| Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 26, 1959 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 49221 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 32 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Gerry Perry 22 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Paul Hornung 11 run (Paul Hornung kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Paul Hornung 6 run (Paul Hornung kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Paul Hornung 39 FG | 17 | 3 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Jim Taylor 1 run (Paul Hornung kick) | 24 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Howard Cassady 5 run (Gerry Perry kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jerry Reichow 27 pass from Earl Morrall (Gerry Perry kick) | 24 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LOE | Max McGee |
| 78 | LOT | Norm Masters |
| 63 | LOG | Fred Thurston |
| 51 | C | Jim Ringo |
| 64 | ROG | Jerry Kramer |
| 75 | ROT | Forrest Gregg |
| 84 | ROE | Gary Knafelc |
| 15 | QB | Bart Starr |
| 5 | LOH | Paul Hornung |
| 86 | ROH | Boyd Dowler |
| 31 | FB | Jim Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Jim Temp |
| 79 | LDT | Dave Hanner |
| 74 | RDT | Henry Jordan |
| 83 | RDE | Bill Quinlan |
| 58 | LLB | Dan Currie |
| 65 | MLB | Tom Bettis |
| 71 | RLB | Bill Forester |
| 46 | LDH | Hank Gremminger |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 27 | RS | John Symank |
| 47 | RDH | Jesse Whittenton |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Dave Middleton |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 76 | ROT | Ollie Spencer |
| 80 | ROE | Jim Gibbons |
| 14 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Jim Taylor | 21 | 41 | 2.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Paul Hornung | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 11t | 2 |
| Don McIlhenny | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Bart Starr | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 17 | 134 | 7.9 | 25 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Danny Lewis | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 1 | -26 | -26.0 | -26 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Bart Starr | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 0 | 169 | 11.3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104.6 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 28 | 13 | 46.4 | 2 | 193 | 6.9 | 27t | 1 | 3 | 29 | 51.6 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Boyd Dowler | 4 | 107 | 26.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Max McGee | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Gary Knafelc | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Taylor | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Gibbons | 7 | 103 | 14.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 27t | 1 |
| Howard Cassady | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Bill Forester | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| John Symank | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Bill Butler | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 35 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 30 | 0 | |
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