1959 Detroit Lions 3-8-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1959 Detroit 31 24 38 70 0 163 Opponent 66 110 47 65 0 288 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 163 288 0-0 1 24 @Baltimore 24 81ø 5-15 First Downs 188 215 0-1 1 14 @Green Bay 44 66ø 5-15 Rush 93 75 0-2 1 7 Baltimore 31 79ø 0-5 Pass 85 133 0-3 1 14 San Francisco 35 78ø 0-5 Pen 10 7 0-4 1 7 @Los Angeles 24 87ø Penalties 64 62 1-4 1 14 @San Francisco 7 69ø 15-25 Yards 633 593 1-5 1 7 @Pittsburgh 28 53ø 0-10 1-6 1 7 Los Angeles 14 66ø 10-20 Rushing Att 388 375 1-7 1 14 Chicago(B) 21 43ø 0-10 Yards 1881 1496 2-7 1 27 Green Bay 7 52ø 0-5 Ave 4.8 4.0 3-7 1 28 Chicago(C) 27 42ø 0-10 TD 9 12 3-8 1 0 @Chicago(B) 26 44ø 5-15 Passing Att 255 301 Comp 112 176 % 43.9 58.5 Int 15 11 % 5.9 3.7 TD 10 21 % 3.9 7.0 Yards 1625 2590 Sacked 52 20 Punt Return 38 36 Yards 207 419 Ave 5.4 11.6 Kick Return 46 32 Yards 923 532 Ave 20.1 16.6 Punts 67 59 Yards 3070 2603 Ave 45.8 44.1 FG Att 8 13 Made 3 6 % 37.5 46.2 Third Downs 159 149 Made 61 66 % 38.4 44.3 Fourth Downs 13 8 Made 4 4 % 30.8 50.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 34 19 Lost 14 11 Turnovers 29 22 Net Offense 3178 3952 Per Play 4.6 5.7 Red Zone Att 27 42 Red Zone TD 16 26 Red Zone FG 3 4 1959 Detroit Lions Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Pietrosant 77 455 5.9 9 15 41 1 Gibbons 29 7 421 14.5 4 19 41 4 Johnson 82 359 4.4 9 19 39 2 Middleton 18 1 346 19.2 3 16 52 2 Cassady 54 246 4.6 8 13 18 1 Pietrosant 12 1 124 10.3 0 8 20 2 Rote 38 213 5.6 4 11 10 0 Doran 11 1 177 16.1 0 10 23 1 Webb 60 213 3.6 3 14 12 3 Cassady 11 1 129 11.7 0 5 22 1 Lewis 46 198 4.3 5 9 20 1 Webb 11 0 156 14.2 1 9 49 0 Morrall 20 106 5.3 7 7 11 0 Barr 7 2 88 12.6 0 6 17 0 Reichow 7 53 7.6 3 3 19 1 Johnson 5 1 71 14.2 0 5 20 0 Barr 4 38 9.5 2 2 27 0 Lewis 5 0 73 14.6 0 5 23 0 388 1881 4.8 50 93 41 9 Reichow 3 0 40 13.3 0 2 21 0 112 14 1625 14.5 8 85 52 10 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Morrall 119 59 49.6 886 15.0 52 16 4 3 2.5 24 6 5.0 80.7 Rote 122 49 40.2 670 13.7 41 16 4 11 9.0 28 4 3.3 31.8 Reichow 14 4 28.6 69 17.3 22 1 0 1 7.1 0 0 0.0 17.9 255 112 43.9 1625 14.5 52 33 8 15 5.9 52 10 3.9 53.8 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% Ave/A Ave/G 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Martin 0 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 29.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 Perry 22 22 100.0 5 3 60.0 74.0 94.3 0.0 0.0 19 31 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Lary 45 2130 65 9 0 9 25 255 37.7 47.3 Morrall 22 940 52 2 0 5 11 164 33.5 42.7 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Barr 13 283 21.8 36 0 Lowe 4 0 14 3.5 6 0 Webb 19 413 21.7 34 0 Barr 13 0 93 7.2 17 0 Pietrosant 3 62 20.7 24 0 Lary 21 2 100 4.8 15 0 Cassady 8 145 18.1 26 0 38 2 207 5.4 17 0 Russell 1 7 7.0 7 0 Grottkau 1 7 7.0 7 0 Gordy 1 6 6.0 6 0 46 923 20.1 36 0 Fumbles Morrall 7 Webb 5 Barr 4 Pietrosa 3 Gibbons 1 Johnson 5 Lewis 4 Lary 