1959 Green Bay Packers (NFL)

3rd place Western Conference 7-5-0 .583

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.

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	Jimmy 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
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
Jimmy 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	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Paul Hornung	7	17	41.2	0/6	5/7	1/2	1/2	0/0
Team Totals	7	17	41.2	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
Jimmy 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%	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
Jimmy 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	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	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	YDS	AVG	LG
John Symank	14	338	24.1	39
Bill Butler	21	472	22.5	35
Don McIlhenny	3	50	16.7	24
Joe Francis	2	52	26.0	28
Ray Nitschke	2	13	6.5	10
Lew Carpenter	1	24	24.0	24
Team Totals	43	949	22.1	39
Opponents Totals	40	917	22.9	85

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Tom Bettis	0	0	0	1	1	0
Nate Borden	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bill Butler	1		1	0	1	0
Lew Carpenter	3		0	0	0	0
John Dittrich	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bill Forester	1		0	3	3	0
Dave Hanner	0	0	0	1	1	0
Paul Hornung	7		0	0	0	0
Henry Jordan	0	0	0	2	2	0
Gary Knafelc	0	0	1	0	1	0
Lamar McHan	3		0	0	0	0
Don McIlhenny	1		1	0	1	0
Ray Nitschke	0	0	1	1	2	10
Jim Ringo	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bart Starr	2		2	0	2	-8
John Symank	4		1	2	3	0
Jimmy Taylor	2		1	0	1	0
Jesse Whittenton	0	0	0	2	2	45
Team Totals	24	16	8	15	23	47
Opponents Totals	28	15	13	16	29