1959 Green Bay Packers (NFL) |
| 3rd place Western Conference 7-5-0 .583 |
| Head Coach: Vince Lombardi |
| Bill Austin | Offensive Line |
| Phil Bengston | Defense |
| Red Cochran | Offensive Backs |
| Norb Hecker | Defensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/15/1959 | H | Chicago Bears | 16-19 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 28286 | |
| Sun | 8/23/1959 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 24-17 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 18916 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1959 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 45-28 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 24456 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1959 | N | New York Giants | 0-14 | L | Bangor, ME | Garland Street Field | 12000 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1959 | N | Washington Redskins | 20-13 | W | Winston-Salem, NC | Bowman Gray Stadium | 15000 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1959 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-10 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 18081 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1959 | H | Chicago Bears | 9-6 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 32150 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1959 | H | Detroit Lions | 28-10 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 32150 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1959 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 21-20 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 32150 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1959 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 6-45 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 36174 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1959 | A | Baltimore Colts | 21-38 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57557 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1959 | A | New York Giants | 3-20 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 67837 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1959 | A | Chicago Bears | 17-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46205 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1959 | H | Baltimore Colts | 24-28 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 25521 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1959 | H | Washington Redskins | 21-0 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 31853 | |
| Thu | 11/26/1959 | A | Detroit Lions | 24-17 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 49221 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1959 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 38-20 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 61044 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1959 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 36-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 55997 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 73 | Ken Beck | RDT-LDT | 6-2 | 245 | 24 | Texas A&M | 12 | 0 |
| 65 | Tom Bettis | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 26 | Purdue | 12 | 11 |
| 87 | Nate Borden | LDE-RDE-RDT | 6-0 | 234 | 28 | Indiana | 10 | 3 |
| 25 | Timmy Brown | HB | 5-10 | 195 | 22 | Ball State | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Bill Butler | ROH-LOH | 5-10 | 189 | 22 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 11 | 0 |
| 33 | Lew Carpenter | FB-ROH | 6-2 | 209 | 27 | Arkansas | 12 | 6 |
| 58 | Dan Currie | LLB | 6-3 | 239 | 24 | Michigan State | 12 | 12 |
| 67 | Andy Cvercko | OG | 6-0 | 242 | 22 | Northwestern | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Bobby Dillon | RS | 6-1 | 182 | 29 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 68 | John Dittrich | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 236 | 26 | Wisconsin | 12 | 0 |
| 86 | Boyd Dowler | ROH-LOE | 6-5 | 224 | 22 | Colorado | 12 | 6 |
| 71 | Bill Forester | RLB-MLB | 6-3 | 237 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 12 |
| 20 | Joe Francis | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Oregon State | 12 | 0 |
| 41 | Bobby Freeman | LDH | 6-1 | 202 | 27 | Auburn | 12 | 8 |
| 75 | Forrest Gregg | ROT | 6-3 | 249 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 12 |
| 46 | Hank Gremminger | LDH | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Baylor | 12 | 4 |
| 79 | Dave Hanner | LDT-LDE | 6-2 | 257 | 29 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
| 5 | Paul Hornung | LOH-K | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 11 |
| 74 | Henry Jordan | RDT | 6-3 | 249 | 24 | Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| 84 | Gary Knafelc | ROE | 6-4 | 217 | 27 | Colorado | 12 | 12 |
