1955 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Conference • 4-7-1 .364 |
| Head Coach: Jim Trimble |
| Chuck Drulis | Line |
| Charlie Gauer | Ends |
| Abe Stuber | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/13/1955 | H | Baltimore Colts | 21-6 | W | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 8006 | |
| Fri | 8/19/1955 | N | Detroit Lions | 14-8 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 48000 | |
| Fri | 8/26/1955 | H | Chicago Bears | 20-26 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 47750 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1955 | N | Green Bay Packers | 24-10 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 12500 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1955 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-20 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 15808 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1955 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 35-21 | W | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 12500 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1955 | H | New York Giants | 27-17 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 29597 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1955 | H | Washington Redskins | 30-31 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 31891 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1955 | A | Cleveland Browns | 17-21 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 43974 | |
| Sat | 10/15/1955 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-13 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 33413 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1955 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 24-24 | T | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 24620 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1955 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 31164 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1955 | A | Washington Redskins | 21-34 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 25741 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1955 | H | Cleveland Browns | 33-17 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 39303 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1955 | A | New York Giants | 7-31 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 22075 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1955 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 21-23 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 31648 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1955 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 27-3 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 19478 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1955 | A | Chicago Bears | 10-17 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 34783 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Roy Barni | 33 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | San Francisco | 4 | 0 |
| Bibbles Bawel | 20 | RS-ROH | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Evansville | 12 | 12 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 60 | RLB | 6-3 | 233 | 30 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 12 |
| Eddie Bell | 81 | LDH | 6-1 | 212 | 24 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Bielski | 36 | FB-K | 6-1 | 224 | 23 | Maryland | 12 | 9 |
| Adrian Burk | 10 | QB-P | 6-2 | 190 | 28 | Kilgore JC; Baylor | 12 | 7 |
| Russ Carroccio | 64 | MG-ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Virginia | 7 | 5 |
| Harry Dowda | 44 | RDH | 6-2 | 199 | 33 | Wake Forest | 12 | 12 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 27 | LOH-ROH | 5-10 | 177 | 26 | Loyola Marymount | 12 | 7 |
| Ralph Goldston | 22 | LOH-ROH-FB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Indiana; Youngstown State | 10 | 0 |
| Rob Goode | 38 | FB-ROH | 6-4 | 222 | 28 | Texas A&M | 8 | 5 |
| Tom Higgins | 74 | ROG-ROT | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | North Carolina | 12 | 4 |
| Bob Hudson | 42 | LS | 6-4 | 225 | 25 | Clemson | 12 | 12 |
| Ken Huxhold | 63 | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 226 | 26 | Wisconsin | 12 | 4 |
| Mike Jarmoluk | 78 | RDT-MG | 6-5 | 252 | 33 | Temple | 12 | 11 |
| Don Johnson | 40 | LOH | 6-0 | 189 | 24 | Bakersfield CC; California | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Kelley | 50 | C | 6-2 | 232 | 25 | West Texas A&M | 12 | 12 |
| Bucko Kilroy | 76 | ROG | 6-2 | 243 | 34 | Temple | 1 | 1 |
| Buck Lansford | 79 | LOG | 6-2 | 232 | 22 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| Toy Ledbetter | 25 | LOH | 5-10 | 198 | 28 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 4 |
| John Magee | 67 | ROG | 5-10 | 220 | 32 | Rice; Louisiana-Lafayette; Rice | 7 | 3 |
| Jerry Norton | 41 | LOH-ROH | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 4 |
