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1959 NFL Receiving

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League Champion: Baltimore Colts

AP MVP: Johnny Unitas

AP Rookie of the Year: Boyd Dowler

Passing Leader: Johnny Unitas, 2899 Yds

Rushing Leader: Jim Brown, 1329 Yds

Receiving Leader: Raymond Berry, 959 Yds

Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Receiving Table
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
1	Raymond Berry*+	BAL	26	LE	12	12	66	959	14.5	14	55		5.5	79.9	0
2	Tommy McDonald*	PHI	25	FL	12	12	47	846	18.0	10	71		3.9	70.5	4
3	Lenny Moore*+	BAL	26	RH	12	12	47	846	18.0	6	71		3.9	70.5	4
4	Del Shofner*+	RAM	25	LE	12	12	47	936	19.9	7	72		3.9	78.0	0
5	Jim Mutscheller	BAL	29	RE	12	12	44	699	15.9	8	40		3.7	58.3	2
6	Billy Wilson*	SFO	32	RE	12	12	44	540	12.3	4	57		3.7	45.0	0
7	Frank Gifford*+	NYG	29	LH	11	11	42	768	18.3	4	77		3.8	69.8	5
8	Jim Dooley	CHI	29	FL	12	10	41	580	14.1	3	41		3.4	48.3	0
9	Billy Howton	CLE	29	RE	12	12	39	510	13.1	1	36		3.3	42.5	0
10	Jon Arnett*	RAM	24	LH	12	11	38	419	11.0	1	38		3.2	34.9	5
11	Red Phillips	RAM	23	FL	9	8	37	541	14.6	4	64		4.1	60.1	0
12	Bob Schnelker*	NYG	31	RE	11	11	37	714	19.3	6	66		3.4	64.9	0
13	Harlon Hill	CHI	27	LE	11	10	36	578	16.1	3	88		3.3	52.5	1
14	Bill Anderson*	WAS	23	LE	11	11	35	734	21.0	6	70		3.2	66.7	2
15	Bobby Mitchell	CLE	24	LH	12	12	35	351	10.0	4	76		2.9	29.3	2
16	Jimmy Orr*	PIT	24	LE	12	11	35	604	17.3	5	43		2.9	50.3	1
17	Woodley Lewis	CRD	34	LE	12	12	34	534	15.7	3	85		2.8	44.5	2
18	Pete Retzlaff	PHI	28	RE	10	8	34	595	17.5	1	45		3.4	59.5	1
19	Billy Ray Barnes*	PHI	24	LH	12	12	32	314	9.8	2	47		2.7	26.2	7
20	Boyd Dowler	GNB	22	FL	12	6	32	549	17.2	4	35		2.7	45.8	0
21	Jim Gibbons	DET	23	RE	12	11	31	431	13.9	1	38		2.6	35.9	2
22	Max McGee	GNB	27	LE	12	12	30	695	23.2	5	81		2.5	57.9	0
23	Ray Renfro	CLE	30	FL	12	11	30	528	17.6	6	70		2.5	44.0	0
24	Leon Clarke	RAM	26	RE	11	10	29	453	15.6	0	60		2.6	41.2	2
25	Clarence Peaks	PHI	24	FB	12	6	28	209	7.5	0	23		2.3	17.4	7
26	Rick Casares*	CHI	28	FB	12	12	27	273	10.1	2	43		2.3	22.8	7
27	John David Crow*	CRD	24	LH	12	11	27	328	12.1	4	36		2.3	27.3	5
28	Gary Knafelc	GNB	27	RE	12	12	27	384	14.2	4	38		2.3	32.0	0
29	Alex Webster	NYG	28	RH	10	8	27	381	14.1	2	43		2.7	38.1	2
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
30	Kyle Rote	NYG	31	LE	10	10	25	362	14.5	4	34		2.5	36.2	0
31	Jim Brown*+	CLE	23	FB	12	12	24	190	7.9	0	25		2.0	15.8	2
32	Preston Carpenter	CLE	25	LE	12	12	24	372	15.5	2	43		2.0	31.0	0
