1959 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buck Shaw (7-5)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1959 Philadelphia Eagles RosterTeam Record: 7-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buck Shaw (7-5)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1959 Philadelphia Eagles Results
The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1959 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.
Philadelphia netted 268 points, while the defense conceded 278. Norm Van Brocklin threw for 2,617 yards. Tommy McDonald grabbed 47 passes for 846 yards.
Billy Barnes carried the ball for a team-leading 687 yards for the Eagles.
The ball-hawking defense pounced on 40 turnovers. Jimmy Carr picked off 5 opponent throws.
Buck Shaw coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 340 | 191 | 56.2 | 2617 | 7.7 | 16 | 4.7 | 14 | 4.1 | 71 | 79.5 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 27 | 5.4 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 114.2 |
| Billy Barnes | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 352 | 194 | 55.1 | 2644 | 7.5 | 17 | 4.8 | 16 | 4.5 | 71 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Barnes | 181 | 687 | 3.8 | 61 | 7 |
| Clarence Peaks | 124 | 451 | 3.6 | 34 | 3 |
| Theron Sapp | 41 | 145 | 3.5 | 17 | 1 |
| Walt Kowalczyk | 26 | 37 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 11 | 13 | 1.2 | 12 | 2 |
| Bobby Walston | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Pagliei | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy McDonald | 2 | -10 | -5.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 391 | 1315 | 3.4 | 61 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy McDonald | 47 | 846 | 18.0 | 71 | 10 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 34 | 595 | 17.5 | 45 | 1 |
| Billy Barnes | 32 | 314 | 9.8 | 47 | 2 |
| Clarence Peaks | 28 | 209 | 7.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Bobby Walston | 16 | 279 | 17.4 | 40 | 3 |
| Dick Bielski | 15 | 264 | 17.6 | 57 | 1 |
| Walt Kowalczyk | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Theron Sapp | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Ken MacAfee | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Pagliei | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 194 | 2644 | 13.6 | 71 | 17 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paige Cothren | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 25 |
| Bobby Walston | 34 | 33 | 97.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 33 | |
| Dick Bielski | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 35 | 34 | 97.1 | 24 | 8 | 33.3 | 58 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 53 | 2263 | 42.7 | 59 |
| Joe Pagliei | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 |
| Totals | 54 | 2308 | 42.7 | 59 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Powell | 15 | 124 | 8.3 | 58 | 1 |
| Tommy McDonald | 21 | 115 | 5.5 | 81 | 1 |
| Totals | 36 | 239 | 6.6 | 81 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy McDonald | 24 | 444 | 18.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Art Powell | 14 | 379 | 27.1 | 95 | 0 |
| John Nocera | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jerry Wilson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jerry DeLucca | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 842 | 20.0 | 95 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Carr | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Pellegrini | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Art Powell | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Tom Brookshier | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Chuck Weber | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gene Johnson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Marion Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Khayat | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Riley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 167 | 8.4 | 39 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Brookshier | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marion Campbell | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Powell | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Pellegrini | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clarence Peaks | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Huth | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Wilson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy McDonald | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Catlin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Khayat | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walston | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Robb | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Louderback | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Carr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Weber | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Billy Barnes | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Bednarik | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Owens | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gene Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Bielski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Retzlaff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Tommy McDonald | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||
| Billy Barnes | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| Bobby Walston | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 51 | ||||||||
| Paige Cothren | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Peaks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Art Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Dick Bielski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Pete Retzlaff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Theron Sapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jerry Huth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Don Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Chuck Weber | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268 |
