1959 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Conference 10-2-0 .833 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Jim Lee Howell |
| 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.
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| 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 | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Summerall | 0 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 0 | 90 |
| Frank Gifford | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Alex Webster | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bob Schnelker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Kyle Rote | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Charley Conerly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lindon Crow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sam Huff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Phil King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Harland Svare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Chandler | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 20 | 30 | 66.7 | 0 | 284 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 20 | 22 | 90.9 | 6 | 16 | 37.5 | 0 | 170 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Summerall | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 2 | 49 | 5/6 | 7/7 | 4/7 | 4/8 | 0/1 |
| Don Chandler | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 20 | 30 | 66.7 | 2 | 49 | 5/6 | 7/7 | 4/7 | 4/8 | 0/1 |
| 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 | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | 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 | FC | 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 | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Morrison | 15 | 345 | 23.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| George Scott | 10 | 253 | 25.3 | 33 | 0 | |
| Phil King | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Rosey Brown | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Pat Summerall | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 703 | 22.7 | 33 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 1229 | 23.6 | 0 |
| 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 |
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