1960  1959 1958

1959 NFL Standings, Stats and Awards

Postseason
Sunday, December 27
NYG	16	at BLC	31		League Championship

1959 Regular Season Schedule

DEFENSE				1st DOWNS					PASSING										RUSHING					MISC
	PTS	YDS	TD	RS	PS	PEN	TOT		ATT	CMP	YDS	YPA	TD	SKD	SKY	INT	RAT		ATT	YDS	YPR	TD		PEN	PYD	FUM	REC
NYG	170	2843	22	66	85	16	167		304	137	1811	5.96	11	0	229	22	46.4		379	1261	3.33	6		40	324	29	16
CHI	196	3676	26	95	91	22	208		333	144	2147	6.45	14	0	254	22	51.5		429	1783	4.16	11		62	553	38	17
CLE	214	3764	28	75	115	15	205		319	168	2457	7.70	17	0	115	18	72.3		360	1422	3.95	9		32	285	20	12
PIT	216	3342	26	85	80	14	179		285	128	2014	7.07	12	0	172	22	50.8		405	1500	3.70	10		55	483	22	12
SFO	237	4018	32	123	102	13	238		341	176	2272	6.66	15	0	228	14	70.4		433	1974	4.56	16		45	417	34	22
GNB	246	3552	30	101	102	12	215		329	169	2030	6.17	14	0	248	14	67.1		430	1770	4.12	14		51	450	28	15
BLC	251	3899	31	65	118	12	195		351	171	2497	7.11	13	0	155	40	45.1		325	1557	4.79	16		65	610	18	9
DET	275	3656	34	79	103	14	196		288	147	2340	8.13	19	0	246	14	80.2		403	1562	3.88	13		64	603	31	19
PHI	278	3938	36	103	101	16	220		292	144	2074	7.10	17	0	204	20	63.6		429	2068	4.82	15		47	457	28	20
LAM	315	3794	38	96	100	20	216		287	151	2315	8.07	17	0	225	7	89.1		427	1704	3.99	15		60	562	25	14
CHC	324	4015	41	99	100	13	212		266	138	2359	8.87	22	0	218	15	86.3		477	1874	3.93	15		61	528	25	15
WAS	350	4644	46	109	125	18	252		319	185	2606	8.17	26	0	176	13	94.6		404	2214	5.48	19		59	570	27	14

SPECIAL TEAMS		PUNT RETURN				PUNTS						KICK RETURN				KICKS						PUNT RETURN				PUNTS			KICK RETURN				KICKS
		RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS	TB	BLK	IN20		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA			RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA
BLC	OWN:	38	233	0		53	2229	0	0	0		38	792	0		50	51	6	18		OPP:	33	120	0		50	2236		46	950	0		29	31	12	22
CHC	OWN:	56	548	5		62	2768	0	0	0		52	1080	0		30	31	6	9		OPP:	39	181	0		67	2767		33	692	0		40	41	12	22
CHI	OWN:	26	243	1		68	2805	0	0	0		33	735	0		28	32	10	19		OPP:	46	360	1		61	2579		38	754	0		26	26	4	17
CLE	OWN:	26	211	1		50	1856	0	0	0		29	551	0		33	37	5	16		OPP:	32	39	0		50	2121		38	734	0		28	28	6	13
DET	OWN:	50	197	0		56	2602	0	0	0		42	846	0		23	25	10	23		OPP:	36	230	0		69	3013		37	774	0		34	34	11	21
GNB	OWN:	33	316	1		64	2716	0	1	0		43	949	0		31	32	7	17		OPP:	40	291	1		56	2481		40	917	0		28	30	12	22
LAM	OWN:	36	251	1		50	2085	0	1	0		43	1054	0		27	29	11	26		OPP:	30	205	1		60	2648		42	980	1		36	38	17	31
NYG	OWN:	50	164	0		55	2565	0	0	0		31	703	0		32	32	20	30		OPP:	38	527	4		72	3075		52	1229	0		20	22	6	16
PHI	OWN:	36	239	2		54	2308	0	1	0		42	842	0		34	35	8	24		OPP:	40	312	1		48	1975		37	819	0		35	36	9	20
PIT	OWN:	38	152	0		71	2865	0	0	0		30	613	0		32	32	11	18		OPP:	49	418	3		59	2742		43	753	0		24	26	12	32
SFO	OWN:	37	269	0		59	2694	0	0	0		41	980	1		31	31	12	26		OPP:	35	186	0		57	2370		40	924	0		28	31	5	13
WAS	OWN:	30	119	0		49	2229	0	0	0		50	1006	0		21	22	10	22		OPP:	38	73	0		42	1715		28	625	0		44	46	10	19

