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1955 Philadelphia Eagles

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Record: 4-7-1, Finished 4th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 248 points (20.7/g), 6th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 231 points (19.2/g), 4th.
 Differential of 17 points (1.4/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 6.5-5.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.8/g), 10th.

Simple Rating System: Total 4.6, Offense: 1.3, Defense: 3.3, SoS: 3.2, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Jim Trimble

Training Camp: (Hershey, Pennsylvania)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 248 3789 820 4.6 219 198 400 2472 19 24 5.8 128 392 1317 9 3.4 71 45 21 20
Team Defense 231 3231 754 4.3 174 124 272 1594 12 16 5.3 69 455 1637 12 3.6 89 36 20 16
Lg Rank Offense 6 5 5 1 1 2 9 5 11 11 12 11 9 10
Lg Rank Defense 4 4 2 3 2 2 10 6 8 5 7 4 8 3

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sat September 24 boxscore W 1-0 New York Giants 27 17 17 402 252 150 4 12 192 57 135 3
2 Sat October 1 boxscore L 1-1 Washington Redskins 30 31 27 465 344 121 3 16 254 136 118 2
3 Sun October 9 boxscore L 1-2 @ Cleveland Browns 17 21 14 179 136 43 21 372 207 165 3
4 Sat October 15 boxscore L 1-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 13 6 148 140 8 5 17 306 105 201 3
5 Sun October 23 boxscore T 1-3-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 24 24 19 334 144 190 3 18 422 242 180 4
6 Sun October 30 boxscore W 2-3-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 24 0 18 245 86 159 1 11 176 119 57 3
7 Sun November 6 boxscore L 2-4-1 @ Washington Redskins 21 34 19 380 345 35 6 14 288 125 163 2
8 Sun November 13 boxscore W 3-4-1 Cleveland Browns 33 17 18 331 183 148 3 12 272 131 141 7
9 Sun November 20 boxscore L 3-5-1 @ New York Giants 7 31 14 143 101 42 7 15 278 160 118 1
10 Sun November 27 boxscore L 3-6-1 Los Angeles Rams 21 23 19 330 237 93 3 14 330 233 97 1
11 Sun December 4 boxscore W 4-6-1 Chicago Cardinals 27 3 27 424 268 156 3 9 49 1 48 3
12 Sun December 11 boxscore L 4-7-1 @ Chicago Bears 10 17 21 408 236 172 7 15 292 78 214 4

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
10 Adrian Burk* 28 P/QB 12 9 3-5-1 110 228 48.2 1359 9 3.9 17 7.5 59 6.0 3.4 12.4 113.3 49.2 0 0
11 Bobby Thomason* 27 qb 10 3 1-2-0 88 171 51.5 1337 10 5.8 7 4.1 63 7.8 7.1 15.2 133.7 80.0 0 0
41 Jerry Norton 24 PR 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
Team Total 27.1 12 4-7-1 198 400 49.5 2696 19 4.8 24 6.0 63 6.7 5.0 13.6 224.7 62.2 0 0
Opp Total 12 124 272 45.6 1810 12 4.4 16 5.9 6.7 4.89 14.6 150.8 58.0 27 216 5.3 3.7 9.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
27 Hal Giancanelli 26 KR 12 0 97 385 2 20 4.0 32.1 8.1 25 379 15.2 1 59 2.1 31.6 764 3 8
38 Rob Goode 28 8 0 76 274 0 36 3.6 34.3 9.5 10 137 13.7 0 50 1.3 17.1 411 0 4
41 Jerry Norton 24 PR 12 0 36 144 1 23 4.0 12.0 3.0 11 125 11.4 1 36 0.9 10.4 269 2 6
10 Adrian Burk* 28 P/QB 12 9 36 132 2 30 3.7 11.0 3.0 132 2 4
43 Jim Parmer 29 12 0 34 129 1 36 3.8 10.8 2.8 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4 0.1 -0.3 125 1 0
36 Dick Bielski 23 FB/K 12 0 28 67 1 8 2.4 5.6 2.3 8 48 6.0 0 19 0.7 4.0 115 1 1
46 Ted Wegert 23 RH 7 0 26 120 2 38 4.6 17.1 3.7 3 17 5.7 0 12 0.4 2.4 137 2 2
25 Toy Ledbetter 28 LH 8 0 21 48 0 7 2.3 6.0 2.6 7 88 12.6 1 37 0.9 11.0 136 1 0
11 Bobby Thomason* 27 qb 10 3 17 29 0 20 1.7 2.9 1.7 29 0 4
22 Ralph Goldston 26 10 0 14 -7 0 7 -0.5 -0.7 1.4 2 8 4.0 0 9 0.2 0.8 1 0 2
24 George Taliaferro 28 3 0 3 -2 0 0 -0.7 -0.7 1.0 3 17 5.7 0 14 1.0 5.7 15 0 2
40 Don Johnson 24 2 0 3 1 0 4 0.3 0.5 1.5 1 0 0
83 Bobby Walston 27 12 0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.3 0.1 27 443 16.4 3 63 2.3 36.9 440 3 0
35 Pete Pihos*+ 32 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 62 864 13.9 7 40 5.2 72.0 864 7 0
80 Bill Stribling 28 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 38 568 14.9 6 56 3.2 47.3 568 6 0
20 Bibbles Bawel 25 RDH 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.5 6 0 2
Team Total 27.1 12 392 1317 9 38 3.4 109.8 32.7 198 2696 13.6 19 63 16.5 224.7 4013 28 35
Opp Total 12 455 1637 12 3.6 136.4 37.9 124 1594 12.9 12 10.3 132.8 3231 24 27

