1953 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-4-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Jim Trimble (7-4-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1953 Philadelphia Eagles RosterTeam Record: 7-4-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Jim Trimble (7-4-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1953 Philadelphia Eagles Results
The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1953 season with a record of 7 wins and 4 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.
Philadelphia scored 352 points, while the defense yielded 215. Bobby Thomason passed for 2,462 yards. Pete Pihos topped all receivers, grabbing 63 passes for 1,049 yards.
Don Johnson carried the ball for a team-leading 439 yards for the Eagles, and Jerry Williams also aided the ground game.
Tom Brookshier intercepted 8 opponent throws.
Jim Trimble coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Thomason | 304 | 162 | 53.3 | 2462 | 8.1 | 21 | 6.9 | 20 | 6.6 | 62 | 75.8 |
| Adrian Burk | 119 | 56 | 47.1 | 788 | 6.6 | 4 | 3.4 | 9 | 7.6 | 61 | 48.6 |
| Bob Gambold | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 107 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14.3 | 41 | 30.1 |
| Frank Ziegler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 438 | 224 | 51.1 | 3357 | 7.7 | 25 | 5.7 | 31 | 7.1 | 62 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Johnson | 83 | 439 | 5.3 | 66 | 5 |
| Jerry Williams | 61 | 345 | 5.7 | 48 | 3 |
| Frank Ziegler | 83 | 320 | 3.9 | 52 | 5 |
| Jim Parmer | 38 | 158 | 4.2 | 15 | 2 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 44 | 131 | 3.0 | 30 | 1 |
| Toy Ledbetter | 41 | 120 | 2.9 | 32 | 1 |
| John Brewer | 17 | 85 | 5.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Adrian Burk | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 32 | 3 |
| Al Pollard | 23 | 44 | 1.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Thomason | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 20 | 1 |
| Bob Stringer | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Gambold | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 410 | 1722 | 4.2 | 66 | 22 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Pihos | 63 | 1049 | 16.7 | 59 | 10 |
| Bobby Walston | 41 | 750 | 18.3 | 62 | 5 |
| Jerry Williams | 31 | 438 | 14.1 | 40 | 1 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 20 | 346 | 17.3 | 47 | 5 |
| Frank Ziegler | 15 | 211 | 14.1 | 43 | 0 |
| Jim Parmer | 14 | 89 | 6.4 | 45 | 0 |
| Toy Ledbetter | 13 | 137 | 10.5 | 34 | 2 |
| Don Johnson | 12 | 227 | 18.9 | 41 | 2 |
| Al Pollard | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 24 | 0 |
| John Brewer | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Schnelker | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 224 | 3357 | 15.0 | 62 | 25 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walston | 48 | 45 | 93.8 | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 57 |
| Al Pollard | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 49 | 46 | 93.9 | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 58 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Burk | 41 | 1765 | 43.0 | 66 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 12 | 483 | 40.2 | 54 |
| Totals | 53 | 2248 | 42.4 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Pollard | 20 | 106 | 5.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Johnson | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Hudson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 166 | 3.6 | 20 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Williams | 14 | 343 | 24.5 | 62 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 13 | 301 | 23.2 | 49 | 0 |
| Don Johnson | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Jim Parmer | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Stringer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Hudson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 787 | 21.3 | 62 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brookshier | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 41 | 1 |
| Russ Craft | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Hudson | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 42 | 0 |
| Ebert Van Buren | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Stringer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Jarmoluk | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 299 | 12.5 | 42 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Pollard | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Bednarik | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Hal Giancanelli | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Hudson | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Williams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Thomason | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Jarmoluk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Robinson | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adrian Burk | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Scott | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Willie Irvin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Brookshier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vic Sears | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toy Ledbetter | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ebert Van Buren | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Magee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Wydo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maury Nipp | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jess Richardson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Farragut | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Pihos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Johnson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Gambold | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Brewer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Ziegler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 37 | 39 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bobby Walston | 5 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 87 | |||||||||
| Pete Pihos | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
| Don Johnson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| Hal Giancanelli | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| Frank Ziegler | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Jerry Williams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Adrian Burk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Toy Ledbetter | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Jim Parmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Bobby Thomason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Chuck Bednarik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Brewer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tom Scott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Al Pollard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Totals | 22 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 352 |