| 64 | Jerry Kramer | ROG | 6-3 | 246 | 23 | Idaho | 12 | 12 |
| 88 | Ron Kramer | ROE | 6-3 | 234 | 24 | Michigan | 12 | 0 |
| 78 | Norm Masters | LOT | 6-2 | 249 | 26 | Michigan State | 12 | 9 |
| 85 | Max McGee | LOE-P | 6-3 | 210 | 27 | Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| 17 | Lamar McHan | QB | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Arkansas | 12 | 7 |
| 42 | Don McIlhenny | ROH-LOH | 6-0 | 197 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 5 |
| 66 | Ray Nitschke | MLB-RLB | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Illinois | 12 | 1 |
| 83 | Bill Quinlan | RDE | 6-3 | 248 | 27 | Michigan State | 12 | 12 |
| 51 | Jim Ringo | C | 6-1 | 232 | 28 | Syracuse | 12 | 12 |
| 76 | Bob Skoronski | LOT-ROG | 6-3 | 249 | 25 | Indiana | 12 | 3 |
| 15 | Bart Starr | QB | 6-1 | 197 | 25 | Alabama | 12 | 5 |
| 27 | John Symank | RS | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Arlington State JC; Florida | 12 | 2 |
| 31 | Jim Taylor | FB | 6-0 | 214 | 24 | Hinds CC; Louisiana State | 12 | 7 |
| 82 | Jim Temp | LDE | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Wisconsin | 12 | 9 |
| 63 | Fuzzy Thurston | LOG | 6-1 | 247 | 26 | Valparaiso | 12 | 12 |
| 45 | Emlen Tunnell | LS | 6-1 | 193 | 35 | Toledo; Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| 47 | Jesse Whittenton | RDH | 6-0 | 193 | 25 | Texas-El Paso | 12 | 12 |
| 81 | A.D. Williams | LOE | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Santa Monica JC; Pacific | 12 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Randy Duncan | QB | Iowa |
| 2 | 13 | Alex Hawkins | B | South Carolina |
| 3 | 25 | Boyd Dowler | B | Colorado |
| 5 | 55 | Andy Cvercko | C | Northwestern |
| 6 | 61 | Willie Taylor | C | Florida A&M |
| 7 | 73 | Bobby Jackson | B | Alabama |
| 7 | 83 | Gary Raid | T | Willamette |
| 8 | 85 | Buddy Mayfield | E | South Carolina |
| 8 | 95 | Bob Laraba | B | Texas-El Paso |
| 9 | 97 | George Dixon | B | Bridgeport |
| 10 | 109 | Sam Tuccio | T | Southern Mississippi |
| 11 | 121 | Bob Webb | B | St. Ambrose |
| 12 | 133 | Larry Hall | G | Missouri Valley |
| 13 | 145 | Jim Hurd | B | Albion |
| 14 | 157 | Ken Kerr | G | Arizona State |
| 15 | 169 | Dick Teteak | G | Wisconsin |
| 16 | 181 | Dan Edgington | E | Florida |
| 17 | 193 | Tom Secules | B | William & Mary |
| 18 | 205 | Dick Nearents | T | Eastern Washington |
| 19 | 217 | Bill Butler | B | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 20 | 229 | Charley Sample | B | Arkansas |
| 21 | 241 | Dave Smith | B | Ripon |
| 22 | 253 | Charlie Anderson | E | Drake |
| 23 | 265 | Ben Lawver | T | Lewis & Clark |
| 24 | 277 | Joe Hergert | C | Florida |
| 25 | 289 | Leroy Hardee | B | Florida A&M |
| 26 | 301 | Ken Higginbotham | E | Trinity (Texas) |
| 27 | 313 | Timmy Brown | B | Ball State |
| 28 | 325 | Jerry Epps | G | West Texas A&M |
| 29 | 337 | Jack Flara | B | Pittsburgh |
| 30 | 349 | Dick Emerich | T | West Chester |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 55 | 82 | 44 | 67 | |
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 68 | 75 | 37 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 212 | 109 | 87 | 16 | / % | / % | 49 | 435 | |
| Opponents Totals | 215 | 101 | 102 | 12 | / % | / % | 51 | 450 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hornung | 7 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 7 | 17 | 41.2 | 0 | 94 |
| Jim Taylor | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Max McGee | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Boyd Dowler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Gary Knafelc | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Don McIlhenny | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Forester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dave Hanner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 7 | 17 | 41.2 | 2 | 248 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 28 | 30 | 93.3 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 1 | 246 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hornung | 7 | 17 | 41.2 | 0 | 46 | 0/6 | 5/7 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 17 | 41.2 | 0 | 46 | 0/6 | 5/7 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 1/4 | 3/3 | 2/4 | 5/8 | 1/3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hornung | 152 | 681 | 4.5 | 63 | 7 |
| Jim Taylor | 120 | 452 | 3.8 | 21 | 6 |
| Lew Carpenter | 60 | 322 | 5.4 | 55t | 1 |
| Don McIlhenny | 47 | 231 | 4.9 | 46 | 1 |
| Bart Starr | 16 | 83 | 5.2 | 39 | 0 |
