1959 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 7-5-0 .583 |
| Head Coach: Buck Shaw |
| Nick Skorich | Offensive Line |
| Jerry Williams | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/15/1959 | H | New York Giants | 21-17 | W | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 12199 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1959 | N | Chicago Bears | 21-24 | L | Lynn, MA | Manning Bowl | ||
| Sat | 8/29/1959 | N | Green Bay Packers | 28-45 | L | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 24456 | |
| Thu | 9/3/1959 | N | Detroit Lions | 24-35 | L | Toledo, OH | Glass Bowl | 9500 | |
| Sun | 9/13/1959 | H | Baltimore Colts | 35-13 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 15928 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1959 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 28-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 46570 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1959 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-24 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 41697 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1959 | H | New York Giants | 49-21 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 27023 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1959 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-24 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 27343 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1959 | A | New York Giants | 7-24 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 68783 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1959 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 28-24 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 20112 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1959 | H | Washington Redskins | 30-23 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 39854 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1959 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-28 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 58275 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1959 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 27-17 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 28887 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1959 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 23-20 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 47425 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1959 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-31 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 22191 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1959 | A | Washington Redskins | 34-14 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 24235 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1959 | H | Cleveland Browns | 21-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 45952 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Darrel Aschbacher | 50 | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 223 | 25 | Boise JC: Oregon | 11 | 4 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 33 | LOH | 5-11 | 201 | 24 | Wake Forest | 12 | 12 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 60 | C | 6-3 | 233 | 34 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Bielski | 36 | ROE-K | 6-1 | 224 | 27 | Maryland | 12 | 11 |
| Tom Brookshier | 40 | RDH | 6-0 | 196 | 28 | Colorado | 12 | 12 |
| Marion Campbell | 78 | RDT-RDE | 6-3 | 250 | 30 | Georgia | 12 | 10 |
| Stan Campbell | 67/64 | ROG-OT | 6-0 | 226 | 29 | Iowa State | 12 | 11 |
| Jimmy Carr | 21 | LDH | 6-1 | 206 | 26 | Charleston | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Catlin | 63 | LLB-MLB | 6-1 | 213 | 28 | Oklahoma | 12 | 12 |
| Paige Cothren | 45 | K | 5-11 | 201 | 24 | Mississippi | 7 | 0 |
| Jerry DeLucca | 74 | LOT | 6-2 | 249 | 23 | Tennessee; Middle Tennessee State | 12 | 9 |
| Gerry Huth | 65 | LOG | 5-11 | 226 | 26 | Wake Forest | 10 | 9 |
| Gene Johnson | 27 | LS | 6-0 | 187 | 24 | Cincinnati | 12 | 12 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 9 | QB | 5-11 | 202 | 25 | Duke | 12 | 0 |
| Eddie Khayat | 73 | RDE-LDE | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Millsaps; Mississippi Gulf Coast CC; Tulane | 8 | 3 |
| Walt Kowalczyk | 43 | FB | 6-0 | 208 | 24 | Michigan State | 12 | 8 |
| Tom Louderback | 61 | RLB-MLB | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Santa Rosa JC; San Jose State | 12 | 0 |
| Ken MacAfee | 80 | ROE | 6-2 | 212 | 30 | Alabama | 3 | 1 |
| Jim McCusker | 75 | LOT-ROG | 6-2 | 246 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 3 |
| Tommy McDonald | 25 | ROH | 5-9 | 176 | 25 | Oklahoma | 12 | 12 |
| John Nocera | 29 | LLB-LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Iowa | 12 | 0 |
| Don Owens | 70 | ROT-RDT-LDT | 6-5 | 255 | 27 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 7 |
| Joe Pagliei | 32 | FB-P | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Clemson | 8 | 0 |
| Clarence Peaks | 26 | FB | 6-1 | 218 | 24 | Michigan State | 12 | 4 |
| Bob Pellegrini | 53 | RLB | 6-2 | 233 | 25 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| Art Powell | 87 | RS | 6-2 | 211 | 22 | San Diego CC; San Jose State | 12 | 0 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 44 | LOE-ROE | 6-1 | 211 | 28 | North Dakota-Ellendale; South Dakota State | 10 | 7 |
| Jesse Richardson | 72 | LDT | 6-2 | 261 | 29 | Alabama | 12 | 11 |
| Lee Riley | 22 | RS | 6-1 | 192 | 27 | St. Bonaventure; Detroit Mercy | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Robb | 66 | LDE | 6-3 | 238 | 22 | Texas Christian | 12 | 10 |
| Theron Sapp | 30 | LOH | 6-1 | 203 | 24 | Georgia | 12 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 76 | ROT | 6-5 | 250 | 23 | Rice | 11 | 8 |
| Bill Striegel | 68 | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Pacific | 12 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 11 | QB-P | 6-1 | 199 | 33 | Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| Bobby Walston | 83 | LOE-K | 6-0 | 190 | 31 | Georgia | 12 | 5 |
| Chuck Weber | 51 | MLB-RLB | 6-1 | 229 | 29 | West Chester | 12 | 12 |
| Jerry Wilson | 88 | RDE-LDE | 6-2 | 238 | 23 | Auburn | 12 | 8 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 15 | J.D. Smith | T | Rice |
| 3 | 26 | Wray Carlton | B | Duke |
| 4 | 39 | James Grazione | QB | Villanova |
| 5 | 51 | Nick Mumley | T | Purdue |
| 6 | 62 | Al Benecick | G | Syracuse |
| 8 | 86 | Willmer Fowler | B | Northwestern |
| 9 | 99 | Gene Johnson | B | Cincinnati |
| 10 | 110 | Rollie West | B | Villanova |
| 11 | 123 | Art Powell | E | San Jose State |
