| Philadelphia Eagles at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 29, 1959 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 22191 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 24 F Humidty: 88% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bobby Layne 17 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Buddy Dial 12 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jimmy Orr 19 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Tom Tracy 23 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gern Nagler 2 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | LOE | Pete Retzlaff |
| 75 | LOT | Jim McCusker |
| 50 | LOG | Darrel Aschbacher |
| 60 | C | Chuck Bednarik |
| 67/64 | ROG | Stan Campbell |
| 76 | ROT | J.D. Smith |
| 36 | ROE | Dick Bielski |
| 11 | QB | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 33 | LOH | Billy Ray Barnes |
| 25 | ROH | Tommy McDonald |
| 26 | FB | Clarence Peaks |
| Defense | ||
| 66 | LDE | Joe Robb |
| 72 | LDT | Jesse Richardson |
| 78 | RDT | Marion Campbell |
| 88 | RDE | Jerry Wilson |
| 53 | LLB | Bob Pellegrini |
| 63 | MLB | Tom Catlin |
| 51 | RLB | Chuck Weber |
| 21 | LDH | Jimmy Carr |
| 27 | LS | Gene Johnson |
| 22 | RS | Lee Riley |
| 40 | RDH | Tom Brookshier |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Gern Nagler |
| 61 | LOT | Ted Karras |
| 62 | LOG | Mike Sandusky |
| 57 | C | Ed Beatty |
| 65 | ROG | John Nisby |
| 74 | ROT | Frank Varrichione |
| 86 | ROE | Jimmy Orr |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 30 | LOH | Tom Tracy |
| 83 | ROH | Buddy Dial |
| 39 | FB | Larry Krutko |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Tarasovic |
| 73 | LDT | Ray Fisher |
| 75 | RDT | Joe Krupa |
| 77 | RDE | Billy Ray Smith |
| 66 | LLB | Dick Campbell |
| 60 | MLB | Dale Dodrill |
| 50 | RLB | John Reger |
| 27 | LDH | Dean Derby |
| 24 | LS | Bobby Luna |
| 80 | RS | Jack Butler |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Billy Ray Barnes | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Clarence Peaks | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tom Tracy | 23 | 122 | 5.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Larry Krutko | 13 | 52 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jimmy Orr | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 3 | 196 | 6.3 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.2 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 28 | 12 | 42.9 | 1 | 182 | 6.5 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 89.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Tommy McDonald | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Clarence Peaks | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Bielski | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Bobby Walston | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jimmy Orr | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 26 | 1 |
| Gern Nagler | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Tom Tracy | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 23t | 1 |
| Leo Elter | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Buddy Dial | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Marion Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dean Derby | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Dick Alban | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bobby Luna | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Luna | 5 | 164 | 32.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Tommy McDonald | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Don Sutherin | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Tommy McDonald | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Art Powell | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Don Sutherin | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 27 | 0 | |
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