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1959 New York Giants Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-2-0, 1st in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jim Lee Howell (10-2-0)

Points For: 284 (23.7/g) 2nd of 12

Points Against: 170 (14.2/g) 1st of 12

Expected W-L: 9.3-2.7

SRS: 6.11 (2nd of 12), SOS: -3.39

Playoffs:
Lost Championship 16-31 vs. Baltimore Colts

Offensive Coordinator: Allie Sherman

Defensive Coordinator: Tom Landry

Other Notable Asst.: Ken Kavanaugh (Receivers)

Stadium: Yankee Stadium

Co-Owner: Jack Mara

Co-Owner: Wellington Mara

General Manager: Ray Walsh

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: St. Michael's College (Winooski, Vermont)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	284	4173	735	5.7	33	20	198	165	302	2527	18	13	8.4	106	433	1646	11	3.8	82	54	480	10
Opp. Stats	170	2843	683	4.2	38	16	167	137	304	1582	11	22	5.2	85	379	1261	6	3.3	66	40	324	16
Lg Rank Offense	2	3			6	11	7		7	3	3	2	1		3	8	9	9
Lg Rank Defense	1	1			4	5	1		6	1	1	2	1		3	1	1	1

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sat	September 26		boxscore	W		1-0	@	Los Angeles Rams	23	21	17	407	321	86	1	20	358	234	124	2
2	Sun	October 4		boxscore	L		1-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	21	49	21	333	223	110	5	18	299	223	76
3	Sun	October 11		boxscore	W		2-1	@	Cleveland Browns	10	6	14	250	94	156	1	23	343	204	139	1
4	Sun	October 18		boxscore	W		3-1		Philadelphia Eagles	24	7	20	432	269	163	5	16	247	179	68	2
5	Sun	October 25		boxscore	W		4-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	21	16	10	279	199	80	4	9	243	210	33	6
6	Sun	November 1		boxscore	W		5-1		Green Bay Packers	20	3	15	215	135	80	1	9	160	91	69	3
7	Sun	November 8		boxscore	W		6-1		Chicago Cardinals	9	3	11	274	144	130	3	6	163	49	114	5
8	Sun	November 15		boxscore	L		6-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	9	14	9	187	109	78	3	20	322	167	155	3
9	Sun	November 22		boxscore	W		7-2	@	Chicago Cardinals	30	20	12	386	268	118	2	9	96		96	4
10	Sun	November 29		boxscore	W		8-2		Washington Redskins	45	14	26	477	126	351	4	9	130	28	102	4
11	Sun	December 6		boxscore	W		9-2		Cleveland Browns	48	7	21	526	401	125	2	9	136	26	110	5
12	Sun	December 13		boxscore	W		10-2	@	Washington Redskins	24	10	22	407	238	169	2	19	346	171	175	3
		Playoffs
Championship	Sun	December 27		boxscore	L		10-3	@	Baltimore Colts	16	31	16	323	205	118	3	13	280	207	73

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Charlie Conerly	38	QB	10	9	8-1-0	113	194	58.2	1706	14	7.2	4	2.1	77	8.8	9.31	15.1	170.6	102.7	65	1	1	AP-2,AP MVP-2
2	George Shaw	26	QB	5	1	1-0-0	24	36	66.7	433	1	2.8	1	2.8	46	12.0	11.33	18.0	86.6	105.4	21	0	0
3	Don Heinrich	29	QB	8	2	1-1-0	22	58	37.9	329	1	1.7	6	10.3	49	5.7	1.36	15.0	41.1	23.5	20	0	0
4	Frank Gifford	29	LH	11	11		5	11	45.5	151	2	18.2	2	18.2	43	13.7	9.18	30.2	13.7	92.0		0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Joe Morrison	22	HB	12	3		1	2	50.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	14	7.0	7.00	14.0	1.2	72.9		0	0
6	Alex Webster	28	RH	10	8		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	10-2-0	165	302	54.6	2527	18	6.0	13	4.3	77	8.7	7.97	16.0	210.6	85.9	106	1	1