| Jim Parmer | 43 | FB-ROH-LOH | 6-0 | 193 | 28 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 1 |
| Pete Pihos | 35 | ROE | 6-1 | 211 | 32 | Indiana | 12 | 11 |
| Jim Ricca | 71 | MG-RDT | 6-4 | 270 | 28 | Georgetown (DC) | 6 | 3 |
| Jesse Richardson | 72 | LDT | 6-2 | 261 | 25 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| Wayne Robinson | 52 | LLB | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Minnesota | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Scott | 82 | LDE | 6-2 | 219 | 25 | Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Sharkey | 66 | ROG-LOT-MG | 6-3 | 229 | 28 | Duke; Nevada-Reno | 7 | 1 |
| Lum Snyder | 73 | ROT | 6-5 | 228 | 25 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Stribling | 80 | LOE-ROE | 6-1 | 206 | 28 | Mississippi | 12 | 7 |
| George Taliaferro | 24 | LOH-ROH | 5-11 | 196 | 28 | Indiana | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Thomason | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 27 | Virginia Military Institute | 10 | 5 |
| Bobby Walston | 83 | LOE-ROH-K | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Georgia | 12 | 8 |
| Jim Weatherall | 77 | LOT | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Oklahoma | 12 | 6 |
| Ted Wegert | 46 | ROH | 5-11 | 202 | 23 | none | 8 | 4 |
| Norm Willey | 86 | RDE | 6-2 | 224 | 28 | Marshall | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Wydo | 75 | RDT-LOT | 6-4 | 225 | 31 | Duquesne; Cornell | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | Dick Bielski | B | Maryland |
| 2 | 22 | Buck Lansford | T | Texas |
| 3 | 33 | Frank Eidom | B | Southern Methodist |
| 4 | 46 | Dean Dugger | E | Ohio State |
| 5 | 57 | Gene Lamone | G | West Virginia |
| 6 | 70 | Billy Quinn | B | Texas |
| 7 | 81 | Bill McKenna | E | Brandeis |
| 8 | 94 | Herman Watson | T | Vanderbilt |
| 9 | 105 | Von Morgan | E | Abilene Christian |
| 10 | 118 | Duke Washington | B | Washington State |
| 11 | 129 | Bob Hardy | B | Kentucky |
| 12 | 142 | Andy Nacrelli | E | Fordham |
| 13 | 153 | Gerry Krisher | C | Ohio State |
| 14 | 166 | Tommy Bell | B | Army |
| 15 | 177 | Don Brougher | C | Maryland |
| 16 | 190 | Clyde White | G | Clemson |
| 17 | 201 | Nick Maravic | B | Wake Forest |
| 18 | 214 | Duane Nutt | B | Southern Methodist |
| 19 | 225 | Terry Fails | E | Vanderbilt |
| 20 | 238 | Jimmy Wade | B | Tennessee |
| 21 | 249 | John Anderson | E | Kansas |
| 22 | 262 | Buddy Lewis | G | Arizona |
| 23 | 273 | Cecil Ingram | B | Alabama |
| 24 | 286 | Vic Postula | B | Michigan State |
| 25 | 297 | Frank Pavich | G | Southern California |
| 26 | 310 | George Palahunik | G | Maryland |
| 27 | 321 | Bob Gingrass | B | Wisconsin |
| 28 | 334 | Wingo Avery | C | Clemson |
| 29 | 345 | Ron Lloyd | T | Bucknell |
| 30 | 357 | Dave Finney | B | Texas Christian |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 23 | 61 | 61 | 103 | 248 |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 54 | 72 | 36 | 231 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 219 | 71 | 128 | 20 | / % | / % | 61 | 542 | |
| Opponents Totals | 174 | 89 | 69 | 16 | / % | / % | 57 | 463 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Bielski | 1 | 23 | 24 | 95.8 | 9 | 23 | 39.1 | 0 | 56 |
| Pete Pihos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bill Stribling | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bobby Walston | 3 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 30 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jerry Norton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bibbles Bawel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Adrian Burk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ted Wegert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Toy Ledbetter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Parmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 29 | 31 | 93.5 | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 0 | 248 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 0 | 231 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Bielski | 9 | 23 | 39.1 | 1 | 50 | 3/13 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 2/3 |
| Bobby Walston | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 25 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 1 | 50 | 4/14 | 3/4 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 2/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 5/ | 4/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Giancanelli | 97 | 385 | 4.0 | 20 | 2 |
| Rob Goode | 76 | 274 | 3.6 | 36 | 0 |
| Jerry Norton | 36 | 144 | 4.0 | 23t | 1 |
| Adrian Burk | 36 | 132 | 3.7 | 30 | 2 |
| Jim Parmer | 34 | 129 | 3.8 | 36 | 1 |
| Ted Wegert | 26 | 120 | 4.6 | 38 | 2 |
| Dick Bielski | 28 | 67 | 2.4 | 8 | 1 |
