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1959 Green Bay Packers

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Record: 7-5-0, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 248 points (20.7/g), 8th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 246 points (20.5/g), 6th.
 Differential of 2 points (0.2/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 6.1-5.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.3/g), 8th.

Coached by Vince Lombardi (7-5-0)

1959 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 27 box W 1-0 Chicago Bears 9 6 16 262 85 177 2 10 164 89 75 2
2 Sun October 4 box W 2-0 Detroit Lions 28 10 10 263 150 113 2 14 224 142 82 5
3 Sun October 11 box W 3-0 San Francisco 49ers 21 20 25 371 87 284 3 13 239 117 122 1
4 Sun October 18 box L 3-1 Los Angeles Rams 6 45 16 262 145 117 4 23 456 198 258
5 Sun October 25 box L 3-2 @ Baltimore Colts 21 38 16 344 205 139 6 25 309 191 118 2
6 Sun November 1 box L 3-3 @ New York Giants 3 20 9 160 91 69 3 15 215 135 80 1
7 Sun November 8 box L 3-4 @ Chicago Bears 17 28 16 230 72 158 3 15 279 107 172 1
8 Sun November 15 box L 3-5 Baltimore Colts 24 28 22 455 237 218 3 23 509 317 192 2
9 Sun November 22 box W 4-5 Washington Redskins 21 0 22 336 150 186 3 17 238 38 200 2
10 Thu November 26 box W 5-5 @ Detroit Lions 24 17 12 242 169 73 2 21 354 164 190 5
11 Sun December 6 box W 6-5 @ Los Angeles Rams 38 20 21 335 192 143 1 22 286 187 99 5
12 Sun December 13 box W 7-5 @ San Francisco 49ers 36 14 27 479 249 230 1 17 279 97 182 3

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 248 3739 705 5.3 212 128 268 1832 16 17 6.5 87 421 1907 15 4.5 109 33 16 16
Team Defense 246 3552 790 4.5 329 169 329 1782 14 14 5.0 102 430 1770 14 4.1 215 29 15 12
Lg Rank Offense 8 6 4 11 8 5 6 4 5 3 3 4 6 6
Lg Rank Defense 6 3 7 9 2 4 8 2 10 7 6 7 10 6

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Bart Starr 25 qb 12 5 70 134 52.2 972 6 4.5 7 5.2 44 7.3 5.4 13.9 81.0 69.0
Lamar McHan 27 QB 12 7 48 108 44.4 805 8 7.4 9 8.3 81 7.5 4.4 16.8 67.1 60.1
Joe Francis 23 12 0 5 18 27.8 91 0 0.0 1 5.6 24 5.1 2.6 18.2 7.6 25.0
Paul Hornung* 24 LH 12 0 5 8 62.5 95 2 25.0 0 0.0 30 11.9 14.4 19.0 7.9 143.2
Team Total 25.6 12 128 268 47.8 1963 16 6.0 17 6.3 81 7.3 5.1 15.3 163.6 65.9
Opp Total 12 169 329 51.4 1782 14 4.3 14 4.3 5.4 3.9 10.5 148.5 63.9 31 248 5.0 2.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Paul Hornung* 24 LH 12 0 152 681 7 63 4.5 56.8 12.7 15 113 7.5 0 19 1.3 9.4 794 7 7
Jim Taylor 24 FB 12 0 120 452 6 21 3.8 37.7 10.0 9 71 7.9 2 20 0.8 5.9 523 8 2
Lew Carpenter 27 fb 12 0 60 322 1 55 5.4 26.8 5.0 5 47 9.4 0 23 0.4 3.9 369 1 3
Don McIlhenny 25 RH 12 0 47 231 1 46 4.9 19.3 3.9 8 95 11.9 1 30 0.7 7.9 326 2 1
Lamar McHan 27 QB 12 7 16 64 0 19 4.0 5.3 1.3 64 0 3
Bart Starr 25 qb 12 5 16 83 0 39 5.2 6.9 1.3 83 0 2
Bill Butler 22 RET 11 0 7 49 0 16 7.0 4.5 0.6 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 0.1 -0.2 47 0 1
Joe Francis 23 12 0 2 5 0 8 2.5 0.4 0.2 5 0 0
Boyd Dowler 22 rh 12 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 1.7 0.1 32 549 17.2 4 35 2.7 45.8 569 4 0
Max McGee 27 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 695 23.2 5 81 2.5 57.9 695 5 0
Gary Knafelc 27 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 384 14.2 4 38 2.3 32.0 384 4 0
A.D. Williams 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.1 0.9 11 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 421 1907 15 63 4.5 158.9 35.1 128 1963 15.3 16 81 10.7 163.6 3870 31 24
Opp Total 12 430 1770 14 4.1 147.5 35.8 169 1782 10.5 14 14.1 148.5 3552 28 28

