| Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: November 29, 1953 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 20294 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 44 F Humidty: 41% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 8 run (Randy Clay kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Frank Ziegler 2 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Kyle Rote 1 run (Randy Clay kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Jerry Williams 33 pass from Bobby Thomason (Bobby Walston kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Kyle Rote 30 pass from Charley Conerly (Randy Clay kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Don Johnson 22 pass from Bobby Thomason (Bobby Walston kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Kyle Rote 25 pass from Charley Conerly (Randy Clay kick failed) | 21 | 27 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Don Johnson 63 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 28 | 27 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Eddie Price 31 pass from Charley Conerly (Randy Clay kick) | 28 | 34 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Randy Clay 17 FG | 28 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 35 | ROE | Pete Pihos |
| 11 | QB | Bobby Thomason |
| 25 | LOH | Toy Ledbetter |
| 41 | ROH | Frank Ziegler |
| 21 | FB | Al Pollard |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Tom Scott |
| 79 | LDT | Vic Sears |
| 76 | MG | Bucko Kilroy |
| 78 | RDT | Mike Jarmoluk |
| 86 | RDE | Norm Willey |
| 52 | LLB | Wayne Robinson |
| 60 | RLB | Chuck Bednarik |
| 33 | LDH | Russ Craft |
| 88 | LS | Bob Hudson |
| 44 | RS | Bob Stringer |
| 45 | RDH | Tom Brookshier |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Cliff Anderson |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 67 | LOG | George Kennard |
| 53 | C | John Rapacz |
| 60 | ROG | Bill Austin |
| 72 | ROT | Dick Yelvington |
| 81 | ROE | Bill Stribling |
| 42 | QB | Charley Conerly |
| 16 | LOH | Frank Gifford |
| 44 | ROH | Kyle Rote |
| 31 | FB | Eddie Price |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Jim Duncan |
| 73 | LDT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 75 | LDG | Bill Albright |
| 63 | RDG | Bob Peviani |
| 70 | RDT | Ray Krouse |
| 21 | RDE | Joe Sulaitis |
| 52 | LB | John Cannady |
| 38 | LDH | Don Menasco |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 22 | RS | Buford Long |
| 49 | RDH | Tom Landry |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Don Johnson | 13 | 121 | 9.3 | 63t | 1 |
| Jerry Williams | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Parmer | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Frank Ziegler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Bobby Thomason | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Eddie Price | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Buford Long | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Sonny Grandelius | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Butch Avinger | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Bobby Thomason | 40 | 17 | 42.5 | 5 | 226 | 5.7 | 35 | 2 | 17 | 38.1 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 30 | 12 | 40.0 | 0 | 250 | 8.3 | 40 | 3 | 41 | 103.5 | |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Jerry Williams | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 33t | 1 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Walston | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Pete Pihos | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Don Johnson | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Jim Parmer | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Kyle Rote | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 40 | 2 |
| Frank Gifford | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Cliff Anderson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Dick Woodard | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Don Menasco | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Adrian Burk | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 48 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Landry | 6 | 263 | 43.8 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 35 | 0 | |
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