December 18, 1948Weather-30 degrees, 7 mph ENE, snow
The Eagles broke open a close game in the third quarter and wound up shutting out the Bears, 20-0, to advance to the NFL Semifinals. Philadelphia RB Steve Van Buren controlled the game in the steady snowfall. Van Buren ran for 110 yards, including a 2-yard TD run on the Eagles first drive of the second half that gave Philadelphia a 10-0 lead.
Sid Luckman struggles to get anything going for Chicago. Luckman completed only 9 of 24 passes and was intercepted twice by Ernie Steele, Steele's 7th and 8th interceptions of the year. Philadelphia QB Tommy Thompson had an efficient day, completing 14 of 18 passes and throwing for 159 yards, including 104 to Eagles veteran receiver Jack Ferrante.
Philadelphia Eagles.(10-2-1)-3-0-10-7-20
Chicago Bears...........(10-3)-0-0-0-0-0
Phi-Patton 28 FG
Phi-Van Buren 2 run (Patton Kick)
Phi-Patton 20 FG
Phi-Pritchard 2 run (Patton Kick)
Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
Phi-Van Buren-21-110-1 (222-1,055-11), Pritchard-13-40-1 (130-557-5)
Chi-McAfee-12-67-0 (104-459-5), Gulyanics-12-29-0 (131-468-4), Boone-6-22-0 (54-288-5), Osmanski-5-4-0 (79-345-1)
Passing
Phi-Thompson-18-14-159-0-0 (264-155-2,124-25-11)
Chi-Luckman-24-9-80-0-1 (187-98-1,127-13-15), Lujack-6-3-30-0-1 (72-39-641-6-4)
Receiving
Phi-Ferrante-4-104-0 (32-548-7), Armstrong-3-28-0 (27-353-3), Pihos-3-15-0 (49-781-11), Pritchard-2-10-0 (29-262-2), Van Buren-2-2-0 (12-98-0)
Chi-Keane-4-27-0 (34-441-3), Kavanaugh-2-31-0 (20-383-6), McAfee-2-22-0 (19-249-2), Sprinkle-2-12-0 (12-144-3), Gulyanics-1-11-0 (9-141-1), Boone-1-7-0 (11-150-2)
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