| New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles Game Statistics |
| Date: October 4, 1959 Location: Philadelphia, PA |
| Venue: Franklin Field Attendance: 27023 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 80 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 49 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | PHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Tommy McDonald 33 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bobby Walston kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Tommy McDonald 55 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bobby Walston kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Tommy McDonald 81 punt return (Bobby Walston kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 5 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Norm Van Brocklin 1 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Theron Sapp 1 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Chuck Weber opponents fumble recovery in end zone (Bobby Walston kick) | 7 | 42 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Mel Triplett 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 14 | 42 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Kyle Rote 10 pass from Charley Conerly (Pat Summerall kick) | 21 | 42 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Tommy McDonald 19 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bobby Walston kick) | 21 | 49 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | LOE | Kyle Rote |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 68 | LOG | Al Barry |
| 55 | C | Ray Wietecha |
| 66 | ROG | Jack Stroud |
| 72 | ROT | Frank Youso |
| 85 | ROE | Bob Schnelker |
| 42 | QB | Charley Conerly |
| 16 | LOH | Frank Gifford |
| 31 | ROH | George Scott |
| 33 | FB | Mel Triplett |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 76 | LDT | Rosey Grier |
| 77 | RDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 81 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 89 | LLB | Cliff Livingston |
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff |
| 84 | RLB | Harland Svare |
| 22 | LDH | Dick Lynch |
| 21 | LS | Don Sutherin |
| 25 | RS | Dick Nolan |
| 41 | RDH | Lindon Crow |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Bobby Walston |
| 74 | LOT | Jerry DeLucca |
| 65 | LOG | Gerry Huth |
| 60 | C | Chuck Bednarik |
| 67/64 | ROG | Stan Campbell |
| 70 | ROT | Don Owens |
| 36 | ROE | Dick Bielski |
| 11 | QB | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 33 | LOH | Billy Ray Barnes |
| 25 | ROH | Tommy McDonald |
| 43 | FB | Walt Kowalczyk |
| Defense | ||
| 66 | LDE | Joe Robb |
| 72 | LDT | Jesse Richardson |
| 78 | RDT | Marion Campbell |
| 88 | RDE | Jerry Wilson |
| 63 | LLB | Tom Catlin |
| 51 | MLB | Chuck Weber |
| 53 | RLB | Bob Pellegrini |
| 21 | LDH | Jimmy Carr |
| 27 | LS | Gene Johnson |
| 22 | RS | Lee Riley |
| 40 | RDH | Tom Brookshier |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 9 | 47 | 5.2 | 32 | 1 |
| Mel Triplett | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Phil King | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Theron Sapp | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Clarence Peaks | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 |
| Walt Kowalczyk | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Walston | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Joe Pagliei | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 2 | 108 | 5.1 | 25 | 1 | 30 | 43.4 | |
| George Shaw | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 0 | 151 | 12.6 | 42 | 0 | 6 | 109.7 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 0 | 196 | 9.8 | 55t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 126.2 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 27 | 5.4 | 19t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob Schnelker | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 42 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Phil King | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Pat Summerall | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| George Scott | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Tommy McDonald | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 55t | 3 |
| Ken MacAfee | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Bielski | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Walt Kowalczyk | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Clarence Peaks | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Pagliei | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Gene Johnson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Tom Brookshier | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 5 | 258 | 51.6 | 54 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Art Powell | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 14 | 0 | |
| Tommy McDonald | 1 | 81 | 81.0 | 81t | 1 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Tommy McDonald | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Art Powell | 1 | 95 | 95.0 | 95 | 0 | |
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