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1953 Philadelphia Eagles Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-4-1, 2nd in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jim Trimble (7-4-1)

Points For: 352 (29.3/g) 3rd of 12

Points Against: 215 (17.9/g) 3rd of 12

Expected W-L: 9.2-2.8

SRS: 10.37 (3rd of 12), SOS: -1.05

Stadium: Connie Mack Stadium

Majority Owner: James P. Clark (Led group of investors known as the Happy Hundred)

General Manager: Vince McNally

Training Camp: (Hershey, Pennsylvania)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	352	4811	848	5.7	46	15	256	224	438	3089	25	31	7.1	144	410	1722	22	4.2	97	84	779	15
Opp. Stats	215	2998	705	4.3	41	17	186	167	374	1881	17	24	5.0	98	331	1117	6	3.4	69	63	606	19
Lg Rank Offense	3	1			7	4	1		2	1	1	10	3		7	5	3	4
Lg Rank Defense	3	1			6	4	2		11	3	7	7	1		1	1	1	2

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 27		boxscore	L		0-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	21	31	21	310	171	139	4	20	383	122	261	4
2	Fri	October 2		boxscore	T		0-1-1		Washington Redskins	21	21	23	315	174	141	5	13	222	137	85	2
3	Sat	October 10		boxscore	L		0-2-1	@	Cleveland Browns	13	37	20	415	228	187	5	20	422	297	125	3
4	Sat	October 17		boxscore	W		1-2-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	23	7	17	326	259	67	1	12	168	114	54	3
5	Sun	October 25		boxscore	W		2-2-1	@	Chicago Cardinals	56	17	32	542	337	205	3	12	195	136	59	4
6	Sun	November 1		boxscore	W		3-2-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	35	7	19	422	256	166	1	15	262	207	55	5
7	Sun	November 8		boxscore	W		4-2-1		New York Giants	30	7	21	514	460	54	2	10	92	28	64	3
8	Sun	November 15		boxscore	W		5-2-1		Baltimore Colts	45	14	21	497	331	166	8	15	222	169	53	6
9	Sat	November 21		boxscore	W		6-2-1		Chicago Cardinals	38	0	27	491	280	211	4	10	111	53	58	4
10	Sun	November 29		boxscore	L		6-3-1	@	New York Giants	28	37	18	383	209	174	7	20	307	230	77
11	Sun	December 6		boxscore	L		6-4-1	@	Washington Redskins	0	10	6	137	71	66	5	19	275	116	159	4
12	Sun	December 13		boxscore	W		7-4-1		Cleveland Browns	42	27	31	459	313	146	1	20	339	272	67	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bobby Thomason	25	QB	12	8	6-2-0	162	304	53.3	2462	21	6.9	20	6.6	62	8.1	6.5	15.2	205.2	75.8	129	1	1	PB
2	Adrian Burk	26	QB	10	4	1-2-1	56	119	47.1	788	4	3.4	9	7.6	61	6.6	3.9	14.1	78.8	48.6	120	1	0
3	Bob Gambold	24	QB	3	0		6	14	42.9	107	0	0.0	2	14.3	41	7.6	1.2	17.8	35.7	30.1	19	0	0
4	Frank Ziegler	30	RH	12	10		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	7-4-1	224	438	51.1	3089	25	5.7	31	7.1	62	7.7	5.6	15.0	257.4	66.2	268	2	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Pete Pihos	30	RE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	63	1049	16.7	10	59	5.3	87.4	63	16.7	1049	10	0	PB,AP-1
2	Jerry Williams	30	LH	12	4	61	345	3	48	5.7	28.8	5.1	31	438	14.1	1	40	2.6	36.5	92	8.5	783	4	2
3	Bobby Walston	25	LE	12	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	41	750	18.3	5	62	3.4	62.5	41	18.3	750	5	0
4	Don Johnson	22	LH	12	4	83	439	5	66	5.3	36.6	6.9	12	227	18.9	2	41	1.0	18.9	95	7.0	666	7	3
5	Frank Ziegler	30	RH	12	10	83	320	5	52	3.9	26.7	6.9	15	211	14.1	0	43	1.3	17.6	98	5.4	531	5	2
6	Hal Giancanelli	24	HB	12	0	44	131	1	30	3.0	10.9	3.7	20	346	17.3	5	47	1.7	28.8	64	7.5	477	6	5
7	Toy Ledbetter	26	LH	10	6	41	120	1	32	2.9	12.0	4.1	13	137	10.5	2	34	1.3	13.7	54	4.8	257	3	5
8	Jim Parmer	26	FB	12	2	38	158	2	45	4.2	13.2	3.2	14	89	6.4	0	45	1.2	7.4	52	4.8	247	2	0
9	John Brewer	25	FB	6	0	17	85	1	19	5.0	14.2	2.8	4	43	10.8	0	16	0.7	7.2	21	6.1	128	1	1
10	Al Pollard	25	FB	12	10	23	44	0	11	1.9	3.7	1.9	7	33	4.7	0	24	0.6	2.8	30	2.6	77	0	3
11	Adrian Burk	26	QB	10	4	8	54	3	32	6.8	5.4	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	6.8	54	3	7
12	Bob Schnelker	25	E	8	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	34	8.5	0	12	0.5	4.3	4	8.5	34	0	0
13	Bobby Thomason	25	QB	12	8	9	23	1	20	2.6	1.9	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	2.6	23	1	4	PB
14	Bob Stringer	24	FS	12	12	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	5.0	5	0	0
15	Bob Gambold	24	QB	3	0	2	-2	0		-1.0	-0.7	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-1.0	-2	0	1
	Team Totals			12	12	410	1722	22	66	4.2	143.5	34.2	224	3357	15.0	25	62	18.7	279.8	634	8.0	5079	47	33

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Chuck Bednarik	28	RLB	12	12	6	116	1	41	1	4	6	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Russ Craft	34	LDH	12	12	4	46	0	27	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Ken Farragut	25	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Bob Hudson	23	SS	12	12	3	74	0	42	1	3	0	0	0.0	0
5	Mike Jarmoluk	31	RDT	12	12	1	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0.0	0
6	John Magee	30	RG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Maury Nipp	23	LG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Pete Pihos	30	RE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
9	Tom Scott	23	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0	0
10	Vic Sears	35	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Bob Stringer	24	FS	12	12	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Ebert Van Buren	29	DB	12	12	1	13	0	13	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Frank Wydo	29	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Tom Brookshier	22	RDH	11	11	8	41	0	22	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Wayne Robinson	23	LLB	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	0	0.0	0
16	Al Pollard	25	FB	12	10	0	0	0	0	3	4	12	0	0.0	0
17	Frank Ziegler	30	RH	12	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Bobby Thomason	25	QB	12	8	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
19	Toy Ledbetter	26	LH	10	6	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Adrian Burk	26	QB	10	4	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0
21	Don Johnson	22	LH	12	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Jerry Williams	30	LH	12	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
23	Willie Irvin	23	DB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	John Brewer	25	FB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Bob Gambold	24	QB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Hal Giancanelli	24	HB	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	0	0.0	0
27	Jess Richardson	23	DT	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	24	299	1	42	37	39	33	1	0.0	0

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