1959 New York Giants (NFL)

1st place Eastern Conference 10-2-0 .833

Johnny Dell Isola	Line
Ken Kavanaugh	Offensive Ends
Ed Kolman	Line
Tom Landry	Defense
Allie Sherman	Offense

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/15/1959	A	Philadelphia Eagles	17-21	L	Hershey, PA	Hershey Stadium	12199
Fri	8/21/1959	N	Baltimore Colts	3-28	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	55000
Sat	8/29/1959	A	Detroit Lions	38-0	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	28679
Sat	9/5/1959	N	Green Bay Packers	14-0	W	Bangor, ME	Garland Street Field	12000
Fri	9/11/1959	A	Chicago Bears	6-18	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	43485
Sat	9/19/1959	N	San Francisco 49ers	17-13	W	Salt Lake City, UT	Ute Stadium	18796
Sat	9/26/1959	A	Los Angeles Rams	23-21	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	71297
Sun	10/4/1959	A	Philadelphia Eagles	21-49	L	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Field	27023
Sun	10/11/1959	A	Cleveland Browns	10-6	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	65534
Sun	10/18/1959	H	Philadelphia Eagles	24-7	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	68783
Sun	10/25/1959	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	21-16	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	33596
Sun	11/1/1959	H	Green Bay Packers	20-3	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	67837
Sun	11/8/1959	H	Chicago Cardinals	9-3	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	56779
Sun	11/15/1959	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	9-14	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	66786
Sun	11/22/1959	A	Chicago Cardinals	30-20	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	26625
Sun	11/29/1959	H	Washington Redskins	45-14	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	60982
Sun	12/6/1959	H	Cleveland Browns	48-7	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	68436
Sun	12/13/1959	A	Washington Redskins	24-10	W	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	26198
League Championship
Sun	12/27/1959	A	Baltimore Colts	16-31	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	57545

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
68	Al Barry	LOG	6-2	230	29	Southern California	12	11
80	Joe Biscaha	LOE	6-1	190	22	Richmond	8	2
79	Rosey Brown	LOT	6-3	249	27	Morgan State	12	12
34	Don Chandler	P-K	6-2	208	25	Bacone Indian JC; Florida	12	0
42	Charley Conerly	QB	6-1	185	38	Mississippi	10	9
41	Lindon Crow	LDH-RDH	6-1	195	26	Southern California	12	12
62	Darrell Dess	ROG	6-0	243	24	North Carolina State	12	0
16	Frank Gifford	LOH	6-1	197	29	Bakersfield CC; Southern California	11	11
76	Rosey Grier	RDT-LDT	6-5	284	27	Penn State	12	12
60	Buzz Guy	LOT-ROT	6-3	248	23	Duke	12	0
74	Art Hauser	RDT	6-0	237	30	Xavier (Ohio)	3	0
11	Don Heinrich	QB	6-0	182	29	Washington	8	2
70	Sam Huff	MLB	6-1	230	25	West Virginia	12	12
75	Jim Katcavage	LDE	6-3	237	25	Dayton	12	12
71	Ellison Kelly	LOG	6-1	231	24	Michigan State	12	1
86	Bill Kimber	ROE	6-2	192	23	Florida State	1	0
24	Phil King	FB	6-4	223	23	Vanderbilt	12	1
89	Cliff Livingston	LLB	6-3	212	29	Orange Coast JC; UCLA	12	12
22	Dick Lynch	RDH-LDH	6-1	202	23	Notre Dame	12	12
77	Dick Modzelewski	LDT-RDT	6-0	258	28	Maryland	12	12
40	Joe Morrison	ROH-LOH	6-1	210	22	Cincinnati	12	2
25	Dick Nolan	LS-RS-LOH	6-1	185	27	Maryland	12	12
20	Jimmy Patton	RS-LS	5-11	183	26	Mississippi	11	11
81	Andy Robustelli	RDE	6-1	230	34	Arnold	12	12
44	Kyle Rote	LOE	6-0	199	31	Southern Methodist	10	10
78	Bob Schmidt	LOT	6-4	248	23	Minnesota	12	0
85	Bob Schnelker	ROE	6-3	214	31	Bowling Green State	12	12
31	George Scott	ROH-LOH	6-1	180	22	Miami (Ohio)	7	2
82	Tom Scott	LDE-RLB-RDE	6-2	219	29	Virginia	11	1
15	George Shaw	QB	6-1	183	26	Oregon	5	1
48	Bill Stits	DH	6-0	194	28	UCLA	5	0
66	Jack Stroud	ROG	6-1	235	31	Tennessee	12	12
88	Pat Summerall	K-ROE	6-4	228	29	Arkansas	12	0
21	Don Sutherin	LS	5-11	200	23	Ohio State	2	1
84	Harland Svare	RLB	6-0	214	29	Washington State	12	11
33	Mel Triplett	FB	6-1	215	29	Toledo	12	11
29	Alex Webster	ROH	6-3	218	28	North Carolina State	10	9
55	Ray Wietecha	C	6-1	225	31	Michigan State; Northwestern	12	12
72	Frank Youso	ROT	6-4	257	23	Minnesota	12	12

