December 18, 1949Weather-43 degrees, 12 mph ENE
The Eagles showed Pittsburgh why they are the #1 seed in the 1949 NFL Playoffs with a dominating 34-8 victory. Philadelphia controlled both sides of the ball. Their defense held the Steelers to just 110 yards for the day. Their offense churned out 246 yards on the ground on 52 punishing carries, a healthy 4.7 average per carry. Steve Van Buren showed why he is a perennial All-Pro with 122 yards rushing, and Boss Pritchard scored 3 TD and finished with 85 more on 16 carries.
The Eagles will host the Cardinals next weekend for a berth in the NFL Championship Game.
Pittsburgh Steelers..(6-6-1)-0-5-3-0-8
Philadelphia Eagles.(12-1)-7-7-0-20-34
Phi-Pritchard 4 run (Patton Kick)
Pit-Safety, Davis sacks Thompson in end zone
Pit-Geri 34 FG
Phi-Van Buren 20 run (Patton Kick)
Pit-Geri 21 FG
Phi-Patton 22 FG
Phi-Pritchard 2 run (Patton Kick)
Phi-Pritchard 32 run (Patton Kick)
Phi-Patton 34 FG
Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
Pit-Papach-8-25-0 (107-432-0), Nuzum-12-24-0 (151-635-5), Geri-9-16-0 (142-559-5), Gage-1-7-0 (47-235-3), Samuel-1-0-0 (40-163-1)
Phi-Van Buren-28-122-1 (291-1,268-12), Pritchard-16-85-3 (100-591-6), Scott-6-37-0 (46-232-1), Thompson-2-2-0 (17-19-2)
Passing
Pit-Geri-14-1-24-0-1 (91-32-578-5-6), Gage-7-4-20-0-0 (43-21-349-2-4)
Phi-Thompson-14-7-101-0-0 (228-123-1,828-16-11)
Receiving
Pit-Jansante-2-32-0 (31-477-4), Nickel-1-10-0 (27-643-3), Nuzum-1-4-0 (5-85-2), Papach-1-(-2)-0 (7-16-0)
Phi-Pritchard-2-33-0 (10-218-2), Pihos-2-12-0 (36-496-4), Van Buren-1-37-0 (5-125-1), Scott-1-12-0 (9-160-1), Armstrong-1-7-0 (25-278-5)
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