| Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 4, 1959 Location: Green Bay, WI |
| Venue: City Stadium Attendance: 32150 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 57 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Green Bay PackersGB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Gary Knafelc 12 pass from Lamar McHan (Paul Hornung kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Don McIlhenny 4 pass from Lamar McHan (Paul Hornung kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Nick Pietrosante 1 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 50 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Max McGee 41 pass from Lamar McHan (Paul Hornung kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Max McGee 36 pass from Lamar McHan (Paul Hornung kick) | 10 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Jim Gibbons |
| 75 | LOT | John Gordy |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Grottkau |
| 76 | ROT | Ollie Spencer |
| 88 | ROE | Steve Junker |
| 18 | QB | Tobin Rote |
| 40 | LOH | Howard Cassady |
| 45 | ROH | Danny Lewis |
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 72 | RDT | Gil Mains |
| 53 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 86 | LLB | Bob Long |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 43 | LS | Gary Lowe |
| 23 | RS | Dave Whitsell |
| 41 | RDH | Terry Barr |
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LOE | Max McGee |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Skoronski |
| 63 | LOG | Fred Thurston |
| 51 | C | Jim Ringo |
| 64 | ROG | Jerry Kramer |
| 75 | ROT | Forrest Gregg |
| 84 | ROE | Gary Knafelc |
| 17 | QB | Lamar McHan |
| 5 | LOH | Paul Hornung |
| 42 | ROH | Don McIlhenny |
| 31 | FB | Jim Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Nate Borden |
| 79 | LDT | Dave Hanner |
| 74 | RDT | Henry Jordan |
| 83 | RDE | Bill Quinlan |
| 58 | LLB | Dan Currie |
| 65 | MLB | Tom Bettis |
| 71 | RLB | Bill Forester |
| 41 | LDH | Bobby Freeman |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 44 | RS | Bobby Dillon |
| 47 | RDH | Jesse Whittenton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 12 | 1 |
| Tobin Rote | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Don McIlhenny | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 46 | 0 |
| Paul Hornung | 14 | 44 | 3.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Jim Taylor | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Lamar McHan | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 31 | 16 | 51.6 | 3 | 158 | 5.1 | 24 | 0 | 31 | 26.7 | |
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 44 | 14.7 | 32 | 0 | 29 | 109.7 | |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Lamar McHan | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 1 | 146 | 9.1 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 90.1 |
| Paul Hornung | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Gibbons | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Max McGee | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 47 | 2 |
| Gary Knafelc | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Don McIlhenny | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Jim Taylor | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Paul Hornung | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy David | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Bobby Freeman | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Bobby Dillon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Earl Morrall | 5 | 222 | 44.4 | 60 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Max McGee | 8 | 317 | 39.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Jim Steffen | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Bill Butler | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
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