League Leaders

Pass Att 1. Johnny Unitas - BLC 367 2. Norm Van brocklin - PHI 340 3. Bobby Layne - PIT 297 4. Milt Plum - CLE 266 5. Billy Wade - LAM 261 6. Ed Brown - CHI 247 7. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 199 8. Charley Conerly - NYG 194 9. King Hill - CHC 181 10. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 173	Pass Comp 1. Johnny Unitas - BLC 193 2. Norm Van brocklin - PHI 191 3. Milt Plum - CLE 156 4. Billy Wade - LAM 153 5. Bobby Layne - PIT 142 6. Ed Brown - CHI 125 7. Charley Conerly - NYG 113 8. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 102 9. King Hill - CHC 82 10. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 77	Comp Pct 1. Milt Plum - CLE .586 2. Billy Wade - LAM .586 3. Charley Conerly - NYG .582 4. Norm Van brocklin - PHI .562 5. Johnny Unitas - BLC .526 6. Y.A. Tittle - SFO .513 7. Ed Brown - CHI .506 8. Bobby Layne - PIT .478 9. King Hill - CHC .453 10. Eddie LeBaron - WAS .445 min 168 att	Pass Yards 1. Johnny Unitas - BLC 2899 2. Norm Van brocklin - PHI 2617 3. Billy Wade - LAM 2001 4. Milt Plum - CLE 1992 5. Bobby Layne - PIT 1986 6. Ed Brown - CHI 1881 7. Charley Conerly - NYG 1706 8. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 1331 9. Earl Morrall - DET 1102 10. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 1077	Pass YPA 1. Charley Conerly - NYG 8.79 2. Johnny Unitas - BLC 7.90 3. Norm Van brocklin - PHI 7.70 4. Billy Wade - LAM 7.67 5. Ed Brown - CHI 7.62 6. Milt Plum - CLE 7.49 7. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 6.69 8. Bobby Layne - PIT 6.69 9. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 6.23 10. King Hill - CHC 5.61 min 168 att
Pass TD 1. Johnny Unitas - BLC 32 2. Bobby Layne - PIT 20 3. Norm Van brocklin - PHI 16 4. Charley Conerly - NYG 14 Milt Plum - CLE 14 6. Ed Brown - CHI 13 7. Billy Wade - LAM 12 8. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 10 9. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 8 Lamar Mchan - GNB 8	Pass INT 1. Bobby Layne - PIT 21 2. Tobin Rote - DET 19 3. Billy Wade - LAM 17 4. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 15 5. Johnny Unitas - BLC 14 Norm Van brocklin - PHI 14 7. King Hill - CHC 13 8. Ralph Guglielmi - WAS 11 Eddie LeBaron - WAS 11 10. Ed Brown - CHI 10	Times Sacked	Pass Rating 1. Charley Conerly - NYG 102.7 2. Johnny Unitas - BLC 92.0 3. Milt Plum - CLE 87.2 4. Norm Van brocklin - PHI 79.5 5. Ed Brown - CHI 76.7 6. Billy Wade - LAM 71.1 7. Bobby Layne - PIT 62.8 8. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 58.0 9. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 54.0 10. King Hill - CHC 46.2 min 168 att	Rush Att 1. Jim Brown - CLE 290 2. J.D. Smith - SFO 207 3. Tom Tracy - PIT 199 4. Billy Barnes - PHI 181 5. Alan Ameche - BLC 178 6. Rick Casares - CHI 177 7. Ollie Matson - LAM 161 8. Paul Hornung - GNB 152 9. John Crow - CHC 140 10. Joe Perry - SFO 139
