| Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 22, 1959 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 54059 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 53 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Willie Galimore 8 pass from Ed Brown (John Aveni kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 14 run (John Aveni kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | John Aveni 39 FG | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Ed Brown 1 run (John Aveni kick) | 24 | 0 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | John Henry Johnson 1 run (Gerry Perry kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Nick Pietrosante 1 run (Gerry Perry kick) | 24 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 43 | ROE | Jim Dooley |
| 12 | QB | Zeke Bratkowski |
| 47 | LOH | Johnny Morris |
| 36 | ROH | Merrill Douglas |
| 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 |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Dave Middleton |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Grottkau |
| 76 | ROT | Ollie Spencer |
| 80 | ROE | Jim Gibbons |
| 14 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 40 | LOH | Howard Cassady |
| 45 | ROH | Danny Lewis |
| 33 | FB | Nick Pietrosante |
| 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 |
| 47 | RLB | Jim Martin |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 43 | LS | Gary Lowe |
| 24 | RS | Dick LeBeau |
| 28 | RDH | Yale Lary |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Rick Casares | 21 | 111 | 5.3 | 47 | 1 |
| Johnny Morris | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Merrill Douglas | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Harlon Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Galimore | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| John Adams | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Howard Cassady | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 9 | 13 | 1.4 | 9 | 1 |
| Charlie Ane | 0 | 10 | 10L | 0 | |
| Jerry Reichow | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 1 | 53 | 3.8 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 47.6 | |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 10 | 39.6 | ||
| Rick Casares | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 2 | 100 | 5.6 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 18.1 |
| Jerry Reichow | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 1 | 120 | 10.0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.8 |
| Tobin Rote | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Jim Dooley | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Willard Dewveall | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Harlon Hill | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Willie Galimore | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
| Rick Casares | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Terry Barr | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Gibbons | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| J.C. Caroline | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Charlie Sumner | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Barr | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Richie Petitbon | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
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