| Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: December 13, 1959 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 40890 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 42 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 43 pass from Ed Brown (John Aveni kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Safety, Tobin Rote tackled in end zone by Earl Leggett | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | John Aveni 10 FG | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | John Aveni 12 FG | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | John Henry Johnson 13 run (Gerry Perry kick) | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Jim Dooley 28 pass from Ed Brown (John Aveni kick) | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Doran 8 pass from Earl Morrall (Gerry Perry kick) | 14 | 22 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | John Aveni 10 FG | 14 | 25 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Dave Middleton |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 53 | C | Bill Glass |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Grottkau |
| 75 | ROT | John Gordy |
| 80 | ROE | Jim Gibbons |
| 18 | QB | Tobin Rote |
| 40 | LOH | Howard Cassady |
| 41 | ROH | Terry Barr |
| 34 | FB | Ken Webb |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 74 | RDT | Jim Weatherall |
| 72 | RDE | Gil Mains |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| John Henry Johnson | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 25 | 1 |
| Howard Cassady | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Rick Casares | 19 | 97 | 5.1 | 44 | 0 |
| Johnny Morris | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Willie Galimore | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Merrill Douglas | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 0 | 178 | 6.8 | 43 | 1 | 34 | 88.3 | |
| Tobin Rote | 9 | 1 | 11.1 | 1 | 21 | 2.3 | 21 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 | |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 0 | 246 | 8.8 | 49 | 2 | 27 | 110.1 | |
| Rudy Bukich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Terry Barr | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Gibbons | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Cook | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Jim Dooley | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 28t | 1 |
| Harlon Hill | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 43t | 1 |
| Willard Dewveall | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Bill McColl | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Johnny Morris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Richie Petitbon | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
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