Rush Yards 1. Jim Brown - CLE 1329 2. J.D. Smith - SFO 1036 3. Ollie Matson - LAM 863 4. Tom Tracy - PIT 794 5. Bobby Mitchell - CLE 743 6. Rick Casares - CHI 699 7. Billy Barnes - PHI 687 8. Paul Hornung - GNB 681 9. Alan Ameche - BLC 679 10. John Crow - CHC 666	Rush AVG 1. Johnny Olszewski - WAS 6.6 2. Nick Pietrosante - DET 5.9 3. Bobby Mitchell - CLE 5.7 4. Don Bosseler - WAS 5.4 5. Lew Carpenter - GNB 5.4 6. Ollie Matson - LAM 5.4 7. Frank Gifford - NYG 5.1 8. Jon Arnett - LAM 5.1 9. J.D. Smith - SFO 5.0 10. John Crow - CHC 4.8 min 60 att	Rush TD 1. Jim Brown - CLE 14 2. Rick Casares - CHI 10 J.D. Smith - SFO 10 4. Alan Ameche - BLC 7 Billy Barnes - PHI 7 Paul Hornung - GNB 7 7. Ollie Matson - LAM 6 Jimmy Taylor - GNB 6 9. King Hill - CHC 5 Bobby Mitchell - CLE 5 Alex Webster - NYG 5	Receptions 1. Raymond Berry - BLC 66 2. Tommy Mcdonald - PHI 47 Lenny Moore - BLC 47 Del Shofner - LAM 47 5. Jim Mutscheller - BLC 44 Billy Wilson - SFO 44 7. Frank Gifford - NYG 42 8. Jim Dooley - CHI 41 9. Billy Howton - CLE 39 10. Jon Arnett - LAM 38	Rec Yards 1. Raymond Berry - BLC 959 2. Del Shofner - LAM 936 3. Tommy Mcdonald - PHI 846 Lenny Moore - BLC 846 5. Frank Gifford - NYG 768 6. Bill Anderson - WAS 734 7. Bob Schnelker - NYG 714 8. Jim Mutscheller - BLC 699 9. Max Mcgee - GNB 695 10. Jimmy Orr - PIT 604
Rec AVG 1. Max Mcgee - GNB 23.2 2. Dave Middleton - DET 22.3 3. Willard Dewveall - CHI 21.0 4. Bill Anderson - WAS 21.0 5. Del Shofner - LAM 19.9 6. Bob Schnelker - NYG 19.3 7. Frank Gifford - NYG 18.3 8. Tommy Mcdonald - PHI 18.0 Lenny Moore - BLC 18.0 10. Ray Renfro - CLE 17.6 min 18 rec	Rec TD 1. Raymond Berry - BLC 14 2. Tommy Mcdonald - PHI 10 3. Jim Mutscheller - BLC 8 4. Del Shofner - LAM 7 5. Bill Anderson - WAS 6 Buddy Dial - PIT 6 Lenny Moore - BLC 6 Ray Renfro - CLE 6 Bob Schnelker - NYG 6 10. Max Mcgee - GNB 5 Jimmy Orr - PIT 5 Tom Tracy - PIT 5	Fumbles 1. King Hill - CHC 13 2. Bobby Conrad - CHC 10 3. Ollie Matson - LAM 9 4. Billy Barnes - PHI 7 Ed Brown - CHI 7 Rick Casares - CHI 7 Paul Hornung - GNB 7 Dick James - WAS 7 Earl Morrall - DET 7 Clarence Peaks - PHI 7 Y.A. Tittle - SFO 7 Tom Tracy - PIT 7	Punt Returns 1. Billy Stacy - CHC 29 2. Eddie Dove - SFO 22 Johnny Sample - BLC 22 4. Dick James - WAS 21 Yale Lary - DET 21 Tommy Mcdonald - PHI 21 7. Bill Butler - GNB 18 8. Jon Arnett - LAM 17 Bobby Mitchell - CLE 17 10. Terry Barr - DET 16 Bobby Conrad - CHC 16	Punt Ret Avg 1. Johnny Morris - CHI 12.2 2. Lew Carpenter - GNB 11.5 3. Jon Arnett - LAM 10.8 4. Bobby Mitchell - CLE 10.4 5. Billy Stacy - CHC 9.7 6. Abe Woodson - SFO 9.5 7. Bill Butler - GNB 9.1 8. Bobby Conrad - CHC 8.3 9. Art Powell - PHI 8.3 10. Carl Taseff - BLC 6.9 min 12 returns
