| Detroit Lions at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 8, 1959 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 24619 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 43 F Humidty: 43% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Tobin Rote 1 run (Gerry Perry kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bobby Layne 29 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 27 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Tom Tracy 20 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 10 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Dave Middleton |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 60 | LOG | Bob Grottkau |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 76 | ROT | Ollie Spencer |
| 80 | ROE | Jim Gibbons |
| 18 | QB | Tobin Rote |
| 40 | LOH | Howard Cassady |
| 45 | ROH | Danny Lewis |
| 33 | FB | Nick Pietrosante |
| 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 |
| 47 | RLB | Jim Martin |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 43 | LS | Gary Lowe |
| 24 | RS | Dick LeBeau |
| 28 | RDH | Yale Lary |
| 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 |
| 83 | LOH | Buddy Dial |
| 43 | ROH | Tom Barnett |
| 30 | FB | Tom Tracy |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Tarasovic |
| 71 | LDT | Joe Lewis |
| 73 | RDT | Ray Fisher |
| 77 | RDE | Billy Ray Smith |
| 66 | LLB | Dick Campbell |
| 60 | MLB | Dale Dodrill |
| 50 | RLB | John Reger |
| 27 | LDH | Dean Derby |
| 26 | LS | Ronnie Hall |
| 80 | RS | Jack Butler |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 8 | 1 |
| Earl Morrall | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tom Barnett | 14 | 33 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 3 | 44 | 4.0 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 4.2 | |
| Earl Morrall | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 0 | 116 | 12.9 | 45 | 0 | 8 | 100.5 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 3 | 181 | 6.7 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 58 | 39.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Terry Barr | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Gibbons | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Pete Brewster | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20t | 1 |
| Larry Krutko | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jimmy Orr | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Barnett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gary Lowe | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Jim Martin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jack Butler | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dean Derby | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ronnie Hall | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | |
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Don Sutherin | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 34 | 0 | |
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