33	Tom Tracy	PIT	25	LH/FB	12	12	23	273	11.9	5	45		1.9	22.8	7
34	Pete Brewster	PIT	29	RE	9	7	22	360	16.4	2	42		2.4	40.0	0
35	Hugh McElhenny	SFO	31	RH	10	9	22	329	15.0	3	72		2.2	32.9	1
36	Joe Walton	WAS	24	RE	9	8	21	317	15.1	3	41		2.3	35.2	1
37	Willard Dewveall	CHI	23	RE	11	6	20	420	21.0	3	76		1.8	38.2	0
38	Ollie Matson	RAM	29	FB	12	9	18	130	7.2	0	49		1.5	10.8	9
39	Dave Middleton	DET	26	LE	12	10	18	402	22.3	2	79		1.5	33.5	0
40	Jim Podoley	WAS	26	HB	11	5	18	282	15.7	2	48		1.6	25.6	1
41	Joe Morrison	NYG	22	HB	12	3	17	183	10.8	1	37		1.4	15.3	5
42	R.C. Owens	SFO	25	SE	12	2	17	347	20.4	3	75		1.4	28.9	0
43	John Tracey	CRD	26	RE	8	8	17	258	15.2	0	51		2.1	32.3	0
44	Buddy Dial	PIT	22	SE	12	4	16	428	26.8	6	68		1.3	35.7	0
45	Nick Pietrosante	DET	22	FB	10	5	16	140	8.8	0	20		1.6	14.0	4
46	Bobby Walston	PHI	31	LE	12	11	16	279	17.4	3	40		1.3	23.3	1
47	Dick Bielski	PHI	27	E	12	4	15	264	17.6	1	57		1.3	22.0	0
48	Howard Cassady	DET	25	LH	12	12	15	316	21.1	4	59		1.3	26.3	2
49	Paul Hornung*	GNB	24	LH	12	12	15	113	7.5	0	19		1.3	9.4	7
50	Sonny Randle	CRD	23	SE	10	0	15	202	13.5	1	31		1.5	20.2	0
51	Bobby Joe Conrad	CRD	24	RH	12	12	14	142	10.1	3	25		1.2	11.8	10
52	Jim Doran	DET	32	E	10	0	14	191	13.6	1	25		1.4	19.1	0
53	Gern Nagler	PIT	27	E	12	5	14	222	15.9	2	35		1.2	18.5	0
54	Alan Ameche	BAL	26	FB	12	11	13	129	9.9	1	30		1.1	10.8	3
55	Clyde Conner	SFO	26	LE	9	8	13	162	12.5	1	37		1.4	18.0	0
56	Dick James	WAS	25	RH	12	9	13	192	14.8	1	41		1.1	16.0	7
57	Larry Krutko	PIT	24	FB	12	7	13	100	7.7	0	27		1.1	8.3	4
58	Ray Mathews	PIT	30	FL	12	7	13	182	14.0	0	56		1.1	15.2	0
59	Johnny Morris	CHI	24	LH	12	12	13	197	15.2	2	51		1.1	16.4	3
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
60	J.D. Smith*	SFO	27	LH	12	12	13	133	10.2	1	21		1.1	11.1	3
61	Joe Perry	SFO	32	FB	11	11	12	53	4.4	0	15		1.1	4.8	6
62	Ken Webb	DET	24	FB	12	3	12	201	16.8	0	67		1.0	16.8	5
63	Tommy Wilson	RAM	27	HB	12	4	12	83	6.9	1	20		1.0	6.9	1
64	Don Bosseler*	WAS	23	FB	12	9	11	47	4.3	0	10		0.9	3.9	1
65	Terry Barr	DET	24	RDH	11	9	10	180	18.0	0	45		0.9	16.4	2
66	Willie Galimore	CHI	24	HB	12	2	10	125	12.5	2	34		0.8	10.4	4
67	Joe Marconi	RAM	25	FB	12	3	10	81	8.1	1	30		0.8	6.8	2
68	Walt Kowalczyk	PHI	24	FB	12	6	9	33	3.7	0	13		0.8	2.8	0
69	Ken MacAfee	2TM	30	E	11	3	9	87	9.7	1	19		0.8	7.9	0
70	Jim Taylor	GNB	24	FB	12	7	9	71	7.9	2	20		0.8	5.9	2
71	Bill McColl	CHI	29	RE	12	7	8	94	11.8	0	26		0.7	7.8	0
72	Don McIlhenny	GNB	25	HB	12	5	8	95	11.9	1	30		0.7	7.9	1
73	Tom Barnett	PIT	22	RH	12	4	7	52	7.4	1	14		0.6	4.3	3
