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1959 Philadelphia Eagles Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-5-0, 2nd in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Buck Shaw (7-5-0)

Points For: 268 (22.3/g) 4th of 12

Points Against: 278 (23.2/g) 9th of 12

Expected W-L: 5.7-6.3

SRS: -2.63 (8th of 12), SOS: -1.80

Other Notable Asst.: Nick Skorich (Line Coach) and Jerry Williams (Defensive Backfield)

Stadium: Franklin Field

Majority Owner: James P. Clark (Led group of investors known as the Happy Hundred)

General Manager: Vince McNally

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: (Hershey, Pennsylvania)

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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	268	3887	743	5.2	24	8	211	194	352	2572	17	16	7.3	120	391	1315	13	3.4	78	52	501	13
Opp. Stats	278	3938	721	5.5	40	20	220	144	292	1870	17	20	6.4	101	429	2068	15	4.8	103	47	457	16
Lg Rank Offense	4	5			3	2	5		3	2	4	4	2		10	12	6	12
Lg Rank Defense	9	9			2	2	10		5	4	7	5	5		8	11	7	11

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	L		0-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	14	24	15	278	174	104		18	291	121	170	2
2	Sun	October 4		boxscore	W		1-1		New York Giants	49	21	18	299	223	76		21	333	223	110	5
3	Sun	October 11		boxscore	W		2-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	28	24	18	281	172	109	2	15	269	203	66	2
4	Sun	October 18		boxscore	L		2-2	@	New York Giants	7	24	16	247	179	68	2	20	432	269	163	5
5	Sun	October 25		boxscore	W		3-2	@	Chicago Cardinals	28	24	22	399	231	168	2	14	313	150	163	6
6	Sun	November 1		boxscore	W		4-2		Washington Redskins	30	23	17	354	142	212	2	21	378	124	254	3
7	Sun	November 8		boxscore	L		4-3	@	Cleveland Browns	7	28	15	314	247	67	3	16	311	128	183
8	Sun	November 15		boxscore	W		5-3		Chicago Cardinals	27	17	18	377	218	159	4	11	181	52	129	7
9	Sun	November 22		boxscore	W		6-3		Los Angeles Rams	23	20	21	390	278	112	2	14	270	93	177	3
10	Sun	November 29		boxscore	L		6-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	0	31	9	225	196	29	4	24	393	165	228	2
11	Sun	December 6		boxscore	W		7-4	@	Washington Redskins	34	14	26	426	275	151	2	16	317	188	129	4
12	Sun	December 13		boxscore	L		7-5		Cleveland Browns	21	28	16	297	237	60	1	30	450	154	296	1

Passing

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	Norm Van Brocklin	33	QB	12	12	7-5-0	191	340	56.2	2617	16	4.7	14	4.1	71	7.7	6.8	13.7	218.1	79.5	72	1	3	PB
2	Sonny Jurgensen	25	QB	12	0		3	5	60.0	27	1	20.0	0	0.0	19	5.4	9.4	9.0	2.3	114.2		0	0
3	Billy Ray Barnes	24	LH	12	12		0	7	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	28.6		0.0	-12.9		0.0	0.0		0	0	PB
	Team Totals			12	12	7-5-0	194	352	55.1	2572	17	4.8	16	4.5	71	7.5	6.4	13.6	214.3	76.5	72	1	3

Rushing & Receiving

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	Billy Ray Barnes	24	LH	12	12	181	687	7	61	3.8	57.3	15.1	32	314	9.8	2	47	2.7	26.2	213	4.7	1001	9	7	PB
2	Tommy McDonald	25	FL	12	12	2	-10	0	-4	-5.0	-0.8	0.2	47	846	18.0	10	71	3.9	70.5	49	17.1	836	10	4	PB,AP-2
3	Clarence Peaks	24	FB	12	4	124	451	3	34	3.6	37.6	10.3	28	209	7.5	0	23	2.3	17.4	152	4.3	660	3	7
4	Pete Retzlaff	28	RE	10	7	2	-11	0	-5	-5.5	-1.1	0.2	34	595	17.5	1	45	3.4	59.5	36	16.2	584	1	1
5	Bobby Walston	31	LE	12	5	2	8	0	7	4.0	0.7	0.2	16	279	17.4	3	40	1.3	23.3	18	15.9	287	3	1
6	Dick Bielski	27	E	12	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	264	17.6	1	57	1.3	22.0	15	17.6	264	1	0
7	Theron Sapp	24	HB	12	0	41	145	1	17	3.5	12.1	3.4	6	47	7.8	0	13	0.5	3.9	47	4.1	192	1	0
8	Walt Kowalczyk	24	FB	12	8	26	37	0	6	1.4	3.1	2.2	9	33	3.7	0	13	0.8	2.8	35	2.0	70	0	0
9	Ken MacAfee	30	E	4	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	48	9.6	0	14	1.3	12.0	5	9.6	48	0	0
10	Norm Van Brocklin	33	QB	12	12	11	13	2	12	1.2	1.1	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	1.2	13	2	4	PB
11	Joe Pagliei	25	FB	7	0	2	-5	0	1	-2.5	-0.7	0.3	2	9	4.5	0	11	0.3	1.3	4	1.0	4	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	391	1315	13	61	3.4	109.6	32.6	194	2644	13.6	17	71	16.2	220.3	585	6.8	3959	30	24

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Billy Ray Barnes	24	LH	12	12	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
2	Chuck Bednarik	34	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Tom Brookshier	28	RDH	12	12	3	13	0	8	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
4	Jimmy Carr	26	LDH	12	12	5	65	0	12	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Tom Catlin	28	RLB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
6	Gene Johnson	24	SS	12	12	1	22	0	22	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Tommy McDonald	25	FL	12	12	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
8	Bob Pellegrini	25	LLB	12	12	3	42	0	39	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Lee Riley	27	FS	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Norm Van Brocklin	33	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0.0	0	PB
11	Chuck Weber	29	MLB	12	12	2	8	0	8	0	1	0	1	0.0	0
12	Dick Bielski	27	E	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Marion Campbell	30	RDT	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB
14	Joe Robb	22	LDE	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Jerry Huth	26	LG	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0.0	0
16	Jerry Wilson	23	RDE	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
17	Don Owens	27	RDT	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0.0	0
18	Pete Retzlaff	28	RE	10	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Bobby Walston	31	LE	12	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	Clarence Peaks	24	FB	12	4	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0
21	Ed Khayat	24	DE	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	16	0	0.0	0
22	Tom Louderback	26	LB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Art Powell	22	DB	12	0	3	17	0	17	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	20	167	0	39	26	38	22	3	0.0	0

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