| Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: November 8, 1959 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 46205 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 44 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Merrill Douglas 5 run (John Aveni kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 5 run (John Aveni kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Jim Taylor 10 run (Paul Hornung kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Paul Hornung 27 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Harlon Hill 36 pass from Ed Brown (John Aveni kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Jim Dooley 8 pass from Zeke Bratkowski (John Aveni kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Bill Butler 61 punt return (Paul Hornung kick) | 17 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LOE | Max McGee |
| 78 | LOT | Norm Masters |
| 63 | LOG | Fred Thurston |
| 51 | C | Jim Ringo |
| 64 | ROG | Jerry Kramer |
| 75 | ROT | Forrest Gregg |
| 84 | ROE | Gary Knafelc |
| 17 | QB | Lamar McHan |
| 5 | LOH | Paul Hornung |
| 86 | ROH | Boyd Dowler |
| 31 | FB | Jim Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Jim Temp |
| 79 | LDT | Dave Hanner |
| 74 | RDT | Henry Jordan |
| 83 | RDE | Bill Quinlan |
| 58 | LLB | Dan Currie |
| 65 | MLB | Tom Bettis |
| 71 | RLB | Bill Forester |
| 41 | LDH | Bobby Freeman |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 44 | RS | Bobby Dillon |
| 47 | RDH | Jesse Whittenton |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Harlon Hill |
| 70 | LOT | Herm Lee |
| 67 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 76 | C | John Mellekas |
| 78 | ROG | Stan Jones |
| 79 | ROT | Dick Klein |
| 83 | ROE | Bill McColl |
| 15 | QB | Ed Brown |
| 47 | LOH | Johnny Morris |
| 28 | ROH | Willie Galimore |
| 35 | FB | Rick Casares |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Earl Leggett |
| 75 | LDT | Fred Williams |
| 73 | RDT | Bill Bishop |
| 81 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 31 | LLB | Joe Fortunato |
| 61 | MLB | Bill George |
| 33 | RLB | Larry Morris |
| 25 | LDH | J.C. Caroline |
| 17 | LS | Richie Petitbon |
| 26 | RS | Charlie Sumner |
| 24 | RDH | Erich Barnes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Jim Taylor | 22 | 90 | 4.1 | 10t | 1 |
| Don McIlhenny | 11 | 54 | 4.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Bart Starr | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Paul Hornung | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Johnny Morris | 17 | 52 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 9 | 1 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Merrill Douglas | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 7 | 1 |
| Ed Brown | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Bart Starr | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 0 | 20 | 2.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Lamar McHan | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 52 | 10.4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.2 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Zeke Bratkowski | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 48 | 4.8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.5 |
| Ed Brown | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | 72 | 10.3 | 36t | 1 | 1 | 13 | 144.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Boyd Dowler | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Don McIlhenny | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Gary Knafelc | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Jim Dooley | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 11 | 1 |
| Harlon Hill | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 36t | 1 |
| Rick Casares | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Galimore | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Tom Bettis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| J.C. Caroline | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Bill Butler | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 61t | 1 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| John Symank | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 37 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Richie Petitbon | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Bill Roehnelt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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