| Detroit Lions at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 8, 1959 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 24619 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 43 F Humidty: 43% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Tobin Rote 1 run (Gerry Perry kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bobby Layne 29 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Jim Martin 27 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Tom Tracy 20 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 10 | 10 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Nick Pietrosante | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 18 | 0 |
| DET | Terry Barr | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| DET | Ken Webb | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | Howard Cassady | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 11 | 0 |
| DET | Tobin Rote | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 8 | 1 |
| DET | Earl Morrall | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| PIT | Tom Barnett | 14 | 33 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 |
| PIT | Tom Tracy | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| PIT | Bobby Layne | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Tobin Rote | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 3 | 44 | 4.0 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 4.2 | |
| DET | Earl Morrall | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 0 | 116 | 12.9 | 45 | 0 | 100.5 | ||
| PIT | Bobby Layne | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 3 | 181 | 6.7 | 27 | 1 | 58 | 39.8 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Terry Barr | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 45 | 0 |
| DET | Jim Doran | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DET | Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| DET | Jim Gibbons | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| DET | Dave Middleton | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| DET | Ken Webb | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PIT | Pete Brewster | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 24 | 0 |
| PIT | Tom Tracy | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20t | 1 |
| PIT | Larry Krutko | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 27 | 0 |
| PIT | Ray Mathews | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| PIT | Jimmy Orr | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PIT | Tom Barnett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Gary Lowe | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| DET | Jim Martin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DET | Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PIT | Jack Butler | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PIT | Dean Derby | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Yale Lary | 6 | 253 | 42.2 | 64 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Yale Lary | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| PIT | Ray Mathews | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
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