| Lamar McHan | 16 | 64 | 4.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bill Butler | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Boyd Dowler | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Joe Francis | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 421 | 1907 | 4.5 | 63 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 430 | 1770 | 4.1 | 49t | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar McHan | 108 | 48 | 44.4 | 51 | 805 | 7.5 | 16.8 | 81 | 8 | 7.4 | 9 | 8.3 | 94 | 711 | 60.1 | |
| Bart Starr | 134 | 70 | 52.2 | 57 | 972 | 7.3 | 13.9 | 44 | 6 | 4.5 | 7 | 5.2 | 30 | 942 | 69.0 | |
| Paul Hornung | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 3 | 95 | 11.9 | 19.0 | 30 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 95 | 143.2 | |
| Joe Francis | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 12 | 91 | 5.1 | 18.2 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 7 | 84 | 25.0 | |
| Team Totals | 268 | 128 | 47.8 | 123 | 1963 | 7.3 | 15.3 | 81 | 16 | 6.0 | 17 | 6.3 | 131 | 1832 | 65.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 329 | 169 | 51.4 | 146 | 2030 | 6.2 | 12.0 | 75t | 14 | 4.3 | 14 | 4.3 | 248 | 1782 | 67.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Dowler | 32 | 549 | 17.2 | 35 | 4 |
| Max McGee | 30 | 695 | 23.2 | 81t | 5 |
| Gary Knafelc | 27 | 384 | 14.2 | 38 | 4 |
| Paul Hornung | 15 | 113 | 7.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Taylor | 9 | 71 | 7.9 | 20t | 2 |
| Don McIlhenny | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 30 | 1 |
| Lew Carpenter | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 23 | 0 |
| A.D. Williams | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Butler | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 128 | 1963 | 15.3 | 81t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 169 | 2030 | 12.0 | 75t | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Forester | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 34 | 0 |
| John Symank | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bobby Freeman | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Hank Gremminger | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Dan Currie | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Temp | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bobby Dillon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Quinlan | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Bettis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 231 | 16.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 227 | 13.4 | 49 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max McGee | 64 | 2716 | 42.4 | 61 | 1 | 5 | 312 | 2325 | 36.3 | |
| Team Totals | 64 | 2716 | 42.4 | 61 | 1 | 5 | 291 | 2325 | 36.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 2481 | 44.3 | 61 | 0 | 7 | 316 | 2025 | 36.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lew Carpenter | 13 | 150 | 11.5 | 51 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 18 | 163 | 9.1 | 61t | 1 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| John Symank | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 316 | 9.6 | 61t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 291 | 7.3 | 71t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Symank | 14 | 338 | 24.1 | 39 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 21 | 472 | 22.5 | 35 | 0 | |
| Don McIlhenny | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Joe Francis | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Ray Nitschke | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 | |
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 949 | 22.1 | 39 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 917 | 22.9 | 85 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Bettis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Borden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Butler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lew Carpenter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Dittrich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Forester | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Hanner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Hornung | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Knafelc | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamar McHan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don McIlhenny | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Nitschke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Ringo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bart Starr | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -8 | 0 | |
| John Symank | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Taylor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Whittenton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 47 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 0 |
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