December 24, 1944Weather-50 degrees, wind 16 mph WSW
The Philadelphia Eagles won the first world championship in their franchise history by dominating the New York Giants on the ground. The Eagles rolled up 254 yards on the ground, led by Mel Bleeker's 130 yards. Bleeker broke open a 6-0 game in the fourth quarter when he swept left, got the corner, and took it 58 yards to the house.
Steve Van Buren added 72 yards on the ground, and Jack Hinkle added 48 more, including 3 big third down conversions in the second half. The Giants were held to 149 yards offense as they were unable to mount any serious challenge to the scoreboard. Their best opportunity followed a Howie Livingston interception that gave the Giants the ball in plus territory. The Giants wound up going 4 and out, with Bill Paschal, who was held to 29 yards on the ground, getting stuffed on a fourth and one. New York's passing attack was a miserable 8 for 33 for 103 yards for the afternoon.
Philadelphia Eagles......(9-1-2)-0-0-3-9-12
New York Giants..........(9-2-1)-0-0-0-0-0
Phi-Zimmerman 15 FG
Phi-Zimmerman 30 FG
Phi-Bleeker 58 run (Kick Missed)
Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
Phi-Bleeker-13-130-1 (87-541-5), Van Buren-8-72-0 (99-590-6), Hinkle-14-48-0 (120-529-2), Steele-1-6-0 (60-253-5), Zimmerman-5-(-2)-0 (33-(-84)-2)
NYG-Paschal-21-29-0 (243-879-9), Cuff-10-25-0 (98-527-1), Soar-1-3-0 (12-11-0), Livingston-1-0-0 (90-386-3)
Passing
Phi-Zimmerman-19-4-44-0-1 (145-51-882-9-13), Sherman-2-0-0-0-0 (33-16-156-1-2)
NYG-Herber-18-5-75-0-0 (120-46-806-6-8), Soar-9-2-14-0-0 (24-10-165-3-1), Sulaitis-6-1-14-0-0 (23-5-67-1-4)
Receiving
Phi-Cabrelli-2-9-0 (19-199-1), Bleeker-1-24-0 (10-346-5), Ferrante-1-11-0 (5-92-1)
NYG-Liebel-3-39-0 (18-364-6), N. Adams-2-45-0 (19-453-1), Cuff-2-11-0 (15-159-2), Paschal-1-8-0 (2-11-0)
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