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Bill Butler 22 RET 11 0 18 163 1 61 9.1 21 472 0 34 22.5 682
John Symank 24 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 14 338 0 39 24.1 338
Lew Carpenter 27 fb 12 0 13 150 0 51 11.5 1 24 0 24 24.0 543
Don McIlhenny 25 RH 12 0 3 50 0 24 16.7 376
Joe Francis 23 12 0 2 52 0 28 26.0 57
Ray Nitschke 23 MLB 12 0 2 13 0 10 6.5 13
Emlen Tunnell* 34 LS 12 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Team Total 25.6 12 33 316 1 61 9.6 43 949 0 39 22.1 5135
Opp Total 12 40 1 40 917 0 22.9

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Max McGee 27 LE 12 0 64 2716 61 1 42.4
Paul Hornung* 24 LH 12 0 17 7 41.2% 32 31 96.9%
Team Total 25.6 12 17 7 41.2% 32 31 96.9% 64 2716 61 1 42.4
Opp Total 12 22 12 54.5% 30 28 93.3% 56 2481 44.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Tom Bettis 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nate Borden 27 12 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Butler 22 RET 11 0 1 1 0 0
Lew Carpenter 27 fb 12 0 3 0 0 0
Dan Currie 24 LLB 12 0 1 25 0 25
Bobby Dillon 29 RS 12 0 1 7 0 7
John Dittrich 26 12 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Forester* 27 RLB 12 0 2 48 0 34 1 3 0 0 1
Bobby Freeman 27 12 0 2 22 0 22
Hank Gremminger 26 LDH 12 0 1 45 0 45
Dave Hanner 29 LDT 12 0 0 1 0 0 1
Paul Hornung* 24 LH 12 0 7 0 0 0
Henry Jordan 24 RDT 12 0 0 2 0 0
Gary Knafelc 27 RE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Lamar McHan 27 QB 12 7 3 0 0 0
Don McIlhenny 25 RH 12 0 1 1 0 0
Ray Nitschke 23 MLB 12 0 0 2 10 0
Bill Quinlan 27 RDE 12 0 1 5 0 5
Jim Ringo*+ 28 C 12 12 0 1 0 0
Bart Starr 25 qb 12 5 2 2 -8 0
John Symank 24 12 0 2 46 0 25 4 3 0 0
Jim Taylor 24 FB 12 0 2 1 0 0
Jim Temp 26 LDE 12 0 1 13 0 13
Emlen Tunnell* 34 LS 12 0 2 20 0 18
Jesse Whittenton 25 RDH 12 0 0 2 45 0
Team Total 25.6 12 14 231 0 45 24 23 47 0 2
Opp Total 12 16 28 13 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Paul Hornung* 24 LH 12 0 7 31 7 94
Jim Taylor 24 FB 12 0 6 2 48
Max McGee 27 LE 12 0 5 30
Boyd Dowler 22 rh 12 0 4 24
Gary Knafelc 27 RE 12 0 4 24
Don McIlhenny 25 RH 12 0 1 1 12
Bill Butler 22 RET 11 0 1 6
Lew Carpenter 27 fb 12 0 1 6
Bill Forester* 27 RLB 12 0 1 2
Dave Hanner 29 LDT 12 0 1 2
Team Total 25.6 12 15 16 1 31 7 2 248
Opp Total 12 14 14 1 28 12 1 246