4 Cassady 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec McCord 5 McCord 6 Mains 6 Schmidt 11 Schmidt 6 Barr 3 Glass 3 Karras 3 Schmidt 6 McCord 5 Spencer 5 Doran 3 Walker 3 Glass 3 McCord 5 Whitsell 5 McCord 2 Gordy 3 Cronin 2 Schmidt 2 Karras 4 Walker 4 Perry 2 Lary 3 Karras 2 Walker 2 Long 3 Long 4 Reichow 2 Sewell 3 Schmidt 2 Mains 1 Glass 2 Glass 3 Glass 2 Junker 2 Long 2 Cronin 1 David 1 Karras 2 Sewell 2 Ane 2 Mains 1 Lary 1 David 2 Mains 2 Mains 2 Walker 1 Lary 2 Steffen 2 Schmidt 2 Lowe 1 Walker 2 Grottkau 2 Mains 1 Lary 1 Lowe 1 Rote 1 Cronin 1 Russell 1 McCord 1 Long 1 Morrall 1 David 1 Gibbons 1 Gordy 1 Long 1 Karras 1 Whitsell 1 Rabold 1 Weathera 1 Webb 1 Tackles Schmidt 81 Mains 38 Martin 10 Weathera 5 Doran 3 Sewell 2 David 73 Lary 37 Middleto 8 Webb 5 Ane 3 Gordy 2 Long 60 Lowe 32 Cronin 8 Paolucci 5 Junker 3 Rabold 1 McCord 59 Glass 31 LeBeau 6 Spencer 4 Grottkau 2 Creekmur 1 Karras 49 Whitsell 19 Cassady 5 Steffen 4 Russell 2 Walker 47 Barr 18 Cook 5 Lewis 4 Gibbons 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD David 3 14 4.7 8 0 Lowe 3 160 53.3 92 2 Lary 2 0 0.0 0 0 Barr 1 0 0.0 0 0 Martin 1 29 29.0 29 0 Schmidt 1 17 17.0 17 0 11 220 20.0 92 2 1959 Detroit Lions Coach: George Wilson Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Morrall,Earl 10 B 3 3 P QB Reichow,Jerry 8 B 1 5 QB Rote,Tobin 8 B 3 4 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Johnson,John Henry 6 2 8 82 270 39 3.3 2 7 34 18 4.9 RB Pietrosante,Nick 4 1 8 76 447 37 5.9 4 16 140 20 8.8 KR RB Webb,Ken 4 1 10 60 222 29 3.7 2 12 201 67 16.8 KR RB Cassady,Hopalong 1 1 10 52 203 18 3.9 3 15 316 59 21.1 RET RB Lewis,Dan 2 1 9 49 199 20 4.1 1 5 75 30 15.0 KR WR Middleton,Dave 0 0 10 0 0 0 0.0 3 18 402 79 22.3 PR WR Doran,Jim 0 0 8 0 0 0 0.0 3 14 191 25 13.6 WR Barr,Terry 0 0 9 5 57 37 11.4 2 10 180 45 18.0 RET WR Cook,Gene 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 43 43 43.0 TE Junker,Steve 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TE-WR Gibbons,Jim 2 0 10 0 0 0 0.0 5 31 431 38 13.9 QB-WR Reichow,Jerry 0 0 8 13 98 46 7.5 2 7 118 32 16.9 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Glass,Bill 4 3 10 G Sewell,Harley 10 6 9 G Rabold,Mike 4 3 10 KR G Grottkau,Bob 4 3 10 T Spencer,Ollie 5 5 10 T Creekmur,Lou 3 5 7 T Russell,Ken 3 3 3 KR C-T Ane,Charlie 6 5 9 G-T Gordy,John 5 5 10 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Karras,Alex 7 7 0 3 10 8 0 DT Weatherall,Jim 5 5 0 1 7 1 0 DT Paolucci,Ben 3 3 0 1 3 0 0 DE McCord,Darris 7 5 0 6 10 12 0 DE Cronin,Gene 4 3 0 3 10 8 0 DE Glass,Bill 4 4 0 2 10 2 0 DL Mains,Gil 6 6 0 1 10 3 0 DL Perry,Gerry 3 3 0 1 8 1 0 K ILB Schmidt,Joe 10 8 3 2 10 8 1 OLB Long,Bob 5 4 2 0 10 1 0 OLB Martin,Jim 3 2 1 0 10 0 2 ALL LB Walker,Wayne 5 4 2 1 8 2 0 K CB David,Jim 7 0 7 0 10 0 2 CB Barr,Terry 3 0 3 0 9 0 1 RET CB LeBeau,Dick 3 0 3 0 5 0 0 CB Steffen,Jim 3 0 3 0 8 0 0 PR S Lowe,Gary 3 1 2 0 10 0 5 PR DB Lary,Yale 8 2 6 0 8 0 3 ALL DB Whitsell,Dave 3 1 2 0 10 0 0 Special Teams