| Baltimore Colts at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 11, 1959 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 54197 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 56 F Humidty: 37% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore Colts | Lenny Moore 68 pass from Johnny Unitas (Steve Myhra kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Jim Martin 47 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Baltimore Colts | Jim Mutscheller 39 pass from Johnny Unitas (Steve Myhra kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Howard Cassady 14 pass from Tobin Rote (Wayne Walker kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Howard Cassady 18 pass from Tobin Rote (Wayne Walker kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Howard Cassady 4 pass from Tobin Rote (Wayne Walker kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 3 | Baltimore Colts | Andy Nelson 33 interception return (Steve Myhra kick) | 21 | 24 |
| 4 | Baltimore Colts | Steve Myhra 16 FG | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | Baltimore Colts | Raymond Berry 53 pass from Johnny Unitas (Steve Myhra kick) | 31 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Alan Ameche | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| BAL | Lenny Moore | 11 | 53 | 4.8 | 28 | 0 |
| BAL | L.G. Dupre | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 21 | 0 |
| BAL | Johnny Unitas | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| DET | Jerry Reichow | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 46 | 0 |
| DET | Nick Pietrosante | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 31 | 0 |
| DET | Tobin Rote | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 14 | 0 |
| DET | John Henry Johnson | 38 | 17 | 0.4 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Danny Lewis | 10 | 8 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| DET | Ken Webb | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| BAL | Johnny Unitas | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 2 | 257 | 10.3 | 68t | 3 | 94.5 | ||
| BAL | L.G. Dupre | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| DET | Tobin Rote | 25 | 9 | 36.0 | 3 | 102 | 4.1 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 49.1 | |
| DET | Jerry Reichow | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 13 | 2.6 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Raymond Berry | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 53t | 1 |
| BAL | Jim Mutscheller | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 39t | 1 |
| BAL | Lenny Moore | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 68t | 1 |
| BAL | Alan Ameche | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| BAL | L.G. Dupre | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| DET | Jim Doran | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 |
| DET | Howard Cassady | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 18t | 3 |
| DET | Danny Lewis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DET | John Henry Johnson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DET | Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Buzz Nutter | 1 | ||||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Yale Lary | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Carl Taseff | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
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