| Pittsburgh Steelers at Philadelphia Eagles Game Statistics |
| Date: October 11, 1959 Location: Philadelphia, PA |
| Venue: Franklin Field Attendance: 27343 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 80 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | PHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bobby Layne 10 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Billy Ray Barnes 3 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Art Powell 58 punt return (Bobby Walston kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bobby Layne 12 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Norm Van Brocklin 1 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Tom Tracy 11 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Tommy McDonald 18 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bobby Walston kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jimmy Orr 17 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 24 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 83 | ROE | Buddy Dial |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 25 | LOH | Ray Mathews |
| 30 | ROH | Tom Tracy |
| 39 | FB | Larry Krutko |
| 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 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Bobby Walston |
| 74 | LOT | Jerry DeLucca |
| 65 | LOG | Gerry Huth |
| 60 | C | Chuck Bednarik |
| 67/64 | ROG | Stan Campbell |
| 70 | ROT | Don Owens |
| 36 | ROE | Dick Bielski |
| 11 | QB | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 33 | LOH | Billy Ray Barnes |
| 25 | ROH | Tommy McDonald |
| 43 | FB | Walt Kowalczyk |
| Defense | ||
| 66 | LDE | Joe Robb |
| 72 | LDT | Jesse Richardson |
| 78 | RDT | Marion Campbell |
| 88 | RDE | Jerry Wilson |
| 63 | LLB | Tom Catlin |
| 51 | MLB | Chuck Weber |
| 53 | RLB | Bob Pellegrini |
| 21 | LDH | Jimmy Carr |
| 27 | LS | Gene Johnson |
| 22 | RS | Lee Riley |
| 40 | RDH | Tom Brookshier |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tom Tracy | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 10t | 1 |
| Larry Krutko | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Jack Call | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Clarence Peaks | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Theron Sapp | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Walt Kowalczyk | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1t | 1 |
| Bobby Walston | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 1 | 209 | 6.3 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 81.5 |
| Tom Tracy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 2 | 172 | 6.4 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.2 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tom Tracy | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 44 | 1 |
| Jack McClairen | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Larry Krutko | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jimmy Orr | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Gern Nagler | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jack Call | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Tommy McDonald | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Clarence Peaks | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Walston | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dick Alban | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Jimmy Carr | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Luna | 7 | 296 | 42.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | 197 | 49.3 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Dean Derby | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Art Powell | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 58t | 1 | |
| Tommy McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Tommy McDonald | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | ||
| Art Powell | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jerry DeLucca | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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