Tuesday, September 25, 2012

1954 NFL Semifinal-Philadelphia Eagles-17, Cleveland Browns-0

Pete Pihos, All-Pro End
January 2, 1955

Weather-47 degrees, 17 mph WNW

Philadelphia's defense came up big for the second consecutive week and earned the Eagles a berth in the NFL Championship Game, 17-0. Cleveland struggled to establish any offense, managing only 129 yards offense for the game. Browns QB struggled with a constant wind that gusted to over 20 mph all afternoon. Graham completed only 8 of 19 passes and was sacked 5 times. Cleveland was held to 18 net yards passing.

Eagles QB Adrian Burk led the offense by throwing for 148 yards and 2 TD in the steady wind. Philadelphia struggled to run the ball, but Pete Pihos was able to make plays against the Cleveland secondary, catching 5 balls for 82 yards and a TD.

Philadelphia Eagles.(9-4-1)-7-10-0-0-17
Cleveland Browns........(9-4)-0-0-0-0-0

Phi-Walston 8 pass from Burk (Walston Kick)
Phi-Pihos 11 pass from Burk (Walston Kick)
Phi-Walston 21 FG

Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
Phi-Parmer-14-26-0 (151-505-2), Williams-7-12-0 (65-234-2), Ledbetter-2-7-0 (88-256-1), Giancanelli-6-6-0 (43-57-0), Burk-4-1-0 (20-18-0)
Cle-Bassett-16-61-0 (160-649-6), Jones-7-50-0 (58-281-0), Renfro-6-8-0 (35-159-0), Graham-3-0-0 (66-114-8), Hanulak-5-(-8)-0 (64-288-4)

Passing
Phi-Burk-24-11-148-2-0 (281-147-2,042-25-18), Thomason-2-0-0-0-0 (174-85-1,260-10-13)
Cle-Graham-19-8-53-0-1 (259-150-2,145-11-18)

Receiving
Phi-Pihos-5-82-1 (71-1,007-11), Walston-2-27-1 (37-680-12), Williams-2-16-0 (48-701-3), Luft-1-23-0 (4-82-0), Giancanelli-1-0-0 (18-225-4)
Cle-Lavelli-5-36-0 (52-838-7), Brewster-1-11-0 (43-687-4), Hanulak-1-4-0 (7-84-0), Jones-1-2-0 (20-349-2)

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