| Pittsburgh Steelers at Washington Redskins |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 18, 1959 Location: Washington, DC Venue: Griffith Stadium Attendance: 28218 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 62 F Humidty: 35% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Larry Krutko 1 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | George Tarasovic 38 opponents fumble recovery (Bobby Layne kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 30 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 39 FG | 14 | 6 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Larry Krutko 4 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 21 | 6 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bobby Layne 23 FG | 24 | 6 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bobby Layne 22 FG | 27 | 6 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | LOE | Jimmy Orr |
| 61 | LOT | Ted Karras |
| 62 | LOG | Mike Sandusky |
| 57 | C | Ed Beatty |
| 65 | ROG | John Nisby |
| 74 | ROT | Frank Varrichione |
| 88 | ROE | Pete Brewster |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 25 | LOH | Ray Mathews |
| 43 | ROH | Tom Barnett |
| 30 | FB | Tom Tracy |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Tarasovic |
| 73 | LDT | Ray Fisher |
| 75 | RDT | Joe Krupa |
| 70 | RDE | Ernie Stautner |
| 66 | LLB | Dick Campbell |
| 60 | MLB | Dale Dodrill |
| 50 | RLB | John Reger |
| 27 | LDH | Dean Derby |
| 24 | LS | Bobby Luna |
| 80 | RS | Jack Butler |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | LOE | Bill Anderson |
| 62 | LOT | Don Boll |
| 78 | LOG | Don Lawrence |
| 51 | C | Jim Schrader |
| 67 | ROG | Red Stephens |
| 70 | ROT | Ray Lemek |
| 82 | ROE | Johnny Carson |
| 3 | QB | Ralph Guglielmi |
| 30 | LOH | Ed Sutton |
| 47 | ROH | Dick James |
| 0 | FB | Johnny Olszewski |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | John Paluck |
| 73 | LDT | Johnny Miller |
| 79 | RDT | Bob Toneff |
| 88 | RDE | Chet Ostrowski |
| 45 | LLB | Ralph Felton |
| 36 | MLB | Chuck Drazenovich |
| 85 | RLB | Tom Braatz |
| 21 | LDH | Gary Glick |
| 20 | LS | Doyle Nix |
| 43 | RS | Dick Haley |
| 26 | RDH | Bill Stits |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tom Tracy | 18 | 68 | 3.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Larry Krutko | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 12 | 2 |
| Tom Barnett | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jimmy Orr | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Don Bosseler | 18 | 136 | 7.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Ed Sutton | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Dick James | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 2 | -19 | -9.5 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 2 | 77 | 5.5 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 33.0 | |
| Len Dawson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |||||
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Ralph Guglielmi | 13 | 2 | 15.4 | 2 | 9 | 0.7 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 | |
| Eddie LeBaron | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.3 |
| Eagle Day | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Pete Brewster | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Krutko | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Tracy | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Jimmy Orr | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Johnny Carson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Anderson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Bosseler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Mike Henry | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Dean Derby | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Gary Glick | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Ralph Felton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Luna | 5 | 191 | 38.2 | 45 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Baker | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Dean Derby | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Dick Haley | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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