1959 Baltimore Colts Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-3-0, 1st in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Weeb Ewbank (9-3-0)

Points For: 374 (31.2/g) 1st of 12

Points Against: 251 (20.9/g) 7th of 12

Expected W-L: 8.6-3.4

SRS: 10.01 (1st of 12), SOS: -0.24

Playoffs:
Won Championship 31-16 vs. New York Giants

Other Notable Asst.: Herman Ball (Offensive Line), Don McCafferty (Ends Coach), John Sandusky (Defensive Line) and Charley Winner (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)

Principal Owner: Carroll Rosenbloom

President/General Manager: Don Kellett

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: McDaniel College (Western Maryland College) (Westminster, Maryland)

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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	374	4458	810	5.5	23	9	267	196	375	2753	33	14	7.3	148	435	1705	13	3.9	95	56	634	24
Opp. Stats	251	3899	676	5.8	49	9	195	171	351	2342	13	40	6.7	118	325	1557	16	4.8	65	65	610	12
Lg Rank Offense	1	1			2	3	1		1	1	1	3	3		2	7	6	8
Lg Rank Defense	7	8			1	12	3		12	10	3	1	7		1	4	10	10

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	W		1-0		Detroit Lions	21	9	19	339	222	117		19	334	179	155	5
2	Sat	October 3	boxscore	L		1-1		Chicago Bears	21	26	19	257	183	74	3	13	265	155	110	2
3	Sun	October 11	boxscore	W		2-1	@	Detroit Lions	31	24	20	409	245	164	3	16	292	102	190	5
4	Sun	October 18	boxscore	W		3-1	@	Chicago Bears	21	7	18	330	208	122	2	18	340	237	103	6
5	Sun	October 25	boxscore	W		4-1		Green Bay Packers	38	21	25	309	191	118	2	16	344	205	139	6
6	Sun	November 1	boxscore	L		4-2		Cleveland Browns	31	38	28	426	381	45	3	22	397	200	197	2
7	Sun	November 8	boxscore	L		4-3	@	Washington Redskins	24	27	19	367	271	96	2	16	278	222	56	1
8	Sun	November 15	boxscore	W		5-3	@	Green Bay Packers	28	24	23	509	317	192	2	22	455	237	218	3
9	Sun	November 22	boxscore	W		6-3		San Francisco 49ers	45	14	29	439	168	271	3	3	133	98	35	4
10	Sun	November 29	boxscore	W		7-3		Los Angeles Rams	35	21	23	396	208	188	1	16	374	282	92	4
11	Sat	December 5	boxscore	W		8-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	34	14	25	395	260	135	1	13	254	139	115	6
12	Sat	December 12	boxscore	W		9-3	@	Los Angeles Rams	45	26	19	282	99	183	1	21	433	286	147	5
		Playoffs
Championship	Sun	December 27	boxscore	W		10-3		New York Giants	31	16	13	280	207	73		16	323	205	118	3

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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	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Johnny Unitas	26	QB	12	12	9-3-0	193	367	52.6	2899	32	8.7	14	3.8	71	7.9	7.9	15.0	241.6	92.0	25	185	6.38	6.92	6.9	2	3	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1
2	Lenny Moore	26	RH	12	12		2	3	66.7	25	1	33.3	0	0.0	13	8.3	15.0	12.5	2.1	131.9						0	0	PB,AP-1
3	Ray Brown	23	FS	12	10		1	4	25.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	14	3.5	3.5	14.0	1.2	41.7						0	0
4	L.G. Dupre	27	LH	4	4		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	9-3-0	196	375	52.3	2753	33	8.8	14	3.7	71	7.8	7.9	15.0	229.4	92.1	25	185	6.38	7.34	7.42	2	3

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	Johnny Unitas	26	QB	1	1	1-0-0	18	29	62.1	264	2	6.9	0	0.0	59	9.1	10.5	14.7	264.0	114.7	57	1	1
	Team Totals			1	1	1-0-0	18	29	62.1	207	2	6.9	0	0.0	59	9.1	10.5	14.7	207.0	114.7	57	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

