| Chicago Cardinals at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 6, 1959 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 45811 |
| Weather: Snow Grains Temp: 34 F Humidty: 82% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 10 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIC | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Tobin Rote 9 run (Gerry Perry kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Gerry Perry 12 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Yale Lary 28 opponents fumble recovery (Gerry Perry kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | John David Crow 1 run (Bobby Joe Conrad kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Dave Middleton 13 pass from Tobin Rote (Gerry Perry kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Gibbons 33 pass from Earl Morrall (Gerry Perry kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Terry Barr 32 run (Gerry Perry kick) | 7 | 38 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | John David Crow 36 pass from M.C. Reynolds (Bobby Joe Conrad kick) | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Doran EZ own fumble recovery (Gerry Perry kick) | 14 | 45 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Woodley Lewis 20 pass from M.C. Reynolds (Bobby Joe Conrad kick) | 21 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | LOE | Woodley Lewis |
| 63 | LOT | Dale Memmelaar |
| 62 | LOG | Dale Meinert |
| 50 | C | Don Gillis |
| 64 | ROG | Ken Gray |
| 74 | ROT | Ken Panfil |
| 83 | ROE | Perry Richards |
| 33 | QB | John Roach |
| 44 | LOH | John David Crow |
| 40 | ROH | Bobby Joe Conrad |
| 31 | FB | Mal Hammack |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Leo Sugar |
| 73 | LDT | Ed Culpepper |
| 66 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 78 | RDE | Luke Owens |
| 57 | LLB | Carl Brettschneider |
| 51 | MLB | Ted Bates |
| 53 | RLB | Bill Koman |
| 81 | LDH | Dick Lane |
| 25 | LS | Jerry Norton |
| 24 | RS | Billy Stacy |
| 41 | RDH | Jimmy Hill |
| 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 |
| 41 | ROH | Terry Barr |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| John David Crow | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 11 | 1 |
| Mal Hammack | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Hickman | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ken Webb | 16 | 72 | 4.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32t | 1 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 9t | 1 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 7 | -11 | -1.6 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| John Roach | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 0 | 66 | 4.4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 53.8 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 10 | 8 | 80.0 | 0 | 170 | 17.0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| King Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 39.6 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 2 | 109 | 7.8 | 38 | 1 | 9 | 54.5 | |
| Jerry Reichow | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 28 | 3.1 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 42.8 | |
| Earl Morrall | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 55 | 9.2 | 33t | 1 | 18 | 121.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Woodley Lewis | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 20t | 1 |
| John David Crow | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 36t | 1 |
| Mal Hammack | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Perry Richards | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dave Middleton | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 38 | 1 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Gibbons | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Billy Stacy | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jack Patera | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Jerry Norton | 7 | 281 | 40.1 | 52 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 5 | 224 | 44.8 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Perry Richards | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Ken Gray | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Bobby Cross | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Panfil | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jim Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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