| Washington Redskins at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 4, 1959 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 26570 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 82 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 3 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 25 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 47 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 48 FG | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Bill Anderson 70 pass from Ralph Guglielmi (Sam Baker kick) | 16 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bobby Layne 32 FG | 16 | 3 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Joe Walton 26 pass from Ralph Guglielmi (Sam Baker kick) | 23 | 3 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Darrel Brewster 30 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 23 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Larry Krutko 2 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 23 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | LOE | Bill Anderson |
| 71 | LOT | Will Renfro |
| 72 | LOG | Hanson Churchwell |
| 51 | C | Jim Schrader |
| 67 | ROG | Red Stephens |
| 70 | ROT | Ray Lemek |
| 81 | ROE | Joe Walton |
| 14 | QB | Eddie LeBaron |
| 30 | LOH | Ed Sutton |
| 47 | ROH | Dick James |
| 31 | FB | Don Bosseler |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | John Paluck |
| 73 | LDT | Johnny Miller |
| 88 | RDT | Chet Ostrowski |
| 83 | RDE | Ed Meadows |
| 45 | LLB | Ralph Felton |
| 36 | MLB | Chuck Drazenovich |
| 63 | RLB | Emil Karas |
| 48 | LDH | Ben Scotti |
| 21 | LS | Gary Glick |
| 43 | RS | Dick Haley |
| 26 | RDH | Bill Stits |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | LOE | Jimmy Orr |
| 61 | LOT | Ted Karras |
| 62 | LOG | Mike Sandusky |
| 57 | C | Ed Beatty |
| 65 | ROG | John Nisby |
| 74 | ROT | Frank Varrichione |
| 88 | ROE | Pete Brewster |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 25 | LOH | Ray Mathews |
| 30 | ROH | Tom Tracy |
| 34 | FB | Leo Elter |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Tarasovic |
| 73 | LDT | Ray Fisher |
| 75 | RDT | Joe Krupa |
| 70 | RDE | Ernie Stautner |
| 66 | LLB | Dick Campbell |
| 60 | MLB | Dale Dodrill |
| 50 | RLB | John Reger |
| 27 | LDH | Dean Derby |
| 24 | LS | Bobby Luna |
| 28 | RS | Don Bishop |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Dick James | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Don Bosseler | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Ed Sutton | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Jim Podoley | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tom Tracy | 18 | 67 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Krutko | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Leo Elter | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Call | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Ralph Guglielmi | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 1 | 235 | 12.4 | 70t | 2 | 0 | 106.2 | |
| Eddie LeBaron | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 35 | 11.7 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 115.3 | |
| Ed Sutton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Don Bosseler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 41 | 21 | 51.2 | 2 | 226 | 5.5 | 30t | 1 | 2 | 14 | 55.5 |
| Tom Tracy | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 56 | 28.0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Bill Anderson | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 70t | 1 |
| Joe Walton | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 37 | 1 |
| Don Bosseler | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Podoley | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Ed Sutton | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Johnny Carson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dick James | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Pete Brewster | 8 | 123 | 15.4 | 33 | 1 |
| Jimmy Orr | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 56 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Larry Krutko | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Gern Nagler | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Dick James | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Dick Haley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Luna | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Baker | 5 | 228 | 45.6 | 49 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Luna | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Don Bishop | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 | |
| Dean Derby | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Dick Haley | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Dean Derby | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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