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
41 Jerry Norton 24 PR 12 0 20 33 0 13 1.7 8 281 1 96 35.1 583
20 Bibbles Bawel 25 RDH 12 0 15 32 0 17 2.1 8 169 0 41 21.1 207
27 Hal Giancanelli 26 KR 12 0 5 30 0 15 6.0 11 267 0 29 24.3 1061
46 Ted Wegert 23 RH 7 0 4 87 0 28 21.8 224
73 Lum Snyder 25 RT 12 0 3 34 0 14 11.3 34
38 Rob Goode 28 8 0 2 36 0 20 18.0 447
42 Bob Hudson 25 LS 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
25 Toy Ledbetter 28 LH 8 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 157
66 Ed Sharkey 28 7 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
24 George Taliaferro 28 3 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 31
Team Total 27.1 12 41 95 0 17 2.3 39 922 1 96 23.6 5030
Opp Total 12 36 1 40 987 0 24.7

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
10 Adrian Burk* 28 P/QB 12 9 61 2615 75 0 42.9
36 Dick Bielski 23 FB/K 12 0 23 9 39.1% 24 23 95.8%
83 Bobby Walston 27 12 0 3 2 66.7% 7 6 85.7%
Team Total 27.1 12 26 11 42.3% 31 29 93.5% 61 2615 75 0 42.9
Opp Total 12 23 12 52.2% 28 27 96.4% 74 2893 39.1

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
27 Hal Giancanelli 26 KR 12 0 0 8 4 0 0
20 Bibbles Bawel 25 RDH 12 0 9 168 2 42 0 0 2 0 0 0
41 Jerry Norton 24 PR 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0
42 Bob Hudson 25 LS 12 0 3 48 0 25 0 0 0 5 0 0
10 Adrian Burk* 28 P/QB 12 9 0 4 1 0 0
11 Bobby Thomason* 27 qb 10 3 0 4 1 0 0
22 Ralph Goldston 26 10 0 0 2 2 0 0
38 Rob Goode 28 8 0 0 4 0 0 0
52 Wayne Robinson* 25 RLB 12 0 1 20 0 20 0 0 0 2 0 0
24 George Taliaferro 28 3 0 0 2 1 4 0
81 Eddie Bell 24 LDH 12 0 1 30 0 30 0 0 0 1 25 0
71 Tom Higgins 25 RG 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
63 Ken Huxhold 26 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
78 Mike Jarmoluk 33 MG 12 0 0 0 2 6 0
46 Ted Wegert 23 RH 7 0 0 2 0 0 0
86 Norm Willey* 28 RDE 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
75 Frank Wydo 31 RDT 12 0 0 0 2 28 0
60 Chuck Bednarik 30 LLB 12 0 1 36 0 36 0
36 Dick Bielski 23 FB/K 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
44 Harry Dowda 33 RS 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
50 Bob Kelley 25 C 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
72 Jess Richardson 25 LDT 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
82 Tom Scott 25 LDE 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.1 12 16 302 2 42 0 0 35 33 63 0
Opp Total 12 28 27 7

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
36 Dick Bielski 23 FB/K 12 0 1 1 23 9 56
35 Pete Pihos*+ 32 RE 12 0 7 7 42
80 Bill Stribling 28 LE 12 0 6 6 36
83 Bobby Walston 27 12 0 3 3 6 2 30
27 Hal Giancanelli 26 KR 12 0 2 1 3 18
41 Jerry Norton 24 PR 12 0 1 1 1 3 18
20 Bibbles Bawel 25 RDH 12 0 2 2 12
10 Adrian Burk* 28 P/QB 12 9 2 2 12
46 Ted Wegert 23 RH 7 0 2 2 12
25 Toy Ledbetter 28 LH 8 0 1 1 6
43 Jim Parmer 29 12 0 1 1 6
Team Total 27.1 12 9 19 1 2 31 29 11 248
Opp Total 12 12 12 1 27 12 231