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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.

Simple Rating System: Total 1.6, Offense: -0.0, Defense: 1.6, SoS: 1.4, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Vince Lombardi

Training Camp: St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wisconsin)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P TO FL 1stPy 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD
Team Offense 248 3739 705 5.3 33 16 16 212 128 268 1832 16 17 6.5 87 421 1907 15 4.5 109
Team Defense 246 3552 790 4.5 29 15 12 215 169 329 1782 14 14 5.0 102 430 1770 14 4.1 101
Lg Rank Offense 8 6 6 6 4 11 8 5 6 4 5 3 3 4
Lg Rank Defense 6 3 10 6 8 9 2 4 8 2 10 7 6 7

Team Games & Schedule

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

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
15 Bart Starr 25 qb 12 5 4-1-0 70 134 52.2 972 6 4.5 7 5.2 44 7.3 5.8 13.9 81.0 69.0 0 0
17 Lamar McHan 27 QB 12 7 3-4-0 48 108 44.4 805 8 7.4 9 8.3 81 7.5 5.2 16.8 67.1 60.1 0 0
20 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 0 0
5 Paul Hornung* 24 K/LH 12 0 5 8 62.5 95 2 25.0 0 0.0 30 11.9 16.9 19.0 7.9 143.2 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 7-5-0 128 268 47.8 1963 16 6.0 17 6.3 81 7.3 5.7 15.3 163.6 65.9 0 0
Opp Total 12 169 329 51.4 2030 14 4.3 14 4.3 6.2 5.11 12.0 169.2 67.1 31 248 5.0 4.0 8.6

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
5 Paul Hornung* 24 K/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
31 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
33 Lew Carpenter 27 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
42 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
17 Lamar McHan 27 QB 12 7 16 64 0 19 4.0 5.3 1.3 64 0 3
15 Bart Starr 25 qb 12 5 16 83 0 39 5.2 6.9 1.3 83 0 2
22 Bill Butler 22 KR/PR 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
20 Joe Francis 23 12 0 2 5 0 8 2.5 0.4 0.2 5 0 0
86 Boyd Dowler 22 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
85 Max McGee 27 LE/P 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 695 23.2 5 81 2.5 57.9 695 5 0
84 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
81 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
22 Bill Butler 22 KR/PR 11 0 18 163 1 61 9.1 21 472 0 34 22.5 682
27 John Symank 24 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 14 338 0 39 24.1 338
33 Lew Carpenter 27 12 0 13 150 0 51 11.5 1 24 0 24 24.0 543
42 Don McIlhenny 25 RH 12 0 3 50 0 24 16.7 376
20 Joe Francis 23 12 0 2 52 0 28 26.0 57
66 Ray Nitschke 23 MLB 12 0 2 13 0 10 6.5 13
45 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
85 Max McGee 27 LE/P 12 0 64 2716 61 1 42.4
5 Paul Hornung* 24 K/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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
27 John Symank 24 12 0 2 46 0 25 0 0 4 3 0 0
5 Paul Hornung* 24 K/LH 12 0 0 7 0 0 0
71 Bill Forester* 27 RLB 12 0 2 48 0 34 0 0 1 3 0 0 1
15 Bart Starr 25 qb 12 5 0 2 2 -8 0
33 Lew Carpenter 27 12 0 0 3 0 0 0
17 Lamar McHan 27 QB 12 7 0 3 0 0 0
31 Jim Taylor 24 FB 12 0 0 2 1 0 0
65 Tom Bettis 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 Bill Butler 22 KR/PR 11 0 0 1 1 0 0
41 Bobby Freeman 27 12 0 2 22 0 22 0
74 Henry Jordan 24 RDT 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
42 Don McIlhenny 25 RH 12 0 0 1 1 0 0
66 Ray Nitschke 23 MLB 12 0 0 0 2 10 0
45 Emlen Tunnell* 34 LS 12 0 2 20 0 18 0
47 Jesse Whittenton 25 RDH 12 0 0 0 2 45 0
87 Nate Borden 27 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
58 Dan Currie 24 LLB 12 0 1 25 0 25 0
44 Bobby Dillon 29 RS 12 0 1 7 0 7 0
68 John Dittrich 26 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
46 Hank Gremminger 26 LDH 12 0 1 45 0 45 0
79 Dave Hanner 29 LDT 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
84 Gary Knafelc 27 RE 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
83 Bill Quinlan 27 RDE 12 0 1 5 0 5 0
51 Jim Ringo*+ 28 C 12 12 0 0 1 0 0
82 Jim Temp 26 LDE 12 0 1 13 0 13 0
Team Total 25.6 12 14 231 0 45 0 0 24 23 47 0 2
Opp Total 12 16 28 13 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
5 Paul Hornung* 24 K/LH 12 0 7 7 31 7 94
31 Jim Taylor 24 FB 12 0 6 2 8 48
85 Max McGee 27 LE/P 12 0 5 5 30
86 Boyd Dowler 22 12 0 4 4 24
84 Gary Knafelc 27 RE 12 0 4 4 24
42 Don McIlhenny 25 RH 12 0 1 1 2 12
22 Bill Butler 22 KR/PR 11 0 1 1 6
33 Lew Carpenter 27 12 0 1 1 6
71 Bill Forester* 27 RLB 12 0 1 2
79 Dave Hanner 29 LDT 12 0 1 2
Team Total 25.6 12 15 16 1 32 31 7 2 248
Opp Total 12 14 14 1 28 12 1 246