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	Score		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

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
50	Darrel Aschbacher	LOG-ROG	6-1	223	24	Oregon	11	4
33	Billy Ray Barnes	LOH	5-11	201	24	Wake Forest	12	12
60	Chuck Bednarik	C	6-3	233	34	Pennsylvania	12	12
36	Dick Bielski	ROE-K	6-1	224	27	Maryland	12	11
40	Tom Brookshier	RDH	6-0	196	28	Colorado	12	12
78	Marion Campbell	RDT-RDE	6-3	250	30	Georgia	12	10
67/64	Stan Campbell	ROG-OT	6-0	226	29	Iowa State	12	11
21	Jimmy Carr	LDH	6-1	206	26	Charleston	12	12
63	Tom Catlin	LLB-MLB	6-1	213	28	Oklahoma	12	12
45	Paige Cothren	K	5-11	201	24	Mississippi	6	0
74	Jerry DeLucca	LOT	6-2	249	23	Tennessee; Middle Tennessee State	12	9
65	Gerry Huth	LOG	5-11	226	26	Wake Forest	10	9
27	Gene Johnson	LS	6-0	187	24	Cincinnati	12	12
9	Sonny Jurgensen	QB	5-11	202	25	Duke	12	0
73	Eddie Khayat	RDE-LDE	6-3	240	24	Millsaps; Mississippi Gulf Coast CC; Tulane	9	3
43	Walt Kowalczyk	FB	6-0	208	24	Michigan State	12	8
61	Tom Louderback	RLB-MLB	6-2	235	26	Santa Rosa JC; San Jose State	12	0
80	Ken MacAfee	ROE	6-2	212	30	Alabama	4	1
75	Jim McCusker	LOT-ROG	6-2	246	23	Pittsburgh	12	3
25	Tommy McDonald	ROH	5-9	176	25	Oklahoma	12	12
29	John Nocera	LLB-LOG-ROG	6-1	220	25	Iowa	12	0
70	Don Owens	ROT-RDT-LDT	6-5	255	27	Southern Mississippi	12	7
32	Joe Pagliei	FB-P	6-0	220	25	Clemson	7	0
26	Clarence Peaks	FB	6-1	218	24	Michigan State	12	4
53	Bob Pellegrini	RLB	6-2	233	25	Maryland	12	12
87	Art Powell	RS	6-2	211	22	San Diego CC; San Jose State	12	0
44	Pete Retzlaff	LOE-ROE	6-1	211	28	North Dakota-Ellendale; South Dakota State	10	7
72	Jesse Richardson	LDT	6-2	261	29	Alabama	12	11
22	Lee Riley	RS	6-1	192	27	St. Bonaventure; Detroit Mercy	12	12
66	Joe Robb	LDE	6-3	238	22	Texas Christian	12	10
30	Theron Sapp	LOH	6-1	203	24	Georgia	12	0
76	J.D. Smith	ROT	6-5	250	23	Rice	11	8
68	Bill Striegel	ROG-LOG	6-2	235	23	Pacific	12	0
11	Norm Van Brocklin	QB-P	6-1	199	33	Oregon	12	12
83	Bobby Walston	LOE-K	6-0	190	31	Georgia	12	5
51	Chuck Weber	MLB-RLB	6-1	229	29	West Chester	12	12
88	Jerry Wilson	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
Team Totals	34	106	59	69
Opponents Totals	55	88	42	93

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	PTS
Tommy McDonald	11	0	0		0	0		66
Billy Ray Barnes	9	0	0		0	0		54
Bobby Walston	3	33	34	97.1	0	1	0.0	51
Paige Cothren	0	1	1	100.0	8	18	44.4	25
Clarence Peaks	3	0	0		0	0		18
Norm Van Brocklin	2	0	0		0	0		12
Dick Bielski	1	0	0		0	5	0.0	6
Gerry Huth	1	0	0		0	0		6
Don Owens	1	0	0		0	0		6
Art Powell	1	0	0		0	0		6
Pete Retzlaff	1	0	0		0	0		6
Theron Sapp	1	0	0		0	0		6
Chuck Weber	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	35	34	35	97.1	8	24	33.3	268
Opponents Totals	36	35	36	97.2	9	20	45.0	278

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Dick Bielski	0	5	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Paige Cothren	8	18	44.4	3/	3/	0/	2/	0/
Bobby Walston	0	1	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	8	24	33.3	3/	3/	0/	2/	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	12	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	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	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	YDS	AVG	LG
Art Powell	14	379	27.1	95
Tommy McDonald	24	444	18.5	36
Jerry Wilson	2	4	2.0	4
John Nocera	1	15	15.0	15
Jerry DeLucca	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	42	842	20.0	95
Opponents Totals	37	819	22.1	34

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