| 12 | 134 | Howard Keys | T | Oklahoma State |
| 13 | 147 | Dick Stillwagon | B | Purdue |
| 14 | 158 | Jack Smith | T | Clemson |
| 15 | 171 | Jim Poteete | C | Mississippi State |
| 16 | 182 | Ken Paduch | T | Auburn |
| 17 | 195 | Bill Craig | T | Villanova |
| 18 | 206 | Jim Benson | B | Wofford |
| 19 | 219 | Alan Miller | B | Boston College |
| 20 | 230 | Jim Payne | G | Clemson |
| 21 | 243 | Bob Salerno | G | Colorado |
| 22 | 254 | Jim Bowie | T | Kentucky |
| 23 | 267 | Dick Williams | E | Southern University |
| 24 | 278 | Gerry Benn | T | Oklahoma State |
| 25 | 291 | Dick Jamieson | QB | Bradley |
| 26 | 302 | Jim Burks | T | Virginia Tech |
| 27 | 315 | Lowell Jenkins | T | Wisconsin |
| 28 | 326 | Leo Sexton | E | Auburn |
| 29 | 339 | John Stolte | T | Kansas State |
| 30 | 350 | Angelo Mosca | T | Wyoming |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34 | 106 | 59 | 69 | 268 |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 88 | 42 | 93 | 278 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 211 | 78 | 120 | 13 | / % | / % | 52 | 501 | |
| Opponents Totals | 220 | 103 | 101 | 16 | / % | / % | 47 | 457 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy McDonald | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Billy Ray Barnes | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Bobby Walston | 3 | 33 | 34 | 97.1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 51 |
| Paige Cothren | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 8 | 18 | 44.4 | 0 | 25 |
| Clarence Peaks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Bielski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Gerry Huth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Art Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pete Retzlaff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Theron Sapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Weber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 8 | 24 | 33.3 | 0 | 268 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 35 | 36 | 97.2 | 9 | 20 | 45.0 | 0 | 278 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paige Cothren | 8 | 18 | 44.4 | 3 | 46 | 3/4 | 3/6 | 0/1 | 2/7 | 0/0 |
| Dick Bielski | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 | |
| Bobby Walston | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 8 | 24 | 33.3 | 3 | 46 | 3/4 | 3/6 | 0/4 | 2/8 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 20 | 45.0 | 4/ | 1/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Ray Barnes | 181 | 687 | 3.8 | 61t | 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 |
| Team Totals | 391 | 1315 | 3.4 | 61t | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 429 | 2068 | 4.8 | 80t | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 340 | 191 | 56.2 | 135 | 2617 | 7.7 | 13.7 | 71 | 16 | 4.7 | 14 | 4.1 | 72 | 2545 | 79.5 | |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 27 | 5.4 | 9.0 | 19 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 114.2 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 352 | 194 | 55.1 | 142 | 2644 | 7.5 | 13.6 | 71 | 17 | 4.8 | 16 | 4.5 | 72 | 2572 | 76.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 292 | 144 | 49.3 | 128 | 2074 | 7.1 | 14.4 | 51 | 17 | 5.8 | 20 | 6.8 | 204 | 1870 | 63.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy McDonald | 47 | 846 | 18.0 | 71 | 10 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 34 | 595 | 17.5 | 45 | 1 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 32 | 314 | 9.8 | 47t | 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 |
| Team Totals | 194 | 2644 | 13.6 | 71 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 144 | 2074 | 14.4 | 51 | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Carr | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 26L | 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 |
| Eddie Khayat | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Riley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 167 | 8.4 | 39 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 360 | 22.5 | 70t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 53 | 2263 | 42.7 | 59 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Joe Pagliei | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 54 | 2308 | 42.7 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 312 | 1956 | 36.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 1975 | 41.1 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 239 | 1676 | 34.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Powell | 15 | 124 | 8.3 | 58t | 1 | |
| Tommy McDonald | 21 | 115 | 5.5 | 81t | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 239 | 6.6 | 81t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 312 | 7.8 | 65 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Powell | 14 | 379 | 27.1 | 95 | 0 | |
| Tommy McDonald | 24 | 444 | 18.5 | 36 | 0 | |
| Jerry Wilson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| John Nocera | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jerry DeLucca | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 42 | 842 | 20.0 | 95 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 819 | 22.1 | 34 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Ray Barnes | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Bednarik | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Bielski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Brookshier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Marion Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Carr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Catlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Huth | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Gene Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Khayat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Louderback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy McDonald | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Clarence Peaks | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Pellegrini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Powell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Retzlaff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Robb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walston | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Weber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jerry Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 22 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
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