| 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 LionsDET | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 33 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Danny Lewis 7 run (Jim Martin kick failed) | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Alan Ameche 1 run (Steve Myhra kick) | 9 | 7 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Raymond Berry 18 pass from Johnny Unitas (Steve Myhra kick) | 9 | 14 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Jim Mutscheller 40 pass from Johnny Unitas (Steve Myhra kick) | 9 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Jim Gibbons |
| 75 | LOT | John Gordy |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Grottkau |
| 76 | ROT | Ollie Spencer |
| 88 | ROE | Steve Junker |
| 18 | QB | Tobin Rote |
| 40 | LOH | Howard Cassady |
| 45 | ROH | Danny Lewis |
| 34 | FB | Ken Webb |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 72 | RDT | Gil Mains |
| 53 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 86 | LLB | Bob Long |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 43 | LS | Gary Lowe |
| 23 | RS | Dave Whitsell |
| 41 | RDH | Terry Barr |
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Raymond Berry |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Parker |
| 63 | LOG | Art Spinney |
| 50 | C | Buzz Nutter |
| 68 | ROG | Alex Sandusky |
| 60 | ROT | George Preas |
| 84 | ROE | Jim Mutscheller |
| 19 | QB | Johnny Unitas |
| 45 | LOH | L.G. Dupre |
| 24 | ROH | Lenny Moore |
| 35 | FB | Alan Ameche |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Gino Marchetti |
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 76 | RDT | Gene Lipscomb |
| 83 | RDE | Don Joyce |
| 36 | LLB | Bill Pellington |
| 52 | MLB | Dick Szymanski |
| 66 | RLB | Don Shinnick |
| 23 | LDH | Carl Taseff |
| 80 | LS | Andy Nelson |
| 17 | RS | Ray Brown |
| 20 | RDH | Milt Davis |
| 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 | 7t | 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 | 1 | 10 | 23.2 |
| Earl Morrall | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 30 | 13 | 43.3 | 0 | 230 | 7.7 | 40t | 2 | 1 | 8 | 92.4 |
| Lenny Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Gibbons | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 37 | 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 | 40t | 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 |
| Milt Davis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ray Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gino Marchetti | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andy Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Earl Morrall | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | 50 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Dave Sherer | 7 | 318 | 45.4 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 9 | 0 | |
| Gary Lowe | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Johnny Sample | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Johnny Sample | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
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