| New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 25, 1959 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 33596 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 42 F Humidty: 79% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bobby Layne 37 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 77 pass from Charley Conerly (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 28 pass from Charley Conerly (Pat Summerall kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Buddy Dial 35 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bobby Layne 19 FG | 14 | 13 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Sam Huff 5 opponents fumble recovery (Pat Summerall kick) | 21 | 13 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bobby Layne 17 FG | 21 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Joe Biscaha |
| 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 |
| 29 | ROH | Alex Webster |
| 33 | FB | Mel Triplett |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 77 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 76 | RDT | Rosey Grier |
| 81 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 89 | LLB | Cliff Livingston |
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff |
| 84 | RLB | Harland Svare |
| 41 | LDH | Lindon Crow |
| 20 | LS | Jimmy Patton |
| 25 | RS | Dick Nolan |
| 22 | RDH | Dick Lynch |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Pete Brewster |
| 61 | LOT | Ted Karras |
| 62 | LOG | Mike Sandusky |
| 57 | C | Ed Beatty |
| 65 | ROG | John Nisby |
| 74 | ROT | Frank Varrichione |
| 86 | ROE | Jimmy Orr |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 25 | LOH | Ray Mathews |
| 30 | ROH | Tom Tracy |
| 39 | FB | Larry Krutko |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Tarasovic |
| 71 | LDT | Joe Lewis |
| 73 | RDT | Ray Fisher |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Mel Triplett | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Phil King | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| George Scott | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| George Shaw | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tom Tracy | 16 | 23 | 1.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Larry Krutko | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Luna | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 0 | 199 | 14.2 | 77t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 147.3 |
| Don Heinrich | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| George Shaw | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Alex Webster | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 26 | 9 | 34.6 | 4 | 165 | 6.3 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 30.6 |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 68 | 68.0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 4 | 135 | 33.8 | 77t | 2 |
| Alex Webster | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 41 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Buddy Dial | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 68 | 1 |
| Jimmy Orr | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Pete Brewster | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Krutko | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Lindon Crow | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Nolan | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dean Derby | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 34 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 7 | 304 | 43.4 | 49 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Luna | 5 | 212 | 42.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bobby Luna | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Pat Summerall | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
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