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 Roster
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.

The Eagles scored 352 points, and 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 Philadelphia, 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
Al Pollard	20	106	5.3	20
Jerry Williams	15	25	1.7	8
Don Johnson	5	14	2.8	14
Hal Giancanelli	4	11	2.8	11
Bob Hudson	2	10	5.0	10
Totals	46	166	3.6	20

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jerry Williams	14	343	24.5	62
Al Pollard	13	301	23.2	49
Don Johnson	4	69	17.2	26
Hal Giancanelli	2	45	22.5	38
Jim Parmer	1	18	18.0	18
Bob Stringer	1	11	11.0	11
Bob Hudson	1	0	0.0	0
Tom Scott	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	37	787	21.3	62

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
Al Pollard			3	4	12
Chuck Bednarik		0	1	4	6
Hal Giancanelli			5	4	1
Bob Hudson		0	1	3	0	0
Jerry Williams			2	2	0
Bobby Thomason			4	2	0
Mike Jarmoluk		0	0	2	2	0
Wayne Robinson			0	2	12	0
Adrian Burk			7	2	0
Tom Scott			0	2	0	1
Willie Irvin			1	1	0	0
Tom Brookshier		0	1	1	0	0
Vic Sears			0	1	0	0
Toy Ledbetter			5	1	0
Ebert Van Buren		0	0	1	0	0
John Magee			0	1	0	0
Frank Wydo			0	1	0	0
Maury Nipp			0	1	0	0
Jess Richardson			0	1	0	0
Ken Farragut			0	1	0	0
Pete Pihos			0	1	0
Don Johnson			3	1	0
Bob Gambold			1	0	0	0
John Brewer			1	0	0
Frank Ziegler			2	0	0
Totals	0	0	37	39	33	1

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