1959 New York Giants season

1959 New York Giants season
Head coach	Jim Lee Howell
Owner	Jack Mara Wellington Mara
Home field	Yankee Stadium
Results
Record	10–2
Division place	1st NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Lost NFL Championship (Colts) 31–16

The 1959 New York Giants season was the 35th season for the club in the National Football League. The Giants' defense became the second defense in the history of the NFL to lead the league in fewest rushing yards, fewest passing yards and fewest total yards.^[1] The 1959 Giants scored 284 points. More than in any of the previous four seasons in which Vince Lombardi was their offensive co-ordinator.^[2]

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 26, 1959	at Los Angeles Rams	W 23–21	71,297
2	October 4, 1959	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 49–21	27,023
3	October 11, 1959	at Cleveland Browns	W 10–6	65,534
4	October 18, 1959	Philadelphia Eagles	W 24–7	68,783
5	October 25, 1959	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 21–16	33,596
6	November 1, 1959	Green Bay Packers	W 20–3	68,837
7	November 8, 1959	Chicago Cardinals	W 9–3	56,779
8	November 15, 1959	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 14–9	66,786
9	November 22, 1959	at Chicago Cardinals (Bloomington, MN)	W 30–20	26,625
10	November 29, 1959	Washington Redskins	W 45–14	60,982
11	December 6, 1959	Cleveland Browns	W 48–7	68,436
12	December 13, 1959	at Washington Redskins	W 24–10	26,198

Game summaries

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Giants	3	14	0	6	23
Rams	0	7	14	0	21

Date: September 26
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Game attendance: 71,297

Scoring summary

Q1	NYG	Summerall 23 yard field goal	NYG 3–0

Q2	NYG	Schnelker 66 yard pass from Conerly (Summerall kick)	NYG 10–0

Q2	NYG	Gifford 1 yard run (Summerall kick)	NYG 17–0

Q2	LA	Matson 2 yard run (Morris kick)	NYG 17–7

Q3	LA	Marconi 8 yard pass from Wade (Morris kick)	NYG 17–14

Q3	LA	Shofner 43 yard pass from Wade (Morris kick)	LA 21–17

Q4	NYG	Summerall 14 yard field goal	LA 21–20

Q4	NYG	Summerall 18 yard field goal	NYG 23–21

Charlie Conerly 21/31, 321 Yds

^[3]

Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	December 27, 1959	at Baltimore Colts	L 31–16	57,545

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	10	2	0	.833	8–2	284	170	W4
Philadelphia Eagles	7	5	0	.583	6–4	268	278	L1
Cleveland Browns	7	5	0	.583	6–4	270	214	W1
Pittsburgh Steelers	6	5	1	.545	6–4	257	216	W1
Washington Redskins	3	9	0	.250	2–8	185	350	L5
Chicago Cardinals	2	10	0	.167	2–8	234	324	L6

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Awards and honors

Don Chandler, Franchise Record, Highest Punting Average, 48.6 Yards per Punt ^[4]
Charley Conerly, NFL MVP ^[5]

References

↑ The Best Show in Football:The 1946–1955 Cleveland Browns, p.294, Andy Piascik, Taylor Trade Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-58979-360-6
↑ Giants Among Men, p. 208, Jack Cavanaugh, 2008, Random House, New York, NY, ISBN 978-1-4000-6717-6
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Sep-07.
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 130
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 400

New York Giants

Founded in 1925 Based in East Rutherford, New Jersey

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Stadiums	Polo Grounds Yankee Stadium Yale Bowl Shea Stadium Giants Stadium MetLife Stadium

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Rivalries	Philadelphia Eagles Dallas Cowboys Washington Redskins San Francisco 49ers New York Jets

Key personnel	Owners: John Mara, Steve Tisch General Manager: Jerry Reese Head Coach: Ben McAdoo

Division championships (16)	1933 1934 1935 1938 1939 1941 1941 1944 1946 1986 1989 1990 1997 2000 2005 2008 2011

League championships (8)	1927 1934 1938 1956 1986 1990 2007 2011

Super Bowl appearances (5)	XXI XXV XXXV XLII XLVI

Retired numbers	1 4 7 11 14 14 16 32 40 42 50 56

Ring of Honor	Jessie Armstead Carl Banks Tiki Barber Mark Bavaro Al Blozis Rosey Brown Harry Carson Charlie Conerly Frank Gifford Pete Gogolak Mel Hein Jim Lee Howell Sam Huff Dave Jennings Tuffy Leemans Dick Lynch Jack Mara Tim Mara Wellington Mara George Martin Joe Morrison Charlie Conerly Steve Owen Bill Parcells Andy Robustelli Phil Simms Michael Strahan Ken Strong Lawrence Taylor Bob Tisch Y. A. Tittle Amani Toomer Emlen Tunnell Brad Van Pelt Alex Webster George Young

Media	Radio network Bob Papa Carl Banks Howard Cross

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Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

1959 NFL season

Eastern Conference	Chicago Cardinals	Philadelphia	Baltimore	Green Bay	Western Conference
	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	Chicago Bears	Los Angeles
	New York	Washington	Detroit	San Francisco

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