1959 Baltimore Colts (NFL) |
| 1st place • Western Conference • 9-3-0 .750 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Weeb Ewbank |
| Herman Ball | Offensive Line |
| Don McCafferty | Ends |
| John Sandusky | Defensive Line |
| Charley Winner | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/14/1959 | A | College All-Stars | 29-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 70000 | |
| Fri | 8/21/1959 | N | New York Giants | 28-3 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 55000 | |
| Fri | 8/28/1959 | H | Washington Redskins | 23-10 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 22409 | |
| Fri | 9/4/1959 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 30-21 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 39555 | |
| Sun | 9/13/1959 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-35 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 15928 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1959 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 17-31 | L | Louisville, KY | Fairgrounds Stadium | 16671 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1959 | H | Detroit Lions | 21-9 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 55588 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1959 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-26 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57557 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1959 | A | Detroit Lions | 31-24 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 54197 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1959 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48430 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1959 | H | Green Bay Packers | 38-21 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57557 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1959 | H | Cleveland Browns | 31-38 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57557 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1959 | A | Washington Redskins | 24-27 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 32773 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1959 | A | Green Bay Packers | 28-24 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 25521 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1959 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 45-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57557 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1959 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 35-21 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57557 | |
| Sat | 12/5/1959 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 34-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59075 | |
| Sat | 12/12/1959 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 45-26 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 65528 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/27/1959 | H | New York Giants | 31-16 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57545 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Alan Ameche | 35 | FB | 6-1 | 218 | 26 | Wisconsin | 12 | 12 |
| Raymond Berry | 82 | LOE | 6-2 | 189 | 26 | Schreiner Institute JC; Southern Methodist | 12 | 12 |
| Ordell Braase | 81 | RDE-LDE | 6-4 | 240 | 27 | South Dakota | 12 | 2 |
| Ray Brown | 17 | RS-QB-P | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Mississippi | 12 | 10 |
| Ed Cooke | 85 | RDE-LDE | 6-4 | 248 | 24 | Maryland | 4 | 0 |
| Milt Davis | 20 | RDH | 6-1 | 188 | 30 | Los Angeles CC; UCLA | 11 | 11 |
| Art DeCarlo | 21 | DB | 6-2 | 196 | 28 | Georgia | 8 | 0 |
| Art Donovan | 70 | LDT | 6-2 | 263 | 35 | Notre Dame; Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| L.G. Dupre | 45 | LOH | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Baylor | 4 | 4 |
| Alex Hawkins | 25 | LOH-ROH | 6-1 | 188 | 22 | South Carolina | 11 | 1 |
| Don Joyce | 83 | RDE | 6-3 | 253 | 30 | Tulane | 11 | 10 |
| Ray Krouse | 78 | RDT-LDT-LDE | 6-3 | 263 | 32 | Maryland | 12 | 0 |
| Hal Lewis | 43 | ROH-LOH | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Houston | 12 | 0 |
| Gene Lipscomb | 76 | RDT | 6-6 | 284 | 28 | none | 12 | 12 |
| Gino Marchetti | 89 | LDE | 6-4 | 244 | 33 | Modesto JC; San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| Marv Matuszak | 64 | LB | 6-3 | 232 | 28 | Tulsa | 12 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 24 | ROH | 6-1 | 191 | 26 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Mutscheller | 84 | ROE | 6-1 | 213 | 29 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Steve Myhra | 65 | K | 6-1 | 237 | 25 | Minnesota; North Dakota | 12 | 0 |
| Andy Nelson | 80 | LS | 6-1 | 180 | 26 | Memphis | 12 | 12 |
| Buzz Nutter | 50 | C | 6-4 | 230 | 28 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Parker | 77 | LOT | 6-3 | 273 | 25 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Pellington | 36 | LLB | 6-2 | 234 | 32 | Defiance; Rutgers | 12 | 12 |
