| Pittsburgh Steelers at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: December 6, 1959 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 41476 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 32 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 6 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 3 run (John Aveni kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 1 run (John Aveni kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 1 run (John Aveni kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Tom Tracy 2 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 1 run (John Aveni kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Larry Krutko 7 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Buddy Dial 25 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 21 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Gern Nagler |
| 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 |
| 43 | LOH | Tom Barnett |
| 30 | ROH | Tom Tracy |
| 39 | FB | Larry Krutko |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Tarasovic |
| 73 | LDT | Ray Fisher |
| 75 | RDT | Joe Krupa |
| 77 | RDE | Billy Ray Smith |
| 66 | LLB | Dick Campbell |
| 68/37 | MLB | Mike Henry |
| 50 | RLB | John Reger |
| 27 | LDH | Dean Derby |
| 24 | LS | Bobby Luna |
| 20 | RS | Don Sutherin |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| 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 |
| 43 | ROH | Jim Dooley |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tom Tracy | 14 | 109 | 7.8 | 51 | 1 |
| Larry Krutko | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 9 | 1 |
| Tom Barnett | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Rick Casares | 17 | 90 | 5.3 | 34 | 4 |
| Johnny Morris | 15 | 73 | 4.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Willie Galimore | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 24 | 8 | 33.3 | 0 | 105 | 4.4 | 25t | 1 | 3 | 29 | 62.0 |
| Bobby Luna | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 55 | 27.5 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 |
| Tom Tracy | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 35 | 17.5 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 |
| Jimmy Orr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 2 | 256 | 8.3 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 58.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Buddy Dial | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 55 | 1 |
| Gern Nagler | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Krutko | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Harlon Hill | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Bill McColl | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Dooley | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 41 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Willard Dewveall | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Merrill Douglas | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Johnny Morris | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dick Alban | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Mike Henry | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Luna | 9 | 356 | 39.6 | 61 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ed Brown | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ronnie Hall | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Don Sutherin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Richie Petitbon | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 17 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Don Sutherin | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
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