| New York Giants at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 7, 1958 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 50115 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 20 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 5 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | Safety, Gene Gedman tackled in end zone by Jim Katcavage | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Pat Summerall 18 FG | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Alex Webster 6 pass from Charley Conerly (Pat Summerall kick) | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Jim Martin 39 FG | 12 | 3 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Ken Webb 2 pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 12 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Wayne Walker 34 opponents fumble recovery (Jim Martin kick) | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Frank Gifford 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 19 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 21 | 57 | 2.7 | 12 | 1 |
| Phil King | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Danny Lewis | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Don Heinrich | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 86 | 10.8 | 37 | 0 | 8 | 38.5 | |
| Charley Conerly | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 57 | 7.1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 2 | 32 | 2.1 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 30.6 | |
| Earl Morrall | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bob Schnelker | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ken Webb | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 1 |
| Perry Richards | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy David | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 6 | 275 | 45.8 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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