
| 21 | LS | Tom Keane | 
| 24 | RS | Billy Baggett | 
| 80 | RDH | Stan Williams | 
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Bobby Walston | 
| 75 | LOT | Frank Wydo | 
| 68 | LOG | Maury Nipp | 
| 53 | C | Ken Farragut | 
| 67 | ROG | John Magee | 
| 73 | ROT | Lum Snyder | 
| 86 | ROE | Bud Grant | 
| 11 | QB | Bobby Thomason | 
| 21 | LOH | Al Pollard | 
| 41 | ROH | Frank Ziegler | 
| 38 | FB | John Huzvar | 
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Norm Willey | 
| 79 | LDT | Vic Sears | 
| 76 | MG | Bucko Kilroy | 
| 78 | RDT | Mike Jarmoluk | 
| 35 | RDE | Pete Pihos | 
| 52 | LLB | Wayne Robinson | 
| 60 | RLB | Chuck Bednarik | 
| 33 | LDH | Russ Craft | 
| 81 | LS | Bibbles Bawel | 
| 45 | RS | Joe Sutton | 
| 31 | RDH | Ebert Van Buren | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Zollie Toth | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 | 
| Bob Celeri | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| Dick Hoerner | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | 
| Buddy Young | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 7 | 1 | 
| Billy Baggett | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 
| George Taliaferro | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| John Huzvar | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 26 | 1 | 
| Al Pollard | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 16 | 0 | 
| Frank Ziegler | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | 
| Don Stevens | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 | 
| Ralph Goldston | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 | 
| Bobby Thomason | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Adrian Burk | 0 | 6 | 6L | 0 | |
| Johnny Brewer | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 4 | 0 | 
| Bob Stringer | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 1 | 135 | 5.6 | 42t | 1 | 0 | 67.2 | |
| Bob Celeri | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 2 | 65 | 5.0 | 31 | 0 | 36 | 9.0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Bobby Thomason | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 0 | 167 | 11.9 | 44 | 2 | 9 | 150.9 | |
| Adrian Burk | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 2 | 85 | 6.1 | 0 | 16 | 29.5 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Dick Wilkins | 9 | 138 | 15.3 | 42t | 1 | 
| Buddy Young | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 31 | 0 | 
| Zollie Toth | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | -4 | 0 | 
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 
| Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Bud Grant | 11 | 203 | 18.5 | 44 | 2 | 
| Al Pollard | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 | 
| Frank Ziegler | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 
| Don Stevens | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 
| John Huzvar | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| Ralph Goldston | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Tom Keane | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Bibbles Bawel | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | 
| Vic Sears | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 | 
| Norm Willey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Neil Ferris | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Hank Lauricella | 4 | 130 | 32.5 | 41 | 0 | 
| Bob Celeri | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 38 | 0 | 
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Adrian Burk | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
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