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	10	Lee Grosscup	QB	Utah
2	22	Buddy Dial	E	Rice
3	34	Joe Morrison	B	Cincinnati
5	59	Ellison Kelly	G	Michigan State
9	107	Jack Delveaux	B	Illinois
10	118	Bob Pepe	E	North Carolina State
11	131	Bob Sawyer	B	Wyoming
12	142	Charlie Flowers	B	Mississippi
13	155	John Kompara	T	South Carolina
14	166	Roger Ellis	C	Maine
15	179	Bob Bercich	B	Michigan State
16	190	Bob Soltis	B	Minnesota
17	203	Goose Gonsoulin	E	Baylor
18	214	Al Ecuyer	G	Notre Dame
19	227	George Scott	B	Miami (Ohio)
20	238	Jerry Shetler	G	Minnesota
21	251	Fred Swearingen	G	North Carolina
22	262	Gale Gibson	E	Iowa State
23	275	Frank Kremblas	QB	Ohio State
24	286	Charley James	B	Missouri
25	299	Lou Reale	C	Buffalo
26	310	Frank Doretti	C	California
27	323	Joe Biscaha	E	Richmond
28	334	Dolphus Williams	T	Morgan State
29	347	Henrey Christopher	E	Southern Methodist
30	358	Dave Sington	T	Alabama

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	62	101	64	57
Opponents Totals	31	37	59	43

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		198	82	106	10	/ %	/ %	54	480
Opponents Totals		167	66	85	16	/ %	/ %	40	324

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Pat Summerall	0	30	30	100.0	20	29	69.0	90
Frank Gifford	7	0	0		0	0		42
Alex Webster	7	0	0		0	0		42
Bob Schnelker	6	0	0		0	0		36
Kyle Rote	4	0	0		0	0		24
Joe Morrison	2	0	0		0	0		12
Charley Conerly	1	0	0		0	0		6
Lindon Crow	1	0	0		0	0		6
Sam Huff	1	0	0		0	0		6
Phil King	1	0	0		0	0		6
Harland Svare	1	0	0		0	0		6
Mel Triplett	1	0	0		0	0		6
Don Chandler	0	2	2	100.0	0	1	0.0	2
Team Totals	32	32	32	100.0	20	30	66.7	284
Opponents Totals	22	20	22	90.9	6	16	37.5	170

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Don Chandler	0	1	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Pat Summerall	20	29	69.0	5/	7/	4/	4/	0/
Team Totals	20	30	66.7	5/	7/	4/	4/	0/
Opponents Totals	6	16	37.5	2/	2/	2/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Frank Gifford	106	540	5.1	79	3
Mel Triplett	91	381	4.2	20	1
Alex Webster	79	250	3.2	16t	5
Phil King	72	232	3.2	24	0
Joe Morrison	62	165	2.7	14	1
Charley Conerly	15	38	2.5	10	1
Don Chandler	1	24	24.0	24	0
George Scott	2	10	5.0	10	0
Don Heinrich	2	3	1.5	9	0
George Shaw	3	3	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	433	1646	3.8	79	11
Opponents Totals	379	1261	3.3		6