Punt Ret FC	Punt Ret TD 1. Billy Stacy - CHC 2 2. Jon Arnett - LAM 1 Bill Butler - GNB 1 Bobby Conrad - CHC 1 Ken Hall - CHC 1 Mal Hammack - CHC 1 Tommy Mcdonald - PHI 1 Bobby Mitchell - CLE 1 Johnny Morris - CHI 1 Art Powell - PHI 1	Kickoff Ret 1. Lenny Lyles - SFO 25 2. Tommy Mcdonald - PHI 24 3. Dick James - WAS 23 4. Bill Butler - GNB 21 5. Bobby Conrad - CHC 18 6. Dick Haley - WAS 17 Johnny Morris - CHI 17 Johnny Sample - BLC 17 9. Ollie Matson - LAM 16 10. Joe Morrison - NYG 15	Kick Ret Avg 1. Art Powell - PHI 27.1 2. Johnny Sample - BLC 26.9 3. Johnny Morris - CHI 25.8 4. John Symank - GNB 24.1 5. Billy Stacy - CHC 23.3 6. Joe Morrison - NYG 23.0 7. Ollie Matson - LAM 22.9 8. Jon Arnett - LAM 22.9 9. Lenny Lyles - SFO 22.6 10. Bill Butler - GNB 22.5 min 12 returns	Kickoff Ret TD
Punts 1. Ed Brown - CHI 64 Max Mcgee - GNB 64 3. Bobby Luna - PIT 63 4. Tommy Davis - SFO 59 Jerry Norton - CHC 59 6. Don Chandler - NYG 55 7. Norm Van brocklin - PHI 53 8. Dave Sherer - BLC 51 9. Sam Baker - WAS 49 10. Del Shofner - LAM 48	Punt Avg 1. Bobby Luna - PIT 0.0 2. Ed Brown - CHI 0.0 3. Del Shofner - LAM 0.0 4. Dave Sherer - BLC 0.0 5. Max Mcgee - GNB 0.0 6. Norm Van brocklin - PHI 0.0 7. Jerry Norton - CHC 0.0 8. Sam Baker - WAS 0.0 9. Tommy Davis - SFO 0.0 10. Don Chandler - NYG 0.0 min 30 returns	Field Goals Made 1. Pat Summerall - NYG 20 2. Tommy Davis - SFO 12 3. Bobby Layne - PIT 11 4. John Aveni - CHI 10 Sam Baker - WAS 10 6. Paige Cothren - PHI 8 Lou Michaels - LAM 8 8. Paul Hornung - GNB 7 Jim Martin - DET 7 10. Bobby Conrad - CHC 6 Steve Myhra - BLC 6	Field Goals Att 1. Pat Summerall - NYG 29 2. Tommy Davis - SFO 26 3. Sam Baker - WAS 22 4. John Aveni - CHI 19 5. Paige Cothren - PHI 18 6. Paul Hornung - GNB 17 Bobby Layne - PIT 17 Jim Martin - DET 17 Lou Michaels - LAM 17 Steve Myhra - BLC 17	Defensive Sacks
Defensive INT 1. Milt Davis - BLC 7 Dean Derby - PIT 7 Don Shinnick - BLC 7 4. Dick Alban - PIT 6 Andy Nelson - BLC 6 6. Dave Baker - SFO 5 Erich Barnes - CHI 5 Ray Brown - BLC 5 J.C. Caroline - CHI 5 Jimmy Carr - PHI 5 Lindon Crow - NYG 5 Gary Lowe - DET 5 Dick Nolan - NYG 5 Bernie Parrish - CLE 5 Jimmy Patton - NYG 5 Billy Stacy - CHC 5 Dick Szymanski - BLC 5 Lowe Wren - CLE 5	INT TD Ret 1. Lindon Crow - NYG 1 Milt Davis - BLC 1 Dick Lane - CHC 1 Jerry Mertens - SFO 1 Andy Nelson - BLC 1 Bernie Parrish - CLE 1 Bill Pellington - BLC 1 Richie Petitbon - CHI 1 Harland Svare - NYG 1 Dick Szymanski - BLC 1