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Charlie Conerly	38	QB	1	1	0-1-0	17	37	45.9	226	1	2.7	2	5.4	48	6.1	4.22	13.3	226.0	52.3	39	0	0
2	Frank Gifford	29	LH	1	1		1	2	50.0	18	0	0.0	1	50.0	18	9.0	-13.50	18.0	18.0	41.7	6	0	0
3	Phil King	23	FB	1	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	18	40	45.0	205	1	2.5	3	7.5	48	6.6	3.23	13.6	205.0	42.7	45	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Frank Gifford	29	LH	11	11	106	540	3	79	5.1	49.1	9.6	42	768	18.3	4	77	3.8	69.8	148	8.8	1308	7	5	PB,AP-1
2	Bob Schnelker	31	RE	11	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	37	714	19.3	6	66	3.4	64.9	37	19.3	714	6	0	PB
3	Alex Webster	28	RH	10	8	79	250	5	16	3.2	25.0	7.9	27	381	14.1	2	43	2.7	38.1	106	6.0	631	7	2
4	Mel Triplett	28	FB	11	11	91	381	1	20	4.2	34.6	8.3	6	78	13.0	0	25	0.5	7.1	97	4.7	459	1	5
5	Kyle Rote	31	LE	10	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	25	362	14.5	4	34	2.5	36.2	25	14.5	362	4	0
6	Joe Morrison	22	HB	12	3	62	165	1	14	2.7	13.8	5.2	17	183	10.8	1	37	1.4	15.3	79	4.4	348	2	5
7	Phil King	23	FB	12	1	72	232	0	24	3.2	19.3	6.0	7	98	14.0	1	35	0.6	8.2	79	4.2	330	1	3
8	Charlie Conerly	38	QB	10	9	15	38	1	10	2.5	3.8	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	15	2.5	38	1	2	AP-2,AP MVP-2
9	Pat Summerall	29	K	12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	32	16.0	0	21	0.2	2.7	2	16.0	32	0	0
10	Don Chandler	25	P	12	0	1	24	0	24	24.0	2.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	24.0	24	0	0
11	George Scott	22	HB	7	2	2	10	0	7	5.0	1.4	0.3	1	12	12.0	0	12	0.1	1.7	3	7.3	22	0	4
12	Joe Biscaha	22	E	8	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.6	1	5.0	5	0	0
13	Don Heinrich	29	QB	8	2	2	3	0	9	1.5	0.4	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	1.5	3	0	1
14	George Shaw	26	QB	5	1	3	3	0	1	1.0	0.6	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	1.0	3	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	433	1646	11	79	3.8	137.2	36.1	165	2633	16.0	18	77	13.8	219.4	598	7.2	4279	29	27

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Bob Schnelker	31	RE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	175	19.4	1	48	9.0	175.0	9	19.4	175	1	0
2	Frank Gifford	29	LH	1	1	8	56	0	23	7.0	56.0	8.0	2	13	6.5	0		2.0	13.0	10	6.9	69	0	0
3	Kyle Rote	31	LE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	41	20.5	0	22	2.0	41.0	2	20.5	41	0	0
4	Mel Triplett	28	FB	1	1	6	39	0	28	6.5	39.0	6.0	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	1.0	-2.0	7	5.3	37	0	0
5	Alex Webster	28	RH	1	1	8	25	0	9	3.1	25.0	8.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	3.1	25	0	1
6	Phil King	23	FB	1	0	2	4	0	4	2.0	4.0	2.0	4	17	4.3	0	11	4.0	17.0	6	3.5	21	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	24	124	0	28	5.2	118.0	25.0	18	244	13.6	1	48	18.0	244.0	42	8.8	368	1	1

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Rosey Brown	27	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Lindon Crow	26	RDH	12	12	5	54	1	30	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Rosey Grier	27	RDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
4	Sam Huff	25	MLB	12	12	1	21	0	21	0	4	5	1	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-4
5	Jim Katcavage	25	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
6	Cliff Livingston	29	LLB	12	12	2	25	0	16	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Dick Modzelewski	28	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
8	Dick Nolan	27	FS	12	12	5	57	0	34	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Andy Robustelli	34	RDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	33	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
10	Ray Wietecha	31	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
11	Frank Gifford	29	LH	11	11	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
12	Dick Lynch	23	LDH	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
13	Jimmy Patton	26	SS	11	11	5	13	0	12	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
14	Harland Svare	29	RLB	12	11	3	118	1	70	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Mel Triplett	28	FB	11	11	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Charlie Conerly	38	QB	10	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2,AP MVP-2
17	Alex Webster	28	RH	10	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Joe Biscaha	22	E	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Joe Morrison	22	HB	12	3	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	Don Heinrich	29	QB	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	George Scott	22	HB	7	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Phil King	23	FB	12	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Darrell Dess	24	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bob Schmidt	23	T	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Bill Stits	28	DB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	22	288	2	70	30	26	38	1	0.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions		Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Alex Webster	28	RH	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0

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