| Sherman Plunkett | 79 | LOT-ROT | 6-4 | 290 | 26 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 12 | 0 |
| George Preas | 60 | ROT | 6-2 | 244 | 26 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 12 |
| Billy Pricer | 31 | FB-LOH | 5-10 | 208 | 25 | Oklahoma | 12 | 1 |
| Bert Rechichar | 44 | LB | 6-1 | 209 | 29 | Tennessee | 10 | 0 |
| Jerry Richardson | 87 | LOE-LOH | 6-3 | 185 | 23 | Wofford | 12 | 0 |
| Johnny Sample | 47 | RS | 6-1 | 203 | 23 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 12 | 2 |
| Alex Sandusky | 68 | ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 27 | Clarion | 12 | 12 |
| Dave Sherer | 86 | P-ROE | 6-3 | 218 | 22 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Southern Methodist | 12 | 0 |
| Don Shinnick | 66 | RLB | 6-0 | 232 | 24 | Los Angeles Valley JC; UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| Jackie Simpson | 41 | RDH | 5-10 | 183 | 25 | Florida | 10 | 1 |
| Mike Sommer | 26 | LOH | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | George Washington | 8 | 7 |
| Art Spinney | 63 | LOG | 6-0 | 230 | 32 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Szymanski | 52 | MG/MLB | 6-3 | 233 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Carl Taseff | 23 | LDH | 5-11 | 182 | 31 | John Carroll | 12 | 12 |
| Johnny Unitas | 19 | QB | 6-1 | 194 | 26 | Louisville | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 12 | Jackie Burkett | C | Auburn |
| 2 | 24 | Dave Sherer | E | Southern Methodist |
| 4 | 48 | Zeke Smith | G | Auburn |
| 5 | 60 | Hanson Churchwell | G | Mississippi |
| 6 | 72 | Palmer Pyle | T | Michigan State |
| 7 | 84 | Hal Lewis | B | Houston |
| 8 | 96 | Tommy Joe Coffey | B | West Texas A&M |
| 9 | 108 | Tom Brown | G | Minnesota |
| 10 | 120 | Don Stewart | E | Southern Methodist |
| 11 | 132 | Tom Stephens | B | Syracuse |
| 12 | 144 | Dick Wood | QB | Auburn |
| 13 | 156 | Rudy Smith | T | Mississippi |
| 14 | 168 | Ferdie Burket | B | Southeastern Oklahoma State |
| 15 | 180 | Teddy Foret | T | Auburn |
| 16 | 192 | Morris Keller | T | Clemson |
| 17 | 204 | LeRoy Bergan | T | South Dakota State |
| 18 | 216 | Opie Bandy | T | Tulsa |
| 19 | 228 | Milt Crain | C | Mississippi |
| 20 | 240 | Paul Balonick | C | North Carolina State |
| 21 | 252 | John Hernstein | B | Michigan |
| 22 | 264 | Lonny Leatherman | E | Texas Christian |
| 23 | 276 | Bob Davis | B | Houston |
| 24 | 288 | Bob Novogratz | G | Army |
| 25 | 300 | Ed Keiffer | B | Syracuse |
| 26 | 312 | Rene Lorio | B | Southern Mississippi |
| 27 | 324 | Terry Thurman | B | Rice |
| 28 | 336 | Fred Long | B | Iowa |
| 29 | 348 | Perry McGriff | E | Florida |
| 30 | 360 | Blair Weese | B | West Virginia Tech |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 55 | 94 | 83 | 142 | 374 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 90 | 85 | 45 | 251 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 267 | 95 | 148 | 24 | / % | / % | 56 | 634 | |
| Opponents Totals | 195 | 65 | 118 | 12 | / % | / % | 65 | 610 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Berry | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||
| Steve Myhra | 0 | 50 | 51 | 98.0 | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 0 | 68 |
| Alan Ameche | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Lenny Moore | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Jim Mutscheller | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Jerry Richardson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Mike Sommer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Johnny Unitas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Milt Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| L.G. Dupre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Andy Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Pellington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Szymanski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bert Rechichar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 51 | 50 | 51 | 98.0 | 6 | 18 | 33.3 | 0 | 374 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 29 | 31 | 93.5 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 0 | 251 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Myhra | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 1 | 47 | 1/8 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 2/5 | 0/0 |
| Bert Rechichar | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 18 | 33.3 | 1 | 47 | 1/8 | 3/3 | 0/2 | 2/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 3/ | 2/ | 3/ | 4/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Ameche | 178 | 679 | 3.8 | 26 | 7 |
| Lenny Moore | 92 | 422 | 4.6 | 31t | 2 |
| Mike Sommer | 61 | 227 | 3.7 | 53t | 2 |
| Johnny Unitas | 29 | 145 | 5.0 | 21 | 2 |
