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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.

Coached by Jim Trimble (4-7-1)

1955 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 4.3 259 124 272 1594 12 16 5.3 69 455 1637 12 3.6 174 36 20 16
Lg Rank Offense 6 5 5 1 1 2 9 7 11 11 12 11 9 10
Lg Rank Defense 4 4 2 3 2 2 10 5 8 5 7 4 8 3

Passing

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Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Adrian Burk* 28 QB 12 9 110 228 48.2 1359 9 3.9 17 7.5 59 6.0 3.0 12.4 113.3 49.2
Bobby Thomason* 27 qb 10 3 88 171 51.5 1337 10 5.8 7 4.1 63 7.8 6.6 15.2 133.7 80.0
Jerry Norton 24 rcb/rh 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 27.1 12 198 400 49.5 2696 19 4.8 24 6.0 63 6.7 4.5 13.6 224.7 62.2
Opp Total 12 124 272 45.6 1594 12 4.4 16 5.9 5.9 3.7 12.9 132.8 54.7 27 216 5.3 2.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Hal Giancanelli 26 lh 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
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
Jerry Norton 24 rcb/rh 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
Adrian Burk* 28 QB 12 9 36 132 2 30 3.7 11.0 3.0 132 2 4
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
Dick Bielski 23 FB 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
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
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
Bobby Thomason* 27 qb 10 3 17 29 0 20 1.7 2.9 1.7 29 0 4
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
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
Don Johnson 24 2 0 3 1 0 4 0.3 0.5 1.5 1 0 0
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
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
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
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

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Jerry Norton 24 rcb/rh 12 0 20 33 0 13 1.7 8 281 1 96 35.1 583
Bibbles Bawel 25 RDH 12 0 15 32 0 17 2.1 8 169 0 41 21.1 207
Hal Giancanelli 26 lh 12 0 5 30 0 15 6.0 11 267 0 29 24.3 1061
Ted Wegert 23 RH 7 0 4 87 0 28 21.8 224
Lum Snyder 25 RT 12 0 3 34 0 14 11.3 34
Rob Goode 28 8 0 2 36 0 20 18.0 447
Bob Hudson 25 LS 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Toy Ledbetter 28 LH 8 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 157
Ed Sharkey 28 7 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
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

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Adrian Burk* 28 QB 12 9 61 2615 75 0 42.9
Dick Bielski 23 FB 12 0 23 9 39.1% 24 23 95.8%
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

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Bibbles Bawel 25 RDH 12 0 9 168 2 42 2 0 0 0
Chuck Bednarik 30 LLB 12 0 1 36 0 36
Eddie Bell 24 LDH 12 0 1 30 0 30 0 1 25 0
Dick Bielski 23 FB 12 0 1 0 0 0
Adrian Burk* 28 QB 12 9 4 1 0 0
Harry Dowda 33 RS 12 0 0 1 0 0
Hal Giancanelli 26 lh 12 0 8 4 0 0
Ralph Goldston 26 10 0 2 2 0 0
Rob Goode 28 8 0 4 0 0 0
Tom Higgins 25 RG 12 0 0 2 0 0
Bob Hudson 25 LS 12 0 3 48 0 25 0 5 0 0
Ken Huxhold 26 12 0 0 2 0 0
Mike Jarmoluk 33 MG 12 0 0 2 6 0
Bob Kelley 25 C 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jerry Norton 24 rcb/rh 12 0 1 0 0 0 6 2 0 0
Jess Richardson 25 LDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Wayne Robinson* 25 RLB 12 0 1 20 0 20 0 2 0 0
Tom Scott 25 LDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
George Taliaferro 28 3 0 2 1 4 0
Bobby Thomason* 27 qb 10 3 4 1 0 0
Ted Wegert 23 RH 7 0 2 0 0 0
Norm Willey* 28 RDE 12 0 0 2 0 0
Frank Wydo 31 RDT/lt 12 0 0 2 28 0
Team Total 27.1 12 16 302 2 42 35 33 63 0
Opp Total 12 28 27 7

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Dick Bielski 23 FB 12 0 1 23 9 56
Pete Pihos*+ 32 RE 12 0 7 42
Bill Stribling 28 LE 12 0 6 36
Bobby Walston 27 12 0 3 6 2 30
Hal Giancanelli 26 lh 12 0 2 1 18
Jerry Norton 24 rcb/rh 12 0 1 1 1 18
Bibbles Bawel 25 RDH 12 0 2 12
Adrian Burk* 28 QB 12 9 2 12
Ted Wegert 23 RH 7 0 2 12
Toy Ledbetter 28 LH 8 0 1 6
Jim Parmer 29 12 0 1 6
Team Total 27.1 12 9 19 1 2 29 11 248
Opp Total 12 12 12 1 27 12 231