| Detroit Lions at Baltimore Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: September 27, 1959 Location: Baltimore, MD |
| Venue: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 55588 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 82 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Baltimore Colts | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Jim Martin 33 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Danny Lewis 7 run (Jim Martin kick failed) | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Baltimore Colts | Alan Ameche 1 run (Steve Myhra kick) | 9 | 7 |
| 2 | Baltimore Colts | Raymond Berry 18 pass from Johnny Unitas (Steve Myhra kick) | 9 | 14 |
| 4 | Baltimore Colts | Jim Mutscheller 40 pass from Johnny Unitas (Steve Myhra kick) | 9 | 21 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tobin Rote | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 7 | 1 |
| Ken Webb | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Alan Ameche | 19 | 69 | 3.6 | 11 | 1 |
| Lenny Moore | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 27 | 11 | 40.7 | 4 | 173 | 6.4 | 37 | 0 | 10 | 23.2 | |
| Earl Morrall | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | 37.5 | ||
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 30 | 13 | 43.3 | 0 | 230 | 7.7 | 40 | 2 | 92.4 | ||
| Lenny Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Gibbons | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Jim Mutscheller | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 40 | 1 |
| Lenny Moore | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Alan Ameche | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Raymond Berry | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 26 | 1 |
| L.G. Dupre | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Gino Marchetti | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
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