December 17, 1944Weather-33 degrees, wind 7 mph SW
Philadelphia used a consistent ground game to keep the Packers offense off of the field. The Eagles ran for 230 yards, led by Mel Bleeker's 96 yards on 14 carries. Bleeker also caught a 23-yard TD from Roy Zimmerman to give Philadelphia a 14-0 lead on the opening drive of the second half. Rookie Steve Van Buren added 74 yards and a TD on the ground, and Jack Hinkle rushed for 60 yards for the Eagles.
Green Bay scored in the fourth quarter to cut the lead to 14-7, but were unable to get past the 50-yard line for the rest of the game. Irv Comp threw for 177 yards for the Packers, 109 of those to Don Hutson on 8 receptions.
Philadelphia will face the New York Giants for the NFL Championship.
Green Bay Packers......(8-3)-0-0-0-7-7
Philadelphia Eagles..(8-1-2)-0-7-7-0-14
Phi-Van Buren 5 run (Zimmerman Kick)
Phi-Bleeker 23 pass from Zimmerman (Zimmerman Kick)
GB-Jacunski 8 pass from Comp (Hutson Kick)
Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
GB-Duhart-11-40-0 (62-223-2), Comp-9-23-0 (61-157-2), Fritsch-12-12-0 (106-334-4), Brock-5-6-0 (41-206-3), Hutson-1-1-0 (13-88-0)
Phi-Bleeker-14-96-0 (74-411-4), Van Buren-11-74-1 (91-518-6), Hinkle-14-60-0 (106-481-2), Zimmerman-2-2-0 (28-(-82)-2), Sherman-2-(-2)-0 (24-(-44)-1)
Passing
GB-Comp-29-12-177-1-1 (206-92-1336-13-22)
Phi-Zimmerman-21-8-53-1-2 (126-47-838-9-12)
Receiving
GB-Hutson-8-109-0 (66-975-9), Jacunski-2-36-1 (11-187-1), Brock-1-18-0 (5-92-2), Fritsch-1-14-0 (4-19-0)
Phi-Cabrelli-3-21-0 (17-190-1), Bleeker-1-23-1 (9-322-5), Ferrante-1-15-0 (4-81-1), Hinkle-1-(-1)-0 (3-33-0), McDonald-1-(-2)-0 (5-24-1), Gauer-1-(-3)-0 (3-32-0)
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