| Cleveland Browns at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 6, 1959 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 68436 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 47 F Humidty: 96% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 48 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Bob Schnelker 3 pass from Charley Conerly (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Pat Summerall 40 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 2 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Lindon Crow 30 interception return (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 31 pass from Charley Conerly (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Pat Summerall 22 FG | 0 | 34 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Kyle Rote 19 pass from Charley Conerly (Don Chandler kick) | 0 | 41 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Alex Webster 6 pass from Don Heinrich (Don Chandler kick) | 0 | 48 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bobby Mitchell 78 punt return (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 48 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | LOE | Preston Carpenter |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 65 | LOG | Chuck Noll |
| 56 | C | Art Hunter |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 77 | ROT | Willie Davis |
| 86 | ROE | Billy Howton |
| 16 | QB | Milt Plum |
| 49 | LOH | Bobby Mitchell |
| 82 | ROH | Frank Clarke |
| 32 | FB | Jim Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Bob Gain |
| 78 | LDT | Willie McClung |
| 72 | RDT | Sid Youngelman |
| 84 | RDE | Paul Wiggin |
| 35 | LLB | Galen Fiss |
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 34 | RLB | Walt Michaels |
| 30 | LDH | Bernie Parrish |
| 24 | LS | Warren Lahr |
| 42 | RS | Junior Wren |
| 44 | RDH | Jim Shofner |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | LOE | Kyle Rote |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 68 | LOG | Al Barry |
| 55 | C | Ray Wietecha |
| 66 | ROG | Jack Stroud |
| 72 | ROT | Frank Youso |
| 85 | ROE | Bob Schnelker |
| 42 | QB | Charley Conerly |
| 16 | LOH | Frank Gifford |
| 29 | ROH | Alex Webster |
| 33 | FB | Mel Triplett |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 77 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 76 | RDT | Rosey Grier |
| 81 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 89 | LLB | Cliff Livingston |
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff |
| 84 | RLB | Harland Svare |
| 41 | LDH | Lindon Crow |
| 25 | LS | Dick Nolan |
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton |
| 22 | RDH | Dick Lynch |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 15 | 50 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| LeRoy Bolden | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 19 | 1 |
| Mel Triplett | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Phil King | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 2 | 36 | 2.4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8.3 |
| Jim Ninowski | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 0 | 271 | 12.9 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 149.3 |
| Don Heinrich | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 92 | 5.8 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62.5 |
| Frank Gifford | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 38 | 19.0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Clarke | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Howton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 7 | 129 | 18.4 | 37 | 1 |
| Bob Schnelker | 6 | 102 | 17.0 | 38 | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 30 | 1 |
| Alex Webster | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 30 | 1 |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Phil King | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Joe Biscaha | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Chuck Noll | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Lindon Crow | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30t | 1 |
| Sam Huff | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Dick Nolan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Shofner | 8 | 280 | 35.0 | 47 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 4 | 155 | 38.8 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 78 | 78.0 | 78t | 1 | |
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Patton | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Lindon Crow | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Jim Brown | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mitchell | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ed Modzelewski | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rosey Brown | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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