NFL 1959

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1959 NFL season
Regular season
season September 26, 1959 - December 13, 1959
East Champions New York Giants
West Champions Baltimore Colts
Championship game
NFL Champion Baltimore Colts
NFL season
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The 1959 NFL season was the 40th season of the National Football League (NFL). The regular season lasted from September 26th to December 13th. NFL champions were the Baltimore Colts , who faced the New York Giants in the NFL Championship Game on December 27, as in the previous year , and successfully defended their title with a 31:16 victory.

Before the start of the season, Lamar Hunt announced the formation of the competing American Football League . On October 11, 1959, NFL commissioner Bert Bell died of a heart attack during the Pittsburgh Steelers game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Regular season

In the Eastern Conference, the teams from Cleveland, New York and Philadelphia had already clearly set themselves apart from the other three teams after two thirds of the season. While Cleveland lost three and Philadelphia two of the last four games, the Giants only managed to win and thus secured their place in the championship game on the penultimate matchday. In the west, on the other hand, it remained exciting until the last matchday. At halftime, the 49ers were at the top with just one loss, but then gradually fell back with four losses in the last five games. On the last day of the match they had chances for the title alongside the Colts and the Bears. With a win, the Colts defended their lead from the Bears, who ended the season with a run of seven wins.

Western Conference
team S. U N SQ 1 P + P−
Baltimore Colts 9 0 3 .750 374 251
Chicago Bears 8th 0 4th .667 252 196
Green Bay Packers 7th 0 5 .583 248 246
San Francisco 49ers 7th 0 5 .583 255 237
Detroit Lions 3 1 8th .273 203 275
Los Angeles Rams 2 0 10 .167 242 315
Eastern Conference
team S. U N SQ 1 P + P−
New York Giants 10 0 2 .833 284 170
Philadelphia Eagles 7th 0 5 .583 268 278
Cleveland Browns 7th 0 5 .583 270 214
Pittsburgh Steelers 6th 1 5 .545 257 216
Washington Redskins 3 0 9 .250 185 350
Chicago Cardinals 2 0 10 .167 234 324
1 before 1972 ties were not included in the calculation

Championship game

In the NFL Championship Game there was a new edition of the final from the previous year on December 27, 1959. Again the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts faced each other, but this year the Colts were the host team. The Colts initially took a 7-0 lead through a touchdown pass to Lenny Moore. The Giants also scored their first points with a field goal in the first quarter. The Giants also managed a field goal in the second and third quarters, while the Colts remained without points, so that the Giants went into the last quarter with a 9: 7 lead. In this, the Colts took the lead back with their second touchdown. Subsequently, the defense of the Colts ended three attack series in a row by interceptions. They carried one of them straight back to the touchdown. The other two also led to points in the form of a touchdown and a field goal and thus to a decisive 31: 9 lead. In the end, the Giants could only shorten it to the final score of 31:16.

NFL Championship Game
Baltimore
December 27, 1959
2:00 p.m. ( UTC − 5 )
Baltimore Colts
31:16
New York Giants Memorial Stadium
Spectators: 57,545
Referee: Ron Gibbs
(7: 3, 0: 3, 0: 3, 24: 7)
Match report

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Baltimore explodes for 24 points in final period to rout New York, 31-16. In: Youngstown Vindicator. December 28, 1959, p. 20 , accessed July 6, 2018 .