74	John Henry Johnson	DET	30	FB	10	3	7	34	4.9	1	18		0.7	3.4	4
75	Phil King	NYG	23	FB	12	1	7	98	14.0	1	35		0.6	8.2	3
76	Johnny Olszewski	WAS	29	FB	10	4	7	62	8.9	0	15		0.7	6.2	3
77	Jerry Reichow	DET	25	E	9	0	7	118	16.9	1	32		0.8	13.1	0
78	Jerry Richardson	BAL	23	FL	11	0	7	81	11.6	3	15		0.6	7.4	1
79	Mike Sommer	2TM	25	HB/LH	9	7	7	111	15.9	0	56		0.8	12.3	1
80	John Carson	WAS	29	E	5	2	6	74	12.3	0	17		1.2	14.8	0
81	Fred Dugan	SFO	26	E	12	2	6	72	12.0	0	13		0.5	6.0	0
82	L.G. Dupre	BAL	27	LH	4	4	6	47	7.8	1	18		1.5	11.8	0
83	Theron Sapp	PHI	24	HB	12	0	6	47	7.8	0	13		0.5	3.9	0
84	Mel Triplett	NYG	28	FB	11	11	6	78	13.0	0	25		0.5	7.1	5
85	Lew Carpenter	GNB	27	FB	12	6	5	47	9.4	0	23		0.4	3.9	3
86	Dan Lewis	DET	23	RH	11	9	5	75	15.0	0	30		0.5	6.8	3
87	Perry Richards	CRD	25	RE	4	4	5	89	17.8	1	25		1.3	22.3	1
88	Joe Childress	CRD	26	HB	9	3	4	73	18.3	1	52		0.4	8.1	1
89	Ken Hall	CRD	24	HB	12	3	4	60	15.0	1	31		0.3	5.0	3
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
90	Mal Hammack	CRD	26	FB	12	7	4	69	17.3	0	20		0.3	5.8	6
91	Lamar Lundy*	RAM	24	LDE	12	11	4	74	18.5	0	26		0.3	6.2	0
92	Ed Sutton	WAS	24	LH	11	11	4	63	15.8	0	26		0.4	5.7	0
93	Frank Clarke	CLE	25	E	12	1	3	44	14.7	0	20		0.3	3.7	0
94	Leo Elter	PIT	30	FB	8	3	3	31	10.3	0	28		0.4	3.9	1
95	Hal Lewis	BAL	24	HB	12	0	3	54	18.0	0	25		0.3	4.5	1
96	Lenny Lyles	SFO	23	HB	12	2	3	33	11.0	0	18		0.3	2.8	1
97	Jack McClairen	PIT	28	E	1	0	3	46	15.3	0	20		3.0	46.0	0
98	Ed Modzelewski	CLE	30	FB	12	0	3	18	6.0	1	13		0.3	1.5	0
99	Dick Haley	WAS	22	FS	12	11	2	14	7.0	0	8		0.2	1.2	2
100	Joe Pagliei	PHI	25	FB	7	0	2	9	4.5	0	11		0.3	1.3	0
101	Billy Pricer	BAL	25	FB	12	1	2	3	1.5	0	4		0.2	0.3	1
102	Pat Summerall	NYG	29	K	12	0	2	32	16.0	0	21		0.2	2.7	0
103	Joe Biscaha	NYG	22	E	8	3	1	5	5.0	0	5		0.1	0.6	0
104	Bill Butler	GNB	22	HB	11	0	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2		0.1	-0.2	1
105	Jack Call	PIT	24	HB	4	0	1	0	0.0	0	0		0.3	0.0	0
106	Gene Cook	DET	27	E	1	0	1	43	43.0	0	43		1.0	43.0	0
107	Merrill Douglas	CHI	23	HB	12	1	1	17	17.0	0	17		0.1	1.4	0
108	Larry Hickman	CRD	24	FB	12	0	1	11	11.0	0	11		0.1	0.9	0
109	Dicky Moegle	SFO	25	DB	8	1	1	12	12.0	0	12		0.1	1.5	0
110	Milt Plum	CLE	24	QB	12	12	1	20	20.0	0	20		0.1	1.7	2
111	George Scott	NYG	22	HB	7	2	1	12	12.0	0	12		0.1	1.7	4
112	Dave Sherer	BAL	22	E	12	0	1	9	9.0	0	9		0.1	0.8	1
113	Clendon Thomas	RAM	24	DB	10	7	1	6	6.0	0	6		0.1	0.6	1
114	Y.A. Tittle*	SFO	33	QB	11	10	1	4	4.0	0	4		0.1	0.4	7
115	A.D. Williams	GNB	26	E	12	0	1	11	11.0	0	11		0.1	0.9	0

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