1959 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-2
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Jim Howell (10-2)
Location: New York, New York
1959 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 10-2
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Jim Howell (10-2)
Location: New York, New York
1959 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1959 season with a record of 10 wins and 2 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Giants led the league with just 170 points allowed. New York moved the ball well, scoring 284 points. Charlie Conerly threw for 1,706 yards. Frank Gifford topped pass catchers, hauling in 42 passes for 768 yards. Bob Schnelker was targeted regularly, too.
Frank Gifford ran for a team-leading 540 yards.
Dick Nolan, Jimmy Patton and Lindon Crow each picked off 5 opponent throws.
Jim Howell coached the team. The 1959 New York Giants lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Conerly | 194 | 113 | 58.2 | 1706 | 8.8 | 14 | 7.2 | 4 | 2.1 | 77 | 102.7 |
| George Shaw | 36 | 24 | 66.7 | 433 | 12.0 | 1 | 2.8 | 1 | 2.8 | 46 | 105.4 |
| Don Heinrich | 58 | 22 | 37.9 | 329 | 5.7 | 1 | 1.7 | 6 | 10.3 | 49 | 23.5 |
| Frank Gifford | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 151 | 13.7 | 2 | 18.2 | 2 | 18.2 | 43 | 92.0 |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 72.9 |
| Alex Webster | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 302 | 165 | 54.6 | 2633 | 8.7 | 18 | 6.0 | 13 | 4.3 | 77 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gifford | 106 | 540 | 5.1 | 79 | 3 |
| Mel Triplett | 91 | 381 | 4.2 | 20 | 1 |
| Alex Webster | 79 | 250 | 3.2 | 16 | 5 |
| Phil King | 72 | 232 | 3.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 62 | 165 | 2.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Charlie Conerly | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Don Chandler | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| George Scott | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Heinrich | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 |
| George Shaw | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 433 | 1646 | 3.8 | 79 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gifford | 42 | 768 | 18.3 | 77 | 4 |
| Bob Schnelker | 37 | 714 | 19.3 | 66 | 6 |
| Alex Webster | 27 | 381 | 14.1 | 41 | 2 |
| Kyle Rote | 25 | 362 | 14.5 | 34 | 4 |
| Joe Morrison | 17 | 183 | 10.8 | 37 | 1 |
| Phil King | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 35 | 1 |
| Mel Triplett | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Pat Summerall | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 |
| George Scott | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Biscaha | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 165 | 2633 | 16.0 | 77 | 18 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Summerall | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | 90 |
| Don Chandler | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 30 | 20 | 66.7 | 92 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 55 | 2565 | 46.6 | 62 |
| Totals | 55 | 2565 | 46.6 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindon Crow | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 15 | 51 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 14 | 0 |
| George Scott | 12 | 17 | 1.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 164 | 3.3 | 22 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Morrison | 15 | 345 | 23.0 | 29 | 0 |
| George Scott | 10 | 253 | 25.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Phil King | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Rosey Brown | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Pat Summerall | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 703 | 22.7 | 33 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Nolan | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Lindon Crow | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 30 | 1 |
| Jimmy Patton | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Harland Svare | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 70 | 1 |
| Cliff Livingston | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Dick Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 288 | 13.1 | 70 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Huff | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Lynch | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Katcavage | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Gifford | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Morrison | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Wietecha | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Robustelli | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harland Svare | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rosey Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Biscaha | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lindon Crow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Schmidt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rosey Grier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Scott | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Livingston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darrell Dess | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Webster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Stits | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Conerly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mel Triplett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Phil King | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Heinrich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 26 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Pat Summerall | 0 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 90 | ||||||||
| Frank Gifford | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Alex Webster | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Bob Schnelker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Kyle Rote | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Sam Huff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Harland Svare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Lindon Crow | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Phil King | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Charlie Conerly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Don Chandler | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 284 |
