| Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 13, 1940 Location: New York, NY Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 30317 |
| Weather: Haze Temp: 74 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Eddie Miller 25 run (Ward Cuff kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Ward Cuff 35 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Leland Shaffer 6 pass from Tuffy Leemans (Len Barnum kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Frank Emmons 1 run (Foster Watkins kick) | 7 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| 30 | LOE/DE | Don Looney |
| 25 | LOT/DT | Russ Thompson |
| 35 | LOG/DG | Dick Bassi |
| 10 | C/LB | Maurice Harper |
| 29 | ROG/DG | Billy Hughes |
| 19 | ROT/DT | George Somers |
| 12 | ROE/DE | Herschel Ramsey |
| 8 | TB/DB | Davey O'Brien |
| 34 | HB/DB | Jay Arnold |
| 16 | BB/DB | Elmer Kolberg |
| 20 | FB/LB | Elmer Hackney |
| New York Giants | ||
| 23 | LOE/DE | Jim Poole |
| 36 | LOT/DT | Frank Cope |
| 2 | LOG/DG | Johnny Dell Isola |
| 7 | C/LB | Mel Hein |
| 42 | ROG/DG | Orville Tuttle |
| 33 | ROT/DT | John Mellus |
| 21 | ROE/DE | Jim Lee Howell |
| 9 | TB/DB | Eddie Miller |
| 25 | BB/DB | Dom Principe |
| 14 | WB/DB | Ward Cuff |
| 28 | FB/LB | Nello Falaschi |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| John Cole | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Dick Riffle | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Elmer Hackney | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Frank Emmons | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Franny Murray | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Davey O'Brien | 9 | -11 | -1.2 | 0 | |
| Foster Watkins | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tuffy Leemans | 15 | 64 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Eddie Miller | 10 | 55 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| Walt Nielsen | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Dom Principe | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Leland Shaffer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Jay Arnold | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Don Looney | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| John Cole | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Joe Wendlick | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Herschel Ramsey | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick Riffle | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ward Cuff | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Jim Poole | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Chuck Gelatka | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Leland Shaffer | 1 | ||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Elmer Kolberg | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Chuck Newton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Franny Murray | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 42 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
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