1959 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-8-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Wilson (3-8-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1959 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 3-8-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Wilson (3-8-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1959 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1959 season with a record of 3 wins and 8 losses and 1 ties, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.
The Lions labored to change the scoreboard with just 203 points, and the defensive squad yielded 275. Nick Pietrosante rushed for a team-leading 447 yards for Detroit.
Earl Morrall passed for 1,102 yards. Jim Gibbons topped all receivers, hauling in 31 balls for 431 yards.
Gary Lowe seized 5 opponent throws.
George Wilson coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Morrall | 137 | 65 | 47.4 | 1102 | 8.0 | 5 | 3.6 | 6 | 4.4 | 79 | 69.1 |
| Tobin Rote | 162 | 62 | 38.3 | 861 | 5.3 | 5 | 3.1 | 19 | 11.7 | 59 | 26.8 |
| Jerry Reichow | 27 | 9 | 33.3 | 168 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7.4 | 41 | 24.9 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 328 | 136 | 41.5 | 2131 | 6.5 | 10 | 3.0 | 27 | 8.2 | 79 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Pietrosante | 76 | 447 | 5.9 | 37 | 3 |
| John Johnson | 82 | 270 | 3.3 | 39 | 2 |
| Ken Webb | 60 | 222 | 3.7 | 29 | 2 |
| Howard Cassady | 52 | 203 | 3.9 | 18 | 1 |
| Dan Lewis | 49 | 199 | 4.1 | 20 | 2 |
| Tobin Rote | 35 | 156 | 4.5 | 21 | 2 |
| Earl Morrall | 26 | 112 | 4.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 13 | 98 | 7.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 37 | 1 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 399 | 1782 | 4.5 | 46 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Gibbons | 31 | 431 | 13.9 | 38 | 1 |
| Dave Middleton | 18 | 402 | 22.3 | 79 | 2 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 16 | 140 | 8.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 15 | 316 | 21.1 | 59 | 4 |
| Jim Doran | 14 | 191 | 13.6 | 25 | 1 |
| Ken Webb | 12 | 201 | 16.8 | 67 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 10 | 180 | 18.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 7 | 118 | 16.9 | 32 | 1 |
| John Johnson | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 18 | 1 |
| Dan Lewis | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Gene Cook | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Totals | 136 | 2131 | 15.7 | 79 | 10 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Martin | 1 | 0.0 | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 21 | |
| Gerry Perry | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 27 |
| Wayne Walker | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 25 | 23 | 92.0 | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 53 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Barr | 16 | 102 | 6.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 21 | 43 | 2.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Gary Lowe | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Steffen | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 197 | 3.9 | 24 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Webb | 16 | 352 | 22.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 9 | 224 | 24.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 8 | 163 | 20.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Dan Lewis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Rabold | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Russell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 846 | 20.1 | 45 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Lowe | 5 | 130 | 26.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Martin | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim David | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Joe Schmidt | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 14 | 216 | 15.4 | 42 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Cronin | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gil Mains | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Lowe | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Glass | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yale Lary | 0 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Martin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ollie Spencer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tobin Rote | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Long | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Johnson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Steffen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Morrall | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Middleton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alex Karras | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Pietrosante | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Ane | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Doran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Gibbons | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dan Lewis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gerry Perry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Schmidt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick LeBeau | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Cassady | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Webb | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terry Barr | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 121 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Gerry Perry | 3 | 18 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Jim Martin | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||
| John Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Dan Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Tobin Rote | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Dave Middleton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Ken Webb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Jim Doran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Yale Lary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Jerry Reichow | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jim Gibbons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Wayne Walker | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 203 |