| Billy Pricer | 34 | 128 | 3.8 | 16 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 23 | 54 | 2.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Alex Hawkins | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Brown | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hal Lewis | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 435 | 1705 | 3.9 | 53t | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 325 | 1557 | 4.8 | 70t | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Unitas | 367 | 193 | 52.6 | 160 | 2899 | 7.9 | 15.0 | 71 | 32 | 8.7 | 14 | 3.8 | 185 | 2714 | 92.0 | |
| Lenny Moore | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 25 | 8.3 | 12.5 | 13 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 25 | 131.9 | |
| Ray Brown | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 14 | 3.5 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 14 | 41.7 | |
| L.G. Dupre | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 375 | 196 | 52.3 | 165 | 2938 | 7.8 | 15.0 | 71 | 33 | 8.8 | 14 | 3.7 | 185 | 2753 | 92.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 351 | 171 | 48.7 | 140 | 2497 | 7.1 | 14.6 | 81t | 13 | 3.7 | 40 | 11.4 | 155 | 2342 | 45.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Berry | 66 | 959 | 14.5 | 55t | 14 | 0 | |||
| Lenny Moore | 47 | 846 | 18.0 | 71 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Mutscheller | 44 | 699 | 15.9 | 40t | 8 | ||||
| Alan Ameche | 13 | 129 | 9.9 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Sommer | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Richardson | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| L.G. Dupre | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hal Lewis | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Billy Pricer | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Sherer | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 196 | 2938 | 15.0 | 71 | 33 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 171 | 2497 | 14.6 | 81t | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Davis | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 57t | 1 |
| Don Shinnick | 7 | 70 | 10.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Andy Nelson | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 33t | 1 |
| Ray Brown | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 44 | 0 |
| Dick Szymanski | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 15t | 1 |
| Bill Pellington | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 30t | 1 |
| Carl Taseff | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Gene Lipscomb | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Marv Matuszak | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Johnny Sample | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10L | 0 |
| Gino Marchetti | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 577 | 14.4 | 57t | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 199 | 14.2 | 37 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Sherer | 51 | 2132 | 41.8 | 60 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ray Brown | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 55 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 53 | 2229 | 42.1 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 120 | 2029 | 38.3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 2236 | 44.7 | 60 | 0 | 233 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Taseff | 15 | 104 | 6.9 | 25 | 0 | |
| Johnny Sample | 22 | 129 | 5.9 | 25 | 0 | |
| Don Shinnick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 233 | 6.1 | 25 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 120 | 3.6 | 30 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Sample | 17 | 457 | 26.9 | 80 | 0 | |
| Mike Sommer | 8 | 166 | 20.8 | 25 | 0 | |
| Billy Pricer | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Hal Lewis | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Alex Hawkins | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Sherman Plunkett | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Milt Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 792 | 20.8 | 80 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 950 | 20.7 | 42 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Ameche | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Art Donovan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Hawkins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Hal Lewis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Lipscomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Mutscheller | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Andy Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buzz Nutter | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Pellington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Preas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Billy Pricer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Sample | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Sherer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Sommer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |
| Johnny Unitas | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 22 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 0 |
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