| Toy Ledbetter | 21 | 48 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Thomason | 17 | 29 | 1.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Don Johnson | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Walston | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Ralph Goldston | 14 | -7 | -0.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 392 | 1317 | 3.4 | 38 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 455 | 1637 | 3.6 | 51 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Thomason | 171 | 88 | 51.5 | 76 | 1337 | 7.8 | 15.2 | 63t | 10 | 5.8 | 7 | 4.1 | 32 | 1305 | 80.0 | |
| Adrian Burk | 228 | 110 | 48.2 | 101 | 1359 | 6.0 | 12.4 | 59 | 9 | 3.9 | 17 | 7.5 | 192 | 1167 | 49.2 | |
| Jerry Norton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 400 | 198 | 49.5 | 178 | 2696 | 6.7 | 13.6 | 63t | 19 | 4.8 | 24 | 6.0 | 224 | 2472 | 62.3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 272 | 124 | 45.6 | 132 | 1810 | 6.7 | 14.6 | 72t | 12 | 4.4 | 16 | 5.9 | 216 | 1594 | 58.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Pihos | 62 | 864 | 13.9 | 49t | 7 |
| Bill Stribling | 38 | 568 | 14.9 | 56 | 6 |
| Bobby Walston | 27 | 443 | 16.4 | 63t | 3 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 25 | 379 | 15.2 | 59 | 1 |
| Jerry Norton | 11 | 125 | 11.4 | 36t | 1 |
| Rob Goode | 10 | 137 | 13.7 | 50 | 0 |
| Dick Bielski | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Toy Ledbetter | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 37t | 1 |
| George Taliaferro | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Ted Wegert | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Ralph Goldston | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bibbles Bawel | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Parmer | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 198 | 2696 | 13.6 | 63t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 124 | 1810 | 14.6 | 72t | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibbles Bawel | 9 | 168 | 18.7 | 42t | 2 |
| Bob Hudson | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Wayne Robinson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jerry Norton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 302 | 18.9 | 42t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 228 | 9.5 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Burk | 61 | 2615 | 42.9 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 206 | 2389 | 39.2 | |
| Team Totals | 61 | 2615 | 42.9 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 206 | 2389 | 39.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 74 | 2890 | 39.1 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 2775 | 38.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibbles Bawel | 15 | 32 | 2.1 | 17 | 0 | |
| Jerry Norton | 20 | 33 | 1.7 | 13 | 0 | |
| Hal Giancanelli | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bob Hudson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 95 | 2.3 | 17 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 206 | 5.7 | 66t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Giancanelli | 11 | 267 | 24.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Jerry Norton | 8 | 281 | 35.1 | 96t | 1 | |
| Bibbles Bawel | 8 | 169 | 21.1 | 41 | 0 | |
| Ted Wegert | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| Lum Snyder | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 14 | 0 | |
| Rob Goode | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Toy Ledbetter | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Ed Sharkey | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 922 | 23.6 | 96t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 987 | 24.7 | 61 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibbles Bawel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 |
| Dick Bielski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adrian Burk | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Dowda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Goldston | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Goode | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Higgins | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hudson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Huxhold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Jarmoluk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Kelley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Norton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Ricca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thomason | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Wegert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Willey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Wydo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 35 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 63 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 20 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 2 |
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