Awards

AP NFL MVP - Charley Conerly
Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - Johnny Unitas
Heisman Trophy Winner - Billy Cannon
Pro Bowl MVP - Johnny Unitas
Pro Bowl MVP - Gene Lipscomb
UPI MVP - Johnny Unitas
UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year - Boyd Dowler

Pro Bowl
EAST	QB	Bobby Layne
EAST	QB	Norm Van Brocklin
EAST	FB	Jim Brown
EAST	FB	Don Bosseler
EAST	OT	Rosey Brown
EAST	T	Lou Groza
EAST	T	Ken Panfil
EAST	G	Jim Smith
EAST	OG	John Nisby
EAST	C	Art Hunter
EAST	C	Jim Schrader
EAST	HB	Billy Barnes
EAST	HB	John Crow
EAST	FL	Tommy McDonald
EAST	E	Bob Schnelker
EAST	E	Jimmy Orr
EAST	DE	Andy Robustelli
EAST	DT	Jesse Richardson
EAST	DT	Ernie Stautner
EAST	DT	Bob Toneff
EAST	DT	Frank Fuller
EAST	DT	Bob Gain
EAST	DT	Marion Campbell
EAST	DHB	Dean Derby
EAST	DHB	Frank Gifford
EAST	LB	Sam Huff
EAST	LB	Walt Michaels
EAST	LB	John Reger
EAST	CB	Lindon Crow
EAST	CB	Tom Brookshier
EAST	S	Jimmy Patton
EAST	S	Jerry Norton
WEST	QB	Y.A. Tittle
WEST	QB	Johnny Unitas
WEST	FB	Rick Casares
WEST	T	Forrest Gregg
WEST	T	Jim Parker
WEST	G	Harley Sewell
WEST	OG	Art Spinney
WEST	OG	Stan Jones
WEST	G	Bill George
WEST	C	Jim Ringo
WEST	HB	J.D. Smith
WEST	HB	Jon Arnett
WEST	HB	Paul Hornung
WEST	OE	Raymond Berry
WEST	FL	Lenny Moore
WEST	SE	Del Shofner
WEST	DE	Lamar Lundy
WEST	DE	Gino Marchetti
WEST	DE	Doug Atkins
WEST	DT	Gene Lipscomb
WEST	DT	Leo Nomellini
WEST	DT	Bob St. Clair
WEST	DT	Fred Williams
WEST	DHB	Erich Barnes
WEST	DHB	Jimmy David
WEST	LB	Bill Forester
WEST	LB	Joe Schmidt
WEST	LB	Les Richter
WEST	CB	Abe Woodson
WEST	S	Emlen Tunnell
WEST	S	Dave Baker
WEST	S	Yale Lary

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