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1959 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-5-0, 3rd in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Vince Lombardi (7-5-0)

Points For: 248 (20.7/g) 8th of 12

Points Against: 246 (20.5/g) 6th of 12

Expected W-L: 6.1-5.9

SRS: 1.59 (6th of 12), SOS: 1.42

Defensive Coordinator: Phil Bengtson

Other Notable Asst.: Bill Austin (Offensive Line), Tom Fears (Receivers) and Norb Hecker (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: New City Stadium

Head Coach/General Manager: Vince Lombardi

President: Dominic Olejniczak (GNB is operated by Packers Board of Directors; Olejniczak was president of its Executive Committee)

Offensive Scheme: Smashmouth

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

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

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	248	3739	689	5.4	33	16	212	128	268	1832	16	17	6.8	87	421	1907	15	4.5	109	49	435	16
Opp. Stats	246	3552	759	4.7	29	15	215	169	329	1782	14	14	5.4	102	430	1770	14	4.1	101	51	450	12
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

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										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

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bart Starr	25	QB	12	5	4-1-0	70	134	52.2	972	6	4.5	7	5.2	44	7.3	5.80	13.9	81.0	69.0	30	0	0
2	Lamar McHan	27	QB	12	7	3-4-0	48	108	44.4	805	8	7.4	9	8.3	81	7.5	5.19	16.8	67.1	60.1	94	2	2
3	Paul Hornung	24	LH	12	12		5	8	62.5	95	2	25.0	0	0.0	30	11.9	16.88	19.0	7.9	143.2		0	0	PB,AP-2
4	Joe Francis	23	QB	12	0		5	18	27.8	91	0	0.0	1	5.6	24	5.1	2.56	18.2	7.6	25.0	7	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	7-5-0	128	268	47.8	1832	16	6.0	17	6.3	81	7.3	5.18	15.3	152.7	65.9	131	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Paul Hornung	24	LH	12	12	152	681	7	63	4.5	56.8	12.7	15	113	7.5	0	19	1.3	9.4	167	4.8	794	7	7	PB,AP-2
2	Max McGee	27	LE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	30	695	23.2	5	81	2.5	57.9	30	23.2	695	5	0
3	Boyd Dowler	22	FL	12	6	1	20	0	20	20.0	1.7	0.1	32	549	17.2	4	35	2.7	45.8	33	17.2	569	4	0
4	Jim Taylor	24	FB	12	7	120	452	6	21	3.8	37.7	10.0	9	71	7.9	2	20	0.8	5.9	129	4.1	523	8	2
5	Gary Knafelc	27	RE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	27	384	14.2	4	38	2.3	32.0	27	14.2	384	4	0
6	Lew Carpenter	27	FB	12	6	60	322	1	55	5.4	26.8	5.0	5	47	9.4	0	23	0.4	3.9	65	5.7	369	1	3
7	Don McIlhenny	25	HB	12	5	47	231	1	46	4.9	19.3	3.9	8	95	11.9	1	30	0.7	7.9	55	5.9	326	2	1
8	Bart Starr	25	QB	12	5	16	83	0	39	5.2	6.9	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	16	5.2	83	0	2
9	Lamar McHan	27	QB	12	7	16	64	0	19	4.0	5.3	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	16	4.0	64	0	3
10	Bill Butler	22	HB	11	0	7	49	0	16	7.0	4.5	0.6	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	0.1	-0.2	8	5.9	47	0	1
11	A.D. Williams	26	E	12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.1	0.9	1	11.0	11	0	0
12	Joe Francis	23	QB	12	0	2	5	0	8	2.5	0.4	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	2.5	5	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	421	1907	15	63	4.5	158.9	35.1	128	1963	15.3	16	81	10.7	163.6	549	7.0	3870	31	24

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Dan Currie	24	LLB	12	12	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Bill Forester	27	RLB	12	12	2	48	0	34	1	3	0	0	0.0	1	PB
3	Dave Hanner	29	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1
4	Paul Hornung	24	LH	12	12	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
5	Henry Jordan	24	RDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
6	Gary Knafelc	27	RE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Bill Quinlan	27	RDE	12	12	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Jim Ringo	28	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
9	Emlen Tunnell	34	SS	12	12	2	20	0	18	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
10	Jesse Whittenton	25	RDH	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	45	0	0.0	0
11	Tom Bettis	26	MLB	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Bobby Dillon	29	FS	12	10	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Jim Temp	26	LDE	12	9	1	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Bobby Freeman	27	LDH	12	7	2	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Lamar McHan	27	QB	12	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Jim Taylor	24	FB	12	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Lew Carpenter	27	FB	12	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Hank Gremminger	26	LDH	12	5	1	45	0	45	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Don McIlhenny	25	HB	12	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Bart Starr	25	QB	12	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	-8	0	0.0	0
21	Nate Borden	27	DE	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	John Symank	24	DB	12	2	2	46	0	25	4	3	0	0	0.0	0
23	Ray Nitschke	23	LB	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	0.0	0
24	Bill Butler	22	HB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	John Dittrich	26	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	14	0	0		24	8	47	0	0	2

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