| New York Giants at Detroit Lions Game Statistics | 
| Date: December 7, 1958 Location: Detroit, MI | 
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 50115 | 
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 20 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 18 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 5 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DET | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Safety, Gene Gedman tackled in end zone by Jim Katcavage | 2 | 0 | 
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Pat Summerall 18 FG | 5 | 0 | 
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Alex Webster 6 pass from Charley Conerly (Pat Summerall kick) | 12 | 0 | 
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 39 FG | 12 | 3 | 
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Ken Webb 2 pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 12 | 10 | 
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Wayne Walker 34 opponents fumble recovery (Jim Martin kick) | 12 | 17 | 
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 19 | 17 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | LOE | Kyle Rote | 
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown | 
| 68 | LOG | Al Barry | 
| 55 | C | Ray Wietecha | 
| 62 | ROG | Bob Mischak | 
| 66 | ROT | Jack Stroud | 
| 85 | ROE | Bob Schnelker | 
| 11 | QB | Don Heinrich | 
| 16 | LOH | Frank Gifford | 
| 24 | ROH | Phil King | 
| 33 | FB | Mel Triplett | 
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage | 
| 71 | LDT | M.L. Brackett | 
| 76 | RDT | Rosey Grier | 
| 81 | RDE | Andy Robustelli | 
| 89 | LLB | Cliff Livingston | 
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff | 
| 84 | RLB | Harland Svare | 
| 41 | LDH | Lindon Crow | 
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell | 
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton | 
| 21 | RDH | Carl Karilivacz | 
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Perry Richards | 
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur | 
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell | 
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane | 
| 64 | ROG | Doug Hogland | 
| 73 | ROT | Ken Russell | 
| 87 | ROE | Jim Gibbons | 
| 18 | QB | Tobin Rote | 
| 26 | LOH | Gene Gedman | 
| 84 | ROH | Dave Middleton | 
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson | 
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord | 
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras | 
| 53 | RDT | Bill Glass | 
| 85 | RDE | Gene Cronin | 
| 86 | LLB | Bob Long | 
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt | 
| 57 | RLB | Roger Zatkoff | 
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David | 
| 28 | LS | Yale Lary | 
| 24 | RS | Jack Christiansen | 
| 41 | RDH | Terry Barr | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 24 | 57 | 2.4 | 12 | 1 | 
| Phil King | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 | 
| Mel Triplett | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 6 | 0 | 
| Alex Webster | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 17 | 0 | 
| Charley Conerly | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 
| Don Maynard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Danny Lewis | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 18 | 0 | 
| Ken Webb | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 22 | 0 | 
| Tobin Rote | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 | 
| John Henry Johnson | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 13 | 0 | 
| Yale Lary | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Gene Gedman | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Don Heinrich | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 86 | 10.8 | 37 | 0 | 8 | 38.5 | |
| Charley Conerly | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 57 | 7.1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 2 | 32 | 2.1 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 30.6 | |
| Earl Morrall | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bob Schnelker | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 35 | 0 | 
| Mel Triplett | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 21 | 0 | 
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | 
| Alex Webster | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 | 
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ken Webb | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 1 | 
| Perry Richards | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 
| Dave Middleton | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 | 
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Terry Barr | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 
| Jimmy David | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 5 | 196 | 39.2 | 48 | 0 | 
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 6 | 275 | 45.8 | 61 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Don Maynard | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 | |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Dave Whitsell | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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