NFL team season
The 1959 New York Giants season was the franchise's 35th season 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 coordinator.[2]
Schedule
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Record
Venue
Attendance
1
at Los Angeles Rams
W 23–21
1–0
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
71,297
2
October 4
at Philadelphia Eagles
L 21–49
1–1
Franklin Field
27,023
3
October 11
at Cleveland Browns
W 10–6
2–1
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
65,534
4
October 18
Philadelphia Eagles
W 24–7
3–1
Yankee Stadium
68,783
5
October 25
at Pittsburgh Steelers
W 21–16
4–1
Forbes Field
33,596
6
November 1
Green Bay Packers
W 20–3
5–1
Yankee Stadium
68,837
7
November 8
Chicago Cardinals
W 9–3
6–1
Yankee Stadium
56,779
8
November 15
Pittsburgh Steelers
L 9–14
6–2
Yankee Stadium
66,786
9
November 22
at Chicago Cardinals
W 30–20
7–2
Metropolitan Stadium
26,625
10
November 29
Washington Redskins
W 45–14
8–2
Yankee Stadium
60,982
11
December 6
Cleveland Browns
W 48–7
9–2
Yankee Stadium
68,436
12
December 13
at Washington Redskins
W 24–10
10–2
Griffith Stadium
26,198
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries
Week 1
1
2 3 4 Total
• Giants
3
14 0 6
23
Rams
0
7 14 0
21
[3]
Playoffs
Standings
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]
See also
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, 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, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 130
^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book , Workman Publishing Co, New York, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 400
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