| League Championship - New York Giants at Baltimore Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: December 27, 1959 Location: Baltimore, MD |
| Venue: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 57545 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 49 F Humidty: 80% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Lenny Moore 60 pass from Johnny Unitas (Steve Myhra kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Pat Summerall 23 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Pat Summerall 37 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Pat Summerall 23 FG | 9 | 7 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Johnny Unitas 4 run (Steve Myhra kick) | 9 | 14 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Jerry Richardson 12 pass from Johnny Unitas (Steve Myhra kick) | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Johnny Sample 42 interception return (Steve Myhra kick) | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Steve Myhra 25 FG | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Bob Schnelker 32 pass from Charley Conerly (Pat Summerall kick) | 16 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | LOE | Kyle Rote |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 62 | LOG | Darrell Dess |
| 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 | LCB | Lindon Crow |
| 25 | LS | Dick Nolan |
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton |
| 22 | RCB | Dick Lynch |
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Raymond Berry |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Parker |
| 63 | LOG | Art Spinney |
| 50 | C | Buzz Nutter |
| 68 | ROG | Alex Sandusky |
| 60 | ROT | George Preas |
| 84 | ROE | Jim Mutscheller |
| 19 | QB | Johnny Unitas |
| 26 | LOH | Mike Sommer |
| 24 | ROH | Lenny Moore |
| 35 | FB | Alan Ameche |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Gino Marchetti |
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 76 | RDT | Gene Lipscomb |
| 83 | RDE | Don Joyce |
| 36 | LLB | Bill Pellington |
| 52 | MLB | Dick Szymanski |
| 66 | RLB | Don Shinnick |
| 23 | LCB | Carl Taseff |
| 80 | LS | Andy Nelson |
| 17 | RS | Ray Brown |
| 20 | RCB | Milt Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Phil King | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Alan Ameche | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Sommer | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Billy Pricer | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 37 | 17 | 45.9 | 2 | 226 | 6.1 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 52.3 |
| Frank Gifford | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 41.7 |
| Phil King | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 29 | 18 | 62.1 | 0 | 264 | 9.1 | 59t | 2 | 7 | 57 | 114.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bob Schnelker | 9 | 175 | 19.4 | 48 | 1 |
| Phil King | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Raymond Berry | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Jim Mutscheller | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 59t | 1 |
| Billy Pricer | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Alan Ameche | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jerry Richardson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Mike Sommer | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Johnny Sample | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 42t | 1 |
| Andy Nelson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 6 | 287 | 47.8 | 54 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Dave Sherer | 6 | 217 | 36.2 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Phil King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindon Crow | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Patton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Johnny Sample | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Phil King | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Alex Hawkins | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Steve Myhra | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Hal Lewis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Johnny Sample | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Gene Lipscomb | 1.0 | 17.0 |
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