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Record: 3 - 8 - 1 (pythagorean: 3 - 9, .296) Coaching: George Wilson 3 - 8 - 1  1959 Pro Bowl Players: G - Harley Sewell DHB - Jimmy David LB - Joe Schmidt S - Yale Lary 1959 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-6 (6) - Nick Pietrosante, Notre Dame, B   2-6 (18) - Charley Horton, Baylor, G   2-7 (19) - Mike Rabold, Indiana, T   3-6 (30) - Ron Koes, North Carolina, C   3-12 (36) - Ron Luciano, Syracuse, T   4-6 (42) - Art Brandriff, Virginia Military Inst, B   4-10 (46) - Bob Grottkau, Oregon State, G   6-7 (67) - Dick Guesman, West Virginia, T   7-5 (77) - Ben Donnell, Vanderbilt, C   8-4 (88) - Jim Lenden, Oregon, T   9-5 (101) - Carl Smith, Tennessee, B   10-4 (112) - Jack Laraway, Purdue, B   11-5 (125) - Harry Jacobs, Bradley, G   12-4 (136) - Ron Stehouwer, Colorado State, T   13-5 (149) - Jim Steffen, UCLA, B   14-4 (160) - Jim Baldwin, McMurry, C   15-5 (173) - Bruce Maher, Detroit, B   16-4 (184) - George McGee, Southern, T   17-5 (197) - Jack Rudolph, Georgia Tech, E   18-4 (208) - Dave Holden, Cal State-Los Angeles, T   19-5 (221) - Rufus Granderson, Prairie View A&M, T   20-4 (232) - Dan McGrew, Purdue, T   21-5 (245) - Buddy Davis, Richmond, B   22-4 (256) - Lebron Shields, Tennessee, T   23-5 (269) - Sal Cesario, Denver, T   24-4 (280) - Fred Riddle, Pittsburgh, B   25-5 (293) - Dan Chamberlain, Cal State-Sacramento, E   26-4 (304) - Jim Bradley, Lincoln (MO), B   27-5 (317) - Bill Jerry, South Carolina, T   28-4 (328) - Vince Matthews, Texas, B   29-5 (341) - Dave Sime, Duke, E   30-4 (352) - Ron Stover, Oregon, E
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 DET 9 at BLC 21 Week 2 DET 10 at GNB 28 Week 3 BLC 31 at DET 24 Week 4 SFO 34 at DET 13 Week 5 DET 17 at LAM 7 Week 6 DET 7 at SFO 33 Week 7 DET 10 at PIT 10 Week 8 LAM 17 at DET 23 Week 9 CHI 24 at DET 14 Week 10 GNB 24 at DET 17 Week 11 CHC 21 at DET 45 Week 12 DET 14 at CHI 25
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 203 3456 25 90 87 21 198   328 136 2131 10 27 0 467   399 1792 13   65 496 36 19 -- DEFENSE 275 3656 34 79 103 14 196   288 147 2340 19 14 0 246   403 1562 13   64 603 31 -- 19     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 50 197 0   OPP: 36 230 0   OWN: 42 846 0   OPP: 37 774 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 56 2602 0 0 0   OPP: 69 3013   OWN: 23 25 10 23   OPP: 34 34 11 21
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Tobin Rote 10 162 62 38.3 861 5.31 5 19 0 232 26.8   35 156 4.5 2 21   0 0 0.0 0 0 Earl Morrall 12 137 65 47.4 1102 8.04 5 6 0 228 69.1   26 112 4.3 0 22   0 0 0.0 0 0 Jerry Reichow 9 27 9 33.3 168 6.22 0 2 0 7 24.9   13 98 7.5 0 46   7 118 16.9 1 32 Terry Barr 11 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   5 57 11.4 1 37   10 180 18.0 0 45 Yale Lary 10 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   1 18 18.0 0 18   0 0 0.0 0 0 John Henry Johnson 10 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   82 270 3.3 2 39   7 34 4.9 1 18 Nick Pietrosante 10 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   76 447 5.9 3 37   16 140 8.8 0 20 Ken Webb 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   60 222 3.7 2 29   12 201 16.8 0 67 Howard Cassady 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   52 203 3.9 1 13   15 316 21.1 4 59t Danny Lewis 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   49 199 4.1 2 20   5 75 15.0 0 30 Jim Gibbons 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   31 431 13.9 1 38 Dave Middleton 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   18 402 22.3 2 79t Jim Doran 10 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   14 191 13.6 1 23 Gene Cook 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 43 43.0 0 43   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Yale Lary 10 21 43 2.0 0 12 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Terry Barr 11 16 102 6.4 0 24 0   9 224 24.9 33 0 Gary Lowe 12 6 8 1.3 0 8 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Dave Middleton 12 3 30 10.0 0 21 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Jim Steffen 9 3 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Howard Cassady 12 1 14 14.0 0 14 0   8 163 20.4 34 0 Nick Pietrosante 10 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   5 98 19.6 24 0 Mike Rabold 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0 Ken Russell 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0 Jim Martin 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0 Danny Lewis 11 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 9 9.0 9 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Jim Martin 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 7 17 0 1 Gerry Perry 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 3 6 18 18 Wayne Walker 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 5 6 Yale Lary 10 45 2121 67 0 0 0 0.0 47.1   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 Earl Morrall 12 11 481 66 0 0 0 0.0 43.7   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Jimmy David 12 0.0 0   2 7 7 0 Gary Lowe 12 0.0 0   5 130 42 0 Jim Martin 12 0.0 0   2 33 19 0 Joe Schmidt 12 0.0 0   1 17 17 0 Terry Barr 11 0.0 0   1 29 29 0 Yale Lary 10 0.0 0   3 0 0 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Charlie Ane 11 0 1 0 10 0 Terry Barr 11 2 0 0 0 0 Howard Cassady 12 2 1 0 0 0 Gene Cook 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lou Creekmur 8 0 0 0 0 0 Gene Cronin 12 0 1 3 5 0 Jimmy David 12 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Doran 10 0 1 0 0 1 Jim Gibbons 12 2 1 0 0 0 Bill Glass 12 0 1 1 0 0 John Gordy 12 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Grottkau 12 0 0 0 0 0 John Henry Johnson 10 4 2 0 0 0 Steve Junker 6 0 0 0 0 0 Alex Karras 12 0 0 1 0 0 Yale Lary 10 2 0 2 38 1 Dick LeBeau 6 0 0 1 4 0 Danny Lewis 11 3 1 0 0 0 Bob Long 12 0 0 2 0 0 Gary Lowe 12 1 0 2 9 0 Gil Mains 12 1 0 3 14 0 Jim Martin 12 0 1 1 0 0 Darris McCord 12 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Middleton 12 0 1 0 0 0 Earl Morrall 12 7 1 0 0 0 Ben Paolucci 4 0 0 0 0 0 Gerry Perry 10 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Pietrosante 10 4 1 0 0 0 Mike Rabold 12 0 0 0 0 0 Jerry Reichow 9 0 0 0 0 0 Tobin Rote 10 2 2 0 0 0 Ken Russell 4 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Schmidt 12 1 0 1 41 0 Harley Sewell 11 0 0 0 0 0 Ollie Spencer 12 0 2 0 0 0 Jim Steffen 9 0 0 1 0 0 Wayne Walker 9 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Weatherall 8 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Webb 12 5 0 0 0 0 Dave Whitsell 12 0 0 0 0 0

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