1958 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-9-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buck Shaw (2-9-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1958 Philadelphia Eagles RosterTeam Record: 2-9-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buck Shaw (2-9-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1958 Philadelphia Eagles Results
The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1958 season with a record of 2 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.
The Eagles chalked up 235 points, but the defense yielded 306. Norm Van Brocklin threw for 2,409 yards. Pete Retzlaff grabbed 56 passes for 766 yards. Tommy McDonald contributed to the receiving game also.
Billy Barnes carried the ball for a team-leading 551 yards for Philadelphia.
Bob Pellegrini intercepted 4 opponent throws.
Buck Shaw coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Norm Van Brocklin | 374 | 198 | 52.9 | 2409 | 6.4 | 15 | 4.0 | 20 | 5.3 | 91 | 64.1 | Sonny Jurgensen | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 259 | 11.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.5 | 61 | 77.7 | Billy Ray Barnes | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 104 | 17.3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 71 | 149.3 |
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| Totals | 402 | 214 | 53.2 | 2772 | 6.9 | 18 | 4.5 | 21 | 5.2 | 91 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Billy Ray Barnes | 156 | 551 | 3.5 | 70 | 7 | Clarence Peaks | 115 | 386 | 3.4 | 23 | 3 | Billy Wells | 24 | 92 | 3.8 | 12 | 1 | Walt Kowalczyk | 17 | 43 | 2.5 | 17 | 1 | Brad Myers | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 15 | 0 | Norm Van Brocklin | 8 | 5 | 0.6 | 2 | 1 | Sonny Jurgensen | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Pete Retzlaff | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | Tommy McDonald | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 334 | 1093 | 3.3 | 70 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Pete Retzlaff | 56 | 766 | 13.7 | 49 | 2 | Billy Ray Barnes | 35 | 423 | 12.1 | 33 | 0 | Tommy McDonald | 29 | 603 | 20.8 | 91 | 9 | Clarence Peaks | 29 | 248 | 8.6 | 33 | 2 | Dick Bielski | 23 | 234 | 10.2 | 30 | 1 | Bobby Walston | 21 | 298 | 14.2 | 71 | 3 | Walt Kowalczyk | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 | Billy Wells | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 21 | 0 | Brad Myers | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 13 | 0 | Gene Mitcham | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 20 | 1 | Andy Nacrelli | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
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| Totals | 214 | 2772 | 13.0 | 91 | 18 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Norm Van Brocklin | 54 | 2225 | 41.2 | 58 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 54 | 2225 | 41.2 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Billy Wells | 19 | 158 | 8.3 | 65 | 0 | Tommy McDonald | 18 | 135 | 7.5 | 35 | 0 | Lee Riley | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 10 | 0 | Jerry Norton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Bill Koman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Rocky Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 47 | 333 | 7.1 | 65 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Billy Wells | 14 | 336 | 24.0 | 44 | 0 | Tommy McDonald | 14 | 262 | 18.7 | 32 | 0 | Lee Riley | 9 | 205 | 22.8 | 35 | 0 | Dick Bielski | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 18 | 0 | Proverb Jacobs | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 | Bill Koman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
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| Totals | 45 | 900 | 20.0 | 44 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bob Pellegrini | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 40 | 0 | Eddie Bell | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 | Tom Scott | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 | Rocky Ryan | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | Bob Hudson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Lee Riley | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Bill Koman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Walt Kowalczyk | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Jerry Norton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Brookshier | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 15 | 206 | 13.7 | 40 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Billy Ray Barnes | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Wells | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lee Riley | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Hudson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | Bill Koman | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Brookshier | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rocky Ryan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Proverb Jacobs | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Dick Bielski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clarence Peaks | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Bednarik | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tommy McDonald | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sonny Jurgensen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jess Richardson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Owens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marion Campbell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sid Youngelman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pete Retzlaff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brad Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walt Kowalczyk | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 41 | 31 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Bobby Walston | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 67 | Tommy McDonald | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Billy Ray Barnes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Clarence Peaks | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Pete Retzlaff | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Walt Kowalczyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dick Bielski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Norm Van Brocklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Billy Wells | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Gene Mitcham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 235 |