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						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	Lenny Moore	26	RH	12	12	92	422	2	31	4.6	35.2	7.7	47	846	18.0	6	71	3.9	70.5	139	9.1	1268	8	4	PB,AP-1
2	Raymond Berry	26	LE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	66	959	14.5	14	55	5.5	79.9	66	14.5	959	14	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-5
3	Alan Ameche	26	FB	12	11	178	679	7	26	3.8	56.6	14.8	13	129	9.9	1	30	1.1	10.8	191	4.2	808	8	3	AP-2
4	Jim Mutscheller	29	RE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	44	699	15.9	8	40	3.7	58.3	44	15.9	699	8	2
5	Mike Sommer	25	LH	8	7	61	227	2	53	3.7	28.4	7.6	7	111	15.9	0	56	0.9	13.9	68	5.0	338	2	1
6	Johnny Unitas	26	QB	12	12	29	145	2	21	5.0	12.1	2.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	29	5.0	145	2	6	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1
7	Billy Pricer	25	FB	12	1	34	128	0	16	3.8	10.7	2.8	2	3	1.5	0	4	0.2	0.3	36	3.6	131	0	1
8	L.G. Dupre	27	LH	4	4	23	54	0	21	2.3	13.5	5.8	6	47	7.8	1	18	1.5	11.8	29	3.5	101	1	0
9	Jerry Richardson	23	FL	11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	81	11.6	3	15	0.6	7.4	7	11.6	81	3	1
10	Hal Lewis	24	HB	12	0	4	2	0	2	0.5	0.2	0.3	3	54	18.0	0	25	0.3	4.5	7	8.0	56	0	1
11	Alex Hawkins	22	HB	11	1	12	44	0	11	3.7	4.0	1.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	12	3.7	44	0	0
12	Dave Sherer	22	E	12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	0.8	1	9.0	9	0	1
13	Ray Brown	23	FS	12	10	2	4	0	3	2.0	0.3	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	2.0	4	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	435	1705	13	53	3.9	142.1	36.3	196	2938	15.0	33	71	16.3	244.8	631	7.4	4643	46	20

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	Lenny Moore	26	RH	1	1	4	8	0	3	2.0	8.0	4.0	3	126	42.0	1	59	3.0	126.0	7	19.1	134	1	0
2	Raymond Berry	26	LE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	68	13.6	0	28	5.0	68.0	5	13.6	68	0	0
3	Alan Ameche	26	FB	1	1	9	31	0	6	3.4	31.0	9.0	1	13	13.0	0	13	1.0	13.0	10	4.4	44	0	0
4	Jim Mutscheller	29	RE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	40	8.0	0	15	5.0	40.0	5	8.0	40	0	0
5	Billy Pricer	25	FB	1	0	4	12	0	4	3.0	12.0	4.0	2	6	3.0	0	9	2.0	6.0	6	3.0	18	0	0
6	Mike Sommer	25	LH	1	1	6	16	0	5	2.7	16.0	6.0	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	1.0	-1.0	7	2.1	15	0	0
7	Jerry Richardson	23	FL	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	12	12.0	1	12	1.0	12.0	1	12.0	12	1	0
8	Johnny Unitas	26	QB	1	1	2	6	1	4	3.0	6.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	3.0	6	1	0
	Team Totals			1	1	25	73	1	6	2.9	73.0	25.0	18	264	14.7	2	59	18.0	264.0	43	7.8	337	3	0

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Art Donovan	35	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Gene Lipscomb	28	RDT	12	12	1	49	0	49	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
3	Gino Marchetti	32	LDE	12	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Lenny Moore	26	RH	12	12	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Jim Mutscheller	29	RE	12	12	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	0.0	0
6	Andy Nelson	26	SS	12	12	6	33	1	33	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP-1
7	Buzz Nutter	28	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
8	Bill Pellington	32	LLB	12	12	4	99	1	30	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	George Preas	26	RT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0.0	0
10	Don Shinnick	24	RLB	12	12	7	70	0	23	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Dick Szymanski	27	MLB	12	12	5	24	1	15	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Carl Taseff	31	LDH	12	12	2	60	0	33	1	1	15	0	0.0	0
13	Johnny Unitas	26	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1
14	Alan Ameche	26	FB	12	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
15	Milt Davis	30	RDH	11	11	7	119	1	57	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Ray Brown	23	FS	12	10	5	89	0	44	0	1	3	0	0.0	0
17	Mike Sommer	25	LH	8	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	L.G. Dupre	27	LH	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Johnny Sample	23	DB	12	2	1	10	0	10	1	3	0	0	0.0	0
20	Alex Hawkins	22	HB	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0.0	0
21	Billy Pricer	25	FB	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Hal Lewis	24	HB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Marv Matuszak	28	LB	11	0	1	23	0	23	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Jerry Richardson	23	FL	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Dave Sherer	22	E	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	40	577	4	57	22	22	32	0	0.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Gene Lipscomb	28	RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
2	Andy Nelson	26	SS	1	1	1	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Alex Hawkins	22	HB	1	0				0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Sherman Plunkett	26	T	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Johnny Sample	23	DB	1	0	2	66	1	42	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	3	83	1	42	0	1	1	0	0	1.0	0	0

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