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Charley Conerly	194	113	58.2	77	1706	8.8	15.1	77t	14	7.2	4	2.1		65	1641	102.7
George Shaw	36	24	66.7	11	433	12.0	18.0	48	1	2.8	1	2.8		21	412	105.4
Don Heinrich	58	22	37.9	30	329	5.7	15.0	49	1	1.7	6	10.3		20	309	23.5
Frank Gifford	11	5	45.5	4	151	13.7	30.2	43	2	18.2	2	18.2	0	0	151	92.0
Joe Morrison	2	1	50.0	1	14	7.0	14.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	14	72.9
Alex Webster	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	302	165	54.6	124	2633	8.7	16.0	77t	18	6.0	13	4.3		106	2527	85.9
Opponents Totals	304	137	45.1	145	1811	6.0	13.2		11	3.6	22	7.2		229	1582	46.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Frank Gifford	42	768	18.3	77t	4
Bob Schnelker	37	714	19.3	66t	6
Alex Webster	27	381	14.1	41	2
Kyle Rote	25	362	14.5	34	4
Joe Morrison	17	183	10.8	37	1
Phil King	7	98	14.0	35	1
Mel Triplett	6	78	13.0	25	0
Pat Summerall	2	32	16.0	21	0
George Scott	1	12	12.0	12	0
Joe Biscaha	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	165	2633	16.0	77t	18
Opponents Totals	137	1811	13.2		11

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick Nolan	5	57	11.4	34	0
Lindon Crow	5	54	10.8	30t	1
Jimmy Patton	5	13	2.6	12	0
Harland Svare	3	118	39.3	70t	1
Cliff Livingston	2	25	12.5	16	0
Sam Huff	1	21	21.0	21	0
Dick Lynch	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	22	288	13.1	70t	2
Opponents Totals	13	173	13.3		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Don Chandler	55	2565	46.6	62	0	527
Team Totals	55	2565	46.6	62	0	527	37.1
Opponents Totals	72	3075	42.7			164

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Morrison	15	51	3.4	12	0
George Scott	12	17	1.4	13	0
Lindon Crow	11	66	6.0	22	0
Jimmy Patton	8	23	2.9	14	0
Bill Stits	4	7	1.8	7	0
Team Totals	50	164	3.3	22	0
Opponents Totals	38	527	13.9		4

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Joe Morrison	15	345	23.0	29
George Scott	10	253	25.3	33
Phil King	4	84	21.0	31
Rosey Brown	1	18	18.0	18
Pat Summerall	1	3	3.0	3
Team Totals	31	703	22.7	33
Opponents Totals	52	1229	23.6

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Joe Biscaha	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rosey Brown	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Charley Conerly	2		0	0	0	0	0
Lindon Crow	1		1	0	1	0	0
Darrell Dess	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Frank Gifford	5		2	0	2	0	0
Rosey Grier	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Don Heinrich	1		0	0	0	0	0
Sam Huff	0	0	0	4	4	5	1
Jim Katcavage	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Phil King	3		0	0	0	0	0
Cliff Livingston	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dick Lynch	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Dick Modzelewski	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Joe Morrison	5		2	0	2	0	0
Andy Robustelli	0	0	0	1	1	33	0
Bob Schmidt	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tom Scott	4		1	0	1	0	0
Bill Stits	2		0	0	0	0	0
Harland Svare	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mel Triplett	5		0	0	0	0	0
Alex Webster	2		0	0	0	0	0
Ray Wietecha	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	30	20	10	16	26	38	1
Opponents Totals	29	16	13	20	33		1